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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1954
Page
4
The Marlboro based Concord Enterprise notes second class mail status dated August 25 1908 and that it is published weekly on Thursdays by Enterprise Press Inc. It disclaims financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertisements and states it may reprint the erroneous portion. The ad agency addresses include Julius Mathews in Boston and New York.
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The legislature will study a daylight saving proposal linking Massachusetts timing to New York action. The bill would end daylight saving in Massachusetts on the last Sunday in September unless New York extends it. Current practice varies across New England, with Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont showing differing schedules.
The piece notes vast underground water supplies fueling irrigation across the Great Plains from Texas to Kansas and Arkansas. It cites costs up to 17 000 per well and yields up to 60 bushels per acre on irrigated fields while unirrigated farms fail. Geologists warn of potential water table decline.
Roscoe V Chaplin announces Coast Guard recruitment in Framingham at the Armed Forces Recruiting Station Framingham Post Office Building on Fridays 830 PM to interview and take applications. Recruits train 13 weeks at Cape May NJ and may receive 10 day leave after boat training. Duty open along Atlantic Coast with air shore or sea patrols. veterans benefits under the Korean GI Bill. ages 17 to 26.
In Concord Williams lost a close general vote but carried Maynard. Fingold led local results with 3465 to 877 for Collins and won key precincts. Saltonstall defeated Foster Furcolo for U S Senate, while Furbush and Adams showed strong state and county races. Mrs Rogers topped Herter with the largest total.
A Turkey Night benefit for the Christmas fund will be held at Ellis' Home off the Concord turnpike on Monday November 15 at 8 o'clock. The public is invited. A Brown University student society formed by 15 inquisitive fellows explores "all things."
The Maynard Republican Town Committee reports its fund drive for the state committee surpassed quota by 35 percent. Edmund W. Beebe led the effort with assistance from Mrs. Anne Duclos Warren Johnson Frank Colombo Allan Palmer and George Weaving.
A Maynard Girl Scouts committee and leaders gathered October 26 at 8 p m at Mrs. Thomas Parker 27 Walnut street. Guest speaker Mrs E Sohier Welch Jr regional committee member from Bay Path Council Framingham discussed benefits of Maynard scouts joining Bay Path Council.
Local residents still discuss an unopened cement vault found near a gravel pit on Harry Clemmer’s property in Northboro. The six foot long base, 30 inches wide, may have anchored a stone crusher used 35 years ago. Initial belief of a body is unlikely. authorities plan to inspect when rain stops.
Bedford educators joined the Middlesex County Teachers Association convention at Boston's Metropolitan Theatre on October 29 to mark the association's centennial. Gov Herter and Massachusetts Education Commissioner Dr Desmond spoke on educator responsibility, with new books and visual aids showcased. American Education Week begins November 8 with the theme Good Schools are Your Responsibility.
In 1888 New York City boasted about 10 000 telephones, to day it has 3 695 000.
Mrs. Gladys Toye of Winchester chairing the military manpower board visited L G Hanscom Field with T Sgt Moore. She met Col Shepler W FitzGerald Jr base commander Lt Col DeHart and toured the field with Lt Rogers and Sgt Rice. Toye recalled the airport's early forest days and the first runway construction.
Stow resident Sergeant Milton J. Hunter Jr. is discharged from the United States Army and will reside in Stow with his wife, the former Clara Mezanson. Mrs. Cyrus Kendrick announces the Union Evangelical Church fair at Lownd Hall on November 11, featuring aprons gifts clothing toys candy and Parcel Post. Afternoon tea from 3 to 5 Turkey Dinner at 6 30 Tickets in advance from Mrs. Leon W. Wetherbee Maynard 338 R.
On Saturday evening a car driven by Raymond E. Miles of 31 Broad Street Hudson skidded on a wet highway at the corner of Gleasondale Road and the Gas Ball. The vehicle rolled onto its side but caused no injuries.
