Plans Ready For New Stow School
The proposed two-part Stow School would include eight classrooms for grades three through six with offices and health facilities, plus a large multipurpose area for elementary use, community events, and high school gym activities. The project cost is estimated at 394500 dollars with 50 percent state support. The Building Committee urges public discussion before Town Meeting, with a May 17 PTA meeting at 8 p.m. open to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Low
Stow
Parent-Teacher, Association
Acton School Faculty Attend Area Conference on Guidance
Acton school faculty except senior high teachers joined a Littleton area conference on improving guidance services. The event was arranged by Miss Margaret Shea and Miss Mary O Rourke with luncheon in the Littleton elementary cafeteria. Guidance Director Donald Tucker spoke on Guidance Every Teachers Responsibility. Acton High School leaders Ruth Proctor and Celina MacLean served as group chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Acton School
Littleton
Margaret Shea
Roxborough
Mary O'Rourke
Supt
Edwin Harriman
Donald Tucker
Lexington
H Igh School
Iss Ruth Proctor
Celina MacLean
Laughlin Named Vice President at Harold Cabot & Company
Henry A. Laughlin Jr., formerly of Concord now in Hamilton, is elected vice-president of the Boston advertising agency Harold Cabot & Company. A Princeton 1941 graduate and World War II Air Force veteran, he has served as an executive at several firms and is married with four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Henry A. Laughlin, Jr
Hamilton
Harold Cabot & Company, Inc
Boston
Harold Cabot
Riple Hill Road
Laughlin
Princeton
Hie
Local Foundryman Takes New Post
West Concord official Charles F. Knuepfer resigns as superintendent of Concord Foundries a division of Scott Williams. He will assume duties May 17 as general superintendent of Warren Foundry and Corporation in Ripsburg New Jersey. Plants include a pattern shop and a machine shop.
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West Concord
Charles F. Knuepfer
Concord Foundries
Scott & Williams
Ripsburg
New Jersey
Warren Foundry and Corporation
Bedford Base May Wedding at Hanscom Air Force Chapel
Miss Phyllis Lorainne Daniels wed A-2c Sheldon Stanley Sparks at Hanscom Air Force Base Chapel. Major Jared A. Walker officiated with Mary Stamm matron of honor and Leonard E. Randall best man. The bride wore a brown suit with white hat. reception at the officers club followed. The couple then traveled to Michigan to visit the groom’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Phyllis Lorainne Daniels
Fred E. Daniels
Charlotte Road
Waltham
Sheldon Stanley Sparks
Bay City
Michigan
Doris Caroline Sparks
Jared A. Walker
Hanscom Air Force Base
Mary T. Stamm
Watertown
Leonard E. Randall
Officers Club
Fashion Parade and Exhibits for PTA Cabaret
The May 27 PTA cabaret in the cafeteria features a fashion parade by high school girls in sewing and interior decorating, plus a Tesla Coil demonstration by Frederic Knippel. The high voltage exhibit will light fluorescent tubes at a distance and draw arcs from the top electrode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
PTA
Frederic Knippel
Gas Main Break Averted Tragedy Near Lowell Road
Concord firemen from Central and West Concord stations responded after 2 PM Friday to a gas main break on Lowell road during excavation for a new pumping station. Boston Consolidated Gas company crews shut off the service, repaired the line, and restored service. It marked the year's 113th alarm.
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Concord
Central
West Concord
Lowell Road
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Woodses welcome second daughter Priscilla May Woods
Mr and Mrs Joseph W Woods Jr announce the birth of their second daughter Priscilla Dickson Woods May 3 at the Richardson House Boston Grandparents are Joseph W Woods Pope Joad and Mr and Mrs Richard Dick son Brookline
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Concord
Joseph W. Woods, Jr
Sally Wood
Priscilla Dickson Woods
Richardson House
Boston
Joseph W. Woods
Pope Joad
East Acton
Richard Dickson
Brookline
Teacher Is Guest Before Rotarians and Students
Concord Rotary heard Middlesex School teacher Thomas Huckins as guest speaker at the noon meeting and luncheon. President Charles R. Voigt presided. visitors included Clarence Smith Cambridge and Jack Lappen Lexington, plus Harold Ledgard James Ledgard Arthur Desmond Maynard. High school students John Snelling Dean Soule Robert Witherell attended.
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Concord
Concord Rotary
Thomas Huckins
Middlesex
Charles R. Voigt
Clarence Smith
Cambridge
Jack Lappen
Howard Butler
Lexington
Harold Ledgard
James Ledgard
Arthur Desmond
Maynard
John Snelling
Dean Soule
Robert Witherell
Hudson Producing Family Jet Sedan
Hudson vice-president in charge of sales N K Van Derzee says the Hudson Jet Family Club Sedan will aid spring merchandising. The 1954 Jet lineup spans four models with same 105 inch wheelbase and Monobilt body construction. All Jets use Instant Action engines with Super Induction.
