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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1959
Page
1
Fragmented text mentions West Concord and a local event with references to towns, a mayor, parents and pupils. Safety and context are unclear due to incomplete wording. no coherent action or outcome can be determined from the readable phrases.
West Loring Library hosts a selectmen and library board meeting to discuss expanding evening hours and addressing community complaints. Chair Briggs notes prior discussion two months ago and contemplates steps to balance services with budget constraints.
Concord submits temporary renovation plans for the Town House with an initial first floor upgrade estimated at 86500. Selectmen and Town Manager Nelson will meet with Bastille Halsey Associates to review the plan and a further study may be ordered before approval. The plan includes police, town clerk, treasurer, and other offices on the first floor with enhanced vaults and an exit to Bedford Street.
District 33N Governor Edward Scott will attend the Concord Lions Tuesday supper at Howard Johnson's at 7 PM. President Robert L. Carter will greet him. Scott will also join a Lexington zone meeting next Thursday with Cabinet member John McGrath and Zone Chairman Herbert Carigon.
Concord selectmen received a copy of a letter from Gov. Foster Furcolo about children and youth programs. They forwarded copies to the recreation commission the school committee and the clergy. The board reviewed long range budget requests from the finance committee and planning board. A new common Victualler license was issued to Rexall Drug and Snow Pharmacy. The chamber of commerce asked for $1 000 to operate the information booth.
Two Concord selectmen were guest speakers at the November meeting of the Catholic Men’s Discussion Club in Monument Hall. Robert E. Sheehan and John B. Finigan discussed the town’s vexing problems and answered questions. Refreshments were served.
A rear end collision at Crosby's Corner sent a young Filipino boy to Emerson Hospital after being hurled against a windshield. Later a three car crash at Hospital Corner injured a Fort Devens soldier. A hit run crash on Route 2 126 damaged both cars. Police gave no driver names.
The town treasurer Miss E. Sheehan reports over 95 percent of taxes collected with 963.74 deposited including 463 105.40 for 1959 real estate. The balance is classified as delinquents, reflecting a higher collection rate than last year.
Voters in Concord and Carlisle may comment on a tentative regional high school budget exceeding 425000 at a public hearing on November 21 at 7 30 in the Town House. Finance committees review it from November 1, with a mid November hearing and a December 1 committee vote. the budget becomes binding by law and cannot be altered at the March town meeting.
Manager Theodore N Nelson met with Arthur L Stevenson Jr and Paul H Farrell two local attorneys to form a selectmen appointed committee to investigate ways and means and draft anti litter legislation. They agreed to serve and will report to selectmen before January 1. Nelson notes few towns have such laws but local support suggests need.
Selectmen plan a joint meeting in Lincoln on Monday Nov 16 to discuss park duties and responsibilities. The Lincoln and Lex ceca boards will review the industrial park section along Virginia Road bordering Concord and Lincoln.
The town will accept sealed bids to furnish and deliver two new 1960 model heavy duty trucks for the public works department. Bids are due by 4 p.m. Thursday November 12 at the office of Town Manager Theodore M Nelson and will be opened and read at that time.
The board of selectmen has appointed a four member committee to draft an administrative code for the town. One seat remains possibly to be named later. The panel aims to establish town administrative rules guided by similar codes in other communities. The names of appointees are not fully disclosed in the text.
Concord news notes Lieutenant Colonel James H Naylor nephew of Mrs Carl R Moore sails from San Francisco aboard the USS General D. Sultan with the Second Battalion, Marine Regiment from Camp Pendleton. The battalion is scheduled to arrive in Manila November 19.
The personnel board chaired by George S. Lawton and members Miss Elmina L Snow Morgan T Smith with Norman F Barrett met with selectmen on Monday to set salaries and share the 50 50 burden of health insurance premiums for 1960.
A dated publication from the Bailey Company in Amesbury Massachusetts highlights a cheap initial period of paydays and living frugally in the early days, reflecting a business promotional tone.
Two Marlboro men Andrew Cofelice and Robert Lyons sue the town of Concord for 5000 dollars each over injuries from stands collapsing at a Marlborough Concord football game in November 1968. They seek court action in East Cambridge Superior Court with attorney Samuel Kunen. A third suit by Technical Products Company involves land taking and parking loss near Route 62 Acton with questions over property boundaries.
An inaugural fall meeting of the Concord Citizens Committee, Inc. is set for tonight at 8 o'clock in the Town House court room. The gathering aims to organize a banquet and coordinate events for Concord High School activities.
A fragmented notice indicates William M Calder Jr is resigning as Concord official. The letter cites a desire to leave the position and mentions the current assessor's office as operated by Donald Ogilvie and Mrs. Paul B LeSage.
The Concord Board of Appeals has failed to come up with a ruling. Officials waited through lengthy sessions as unresolved issues linger, delaying guidance on petitions and appeals filed earlier this year.
Fragmentary text mentions a 30 year old Seti and a 27 year old Hicks in what appears to be a marriage or wedding context. Details are unreadable and source is damaged.
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