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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1956
Page
1
The readable fragments mention Concord Lexing and municipal notes with scattered phrases about streets, a candidate list, and Lions properties. The text lacks coherent events, dates, or involved persons beyond generic place names.
Concord Lions Club hosts Eye Research Day on Saturday October 13 as the town wide light bulb sale kicks off. Co chairs Robert W Shalline and Leonard E Rae lead volunteers including Lawrence N Blanchard Robert L Carter Albert M Coffey Jr Paul B Le Sage John J Sheehan and Charles Wear. Over three years the district raised $90000 in eye disease grants and locally funded Emerson Hospital eye unit plus an oxygen analyzer to fight premature blindness. The club also aided two local sight cases and supports light conservation with a total of 1395 raised in three years placing 11th in a 48 club district.
Massachusetts lawmakers approved making the Central District Court of Middlesex County a full-time court at Concord after a tense regulation session. Judge Pierre A. Northrup of Lexington will receive up to a $12,000 salary raise and be barred from private practice, while Court Clerk Robert S. F. Rhodes of South Acton gets a 20 percent pay hike. Northrup has led the court since 1944 and Rhodes since 1948. The vote passed 128 to 61 in the House and 32 to 0 in the Senate. Wrentham Peabody and Ayer will gain full-time status as well under the measure.
Town Clerk William H. Davis reports a record number of voters with 43 registrations since the last regulatory period. Polling hours for the upcoming election will be announced later.
Three hearings will be held in the Veterans Building next Tuesday October 16 at 8 o'clock by the finance committee elementary facilities committee and planning board All voters are welcome Articles for the October 29 special town meeting will be discussed Finance focuses on expenditures School group on new school plans Planning board on zoning variances or future town changes
Concord volunteers organize a nationwide Dollars For Democrats drive with a goal of 509. One third of proceeds up to 250 stay local for state and national candidates while two thirds go to broader party needs. Co chairmen Stedman Buttrick and John B. Finigan lead the Concord effort with a briefing at Walden Street headquarters.
A Concord Enterprise note urges all citizens to study the Elementary School Facilities Committee report to be released soon. It stresses immediate action before the town meeting on October 29 and warns that delays will raise building costs.
Maynard Lincoln Aston Way land area feature the Middlesex Charter Bentley Alumni Association announces Concord area leader Allan L. Spurr as chairman. Spurr a 1929 Bentley School graduate and Ar thur D. Little assistant treasurer will oversee Middlesex Chapter meeting October 22 at the Hotel Continental Cambridge. James J. Doyle Port Authority comptroller will keynote on Your benefits from an Effective Port Authority. Massachusetts Port Authority members will attend as guests.
Concord notice invites boys and girls to the Eastern Star Fair at Mason Temple on Saturday October 27. Doors open at 1 p.m. Watch for further news next week.
Concord High travels to Melrose for a Middlesex League football game at 1 30 p m with coach Bernie Megin aiming for his 100th victory. His career record stands at 98 wins through 1955, including 1946 55 seasons and a post season Piedmont Bowl win in 1951.
The first meeting of the Parent-Teachers Association for Thoreau and Harvey Wheeler schools is moved to Thursday October 18 at 8 o'clock in the Thoreau School auditorium. Speakers include Dr. Robert S. Ireland Ray M. Travis Miss Jean T Nelson and Miss Eve Feldman. Refreshments will be served and all parents are invited.
Concord resident Paul J. Counihan of 30 Holden Wood Road has been named area coordinator for the Furcole gubernatorial campaign. He will direct campaign activities in Concord as Furcole headquarters in Boston suggested last night.
The funeral notice for Miss Margaret Hurley incorrectly stated she had no immediate relatives. She actually had two cousins Mrs Raymond McDonald of Natick formerly of Concord and Mrs Katharine Gleason of Concord, plus nieces and nephews in Ireland.
Concord reports 107 new voters at the final session, bringing the town tally to 5 947. The previous count was 5 665, with 282 registrations between September 18 and October 19 across precincts 1, 2, and 3.
Rev Lewis F Kearn of Our Lady Help of Christians Church announces a new mass schedule starting October 14 with services at 7 8 9 10 15 and 11 30 oclock. The 8 oclock mass will be for four children only and an outside priest will assist Fr Kearn and Rev Thomas B Morgan curate each week.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Gerald Donnovan of 427 Main Street West Howard on October 5 with a second birth noted on the same date.
Concord reports from the elementary school facilities committee outline plans to purchase two sites and build an eight room K 3 school on Powder Mill road and another on Old Bedford road. A joint hearing is set for October 16 as part of the town meeting process.
Concord Rep John M Eaton Jr finance chairman announced a GOP fund drive to meet a 4500 quota set by state headquarters. Canvassing aims to conclude in two weeks. Donations accepted by mail to his Independence Court office.
The Concord board of appeals announced decisions from a recent Town House hearing. George E and Mildred H Crowell of Strawberry Hill road receive six months to remove loam for sale. Helen P Thompkins of 6 Hillside Avenue West Concord allowed to have a garage. Millbrook Nurseries on Old Bedford Road permitted to sell nursery stock. Loring of 1 Middle Street had their request for a three car garage used as living quarters denied.
Concord town manager Theodore M. Nelson lists two juror names drawn for Superior Court sessions. Ruth P. Saxon of Galleouile Barretts Mill Road and F Norman Peterson an oil dealer of Independence Road in East Cambridge are noted with November 5 dates.
The Carlisle board of registrars reports a town total of 589 registered voters the highest in history. Twenty six new registrations were added at the closing session Friday night at the Tiesry, and no more registrations will be held until after the November 6 election.
William Brennan reported seeing a dwarf a fawn and a frog atop a toadstool peering from his back yard prompting police to investigate a strange sighting in Brockton.
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