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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1954
Page
12
A VA follow up shows disabled veterans who trained under Public Law 16 now earn on average 72 a week post rehabilitation, far above pre war wages, with 95 of 100 employed and 99 making work they enjoy. The study traces demographics, training paths, and high rehab rates for fields like typographers, telegraph servicemen, engineers, optometry, medicine, and dentistry.
Milford Connecticut UP report quotes Police Commissioner Homer Bartlett who says a piggery next door cannot be complained about as a nuisance.
Marlboro Mrs George M Moore returned from Pittsfield where she attended the state D A R conference and worked on credentials for a fifth year. Fully 300 women attended. The State D A R Society aimed to raise 10000 dollars to fund a room in the Hillside School for Boys Robin Hill District with half the amount realized so far. Mrs John Whittemore wife of the headmaster attended and answered questions about the school and needs.
A reader recalls a 60 year-ago song about an airship and early wireless telegraphy, while another memory from 1900 Texas describes harsh winters, muddy rural roads, and a girl riding astride in a satin riding skirt to school, meeting the local pastor.
Concord group of Girl Scouts organized to aid in the Emerson Hospital Harvest Day campaign set for Friday October 15. Mrs. Robert E. Eichler leads the unit with house to house canvassing planned and districts assigned for collectors.
Illustrated parts set shows transmission cable control pulleys manure plows elevator parts and control components for the ACORN Packaged Barn Cleaner installation.
Carlisle Grange No. 402 will install its new officers on Wednesday Oct 20 at 8 o clock in the hall. State deputy Mrs Margaret Saare of Chelmsford will induct the slate. Mrs Bessie Pedersen will be installed as master, succeeding her daughter in law Mrs Marion Pedersen. Refreshments follow. Pie fillings will thicken with direct heat vs a double boiler.
Funeral services were held for Edward Holton James 80 at Sleepy Hollow cemetery with Rev. William L. McKinney officiating. The former Harvard graduate described as reformer writer lecturer and scholar died at his daughter's Rockport home. surviving daughters a sister Mrs Mary Vaux of Bryn Mawr and a nephew.
The Lincoln The Vassar Club of Boston hosts a public auction on Saturday October 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Antique Automobile Museum on the Lars Anderson estate in Brookline. Committee member includes Mrs Hamilton R James of Lincoln.
Willow Rebekah lodge installed principal officers led by Martha Benson as noble grand and Edith Fisher as vice grand at West Concord Union church with district deputy president Ellen Shepard officiating. Others named include Esther Nolan, Cora MacLeod, Bessie Pedersen, Annabella Gerow, Mapie Forrer, Judith Kenyon and more in orderly oblation and supports.
Concord celebrates Mrs Earl K Johnson 80th birthday with a surprise party at Ellis hall. Sixty guests from Arlington Acton Concord Weymouth Norwood Maynard Carlisle Belmont Nantasket joined in. Mrs Johnson moved from Lillehammer Norway to Concord 63 years ago and has lived in Carlisle and Concord since.
Announcement last week named James H. Connolly of Prospect Street South Acton as a federal juror. He reported at Boston on Monday morning to begin duties.
A prewar era note lists the most expensive Gibson guitar built for Merle Travis valued at 1,070 dollars. It mentions Capitol Records releases, including Capitol polish on Spinning a Web by Jan Garber, Rogers and Hammerstein tunes, Al Martino with There Is Music in You and Here Are My Arms, plus June Hutton and Alex Stordahl Say Youre Mine Again.
The Willow Rebekah Lodge plans its next meeting at West Concord Union Church on Monday October 18 at 7 30. Miss Martha Benson leads the new slate of officers as noble grand.
An international Christmas Seal sale held by the Health Association raises funds for tuberculosis prevention activities. Mrs. John Coch Chairman leads exhibits showing the first Danish seal from 1904. Hostesses include Tuberculosis Committee members Mrs. Stafford Murs, Mr. Clark, and Mrs. Daigneault among others.
The Concordia family announces the birth of a child on October 5 in Boston. Grandparents are Mrs. Thomas C ton of New Jersey and Mrs. Charles 1 Fitchburg, with relatives Mr. Old Cross Jr. and Mrs. Campbell of California named in the notice.
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