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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1955
Page
3
Radio Club meets at 8 p m with Wit E Porter as president. Lincoln Hansem announces a Tuesday gathering at the Orial Building. Flying Group led by W Mack plans a show about Korea and a fighter operation. Vet group is invited to join and contribute.
About 400 people from Weston and 26 nearby towns attended a Tuesday meeting at the Town House with Civil Defense, auxiliary and regular police, fire and communications groups. Major William C. Van Norman of Stewart Air Force Base spoke on the Atlantic Seaboard AI SS unit’s mission to locate downed enemy aircraft and gather intelligence. The demonstration included parachutes and radio gear, with training in survival, linguistics, and interrogation.
Annual meeting elected officers: Robert H. Booth vice president Warren Canstensen Edward P. Chase secretary Samuel G. Kent George P. Ploetz Shirley R. Rohan treasurer Roger D. Swaim president The group formed in 1949 to restore and beautify the Assabet Concord and Sudbury rivers and foster civic pride Contact Booth Old Concord Road South Lincoln or Mrs Rohan South Bridge Boat House Concord
Bedford welcomes a daughter born Monday at Waltham Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Beecy of Lexington. Paternal grandfather William J. Beecy of Bedford. Also, no Armed Forces Week observance will be held this week at Hanscom Airport due to heavy construction,.Col. Shepler W. FitzGerald Jr. announced last week.
A meeting drew representatives from Weston Watertown Waltham Lincoln Sudbury Wayland Wellesley Arlington Newton Sherborn Somerville Framingham Brookline Natick Needham and Belmont. Attendees discussed regional issues and cooperative efforts across communities.
The Concord Branch reports funds over $1,000 raised in eastern Massachusetts toward a $100,000 regional goal for the National MS Society. Residents of Acton Bedford Boxboro Carlisle Concord Harvard Lexington Lincoln Littleton Maynard Stow Sudbury urged to contribute by May end, checks payable to MS.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota stands as the largest sculpture ever created. The monumental granite visage features Presidents Washington Jefferson Roosevelt and Lincoln carved into the mountain.
Sudbury May 18 the New England Chapter American Institute of Planners held its annual meeting at the Wayside Inn. The session reviewed the 1975 New England region planning and featured officers from AIP and NECAIP with discussions on industry trends, atomic power, toll roads, population shifts, and regional development.
The American Cancer Society notes that about one in four cancer patients survive, while three die. Early detection could save one more life, underscoring the value of timely screening and awareness.
Col W Bruce Pirnie a Concord USAF veteran told the Boston Rotary the Soviets use subterfuge while the West awaits peaceful coexistence. He warned of a Moscow plan to rearm Germany and force troop withdrawals, predicting World War III by 1960 if force is not used.
Carlisle P.T.A. elected officers Monday night at the brick school house. William Shumway was re elected president with Mrs. Mark D. Elliott as vice president Mrs. Karl V. Struss as secretary and Waldo D. Wilson as treasurer. Movies were shown and a vote to buy the school a new jungle gym was approved.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Bacon Jr. of 3 Hawthorne Lane announce the birth of a daughter, Susan Heafield Bacon, born Friday the 13th at Richardson House in Boston. Grandparents are Sidney Woodward and Janice Woodward of West Harwich, and Robert C. Bacon Sr. of Wellesley Hills.
The Harvard Club in Concord hosts its annual dinner at the Concord Country Club on Wednesday evening May 25 at 6 30. Speaker Dr Merle Fainsch from Harvard discusses The Soviet Union since Stalin with expert Dr Painsod. The club, serving Acton Bedford Carlisle Lincoln Littleton Maynard Sudbury and Wayland, supports scholarships for three local students.
Concord Highs modern problems class toured the Veterans Hospital in Bedford on May 11 to learn how government rehabilitation aids war veterans. Students visited educational therapy music therapy corrective therapy manual arts therapy occupational therapy and physical therapy clinics.
Concord residents receive letters about mental illness and 30 000 patients in mental hospitals including 7 000 children. The mental health fund drive targets 100 000 statewide and 5 000 000 nationwide with Brooks Stevens Jr. of Lowell Road as Concord chairman. Donations may be sent care of the Mental Health Fund at the local postmaster.
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