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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1957
Page
10
Box office opened at 10 o clock for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus scheduled in Boston from May 14 to May 19. Shows include matinee and evening performances daily, with a Saturday 10 am start. Tickets by mail or at Jordan and Filene's offices. children under 12 half price on select shows.
Marlboro girls aged 10 to 17 may register May 13 at the Singer Sewing Center Main Street to enter the Teen Age dressmaking contest. Two divisions, senior 14 to 17 and junior 10 to 13, offer sewing courses and a prize pool including 85,000 dollars, about 10,000 in scholarships, 132 sewing machines, 3,250 scissors sets, and an all expense trip to New York for eight finalists and their mothers.
Concord quality tomatoes with stems gain attention from New England housewives through Maryland Extension Service. The Massachusetts Greenhouse Tomato Growers Council promotes The Little Green Stem in May and June. Massachusetts leads eastern seaboard in greenhouse tomato production.
Massachusetts reports 20 percent fewer dwelling units started in March versus a year earlier as 166 cities and towns filed permits. Framingham led with 153 units, followed by Brockton 13 and Springfield 52. no new public housing permits were issued. The 1954 census ranked Massachusetts high in manufacturing value, retail sales, and other measures. 1955 per capita personal income rose to 2097 dollars, a gain unmatched among large states.
Civil Aeronautics Board data show few passenger ejections from U S airliners since 1946 while nearly 900 million travelers have flown. Modern jets will use triple pane windows and plug type doors to prevent explosive depressurization and window blows.
Maynard Pr Reno Orsi of Maynard attended a three day seminar in Southbridge on Anisecikonia. The Bureau of Visual Science of a optical company organized the event with 27 participants discussing effects and correction techniques for the visual condition.
The area studies provide basic regional planning information. The next study due this politan area aims to publish data at 25 cent rs rate. Total net debt for 351 purposes shows 6 percent as enterprise debt with 61.8 percent outside the debt limit. Three towns were debt free, two with populations over 5,000. Overall debt rose by 62 percent.
The article discusses Walt Disney's The Living Desert showing nocturnal desert life including scorpions kangaroo rats and jumping mice. It warns drivers to slow down at night explains dangers from reduced visibility and cites National Safe Council statistics on deadly hours and percentages of nighttime crashes. It calls for safety measures and courses to teach night driving and use of optical aids.
The fourth annual Botton The Morgan Horse judging day will be held in Bolton at the new Wattaquadock Hill Farm site on Ware Farm Road. The May 4 event runs from 11 a.m. with Morgan horse judging by breeders and judges, discussions of placings and standards, new stables and automatic cleaners on display, and a Women’s Society sale in support of a vestry dinner at Federated Church in the evening.
Stow events list includes Boy Scouts American Legion dances Cub Scouts nursing and service clubs First Aid classes city committees police and civic clubs with dates from May 1 through Memorial Day Parade. Highlights include Court of Honor May 16 and Memorial Day Parade May 30 with multiple groups participating.
A joint campaign by the Labor and HEW departments with Defense Department support urges U S teens to stay in school and graduate The effort highlights the value of high school completion for future job skills and national strength President Esenhnower and Secretaries Mitchell and Folsom advocate continued education and civic duty
A reminiscence from Mrs D Cartoon of Suse Montana recounting early life in the railroad era. She recalls reading boxcar names before literacy, brick school buildings with separate yards for boys and girls, a father laid off during a panic, farm rental, sowing grain by hand, and a harsh corn market purchase in Council Bluffs with a long wait for new shoes.
Worcester officials announce a new littering penalty scheme with fines up to a stated amount for tossing candy wrappers cigarette butts or other litter in public areas. The measure aims to curb pollution and improve city cleanliness.
A brief local note invites residents to a community walk starting on Main Street. The call emphasizes cordial participation and friendly spirit among neighbors. No specific date beyond the month of May is provided.
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