Concord Lions to Lead Town-Wide Light Bulb Sale Drive
Concord Lions Club teams with 80 to 85 volunteer boys for a mass sale campaign to raise funds for eye research. The drive starts Saturday at 8 15 in 24 districts with bulbs from Sylvania priced at 2 dollars per package containing ten bulbs. Proceeds support eye research and early cases in the community.
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Lions
Concord
Concord Lions Club
Lions Clubs of Massachusetts
William H. Damon
Stanley M Howard
Alcott Road
Sylvania
Sachusetts, Lions, Clubs
Concord Club
Lions Club Eye Research Fund
R. L. Pahwa
New Delhi
India
Ae L. Schepens
Retina Foundation
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
William Stone, Jr
Elton Ling Abe
Lions Eye Research Committee
Bertram Selverstone
Tufts Medical School
Theodore 4. Ingalls
Harvard School of Public Health
Patter Newspaper Armory Fire Chief Permission Mixes With Town Events
A fragmented report describes a fire chief's permit issue and town activities including police presence, a busier Baker Avenue, and discussions of a civic campaign. It mentions a fatality, a wedding, and local figures such as O C Bemis in relation to Route 62 and Cabot, with scattered references to National News and Calendar items.
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Ion Police
Imars
G.B. Ad
Concord High to Exchange Trip with Middletown Kentucky
Concord High selects students to represent the school on the annual exchange trip to Middletown Kentucky next year. Pairs of participants include Barry Andrews Harold Cahoohn David Crosby Mark Crowell Loretta Cullinan Peter Dow Mary Lou Driscoll Gretchen Englehardt Dorothy Fiske Nancy French George Gordon Henry Isner Jean Loomer Nancy Lorden Richard Loring Paul Lyons Janet Magoon Mary Mullane Beatrice Nagle Alice Place Elizabeth Rice Arthur Smith Susan Storer Clark Thorpe Robert Watson.
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Concord
Concord High
Middletown
Kentucky
Barry Andrews
Harold Cahoon
David Crosby
Mark Crowell
Loretta Cullinane
Peter Dow
Mary Lou Driscoll
Gretchen Englehardt
Dorothy Fiske
Nancy French
George Gordon
Henry Isner
Jean Loomer
Nancy Lorden
Richard Loring
Paul Lyons
Janet Magoon
Mary Mullaney
Beatrice Nagle
Alice Place
Elizabeth Rice
Arthur Smith
Susan Storer
Clark Thorpe
Robert Watson
Wardwell Selected President Of Middlesex Mutual Fire
Concord hubbert M Wardwell, longtime Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance official, was elected president succeeding Hubert M Wardwell who retired under the company plan and was named honorary chairman. Directors also elevated Lyman J Cheever and Charles E Hogan to vice presidents with G Sherman Blair secretary and Robert B Lortz William C Martin assistants.
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Concord
Hubert M
Wardwell
Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Hubert M. Wardwelis
Eliot R. Howard
Howard
Lyman JF. Cheever
Charles E. Hogan
G. Sherman Blair
Robert B. Lortz
William C. Martin
Frederick H. Dominick
Frank Taylor
Donald Rowe
Communion Postponed for St Bernard's Parish Members
Concord Holy Name Sunday is postponed one week to Sunday October 16. Parishioners will attend in a body at 8:30 mass on October 16 and receive Holy Communion, followed by a meeting. The change aligns with the close of the men's mission at St Bernard's church.
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Concord
St. Bernard’s Parish
St. Bernard’s Church
Two New Polio Cases Reported in Concord
The Concord board of health lists two new polio cases from the past week. Elsie Apthorp, 27, on Monument Street, is recovering at home after a delayed diagnosis. Betsy Thompson, 14, of Hubbard Street, is in Children’s Hospital Boston with bulbar polio. The season total reaches ten, most cases non parasitic.
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Concord
Board of Health
Elsie Apthorp
Monument Street
Betsy Thompson
Hubbard Street
Apthorp
Betsy
Fred B. Thompson
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Concord Woman's Club Opens Fall Meeting at Girl Scout House
Concord Tuesday October 11 marks the first fall meeting of the Concord Woman's Club at the Girl Scout House. Dessert and toffee served at 1 30 p m. Mrs Harold John Ames president presides. Co hosts Mrs Frederick C Klinck and Mrs Robert H Daly. Josephine Barnett from New York City presents New Plays and Vignettes of Theatre Personalities director of drama at the New England Conservatory of Music.
