Bedford Grange to Install Officers at Town Hall Meeting
Bedford Grange announces installation of new officers at the Town Hall on Monday night. Mrs Freda Miley is re elected master. Other officers include Mrs Dorothy Hume lecturer Mrs Lona Hunt assistant lecturer Ralph Thompson steward Miss Ellen Ltacey assistant steward J Ridgeway Comley treasurer Mrs Rena Webber secretary Gordon Mahone gate keeper Mrs Etta Stacey Ceres Mrs Blanche Thompson Flora Mrs Leila Blake Biariist Leslie Lacey named to a three year term on the executive committee Clarence Bamery two years and Arghie Brand one year. Refreshments were served at the last meeting.
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Bedfiord
Bedford Grange
Grange
Freda B.miley
Dorothy M. Hume
Lona Hunt
Miss Anne Jenks Now At Radcliffe College
Miss Anne Jenks of Great Road, after a Fulbright year in France following a Smith College 1950 graduation, studies at Radcliffe College majoring in fine arts while pursuing her master's degree. Her sister Jissa Elizabeth Nas, a Arthmore College graduate last June, lives in New York City.
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Bedford
Anne Jenks
Great Road
France
Smith Lege
Radcliffe College
Jissa Elizabeth Nas
Arthmore College
New York City
Welcome Wagon Members Attend Meeting Here
Bedford Welcomers held a parish hall meeting at the Church of Christ Congregational with guest speaker Henry J. Travers of Lexington discussing floral arrangements. Refreshments followed as officers led by Mrs. Ralph Manning conducted the session.
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Bedford
Church of Christ, Congregational
Henry J. Travers
Lexington
Ralph Manning
Charles Peterson
William G. Field
John Darling
Roddy Elected Wheaton Trustee With Dr Gezork
Roddy of Monument street Concord elected as one of two additional trustees to Wheaton College Board at Norton. The other appointee is Dr Herbert Gezork president of Andover Newton Theological School. Roddy is treasurer of Boston Mutual Fire Insurance and Mutual Boiler and Machinery Insurance. WWII Army Intelligence veteran and MIT graduate.
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Concord
Gilbert M Roddy
Monument Street
Wheaton College Board of
Norton
Herbert Gezork
Andover-Newton Theological School
Roddy
Concord Community Chest
Boston Manufacturers Mutua Fire Insurance Co
Mutual Boiler and Machinery Insurance Company
Army Intelligence
Rowse Month of Anniversary Celebrates Bedford Couple
Mr and Mrs William A Rows of Old Billerica Road Bedford observed their 10th wedding anniversary with a buffet supper and entertainment for friends. The couple, long-time Bedford residents, have three children named William Jr Barbara and Nancy.
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Bedford
William A. Rows
Old
Billerica Road
Rowse
William, Jr
Barbara
Nancy
Hoover Commission regulatory reform progress and goals
The Hoover Commission report on regulatory agencies shows 66 percent accomplished with five of nine commissions realigned and salaries raised. Remaining tasks include realigning ICC FCC and NLRB, bi partisan membership, removal for cause, extended term appointments, and shifting non regulatory duties to Interior and Commerce.
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Hoover Commission
Congress
Hoover
Maritime ‘Commission
Federal Maritime Board
Federal Maritime Administration
Commerce Department
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Power Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bureau of the Budget
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Communications Commission
National Labor Relations Board
Federal Reserve Board
Regulatory Commissions
Department of the Interior
Department of Commerce
Bedford Parish Plans Alliance Fair This Fall
The First Parish Church of Bedford schedules its annual Alliance fair for Wednesday and Thursday October 17 and 18. Sheila Mailley of Bedford is named Girls League president at Concord High School. James E. Studdiford, son of Bedford residents, trains at Fort Dix New Jersey. Rev J Harold Hadley leads the First Parish service. Local motorists must display official inspection stickers by November 1.
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Alliance Fair
The
First Parish
Bedford
Sheila Mailley
Concord High School
James E. Studdiford
William C. Studdiford
Westford
Fort Dix
New Jersey
First
J. Harold Hadley
Simmons College
Mrs Ryan Given Birthday Party in Concord
On Sunday evening Mrs. Michael J. Ryan mother of Police Chief William G. Ryan was honored with a surprise birthday party at 91 Sudbury Road hosted by Mr and Mrs Martin J. Diskin. Family attended and she received a purse as a gift. Refreshments were served.
