Holy Week observances and town meeting notes
Local notices mention Easter services and sun rise times with 5 32 am and 5 33 am. Town events include annual meeting of Lex and references to Atty Jack Sheehan and Lieut Richard M S P. Various notices touch on church, school district funding, and committee activities with scattered names and dates.
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Under-js A
Red Coat Lane
Lexi
Percy
Blodgett
Jack Sheehan
Herb Shrinp
Surise
Carter
Randoa
Induction Event and Local Birth Announcements
A postponed meeting at Carl fifty Church was led by Rev. Robert as pastor with Mrs Tman succeeding Storer. Co hosts included Mrs Jean S Ada Harrison and Mrs N and Mrs Storer. Newborns at local Orson Hospital include a son to Mr and Casey on March 19 and a daughter to Mr Alexander Rankin on March 44.
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Carlfegational Church
Ker
Robert Pastor
Tman
Storer
Jean S. Ada Harrison
Orson Hospital
and Casey
Bruce Read
Xander Rankin
Doyle Oreau
Sinclair Soderman Win Top Awards In Science Fair
Sinclair and Soderman win top science fair prizes with Fraser Sinclair as grand winner for Grinding Parabolic Mirror. Donald Soderman takes second for Color Sensitivity of the Eye, Jane Halicka and Patricia Delaney third for Cavendish Experiment, Sidney Morton fourth for Crystals and Crystal Growth, Chatham Cooke fifth for Modulated Light Beam. Top winners may enter the state fair at MIT in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth L. Creighton
Joseph C. Re
Fraser Sinclair
Donald Soderman
Jane Halicka
Patricia Delaney
Cavendish
Sidney Morton
Chatham Cooke
Arnold Davis
Ricky Kilham
Barrié March
Margaret Emerson
Fay Thomas
Stanley Brown
Kenneth Harris
Robert Paul
Concord High School
Concord High
Concord Area Easter Season Events and Local News
Concord reports include churches ready for Easter season, a well attended science fair at Concord High, and Thor eau Society to erect tablets. Obituaries note death of W. Percy Plodgett and Gordon MacDonald while a 99 year old local woman nears birthday. Memory tributes for Robert M. Mara, Red Cross 50th anniversary, IBM storage tank petitions, and a library with missing reference books.
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Concord
Thoreau Society
W. Percy Plodgett
Gordon MacDonald
West Concord
Robert M. Mara
Woman’s Club
A.F
I.B.M
Nuclear Metals
Red Cross Electric Savings
Sympathy Extended in Conant Family Death
Sympathy is extended to Roger F. Conant of Littleton formerly of West Concord for the death of his father William F. Conant age 78 in Brookline He is survived by a brother Goldsmith Conant of Carlisle.
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Roger F. ‘Conant
Littleton
West ‘Concord
William F. Conant
Brookline
Goldsmith Conant
Carlisle
Concord Chamber of Commerce Spring Meeting April 7
The Concord Chamber of Commerce announces its spring quarterly session on Tuesday April 7 at 6 30 p m at Howard Johnsons. Executive Secretary George E Erickson says President Alexander C Peters will preside and guest speaker Allen Heegan of Wayland will discuss Preservation of an Open Space and describe Sudbury Valley Trustees which he helped start.
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Concord
Concord Chamber of Commerce
Howard Johnson
George E. Erickson
Alexander C. Peters
Allen Heegan
Wayland
Sudbury Valley Trustees
Breaks Her Nose in Mill Dam Fall
Concord Mrs. Bessie Holden a 79 year old of 12 Hubbard street fell on the Mill Dam last week. Patrolman Robert Nutter assisted and called the town ambulance. She was taken to Emerson Hospital treated for a broken nose and released.
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Concord
Bessie Holden
Hubbard Street
Mill
Robert Nutter
Emerson Hospital
Concord Town Manager awards bids for equipment
The Concord town meeting approved bids for department needs. A 1956 Ford pickup was awarded to Middlesex Motor at 900 with a 1949 model trade in. a one-half ton roller went to Nine Acre Corner Supply at 935 net. fire hose was won by H J Lovell at 1.29 per foot totaling 632.10.
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Concord
Theodore M. Nelson
Recreation Department
Middlesex Motor
Ford
Liese & Smethurst
Dodge
Henry F. Bedell
Kowell Motor
Segie
South
East Acton
E. J. Bleiler
H. J. Lovell Company
IBM Petition For Installation of Tanks
Concord boards call public hearing at Town House Monday April 6 at 8 30 p m to act on IBM Company Baker Avenue petition for underground installation of No 5 heating oil and above ground tanks storing solvents and lubricants including 550 gallons of solex 550 gallons of toluol 165 gallons of plate wash 110 gallons of liquid reduced nitro cellulose 550 gallons of lubricating oil and 10000 gallons of No 5 heating oil
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Concord
Board of Selectmen
Town House
International Business Machine Company
Baker Avenue
Selectmen Rename Local Auctioneers
Concord board of selectmen re appointed auctioneers Joseph P Day Independence road James W Powers 9 Main street John W McCarthy 2 Church street Arthur Maguin Jr 47 Belknap street Thomas Meehan Union turnpike.
