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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1955
Page
11
The Red Feather program strengthens Concord by linking residents to public health help and agencies. It released a city recreation facilities directory and revised its information service to quickly connect people with the right resources. The booklet notes regional ties with Boston and supports local fundraising for broad community benefits.
Court records reveal an administrator appointment in Ketola Frank Ketola case in Essex County Massachusetts. The notice directs interested parties to file objections by ten o'clock on October 1955 at the Leggat Esquire office, with Register dates listed October 6 13 20.
A probate notice from Hud County requests the executrix to file a bond or surety before the deadline in September. The document mentions the administrator’s appointment for Lundstrom and references the court and register, with dates in 1905. The notice notes duplicates and a lost deposit related to the matter.
Concord residents welcome newborns in recent Emerson Hospital admissions. A son born September 22 to Mr and Mrs William F Styles of Virginia Road. a son September 23 to Mr and Mrs Richard A Larsson of 62 Commonwealth Avenue. a son September 24 to Mr and Mrs Richard Pickel of 4 Bedford Court. a son September 30 to Mr and Mrs Thomas F Weav er of Old Bridge Road. a son October 2 to Mr and Mrs Louis Martin of 28 The Valley Road.
Concord Rose Hawthorne School Guild schedules a fashion show for October 21 at the school auditorium. First Friday masses are set for 6 and 7 o clock at Our Lady Help of Christians and St Bernard's Church as October devotions continue. Mrs Florence Finan Casey of 48 Belknap Street remains chairwoman of the Odd Change Harvest campaign running through October 12. State D A V Commander David B Williams and Arthur W Parke attended the James J Mansfield Post A S installation of officers of Acton's legion post.
Sudbury colonel calls young men to join the 331st Engineer Aviation Group under the new Reserve Forces Act. Enlistees aged 17 to 181⁄2 with high school finish undergo six months training at Fort Leonard Wood before returning home to serve with the 281st Engineers.
Concord Framingham event by Massachusetts Osteopathic Hospital auxiliary featured a silver tea and Mexican handicraft sale at Stone House, home of Mrs Lucius Packard. A brief business meeting followed with Ruth Furze and Rose E Chapin on the committee. Mrs Gordon Sharpe and Mrs Perrin T Wilson served.
The Acton Board of Selectmen will hold a meeting at Town Hall on Tuesday October 11 at 7 30 p m Chairman Leo C Cunningham will preside Other members are Frederick W Abbt and Charles D MacPherson Mrs Joseph T Merton and her daughter Gail from Connecticut are visiting her mother Mrs Walter N Stevenson on Windsor Avenue West Acton The Nashoba Sportsmen's Club monthly meeting is set for Thursday October 20 at the clubhouse Walter L Perrault is president.
The article explains hay fever is triggered by ragweed pollen not goldenrod. Ragweed pollen travels on light breezes while goldenrod pollen is too heavy to windborne.
James L. Larsen of Dudley Road Sudbury died at Veterans Hospital Boston last Saturday at age 59. Born in Worcester he moved from Texas and was formerly a Revere school teacher. Survived by wife Anne Ross Larsen and two sons Charles J. and John of Sudbury, daughters Joan McCarthy Spotswood NJ and Bettie Warner Corpus Christi Texas. Funeral services held at Fowler funeral home Concord Street with Rev. Robert K. Jones officiating. Burial in Sudbury Town Cemetery.
Sudbury residents recount recent trips and homecomings. Mr and Mrs John Childs enjoyed a Chelsea Vermont weekend among coppery green mountains while Mrs Carl Roos and daughter Sandy returned from Sweden. Miss Florence Fisher speaks of an European tour. Carl Burland, on leave, visits Peakham Road and prepares to return to Pearl Harbor. Dean Burland studies at Williston Academy in Easthampton Massachusetts.
