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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1954
Page
9
The West Concord monthly meeting at Harvey Wheeler Auditorium begins at 8 PM. The session titled Are Growing covers additions and future expansion with Charles L. Ward and S W Haynes answering questions before a social hour for teachers and parents.
The Sudbury auxiliary held a meeting and elected officers including Commander Nelson as vice-commander Hooper, adjutant, treasurer Wilfred, and sergeant at arms Nelson. The session, led by President Mrs Eth, plans a gathering at the hall on October 21 and hopes broad attendance.
A fragment indicates a population share of about 25 percent and an export percentage for a group or region. Details are incomplete, with unclear context or entities referenced.
Brown University opens its 11th academic year with 639 freshmen including Dean Soule a Concord High two sport athlete and track captain. Soule holds Concord High 220 yard record and state titles and has a Brown freshman scholarship. Freshmen total 640 of 2100 students from 20 states and six foreign countries.
Mrs. Ralph Howe of Lowell Road Concord is program chairman for the South Middlesex Association for Retarded Children for the coming year. Opening meeting was held Monday night October 11 in Natick with guest speaker Miss Helen F Freeman past president of the Massachusetts Special Class Teachers Association. Future guest speakers will include doctors and teachers specializing in mental retardation.
Funeral services were held for Roger Keene Allen 61 of Ridge Road Concord. He died suddenly on a New York vacation trip. Rev Robert H Barber officiated with interment at Sleepy Hollow cemetery. Navy veteran of WWI. Survivors include widow Helen Hunt a brother Homer R Allen and sister Ruth Pratt.
Commander Michael B. Gormely Jr of the James J. Mansfield Post was elected chef-de-train duex ieme of West Middlesex Voiture 408 American Legion. Officers will be installed at Hudson Town Hall on Sunday October 17 at 2 p.m. Gormely has served as correspondant locale of the Voiture for the year and was named district commander for the surrounding Concord area for the ensuing year.
Concord firemen from Central and West stations responded to a minor alarm at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight H. Joslin located on Old Road to Nine Acre corner. Box 232 was sounded and the believed cause was faulty wiring. Buy U.S. Savings Bonds.
The article highlights a week of October 10 designated by Middlesex County Farm for farmers to discuss and decide current issues. President Allan B. Kline of the American Farm Bureau Federation stresses farmers’ income rights, property ownership, and participation in Farm Bureau resolutions shaping policy at county, state, and national levels.
Funeral conducted for Miss Sarah Ellen Knox over 80 of Concord Road Lincoln after death Friday at home. Rev Norris Hk Robinson of St Anne's Episcopal Church officiated with burial at Cedar Grove Cemetery Dorchester. Born in Bolton she lived in Lincoln 42 years with sister Mrs John Tasker another sister Miss Rose A Knox survives.
Apply a thin film of soap to the mirror with a moistened finger and polish with a cloth. Do not clean a mirror in direct sunlight as it will fog immediately.
Sudbury club women meet October 14 at Memorial Forest South Sudbury for a fall Play Day. The event runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with speakers Prof. William G Vinal from Boston University and UMass faculty on Outdoor Education and Myra Mosher on Shells. Picnic lunches will be enjoyed by attending club members.
The infant child of Mr and Mrs Raymond M Vorce Jr was baptized by Father Riordan at St Elizabeth of Hungary West Acton. Another baptism followed for the Foley child at the same church. Miss Frances Sullivan of Lowell and James Sweeney of West Acton plan to wed next Saturday October 16. Sympathy extends to Donald J Sweenie of Roxborough on the death of his mother Annie G Carroll Sweenie with funeral held Tuesday morning.
Emerson hospital administrator Elmina L Snow summarizes September activity with 286 total admissions and 350 outpatients. The report lists medical 71 surgical 57 obstetrical 83, newborns 75, deaths 10, and 114 operations. Patient days total 182 and medical surgical days 1015. Towns supplied patient counts with Concores Maynard Bedford Carlisle Littleton Sudbury Boxboro Lexington Gleasondale Wayland and others.
Carlisle Selectman and Mrs. George W. Foss and Selectman and Mrs. Roy V. Cann spent the past weekend at their summer camps in Glendale New Hampshire. Carlisle Grange and P of H plan to attend the Past Masters Association meeting at Tyngsboro this Friday evening.
Rebecca E. Collins of Cochituatey announces the marriage of her mother to Bertram E. Lockhart of Sudbury. The ceremony was on October 6 at 8 P M with Rev. Robert K. Jones Jr officiating. After a trip to Canada they will reside on Montague Avenue Sudbury.
Concord Massachusetts extension notes discuss apple varieties for shoppers and growers. Varieties such as McIntosh Baldwin Cortland and Spy are evaluated for winter hardiness, bearing habits, and culinary uses. The report notes changes in acreage, quality, and popularity amid storms and late ripening, with emphasis on Cortland and Red Spy as favorable eating options.
Concord resident Concord Chester C Larner, 36 Limetree Street, an agent for Joan Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston, is attending the 17th annual agency servers meeting of the company in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia at the Greenbrier from October 12 to October 15.
Dr J Carreil Morris of Raymond Road South Sudbury associate professor of Sanitary Chemistry at Harvard University was named community chairman for the Red Feather drive. John O Khome announced the appointment, with Morris directing solicitors for the annual fund to aid 300 health and welfare agencies serving the Boston metro area.
Carlisle local Grangers attended several installations this week. Among attendees were Edward Stephen and Carl Swanson with spouses at Middlesex North Pomona in Tyngsboro, plus state deputies Mae Swan and Marion J. Johnson visiting Leicester and South Hadley installations.
The Sudbury Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday October 19 at 8 PM in the Lower Town Hall. Gifford Ross Red Cross Field Representative for the area will speak. Refreshments will be served. Buy U S Savings Bonds.
Four room residence with bath and modern conveniences offered by Mrs Lowe at Louis Levigne Ave Lake Booné Siow. Contact Hudson 176 W for details.
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