A big turnout and good time marked the Police Association Dance last Saturday. Plans are forming to hold similar dances about once a month. The door prize, a beautiful doll, was won by Mrs Heidi Buzzell.
Seven Priscilla Gebhardt watercolors on local Sudbury scenes are on display in the Cinema drawing room at Shoppers' World until Saturday November 13. The works include Old Hermit's Home Deserted Farm Farm in Harvard The Wagon Wheel Woodshed and House Field and Farm in Stow and Barton's Farm in North Sudbury. Viewers may see the art without attending the Cinema.
The Welcome Wagon met at the school cafeteria with the Town Criers of Lexington providing entertainment. National Education Week will be observed in local schools next week with programs and one Armistice Day no classes on Thursday. Mr and Mrs David D McAnaul of Crescent Avenue welcome son Donald Andrew at Emerson Hospital. grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert C McAnaul and Mr and Mrs Murray G MacMillan.
At 2 30 on October 29 the Emerson Junior High parade reviewed by judges Miss Evelyn Sawatz Worsley Fardy and Fred Stokes. Prizes awarded for costumes and an elimination dance. Second grade field trip through Maynard business district led by Miss Irene Wood Coolidge school visited police station post office banks and library. Maynard Teachers Association elected officers Worsley Fardy president Adelaide Sims vice president Lucinda Silk recording secretary Eileen Keane corresponding secretary and Mary Zaniewski treasurer.
Card sale at Emerson Jr High resumes to raise funds for band uniforms. Top sellers include Albert Howes and Maryellen Nordberg with 127 and 121 boxes sold. other high performers are Teddy Kaupin Clarkson Smith Walter Crowther and David Glazier. Winners to be named Friday November 5 during a Maynard School Committee reception hosted by Northampton Schools Superintendent William Barry.
On October 26 Maynard High School juniors and seniors and Acton High School seniors joined an opening assembly on the theme After High School What presented by the Guidance Department with Northeastern University in the George Washington Auditorium. The program featured colored slides showing on the job scenes and factual details of each occupation as narrated by Roland Darling Northeastern University director, Mary Carney American Liability Insurance, and George Donaldson Boston College placement director.
The 83rd Congress appropriated $700000 to fund state educational conferences and costs of holding them. The Hoover commission may assume some tasks once led by the Manion Commission after its dismissal over Bricker amendment. States are expected to accept their share as White House plans proceed, despite widespread calls for reform of public schools.
The text notes federal opposition to strings attached to state school funding and highlights a large distribution of federal education grants. It lists minimum and state-specific grant figures, showing New York California Pennsylvania Illinois and others receiving higher amounts, with several states at the $5,000 minimum.
Maynard High School hosts a series of career conferences with speakers from fields like engineering nursing and education. The event includes student committee leadership and plans for Nov 9 featuring talks on Technical Jobs in Radio and TV Your Future in Teaching and Your Way to the Top in Retailing.
The Miss Wond sixth grade science and nature club, The Junior Scientists, lists President Richard Niemi, Secretary Jane Vremilyen, and Recorder Diane Shaw. The group will meet twice monthly to present drawings, memoirs, and exhibits tied to the sixth grade science program. Twenty eighth grade pupils tried out for the school cheer squad that performs at each event.
Faculty faced a tough task selecting ten for post dination and volume. Open House for Maynard Junior and Senior Schools is Monday November 8 1954 from 6 30 to 8 30. Coolidge and vest Schools host Tuesday November 9 at the same hours invitees may visit teachers. National Society assembly induction on November 10 at 10 A M in the auditorium is public.
Acton schools plan a nov 17 event with the Middlesex County teachers convention. Sessions for area schools will be cancelled that Saturday as Miss Marion Towne and Miss Ruth guidance director attend the Massachusetts Associations meeting in Boston. The program features four panels on college guidance and interschool collaboration.
The Mers of Wethersfield announce the birth of their second son Russ born Friday at Hartford Hospital. The newborn joins a daughter. Grandparents are dred Palmer, Mr. and Graham and D mer, all of Maynard.
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