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Concord — Board of Selectmen
Joseph P. Day
Independence Road
James W.powers
Main Street
John W. McCarthy
Church Street
Arthur Maguin, Jr
Belknap Street
Thomas Meehan
Union Turnpike
Reconsideration Passes for Regional School District Funding
At a second Enterprise town meeting Robert A. Erman urged reconsideration of a $277.83 regional school district appropriation after a March 9 defeat. The motion succeeded saving embarrassment as Carlisle voters face a $37.17 sum turned down March 2, with Concord’s similar action pending.
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Robert A. =erman
Financ Committee
Sodernman
Concord Committee
Carlisle
Concord
W Concord Lady To Receive Cane
The selectmen will present a cane to Mrs. Gertrude E. Miles at 8 Central Street as the town's oldest resident. She will be 99 on April 30, succeeding last year's holder Emmer K. Ramsey. Chairman Harold C. Smith will present the emblem.
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Concord
Gertrude E. Miles
Central Street
Harold C. Smith
Miles
Emmer K. Ramsey
Old Marlboro Road
Mail carrier suffers severe burn tending truck blaze
West Concord resident Edward J. Cullinane Jr. was badly burned in a truck fire late last week. He called firefighters to extinguish flames at E. and S. Service Station, with smoke scorching the station walls.
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West Concord
Edward J. Cullinane, Jr
Commonwealth Avenue
Identify the Enclosed Devlin Photo in Jack and Jill
Editor reports a letter from W E Pritchett in Corpus Christi forwarding a tintype he believes shows Ed Devlin from Louisa May Alcott 1880 story Jack and Jill. Pritchett says Devlin lived in Concord and died Aug 8 1879 aged 17 years five months. asks readers to identify the image or share similar photos. Middlesex School students return to class on April 1 after vacation.
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Concord
W. E. Pritchett
Pritchett
Devens
Sudbury Road
Ritchett
Ellsworth
Ed Devlin
Louisa May ‘Alcott
Concord Municipal Light Plant Beats Boston Edison Rates
Concord officials Theodore M. Nelson and Russell I. Eldridge present savings figures showing Concord Light Plant bills are lower than Boston Edison for residential usage and power. The report notes potential thousands in savings, with tax relief via the town’s revenue kickback of 27 402.27, and compares net bills over 2 month periods and per 2 months for 50 to 1000 KW usage. A nuclear metals item shows Edison lower only once. The piece also notes a British Consulate talk on April 3 at Trinitarian Congregational Men’s Club with Allen Barker and color films on a tour Britain.
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Concord
Theodore M. Nelson
Russell I. Eldridge
Boston Edison
Concord Municipal Light Plant
Boston Edison Company
Concord Mun
Allen Barker
Boston
Trinitarian Congregational Mens Club
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Scime
Mittee
Rehool
Iitees
Jack” Donovan
Ter
Betsey Elliott
Jean Helburn
Anne Rodday
Kent Morton
Dan Cole
Jane Wheeler
Susan Egomis
Toology
Craig Smith
Dean White
Stephen Johnson
Robert Sinclair
John Berger
Nancy Lambert
William Bollinger
Marilyn Carson
Ruth Ames
Julie Cole
Kathy Sullivan
William Shumway
Robert McAllister
Lillian Monson
Carolyn Hass
Lloyd Hadden
Doris Blaisdell
Sterling Salter
Gail Bramley
Nathaniel Johnson
David Hanson
Richard MacWilliams
Fred Jones
Peter Delaney
Joan Pannell
William Newsom
Robert Poutasse
Claire’ Fe
Hugh Willis
Jeff
Nuclear Metals, Inc
Ee Ee Lee
Leo Caplice
Devlin
Texas
Middlesex School
Main St
Poplin’s
Hudson
Edison
Britain
Fairway Rest. Inc
Mass
Tech
Concord Dairy
Park’s Restaurant
Scott & Williams, Inc
Concord Garnett Mills, Inc
Finley Mfg. Co
Hemeee Ey
Concord Woodworking Co
Concord Cold Storage Nuclear Metals, Inc
Ra Ee
D'Arrigo Bros Co. of
General Radio Co. Potelate
Walden Street
Emerson
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