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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1950
Page
9
Fragmentary report notes a win by a team over Jack Wallace and a first round series against West and Concord. Mentions Nashoba and Littleton venues, with March 29 as a key date for the season end.
In a thrilling Friday night clash, Nashoba Walk League top contenders narrowly edged the high school quintet 46 44 in sudden death. Key players Charlie Sawyer Jack King George Moreau and Jack Wallace starred as the Wanderers fought to upset the leaders. The game featured a late, dramatic comeback and a March of Dimes fundraising note closing the page.
Report notes Maynard Bowling sustained vehicular damage near Worth Texas, with an estimated cost of four thousand dollars. Police or local responders documented the incident and filed a basic report.
A fragmented report notes local sports ties to territory officials and minor leagues. It mentions spring training and schoolboy unity, with hopes for player signings and camp participation, including references to Milford and ticmurzi.
Mak i Folks Mak i Folks, also known as Bis, starred Aca folks in a team oriented event. The fragment notes a local group and a performance or competition context.
Senior girls badminton at Hunt Gym 4 30 am and senior boys badminton at Hunt Gym 6 30 pm. West Concord Wanderers vs Concord Holy Name playoff in Nashoba Valley League at Hunt. Monday Concord High School battery men workout at Hunt Gym 3 pm. Mitt Dam Bowling League with five matches at Lexington 7 pm. Final Nashoba Valley League playoff round begins.
Ramblers stay atop Mil Dam Bowling League with a 4-0 win over K of C Jrs and total 1481. Henry Smith rolled 320 including triples 115 111 94, leading Ramblers. Other high scores include Moreau 304 and DeMeo 303. All Stars beat Thrift 3-1, Macone's 3-0 over Lincoln, Andy Boy 4-0 over Tody's, and K of C Srs. downing Anderson 4-0.
Bedford The pre school group met at Mrs. Pallen iM McArdle 111 Great Road with speaker Mrs. R Willard Hunt discussing Literature for the Preschool Child. Grade 2 students study Holland with books, wooden shoes and Dutch windmill drawings. Grade 4 pupils visited the town hall to see the Revolutionary War flag and plan trips to Lexington and Concord. The Four Leaf Clover square dance was taught to Grade 6 and Eskimo studies began.
Maynard high school crowned its Intra-Mural League champion as No 3 defeated Team 8 by 25 to 24 after trailing early 3 8. Billy Howes and Henry Nowick starred for the victors while Frank Rogers and R Nelson led the losers.
John J. O Connell, former Concord High assistant football coach and PE member, resigns at Malden High after one year and will return to his old post next fall. He previously served 1947 to 1949 with Coach Bernie Megin, led Medford scholastic athletics, captained Boston University baseball, and is a U S Army veteran.
The Concord Twilight Baseball League will hold its first organization meeting of the 1950 season next Tuesday night March 28 at the State Armory at 8 30. President Maurice L Dee will preside and any interested in entering a team are invited. Teams expected back include Sleepy Hollow Heronville East Quarter Hubbardville and Minute Men.
A bold promptness scheme by a manager backfires at a large firm. Signs reading Do it Now spark laziness, a cashier steals thirty thousand dollars, the head bookkeeper elopes with the secretary, three clerks demand raises, and a night shift worker deserts to become a bandit.
A cow-puncher orders steak at a restaurant. The waiter serves it rare. He insists it be recooked. The waiter replies it is cooked. The patron retorts that cows bruise but he will heal.
A seller tells Charlie about a cow he offers. The cow is described as kind and gentle, with uncertain milk output but hints she will give milk if she has any. The dialogue centers on whether the cow fits Charlie’s Guernsey herd and her milking ability.
A stranger seated opposite two spinsters on a train played a practical joke. In a tunnel he hissed loudly, then after emerging into daylight the man bowed and said he did not know which of the ladies to thank for the enjoyable moments.
A neighbor dispute escalates after a neighbor returns a guitar with an ax and a note claiming to “try this on your piano.” The incident highlights tensions from a disagreement about music lessons and household noise.
The farm worker returns from the city wearing a scarf pin set with at least four carats, dazzling village belles and drawing envy from men. When asked if it is a real diamond, he quips that if not, he’s been skun out of four bits.
A man boasted of chewing 49 boiled eggs and was asked why not reach 50. He replied in a riddling way about not making a hog of himself for just one egg.
The report notes shrimp by weight in American waters exceed all other shellfish varieties. It highlights the peak harvests and regional contributors, naming fisheries and ports involved in the industry and implying market impact for seafood producers.
A 1949 Midwest state fair summary shows hog breeders reembracing pelletized dairy by products in hog rations. Weaners and sows earned top prizes as pelletized milk by products supported self-feeder programs, with numerous championships across six states and at the national barrow show.
Desert rats gather and store seed beneath mesquite shrubs, facilitating rapid invasion of grassy rangelands and displacing forage grasses. USDA reports in Arizona show mesquite shrub density rising about 50 percent per acre in two years, impacting beef and wool production. The Merriam kangaroo rat in the Southwest feeds on mesquite.
W. W. Spink of the University of Minnesota declares undulant fever in humans can only be controlled by eradicating the disease in domestic animals. He urges pasteurization of all milk for human use as prevention, noting no immunization prevents the illness.
A fragment reports that one fifth of Nebraska's aging hens are producing enough eggs to cover feeding and raising expenses, highlighting ongoing agricultural cost pressures for farmers.
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