Concord Pupils Present Especially Oliver Play
Concord High students in the drama club stage a play titled Especially Oliver. The plot follows a mother trying to win a dishwasher by turning her teen children into a representative American family with Oliver, a 13 year old who loves spiders and Davy Crockett, causing chaos before a clever judge wraps up the story with a happy ending.
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Concord High
Oliver
Carol Martin
Candy
Jane Hnilicka
Marion
Carol Derbyshire
Debbie
Becky Brown
Claire
Rachel Billings
Nick Chase
Davy Crockett
Hawkins
Norma Fairbanks
Anderson
Louise Taft
Forty Hours devotion opens at Maryknoll in Bedford
The Forty Hours devotion begins Friday morning at Maryknoll Bedford Novi tiate, continues through Sunday high mass, with the blessed sacrament exposed Friday and Saturday. Also announced is the May 27 open house for elementary schools from 7 to 9 PM. The Bedford Episcopal Mission Women’s Guild met in Town Hall chaired by Mrs. Wheton P. Major. Mrs. Gordon C. Duff reported on the Brierwood convention with slides and refreshments.
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Maryknoll
Bedford
Women's’ Guild of the
New Bedford Episcopal Mission
Whetton P. Major
Gordon C. Duff
Brierwood
Public hearing on zoning changes in Carlisle
The Carlisle planning board will hold a public hearing Friday at 8 PM in Union Hall to consider by law changes and zoning variations. Chairman Henry B. Hosmer will preside, and all voters are welcome.
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Carlisle
Union Hall
Carlisle Planning Board
Henry B. Hosmer
Two Acton Teachers Resign for Further Study and Move
Two Acton teachers tendered resignations. Gail Spiegelman leaves to join her husband in France where he will pursue a two year University of Paris doctorate in music. She taught fifth grade at West Acton Elementary since September 1955. Betty Keeton resigns June 30 from third grade at Acton Center to attend college full time for a master's in remedial reading. Her husband was appointed a full professor at Harvard Law School.
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Acton
Gail Spiegelman
France
University of Paris
Harvard Club Holds Meeting in Concord With Prof Carl J Friedrich
The Harvard Club of Concord held its annual meeting at the Country Club on Wednesday evening. Prof Carl J Friedrich of Harvard University spoke after returning from six months in Germany. Dinner chair William O Apthorp. president Christopher W Hurd. Alumni attended from Concord Lincoln Acton Bedford Carlisle Littleton Maynard Sudbury Wayland.
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Concord
Harvard Club of Concord
Country Club
Carl J. Friedrich
Harvard University
Germany
William .O. Apthorp
Christopher .W.hurd
Lincoln
Acton
Bedford
Carlisle
Littleton
Maynard
Sudbury
Wayland
Private Services At Concord For Late Twin Baby
Private funeral services were held at the Dee Funeral Home in Concord for seven monthly old Jeffrey Derby twin son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Derby. The infant died Wednesday afternoon from accidental asphyxiation per medical examiner Dr. Howard E. Robinson. Rev. Edmund M. Higgins of St. Bernard's Church conducted prayers and officiated at St. Bernard's cemetery burial. Born in Concord, he leaves his parents two sisters and three brothers. His mother is farmer Flavia DeMars.
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Concord
Dee
Jeffrey Derby
Richard A. Derby
Bedford Street
Howard E. Robinson
Edmund M. Higgins
St. Bernard’s Church
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Flavia DeMars
Boy Scouts Plan 46th Annual Meeting in Cincinnati
The National Council of the Boy Scouts of America will hold its 46th annual meeting in Cincinnati Ohio May 25 and 26 at the Netherlands Plaza Sheraton-Gibson and Music Hall with over 1 000 adult leaders from across the nation. Delegates include Algonquin Council members and local Scout leaders. Prominent speakers include former Governor Henry F Schricker Harold E Stassen and John M Schiff with Mr Schiff not seeking re election. The meeting features clinics resolutions nominations and the National Court of Honor with Silver Buffalo awards to be presented the Lorillard Spencer Trophy to the region with the greatest gains.
