Prospects for native squash highlight late harvest and storage
County Agricultural Agent Geancord notes squash is a major crop in the area with fall varieties like Turbans Buttercups Blue Hubbard and Butternuts. Spring planting was poor and cold soil delayed growth causing later harvests and smaller acreage though many crops were harvested or stored. frost limits and storage quality affect longevity with proper maturation allowing storage into March or longer.
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New England
Des Moines
Free X Rays For Concord Folks Oct 18
Concords tuberculosis committee announces free chest X rays for residents aged 15 and up at the Maynard Area Chest X ray Screening Clinic on Thursday October 18 from 6 30 to 8 30 pm. Appointments via Concord Visiting Nursing Association. Men over 40 encouraged due to higher TB risk.
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Concord
Edward K. True
Concord Tuberculosis Committee
Maynard
Concord Visiting Nursing Association
Emerson
Midesex Health Association
Concord Board of Health
Middlesex Health Association
New Bedford Names First Policewoman Betty Sombronsky
Bedford announces Betty Sombronsky 63 Elm Street chosen as the town s first policewoman. She will direct traffic at the center assisting children crossing to and from school, work about three and a half hours daily at 1.25 dollars per hour.
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Bedford
Betty Sombrowsky
Elm Street
Sombronsky
Stephen Sombronsky
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Weston Series Opens Season With Premier Musicians
The Weston Country Evening Concert Series starts its sixth season January 11 featuring Cesare Valletti of the Metropolitan Opera and La Scala. February 8 brings Jean Casadesus, noted pianist. March 15 offers the Paganii Quartet with Ralph Gomberg of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Proceeds fund a scholarship at the New England Conservatory of Music.
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Weston Country School
New England Conservatory of Music
Albert B. Hunt
Reginald B. Elwell
Big Voice test at Gary opens new city CD era
The Gary Indiana Big Voice test marks a landmark civil defense demonstration with 32 loudspeakers on a hotel roof used during Operation Alert 1956. Public address units helped tailor local directions while officials note sirens remain essential for long distance warnings.
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BIG Voice
Gary
Ind
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Lewis & Martin
New City
Eer
Gegen
Gary Civil Defense Organization
Civil Defense
Lewis E. Berry, Jr
FCDA
Army recruiters set weekly sessions in Concord at Veterans Building
MSgt Ernest W Hill of the Waltham recruiting staff will be the US Army Recruiter assigned to Concord. He will meet Wednesdays 1 to 4 30 PM at the Veterans Building Walden Street to answer enlistment questions. For other days contact the Waltham Recruiting Station or call Twinbrook 4 9289.
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Waltham
Robert L. Jensen
U. S. Army
Ernest W. Hill
United States
Concord
Hill
Veterans Building
Walden Street
United States Army
United States Army Reserve
Sgt. Hill
Waltham Common
Moody and
Carter
Twinbrook
Watertown
Edith Nourse Rogers to Head Edwards Quimbly Post Event
Acton congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers will be principal speaker at the Edwards Quimby Post A L and Ladies Auxiliary installation at Blanchard Auditorium tonight. Guests include Robert Murphy Winchester Geneveive Bucher Waltham and Doris Linscott. Commander-elect is Peter Smoltese and unit president is Mrs Doris Linscott. Refreshments follow at the new legion home.
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Doris Linscott
Legion
ExConcord Lady Dies In Dorchester At The Age Of 83
Miss Margaret Hurley age 83 formerly of Thoreaut died Sunday at St. Joseph’s Manor Dorchester where she lived five years. Funeral services were held from Dee Funeral Home and a requiem mass at St Bernard’s Church. Burial followed in St Bernard’s cemetery she was born March 28 1873 in Ireland and left no immediate relatives.
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Concord
Margaret Hurley
Thoreaut
Dee
St. Bernard’s Church
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Ireland
Bakery raid nets father and two sons in bookie case
In Somerville Massachusetts police raided a bakery and seized a father and two sons for running a bookie operation. One son was left behind in custody to tend the dough and remove a fresh batch of bread from the oven.
