Acton School Committee Responds to Town Veto on Renovation
Acton School Committee defends their three phase renovation plan for the high school after town meeting rejection of Article 10. They cite prior budgets, state ventilation standards, and a plan to install unit ventilators to provide required fresh air at 30 cubic feet per minute per pupil. The committee vows to re-submit and urges residents to consider the cost of keeping a crumbling, poorly ventilated building.
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Acton
Finance Committee
Finance Ie
State Department of Public Safety
Bedford Woman Dies Suddenl y
A Bedford woman Catherine M Heer Newman aged 58 of 8 Walsh Road died suddenly at home Friday. A requiem high mass was held at St Michael's Church Monday for widow Catherine. Burial took place at Shawsheen Cemetery. She leaves husband Benjamin C Newman a daughter Ann Parsley of Bedford and sister Frances Silvermann of Flushing New York. Funeral was from Bedford Funeral Home.
Buddy plan adopted for Army recruits in Worcester
Worcester Army Recruiting Station announces copies of Army Regulation 601-213 authorizing a buddy assignment plan for enlistees. Two to five locals may enlist for three years with a guaranteed group stay through basic training, with larger groups divided into sets of three four or five. Further info at the Post Office Building Worcester or Marlboro contact Sergeant Ferrecchia Mondays 9:30 to 11 a.m.
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Worcester
U.S Army
Pleasant
Ferrecchia
Marlboro Post Office
Marlboro
Nutrition in Unborn Child Tied to Later Diseases
New York Health official Dr. Seymour L. Halpern told a conference that prenatal and childhood malnutrition links to arthritis diabetes and arteriosclerosis later in life. He urged balanced diets and warned against quacks and empty calories while praising nutrition education and food fortification.
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Boston
New York
Seymour L. Halpern
Halpern
Halper
Easter Seal Campaign Progress in Conard Area
The Conard area has raised 790.20 dollars or 49 percent of its goal in the Easter seal drive. William K. Walters of the Harvard Trust Co in Concord notes statewide contributions reach 103,467.15 dollars, 37 percent of the 280,000 dollar goal set by the Bay State Society for Crippled and Handicapped for 1956. Campaign Chairman Dom Di Maggio, president of American Latex Fibre Corp in Lawrence and former Red Sox player, says mail appeals take time and urges all citizens to contribute soon.
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Conard
William K. Walters
Harvard Trust Company
Concord
Bay State Society For the Crippled and Handicapped
Dom DiMaggio
American Latex Fibre Corp
Lawrence
Red Sox
Emperor's New Clothes staged in blizzard by Concord Players
Despite a 12 inch snowstorm the Concord Players presented The Emperor's New Clothes in two extra shows to aid Emerson Hospital. Kathy Alfred and Steve Baldwin starred as the pixyish ZAR and Zan with Curt Billings as the scheming HAN. The cast included William Seibert Elizabeth Morris and Dick Wood with costumes by Patricia Butcher committee.
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Concord
Concord Players
Emerson Hospital
Charlotte Chorpenning
Caroline Farnsworth
Maryalice Thoma
Hope Chase
Farnsworth
Thoma
Chase
Kathy Alfred
Steve Baldwin
Zar
Zan
Curt Billings
Han
Villian
William Seibert
Elizabeth Morris
Dick Wood
Dottiann Worsham
Tsein
Derek T{f
Ling
Michael Wood
Gong Boy
Spencer Churchill
Fah
Grace Tuttle
Dorothy Churchill
Mong
Diana Baldwin
Patricia Butcher
Flood risk from two to four inches rain in New England
U S Weather Bureau chief William E Hiatt warned that concentrated rainfall of two to four inches could trigger serious floods in New England due to heavy snowpack. He said evacuations would occur with warning and Hartford office would issue periodic bulletins as needed.