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Algonquin Council
Framingham
Charles H. Murphy
Ed " Gardiner
Nauck
Jerry Lynch
Maynard
Council
Henry F. Schricker
Indiana
Music Hall
Harold E. Stassen
United States
John M. Schiff
Oyster Bay
New York
Boy Scouts of America
Arthur A Schuck
Short Hills
New Jersey
Netherland Plaza Hotel
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Area Council
Sheldon H. Blank
Hebrew Union College
John N. Lord
Detroit
Harry M. Addinson
Cleveland
Ohio
Schiff
Lord
Addinsell
Netherland Plaza
Sheraton-Gibson
Karl J. Alter
Lorillard Spencer
Boys’ Life Magazine
Scouts of the
Henry W. Hobson
Southern Ohio
Protestant Episcopal Church
National of Honor
National Court of Honor
Silver Buffalo Awards
Townsend Boy Wins Tractor Contest Here
Walter Rossbach of Townsend won the Middlesex County 4 H tractor driving contest at the state farm in West Concord on May 16. Top competitors included Richard Lewis Chelmsford and William Williams Chelmsford. the county team will go to the state contest on July 9 at Amherst with Lewis Williams and Lang. The Nine Acre Farm Supply of Acton sponsored the event and provided tractors and machinery.
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Walter Rossbach
Townsend
Middlesex County
State Farm
West Concord
Richard Lewis
Chelmsford
William Williams
Ralph Lang
Littleton
Charles Rossbach
Walter
George Rossbach
Turnpike Road
Lewis
Amherst
Williams
Lang
Nine Acre Farm Supply
Acton
Post Office Unveils Mailomat Secret Weapon
The Post Office Department showcased the Mailomat in Washington a 24 hour automated mail system printing postmarked meters from 1 to 33 cents on letters of any size. Customers deposit up to $1, dial postage amount, insert mail and receive stamped letters with no extra charges. Deputy Assistant Postmaster Robert E. O'Donovan sent the first letter.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Mailomat
Post Office
Mailomat Ietter
Benjamin Franklin
Robert E. O’donovan
Meriden board bans ducktail and Detroit haircuts
Meriden Connecticut school board expands hair restrictions by banning ducktail and Detroit haircuts in high schools. Local barbers agree to refuse to cut boys' hair matching these styles.
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Meriden, Conn
Meriden
Detroit
Stassen to Speak at Scout Closing Session
Harold Stassen will be the speaker at the closing session of the annual meeting. Mr. Schiff will present the gavel to the man elected to succeed him as president of the Boy Scouts of America. A Cincinnati area Scouts tableau will close the meeting.
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Harold Stassen
Schiff
Boy Scouts of America
Cincinnati Area Scouts
Needham Man Dies While Fishing at Lake Walden
Clarence Chester Allen a 71 year old Needham resident of 33 Henderson Street died Friday morning while fishing at Lake Walden. A fellow hunter alerted authorities and state police, with West Concord barracks troopers and West Concord firefighters responding. Dr LeRoy P Houck pronounced death due to coronary after several minutes of resuscitation. Body moved to Dee Funeral Home then Eaton Son Funeral Home Needham for funeral services held Monday.
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Concord
Needham
Clarence Chester- Allen
Henderson Street
Lake Walden
Sidney ‘Scarth
Edward Kelley
West Concord Barracks
West Concord
LeRoy P. Houck
Dee Funeral Home
Eaton & Son Funeral Home
Comedy Held Over For 1 More Week at Red Barn Theater
Sid Sawyer extends The Solid Gold Cadillac at Westboro Red Barn Theater for one extra week. Performances run Tuesday through the following Sunday May 27 at 8 20 p m. Shirley Matson leads as the elderly actress who disrupts a stockholders meeting with sharp questions. Cast includes Harold Heagy Michael Zane Hal Hackett Douglas Wilson Neil Patrick Bernice Bolek Myles McAleer with Wilson E Lafferty as stage manager and Francis Madard Jr designing sets. Reservations via Westboro 2345.
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Sid Sawyer
Red Barn
Westboro
Shirley Matson
Howard Teichmann
George S. Kaufman
Harold Heagy
Michael Zane
Hal Hackett
Douglas Wilson
Neil Patrick
Bernice Bolek
Myles McAleer
Wilson E. Lafferty
Francis Madard, Jr
Reserve Colonel Willard H. Foster on active duty at Fort Belvoir
Reserve Colonel Willard H. Foster of Sudbury is undergoing two weeks of training on active duty at Fort Belvoir Virginia. The program covers road and bridge construction demolition camouflage terrain and infantry battle tactics before returning to Sudbury. Foster, a World War II veteran, holds the Army Commendation Ribbon and is a 1932 MIT graduate employed by Microwave Associates in Boston. His mother Mrs. Alice L. Pearson resides at 15 Landseer Street West Roxbury. To clean knobs without harming wood finish, cut cardboard shields to fit around door knob and key plate.
