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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1951
Page
5
Officials warn grass fires, often caused by discarded cigarettes and leaves, damage crops and threaten homes. The Conservation Service and state agencies urge careful burning and proper disposal to protect soil and conserve resources.
Superintendent Whitman and Pearson lead a Women’s Forum on March 15 at Lincoln. The discussion centers on military training, civic duty, and character development for young men, linking education, discipline, and survival in army life.
A Marlboro exhibit at the Marlboro Public Library showcases Palestine Egypt and Holy Land artifacts collected by Florina E Carbone Adams a former nurse and World War I Nursing Corps member. The display includes a pilgrimage certificate beads coins shells sandals and books recommendation list with titles by Spellman Reynolds Ludwig and Booth among others.
The United States government, once occupying 12 percent of wartime office space, needs large Prairie like rooms across the nation. The Public Building Service has tasked the National Association of Building Owners and Managers to find space as vacancies rise to about ten million square feet. Aiming to cluster agencies, the search notes difficulty in locating suitable sites and coordinating desks.
A Massachusetts backyard scene captures a stylishly dressed squirrel attracting attention. Neighbors report the creature posing with confident stance as onlookers watch the unusual fashion moment.
Concord Rotary plans a charity auction Thursday April 5 at 7 30 pm in the Veterans Building to raise funds for the Emerson Hospital wing operating room. Local magnates Arthur Sr and Arthur Jr serve as auctioneers and bidders are urged to donate usable items and contact Lester Whittemore or Harold Clarke for pickup or transportation.
The Concord Taxpayers Association will hold its annual meeting after a Dutch treat dinner at the Colonial Inn next Monday March 26. Dinner starts at 6 30 PM and the meeting at 8 00 PM. W Neil Kimball assistant executive director of the Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers Association will speak. Ladies invited to attend and dinner to encourage more women to join officers.
Fire crews responded to a minor blaze at the Copleland home on Central Street and were later called to a grass fire near the Concord Turnpike. Good Friday services are planned at St Bernard’s and Our Lady Help of Christians in West Concord. The Browne family and Middlesex School students are vacationing in Florida, Daytona Beach, and lend a note on the Amory family from Wenham.
Bradley Dewey Jr of Concord Massachusetts was elected vice president of the CRYOVAC Division of Dewey and Army Chemical Company at a directors meeting. He graduated from Harvard in 1937 and MIT in 1940 and has led product development and Cryovac operations at Lockport New York and Cedar Rapids Iowa.
St Ann church Wayland Sudbury hosted the annual St Patrick Day party attracting many parishioners and friends. Twelve entertainment acts plus dancing and card games kept guests entertained as prizes were awarded to Dorothy Wilson of Horse Pond Road Sudbury for an electric mixer and Lawrence Collins of Wayland for the Infant Jesus of Prague statue.
Bedford committee designates April 20 as Red Cross Blood Day to meet urgent civic and Korean front needs. Chairman John R. Goddu of Springs Road calls for volunteers with varied capacities to help and donate.
Mrs Mabel Holly of Maynard and Mrs Edithi Bailey of West Concord returned home last weekend after a ten day vacation by train to New Orleans Louisiana.
Concord resident Earle Wiggin of Walden Terrace exhibited a miniature garden at Mechanics Building Boston attracting much comment from numerous spectators during last week’s flower show.
Mrs. Nelson Deveneau of 80 Sudbury and her daughter Jacqueline flew to Enid Oklahoma to visit husband Pvt Nelson Deveneau of the Army Air Force. Accompanying them to Washington were Richard Eaton and Kenneth Farrell, who will tour D.C. and New York before returning. Robert Allan Fay marked his second birthday with six friends and their mothers sharing cake and ice cream in a festive afternoon.
A patient named Acton Brodericks Kennedy is in Emerson Hospital. North Carolina expanded its state highway system in 1950 by adding 4 850 miles of waved road to its 635 000 mile system.
Concord Rotary Club held a noon meeting at the Howard Johnson restaurant led by President Gordon H Ogilvie guest speaker George E Erickson assistant director of the Middlesex County Extension Service gave an illustrated talk on 4H club work showing Camp Middlesex in Ashby. An April 5 white elephant sale at the Veterans Building was announced with co chairmen Frederick Mears and Bernard E Megin Harold N Clarke leads transportation. Spring district conference set for Worcester hotel on April 16. Makeups listed from Maynard Waltham Orlando Florida and other locations.
Bedford moves draft processing from Waltham to a newly created Draft Board No 114 with headquarters in Concord. The board will serve Bedford Concord Acton Lincoln Maynard and Sudbury and include Albert W Clifford as Bedford’s representative.
Last Saturday the Bedford Youth Activities Association held a food sale on the Teague home lawn at Great Road and Fletcher Avenue. Committee chair John Stewart led the event with Youth Activity members. Proceeds funded a Bunny Hop event that evening in the school auditorium.
The Acton Memorial Library lists numerous titles including The Last Tycoon The Real Gatsby and The Far Side of Paradise. Easter service at South Acton Universalist Church led by Rev. Carl A Hempe l features special music and decorations. Nashoba Sportsmen's Club hosts The Living Wandece and animal exhibit of TV fame with Walter K Brent on Saturday at 4 00 pm and 8 00 pm. March 26 social night at the Nashoba Sportsmen's Hut North Acton. Mr and Mrs Kenneth MacPheer West Acton announce the birth of a daughter at Emerson Hospital March 16. The couple already has six sons.
Southboro board of selectmen elected B. Spurr as chairman at their organization meeting in Town Hall. The new board met for the first time since last Monday's election with members Everett I. Flanders and John Hill. Annual appointments will be made.
At the Wednesday meeting March 28 Fred Bridges of Lymnastrest was drawn as juror for a Worcester Superior Court special criminal session starting April 23.
Charles H Ripley of Gates Pond Road is making good progress at New England Baptist Hospital Boston after undergoing a major operation.
Dr Samuel Halappa and his son Harold are spending a few days in New York City.
Memphis postal clerk Richard Byles, while unloading mail, investigated a sack after hearing music. He discovered a package containing a battery radio that was playing. The incident highlights an unusual find in the mail stream and the clerk’s quick actions.
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