Sudbury Halloween Celebrations Run Smoothly
Sudbury Halloween in 1956 proved orderly with about 500 children in grades one through six in a parade and costumes. The Sudbury Police Association sponsored parties providing ice cream candy and tonic, while judges selected winners and honorable mentions for each class. buses returned children home by 1 30.
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Sudbury
Sudbury Police Association
Les Hall
Roy Lawson
Colin Mankir
Barbara MacLean
Harliquina
Leanne Touche
Tweety
David Wenzel
Carol Fullerton
Janet Rhodes
Ann Jameson
Bo Peep
Helen Scharfenberger
Michael Joyal
Judy Fisner
Judy MacLean
Teddy Davison
Debbie Chadsey
Gail Logan
Ruth Herick
Nancy Ryther
Victoria Newmyer
David Boughton
Joyce Monahan
Daisy Mae
Sally Pardee
Susan Dyson
Lynne Woodward
Susan Loud
Trama
Scott Emmons
Susan Foser
Police Association
Stow Police Report Weathers Trick or Treat and Incidents
The Stow Police thank youths for good behavior during Halloween with only a few out-of-town incidents traced. A firemen policemen event at the new auditorium drew praise. Two traffic crashes near Aidton and Boxboro roads caused injuries to a Fort Devens soldier and a Connecticut driver respectively. A lost pocketbook with valuable papers was recovered by the police. Missing canoes from Lake Boon were found and returned. Two local girls returning home from Maynard were found safe after a delayed search.
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W. W. Addy
Stow
Robert G. Oberg
Waltham
Fort Devens
Harold War- Gundy
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Aidton
Boxboro
Crescent Street
Lake Boon
Maynard
Union Church Annual Fair Set For November 16
Union Evangelical Church schedules its Annual Fair at the Town Hall this Saturday November 1. A roast turkey supper at 6 30 is led by Mrs Christine Hunter and Mrs Eleanor Peck with few tickets left for reservations via Mrs Leon Wetherbee. The Fair lists volunteers by table including Candy Laursen Sud Helen Dudley Food Alice Lawson Nelson Ruth Johnson Plant Lewis Lews Peck Apron Trumpett Hunter Christiansen Banfield Gifts Ruth Kendrick Autrey Lewis with Afternoon Tea served.
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Ruth Laursen
Louise S.und
Helen Dudley
Alice Lawson
Priscilla Nelson
Ruth Johnson
Margaret Lew
Willen Peck
Ruby Trumpett
Margate Hunter
Laura Christiansen
Stow Community Notices and Local Society Events
Ms Jane Follett hosts birthday alerts at Crescent Street. Alliance of the First Parish Church unitarian set meeting November 15. Center School photo date changed to November 13 with 11 am preschool sessions. Augustus Feppon joins Odd Fellows Lodge No 154 in Hudson. Stow Kindergarten Halloween party featured costumes, parade and ghost treats. Lovell family relocated to Old Bolton Road from Pine Point. Birthday party honors DiAnn and Debra Hall on November 4 with games and refreshments. No Whist Party November 10 due to Union Evangelical Church fair. Boloh Grange invites to November 12 meeting. Pomona Grange No 11 to meet November 15 with turkey supper and degrees on November 20. Grange held November 5 meeting at Paul Canty’s Old Bolton Road home. Locusts and gnats noted as major tribal foods along Africa’s Lake Kyoga region.
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Stow
Union Evangelical Church
Stow Grange
Bol
Oh Grange
Roland Wright
Pomona Grange No
Stow Town Hall
Lilla Phalon
Grange
Middlesex Pomona
Paul Canty
Old Bolton
Road
Hostesses Named for Afternoon Event
From 3 to 5 in the afternoon Mrs Janet Derby and Mrs Dorothy Hardy will be hostesses.
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Janet Derby
Dorothy Hardy
Stow School Cochtees In Joint Planning Meetings
Stow regional and local school committees held joint meetings to discuss cooperation and a townwide school system plan in Stow. They planned future joint sessions including a public meeting with the PTA and discussed enrollment projections through 1960, with a November 19 follow up with a state official.
