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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1954
Page
9
Long list of named volunteers and committee members assisting a hospital sale event at Emerson Hospital. Roles include chairs, crew for hats, clothing, bric-a-brac, and various committees with many local names.
First communion class in Acton will receive Holy Communion at 9 o clock mass May 9 at St Elizabeth of Hungary West Acton. Walter B Stevens resumes duties after recovery. West Acton Woman's Club annual luncheon May 12 at the 1775 House Lexington. Acton Public School film series continues May 10 Growing a Garden from a Seed with finale May 28 Natural Gas Service. Local legion delegates to the state convention at Pittsfield include Col Edward Higgins and Commander Stanley Nedza with Norman Gilbert and Allen Cameron as alternates.
Concord High School students in the business course gain practical experience. Joan Davis works at the VNSUT office while Barbara Dillon joins Concord Woodworking Company. Beverly Sterling Pat Travis Dorothy DiCicco and Antonette Trafbucco apply skills at the Harvard Trust NY.
Marlboro Grange and visiting officials toasted John E Rice for fifty years as a member. He received a fifty year jewel from Marlboro Grange with state and local officials in attendance. The event included a full turkey dinner for nearly 200 and a program by Marlboro SPEBSQSA groups.
Carlisle Memorial Day parade will be led by Concord High School junior Maureen Redican daughter of Reformatory Officer John E Redi can of Lowell street and one of the Concord School Band majorettes selected by Chairman Fred E Robbins. National Geographic Society map notes sparsely settled Australia showing homesteads named like towns.
David Willem Berger 19, a Concord High School Class of 1953 graduate and Sea Scouts member, has enlisted at the Framingham Recruiting Center to pursue a Navy career. He is the son of Dr and Mrs John J Berger of 376 Main Street West Concord. He recently worked for Fruit Juice Concentrates Inc at West Concord.
Winners at the Acton Catholic Women's Guild whist party and food sale held at StElizabeths hall include special awards Alcide Beaudoin and Esther Brissette. High scorers were William Quinn and Elizabeth Senair. May 15 planned with Mrs Helen McNiff as chairwoman and aides Trude McCrudden Bertha Tucker Mary Flaherty Mary Costello Margaret Cullinane.
Carlisle Grangers attended a Go To Church service in Lowell on Sunday. A Middlesex North Pomona fifth degree rehearsal was held in Westford last Sunday. A military whist party at Chelmsford Grange Hall was led by State Deputy Edward R. Stephen of Carlisle on Friday. Carlisle firemen drilled at the station under Chief Waldo D. Wilson. Grange Fair committee met to plan the September 10 event, with past masters led by Mrs. Bessie Pedersen.
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Walker of Cohasset announce the birth of daughter Barbara Todd Walker on April 24 at Emerson Hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. E Dean Walen of Andover and Mr. and Mrs. George R Walker of Concord.
Mr and Mrs Mor ris Becker of Dorchester announce the engagement of their daughter Barbara to Leonard Kaplan son of Mr and Mrs Henry Kaplan of Maynard Barbara is a Boston Clerical School student and Kaplan a Boston University graduate and former U S Army man A May wedding is planned.
Sudbury George E Brown named assistant manager of Ford Division Service Depart ment general sales office. Born in Sudbury he attended Merden high school served in I Corps of Engineers including combat engineer duty in Europe. Postwar graduate MIT with BS mechanical engineering and industrial management. Joined Ford Division as service engineer April 1950 later supervised all service training. Member of Society of Automotive Engineers.
Carlisle Local P T A members joined Woburn P T A Council for District 4 at the Massachusetts Congress 18th annual session Monday Other local groups included Acton Bedford Lexington and West Concord as delegates attended the meeting.
West Concord youth Robert Gary Sehrfir, 19, has enlisted in the U S Navy at Framingham. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Richard Schnair of 524 Main Street West Concord. A 1953 Wal tham Trade School graduate, he formerly worked at Concord Cold Storage and aims to make a career in naval service. He enjoys drawing machines and sports.
Hudson selectmen approved Maynard Bus Co request to extend service from Wood Square to Brown's Corner on Central Street. subject to State Department of Public Utilities approval. Carnival permits issued to Club 69 and Legion post. Middlesex County jury duties drawn. Middlesex Rifle Club range use under advisement. Chamber of Commerce proposals seek trash barrels lights and extra South Street parking.
The Student Government at Simmons College elected officers for the coming year. Beverly Chaffee, daughter of Mr and Mrs Osman C Chaffee of Old Bedford Road, was chosen secretary of the Orthodox Club. A junior in the School of Science, she is active in the Sock and Buskin Society and is president of the Outing Club and Executive Board.
The United States produced 55,700,000 turkeys in 1953 reflecting a robust poultry industry. Farmers nationwide expanded flocks to meet rising demand for Thanksgiving and other seasonal consumption.
The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture announces guided orchard tours in eastern Massachusetts during apple blossom time. Commissioner L Roy Hawes says tours run Saturday May 8 and Sunday May 9 from Boston, a 100 mile Nashoba region route through Concord Littleton Groton Ayer Harvard Boxboro Acton and Stow. Buses depart Copley Square at 1 00 PM and return about 6 00 PM with reservations via 41 Tremont Street Boston.
Mrs Henrietta A Ham Downe at 88 died Tuesday at Emerson Hospital. Funeral at MacRae Funeral Home with Rev Eawin S Nyilen presiding. Interment Sleepy Hollow cemetery. Born Hudson NY, widow of Bertram Downe a glass maker. Lived in West Concord 24 years. Surviving is a daughter Mrs W Steward Grey and a son-in-law.
Atlantic seaboard horseshoe crabs are more closely related to scorpions and spiders than true crabs. Their lineage dates back over 300 million years, highlighting long evolutionary roots.
Bolton reduced its 1954 tax rate to 52 dollars, a drop of 3 dollars from 1953. The new rate was announced by Paul Adler, chairman of the board of assessors, and approved by the state Department of Corporations and Taxation.
The funeral of the late Mons Johnson retired farmer who died at Worcester Wednesday was held last Friday afternoon at Gloucester with interment in Seaside Cemetery, t. city. Born in Bergen Norway he came to the United States in 1905 and lived in Concord Carlisle and Lexington. Surviving are five sons Herman Gloucester Melvin Maynard Ingvald Natick Walter Concord Alf Saxonville. three daughters Erna Eagle Arlington Lotti Coyle Los Angeles Lillian O Neil Arlington. 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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