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Washington
William E. Hiatt
U. S. Weather Bureau
Hydrologic Service
New England
Hiatt
U.S. Weather Bureau
Hartford
Conn
Fire draws retired Detroit captain to lead Michigan volunteers
Ray Heater, a former Detroit fire department captain, moved to Indian River Michigan and became chief of Tuscarora Township's 25 member volunteer fire department. Ground squirrels are not true squirrels and guinea pigs are not pigs. they are rodents.
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Indian
River, Mich
Detroi
Tuscarora Township
Concord Rotary hears district attorney speaks on 25th anniversary plans
Concord Rotary Club held a luncheon with Ephraim Martin of Belmont, Middlesex County district attorney, as guest speaker. John H. Kennedy led the session. plans were announced for the 25th anniversary celebration on April 28 at the Concord Country Club, with $150 donated to Little League baseball support.
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Rotary
Concord
Concord Rotary Club
Howard Johnson’s
Ephraim Martin
Belmont
Middlesex County
Charles B. Hall
John H. Kennedy
Alden H. Wheeler
W. Bruce Pirnie
Hollywood
Florida
W. Stuart Allen
Winter Garden
Peter D’arrigo
Sarasota
Robert H. Barber
Maynard
Thomas J. Byron
Waltham
H. Whittemore Brown
Charles R. Voigt
Watertown
Framingham
Rotaryanns
Fred and
Doris Boyd
Jane Cleary
Harry
Velma Martin
Samuel
Helen Kent
John
Elsie Kennedy
Morton
Bernice Seavey
Pete
Jerry Nichols
Charles
Maud Voigt
Angelo
Marie Giaudrone
Ralph A. Macone
Charles W. Allen
Byron
William K
Walters
Peter Gray
West Acton
al Waters
Peter Purcell
William Robinson
Paul Josephson
Clarence Smith
Cambridge
Ted Thiffault
Robert Deckert
Wilson
Gates at R. R. crossing to be installed in Lincoln
The state utilities department ordered automatic gates flashing light signals and a pedestrian bell at the Tower road grade crossing in Lincoln after a public hearing on a Lincoln selectmen petition for more protection. The road will be widened to provide room for the gates.
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Lincoln
State Public Utilities Dept
Tower Road
Sergt Foster Given Party By Concord Police
Concord police officers hosted Sergt John T Foster at Carbone's Restaurant in Maynard after his 26 years on the Concord force and five years with the state police. Patrolman Ralph P Thomas presented a purse from the Concord Relief Association. Foster now heads security at Hanscom Air Base.
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Concord
John T. Foster
Potter Street
Carbone
Maynard
Sergt. Foster
Ralph P. Thomas
Concord Relief Association
Sergi Foster
Hanscom Air Base
Bedford
Mrs Cousins Dies Suddenl y at Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mrs Mary Miller Cousins age 77 of 88 Central Street died unexpectedly at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington Vermont Sunday. Native of New York City born December 25 1878 she lived here 32 years widow of Leonard Cousins florist who died June 8 1950. Surviving sister Mrs William Secor two nieces and three nephews. Funeral at her home conducted by Rev William H Clark burial Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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West Concord
Mary (Miller) Cousins
Central Street
Putnam Memorial Hosital
Bennington
Vermont
New York City
Leonard Cousins
Trinity Episcopal Church
William Secor
East Dorset
William H. Clark
Trinity Church
Sleepy Hollow
Boy Scout Waste Paper Drive Postponed to April 8
Concord announces the Boy Scout waste paper collection is postponed to Sunday April 8. Our Lady Help of Christians C D A No 1116 will hold a rummage sale at Monument hall Friday April 6 at 10 am with the public invited.
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Boy Scout
Court
Our Lady Help of Christians
C.D.A
Monument Hall
Fragmented Notice From OCR
An unreadable fragment mentions a class or union address at Judge Street. Details are unclear and the full notice is not readable.
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Judge Street
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American Gas Association
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TEL
Twinoaks
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Edwin L. Weston
Montrose
Fort Churchill
Canada
Arctic
Weston
Richard Kalla
Pittsburgh
John Chandler Hill
Matt
King Twinoaks
R. R. Crossing
Foster
Wey
Peer
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