Town Manager Forum Explores Government Change Prospects
Open meeting co sponsored by the Women Voters and Concord Tax Association discussed a town manager plan for Concord. Speakers from Danvers and Saugus shared experiences, stressing qualifications and potential benefits while warning of pitfalls and central authority concerns.
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Wegeallin
The
of Women Voters of
Concord Tax Association
Veterans
Concord
Danvers
Landragan
Robert Eacon
Layton
Syracuse University
Vermont
Co Ittee
F Sawyer
Beef Selectmen
Saugus
Civil League
Pratt
Provincetown
Weston Town
Service for Lincoln Lady Margaret Corrigan 73
Concord Mrs. Margaret M Cahill Corrigan 73 well known Lincoln resident died at her home South Great Road February 20. Born in Cape Breton Nova Scotia she lived in Lincoln 52 years and was widow of Patrick F Corrigan a farmer who died two years ago. Survived by six sons Francis J Waltham James M Lincoln Richard P Acton John F Reno Nevada Leo W Lincoln Philip C Lincoln 16 great grandchildren and three sisters. Funeral was from Mac Donnell funeral home Wal tham to St Josephs Church South Lincoln for high requiem mass. Burial in Lincoln cemetery family plot.
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Concord
Margaret M. (Cahill) Corrigan
Lincoln
South Great
Read
Cape Breton
Nova Scotia
Patrick F. Corrigan
Francis J
Waltham
James M
Richard P
Acton
John F. Reno
Nevada
Leo W
Philip C
MacDonnell Funeral Home
St. Joseph’s Church
South Lincoln
Lincoln Cemetery
Doctor Dies En Route as Baby Is Born in Cincinnati
Dr J V McGowan died of a heart attack while rushing from home to deliver a baby at a Cincinnati hospital. An associate completed the delivery in the lobby before the patient was taken to a room. The infant was born but the physician did not survive the scene.
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Cincinnati
U. P
J. V McGowan
Rebuttal voiced on town manager form during question period
The question period was extended with Danvers figures Manager Lay ton and Selectman Paul Zollo joining. Saw yer argued the town manager system isn’t as democratic as traditional forms but noted that efficiency can require sacrificing some democracy.
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Layton
Paul Zollo
Danvers
Sawyer
Local Poultry Man Fined For Hitting Woman Pedestrian
Concord District Court fined Virginia road resident Concord District Court on a Wednesday morning for driving to endanger. Judge Pierre A Northrup presided and Jordan paid the $20. Patrolman Jamey E Finan Jr was the complainant. The charge stemmed from an accident at Walden and Main three weeks earlier in which Mrs Alice J Neary was knocked down but suffered only minor injuries.
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Concord
Stillman C. Jordan
Virginia Road
Concord District Court
Pierre A. Northrup
Jordan
Jamey E. Finan, Jr
Concord Police
Walden
Main Street
Alice J. Neary
Lincoln
Rebekah Sewing Circle Meets at West Concord
The Rebekah Sewing Circle of Evangelical Free Church holds a meeting tonight at 8 o clock at the home of Mrs. Je Hanna Madsen Barretts Mill Road West Concord.
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Rebekah Sewing Concord
Rebekah Sewing Circle of
Evangelical Free Church
Jehanna Madsen
Barretts Mill Road
West
Concord
County Girls Day Moves to Cary Memorial Hall
Middlesex County announces County Girls Day on May 19 at Cary Memorial Hall Lexington with exhibits in a larger main auditorium. Edison Electric will stage a kitchen demonstration electric range. The program features tours demonstrations contests a dress revue afternoon program and county prize awards with souvenir remembrance for exhibiting girls.
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Concord
Middlesex County
County
Cary Memorial Hall
Lexington
Edison Electric Company
Dai
Rotarians Resume Weekly Meetings at Concord Club
The Concord Rotary Club renews weekly noon meetings and luncheons at Howard Johnson dining hall. President Gordon H. Ogilvie will preside. Past President Frank B. Esau heads the programs committee for March. The club plans a white elephant sale the career day and notes its 20th anniversary in May.
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Concord
Concord Rotary Club
Howard Johnson
Gordon H. Ogilvie
Wil
Frank B. Esau
Boston Banks Decline to Two by 1934 in State Register
A fragment notes the 26 Boston banks listed in the Massachusetts Register, with only two remaining by 1934 the Atlas and The Merchants.
