17 Oct 1957
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1957
Page
1
Local chatter centers on possible resignations in government and the upcoming campaign. Citizens discuss unity, finances, and civic projects while police note ongoing tensions and motorists report altered traffic as new plans unfold.
A community event at Thoreau School kicks off tonight at 8. The gathering invites all interested parents and children from kindergarten through grade six to attend and learn about identifying and supporting pregnant teens and youth.
Thirty one Glebe High School pupils from Ottawa Canada arrive Friday for a week with thirty one Concord High students. Faculty advisors are named and a full schedule includes classes, sports, tours of historic Boston sites, and a farewell party at Mrs Martin's home.
Concord through cooperation of postmasters at Concord West Concord and Marlborough will improve delivery of the Enterprise. Subscribed paper boxes in Concord and West Concord post offices will get papers on Thursday afternoons and carrier delivery will occur on Fridays.
Concords board of health sponsors two dog clinics at the road department garage off Lowell Road and at the West Concord Fire Station. Clinics run Friday from 4 to 5 30 p.m. and Saturday with the same hours. Dogs must be leashed, licensed, and inoculated or restrained as required.
Concords citizens council regular meeting moved from Tuesday October 22 to Monday October 21 at Monument Hall. Comprehensive plans committee invites all interested to hear land usage sub committee report and discuss expansion of commercial zoning. Chairman Thomas Flint to explain delays and assign projects.
A simple home fix uses iodine to cover a shallow scratch on mahogany furniture. Apply a small drop, let it darken the wood, and wipe away excess for a concealing finish.
Concord the Antiquarian Museum study group heard Miss Martha Chase of the Concord Antiquarian Society speak on Old Glass. The talk covered glass manufacture components, English and European connections, and early American bottle and window glass.
Lincoln and Concord boards of selectmen met to discuss refuse disposal problems. They proposed several solutions and agreed a study would be made. The Concord dump will be eliminated as the new regional school site is developed at the Walden Street area for Carbiste and Concord High School students.
Firefighters from Concord and West Concord responded to a trailer fire on Commonwealth Avenue caused by a flooded burner. Damage was slight and the trailer, owned by Frank Waldron, was attended on Monday evening. Central Station later answered a fire on the Concord Turnpike. it was the year’s 276th alarm, with the department handling 209 ambulance calls.
Concord launches its annual Community Chest campaign with about 400 workers aiming to raise 76000 to fund 10 agencies. The drive runs Oct 19 to Oct 25 with captain report nights on Oct 21, 23, and 25. The Plow Man will visit Concord Library and West Concord Depot grounds to share progress.
West Concord reveals Rev. Thomas B. Morgan from Our Lady Help of Christians Church as the new fire department chaplain. Chief Harry A. Patterson announces Fr Morgan, stationed since February 1955, succeeds a retired chaplain and has already placed a CF D emblem on his car.
Concord selectmen will hold an 8 p.m. hearing at the Town House on Monday to act on a request for a bowling alley license by Chester D Smethurst of Fairhaven Road. Smethurst intends to operate a bowling alley and later build a building off Sudbury Road opposite Grant Street.
Concord fire department logged multiple calls from October 6 through October 12 including ambulance assists, vehicle fires, false alarms, an underground explosion, washing machine fire, dump fire, and a mutual aid ambulance. Resident Thomas F. Meehan, 58 Union Turnpike, West Concord, is recovering from a broken right arm from a recent fall.
William J. Smith of 2 Wilson Read was named assistant treasurer of Stowe-Woodward Inc a rubber and plastic roll maker with plants in Newton River Falls Neenah Wisconsin and Griffin Georgia He will hold both assistant treasurer and controller duties a role he has filled since 1955 Smith attended the University of Kansas and Northwestern University and has worked in industry since 1934 He is active in the Boy Scouts Sunday School and church work His eldest son Wayne is a naval cadet at the U S Naval Academy and his other children Craig and Janet Leo attend Concord schools.
Sunday’s waste paper drive organized by Troops 31 49 and Cub Pack 49 kicks off at 2 15 PM. Residents are urged to place neatly bundled paper at curb or in front of homes by start time for collection, with small bundles welcomed by the scouts.
Boy Scouts of Concord and West Concord announce a town wide waste paper collection set for Sunday October 20. Local troops urge residents to gather papers for recycling and support community service efforts.
The town faces a shakeup on the board of appeals as Chairman Hepburn and member Nickerson depart or resign. Frederick J. Robbins fills Nickerson’s seat, while Walter Dow remains with term expiring in 1959. A hearing is scheduled October 29 on Hepburn’s alleged failures and overreach.
At 1 14 am in Watertown a hitchhiker pulled a knife on Robert H DeComes 28 and forced him to flee the car in front of the Horton residence 50 Elm Street The car owned by Mrs Miranda C Lyons 70 The Fenway Boston disappeared toward Fort Devens Police reported no clues found
Concord town officials led by Town Manager Theodore M Nelson announce the town earned a second prize in the first population group for excellence in town reports. The award was presented by the Massachusetts Men's Association.
Carlisle P T A announces a meeting on Monday the 21st at 8 o clock in the auditorium. President Finanics J Roderick will lead with programs to be announced. All interested are welcome.
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