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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1959
Page
1
Fragmentary notes describe campaign activity and car insurance matters. Odds and ends mention a street parking restriction, a first Monday snow, a Friday town event, a Halloween prank, and a leading figure firing off remarks.
Deputy Thomas Ingham Lodge welcomed by Exalted Ruler Douglas Logke and the Elks Home in a pay and official reception on a Tuesday in October.
Mrs John I Mat of Bridge Road attended a Garland Junior High event Sunday. She sits on the association board and handles relations as an instructor for young children at the school.
The readable lines show a local chapter activity mentioning Dr Milo and Dr Hnileka amid references to duties, conservant roles, and difficulties in a native country, with friends connected to the chapter.
Concord observes U.N. Day with public school film showings on UN work and UNICEF Halloween drive. An address to Lions Club by Rep. Corbert F. Macdonald and a Mill Dam literature table highlight events. The town’s U.N. Day Committee leads a sermon topic letter to clergy and curriculum projects in schools.
The Lions Club invites Concord area residents to a October 27 meeting at Howard Johnsons featuring Malden representative Torbert H. Macdonald speaking on The United Nations in Action. Supper at 7 pm. Macdonald, Harvard Law School graduate and current U.S. Congressman, will discuss global and regional economic and political issues.
The Home Economics department led by Mrs Eleanor Taylor and Mrs K Elizabeth Hebert met with curriculum head F Donovan and aide Kenneth C Creighton to discuss a new study course. Vice principal Roger Lagios and guidance staff contributed input.
The Concord Board of Appeals has not yet issued a ruling on the petition filed by John Lamonakis. No further action or timetable announced as hearings proceed without a final decision.
Concord residents are urged to place neatly wrapped paper bundles in front of their homes before 12:30 Sunday for a community waste paper drive organized by Our Lady Help of Christians.
Lincoln couples Mr and Mrs Philip N Millar announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy Weeks to Fred James Sliman son of Mr and Mrs James C G Concord The couple plans to marry on December 16 1959 in Concord with Sliman living with his father at Welten Breezes Concord.
The sixth annual meeting will feature Robert F. Needham as speaker with slides about Concord's Historical Memorial Park. Eisenhower signed the park bill in 195? allocating 8 million dollars. The event is Monday Oct 26 at Howard Johnson's with supper at 6 30 and meeting at 7 45.
Concords Town Manager Theodore Nelson and Selectman John B Finigan along with Supt. of Public Works John H Robinson attended a hearing at the county commissioners office in East.
Dr. Gordon S. Brown 62 dean of engineering at M D T will direct a department reorganization under a Ford Foundation grant. A pioneer in servomechanisms aiding fire control in World War I, he led MIT’s servomechanisms lab 1941–52 and has held MIT electrical engineering leadership since 1952.
The ceremony at Peter Bulkeley School featured Earle Groves Shirley and his suite installing new officers and staff. Key roles included John J. Flannery as overseer, Olive Scherer lecturer, Marian Blaisdell steward, and Flora Hallinan assistant steward with a full executive committee and treasurer Joseph Fecteau.
Concord Rotary notes a luncheon at Howard Johnsons with H Whitte leading a talk on the Community Chest. President Harold F Nichols presided. Makeups announced for Delaney in Wilmington Walters, Smeret in Bedford. High school guests included Cole Caplice Welch and others.
Albert H. Bumstead of the National Geographic Society discusses the sun compass as a viable alternative when both magnetic and gyroscopic compasses fail near the North and South Poles.
League of Women Voters will run a United Nations Day booth on Mill Dam in Concord in front of Col. John Office. The booth operates Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. under the town UN Day Committee.
Nelson meets with market officials to discuss cleaning the brook and improving drainage for the new Stop & Shop Market on Broadway Road. Bids include Frank Frederick Company 21350 and Kay-Locke Inc 58200 for construction work.
Concord town government will host William Caron, a Harvard College student, as a temporary assistant for several weeks. The Virginia Junior High School principal will work Fridays in the town office to learn town affairs except schools. His tour runs until November 20.
A suspicious fire devastated a one story wooden boathouse on Lowell road near the Concord river. It belonged to Henry M. Keyes of Liberty Street. Firemen arrived as flames consumed the structure and boats, camping gear, and antiques inside. Police and the fire marshal investigated.
Concord plans filing a new E rate for industrial customers likely to generate part of their own power. The reformatory and an apple storage plant are noted as potential beneficiaries. The town manager met with the town report committee to discuss 1960 reports and budget planning. Bedford street paving and guard rail work are done. The personnel board discussed salary scales and a 1960 budget session was held with a five year capital plan possible.
The soil acts as the planet’s biggest natural reservoir storing vast amounts of water. It traps moisture, supports plant life, and helps regulate groundwater levels, influencing drought resilience and agriculture.
Concord officials and the general building committee led by Gordon Ty Roberts met the board of selectmen at the Town House to review proposed renovations of town buildings including the old high school, Veterans Building, and Cargill property. A follow up study is planned. The Suasco issue, raised by Hans Van Leer of Middlesex Soil Conservation District, was postponed with no recommendations.
Two detectives encountered Tuller walking in broad daylight with a brand new radio phonograph. When asked where he obtained it he confessed I took it from a store. The incident portrays a clear act of theft observed by officers.
Coffey and Sén receive approval to store fuel oil on their premises at 487 Main, with a board brief indicating the decision is provisional and for the present.
The West Gonford Woman's Club met at Thoreau School in October with Mrs. Frank Cleaves and Mrs. Frank Zawada hosting tea. Guests received flowers as new members were welcomed and honored by Mrs. Laurence Mne and Mrs. Harold Chase.
Local organizers announce a Be Molayre Day event this Saturday with plans for players and ders hoping to cash May men at the gathering.
A groom jailed after a stalled wedding and cheeky conduct leads to a case involving his romance and a florist from whom flowers were purchased for the bride. Authorities detail the ceremony plans and related actions in court filings.
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