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Newspaper

Concord Enterprise

Location

Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1950

Page

17

Girls Ni Advisor Gift To tay e meeting of bly No 5

A girl advisory meeting at Masonic Hall featured officers installed and recognition events. Participants included Sylvia Hope Constance rate and Edith Bailey with performances by Marilyn Simms Jano solo Beverley Althea Harby and Diane Syliger. The program included Behar and Janice Hope solos with Kel Chaffee and Tony Hope in supporting roles.

Arilyn Simms Jano Solo Mading Beverly Althea Har Miss Keln Knudsen Diane Syliger Cynric Metzler

Concord Weekly Community Calendar And Events

A list of local meetings and activities across Concord including church gatherings Boy Scout events Lions Club chorus concerts and a state park note. Notable items include May procession at Our Lady Help of Christians Church and a Roman Nose state park naming in Oklahoma after Cheyenne Chief Roman Nose.

Mammoth Our Lady Help of Christians Church Roman Nose Watonga, Okla

Natalia Farley Receives DAR Honor at Acton Meeting

Acton Captain Isaac Davis Chapter DAR held its regular monthly meeting at East Acton home of Mrs. W. Stuart Allen with Regent Mrs. George Newton presiding. A program featured antiques and a bridal party for Miss Natalia Farley, soon to marry Malcolm MacGregor of West Acton, who received a corsage and a silver ladle.

William Sears Ethel Milbury Walter Cook Nalania Farley Walter I. Taylor Tatiana Loring

Certificates For Reading To Be Presented

Acton Memorial library librarian Miss Mary H Lothrop announces the annual library night for grade school pupils on May 26 at the Acton Woman's Club house Acton Center. State library reading certificates will be awarded and a puppet show by Carol Spinney will be presented.

Acton Mary H. Lothrop Acton Memorial Library Acton Woman’s Clubhouse Acton Center State Library Carol Spinney

New Books Listed by Acton Memorial Library

The Acton Memorial Library announces arrivals of multiple new titles including The Sheltering Sky Burmese Days The Diplomat The Great Smokies The Catcher from Double A The Trapp Family Singers and Real People among others 4 Volumes for Young People are included in the list.

Acton Acton Memorial Library Mr. Midshipman Hornbrower Cap’n Joshua Slocum Double A Trapp Family Singers Maine Modern Arms Free Men Salar Salmon Romeny Gay Scott

Exemption Bid Rejected for 67 Year Old Tax Payer

Herbert S. Child of Clinton Massachusetts, aged 67, demanded the town collect his $2 poll tax claiming exemption due to age and calling paying the tax a public privilege.

Clinton, Mass U. P Herbert S. Child

Vocational Local Pupils Explore Job Applications and Testing

Maynard May 10 11 12 reports show Katherine Gibbs rep teaching job application letters and interview etiquette for seniors. State Employment Testing Service and Marlboro Office administer a battery of tests to eighteen seniors. nursing Open House at Emerson Hospital with guidance staff and student visitors.

Maynard Robert Dole Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School J. Sullivan State Employment Testing Service F. Doyle Marlboro Employment Office Emerson Hospital Ann Weckstrom Beverly Price Edne Lutz Irene Christiansen Miss L. Barton The Household Nursing Association

Pipe Dreams sermon by Rev. Carl A. Hempel at South Acton church

The Rev. Carl A. Hempel will preach on Pipe Dreams during the regular morning worship next Sunday at the South Acton Universalist church. Delegates from the Center to a Fall River missionary conference included Mrs. Arthur Raymond and Mrs. Walter I. Taylor with Rev. and Mrs. H. Ben Simms also in attendance.

Carl A. Hempel South Acton Arthur Raymond Walter I. Taylor Center Fall River H. Ben Simms

Past Noble Grands Meet At Mrs Rachel Haynes Home

The Winona Rebekah Lodge will host a meeting of Past Noble Grands at the home of Mrs. Rachel Haynes on May 25.

Winona Rebekah Rachel Haynes

Health board announces final free dog clinic date

The Board of Health says a second and final free dog clinic will be held Saturday morning June 10 from 9 30 to 11 30 a m with Dr Stedman of Clinton in charge. Saint Casimir parish carnival opens May 29 at John A Crowe Park for one week with vaudeville acts fireworks and other features.

Board of Health Stedman Clinton St. Casimir’s Parish John A. Crowe Park Concord Road Everett Street West Concord Concord

Census toll adds enumerators feet to foot disorders

Boston report says the National Foot Health Council lists a new condition among census workers. Enumerators suffer burning soles and swollen ankles from constant walking on hard pavements and stairs, joining 75 existing foot disorders.

Boston U. P National Foot Health Council Council

Orioles Arrive as Wayside Inn Notes Warn Fire Risk

South Sudbury-Robins and warblers remain common with orioles now seen. A large ash tree in the parking space blew down after a Sunday storm, forcing its removal by Bartlett's crew. Mrs Purdy returns home from hospital. fire engine responds to a brush fire near the Country Store. Home Decorators Inc from Newark hosts a luncheon and a farewell dinner for Chaplain Stanley H Martin of Boston University, soon moving Dr Martin to the Methodist Headquarters in Nashville.

Sudbury Bartlett's Wayside Inn Home Decorators, Inc Newark New Jersey Stanley H Martin Boston University Martin Methodist Nashville Tenia

Acton Pack 18 Plans May Meeting and Aviation Demo

Acton Cub Scouts Pack 18 near completion plans for a May pack meeting in Acton Center. Plan includes aviation display at 6 30 in Dewey Boatman field Concord Road followed by two aviation movies at the town hall and advancement badge awards. Families urged to attend and invite parents of soon advancing cubs.

