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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1950
Page
15
A Southboro resident, Mr. Dyer, pursues maple syrup making as a hobby on Maple King land near School Street. He taps over 200 trees, uses a sap hut with two large pans, and transports pails by sled to boil sap in cold weather. Dyer, a Maine native and tree warden employee, lives with his daughter Mrs. Sylvester Hosmer.
The group chaired by Mrs. J discussed pediatric issues with Tuesday Davies M. Cole and Van Amerongen. The committee acted on refreshments and a planned discussion on new elementary concerns.
The piece highlights modern food industry advances and offers a complete Sunday dinner menu. It presents a Stuffed Pork Chops recipe with bread crumbs parsley sage onion and milk, baked until tender, served with buttered green beans and fruit salad for six, plus a cherry upside down cake and coffee for dessert.
The first suffragette rally in America, the Petticoat Rebellion, was staged in Alabama in 1714. Despite this historic push, women have not yet gained seats in Alabama state or local legislatures.
Bill Stroppe of Long Beach and Art Hal of Long Beach Lincoln Mercury entered the 1950 Mercury in the Grand Canyon Economy sweepstakes, winning with 61.27 ton-miles per gallon and 26.5 miles per gallon. He advises gentle starts, slow stops, proper tire pressure, clean carburetion, and correct octane to boost mileage in everyday driving.
An advertisement promotes HONEY products with lines about flowers sugar medicine and energizing modern life. It lists contact details for THOMAS A. STEELE at Massachusetts Ave Route 111 Boxboro and Acton. Monthly or single purchase terms are not specified.
Nash Motor sales for the first ten days of March reached a twenty one year high, reporting a 47.7 percent increase over 1949. E C Doss cites rising demand for Nash Airflyte cars and boosted production slated for 1950. The update notes the seven state region including Virginia Kentucky Illinois Indiana Ohio West Virginia and North Carolina.
Maxwell Field, executive vice president of the New England Shoe and Leather Association, asked the Treasury Department to investigate Czechoslovakian made shoes imported to the United States. He alleged possible dumping in violation of the Anti Dumping Act of 1921 and sought State Department guidance on importing from an Iron Curtain country. He said over 1,000,000 pairs would be imported this year.
John Vlahakos of Hillsboro Texas has amassed a large collection of stray black cats after a run of bad luck. He now keeps them as companions and claims they bring him luck.
Framingham plans a two week June jubilee to mark 250 years since its 1700 incorporation under town meeting government. The General Anniversary Committee led by John M. Merriam schedules daily events from June 9 to 24, including a Pons Concert with a 65 piece orchestra, Bach St Matthew Passion by a 175 voice choir, a giant parade, banquet, and open house.
The Concord Republican Club met at the local insurance exchange with Miss Jane Isensee presiding in place of president Gerald Qua of Bedford. Guest speaker was Senator Sumner Whittier of Everett, a young progressive Republican.
Dairymen are urged to enroll in the Green Pastures Program, now in its third year in Middlesex County. Sponsored by seven previous gold seal winners, the program opens with meetings led by Extension officials on topics including fertilizers seeds grasses and planting methods.
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