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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1956
Page
7
Disjointed OCR fragment lists a Woman's Award event, a Review Board of Appeals member, a party at Union Evangelical Clinic, a sale first paragraph, and a Scouts camp out. Names and places are unclear amid garbled text.
Col Ralph P iry chairs the 1956 annual appeal with General Chairman A Sampson. A $1000 goal is set, with 20 percent to specific causes and the rest to the Salvation Army. Proceeds benefit regional disaster preparedness and state tests, supported by a Homemaker lunch at two First Church locations.
The Good now Library in South Sudbury announces many new acquisitions across all sections. Notable titles include Three Saints and a Sinner by Tharp, The Outsider by Wilson, No Evil Angel by Ogilvie, Death of a Fool by Marah, Trembling Hills by Whitpey, A Call for the Doc iee See 6 Si, and The Heat Has Its Redcons. Juveniles feature Ransom Mor a Knight and Family Sabbatical among others.
A combined meeting of the 1640 Club and the Women's Alliance at First Parish Church reviewed the October 12 fair and started plans for next year with new ideas. The Sudbury Council of Churches met at Memorial Congregational Church parsonage as Thanksgiving events and a game night fundraisers were announced. The Music Committee will host a game night October 26 to raise funds for new choir robes, and the Adult Advent Group scheduled an October 30 discussion on voting. The Lites Service Fellowship and other church bodies reported on activities and supper events at Memorial Congregational Church.
West Concord Thoreau School auditorium hosted the Thoreau-Wheeler P T A opening meeting with about 260 attendees. President Carl Sproul led the session as Miss Eve Feldman and Dr. Robert S. Ireland described new programs.
The intermediate Girl Scout troop hosts a Father and Daughter Dessert and Camp Rally on November 2 at 7 30 pm at the Girl Scout House. Mrs Bernard Everett, former director, will speak on camping and gather girls who attended camps this summer. Program arranged by Mrs Douglas Reilly and Mrs Radlah Webster.
The Village Fair at St Elisabeths Church Sudbury will be held October 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Parish House on Concord Road with co chairs Mrs Richard Lincoln and Mrs Frank Trussell. A Yankee Trader store, book shop, various stalls, pony rides, and hospitality and publicity roles are listed.
From Sue Wootten and Lena Logue memories in West Virginia and Chandlerville. Wootten recalls cane grinding by a creek, horse power, syrup boiling, and molasses stored in kegs for buckwheat and flapjacks. Logue recalls a mother knitting socks and mittens for her family and other winter tasks.
The Concord Women's Club welcomes new members for its fourth year with a Tuesday meeting at 1 p.m. on Fitchburg turnpike hosted by Mrs J L Sosman. Frederick P Walkey of the deCordova Museum will discuss museum opportunities and future plans.
Mr and Mrs James E Finan 3rd announce the birth of a son James E Finan 4th on October 21 at Emerson Hospital Concord Mass Grandparents are Police Sergt and Mrs James E Finan Jr of Concord and Mr and Mrs Beriyer Woodstock Vermont with the mother Ruth Barnhart prior to marriage
The article outlines a 1957 re election push for Middlesex County commissioners Andrew and Applin. It notes Andrew as veteran former district attorney and chair, and Applin as four year veteran and former Watertown town official. It claims the county is debt free and focuses on staff welfare and county planning in 1957.
The Concord Hawthorne Chapter of OES and C.E.S. announce a fair at the Masonic Temple this Saturday starting at 1 p m. Readily available tables of various items, a food table, and Christmas gifts will be sold. Supper at 6 30 p m with two seatings. Tickets from officers or by calling 9 2340.
Fragmentary text notes glass as the oldest manufactured material with a reference to prehuman production and volcanic activity shaping sand into glass. The readable parts suggest early creation before human history.
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