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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1957
Page
1
Fragments show plans for Route 62 study and a new car purchase along with local events. Mentions Armory sale and Cushing visits, Emerson Hos and a May 1 birthday. Notes about snow tires, a rescue, and a hospital expansion with a $16,300 initiative.
The Alpha Upsilon Sigma Phi chapter met at Maryt Street South ers. Officers elected include Ty Arena as vice president and Phine Ammen as secretary treasurer. Virginia Mills elected as tension officer with social duties. Meeting featured thought and public speaking segments and refreshments.
Concord Free Public Gallery hosts two week student art display from Concord Academy with seventh and eighth grade figure studies. Notable instructors Dorothy Mattice Power and George Mercer mark mid-year as new art teachers. Featured artists include Judy Bentinck-Smith Caroline Burke Ally Fuller Muriel Hervey Stephanie Hoar Lucy Hunt Helen Johnston Erica Levine Linda Merrill Margaret Murray Clover Nicholas Hester Parker and Hester Phelps.
Concord Town Manager Theodore M. Nelson reports the town has received the deed for land for a new light plant sub station sold by Nuclear Metals Inc to the town for $1. The sub-station, funded with about $135 000 approved March 4, will sit on a roughly 100 by 100 foot site left of Route 62 westbound. Construction and equipment move‑in are planned to begin soon with an anticipated completion by September or October.
Concord Two local student publications received awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association sponsored by Columbia University. Voice of Concord High earned third place in best printed newspapers for senior high schools with enrollments 501 to 750. Concord Academy's publication won for best printed magazine in secondary girls private schools.
Ruth I. Wetherbee, organist and choir director at St Amne's Church for over 25 years and secretary to Rev Morris R. Robinson, was honored Sunday morning with a toccatsge and a purse of money from four church organizations in appreciation of her ee years of service.
On Tuesday March 26 the traffic safety committee the selectmen and a town manager meet at the Town House to hear four or five salesmen aiming to sell parking meters. Afterward the town will seek bids for meter installation. A by law change awaits approval by Atty-Gen. George Fingold.
West Concord Massachusetts list shows Andrew D. Horne leading 16 eligibles for promotion to supervising corrections at the Massachusetts Institute for Correction. Other named officers include Victor S. Pozerycki James P. Comhee ney William F. McNally Robert J. Carson James S. Mac Farland Lotis L. Lacourse Stuart W. Scott and more.
Concord public schools guidance director Jolif C. Palmer will discuss discovering individual abilities during a Wednesday evening meeting in the Alcott School Auditorium. A short business session includes the nominating committee slate and a Q and A period with light refreshments to follow by Roger Howard and his committee.
Donald B. Sinclair, chairman of the Concord School Committee, is named chair of the panel on Secondary non-Plant and Curriculum-Whats ahead at the annual New England School Development conference in Boston at the Hotel Bradford Friday. Concord public schools belong to the event.
Store Prize Concord Sandra Kenny, a Virginia high school senior, receives a Jordan Marsh Company certificate for participation in the Teen Fashion Show contest. She is congratulated as first prize winner and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Kenny of Virginia.
A historic Virginia mining project outlines an initial construction phase needing 8210 tons of steel. Officials indicate local supply chains and labor plans will support early work.
Concord selects John B. Finigan of 21 Everett Street as chairman of the finance committee for the coming year. He succeeds Harold C. Smith who resigned after being elected selectman on February 25. The committee will fill Smith’s vacancy at its April 8 meeting with LeBurton D. Webster re-elected clerk and Robert A. Lederman named vice chairman.
The program notes speakers include Miss Elizabeth Gillette vocal music Vincent Giannini instrumental music Mrs Elizabeth Hebert home economics Mrs Dorothy Nelson ant Jackson King shop Mrs Joanne Johnson girls physical education John McGrail boys physical education Miss Irene O Malley school nursing Steering committee members are Mrs William Bond chairman Mrs Robert Rodday Kenneth Harris George Taft and David Townsend.
Town board and Theodore M. Nelson will meet at the Town House at 2 p m with New England Survey Inc the firm that did the recent revaluation project. About 410 property owners appeared at recent hearings seeking complaints or advice.
Mrs Paul G Counihan of 30 Holden Wood Road Concord attends a meeting where Gov Furcolo announced a recorded perch supporting a state sales tax. Kenneth G Wilson of 7 Martha's Point Road Concord is named among Massachusetts pre doctoral graduate fellowship winners.
Concord Town Manager Theodore M. Nelson announces regional and national advertising for the town engineer position with a $10,000 annual sum voted by the town. He notes revised electrical inspection fees and anticipates bids for a new fire truck around April 5.
League of Women attendees will host sessions on water conservation. On Wednesday March 27 the meetings will feature Mrs. George E Crowell Mrs. Robert S Freland Mrs. Waldron S Macdonald and Mrs. John W Teele leading questions and answers with open attendance for interested residents.
Concord residents welcome several newborns from March 11 to March 17 at Emerson Hospital. Daughters born to Murphy at 73 Commonwealth Avenue and Whittemore on Whittemore Street, a son to Wankowski on Hartington Avenue, a son to Houck on Monument Street, a daughter to Wheeler on Chestnut Street, a son to Duggan on Highland Street, a daughter to Bazemore on Heath's Bridge Road, and a son to Besco on Starretts Mill Road.
Concord firemen were dispatched around 10 a.m. Tuesday to Box 24 for a flash fire at a Main Street building under extensive alterations near the Enterprise office. Chief Patterson said a heater ignited paper blown into a duct by a blower. Minor damage beyond smoke. This marked the 64th alarm of the year.
Lincoln voters approved a record budget of 663 383.57 at the annual town meeting held Monday at the Smith School Auditorium. About 450 residents debated 29 articles over four hours. Higher appropriations included 382 510 for Education and 74 942 for highways with polls set Saturday from 12 noon to 7 pm for town elections.
Concord officials heard Deputy Chief Engineer Gordon Gray outline proposed Route 2 by passes and interchanges near Walden Street Sandy Pond Road and Lake Walden. He noted multiple route options with rotary intersections and said definite plans depend on federal and state review before any construction begins.
The notice invites bids from Theodore M. Nelson and others for purchase of equipment aimed at controlling spring flooding. Bids are due March 29 at 9:30 a.m. at the designated house. The equipment is intended to mitigate overflow risks expected with the spring melt.
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