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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1954
Page
19
Television star Irv Vermont headlines a demonstration at Town Hall on Wednesday October 27 at 8 p m. The event benefits the Warship Fund, hosted by the Center Woman's Club with Mrs Gerald John Goddard chairing tickets and Mrs aashloutw assisting. Vermont exhibits feats of thought transmission without sight including signature duplication and object identification.
Ford G Devereaux from Bedford and McAnaul represent the P T A at a state conference in Swampscott. Members from Middlesex Center attend a social at Town Hall West Concord. A plan to travel to Hawaii en route for Major is stationed with the Grange and Boston.
The funeral of John A East 66 of Virginia road Lincoln was held at A E Long Memorial Chapel in North Cambridge Tuesday afternoon. For over 30 years he worked at Bethlehem Steel Corp East Boston. He is survived by his wife Edla Johnson East and a son Edmund A East of Concord New Hampshire.
Carlisle native Carl Pedersen 63 formerly of this town and now a Lowell resident died last Friday night at St John’s hospital after a brief illness. He was unmarried with three brothers and three sisters, survived by many nieces and nephews. Funeral held Tuesday at Morse funeral home Lowell with burial at Green cemetery. He belonged to Franklin Council 17 Sons and Daughters of Liberty.
The Youth Group of the First Religious Society hosts a gala dance on Friday October 29 at 8 in Union hall with a prominent orchestra and refreshments. A bowling party for young people also takes place this Friday night.
Sympathy extends to William H. Bunton on the death of his sister Phyllis Sommers in Winchester. Funeral held at Saville Chapel Arlington. Emerson Hospital Harvest Day Campaign led by Mrs. Whittredge Clark. First Parish Women’s Alliance met at Mrs. Lewis G. Webber’s home. Welcome Wagon held bottle drive to aid scholarship fund with chairmen Helene Sutton and Angela Sullivan. Bafta Club met at Arline Goyette’s home with a book review by Frank W. Thompson of the Bedford Library staff. United Workers listed an all day sewing meeting at Church of Christ. Mrs. George Fraser hosted lunch. District meeting planned at Reading November 4. president Mrs. Roderick D. MacLean. Salvation Army drive has raised about 1400 dollars. chairman Mrs. Harrison K. Lewellen hopes to meet the goal this year. Bedford Lions hosted a teen age dance at the school cafeteria with cakes by Lions and Bed ford Motor Sales. Music directed by Dorothy Lynch Rose Marie Michaels Billy Meade Gene Sharkey.
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, at a Crispus Attucks club rally in Boston, lauds Eisenhower era civil rights progress as a major Cold War setback for the Kremlin. He cites Chief Justice Warren on school desegregation, end of armed forces segregation, and Justice Department actions against job and dining establishment discrimination. He notes nearly fifty qualified Black appointees in the federal government.
Irv Vermont will present The Other Side of the Mind at Acton Town Hall Center on Wednesday October 27 at 8 p m. The Acton Center Woman's Club sponsors the program for the Scholarship Fund with Mrs. Gerald Hollis as chair. Tickets are handled by Mrs. John Goddard and publicity by Mrs. Robert McGarigie. The show features Vermont’s TV appearances and dynamic performances that engage volunteer subjects and elicit laughter as thoughts are explored.
The Catholic Women’s Guild at St Elizabeth of Hungary church in West Acton hosts a whist party Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. The public is cordially welcome and prizes will be awarded.
The average passenger car tire mileage has risen from 5000 miles in 1908 to about 30000 miles in the current era, reflecting advances in tire design and road conditions.
Advertises a Fuller Brush Co opportunity promising eighty dollars guaranteed take home pay if qualified. Requests two reliable men with cars and provides a contact number Concord 646 J for evening calls between 7 and 8 PM.
Carlisle residents plan a busy week with drills at Central Station led by Chief Waldo D. Wilson at 7 pm Wednesday. Edward R. Stephen and Mrs Mae Swanson attend the Lowell Grange installation and speak at Waverly exercises Tuesday. A First Religious Society meeting, a unity club gathering tonight, and a youth bowling party Friday are announced along with whist parties at St Elizabeth’s Chapel next Tuesday.
European traffic authorities visiting the United States praised American drivers noting women outperform men in skill, patience, and discipline. They criticized excessive signs and speed limits, saying Europe favors driver judgment over fixed laws and warned about cluttered signage sometimes being billboards.
Covered galvanized steel cans used to store gardening leftovers such as fertilizers seeds and bulbs protect contents from insects moisture and rodents.
Miss Pauline Ann Schoonover of Athens announces her engagement to Lieut. Walter E. Loomer Jr. of West Concord. He is a jet pilot at Reese Air Force Base Texas and the couple set a wedding for Saturday November 27.
Carlisle hosts the Fair-Less Fair sponsored by the Ever Ready Class of the Congregational Church with public welcome. First fall meeting of Carlisle Troop 36 Boy Scouts was held at the brick school house. The Carlisle Board of Selectmen meets next Monday November 1 at the Gleason Public Library with Chairman George W. Foss presiding at 8 o'clock.
The Carlisle group met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Char as leader and Fred E. Robbins presiding. Guest speaker Mrs. Goldsmith H. Conant of Carlisle attended as part of the program. The article also notes a separate zoological comparison about elephants and forest noise.
Patches of dirt that resist dry mop cleaning can be removed by rubbing with fine steel wool moistened with turpentine.
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