Sudbury and Mrs. William E. Downing and their sons return from a month in the Middle West. Bill Downing underwent a serious lung operation in Rochester Minnesota after Mayo Clinic diagnosis. Mrs. Downing, a former nurse, aided in care and observed new techniques with amazing results. He has made a remarkable recovery and resumes the town office duties.
Governor Orville L. Freeman signs a bill making Minnesota the first state to empower courts to impound license plates of drivers whose licenses are revoked or suspended.
Sudbury residents are invited to support the annual Halloween parties organized by the Sudbury Police Association. Donations for refreshments will be accepted by a Police Association member or by Leo Quinn at the Town Hall to help fund the event for children and families.
Peg Watkins daughter of Mr and Mrs L A Watkins Independence Road has been named student assistant in Boston University publicity bureau for the coming year. She will assist Eleanor R Collier director of publicity. A Concord High School graduate 1953 she was editor in chief of the VOICE and a senior year reporter for Boston University News as a freshman. She is a junior at BU majoring in public relations and will help prepare material about the university for newspapers magazines radio TV and other media.
Concord Rainbow Assembly held a regular meeting at the Masonic Temple with Laura Larsen of Carlisle leading. A scavenger hunt and refreshments followed. Plans were made for a rummage and food sale to be held next Saturday October 8 from 10 am to 12 noon at the temple. An initiation is planned for October 13.
Concord Branch of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society promotes a Boston rummage sale at Horticultural Hall to benefit MS patients in the area. Donations encouraged from residents of 12 towns with contact names in Acton Carlisle Concord Harvard Lexington Maynard Sudbury Bedford Roxbury Littleton Stow or Emerson 9 2421.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Toland of Concord announce the birth of their son, James Robert Toland, on September 28 at Emerson Hospital. The baby’s grandparents include Fire Chief Harry A. Patterson of Concord, Frank Toland of Exeter NH, and Florence Cutler of Weston. The father serves in the U S Navy stationed in Cuba.
Ernest Frank met a couple at a Grand Island restaurant and discovered they had eaten at adjacent tables five years earlier in the Metropolitan Hotel in Brussels. The couple were en route to a government post in Vietnam. Buy U.S. Savings Bonds.
Sudbury Grange and PTA held a meeting at the High School Auditorium with Dr. J. Paul Mather of the University of Massachusetts as speaker. He urged more state and federal aid to improve teaching facilities and salaries, cited three education revolutions, and praised Sudbury’s new regional school.
Carl W. Clark Jr. of Concord and a UMass Amherst student visited home for the weekend. Mrs. James Patch of Bedford Road flew to Racine Wisconsin for her aunt’s serious illness. Real estate transfers in Lowell involve Myrtle Megowen and Nancy Edington, and Niels Nielsen plus spouse to Megowen. Rev. Kaucher, Tufts divinity student, preached at First Religious Society. Fred Robbins served as substitute organist. Donald Lapham hosted the Appalachian Mountain Club in Lebanon NH. Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Davis of Piermont NH spent weekend with son Ellis Davis in Concord.
Leslie Hall was elected president of the Kiwanis Club at the Wayside Inn meeting on Tuesday night. Officers include Vice President Donald Neelon and Treasurer William Loud with the secretary to be appointed. Directors named are Lawrence Leone Ernest Bodenwelder Donald Atkins David Bently George Brown Francis Raynor and George Bell.
Fred T Boyd Realty reports recent Concord area transactions including two parcels to Joseph Zaffina in Adams Estates Concord and a Cushioned list of transfers to buyers like Harold Ledgard Jane Fallet Walter Kuchinsky and more across Stow Acton Lexington Lincoln and nearby locales. The notices also note MLS cooperation with Homelan Realty Corp and a range of street addresses and buyer names.
Annual benefit event for the Concord Police Relief Association to be held Tuesday evening October 11 at the State Armory. Marshall Young and his orchestra will perform with a Storm of Clouds theme. Concert from 8 to 9 p.m. dancing 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Grand march to start. Tickets at the door.
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