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Concord
Michael J. Ryan
William G. Ryan
Martin J. Diskin
Sudbury Road
Garage Fire Damages Home of Local Coach in Concord
Firefighters were called to a garage fire at Kenneth L. Creighton’s home on Haw home lane Concord. Creighton, a Concord High School teacher and coach, was officiating at a football game when the blaze broke out last Friday afternoon. Box 15 was sounded. the building suffered heavy damage.
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Concord
Coux
Kenneth L. Creighton
Concord High School
Annual League Conference Draws 400 Massachusetts Voters
More than 400 League of Women Voters members from across the state attended the Massachusetts League fall conference at the Girl Scout House in Concord. Mrs Joseph J Ecker Jr chaired. Mrs Edgar J Driscoll presided with Mrs Harold Smith delivering ceremonies. Attendees traveled from Springfield Greenfield New Bedford Amherst Worcester as 11 group conferences with 30 to 40 members met in the afternoon. Morning speakers included Francis McElroy Boston College School of Social Work Dorothy Book replaced, Bancroft Bentley Simmons College president Robert Mulford SPC C, and Owen Kiernan Milton schools superintendent.
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Concord
League of Women Voters
Massachusetts League
Girl Scout House
Joseph J. Ecker, Jr
League
Edgar J. Driscoll
West Roxbury
Conn
Harold Smith
Edwin B Newman Cambridge
State League
Springfield
Greenfield
New Bedford
Amherst
Worcester
Francis McElroy
Boston College School of Social Work
Dorothy Book
Bancroft Bentley
Simmons College
Robert Mulford
Massachusetts S.P.C.C
Owen Kiernan
A. Milton
Mrs Rowse Heads Hospital Workers For Harvest Day
Bedford residents participate in Emerson hospital Harvest Day on October 16 with Mrs. William A. Rowse as Bedford chairman Donations of canned fruits vegetables jams and jellies are welcome to replenish the hospital stockroom Contact Mrs Rowse Lexington 9 1712R or Mrs Frederick W Backes Lexington 9 1047R
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Bedford
Emerson Hospital
Willam A. Rowse
Couple Celebrates Second Anniversary in Chelsea
On Sunday September 30 Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette G Currier of 4A Maple Street observed their second wedding anniversary. Mrs Currier, formerly Myrtle Larkin, and their daughter Diane now reside in Chelsea. Sally Ann Coolidge of 11 Fletcher Road marked her fifth birthday this week. Mrs Catherine Hume of Hume Road recently returned from Emerson Hospital in Concord after an operation.
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Lafayette G. Currier
Maple Street
Currier
Myrtle Larkin
Diane
Chelsea
Sally
Ann Coolidge
William S. Coolinge
Fletcher Road
Catherine Hume
Hume Road
Emerson Hospital
Concord
Bedford Pfc W David Jones Assigned to West Coast University
Recently transferred Bedford Pfc W David Jones son of Mr and Mrs S Finley Jones Crescent avenue has been assigned to Oakland California where he attends school in a West Coast University department. He trained with the U S Air Force at Sampson New York since July after Concord High School graduation in June.
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Bedford
W. David Jones
S. Finley Jones
Crescent Avenue
Oakland
California
West Coast University
Sampson
New York
Concord High School
Three Years Wed for Wik Pec Rossiter and Mrs
Mr and Mrs Wik Pec Rossiter of 95 Hillside Avenue celebrate their third wedding anniversary. The event honors Mrs Anna La Ducer of a nearby avenue.
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Wik Pec Rossiter
Hillside
Rossiter i
Anna la Ducer
le Avenue
Bed
Stapleton Aims to Win Champion Home Town Title
Under John Kilgore a Stapleton Georgia leadership drive backs plans for the 1951 Champion Home Town contest. The civic club, formed for the effort, assigns committees on education religion welfare culture publicity and health as youth paint street markers and a memorial park is planned. The cannery is enlarged and a trash disposal system and tennis courts are planned with beautification efforts led by local women.
