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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1954
Page
9
The report details drill phases conducted by Lt. Dee and others, including marksman training for soldiers and upcoming promotions of Pfc. Hancock and Clark to corporal. A battalion NCO school was held with Capt. Casey and Lieut. Wilgren. Soldiers remodel their room into a personal haven. donations of furniture are welcome via the armory.
A fragment outlines election timing for Senators and Representatives by state legislatures, notes that presidential electors are chosen on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, and contrasts bills with joint resolutions including historical uses and parliamentary distinctions. It mentions Hoover Roosevelt and Truman era appointment counts and historic practice in lawmaking.
The Acton High School coach Kyrios departed in May 1953 for Berlin to join the Army Dependent world. He ends a tenure spanning Sep 1948 as Berlin Citizenship page. A Unitarian meeting will be held Wednesday at 12:39 with Mrs. Fred Johnson presiding.
Carlisle 4 H club members plan to attend the annual Homemakers Day at the Waltham Field Station on Thursday May 27 from 10 30 a m to 3 p m Coffee tonics and ice cream will be sold and attendees are urged to bring their own lunches Guest speakers include Prof Richard Pride U M A on Your Home Grounds and Mrs Elsie Oakes Barber Concord on Living 24 Hours a Day
Carlisle Plas announces the annual Carlisle Grange fair to be held September 10 with past master Mrs Bessie Pedersen as general chairman. The notice mentions local residents William and Susan Smith and a Welcome Wagon party for a bride to be. Kansas 4H club membership exceeds 30 000, nearly doubling since World War II.
The South Middlesex Association for Retarded Children will hold its first annual banquet and officer election for 1954 1955 on Monday evening May 24 at the Maridor in Framingham. Mrs John Restighini of Framingham leads arrangements while local members plan to attend. Deborah H Barns director social service Massachusetts Memorial Hospital will speak on problems after the first year for parents.
The Concord library lists new nonfiction works including Berlioz letters 130 1868 A.D. by Clay Blair Jr. The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley Be Yourself by Anne Heywood and Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive Era by Arthur S Link among others.
Local members of the Trinitarian Congregational Church attended Monday evening conference sessions in Quincy. Concord Lodge 212, O O F marked its 75th anniversary with a Saturday program at the Framingham Conference Center.
Lincoln May 21 at 8 30 p m at the de Cordova Museum the chorale of 28 women will perform a cantata of English folk songs arranged by R Vaughan Williams The group founded by Mrs Carlon Fuller of Belmont is directed by Mary Loud with accompanists Clarice Leamon and Grace McCreary The informal ensemble aims to share joy through music with listeners.
St Bernard's Church will hold first communion classes on Sunday May 23. Boys and girls at St Bernard's receive the sacrament at 8 o'clock mass and at Our Lady Help of Christians at 8 30 mass. SAVINGS BONDS.
The ordination and installation service for Rev. Brandoch L Lovely of the First Parish Unitarian church will be held at 8 o clock next Wednesday night at the church. The public is welcome and church and town officials are expected to participate. Lovely is the son of Rev Napoleon Lovely, formerly Bedford minister.
Concord on Tuesday held a special assembly at Concord High School to discuss the threatening situation in the Far East. Colonel W. Bruce Pirnie of Concord spoke, sharing World War II experience in the region. Sophomores ordered class rings with garnet stones.
The St Elizabeth of Hungary church postpones its May procession to next Sunday May 23 at 2 PM outdoors if weather permits. After the crowning of the queen benediction will follow. Winona Rebekah lodge held a mystery ride after a session at West Acton Baptist. A Family Night Supper was hosted by parishioners at West Acton Baptist Thursday night. The Acton Catholic Women's Guild plans its annual dinner at Old Mill Westminster on Monday May 24 led by president Mrs Alice Maynard.
Daniel F. Wiles of Weston former Concord resident left last Thursday by plane for Europe to tour factories in Sweden Denmark Norway with Associated Industries of Massachusetts. His wife will fly to Stockholm this Saturday. Concord Lions Club installs officers Tuesday June 22 at Mansion Inn Chituate with dinner and dancing. West Concord Union Church held regular services Rev Edwin B Nylen preached. Religious education commission met Tuesday evening. Youth choir met last Saturday under Mrs James F Engebretsen director.
Concord Amateur photographers will find still life subjects at the Concord Garden Club flower arrangement show. The event at the Concord Art Center on Lexington Road runs May 21 and 22 with periods from 1 pm to 5 30 pm Friday and 10 am to 5 30 pm Saturday. Admission is small for the public, free to exhibitors.
The Concord Junior Prom crowned Jeanne Balfour as happiest girl and queen. Attendants were Connie Huntley Mary Mullaney Shirley Beharrell and Anne Bachman. Decorations featured pastel spring colors and Sal Tori provided music, creating one of the year’s best dances.
Professor Benjamin Silliman taught the first geology course in the United States at Yale University in 1809. He is regarded as the father of scientific education in American colleges for his pioneering role.
Acton mobilizes a large corps of women volunteers for the Salvation Army Friendly Appeal. Residential chairman Mrs. H. Vaughn Allen urges civic minded women to canvass every home to reach Acton over the top. Volunteers are invited to enlist by calling Acton 34792 to join this effort against poverty and need.
Gonéord Woman's Club plans a dessert and bridge party at the Country Club on Wednesday June 9 to raise funds for annual scholarships. Members and friends will attend as tickets go on sale next week, available from Mrs. Floyd Verrill and Miss Ruth Raymond.
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