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Concord Enterprise

Location

Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 18, 1954

Page

4

Marlboro Enterprise Press Term Notice and Rates

Entered as second class matter August 25 1908 at Marlboro Massachusetts under the act of Congress of March 6 1879 published every Thursday by the Enterprise Press Inc Marlboro Massachusetts The Enterprise Press Inc assumes no financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertisements but will reprint the part of advertisement containing the error Eastern Representative Julius Mathews Special Agency 38 Newbury Street Boston Julius Mathews Special Agency 400 Madison Avenue New York Subscription Rates Single Copies One Year One Year

Post Athiee Marlboro Massachusetts

Massachusetts Highway Expansion Beats Previous Records

The Department of Public Works reports 410 miles of highways built or improved in Massachusetts over the past two years, a record for the state. With over a million registered vehicles and substantial out of state traffic, the highway system faces rising demand and aims to meet present needs while planning for future growth.

State Department of Puplic Works Massachusetts

Fewer Unemployment Figures Spark Optimistic Outlook

Government reports show 2,741,000 unemployed, down from wartime highs, with job opportunities rising and factory demand at a decade peak due to higher take home pay and lower living costs. The era’s rhetoric mixes economic data with moral quips about personal responsibility and civility.

Supreme Court actions loom for school desegregation ruling

After the desegregation decision, states move to implement it while avoiding full enforcement. Some regions resist, with Mississippi already ending public schools in favor of private systems funded publicly. Economic signals show mixed gains, farm income expected to fall, exports rising, and FTC pressure growing on cigarette ads to remove health benefit claims.

Supreme Court Mississippi

Former Sudbury Couple Enroute To Virgin Islands

Mr and Mrs John Colby formerly of Peakham road stopped in Boston on returning from three weeks in Europe on their way to their Virgin Islands home. Mrs Colby contracted a virus in Europe and was kept at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital delaying visits with friends. The couple now enjoy life in the Virgin Islands with its climate and activities.

Sudbury John Colby Peakham Road Boston Europe Virgin Islands Colby Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Colbys Islands

Neighbors Night at Acton Grange Plans New Party

Acton Grange No 259 invites Granges from Littleton Lincoln and Lexington to Neighbors Night at Town Hall at 8 PM next Tuesday Joyce Ryan Master will preside at the business session A recent whist party drew a large crowd and another is planned A delegation attended the Pomona meeting in Lexington last night

Acton Adon Grange P. of Town Hall Littleton Lincoln Lexington Joyce Ryan Grange Pomona

Thanks Delivered for World War I Sweater

Harry Leiber of New York City finally offered his thanks for a World War I sweater knitted by Mrs. L. L. Haywood of Worcester Massachusetts. He wore it in France campaigns and after returning could not contact Mrs. Haywood. This year he reached her husband to express gratitude. Mrs. Haywood is deceased.

Boston Harry Leiber New York City L. L. Haywood Worcester Mass France United States Haywood Leiber

Mobile teaching units reach rural schools statewide

The National Education Association notes many districts now use special mobile units to move shop and laboratory equipment for agriculture industrial arts and homemaking. Films and Look s are also circulated to sparsely settled areas with small enrollments and great travel distances.

National Education Association

Americans Attend Convention Scenes Surpass Baseball Attendance

More Americans went to conventions last year, including both long hair and short, than to baseball games, with attendance higher by 88 percent than in 1942.

New Volumes for Library Are Posted

Acton Memorial Library announces a list of new additions including Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Boone, Teddy Roosevelt and The Rough Riders, U-Boat 977, Peter Stuyvesant of Old New York, Hawaii the Gem of the Pacific, The Tumult and the Shouting, No Time for Sergeants, A Few Juveniles, and more.

Acton Acton Memorial Library Katherine United States Taffeta No Man’s Street Benchley Bobby Dodd Abraham Lincoln Sandberg Daniel Boone Haiti Hawaii Robert Fulton Peter Stuyvesant Old New York California Teddy Roosevelt The Rough Riders Jayhawker

Sudbury Grange to Stage Variety Program on November 23

The Sudbury Grange met November 9 at the Grange Hall where youths presented a Future Farmers of America awards report. A Variety Program is planned for November 23 featuring singing games and a full report on Regional School Plans by Luther M Child and William A Wilson. Third and fourth Degrees postponed to spring.

Sudbury Sudbury Grange Grange The Future Farmers of America Luther M. Child William A. Wilson

Firemen Fight Two Sunday Brush Alarms in Acton

Acton firemen answered two brush alarms Sunday morning near Concord Road by the ice house and Route 2A. The first blaze threatened nearby homes but was contained after 10 o'clock. The second alarm after 11 o'clock hit the Powder Mill woods near the Concord Maynard town lines, burning 10 to 12 acres with assistance from Concord and Maynard crews.

Acton Concord Road Powder Mill Woods Concord Maynard

Harvard Trust Elects Five to Quarter-Century Club

In Concord the Harvard Trust welcomed five new members to its Quarter-Century Club at the eighth annual dinner in Harvard Square. Recipients Faith Appleby Alfred Clifford Albert J. Hamilton Frank J. Kelley and Catherine Paterson each received a Paul Revere bowl from President Robert R. Duncan. The group now totals 46 members with 1,519 years of service represented. Walter F. Earle honorary chairman, noted the bank’s growth from a single Cambridge office to 10 offices in Cambridge Arlington Belmont and Concord.