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Stow School
Stow
Thurston H. Hammer
Glen F. Pippert
Sec.Treas
C. Roger Witherbee
Henry S. Russell, Jr
Wlliam T. Pearse
Harriman
Simeon J. Domas
Buding Assistance Commission
Stow Woman's Association Hosts Grapho-Analyst Thackeray
The Stow Woman's Association welcomed Louis G. Thackeray grapho-analytical psychologist as a guest speaker on October 30. He described handwriting analysis as a science and art used in business and evaluated attendees' writing from a verse of Mary Had a Little Lamb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stow
Stow Woman's Association
Louis G. Thackeray
Mr. Thackeray
Mary
Thackeray
Woman's Association
Howard Lewis
George Petersen
Richard Hunt
Cyrus Kendrick, Jr
Byron Woodman
Stow Woman’s Association
Walter P Nicholas
David C. Clemens
Prizes Awarded To Stow Pupils At School Party
The Stow Center School Halloween party drew 246 children and 100 parents as teachers and staff honored costumes. Prizes went to Michael Balicki Ralph Hekala Cynthia Pearse Penny Head Bill Musselman Richard Lewis and others for best costumes across grades.
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Stow
Stow Center
Michael Balicki
Ralph Hekkala
Cynthia Pearse
Penny Head
Bill Musselman
Richard Lewis
David French
Sally
Macomber David Terro
John Malmberg
Christine Higgins
P.T.A
Ebba Tervo
Venda Saari
Gloria Dudzinski
Clyde Beebe
Cmam
Animan
Zoom
Anthony Cornacchia
Gertrude Bloomberg
Dexter
Lund
Laursen
Tansey
Hardy
Grey
PTA
Civic Club
Firemen’s Association
Policemen’s Association
American Legion
Stow Grange
The
Mothers Club of
Pilow Grove School
Stow Fire Reports From Chief H. J. Priest
The Monday fire at the Flanagan home near Hansons Beach caused no property damage after a rubbish burner ignited leaves. Residents are warned to take precautions when burning incinerators and to supervise until extinguished. A burning unit can be obtained by calling TWinoaks 721g.
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Flanagan
Hanson’s
Stow
Twinoaks
Stow Scout Pack 39 Hosts Halloween Meeting
Cub Scout Pack 39 held a monthly meeting at Gleasondale Methodist Church with 108 Cubs and parents. Den 4 led the opening ceremony. awards included Bobcat, Bear, Wolf, Gold Arrows and Silver Arrows for several Scouts. Den Mother pins awarded to five mothers. Den 7 directed the closing ceremony.
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Gleasondale Methodist Church
Benjamin Dudley
Den 4
Howard Dwinells
den Mather
Febo DeAngelis
Tayno
Hyden, Jr
William B. Ware
Walter Piecewicz
David French
Paul Nevala
John Vincent
Roy Dudley
Henry Erkkinen
Richard Dudley
Paul Canty
Douglas Ousley
Jonathan Kinsley
Kenneth Dwinells
den Mother
Hammer
Kyle
Hunt
Kinsley
D. Dwinells
Den 7
Den
Bessie Hammer
Giant sequoias sprout from tiny seeds say Nat Geo
The National Geographic Society reports giant sequoias grow from minute seeds. One ounce of seeds could yield about 6,700 trees, illustrating the remarkable reproductive capacity of these enormous trees.
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Earth
National Geographic Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stow Police
Union Church
Stow News
Jane Follett
P.O. Box
Crescent St. Twinoaks
John Hunt
Whitney Homestead
Alliance of the First Parish Church
Unitarian
Center
Center School
Augustus Feppon
Gleasondale
Odd Fellows Lodge No. 154
Hudson
Joseph N. Lovells
Pine Point
Old Bolton Road
DiAnn
Debra Lee Hall
Debby
Africa
Lake Kyoga
Equator
H. J. Priest
Armour Star
Armour’s
Armour’s Star
Armour
Birdseye
Valley HI
Cross & Blackwell
Bologna
Miss Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Supermarke
Main St
Waltham St
Stow Scout News
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