County florists meet to discuss marketing flowers
Concord Massachusetts and Sudbury host a meeting of county florists with Prof Norman Butterfield outlining a new department in marketing flowers. The event at Roland Cutler greenhouse on Landham Road in Sudbury features planned florist displays at a large self service supermarket opening.
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Wheeler
University Ts At
Amherst
County Florists
Norman Buttenfield
Butterfield
Roland Cutler
Landham Road
Sudbury
Youth group meeting and Lenten service planned
A Sunday church event schedule shows a youth group meeting and a showing of the Chance film. The committee invites families to attend on March 9 with a 7 45 pm Lent service and related activities at the junior high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unior High
Young Ag
Mee
Concord Garbage Collector Retires After 27 Years
Henry M. Anderson of West Acton has requested and been granted release from his Concord garbage collection post after 27 years of service. He cites increased costs and inadequate pay as reasons and notes he knows Concord well and will miss his friends and their kindnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Henry M. Anderson
West Acton
Mr. Anderson
Real estate ads ebb and flow with family profits
A dated letter touts home ownership as the ultimate happiness and urges readers to buy land and property. It lists colonial and brick houses for sale in MASS and nearby towns, with prices from 8 500 to 25 000 and notes on features like five rooms, attics, porches, and lakefront frontage. The writer criticizes the difficulty of advertising while emphasizing investment value and safer land ownership.
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Mass
Weston Road
E House
Acton Street
Powder Mill
Cap
Lny
Maynard
Ke Mass
Bendixeres &Xtractors
Marlfairanaing
Turkey Dinner Draws Praise in Acton
South Acton reports a successful annual turkey dinner hosted by the Ladies Circle of the Universalist Church on February 21. Theron Lowden led the kitchen with a team including Alberta Tuttle Edith Braman Lizzie Brown Bertha Lowden and others while Evelyn Mac Leod supervised waiters Gordon Clark names listed.
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South Acton
Ladies Circle of the Universalist Church
Theron Lowden
Alberta Tuttle
Edith Braman
Lizzie Brown
Bertha Lowden
David Tucker
Richard Deane, Jr
David Smith
Lucius Tolman
Rosco Sawyer
Richard Lowden
Evelyn MacLeod
Arnold Woodward
Lucille Cunningham
Leo Cunningham
Donna Cunningham
Paula Deane
Bertha Deane
Judith Deane
Sylvia Mosely
Carolyn Mosely
Marjorie Erickson
Edith Fawcett
Martia McLaren
Arthur Lowden
Joan Priest
Jean Priest
Helen Tolman
Janet MacLean
Sandra Leavitt
Littleton approves budget hike and 39 articles at meeting
The Littleton town meeting approved a budget of 331 353 a jump from last year and the loss of numbers on boards. Forty nine articles were listed in the warrant and the election occurred the same day. Aaron Marcus Dana F Hardy and Donald P Prouty served in leadership roles for the Nagog Regional School District a co representative with Acton.
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Littleton
Nagog
Acton
Aaron, Marcus
Dana F. Hardy
Donald P. Prouty
Acton Selectman Chosen Chair as Braman Term Ends
Mainstreet official Christofferson Acton was elected chair of the Acton board by the town on Tuesday night to serve out George Braman’s one year term. Frederick W. Abbt was chosen as clerk for three years, Leo C. Cunningham fills Donnelly’s two year vacancy, succeeding Arthur W. Lee as chair.
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Acton
Carl A. Christofferson Mainstreet
Town Hall
Christofferson
George S. Braman
Frederick W. Abbt
Leo C. Cunningham
Lawrence Donnelly
Abbt
Arthur W. Lee
Maynard Licensing Board Notices Seasonal Alcohol Licenses
The Maynard Licensing Board posts notice that the Maynard Rod and Gun Club Inc. Michael Piecewicz appears with manager Angus Hanson for an All Alcoholic seasonal club license at Old Mill Road. Also the Polish American Citizens Benefit Club of Maynard Inc. Michael Piecewicz applies for an All Alcoholic seasonal club license at 157 Main Street. Maynard Country Club Inc. Victor Milewski applies for an All Alcoholic seasonal club license for off Brown Street with a main hall and piazza.
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Maynard
Board of Selectmen
Maynard Rod and Gun Club Inc
Angus Hanson
Old Mill Road
Leo F. Mullin
Emile’ A. Dumas
John Mitzcavitch
Maynard Board of Selectmen
Maynard Country Club Inc
Victor Milewski
Brown Street
Emile A. Dumas
Plane Forced Down In Field Near Sudbury
A plane with two aboard made a forced landing in a corn field on Woodside road near Clifford Wright’s property in Sudbury. The craft struck a barbed wire fence and overturned but both occupants, pilot John S. Christie 32 of Commonwealth Avenue Boston and passenger Louis Bradley 30 of Boston, escaped with only bruises.
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Sudbury
Woodside Road
Clifford Wright
John S. Christie
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
Louis Bradley
Boson
Retarded Children Bill Reported At Middlesex Meeting
At the South Middlesex Association for Retarded Children meeting on February 23 Mrs David Hurwitz of the Massachusetts Special Recess Commission outlined House Bill No. 2270. She said parents must first accept the child as he is and then push for social development and educational opportunities through training to raise the child’s abilities. The commission praised for promoting welfare and urged parental and civic support to pass the proposals.
