Columbus Day Observance Sparks Limited Post Office Service
A historical note describes Columbus Day as a legal holiday in Massachusetts with many offices closed and limited postal service. It mentions civic events such as a St. St. Church fair in Lincoln, a gala sponsored by the K of C, and an Operation Skyshield drill. The piece references the Marine Band, a potential shelter project, and local political mentions including Hayes-Swett suit and a town tree warden appointment.
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Massachusetts
St. ’S Church Fair
Lincoln
State
K. of C
Skyshield
Marine Band
Dot Smith
P. D
Hotta
Co-Operative
Lincoln and Mrs. Robert Silva announce birth
Lincoln and Mrs Robert Silva announce the birth on Oct 2 at Emerson Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Silva
Emerson Hos
Big Vocational Show Opens At Concord Carlisle High
Concord Carlisle High hosts a vocational and trade show with three sessions October 20 21 from 8 am to 3 pm for high school students later sessions 7 to 9 30 pm and 9 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday The event is free to the public no sales talks and parents are urged to join to explore career options sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce with Junior Chamber Lions and Rotary clubs.
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Concord
Concord - Carlisle High School
Shaw
Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club
Rotary Club
Acton High Announces Schedule for Parents Night
Principal Raymond J. Grey outlines Parents Night for pupils in Grades 7 and 8 at Acton High. The evening features a defined timetable from 8:00 to 9:46 with seven class periods and refreshments in the cafeteria. All parents are invited.
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Acton — High School
Raymond J. Grey
Carlisle Fire Department Open House Marks Fire Prevention Week
Carlisle firemen invite the public to an open house Sunday afternoon at Central Station. Chief Waldo D. Wilson and crew will be on duty to showcase the station and its apparatus. All are welcome.
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Carlisle
Central Station
Waldo D. Wilson
Concord River Property Sold for 55000 in East Cambridge Records
Records filed with Register Edmund C. Buckley in East Cambridge show Concord river property sold for 55000. Rep John M. Eaton Jr was executor of real estate containing 41812 square feet on Musketaquid road, which passed to Currier Smith of 90A Main Street.
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Concord
Concord River
Edmund C. Buckely
East Cambridge
John M. Eaton, Jr
Musketaquid Road
Currier Smith
Main Street
Traffic Committee Recommends Bus Schedule Reversion
After a long traffic safety committee meeting, the panel voted 10 to 1 to urge the school department and selectmen to revert the K-3 pupil bus schedule to last year as soon as possible. The plan, part of a five year program at an estimated $57,000, follows controversy over last August’s policy.
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Concord
Traffic Safety Committee
Possble
Robert E. Sheehan
Town Board Sets Plans for CD Alarm System and Civilian Shelters
The board will discuss a CD alarm system with Col. Mutty and may call a special town meeting on Nov 20 if urgent items pass. A five member committee including one member and Frederick J. Robbins will draft shelter specs for families schools and a 200 person community type by Oct 30. Additional committees study town sectorization zoning code and shelter financing from 500000 to 3 million plus state legislation. John B. Finigan designated as the board’s representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Mutty
Frederick J. Robbins
John B. Finigan
Concord Considers Large Emergency Warning System Plan
Selectmen act as advisory group to study a $3 million program including a $29 500 warning system and a $50 000 control center with 60 shelters, housing 200 people each for Concord's 12 000 residents. The plan would raise the tax rate from 98 60 to a higher level while citizens decide final approval. Volunteers are being recruited and town officials cite local resources and talent.
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Selectmen
Concord
Theodore M. Nelson
Nelson
Billerica Youth Injured After Car Overturns Twice
Wayne Ledoux 17 of 67 Bridle Road sustained a shoulder injury when his car overturned twice on North Road in Billerica Monday night around 9 15. Three other Billerica youths were unhurt. Ledoux was treated at St John’s Hospital Lowell and the wreckage taken to Concord Filling Station.
