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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1955
Page
17
The upcoming fair promises rides games and demonstrations with children’s events and contests. Organizers urge neighbors to mark the date as it will feature strength games and a flag day drive at Trinity Hall.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions rocker foam, leather, and air components with unclear context. No identifiable people, places, or organizations are readable to form a factual summary.
Concord and surrounding towns are invited to Emerson Hospital on Thursday May 12 from 2 to 5 pm for informal tours, social time, and a hospital show. Tea is chaired by Mrs. Alden Russell with floral arrangements by Mrs. Robert Bowen and the Conantum Garden Club.
A Minneapolis Tribune poll ten years after WWII finds 41 percent view former enemy Japan as friendly to the United States while 59 percent see West Germany as friendly. The survey also notes that 820 of every 1,000 people suffer some form of illness annually.
Concord Cub Pack No 33 seeks public support for its annual Rag Drive held on Saturday May 14 at local streets and neighborhoods. Scouts collect donations to fund community projects and activities. Organizers urge generous contributions from residents and businesses.
Detroit American Motors Corp. announces Fashion Tones for the 1955 Hudson and Nash Ramblers. Thirteen two tone options apply to the Cross Country four door wagon Club and sedans. About half of two tone output will use the new scheme while regular two tones and solid colors remain available.
Funeral services for William J. Conners longtime West Newton letter carrier were held at Corpus Christi church. The high mass included clergy Rev. Daniel A. McCabe of St. Jude's Waltham and Fourth Degree chaplain and Rev. Lewis F. Kearn of Our Lady Help of Christians West Concord.
Concord reports the Trinity adult group holds a treasure hunt this Friday night with car departures from the church at 7 30 p m Newly elected officers include President Charlton Davis Vice president Mrs William Bosworth Secretary Mrs Earle Tuttle Treasurer William Cowley Program chairman Worchester Meriam Refreshment chairman Mrs Charles Morgan Hospitality chairman Mrs Bruce Nelson.
The regular May meeting of the Concord Recreation Commission is postponed and will be held next week on Wednesday May 11 at the Town House. Chairman Richard FF Wood will preside as plans are laid for summer playground classes starting June 27.
Carlisle Dr and Mrs Nathan Grier Parke announce the birth of a son, Roger Stetson Parke, on April 25 at Emerson Hospital in Concorn. Grandparents are N Grier Parke of Woodstock Vermont and Mrs. Robert L. Ryder of Los Angeles California. Mother formerly of Lexington and father in business in Concord.
Members of the Chamber of Commerce in Quincy Washington labored to erect a guiding sign at the Burke junction. They later discovered the sign stood in the middle of a proposed state highway already staked out.
Concord observes Hospital Week starting May 8 to honor the nurses known as White Caps. The piece notes the cap tradition tracing to Paris nursing schools in 1864 and Florence Nightingale’s influence. It references the Kaiserwerth institute and Protestant Deaconesses founded by Theodore Fliedner.
Mrs Paula Lewellen of Bedford, a Bedford Republican Club officer, is among 61 Massachusetts women traveling from Boston to the third annual Republican Women's National Conference in Washington D C. She is the wife of Warren K Lewellen and active in local affairs.
Female students led by Florence Nightengale wear stiff caps as 1183 different styles mark graduates from nursing schools across the United States Puerto Rico and Hawaii. The Philadelphia General Hospital School of Nursing cap is noted as the fanciest among all graduates.
To give extra-rich color and depth, simmer vegetable soup with generous paprika until the spices meet taste. The result is a warm, vibrant broth with paprika lending a subtle smoky note and bright red hue.
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