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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1956
Page
22
The piece argues that guiding children to assist with gardening builds interest and responsibility. It emphasizes teaching by example, rewarding progress with visible results, and avoiding tedious tasks. Gardening is presented as a practical path to understanding nature and developing future independent gardeners.
In Buffalo a workmen’s compensation referee ruled emotional shock suffered at work is compensable. William Lyman, a grain mill worker, cried and required hospital care after a co worker died when suffocated in a bin. the judge deemed the incident an accident.
A brief notice requests individuals to have a routine checkup soon and send their payment to the Cancer Brigade, highlighting health screening and fundraising needs.
The 50 thousand dollar coffeepot, studded with 250 diamonds and 150 rubies, debuts in a Landers Frarry & Clark ceremony. Gov. Ribicoff and company president Bret Neece attend as guards secure the jewel-encrusted piece before a nation-wide tour.
Washington (UP) A column outlines how daylight saving became reality. It traces early clock chaos before standard time, mentions Benjamin Franklin's eighteenth century spark, William Willett's 1907 proposal, Pittsburgh businessman Robert Garrett, and Congress passing daylight saving in 1918 amid mixed reactions from farmers and others.
The list notes Ethan Allen capturing Fort Ticonderoga in 1775, Morse tapping the first telegraph message in 1844, the first telephone switchboard in 1877, the American Red Cross formation in 1881, Truman's 1945 Germany surrender, and mentions Tiwi lands off Australia with their primitive culture and lack of agriculture or domesticated animals.
An exam for the treasury enforcement agent position was announced. Successful applicants will join a list used by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, the U S Secret Service, and the Bureau of Narcotics. Salary is 4525 dollars yearly. Education in law or related fields may substitute for experience. Information is available at local post offices or from the Executive Secretary, Board of U S Civil Service Examiners, Internal Revenue Service, 55 Tremont Street, Boston Massachusetts.
Work on a new drug store on Nason Street is expected to begin around the middle of the month, with preparations and site work planned before construction starts.
Longfellow's Wayside Inn will receive a Duncan Hines 20 year membership citation at the 14th Duncan Hines Family dinner in Chicago Sheraton Hotel on May 7. The award honors restaurants listed in the 1956 Adventuring in Good Eating guide for two decades.
Marlboro joins over 10 000 communities in Mental Health Week April 29 to May 5. The event is led by the Greater Framingham Mental Health Association with J. Harold Hadley as president. Open House at the Youth Guidance Center in Framingham Sunday April 29 from 3 to 5 features speakers Dr Warren Vaughan and Dr Bernard Woods among others.
In New Haven a bus caught fire after its driver James Hayes of East Haven stepped off to check a warning from an unidentified motorist. The bus burned while empty, prompted by a bystander who reported smoke and chased the vehicle for blocks to alert him.
The New England Council reports major moves in industry across Massachusetts New Hampshire and Maine. Hurlburt Paper plans a 3.5 million plant buildup in Sulton Lee Massachusetts to meet demand for technical papers by end of next year. Minneapolis Honeywell eyes moving a transistor division to Boston area and Latamatic Corp begins production of high speed computers in Inwenton Massachusetts. Newport Manufacturing aims to start 400 dozen shoe pairs weekly in Newport New Hampshire after International Shoe closed its plant. Maine Potato Processing Co organized by Aroostock County growers plans commercial dehydrated potato flakes under USDA ARS development. Bernard Goldfine takes Puritan Mills title in Plymouth Massachusetts reviving an idle textile plant with payroll near 750000 annually.
Officials praised a Capitol education scheme involving Interior McKay and Secretary Folsom as they discuss measure details. Rep. Jat Coan highlighted future student applications and readiness, noting readiness for the go date on capital street activities.
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