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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1954
Page
7
Report in Jamaica Plain cites a burglary at Edward Jamaica Plain residence with a safe taken from a bed. Mrs. and Harold Kca Plain linked to the incident as police investigate. Items including jewelry missing. investigators note a four by four box mentioned by a witness.
In execution of a deed of mortgage dated April 6 1946 and recorded in Middlesex South County deeds, Horace F Allen estate will be auctioned at 2:00 on the eighth day of August 1954 on land along the Massachusetts State Highway near Littleton Acton. Sale includes parcels measured and bounded as described in the plan, with terms: payment of three hundred dollars at sale and balance within ten days.
Sudbury reports the 82nd Massachusetts State Grange session will meet in Worcester October 26 to 28 with speakers Ezra Taf Benson and Governor Christian Herter on successive evenings. Sudbury delegates include L Roy Hawes and Arvid Nelson among others, attending meetings and taking part in committees and lectures. Buy U S Savings Bonds.
Funeral services for Edward Chase Webster 79 of 62 Commonwealth Avenue were held in Watertown. A Cape Elizabeth native who arrived in Boston in 1894 became a noted traffic expert founding the Traffic Club of New England and served on Watertown boards. He retired in 1945 after 45 years as traffic manager at Hood Rubber. Survived by wife Ella, son Edward Jr., three daughters and seven grandchildren.
Sudbury Players members and friends host a costume ball at the Wayside Inn on Saturday October 23 from 8 to 12. Herbie Sulkins orchestra provides music and dancers wear costumes on an advertising theme. Prizes awarded for best and most original costumes.
The Concord Democratic Town Committee promotes turnout for the November 2 election urging Democrats and Independents to vote. Leaders Edward Loughlin John Finigan and William Doheney coordinate efforts to mobilize supporters for Fodor Piccolo Murphy Scall and Peabody among others with a plan to transport voters to polling places.
Town meeting approves a resolution urging quieter operation around the nearby Ford Airport and supports Lincoln Project for scientific center concerns. Voters also authorize four new classrooms at the elementary school and consider fire station planning while rejecting a firehouse on Bedford Road.
Sudbury friends of David B Williams of Concord report he is recovering after a recent operation at the ae Hospital. A re election committee chaired by Senator Richard J Fur bush and Colonel Edward Hiskins will campaign on his behalf since he cannot actively stump.
In Okanogan Washington Floch the Republican and Kohls the Democrat are candidates for the county prosecutor office. The race pits two attorneys with party backing against each other.
Funeral service for Mrs. Zena M. LeBlanc of Bedford, died last Friday, held at St. Clement’s Church Somerville. Burial at Oak Grove cemetery Medford. Survived by three sons Fred White Amherst Nova Scotia Leonard White Saugus Raymond LeBlanc Somerville. two daughters Lucy Greenleaf Bedford Mildred Laurette Amherst Nova Scotia. 17 grandchildren three great grandchildren two brothers Camille Landry Everett Darnell Landry Montreal two sisters Mrs Joshua White and Mrs William Mattison.
Atlanta report notes Ralph Odom faced $2,000 in repairs after another car struck the front of his drive-in in the same manner as a prior incident. The owner recounts repeated damage and the costs incurred.
Two weekend accidents occurred on the Post road in South Sudbury near a bridge over a brook just after 11 p.m. Friday. Teens were involved. one vehicle struck a guard rail and was investigated for speeding. No injuries cited. potential motor vehicle charges noted for the youths.
Archbishop of Boston presided at a memorial mass for Lieut. James O. Conway 31 of Bedford who died October 2 in a jet crash at Logan Airport. The service in East Boston honored the Air National Guard pilot with relatives present including his widow Mary ONeill his father James O Conway Sr and sister Joan Conway. His 19 month old son survived.
Sudbury couple Mr and Mrs Richard Hawes welcome a daughter Marcia Jean born October 13 at Framingham Union Hospital. Grandparents L Mountowes North Sudbury and Joseph L McGovern Framingham. Great grandmother Mrs Fred L Morrison North Sudbury and Mrs Margaret McGovern Natick. Also Mr and Mrs Charles Frost Virginia Marsh announce a daughter born last week at Emerson Hospital with sons Guernsey Fro and Frank Marsh.
Sixteen month old Acton Richard Laurence Flerra and his mother Mrs Edwin J Flerra flew home to Miami Beach Florida last Saturday after vacationing with his grandmother Alexander Flerra of Boxboro. Buy U S Savings Bonds.
Concord residents Mr and Mrs James H Dee of 18 Bedford Street celebrate their 34th wedding anniversary on Wednesday October 27. Mrs Dee, formerly Agnes O Dowd of Bedford, and Mr Dee a well known undertaker, share two daughters three sons and several grandchildren.
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