Volunteers Sought for Civil Defense Communications Center
Maynard Civil Defense seeks volunteers to staff the communications center during emergencies. No technical background required, 10 hours weekly max per person. Meetings and practice sessions planned at Town House, with radiation education and nurse training updates in upcoming weeks.
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Jayward
Maggd Civil Defense
Massachusetts
Civil Défense
Immunications Center
Betanse l
Maynard Civil Defense Organization
Civil Defense Center
Town House
Belmont School Recalls Praise For Northeastern Music Festival
Maynard Lerer receives a formal letter from Belmont School Superintendent Charles R Thibadeau praising the students and staff of Maynard for their outstanding participation in the Northeastern Massachusetts music festival. The message expresses gratitude for the quality performances and notes the event as a promising start to the centennial observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Albert Lerer
Charles R. Thibadeau
Belmont
Mr. Lerer
Massa- le
Average American worker time to buy basic groceries fluctuates
A factory hand requires under 40 hours to earn enough for a basic monthly market basket, yet in 1952 it took him 51 hours to buy the same amount of food. The government compares work to the cost of groceries showing a rise in required hours over time.
Wayside Inn Gardens Restoration Draws Garden Clubs
Longfellow’s Inn in Sudbury becomes a hive for garden club efforts to restore the Wayside Inn Gardens. The Wayside Inn Garden Committee led by Mrs. Richard Piper Mrs. Andrew Marsters and Mrs. Calvin Smith seeks state club support while Lt. Gov. Robert F Murphy reviews plans with visiting Indian guests studying American management education under Ford Foundation sponsorship.
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Longfellow's Inn
Sudbury
Robert F. ‘Murphy
Murphy
Robert Murphy
India
Ford ‘Foundation
Mammoth Sale Aids Sudbury Little League
Sudbury hosts a Saturday May 23 sale starting at 10 a.m. at the Drug Store for the benefit of the Sudbury Little League. The event features pies cakes bread cookies and other baked goods for families to enjoy and support local youth athletes. Invest in your country.
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Sudbury
Sudbury “Drug
Sudbury Little League
Steubenville Herald-Star Raises Daily and Weekly Rates
Steubenville based paper increased its price from five to seven cents and the weekly home delivery from 37 to 42 cents. Brash-Moore Newspapers Inc. cited rising publishing costs including wages materials transport and newsprint as the reason for the first price rise since April 1951.
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Steubenville, Onis
UPI
Steubenville -Herald-Star
Brash-Moore Newspapers ‘Inc
Middlesex Health Association Meeting Draws Local Residents
About 100 area residents attended the 36th annual Middlesex Health Association meeting at the Maridor in Framingham Tuesday night. R Winfield Smith of the Pennsylvania Tuberculosis and Health Society urged citizens to cooperate in health programs and emphasized that health means more than absence of disease. He warned against self defeat and stressed building an environment for harmonious living and creativity. The note also recalls the 1860 Pony Express launch from Sacramento to St Joseph with 80 riders and 420 horses lasting 18 months.
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Middlesex Health ‘Association
Sacramento
Calif
St. Joseph
Training School Meeting at Nursery Boston Elects Officers
The Nursery Training School Boston Eliot-Pearson of Tufts University held an annual election naming President Mrs Ralph T F Howe and officers including Raymon M Fainbrother as vice president and Robert J Winanian as recording secretary. Other officers listed with Lexington and Concord affiliations.
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Boston
Eliot - Pearson
Tufts University
Ellct
Enid
Ralph TF. Howe
Wice
Raymona ‘M. Fainbrother
Jim ‘Bradbury
Richone B. Ford
A. L. Merrifield
Lexington
Concord
West Concord
Richard V. Haiéy
Acton
Edward Davis
Betiford
Honor Bifocal Inventor Franklin Praised in Philadelphia
The American Optical Company honored Benjamin Franklin as the inventor of the bifocal lens. Victor D Kniss said Franklin created the first bifocal by sawing two lenses of different power and joining them for front eye use. The basic principle remains today.
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Philadelphia
UPD
The
American Optical Co
Benjamin Franklin
Victor ‘D. ‘Kniss
Franklin
Redeord Named New Accountant at Local Office
Donald W Pfeiffer of 24 South Road appointed as the new accountant effective June 1 for three years. He fills the vacancy created by Albert J Berry who retired May 30 after many years of service. Installation of Rev Walter Rast as pastor of Church of the Savior Lutheran occurred at Bedford High School cafeteria with a large delegation and parishioners from nearby communities in attendance. Rev Rast began serving here in 1957.
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Donald "W. Pfeiffer
South Road
Newee
Albert J. Berry
Walter Rast
Church of the Savor
Lutheran
Bedford High School
Rast
Acton Land Court petition to register Laurence Moore title
Massachusetts Land Court in Middlesex allows Lawrence H Moore of Lexington to register and confirm a described Acton parcel with boundaries tied to several deeds dating from 1845 to 1958. Notice to object due by June 15 with appearance and sworn answer. failure to respond concedes petition.
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Acton
County of Middlesex
Commonwealth
Charles B. Johnson
Gwendolyn M. Johnson
Mriam
Said
Pope
Gardner H. Berigon
Arthur A. Dunphy
Ronald McGerigle
Miriam F. “Baxter
Louiga ‘A. Sm
Paul Dudley
Mirray
F. Baxter
Laurrence H. “Moore
Laurence H. Moore
Laurence H.'Moore
Beverly ‘Tv
Moore
Recorder of
Boston
Court House
Aone
Fenton
Esire
School Committee Plan Sets June Meeting on Routes
The School Committee of the Maynard area will receive information on routes and transportation. All bids shall be opened at nine o'clock in the evening on June 9th at the designated location.
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Taly 1St
West
Rooisevelt
Maynard
Thie
William ‘H.' Larson
Bf Maynard
Ance Ste
Town of Concord Board of Appeals Public Notices
Public notices from Concord outline hearings May 28 1959 on variances zoning changes and dog show permits plus decisions on extensions for Colonial Inn building and uses of various parcels and properties in Concord Massachusetts with dates May 19 1959 and May 21 1959. The notices reference By Law sections and property owners including Colonial Company and Williams Road.
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Colonial Company
Colonial Inn
Board of ‘Appéals
Frederick J. Robbins
Town House
Peien
Tee Gee School
Lowell ‘Road
Bhai Ae
Pete
Pres
Ces 1 Board of Appét Frederick J. Vns
Conch
Nero
Noticie
Berks
Lina Thtic
Fred T. Tale Permet
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Aia
Sension Springs
Hile
Inotitéa
Bill Pierson
Itits
Indui Peepee Daessing
Fechilless Hifle
Torestori
Little League Sale
Hudson
Lake Boone
Executive Lovely
Mee
Buy &T
Theresa L. Clark
Hunter Ave
Lake
Boone
Carlisle
Peter Hams
Redeord
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Land Court
Sybil H. Holmes
John J. Dricol
Mass Ave
Arlington, Mass
Atty
Concqed
Board of Irpreals
Board OF Appeals
Ty House
orstWie Goethe Way
Neigroomocva. Oer
J. Ins
Town OF Concord Board. OF ‘Appeals Town House
Town OF Concord Board OF Town House
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