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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1959
Page
16
Maynard and Mrs Westice R Melanson of 140 Parker Street announce the birth of their first child, a son named Dean Leonard, at Emerson Hospital. The baby is the first boy born on the maternal side in 90 years, with Trene Beane as the mother.
Concord Battle Road District Scouts from Bedford Lexington Lincoln Concord Carlisle and West Concord meet for dinner tonight on Lexington road. Mark Moore Jr of Lexington is chairman with John J Carson of Concord as vice chairman. Officers to be elected and camping season plans discussed.
Dieting musician Frankie Laine endorses a milkshake friendly approach citing moderation and simple choices to curb temptation. The column notes practical steps like selecting low fat options and mindful portion sizes to support weight loss goals.
West Concord resident Gordon P. McCouch of the General Radio Company engineering department was elected treasurer of the Boston Section of the Institute of Radio Engineers. He is Harvard educated with degrees in physics and engineering science and applied physics and served in radar countermeasures during World War II.
Margaret Little joins Concord Free Public Library as head of book processing. She will supervise classification cataloging and preparation. Born in Middlesex England she has lived in America six months and previously worked for Lloyds of London.
Lincoln Town Hall hosted the St Josephs Women’s Guild annual meeting. Eleanor Pallotta was elected president with Kay Coan as vice president and Barbara Dexter as recording secretary. Marion Ahearn named auditor, with Marjorie Doherty as treasurer and Mary Martin as corresponding secretary. An executive board includes Jacqueline Ferro Marianne Patterson Nancy Thompson Irene y and Germaine Bonin. Refreshments were served afterward by Orrin McGoldrick, Marion Ahearn and Marjorie Doherty.
Funeral services for Mrs Myra Brackett Cummings 89 of 253 Central Street were held at Fowler Home Maynard with Rev William T Keech officiating. Burial followed in Pine Hill Cemetery Peterboro NH. She was born in Sharon NH a 40 year resident widow of George P Cummings member of Winona Rebekah Lodge and the Relief Corps surviving are three daughters six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren
Mor ton Da Costa directed the Broadway stage versions and the U S road companies as well as the film adaptation of Auntie Mame. Industry estimates place combined gross from these productions at about 45 million dollars.
West Acton hosts a Sunday afternoon Pops concert on June 7 at the Community Center directed by Constantine Limberakis, Ac ton school music director. Nashoba Community Concert Orchestra accompanies. tickets from group members or David Benedict. Marionette show by Toy Cup Theatre, with Hansel and Gretel to be presented for children.
The Police Relief Association, led by Emery Bedford-Stee, held its annual election last week naming Edward J. Emery president Peter F. Milley as vice president Charles J. Race secretary and William H. Goss treasurer. The group plans another town youth outing to a Red Sox game this year.
West Acton Telephone and control division of Rex Corporation a subsidiary of American Enka Corp announces a technical booklet on Alpeth glassimium aluminum polyethylene plastic telephone cable. The brochure covers application construction electrical characteristics and tubular data on exchange area cable insulation and binder cooling with cable construction visuals for 25 to 400 pair cables.
Fragments indicate a World War observance with bands and school groups. The note mentions Maynard, Wasiuk, and Memorial programs at a World War I context and local schools participating.
The Middlesex area choral group from three schools with about 450 girls is invited to a concert conducted by Charles K. Yetta Motter Lamb. Doors will open for the event in the afternoon at the Ohd Academy.
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