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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1951
Page
19
Concord residents hear updates on town meetings and upcoming elections in nearby towns including Maynard Bedford Lexington and Lincoln with focus on Emerson Hospital expansion inspection and dedication May 12. Plans for a new Concord Bank building progress and local civic notices roll forward as Mass Conference events and civic drives unfold.
The Ball and Chain event featured a progressive supper at the home of Mrs. Paul B. Gilman with Mr. and Mrs. Kerwin and other couples attending. A sunrise service planning meeting was announced by Mrs. Harold J. Brady as part of club activities.
Bedford updates note Donald and Douglas Pfeiffer sons of Mr and Mrs Louis Pfeiffer 78 South road now stationed with the Signal Corps at Fort Knox Kentucky. The Gleason salutes Mr and Mrs John W Howes of Hume road celebrating a new son for Mr and Mrs Arthur L Boyd of Burlington with the infant’s two sisters nearby. Mrs Robert E Pike Elm street hosted Sons of Civil War Auxiliary meeting last Tuesday. St Michael Church Holy Name Society plans its annual party March 17 at the school auditorium and library with dancing and cards.
Lincoln voters approved a 293 000 budget at the annual Town Meeting in the Town House with 16 articles enacted. Major appropriations include schools 128470 police 3500 fire 8500 highways 48520 Chapter 90 13000 old age welfare 8400. others cover town house cemeteries civil defense and more. The moderator named a committee to study a regional health department and a World War II memorial was rejected. zoning changes discussed. election set for Saturday.
A whist party is set for next Saturday night in St Elizabeth's hall West Acton under the direction of Mr and Mrs James Connolly. The previous Saturday event by Mrs Annie McCarthy Smith drew 26 tables with special prizes to Mrs Barnhower Mrs A Tourville Mrs Sebastian and Michael Walsh. High scorers included Walter Belleville A Tourville Sherman Frost W Scully E Playart M Cullinane Tom Carney Frances Tomy E Strachan John Guiney W Linden Lt William Quinn F E Davis L Keese Agnes Phillips F Carney G L Hatch G DeGrappo Mrs M Woodman Nellie Frye B E Woodman W Belleville D Garlick and Bridget Murphy.
Mr and Mrs Frank Wallace Peterson formerly Mary Elizabeth Giles have returned home to Lincoln after their wedding trip They plan to move into their newly built home later in spring Peterson a former Concord High athlete and World War II veteran is employed at Concord Clothing Company.
Voters in Acton reject the regional high school plan by 782 to 373 while Harvard votes against it 281 to 123. Stow and Bolton supported the plan in a prior election. Boxboro and Lancaster have yet to ballot.
Carlisle residents adopted a budget near 68 733 at Union Hall for the year. Schools received about 38 900 while highway maintenance 5 075 and other items including fire protection street lighting old age assistance and welfare funds were allocated. An hourly wage rise from 85 cents to 1 was approved along with a portable lighting unit for the fire department.
Stow leaders sponsor a series of food preparation classes. Mrs Allison P Smith of Great Road hosted the first session at her home in Concord on Wednesday and will hold another class March 22. Residents are welcome to attend by contacting Mrs Smith.
The Stow Women's Association postpones its February meeting due to illness of the play cast for Husbands are Human. A new date is set for March 13 in the First Parish Unitarian church vestry with the planned one-act comedy and a food sale by members.
Stow Chapter chairman Mrs Wallace Lambert announces Red Cross fund drive starts March 11 for donations. Contributions may be left with Miss Eleanor Smith librarian of the Stow Library or with Mrs Blanche E B Symonds on Great Road in Stow.
Louis McMillen of Concord served as best man for his brother Robert Senseman McMillen who married Jo anna Greene of Belmont last Saturday at Appleton Chapel Harvard University. Rev. Herbert J. Gezork officiated. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick Hartwell Green, the bridegroom son of the late Mr and Mrs Walter W McMillen of Minnesota. Japanese merchant marine ships are now authorized to enter ports of 39 countries.
Cecil L. Thomson of the University of Massachusetts Amherst urges focus on home food preservation this year. He notes ample supplies likely but advises targeted local campaigns only if needed and emphasizes education on preservation and garden gardening for different income groups.
Bedford residents joined an open house at Emerson Hospital to view the new wing with auxiliary guides from nearby towns. The formal dedication is set for National Hospital Day on May 12. James B. Laffin and Ronald Sullivan traveled from 169 Concord Road to Jackson New Hampshire for the weekend. Alfred H. Webber, 69 South Road, remains homebound due to illness.
A stag party for Richard Stow of Great Road Stow was held at the Mill Stream in Maynard with about 20 attendees from Concord Maynard and Stow. Stow departs on Thursday March 8 for Army induction. the evening was enjoyed by all.
Stow VFW Auxiliary plans its monthly meeting on Wednesday evening March 14 at Town hall. Stow School Committee to meet the same evening at Hale High School. Isabel Cusick, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Cusick, has returned to her duties as Social Worker at Gardner State Hospital after emergency appendectomy at St Elizabeth's in Brighton. Toivo H Erkkinen, of Red Acre road, back home after an Emerson Hospital operation in Concord. Ralph I Smith, son of Mr and Mrs George W Smith, now at U S Naval Training Station Newport RI, heads to U S Naval Hospital Portsmouth VA for further hospital apprentice training. Eastern States Farmers Exchange annual meeting held in Springfield with guest Dr John H Davis of Washington DC, executive secretary of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. Attendees from the area included William H Peck, Harold J Harison of Stow, Walter Palatino of Brigham Street Hudson, and Charles Schultz of Bolton. A private pen in Stow and South Acton for three days raised funds for the Stow Boy and Girl Scouts. Steve Gray and his orchestra from Holliston supplied the music.
Salverio DiPietro was elected commander of the Stow L T the Wilho Allen Pek kala Post 8074 Veterans of Foreign Wars at their regular meeting in Town hall. Newly chosen officers include Réio Jokinen as senior vice commander William Priest as junior vice commander Robert Hansill as quartermaster Howard Dwinells as surgeon and Laurie Jokinen as judge advocate. A private installation for these officers is planned for April 10 at the Town hall.
Mr. Monsen, driving a truck loaded with apples to a market in Boston, collided with a bus at a South Boston intersection. He was taken to Boston City Hospital for observation and released home with cuts and bruises. The truck suffered heavy damage.
Concord residents will donate to the American Cancer Society Massachusetts Division as the Cancer Crusade kicks off April 4. Walter A. Brown Boston promoter chairs the drive with a goal matching the 1950 campaign. Local committee details to be announced.
Provo police investigators report a horse was slightly damaged after jumping into the path of a car on U S Highway 91. The car sustained minor injuries.
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