Concord Harvard Trust Harvard Square Faith Appleby Alfred Clifford Albert J. Hamilton Frank J. Kelley Catherirt Paterson Robert R. Duncan Walter F. Earle Central Square Cambridge Arlington Belmont

Guild Given Talk on Deaf by Fr Welch

Rev J David Welch former curate of St Bridget s Maynard now with a society aiding the deaf spoke at the Acton Catholic Women s Guild monthly meeting He described his work and aid to the afflicted Mrs Stephen Lord led the business session Miss Mary Flaherty chaired hostesses The gathering at St Elizabeth of Hungary Church Hall drew a large attendance A winter dance is planned perhaps in January

West Addic J. David Welch St.Bridget’s Church Maynard Acton Catholic Women’s Guild Stephen Lord Mary Flaherty Hotesses

Acton Auxiliary Meets at Mrs Higgins Home

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the American Legion post held its last meeting at Mrs. Sybil Higgins's home on Prospect Street in South Acton. Concord Rainbow Assembly members will join two initiations planned at the Masonic Temple in Concord on Saturday and Monday evenings. Commander Stanley A. Nedra of West Acton has been ill and stayed home, possibly attending the county dance in Cambridge with his wife. The Acton Center Woman's Club plans its next meeting at the clubhouse on the first Wednesday in December.

Ladies’ Auxiliary of the American Legion Sybil Higgins Prospect Street South Acton Concord Rainbow Assembly Masonic Temple Concord Stanley A. Nedra Willow Street West Acton Cambridge Acton Center Woman’s Club Acton Center’ Woman's Clubhouse C.hance Monument Hall James J. Mansfield Veterans Building Imonday West Concord Old High School Board of Selectmen Town House Walden Royal Arch Annursna Grange West Conco d Blotz Wells A. Hall Memorial

Coming Events Of The Week In Concord

Weekly civic notices list meetings and gatherings across Concord. Highlights include Company H drill at the State Armory, Patch events at Harvey Wheeler School and First Parish Church, Rainbow Assembly at Masonic Temple, and various scouts and club activities through Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.

Concord State Armory Harvey Wheeler School Smorgas First Parish

Sudbury High Presents Night of January 16th Play

The Senior Play at Sudbury High School will be staged in the school auditorium Friday November 19 at 8 p.m. The murder trial drama has jurors chosen from the audience and verdicts announced on stage, promising an unusual performance that locals will not want to miss.

Sudbury High School

Change of Corporate Name for Concord Church

Officers of The Norwegian Zion Evangelical Free Church of Concord Massachusetts announce a name change to The Evangelical Free Church of Concord Massachusetts. The amendment was approved by two thirds voting, with the change filed Nov 1 1954 and approved by the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation.

Norwegian Zion Evangelical Free Church of Concord Mass Massachusetts Concord Middlesex Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation Secretary of the Commonwealth Evangelical Free Church John Anderson Thomas ‘Thoresen Alfred W. Davis, Jr Pres March G. Parinton Treas Inga Cahill Financial Sec’v. T Edward Thoresen March Parinton, Jr Robert J. Carson

Sudbury Licensing Board Notice for Tracy's Package Goods

Licensing Board for the Town of Sudbury announces Victoria Miceli doing business as Tracy's Package Goods Store on North Road North Sudbury has applied under Chapter 138 for a license to sell wines and malt beverages as a retail package goods store. First floor one room cellar for storage only entrance on Route 117. 1955. Harvey N. Fairbank Aubrey W. Borden Allan G. Bowry.

Sudbury Victoria Miceli Tracy North Road North Sudbury Harvey N. Fairbank Aubrey W. Borden Allan G. Bowry Boston Post Road J. Walter MacKinnon South Sudbury Concord Road Wayside Package Store Inc Thomas McManus Aubrey W. Borden Allan G. Bowry Sudbury Manor Inc John V. McManus Sudbury Manor Forrest D. Bradshaw Katherine R. Bradshaw Bradshaw Mill Lane

Licenses Sought for Sudbury Dining and Lodging Venues 1955

A series of 1954 55 applications listing Armando S. Troisi Ye Olde 117 House Sudbury Tucker Inc Sudbury Wayside Inn and related firms seeking licenses to sell wines malt beverages and all alcoholic beverages for restaurants inns and package stores on North Road South Sudbury and Boston Post Road with details on premises layouts entrances and capacities.

Bradshaw Store Seeks License for Alcoholic Beverages

Forrest D. Bradshaw and Katherine R. Bradshaw applying as Bradshaw's Store for a retail package goods license to sell all alcoholic beverages. Location on first floor with three back rooms and cellar for storage only. Entrances through toilet hallway, side Mill Lane, and from Boston Post Road. 1955.

Mortgagee's Sale of Real Estate in Acton Massachusetts

Public auction at 11 00 A M December 11 1954 on State Road East Acton for Lot 2 on plan No 126 showing 9438 square feet. Mortgage by Ettalena Seiders to W Stuart Allen dated June 21 1947 foreclosing breach. Cash deposit 300 and balance within ten days. other terms announced at sale.

Ettalena Seiders W. Stuart Allen Middlesex South District Registry State Road East Acton Acton Massachusetts Concord Littleton Towit Horace F. Tuttle Middlesex Framingham & Lowell R. R W.stuart Allen

Pittsfield Town Meeting Deliberates Industrial District and Zoning Maps

Residents discuss amending Article 1 of town laws to establish industrial district boundaries and integrate them into the zoning map of the town. Proposals specify parcels southerly of Sudbury Road and Framingham Road, with details on tract lines, road junctions, and parcel sizes to be considered at the November 1 meeting. The warrant orders the town to take any action relative to these items.

Hoe Town Hall Townbury Board of Selectmen Sudley Union Ave NJ New Haven Harffe Toad Boston and Maing Union Union Avenue The Y G. Chase Towbury Roadingham Stale Ingham Framingham Rodgers Ingham Road

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