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Carlisle
Billerica
Wayne Ledoux
Bridle Road
North Road
Ledoux
St. John’s Hospital
Lowell
Herbert D. Bates
Concord Filling Station
Bedford Meeting Votes To Postpone New School Plan
About 400 voters attended the special town meeting at the high school and postponed action on the proposed North Road school unit until the annual town meeting in March. Twelve articles were discussed including industrial zoning. $2,500 was transferred from surplus funds to create a conservation fund.
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Bedford
New North Road
Veterans Building To Re Open Soon
The Concord Veterans Building, condemned twice, will reopen in a week or 10 days. John Bemis, building committee chairman, reports three bids for reroofing: Kymac Inc of West Acton $2137, E A Coffey & Son of Watertown $3250, Soule Brothers of Lexington $4200. The West Acton firm was expected to win.
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Concord — Veterans
Mhey
John Bemis
Kymac, Inc
West Acton
E. A. Coffey & Son
Watertown
Soule Brothers
Lexington
Four Petitions Before Appeals Public hearing set for Wednesday night
Concord board of appeals will hold a public hearing in the town house court room at 8 p m Wednesday. Four petitions will be considered including Wallace S Smith seeking to operate a real estate office at his Ash street home Norman A Frizzle Jr and wife requesting a variance to build a dwelling at Old Marlboro and Upland roads Thomas M Porter seeking a variance for a sideyard building to serve as a bicycle shed and Thomas Quinn seeking permission to remove gravel from Lexington road premises.
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Concord — Board of Appeals
Town House
Wallace S. Smith
Ash Street
Norman A. Frizzle, Jr
Old Marlboro Road
Upland Road
Thomas M. Porter
Devens Street
Thomas Quinn
Lexington Road
Public Works Seek Benefits in Concord
Concord public works employees met with the personnel board last week to press for a 20 percent pay raise. They seek holiday pay for Saturdays, breakfast payment for night shifts, and Heart Bill support. They request three weeks vacation after five years and four weeks after ten, Good Friday paid, and overtime pay: double after 55 hours and double and a half after 65 hours.
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Concord — Public Works
Concord Headlines Highlight Local Pace and Incidents
Selectmen order extensive study into CD Minister and wife escape injuries. State trooper injured in pike crash. Four youths sentenced for assaulting two troopers. Veterans Building可能 reopen. Tree warden declines job. Full stories on school grid games. West Acton Woman's Club fashion show. Lions drive light bulbs. New Zealand teacher feted by Acton friends. Bedford meeting delays new school. Carlisle crash injures youths. Reformatory inmate flees grounds.
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Concord
Veterans Building
Stan Sypulski
West Acton Woman's Club
Lions
New Zealand
Acton Friends
Bedford Town Meeting
Carlisle
Thayer to Speak on Soviet Education at Teachers Institute
Concord Carlile High School hosts Dr. Gordon O. Thayer headmaster of Thayer Academy as keynote speaker for the teachers institute on October 26 at 2 pm. His talk Behind the Iron Curtain reports on a tour of the Soviet Union and other Iron Curtain countries and Khrushchev era reforms.
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Concord
Gordon O. Thayer
Thayer Academy
Thayerlands School
Braintree
Teachers’ Institute
Thayer
Soviet Union
State Department
Academy of Pedagogical Science
Moscow
Ministries of Education
Tbilisi
Georgia
Stalinabad
Tajikistan
Samarkand
Uzbekistan
Alma Alta
Kazakstan
Theyer
Soviet
Khrushchev
Bucharest
Romania
Sofia
Bulgaria
University of Belgrade
University of Warsaw
University of Krakow
Concord-Carlisle High School
Acton Lions Schedule Tuesday Evening Supper Meeting
Acton Lions announce a supper meeting Tuesday at 6 30 p m at Acton Center Woman s Clubhouse with President Howard P Hardin presiding. Donald J Lavalee of East Coast Aero Tech Bedford was the prior scheduled speaker. A ladies night is planned for Oct 28 and a light bulb drive continues.
