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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1954
Page
7
At a town meeting residents debated Route 20 and 126 zoning changes linked to Raytheon acreage. A 733 vote in favor approved expansion for a laboratory campus and related development, with officials predicting jobs and infrastructure gains. meeting adjourned after late discussion.
Acton church confirmation classes at St Elizabeth of Hungary meet Saturdays at 1 36 PM with Lent Stations of the Cross to follow. Nasnoba Sportsmen's Club hosts beogie trials Sunday March 14 at 9 AM. Prizes shown at West Acton News Shop. Red Cross appeal underway with Concord Chapter aiming 17 673 dollars. campaign chair H Bradford Sturtevant III. A church school teachers meeting was held at the home of Mrs Clark C McElvein Acton Center. Parsonage prayer meeting set for 8 PM tonight. Wes Acton Baptist Church observed Lent with Rev Ronald N Noble preaching Peace With God.
Carlisle reports the first Lenten sermon at the Congregational Church delivered by Rev. Arthur Sweeney of Harvard Congregational Church. The next service is set for 7 PM on Sunday March 14.
A delegation of housewives told a Senate Banking Subcommittee that coffee prices may climb before leveling. They blamed natural factors, notably a hard frost in Brazil, for a grave world supply deficit as consumption grows while production lags.
Miss Anne Matheson Preston daughter of Mr and Mrs William Munro Preston of Lincoln wed Robert Lucien McCollom Jr son of Dr and Mrs Robert L McCollom of Huntington Long Island and Newark The ceremony at a Long Island church was conducted by Rev Charles Marvin Styron The bride is a Concord Academy alum and the groom a Dartmouth College student The couple will reside in Hanover New Hampshire
Concord celebrates two alumni on college deans lists this term. Anne Friedman class of 1953 a Bouve Boston freshman and Laurence Dut ton class of 1951 a Northeastern University junior in electrical engineering. Chemistry teacher Joseph P O'Brien helped provide films for classes including Sand and Flame From Ore to Power and Economical Driving.
In Westerly Rhode Island Peggy McKenzie aged 15 remains unconscious three years after a March 5 1950 tricycle accident with brief moments of recognition. Her parents Janet 13 and mother keep faith praying for a wake while noting rare glimmers of movement and eye focus. The article also mentions the commemoration of Lia Dare as the first white child born in the future United States in 1937 on a 350th anniversary.
Hudson and Stow residents raised 2661.37 to aid infantile paralysis relief in the 1954 March of Dimes campaign. Attorney William J. Kittredge Jr. lauded volunteers, local newspapers, and groups including VFW Auxiliary and United Steelworkers Local 3536 for strong support.
Framingham GM plant payroll for last year totaled 10 680 885 dollars with 1887 employed at the plant. Massachusetts GM employment in 1952 included 2634 workers with total payroll of 13 438 502 dollars.
Memphis reporter notes C. E. Campbell began work for Choctaw Inc at 65 and, now 80, still travels a 12 county sales territory weekly.
Residents of Rockville Connecticut sue mink farm owners alleging persistent odor problems that harmed the neighborhood and led to court action.
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital reports a near complete human kidney transplant success. A donor kidney placed in the thigh functioned for over five months before the patient died from a heart seizure linked to high blood pressure.
Administrator Elmina L Snow releases February totals across Medical Surgical and Obstetrical units. Readings include newborns by gender, total admissions and discharges, inpatient and outpatient counts, mortality under and over 48 hours, major and minor operations, nursery and x ray figures, laboratory and pathology exams, trauma and other injuries, and daily averages with room and bed utilization across Medical Surgical Obstetrical and nursery services.
Gregorio Colon faced a suspended sentence in police court for throwing furniture during a celebratory incident after his wife gave birth to a son. He explained the act as part of the celebration.
Concord High rehearsals for the Mikado progress under Charles K Yeremian with a February 26 session for principals and chorus. Elmer Brooks shines as the Mikado’s son and Betty Ogilvie excels as Yum Yum. The cast shows rapid progress toward a likely big success. There are more than 20,000,000 cyclists in the United States.
A 31 year old Philadelphia man Marvin Hewitt posed as Dr Kenneth P Yates and taught advanced physics at the University of New Hampshire for over a year before being exposed. He used a high school education and assumed the post in February 1953, later leaving town.
The Woman's Alliance of the Carlisle First Parish Unitarian Church held a meeting yesterday afternoon at Mrs. Edward Lapham's Concord road home with twin sister Mrs. Arthur Lapham as co host. The program was announced.
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