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Fort Belvoir
Willard H. Foster
Sudbury
Foster
Alice
Marlboro Road
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Microwave Associates
Boston
Alice L. Pearson
Landseer Street
West Roxbury
Sachem Boy Scout Leaders Take Training
A Training trainers Institute was held at Otis Air Force Base for the Leadership Training Scouters of the Cambridge Norumbega Quannapo witt Quincy and Sachem Councils. About 90 volunteers attended and were quartered in Air Force barracks. Certificates were awarded to leaders in administration, training and various scouting roles. The program aimed to improve knowledge and skill among leaders who work with boys.
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Otis Air Force Base
Falmouth
Cambridge
Norumbega
Quannapowitt
Quincy
Sachem
Boy Scouts of America
Robert Sproul
Keith Peaslee
Boy Scouting Service
Air Force Barracks
Air Force
Robert K. Taylor
Lexington
Bedford
Sachem Council
Jack Obermeyer
USN
Howard D.butler
Butler
Herman W. Foster
Taylor
Arthur Leydon
Eric Nelson
Paul Kyte
Shelton Wicker
George Speth
Harold Watson
Herbert Ericson
Michael Gariepy
Edwin Nadeau
John Litchey
Leland Pollack
Herbert Knight
William Bezanson
National Council Training Institute
Food Hints to Homemaker Tomatoes on the market
Coltford Plump ripe juicy tomatoes with the little green stem are locally grown hot house tomatoes picked at peak ripeness for best flavor and value. Mrs Marion DeRoche notes look for the tomato with the little green stem. Middlesex County Extension Service says hot house tomatoes stay fresh up to three weeks and four servings come from one pound.
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Coltford
England
Walter Lufkin
Concord
Marion DeRoche
Middlesex County Extension Service
South Acton Lady Honored On Birthday
Mrs. Bligh of Mainstreet South Acton was surprised with a 73rd birthday party attended by about 30 friends and family. Her brother from Providence brought a tape recorder as the group sang and she recalled 50 years of piano teaching and song writing.
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South Acton
Suasco Watershed elects officers at Wayland high school
The Suasco Watershed Association held its annual meeting at Wayland High School on May 16. Retiring President Anthony Colonna of Framingham reported progress and committee chairs spoke. New officers include President Philip Farina Wayland and Treasurer Robert Booth Lincoln. Directors named William Pearse Stow Harry Rice Sudbury Walter Carbone Maynard Anthony Colonna Framingham Paul Craigue Framingham Paula Lowell er Bedford Basilla E Neilan Cambridge.
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Concord
Suasco Watershed Association
Wayland High School
Anthony Colonna
Framingham
Balting Brook
Philip Farina
Wayland
Aubrey Kretschmar
Acton
Francis Mentzer, Jr
Bolton
Robert Booth
Lincoln
William Pearse
Stow
Harry Rice
Sudbury
Walter Carbone
Maynard
Paul Craigue
Paula K. Leweller
Bedford
Basilla E. Neilan
Cambridge
McBreens Welcome First Child Deborah Louise
Mr and Mrs John C McBreen of 43 Barretts Mill road greet the arrival of their daughter Deborah Louise born May 16 at Emerson Hospital. Mrs McBreen is née Phyllis Porter. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Lorenzo of Waltham and Mrs Henry McBreen of Concord.
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West Concord
John C. McBreen
Barretts Mill Road
Deborah Louise
Emerson Hospital
Roundworms Harm Young Pigs Shrink Growth and Health
Roundworms are identified as the greatest injury to young pigs causing stunting and thinness. Wormy pigs show reduced growth and poor condition, impacting overall health and productivity.
Cone popular performance delights city audience
A lively stage show drew broad audience enthusiasm as a cast delivered an engaging set with practical magic elements. The afternoon program featured magic tricks and illusion work that captivated spectators and earned sustained applause.
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