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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1954
Page
13
A weather and road safety note emphasizes pre trip checks for Massachusetts drivers. It urges inspecting the battery and ignition system for easy starts, checking spark plugs and belts, greasing moving parts, inspecting tires for wear, and ensuring windshield wipers are functional to prevent hazards.
Unemployment claims in Marlboro declined for the second straight week as of October 9 with 100 initial claims versus 117 the prior week. Continued claims dropped to 576 from 634, and total claims totaled 676 down from 751. The office logged 34 non agricultural and 258 agricultural placements, with 16 applications for work and 48 unfilled openings.
Concord The Junior Class at Concord High held an election. Elected were President Kevin Grennan Vice President Betty Nagle Secretary Mary Lou Driscoll Treasurer Nancy Flewelling Student Council Dorothy Fiske Mary Mullaney Allen Dougherty John MacKenzie Boy's A A Andrew Horne Girls A A Janet Magoon The class will be in good hands with these leaders. Harvard founded 1636.
The Trinitarian Congregational Church hosts a November 5 fair with hand crafted articles from the Women’s Union and husbands. Booths themed Four Seasons offer Christmas home items including a ship model, a handmade doll house, hand kits and aprons. Chair Mrs Ralph Burstad leads with help from Mrs Carl Aldrich and others.
Philadelphia AP Charles S. Thomas said Russia already has aircraft faster than sound capable of delivering atomic bombs. He warned of a vast secret Soviet effort to control the seas as the United States expands jet and bomber capabilities with the F100 and existing B47 and B52 models.
New orders for chemical manufacturers in Massachusetts rose 75 percent in August from last year, with fabricated metals up 18 percent and miscellaneous industries up 12 percent. The data come from Associated Industries via Massachusetts Department of Commerce.
Under Vincent H. Gannon the Acton senior class at West Acton Women's Club rehearses for the November 4 5 6 performance of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by Charles George based on John Fox Jr. novel. Cast includes Wesley Baker Sandra Davis Susan Fitz Louise Fitzgerald Sylvai Flint Paul Greenough Lorraine Hope Terence Janericco Anne Kazakas John Kimball Richard Manion Thomas McCarthy Lucy Newport Alice Pederson Raymond Poirier Phyllis Robinson Janet Roth Anna Schmitz Peggy Sexton William Soar.
Rowley Massachusetts. Fire Chief Leonard Cook offers hay barn fire prevention help. An agricultural school representative records barn temperature and applies a cooling spray of carbon dioxide if heat readings indicate risk.
Concord High notes report sophomores pushing for record turnout in an election storm. Francis Arnold leads a party campaign while Mary Jane Mayo runs for secretary on an independent ticket. The class plans a 1954 gift and funds a film camera for history.
The President declared parts of Massachusetts Maine Rhode Island and Connecticut major disaster areas after Hurricanes Carol and Edna. FNMA will buy VA guaranteed disaster mortgages enabling special credit aid for homeless veterans and lenders may extend or reamortize payments. Veterans should contact lenders or the VA regional office in Boston for details.
Jean Fallon and Eleanor Loomer lead a Friday morning event supervised by Joseph C. Regan. The high school graduates star in a film featuring graduation, Belmont track meet, prom, archery, football, and mixed chorus with names such as Leo Mee Kenna Ruth Hayward Lyle Carlson Dick Ryan Dean Soule and Paul Daly. Sandefjord Norway is cited as a major whaling port with whale oil plants and long Antarctic cruises. A Sandefjord native also designed the first floating whale factory.
Texas crude oil production in 1953 valued at 2.7874 billion dollars.
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