Resident Protests Bedford Street Site As Undesirable For Elementary School
A letter to the editor argues the Bedford Street site is unsuitable for an elementary school due to drainage costs, off street access, heavy traffic, noise from nearby air base, and defense concerns. It urges using the Alcott site with available land adjoining Cargill Trust holdings to avoid air base proximity and traffic issues.
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Bedford Street
Bedfordtreet
Tthe Air Base
Air Force
Alcott
Cargill Trust
Civil Defense
Five Year Old Girl Dies After Operation in Boston
Concord child Catherine Lee Viles died last Thursday after an operation at the Children's Hospital in Boston. The five year old twin, born July 19, 1951 in Waltham, was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Lyman S Viles of 54 Main Street. Funeral services were held at Trinity Episcopal Church with Rev. William H Clark officiating and burial in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Concord
Catherine Lee Viles
Lyman S. Viles
Mavis Hendrix
Main Street
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Waltham
Wiles
Trinity Episcopal Church
William H. Clark
Sleepy Hollow
Barrett Arrives for Basic Training at Dix
Andrew F Barrett of Bedford New York has arrived at Fort Dix New Jersey and is assigned to A Company 3rd Regiment Infantry Training Center for eight weeks of basic training. His parents are Mr and Mrs Charles A Barrett. He attended Concord High School before enlisting.
School bus travel and site debate over Bedford and Alcott locations
A community letter argues for bus access and urges voters to choose between Bedford street and Alcott sites for a new school. The writer warns that the Bedford site could raise taxes and lower standards, urging taxpayer input on the decision and offering Alcott as a compromise.
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Bedford Street
Alcott
Charlotte Peters
Adam Peters
Powers Road
Concora
Wass
Gas Industry to See 10 Million More Customers by 1965
The American Gas Association reports a decade of growth with 16 million more gas customers anticipated by 1965, pushing total residential heating use and appliance adoption. Revenues are projected to rise from 3.452 billion in 1955 to 6.88 billion in 1965, with residential sales expanding and industrial/other sales comprising over half of total.
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American Gas Association
Association
Bureau of Statistics
Sethe Association
Red Feather Drive Opened in West Metropolitan Division
William F. Spang of Medfield is industrial vice chairman of the West Metropolitan division of the 1957 Red Feather Campaign announced by division chairman H. Shippen Goodhue. The division includes Acton Dover Lincoln Medfield Millis Natick Needham Sherborn Sudbury Wayland Wellesley and Weston. The campaign opened Oct 21 aiming for 6 567 000 to support 277 health and social welfare agencies aiding one in three people across 48 cities and towns of metropolitan Boston.
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William F. Spang
Medfield
H. Shippen Goodhue
Acton
Dover
Lincoln
Millis
Natick
Needham
Sherborn
Sudbury
Wayland
Wellesley
Weston
Red Feather
Boston
Plum drunk fish found in Kentucky pond
William Hagan reported his pond fish showed unusual behavior after he dumped baskets of fermenting plums into the water. He said the fermented fruit caused the fish to act intoxicated and "plum drunk" in Fountain Run, Kentucky.
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Fountain
Run
William Hagan
Hagan
Engagement of Sue Rizzitano to Alexander Castrechini
Maynard James Rizzitano of Concord announces the engagement of his daughter Sue to Alexander Castrechini, son of Mrs. Castrechini of Maynard. Sue, daughter of the late Frances Rizzitano, is a Concord and Pierce School alumna. Alexander is a Maynard High School graduate and Army veteran. A spring wedding is planned.
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Maynard
James Rizzitano
Musketaquid Road
Concord
Sue
Alexander C. Castrechini
Philomena Castrechini
Peter Castrechini
Rizzitano
Frances Rizzitano
Concord and Pierce School
Boston
Maynard High School
U.S. Army
Special Baby stage production at Plymouth Theatre
Tickets go on sale at the Plymouth box office starting Monday October 22 for A Very Special Baby co starring Sylvia Sidney and Luther Adler. The play produced by David Susskind directed by Martin Ritt opens in Boston Tuesday October 30 and runs two weeks at Plymouth before a Broadway debut November 14.
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Sylvia ‘Sidney
Luther Adler
Plymouth Theatre
David Susskind
Martin Ritt
Pley
Robert Alan Aurthur
Boston
Miss Sidney
Mr. Adler
Jack Warden
Joey
Jack Klugman
Carmen
Wil Kuluva
Carl Low
Howard Bay
Baby
Plymouth
Stow Names Ferguson Seal Campaign Chairman 1956
Stow Mrs Ferguson was named chairman of the 1956 Christmas Seal drive in Stow. The 50th annual TB fundraising campaign runs November 15 through December led by the Middlesex Health Association with 3000 tuberculosis groups nationwide. Stow committee members assisting include Mrs Hartley and Mrs Ojalehto.
Boston traveler recalls wind burn after trip from Quebec
Robert Harrison reports arriving in Boston in a 1904 Reo with friends and plans to return in a 1918 Dodge. He notes a terrible wind burn from the Reo, which had no windshield.
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Boston
Quebec
Robert Harrison
Harvest Show Highlights Fruit Display At Horticultural Hall
The Associated Fruit Growers of Eastern Massachusetts display apples and fruit at Horticultural Hall as part of the Harvest Show. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society combines chrysanthemum and flower exhibits with the fruit display October 18 to 21. A huge apples panel spells Apples for Health with Golden Delicious letters and a McIntosh replica on a turntable.
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Massachusetts
Horticultural Hall
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
McIntosh
Boston Market Gardener’s Association
New York gestion sore with chopped bacon square
A fragmented note mentions a New York setting, chopped bacon, a square, and chutney with bubbly notes, suggesting a culinary snippet or menu fragment.
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New York
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Carlisle
Ivanhoe
Andrew F. Barrett
Dix
Gasi
S A Hudson
Main St
Worcester Gas Light Company
A.F. Show Models
L. G. Hanscom Field
Bedford
Air Force Cambridge Research Center
Hanscom Field
Hanscom Officer’s Wives Club
Ralph Ford
Newton
Charles P. Kleinsmith
Arlington
Woodrow W. Dunko
Red Feather Drive
J. S. Savings
Buy v. S. Savas Ponds
MEN
Lloyd Nolan
Virginia Leith
Judy Holliday
Paul Douglas
THE
RED Cross
Westboro
M. G. Fults
County Geneora, Cement
Clipper
Gould’s Men’s
Hudson
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