Acton Tive Dewey E. Boatman Concord Rd Acton Center Town Hall

Concord High Girls Open Season With Wellesley Loss

Concord high girls opened season with softball and tennis vs Wellesley high. Softball won 20 to 4 as Culen and Gill pitched. In tennis Concord fielded doubles teams Banks Buxton Carter Cager and Gradeski Savage Matty in singles. Next, Concord beat Watertown 3 to 2 with Gradeski Savage Matty winning singles. Style show planned May 19 at 1 15 p m. Mothers invited. yearbook planning underway led by Elaine Hardie.

Concord Concord High Wellesley High School Barbara Culen Mary Gill Beverly Chaffe Elizabeth Melloon Janice Carter Rosalie Cager Pauline Gradeski Martha Savage Virginia Matty Watertown High Jean Banks Eleanor Buxton Miss Carter Ann Giles Gradeski Savage Matty Concord High Sch Elaine Hardie

Sullivan Named Postmaster at Salem Depot New Hampshire

John F. Sullivan, a fuel dealer with no postal service experience, was named postmaster at Salem Depot New Hampshire. He succeeds his father Patrick, and his mother serves as a clerk, his uncle is a letter carrier, and his two sisters are former postal clerks, reflecting strong family ties and abundant guidance.

Salem N. H U. P John F. Sullivan Patrick

Big Ben Bell Named After Hall at Westminster

The famous London clock tower bell known as Big Ben was named for Sir Henry Benjamin Hall, the works commissioner when it was installed in 1856.

Big Ben Clock Tower London Henry Benjamin Hall

Maynard Community Band May Schedule Announced

May 21 outdoor parade rehearsal at Alumni Field 10 a m all members must attend as performances approach. May 28 Arlington Legion street parade meet Bancroft School 8 15 a m depart 8 30 a m parade 9 15 a m uniforms urged Otto Eunelius James Fava. Memorial Day concert Maynard Town House 9 a m parade starts.

Maynard Maynard Community Band Alumni Field Concord Arlington Legion Bancroft School Otto Eunelius James Fava

Maynard Junior Prom Set for May 19 at George Washington Auditorium

Maynard high school junior class hosts a prom Friday evening in the George Washington Auditorium at eight. Promenade led by Thomas Cocco and Carol Novick with a queen and court to be crowned at 10 30. Salamone's orchestra will provide dancing music with patronesses listed and tickets sold at the door.

Maynard Maynard High School George Washington Auditorium Thomas Cocco Carol Novick Salamone Mary A. Doyle Albert Lever Louis Cocco Anthony Novick John Manchester George Howes Ruth I. Wilson William Howes Henry Nowick Frank Lotrines Raymond Connors John Doran George Anelons Paul Murphy Barbara Manchester Gertrude Cuddy Barbara

Acton Woman's Club Pop Concert Draws Crowd

The Acton Woman's Club hosted a successful pop concert at the Acton Center clubhouse with the Community Orchestra. Director Henry Helsher Jr. led a varied program featuring solos by Claire Linscott Paul Deane Edwin Hall and Marguerite Goldthwaite and duets by two pairings. Proceeds benefited the club's scholarship fund, with committee members and waitresses listed.

Acton Acton Woman's Club Acton Center Henry Helsher, Jr Claire Linscott Edwin Hall Paul Deane Barbara Holbrook Florence Rooney Nancy Lee Marguerite Goldthwaite Sally Jewell Janice Phelps Shirley Conrad Paul Post Thomas Weidner Betty Parker Robert Thorensen Albert Christiansen Mimi Knipple Richard Schol Sandra Burroughs George Burroughs Dardana Berry Sally

Hayloft Jamboree at West Acton Women's Clubhouse

Acton youth fellowship hosts a hayloft jamboree May 25 and 26 in the West Acton Woman's clubhouse. The amateur show features home talent with cowboy tunes folk songs and a real hoe down plus modern numbers. Cape Morris Jessup Greenland is the northernmost land point on earth at 440 miles from the North Pole.

Acton Center Congregational Church West Acton Cape Morris Jessup Greenland North Pole

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Sylvia Hope Constance Rate Charity, Hope Miss Simms Edith Bailey Miss Behard Miss Kel- Chaffee Janice Hope Hitation Fe Assembly Dartmouther ARMY Archibald S. Alexander National Safety Council Ned H. Dearborn Chicago Dearborn Alexander Wader S. Haislip Mr. Dearborn E. H. Brooks G-1 E. V. Parker Department of Defense Woman's Union Trinitarian Congregational Church Club Middlesex Insurance Office Concord Lodge C.F Odd Fellows Halk West Concord Union Church of Union Churches Young People’s Society Evangelical Free Church Concord High School Concord Board of Selectmen Walden Royal Arch Masonic Temple Concord Chorus Veterans Building Scout House Concord Lions Club Cane Concord Chorus Harvey Wheeler School Mohawk Sea Scouts Bartolomeo Border Plant Natalia Farley D.A.R NEW Books Old Concord Sunday Herald Or Globe Stow William H. O’brien Acton Street Apel Fox VFW Priscilla Roche Wetherbee Road American Legion Auxiliary New Ocean House Swampscott Taylor Congregational Service League James Hurley Donnell Boardman U. S Mr. Ford H. S Hayloft Concord, Mass Newberry’s Sale CANDY Denier
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