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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1956
Page
10
A list of individuals including Mary Rita Wind and Elizabeth Mary Rita Wind and many others is recorded in connection with an administration event led by Bishop Minihan. The notice includes numerous names across female and male groups and references institutions and communities around Concord.
A school program was directed by President Mark Brooks with students in charge. Refreshments followed. Instructions advise glazing buns with milk or beaten egg white and sprinkling sugar one minute before removing from the oven to create an appealing glaze.
A Concord meeting with more than 20 attendees explored parental and community responsibilities for mentally retarded children. discussion covered diagnostic clinics nursery classes for preschoolers and later sheltered workshops, with Concord seeking early nursery offerings and expanded school support following local examples in Natick and the South Middlesex Association.
West Acton annual center meeting reports membership above 1000 and aims for 1500 amid renovations at the West Acton Woman's Clubhouse. Three new directors elected Marvin Tolf Robert Lightbody and Mrs Warren Bean. Activities including dances teen parties and pupil exhibits continue. contact Lund or David Tinker for info or membership.
The weekly schedule lists a H M N G drill at State Armory, a puppy show at Brooks School, DeMolay meeting at Masonic Temple, and a public school hearing at Wells A Hall. Memorial Sunday services, selectmen and Royal Arch Chapter meetings, Boy Scouts, C Y O installation, and a Memorial Day parade are planned across town with Rotary and Thoreau auditorium events noted. May 8 1945 is marked as V E Day in World War II with Pacific and V J Day references.
Concord's League of Women Voters reports a busy year with ~16 meetings on topics including international issues education and town planning. Mrs Harold Cabot elected president for 1956 58 succeeding Mrs Alexander C Peters at the May 16 annual meeting in Elks Hall.
A special Concord DeMolay Chapter meeting is scheduled for Friday at 7 30 p.m in the Masonic Temple. Following the business session a DeMolay degree will be conferred and officers elected. Last Friday’s regular meeting was led by Master Councillor Alan Williams.
Judge David Williams addressed over 600 trustees and staff plus spouses at Somerville Hospital’s 65th birthday dinner in Tufts University Jackson Gymnasium. Dr Leo C Donahue serves as president of the hospital’s voluntary board of trustees.
The annual May meetings of the American Unitarian Association commence in Boston on Thursday May 24. Delegates from Stow’s First Parish Church will attend. Notable speakers include Dr Harlow Shapley Harvard University Dr Gardner Murphy Menninger Foundation Dr Howardman Boston University. Further details from Rev Paul E Killinger Twin Oaks 7 2294.
Reserve 1st Lt Dante E Bartolomeo of South Acton is undergoing two weeks of active duty training at Fort Belvoir Virginia. The program covers road and bridge construction demolition camouflage water purification and infantry combat tactics before he returns to his Liberty street home with wife Edith. His father John Bartolomeo lives in Concord.
The first WAVEs to enter the 42 week Navy Electronics Technician School completed their program and graduated in December 1949.
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