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Concord
South Middlesex Association For
David Hurwitz
Massachusetts Special Recess Commission
Mrrs
Hurwitz
Hunwitz
Cradeley
Bedford PTA Reports On Local School Needs
Bedford P T A held a meeting in the school auditorium to hear a report from the committee studying local school needs. The committee plans to present findings at next Monday's annual town meeting. members include James R. Strowbridge, Helene G. Devereux, Murray York, Kenneth Sheldon, Joseph P. Maloney, Louise Beecy, and John Earl Dick. Bedford’s population growth is driving the need, and 1954-1955 is the final year Bedford students may attend Concord High School.
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Bedford
Bedford P. T. A
James R. Strowbridge
Helene G. Devereux
Murray York
Kenneth Sheldon
Joseph P. Maloney
Louise Beecy
John Earl Dick
Concord High School
Maynard Births Logged at Emerson Hospital
Maynard births recorded at Emerson Hospital in Concord list a daughter to Mr and Mrs John Tobin of 25 Thompson Street on February 23 and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Arthur F Burt of 6 Brown Street on February 25 plus a birth to Walter D Forance of 18 Maple Street on February 26.
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Maynard
Emerson Hosipial
Concord
John Tobin
Thompson Street
Arthur F. Burt
Brown Street
Walter D. Forance
Maple Street
4H Club Rally at George Washington Auditorium
The Maynard-A 4H club rally will be held Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4 pm at the George Washington Auditorium. A program of games and songs has been arranged by club members. Additionally mentions Jesse James and Miss Lee Holmes of Middlesex and a note about first U S stamps 1847 in New York City.
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Maynard
George Washington Auditorium
Memers
Jesse James
Lee “Holme
Middlesex
Acinemae
Guest Night at Acton Center Woman's Club Speaker Rev Burt
Acton Center Woman's Club holds Guest Night on Wednesday March 10 at 8 pm at the clubhouse. President Mrs Allan G Moody presides. Guest speaker Rev Robert Burt of West Acton former Maynard Protestant chaplain at the Massachusetts Reformatory West Concord speaks on Concord Reformatory. An art exhibit by Acton school children directed by Miss Carol Spaulding is planned with social hour hosted by Mrs John Goddard.
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Acton
Acton Center Woman's Club
Allen G. Moody
Robert Burt
West Acton
Maynard
Massachusetts Reformatory
West Concord
Concord Reformatory
Acton School
Carol Spaulding
Elizabeth Morrison
John Goddard
Hale High School News of The Week
Hale High's Stow staff member Mrs Page publishes a short story Eldest Daughter in a magazine. Hale basketball opens Bay State Tournament at Chelmsford vs Groton with 53 50 win over Groton in 1952.
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Hale High School News of the Week
Stow
Emily Rebecca Page
Hale
Hale High School
Basketeers
Groton High School
Chelmsford High School
Chelmsford
Sudbury
Burlington
Acton
Sacred Heart of Newton
Groton
Dover - St. Jean’s of Lynn
New Bedford
Braintree
Malden
Framingham
Brandeis University
Waltham
Lenten Vesper Service Planned at First Parish
The First Parish Unitarian Church Meeting House hosts the first of two Lenten vesper services Sunday at 4 30 p m. The junior choir will provide music and Rev Edward Perry Daniels D D will give a brief address. A new heating pad with a back harness helps farmers stay warm while operating tractors in winter.
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First Parish Unitarian Church
Edward Perry Daniels
D.D
Maynard High Career Talks Highlight Student Interest
Maynard High School hosted multiple career talks on January 19 and February 9 with speakers from Boston area nurseries, Northeastern University, East Coast Aero Tech, and local trade schools. Topics included nursery teaching, advertising, carpentry, and medical technology. The sessions drew strong student interest and inquiries to the Guidance Director. Texas’ state motto is friendship from Tejas meaning friends or allies.
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Maynard
Sharaf
Nursery Training School of
Boston
Coons
Northeastern University
Jacoby
North Bennet Street
Bay State Society For the Crippled and Physical Handicapped
Mliss Morrison
Mass. Memorial Hospital
Queenan
Texas
Piano teacher wins Shoppers World Bermuda trip
A Greater Boston piano teacher who visited Shoppers World Wednesday won a free Bermuda vacation for two at the Framingham center. Catherine C. Day, 24 Boylstore Street Jamaica Plain, entered three tickets and will depart March 14 with a companion. A second Bermuda trip winner will be drawn March 10 from new tickets entered through that date. Drawing for the grand prize of a new 1954 model car is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Boston
Bermuda
Framingham
Catherine C. Day
Boylstore Street
Jamaica Plain
Knights To Hold Two Degrees Here
Concord hosts a Knights of Columbus event with a second degree for new candidates Friday at 8 pm and a major degree Sunday at 8 pm at Monument Hall. All members urged to attend. Ford giveaway offers three deluxe models with no purchase required and one ticket per store per day. Miss Day claims she has never won anything before while undecided about her companion.
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Concord
Knights of Colummbus
Leonard J. Wetherbee
Monument Hall
K. of C
Ford
Miss Day
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Forge Village
Clifton Symonds
Graniteville
Lowell State Teachers College
Kelly
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Robert Lacey
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Louis Masciarelli
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