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Concord
Concord Woman’s Club
Girl Scout House
Harold John Ames
Frederick C. Klinck
Robert H. Daly
Josephine Barnett
New York City
New England Conservatory of Music
Couple Welcomes Birth of Daughter Linda Kathleen Skewes
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Skewes announce the birth of their first child, a daughter named Linda Kathleen, born September 20 at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Percy Skewes of West Concord and Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Boyd of Concord. Great-grandparents are Mrs. John Skewes of Hoyle-Cornwall England and Mrs. Myra Boyd of Concord.
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Concord
John G. Skewes
Constance C. Boyd
Hanover
New Hampshire
Linda Kathleen
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Percy Skewes
West Concord
Fred T. Boyd
Geat
John Skewes
Hoyle- Cornwall
England
Myra Boyd
Comeaus Mark 25th Wedding Anniversary Open House
Mr and Mrs Charles E Comeau invite friends to an open house celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. The event is on Saturday October 15 from 7 to 9 PM at 301 Main Street West Concord.
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West Concord
Charles E. Comeau
Mainstreet
Bradley Container Corp Seeks Mechanically Inclined Workers
Male help wanted with mechanical incline needed for 3 shifts at Bradley Container Corp. Advancement opportunities offered. Apply at Thompson St Maynard.
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Bradley Container Corp
Thompson St. Maynard
Erickson to Speak at Concord Lions Supper on Europe Trip
George E Erickson, longtime Middlesex County Extension Service employee and current Chamber of Commerce executive secretary, will address Concord Lions Tuesday. He will share slides from his Europe trip, with films shown. Lawson introduces, Currier presides, supper at 6 30. A Rotary joint meeting is planned for October 27.
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Concord
George E. Erikson
Middlesex
Chamber of Commerce
Concord Lions
J George Erickson
Europe
George
Raymond P. Lawson
Rudolph W. Currier
Erickson
Rotary Club
Board of Directors
Lawson
Rotary
Miss Basile Earns Award at Wheaton
Concord resident Martha Basile, 36 Belknap Street, won an alternate regional scholarship to Wheaton College in Norton. A Concord High School graduate, she was in the National Honor Society, won the DAR citizenship award, sang in the mixed chorus, served as photographic editor of the yearbook, and stood on several class committees. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Biagio Basile.
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Concord
Martha Basile
Belknap Street
Altimate
Wheaton College
Norton
Concord High School
National Honor Society
D.A.R
Yearbok
Biagio Basile
Kennedy buys land on Old Road to Nine Acre corner
Concord resident M Kennedy of 33 Sudbury Road has purchased a new lot on Old Road to Nine Acre corner and plans to build a home with Robert Hojem as builder. Cultivation and crop rotation remain basic in weed control practices.
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Concord
Vandiver M. Kennedy
Sudbury Road
Old Road
Nine Acre Corner
Robert Hojem
Kickoff Meeting Planned for Concord Community Chest
Concord community leaders prepare for a large kickoff meeting next Monday October 10 at 8 p.m. at the Country Club. Ten agencies benefiting from the annual campaign will be represented with speakers, campaign kits distributed, and refreshments served. Donald B. Wilson chairs the 1955 drive.
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Concord
of Concord Community Chest
Sharps
Country Club
Donald B. Wilson
Town plans United Nations Day program
Concord observes United Nations Day on Sunday October 23 with a program featuring a similar number of international students entertaining in churches and homes. Co chairs are Mrs William B. S Jr of 86 Main Street and Richard J Loughlin of 25 Pleasant Street West Concord.
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Concord
Mainstreet
Richard J. Loughlin
Pleas At
Street
West Concord
Appeal board members are reappointed in Concord
The Concord board of selectmen reappointed to the board of appeals Regular Member for three years Andrew Hepburn and associates for one year Julian W Ballou Samuel Melisi Horace R Fletcher Robert S Hojem Reginald A Morgan Thomas J Hayes Roger D Swaim.
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Concord
Board of Selectmen
Board of Appeals
Andrew Hepburn
Julian W. Ballou
Samuel Melisi
Horace R. Fletcher
Robert S. Hojem
Reginald A. Morgan
Thomas J. Hayes
Roger D. Swaim
Concord School Panel Urges Two Eight-Room Neighborhood Schools
The Concord school expansion committee recommends building two eight room neighborhood primary schools by September 1957. One in the Alcott District and one in the Thoreau District, each expandable to full elementary status if needed, within walking distance of large student groups.
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Concord
Concord School Committee
Thoreau
Alcott
Thoreau School
Harvey Wheeler School
Morton Baker
William Cassidy
Edward . ?. Chase
Danforth Comins, Jr
Winslow
Ie Go
Illiam , Jr
Angelo Giaudrone
Samuel Kent
Winthrop Lee
Charles Manion
Mary McHugh
Frederick Mears
Alice Sheehan
Chester Smethurst
John Thornton
Renwick Tweedy
Richard Wood
Massachusetts
Bedford Street
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