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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1955
Page
21
A Scout event was held in a cafeteria setting where scouts displayed badges on a stage. Attendees included youths and staff, and savings bonds were mentioned as part of a fundraising or recognition theme.
Students showcase dances as Mrs Anderson leads the eighth grade troop in costume performances directed by Mrs Roos. The event closes the auditorium program with lively traditional pieces.
Camp Clara Ecke at Sudbury Library returns with two four day Brownie Day Camp sessions under Cooper B Harpin. Sessions run July 5 to 8 and July 11 to 14 with adjusted weekly days due to a holiday, starting Tuesday then Friday first week and Monday to Thursday second week.
Camp sessions run July 18 through 21 and July 25 through 28 with daily openings at 9 30 a m on Monday and Wednesday and 12 noon on Tuesday and Thursday. Programs cover outdoor living arts and crafts dramatics and camping skills. A box lunch is required. The Red Cross Water Safety course will be offered and a school bus will transport campers after swimming.
Brownie registration will be held at the Girl Scout Cabin on Thursday May 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. One day only. Intermediate Scout registration will take place at the same cabin on Friday May 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Contractors in southeastern East Pakistan capture elephants with a Keddah, a 20 yard diameter circular stockade with 12 to 15 foot high reinforced walls. Beaters drive the wild elephants into the corral.
Eva J. Fletcher Kellogg 84 of 22 Riverside Avenue died Saturday at Sunnynook Rest Home Carlisle. Funeral at Congregational church West Stafford Springs Conn Tuesday. Burial in family lot in West Concord. Rev Herbert Hosanna officiated. Widow of Artemus Kellogg who died about 40 years ago. Nephew Horace R. Fletcher of West Concord survives.
Lieut Frank W Geist retires after 26 years and 10 months with the Massachusetts State Police. Stationed at Framingham barracks previously at West Concord, promoted to lieutenant last year by Brig Gen Otis Whitney. Married, lives on Sudbury Road. Officers plan a testimonial at Dracuy Inn next week.
Concord Emblem Club No. 206 will install new officers Sunday at Elks Hall. Inducting as president is Mrs. Mary Venti of 11 Grant Street. Chairman of the program is Mrs. Edith ONeil, past president. A catered dinner follows at 6 30 with gentlemen invited. Concord Elks assist with details. Buy U S Savings Bonds.
The Acton Garden Club schedules a Plan It Yourself themed flower show on Tuesday June 21 at the new Blanchard Memorial Auditorium Route 1o open to the public. Chair Mrs John Goddard leads a committee including Mrs Charles Allen and Mrs Norman McIntosh with several assistants handling entries, staging, tickets, plant detail and refreshments. An invitation entry from Roxborough Garden Club directed by Mrs Warren Bean will be featured.
A car parked beside a meter displayed a sign reading This car obeys speed laws. Do you causing a traffic violation flag. A separate note reports the Suez Canal journey time from 15 hours to 48 hours since opening in 1869.
The notice highlights 155000 U S forest fires last year averaging more than 400 daily. It cites harm to forests watersheds wildlife and people and urges care with matches and campfires to prevent fires.
The funeral for Benjamin S. Battye 73 of 2 Sudbury Road Concord was at Wentworth Chapel Waltham with Rev George O Ekwall officiating. Burial followed at Feake Cemetery. Battye a former E Howard Watch Co employee started his own shop and lived in Concord since 1928. He was active in Christ Church Waltham Monitor Lodge A F and A M and Knights Templars affiliations and served as election officer. Survived by wife Gladys Cook three daughters nine grandchildren and a brother.
In New Haven Harry Levine left his butcher shop with a bag of hamburger when two men grabbed him and snatched the bundle. The theft targeted meat rather than daily receipts.
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