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N. K. van Derzee
Hudson
van Derzee
VanDerzee
Acton Woman Named Girls State Representative for June Program
Acton’s Peggy Sexton has been chosen as the town’s Girls State representative by the American Legion Auxiliary. The letter from the Massachusetts Girls State Commission outlines preparation for the Bridgewater State Teachers College program in June, including registration, medical forms, arrival procedures, and the week of civic instruction and democratic practice.
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Peggy Sexton
Acton
American Legion Auxiliary
Massachusetts Girls State Commisson
Bridgewater State Teachers College
Citizen of
Massachusetts
Girls State
Bridgewater
United States of America
Speed limit on MDC highways may be raised
MDC commission chairman Charles W. Greenough said the 30 mph blanket limit could be increased after Robert S. Kretschmar of the Massachusetts division of the AAA argued the current limit is archaic and impractical. He noted sections where higher limits match elsewhere in the state, and engineers have been retained to study the issue.
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Metropolitan Commission
MDC Commission
Charles W. Greenough
Robert S. Kretschmar
Massachusetts
American Automobile Association
Kretschmar
Local Driver Wins Driving Award in Boston
Concord employee Harry E Burk of 1 Davis Road Boston area, honored for faultless driving after over 20 years at Boston Consolidated Company. Dinner at Hotel Bradford featured E H Backer, president, and registrymen were present.
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Concord
Boston Consolidated Company
Harry E’ Burk
Davis Road
Bradford
Boston
E. H. Backer
Sophomore Dance Planned at Acton High School
Members of the Acton High School sophomore class with adviser Vincent Gannon plan the annual dance on Friday evening May 14 at Blanchard hall. The event is slated for the school’s 1956 cohort and follows the typical spring social schedule.
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Acton
Acton High School
Vincent Gannon
Blanchard Hall
Boston Highway Toll Plan Raises on Main Arteries
Commissioner Greenough reported the limit will soon be raised on newer highways such as Storrow Drive, serving as arteries in and out of Boston.
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Sioner Greenough
Storrow Drive
Boston
Requiem for Miss Ormond at Bedford
A solemn high mass was held for Catherine Ormond age 75 of 90 South Road last Saturday at St Michael’s Church. She died Wednesday night at her home with burial in St Bernard’s Concord. Survived by brothers John M Kelley Bedford Edward W Ormond Lexington Fred S Ormond Lexington sister Mrs John J Rudd Lexington and several nieces and nephews.
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Bedford
St. Michael’s Church
Catherine Ormond
South Road
McCarthy
Lexington
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Concord
Somerville
Ormond
Francis J. Kelley
Eepe
Rosary Mission ‘Circle
Ladies Sodality
John M. Kelley
Edward W. Ormond
Fred SS. Ormond
John J, Rudd
Funeral for Concord Man Ex Engineer Washburn Dies at 69
Funeral services for Evan Newton Washburn 69 of Walden Street were held at MacRae Funeral Home with Rev. Robert H. Barber officiating. Burial was in Barlow Cemetery West Woodstock. Born in Woodstock in 1885, he was a former engineer for the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad and recently worked at the Metropolitan State Hospital. He is survived by his widow Elizabeth G. Dunlap and was a member of Babonie Lodge AF and AM and Putnam Lodge of Masons.
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Concord
Evan Newton Washburn
Walden Street
MacRae
Robert H. Barber
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Barlow Cemetery
West Woodstock
Connecticut
Woodstock
Albert and
Henrietta
Skinner) Washburn
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Metroplitan, State Hospital
Elizabeth G. Dunlap
Babhonie Lodge
Dorchester
Putnam Lodge of Masons
Putnam Connecticut
Littleton Speaker Discusses Alcoholism at St Ann's
Littleton resident Arthur S. Desmond, a member of Our Lady Help of Christians Holy Name Society, spoke on alcoholism at St Ann's Church Sunday after the 9 o'clock mass. Rev Edward W. Desmond celebrated the mass, with Rev George D. Vartzelis as curate and Alexander H. McDonald as society president.
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Littleton
Arthur S. Desmond
West Concord
Our Lady Help of Christians
Holy Name Society
Holy Namé
St. Ann’e Church
Desmond
Boston Archdiocesan Union
Edward W. Desmond
George D. Vartzelis
Alexander H. McDonald
Acton School Committee May Meeting Discusses High School Rehab
Acton School Committee held its May meeting at the new school. Chairman Leonard A. Godfrey led the session with architect Stephen W. Haynes present to discuss high school rehabilitation, potential summer courses, and bid openings for a fence along Nagog Hill road at the center school playground.
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Acton
Leonard A. Godfrey
Stephen W. Haynes
Nagog Hill Road
Driv er seeks probe after two supposed bombings
In Madison Wisconsin a man reports his car was bombed twice while he was away from a tavern. Police find only two tire blowouts. a separate note mentions a male prairie chicken with a wind sac used to make a booming call.
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Madison
Wis
Acton School Principal Receives Letter From Munich Educator
Acton Mrs Dardana Berry principal of the Center School received another letter from Miss Isabel MacPherson a faculty member at the American Dependents School in Munich. The former Acton teacher was making plans.
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Acton
Dardana Berry
Center School
Isabel] MacPherson
Munich
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