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Somerville
Mass
September Hospital Report for Concord Emerson Hospital
Concord Emerson Hospital officials report September totals including 316 discharges and 321 admissions. In hospital counts on 9 1 56 were 61 rising to 66 on 10 1 56 with 497 outpatients and 10 deaths.
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Concord
Emerson Hospital
Dr Frank Laubauch to Speak at First Parish Lincoln
World literacy advocate Dr Frank Laubauch will headline the First Parish Church Night in Lincoln on October 19. He has aided literacy in 91 countries over 26 years with the motto East One Teach One and is author of The Silent Billion Speak. A Chinese dinner by Boston Chinatown workers precedes his talk at 6 30 PM with reservations via the parish house Clearwater 9 8118.
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Lincoln
Frank Laubauch
Boston
Chinatown
Laubauchig
Clearwater
Unclear OCR item from Glendive Mont report
Fragmentary dispatch from Glendive Montana noting a $10 bond posted to Robert Top and a court context at Hines Oregon. The text is garbled with phrases about peace and crossing a solid center, lacking clear actions, dates, or outcomes.
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Glendive
Mont
Ey Merseth
Robert Tophere
Merseth
Hines
Ore
Alabama’s Early State Educational TV Network
Alabama launched the first state operated educational television network reaching about 98 percent of the population through three stations. The initiative underscored the state’s commitment to broad public access to educational programming.
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Alabama
Outstanding film on child psychology to be shown
The Mental Health Association of Central Middlesex will present the film Angry Boy at its first annual meeting on Wednesday October 17 at 8 p m in Alcott School. Abigail Eliot and John C Palmer will discuss and answer questions. Dr Jane Hallenbeck will describe a typical mental health clinic and present a case. Refreshments served. all interested invited.
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Concord
Alcott School
Mental Health Association of
Central Middlesex
Abigail Eliot
John C. Palmer
Jane Hallenbeck
Hallenbeck
Syracuse University College of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Syracuse University School of Special Education
Perkins School For the Blind
Sudbury 4-H Horse Club Forms Open Meeting
A Sudbury gathering organized a 4-H Horse Management Club with 16 youths and parents. Officers elected include Ginny Roehrig as president and Grant Bewry as vice president, with Dinny Forbes as junior leader and Richard Hill giving a care talk.
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Sudbury
Dorothy
Beverly Haskell
Linda
Ginny Roehrig
Andrew
Kate Wylie
Dinny Forbes
Grant Peter Bowry
Roger Stretton
Bobby
Kathy Yetton
Carol
Bobby Hickler
Richard
Tommy Flowers
Sudbury 4-H Horse Management Club
Grant Béwry
Carol Hickler
Dorothy Haskell
Linda Roehrig
Richard Hill
Ding
Harry Rice
Donald Forbes
Allan Bowry
Get Out The Vote Campaign Mobilizes Volunteers Nationwide
An army of volunteers is rallying Americans for the November 6 general election. The push, led by the American Heritage Foundation and major parties, involves 140 plus organizations and aims to register voters and aid turnout with car pools buses and even helicopters. The effort targets city and county level registration battles across states with open deadlines.
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Chicago
American Heritage Foundation
United Press
Two Car Crash Causes 500 Damage Here
Police report a Friday night collision on Main street involving Elvin Ward a 17 year old driver and John F Hughes 30. Ward's car owned by Joseph H Martin sustained 200 in damage and Hughes's 300. No injuries reported.
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eActon
Elvin Ward
Sexton Road
Sudbury
Joseph H. Martin
Ward
Main Street
Nagog Hill Road
John F. Hughes
Ridgeview Avenue
Mattapan
C. R. Fenton, Jr
Acton
Martin
Hughes
Pfeiffers 51st Anniversary Celebration in Bedford
The Pfeiffers marked their 51st anniversary with a quiet gathering at 78 South last Saturday. Mr Pfeiffer and Mrs Pfeiffer celebrated the milestone with family and close friends in Bedford.
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Bedford
Pfeiffer
South
Sion
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