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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1950
Page
5
This week in Concord lists nightly meetings and activities across town. Highlights include the First Parish Church supper at vestry and a State Armory drill with Company H M N G. plus town meeting at the Armory and various club gatherings.
Concord selectman Krist Andersen joined other town dignitaries in a Waltham radio program last Sunday afternoon. The station increased its output from 500 to 1000 watts during the broadcast.
In Middlesex Massachusetts a probate petition requests Helen M Fairbank of New Britain Connecticut or another suitable person be appointed trustee of the Winthrop H Fairbank estate of Sudbury. Objections must be filed in Cambridge by 10 AM March 20 1950. John C Leggat Esquire First Judge and John J Butler Register dated February 21 1950.
To all persons interested in the estate of Sarah A McCormick late of Maynard in said County deceased. The court for license to sell at private sale certain real estate of the deceased. If you desire to object the return day is March 22 1950. This February 17 1950.
Deposit book No. 39821 has been lost and payment is stopped. Notice dated February 28 1950 from Middlesex Institution for Savings Concord Massachusetts signed by W S Smith Assistant Treasurer.
Federal inspectors Lt. Col. E. H. Cruise and Major E. E. Mitchell gave Concord's Company H M N G 182nd Infantry an excellent rating after an eight hour armory inspection of supply records training and administration. Col. Otis M. Whitney and other officers attended along with visiting Col. Raymond Emerson and three former commanders. Instructors praised were Lieuts Maurice L. Dee Richard Colleton and noncommissioned officers Harold Johnston Joseph Derome Fred Whitcomb and Corporals John Clayton Norman Frizzle.
The United States Marine Band will headline the 175th Battle of Concord and Lexington anniversary in Concord on Patriots Day. A bill by Rep Edith Nourse Rogers cleared the House and, with Senate support urged by Senator Leverett Saltonstall, moved forward.
Recent arrivals at the Emerson hospital in Concord list three newborns. A son born February 23 to Mr and Mrs William Cobleigh of South Acton. A son born February 24 to Mr and Mrs John E Miller of Maynard. A daughter born February 26 to Mr and Mrs Frank W Miller of Maynard.
Michael Mike Wrenn longtime municipal light plant lineman shows marked improvement at Emerson Hospital where he has been confined for weeks with a broken leg sustained on the job.
Concord Carlisle Hudson Lincoln Acton Bedford Lexington Maynard Sudbury announce meetings or elections next Monday. Sudbury annual meeting will be held as part of the list of town events and local government actions.
In Carlisle the annual town election produced a surprising result as Mrs. Harriet Patch losing state three year term to Mrs. Isabell Campbell 113 to 6 after caucus support favored Patch. Roy V. Cann and Mrs. Margaret Heald were reelected as selectman and town clerk. New trustees include Amy Lapham and Eleanor Phillips with Phillips filling the vacancy left by long-serving J. Harry Wilkins. The town meeting is set for next Monday at Union hall.
Miss Jean Langill plans marriage to Donald Dee son of Mr and Mrs Joseph M Dee of Concord Bedford Street. Pre wedding shower hosted by Mrs Edmund C Meade in Waltham drew about 50 guests from Waltham Newtons Concord Watertown Somerville Brighton and West Roxbury with household and personal gifts.
The Concord group of the Men s Club at Trinitarian Congregational Church will meet Friday night after a 6 30 supper at the parish house. New president J Edward Holt will preside and guest speaker William R Shepherd of Haverhill will discuss Farm Subsidy Program as a student of Good Government.
The Bowdoin College Glee Club about 70 members performs in Concord March 23 under Concord Lions Club sponsorship. Directed by Frederic E. T. Tillotson, the group has a long touring history and recent high profile concerts in New England New York and Washington D C. Profits from the show go to local institutions and charities.
Concord high seniors will celebrate Commencement Week with an outdoor graduation first in the school's history. The Top Hat Senior Prom publicity boosts linger with posters and daily notices. Tickets for the March 4 Weiss A Hall affair are at Richardson's Drug Store or from Lions Club members.
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