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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1954
Page
17
W Cunningham, Leonard S, Wetherbee, Bana, Edmond J, Fred W Abbt resign from the Acton school committee. Letters state regret at stepping down to allow new leadership while remaining devoted to the district and its institutions.
A writer reflects on shaping a boy into a star athlete while questioning the impact of high school sports pressure. He fears creating a split personality and wonders if education should take precedence over athletic glory.
The first outdoor Cinemascope showing at Shoppers World features ITner Bros with a color cast noted for television. Stars including Tam and Aloha Nui will attend on Thursday April, promoting the King Th story and the Easter Vacation program. Desi Ong Long Trailer and Ball present as part of the event.
Bedford Police Chief and Mrs Sullivan along with their daughter recently returned from a Florida vacation. Richard Charles Baker observed his first birthday at a party with grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles F Murray present. Bedford League of Women Voters meetings continue this week with tonight at Mrs Eugene R Christie’s home. Holy Name Society at St Michael’s Church heard Rev William E Kerrigan address men on the evils of communism.
A leather binding along the edges of sleeves or jackets that get hard wear will prevent fraying.
West Concord parishioners of Our Lady Help of Christians donate a processional cross and two acolyte candeleholders in memory of Rev. John J. Scollan. Engraved gifts are on view during Stations of the Cross on Fridays. Committeemen Charles H. Doyle Alexander F. MacEachern C. Edward Doyle Joseph M. Steinmann Daniel F. Connors Rudolph W. Currier lead donation efforts.
The article recalls Wilhelm Roentgen's 1895 X ray breakthrough that could image beneath skin. It notes early public fascination, tuberculosis prevention efforts, and the 1940s shift to portable film X ray equipment enabling mass screening to detect hidden TB cases.
Acton Superintendent Whitman Pearson and Principal William O Connell attended a business and education conference Tuesday at the John Hancock building in Boston. Roger Crafts of Acton Center, a Nagog Regional School District Committee member, moderated the panel on guidance during the late afternoon session.
Carlisle Monfily Cub Pack 35 holds a meeting next Wednesday May 31 at the brick school. Cubmaster George A. Clare leads with den mothers assisting. Each boy should come in costume representing a character of his choice. Games will be served.
Acton Center Women’s Club showcases a child art exhibit judged by Gordon Woodington with prizes for first and second places and honorable mentions. Works span crayon, watercolor, weaving, and torn paper across grades I to VI now on display in the new primary school showcase.
Acton The metal supports of the West School fire escape showed considerable deterioration after years of weather exposure and have been revised by Leo C Cunningham who fabricated special steel units for the task. A future project will strengthen the landing midway down the escape from the high school art and boys locker rooms. A joint meeting of Acton and Nagog school committees is planned at Blanchard Auditorium Building.
Poem-like reflection urging positive thinking to shape behavior. Emphasizes that believing in goodness in oneself and others encourages kindness and better daily life.
Acton and Littleton school department staff meet at the new primary school Thursday evening March 25 to discuss equipment for the gymnasium. Buy U S Savings Bonds.
Voters wrap up Bedford’s annual town meeting after a lengthy warrant with about eight articles acted on this session. Moderator Harold I. Wellington presided as selectmen chair Charles S Hume represented his board. Major funds approved earlier include a 7150 for a concrete vault beside Town Hall and 1500 for wage survey planning. rent control and public works building appropriations were postponed or referred.
Bedford Grangers presented Betsy Ross and the Gettysburg Address at Middlesex Central Pomona event in Lexington and won first prize. Gerry Mansfield of the State Grange headlined. The group planned an open meeting in Bedford Town Hall on April 12 with Ralph Thompson presiding.
Mrs. Doris Santamour of Leverett has been elected by the Acton school committee on Sunt. Whitman Pearson’s recommendation to assist Miss Maureen Conlon as reading improvement teacher for the coming school year. She holds a BS in Ed from Lowell Teachers College 1952 and has primary grade and remedial experience in Leverett and New Salem.
The usual Monday night radio class for civilian defense was canceled as instructors Lawrence and Ina Mansur attended the Institute of Radio Engineers convention in New York City. Mrs. John S. Giudici hosted a Friday coffee fundraiser for the new Channel 2 educational station. Local students exhibited in the sixth annual event, including Reed, Louise Harrow, Paul Josephson, Marjorie Cunningh am, and David Kane. A dessert bridge party by United Workers was held Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Howard F. Davis’s home with reservations led by Mrs. Sidney W Ingalls.
Carlisle Grange P of M hosts tonight at the hall with Mr and Mrs James Gallagher guiding the event at 8 o clock. Public attendance is welcomed. Mae Swanson on two week Middlesex School break travels to Schenectady where son Albert Swanson and his wife and two year old grandson Leonard recently moved. Albert started a new factory job.
Harry W. Anderson of Wethersfield was fined 12 dollars in police court for driving 50 miles per hour in a 30 zone. Anderson is a member of Wethersfield's traffic safety committee.
Ostriches become a notable crop on the Argentine pampa with wing and tail feathers selling for high prices, supporting the yearly harvest and providing valuable income for local producers.
An Air Force Reserve recruiting exhibit is shown in the Worcester Gas & Light Co. window on Main Street Marlboro Mass for the week of March 1926. Lieutenant Colonel Keating of the 2234th Air Force Reserve Combat Training Center describes joining the 89th Fighter Bomber Wing at Hanscom Field and notes eligibility for 17 to 35 year olds without 1-A status.
The Colonel announced monthly weekend training pay and a fifteen day summer encampment for the 89th Fighter Bomber Wing. He urged interested people to call Lexington 9 2200 extensions 32 or 38 or write to Reserve Administration 2234th ANRCTC Laurence G. Hanscom Field Bedford Massachusetts for full enlistment or assignment qualifications.
Charles Stewart Hume 79 Burlington Road was elected chairman of the Bedford board of selectmen He begins his eighth year in a third term replacing former chair Earl S Atwood Richard K Brown remains clerk Atwood remains the third member of the board
In Crawfordsville Indiana a burglar broke into the Claude Hester home and escaped with fifty dollars stored in a deep freeze. The incident was reported by U P. The theft highlights a curious cold money caper as investigators search for clues.
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