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Boston
Massachusetts Register
The
Atlas
Merchants
Duston Patriarch dies at 60 in Acton home
Concord area mourns the death of Dr Duston’s father Henry C Duston at his Acton residence He was 60 in his 61st year a former attorney railway foreman Notary Public and inventor He lived in Acton since 1939 survived by wife Gladys two sons and a daughter with ten grandchildren Funeral mass and burial followed at Our Lady Help of Christians Concord with priest relatives among the pallbearers
Mrs Ellis C Johnson Prepares Salvation Army Drive
Mrs Ellis C Johnson of S A Drive East Acton leads the house to house canvass for the Salvation Army. She has already submitted a worker roster to the Public Relations office in Boston ahead of the December appeal.
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East Acton
Salvation Army
Ellis C. Johnson
Boston
Local Social Notes From Crescent Street and Great Road
Stow Miss Patricia Swett visits grandmother Mrs. Sarah Irwin during school vacation. George Hamilton of Hyde Park spends weekend with sister Mrs. Irwin. Dr Archie Kerzan and family visit Mr. and Mrs. Barcay Tatler. Miss Willena Peck remains at home due to ill health and will not return to Simmons College this term.
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Patricia Swett
Frank Swett
de. Park
Sarah Irwin
Crescent Street
George Hamilton
Hyde Park
Archie Kerzan
East Braintree
Willena
Heidi) Peck
William H. Peck
Great Road
Simmons College
New Arrival of Daughter for Eells Family in Worcester
Mr and Mrs Harry W Eells announce the birth of their first child, a daughter named Susan Margaret Eels, born Friday February 16. Mrs Eells is the former Priscilla Wetherbee, daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon A Wetherbee of Gleasondale road Stow.
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Stow
Harry W. Eells
Wayne Street
Worcester
Shoe Industry Near Full Scale Operations In Area
The area shows near full scale shoe industry activity with minor layoffs from seasonal factors and shortages at electrical machinery and paper plants offset by gains in textiles and non electrical machinery. Nonmanufacturing fields trend downward with construction and retail trade at normal levels and salespeople exiting the labor market. The American Woolen Co plans to retain one Maynard mill. two new shoe plants arrive, employing about 200 total.
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American Woolen Co
Maynard
Ie Ae Oe
Clntibeter
Aement Insurance
Mrs. Exilda Pierce dies wife of Concord light superintendent
Concord mourns Exilda Rosella Mantha Pierce 69 wife of Everett E. Pierce, head of the Municipal Light Plant. Born in Montreal December 21 1881 she lived in Concord about 40 years and was active with Emerson hospital Girl Scout work and the Concord Woman's Club. Survives by her husband two sisters and a brother. Burial at Sleepy Hollow cemetery after a high mass at St Bernard's church.
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Concord
Exilda Rosella
Mantha) Pierce
Hubbard Street
Emerson Hospital
St. Bernard’s Church
Pierce
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Everett E. Pierce
Municipal Light Plant
Montreal
Concord Woman's ‘Club
Ernest Mantha
Rosanna Burns
Marie LeDue
Marlboro
Fliers Get Break at Moreton in Marsh RAF Station
Six hundred officers and enlisted men at Moreton in Marsh RAF station were granted a month’s extra leave as the camp shut for heating lack of coke. The closure will last until warmer weather returns.
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Moreton -In- the-Marsh
England
Royal Air Force
Windstorm fire tips urge chimneys and insurance checks
Massachusetts fire safety advisory warns that many chimneys damaged by windstorms should be inspected and that farm insurance often remains far below adequacy. Advice covers safe ash disposal, thawing frozen pipes, and planned exits in buildings.
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Concord
Howard
S. Russell
Waltham
Massachusetts
B U Professor At P T A Meeting
West Concord On Thursday March 8 at 8 oclock the Harvey Wheeler P T A will hold its monthly meeting. President Robert E Sheehan will preside. Mrs Maud Brodt is program chairman. Prof John Read of Boston University School of Education will demonstrate teaching science to elementary and 5th grade pupils. A social hour and entertainment follow.
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West Concord
Harvey Wheeler
Harvey Wheeler —P.T.A
Robert E Sheeham
North Carolina farmers boost corn output in 1950 on same acreage
Improved methods helped North Carolina farmers produce 81,955,000 bushels of corn in 1950, on the same acreage that yielded 77,525,000 bushels in 1949.
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North Carolina
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