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Stapleton
John Kilgore
Georgia Power Company
Civic Club
David Denton
Mass Smallpox Vaccination Caps Reedsburg Crisis
Reedsburg Wisconsin and surrounding areas completed a mass smallpox vaccination drive for about 7000 residents with no protests. The outbreak traced to Mrs Fry who had visited a shoe factory in Beloit. Boy Scouts helped recruit residents and facilities canceled services as towns faced the emergency. Beloit also launched vaccination after Mrs Fry exposure.
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Reedsburg
Wis
Thia
Mrg
Earl, Fry
Fry
Old Maids Day Celebrated in Denton Texas Eighteenth Century
In Denton Texas August 15 marked Old Maids Day. Miss Dorothy Babb Latin instructor at North Texas State College originated the idea to recognize single women. The event featured a free musicale tea corsages and gifts from local florists and merchants.
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Denton
Texas
Dorothy Babb
North Texas State College
Miss Babb
Funeral for S. Chittenden Who Died at 72
Concord resident S. Chittenden age 72 died Friday at Symmes hospital in Arlington after a career in newspaper advertising. He was a national advertising representative for Boston New York and Chicago papers and the New England representative for two Chicago manufacturers. Survived by wife a daughter Mrs. Whitney S. Smith four grandchildren and two sisters. Funeral Sunday at Waterman Chapel Boston.
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Concord
Simeon _ Baldwin Chittenden
Arlington
Symmes Hospital
Boston
New York
Chicago
New England
Guilford
Connecticut
Groton School
Yale University
Whitney S. Smith
Waterman Chanel
Kenmore Square
Engagement of Miss Susan Miller in West Virginia
Miss Susan Miller of Carlisle announces engagement to Benjamin Stewart Layman of Covington Virginia. The couple, both on the staff at the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, are to be married.
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Concord
Susan D. Miller
Charles R. Miller
Carlisle
Benjamin Stewart Layman
Ralph Layman
Covington
Virginia
Greenbrier Hotel
White ‘Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
One Horse Left in Gary Says Assessors List
Gary assessors report township handors in Gary now own just one horse valued at 50 dollars marking a shift from horse and buggy era to steel city mobility.
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Gary, Ind
U P
Gary
Obituary fragment for Vermont resident 79
The text notes a life obituary for a 79 year old man connected to Newport and Vermont. Survived by wife Mrs Bessia and two daughters Velma Edwardson and Mrs Daniel Gibson, with mentions of Hinman and Wells River connections. No full details due to damaged OCR.
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West
Evens
Newport
Vermord
Bessia
Velma
Bedford School Schedules Public Meeting and Conference
Fragmented notice lists a Thursday parent teacher meeting in the school cafe and a Sunday World Wide Communion day at a church. A Tuesday program at the clubhouse 8 appears in the readable text with partial details.
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Church of National
Ish
Concord Knights Plan Columbus Day Observance
Grand Knight Hugh presided at a Tuesday meeting of the Concord Council in Columbus. Plans outlined for Columbus Day activities and oral degrees to be conferred by Grand Knight Paul.
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Concord
Concord Council
Columbus
Hughtin
Paul
Jury Night Speakers Set for Concord Meeting
Concord and Le League of Women Woes host a jury night Tuesday in October with lawyers and other speakers. Charles L Nt from Concord, Wood boatswain and Lincoln port Rhode Island S. 8. Yellowstone leg port area hosts a 15 port cruise voyage from months aboard.
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Concord
le League of Women
Charles L Nt
Lincoln
Ate Port
Rhode Island
Yellowstone
Terancan
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Gezork
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Joe Perkins
Manny
Hudson
Featuring
Bob Robinson
Diana Grebb
Crawford House
Bob Steven
Stop Inc
Emblem Club
Ruth Shedd
James E. O'Neil
Keith Martin
Raotorists
Mrs. Ryan
U. S
Beverly Cohen
School OF Ballet
Odd Fellows Hall
Moody St
Waltham
V. F. W. Skyroom
Scout House
Mrs. Rowse
U.S
Parris Island
6. C
Terence P. McCoy
James J. McCoy
Barretts Mill. Road
West Concord
Mass
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
S. Chittenden
Adv
T. Field
Susan Miller
Ea Rita
Offi
Tuesda Bedford
K. Ofc. Plan
Packard
Gil Regula
Silex
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