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Acton
Acton Lions
Acton Center
Woman's Clubhouse
Howard P. Hardin
Donald J. Lavalee
East Coast Aero Tech
Bedford
Concord Man Reports Wife's Car Stolen in Cambridge
Dr Francis C Mc Donald of Seven Star Lane told local police that his wife's car was stolen in Cambridge on Monday and that he had already reported the incident to authorities there.
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Concord
Francis C. McDonald
Seven Star Lane
Cambridge
Workers Named To Aid Scout Rummage Sale
Concord Mrs Walter G Geisenhainer and Mrs Edward A Stanley announce the chairmen of the committees for this year's Girl Scout rummage sale October 21 at State Armory from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The list covers clothing bric a brac toys children's clothing hits household furniture books and records women's clothing accessories shoes and more with various volunteers named for each task.
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Laurence E. Richardson
John H. Robinson
Robert L Moore
Gordon D. Odilvie
Frank Maurer
Alfred J Baptiste
Harold Whitestone
Richard W. Frank
Raymond B. Lawrence
William J Danili Deurvhnut
Hugo Logemann
Curtis Billings
Dean Friberg
William W Anderson
Lawrence
Dwight S. Paine
John Bisbee
D. A. Carpenter Jr
Elderly Couple Escape Crash Hit Four Cars
An 80 year old man and his wife escaped serious injury after their car crossed the Mill Dam center strip and collided with four parked vehicles in front of Richardson's. The driver Mrs Auer said sun glare blinded her. All four cars suffered major damage and were towed to Liese Smethurst Garage. Patrolman James Alexander and Sgt William Costello assisted. There were no serious injuries.
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Concord
J. A. C. Fagginger Auer
Mill Dam
Richardson's
James Alexander
Auer
Emerson Hospital
Ralph P. Thomas
Liese & Smethurst
William J. Costello
James E. Finan, Jr
Leonard J. Wetherbee
Selectman
Franklin R. Johnson
Thoreau Street
Margaret I. Murray
Sudbury
Concord Board Grants Fuel Permit and Beer License
Finance committee approves transferring 292.50 from reserve to cover a 300000 loan. Nazareth Sperandio seeks and receives a permit to store 500 gallons of underground fuel for Concord Country Club. John Nichols reports two elm trees diseased on Walden street. one on public, one on private property. Knights of Columbus receives a one day beer license from 6 p.m. to midnight for today’s holiday at the state armory. Town Manager Nelson investigates delay in paving Old Bedford road and will consult Town Counsel Sheehan.
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Concord — Finance Committee
Nazareth Sperandio
Concord Country Club
John Nichols
Walden Street
Board of Selectmen
K. of C
State Armory
Theodore M. Nelson
William P. Capone
Roslindale
Old Bedford Road
Joan J. Sheehan
Spencer Farm Incident Leaves Man Injured At Home
South Acton resident William F. Spencer of 9 Brucewood road is hospitalized at Emerson after a power lawn mower accident Sunday afternoon. He sustained painful foot injuries and remains under medical care.
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South Acton
William F. Spencer
Brucewood Road
Emerson Hospital
Parish anniversary draws minister and wife to town
The minister and his wife from Chapel Hill North Carolina attended the 325th anniversary of the First Parish Unitarian Church in Concord. Janet Taylor of 4 Juniper Road Lincoln also mentioned in the visit.
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Travel Anywhere, Inc
Andover and
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Ireland
England
Shamrock Jet
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Boston
Patter
Hayes-Swett
Merd
Kennedy
Cacord
Stafford
Amherst Post
Main Tre
Hall of Fame
Shanning
Jay O'Connor
E.V.E. Shop
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
Col. Matty
Bedford Meeting
Lennie Lester
Acton Lions Club
Stos
Teachers Institute
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