Dairy Farmers Win In Fight Against Controls
Federal Judge David A. Pine issued a temporary injunction barring the government from regulating dairy milk prices in Framingham Natick Wayland and Weston Massachusetts The ruling also denied the agriculture department requests for a bond or escrow of the price difference The dairymen seek to block including their area in the Boston Milk Market District claiming the referendum was unfair and would cost them about 1000 annually The injunction stays until a final decision after oral arguments.
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Washington
Boston
New England
Pine
Mrs McPhillips 31 Dies After Illness in Concord
Elizabeth Recco McPhillips 31 of 14 El Sinore Street died Friday morning after a year and a half of multiple sclerosis. Born in Concord, she played field hockey and basketball in school. Survived by husband Francis and three children Maureen Suzanne and Charles, parents Mr and Mrs Charles Recco, and brother Philip Recco. Funeral held Monday from Joseph Dee & Son Funeral Home with a high mass at St Bernard’s Church. Interment at St Bernard’s Cemetery.
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Concord
Elizabeth (Recco) McPhillips
Elsinore Street
Francis MacPhillips
Maureen
Suzanne
Charles
Charles Recco
Philip Recco
Joseph Dee & Son
St. Bernard's Church
Edmund M. Higgins
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Fr. Higgins
Carlisle Grange Members Attend State Convention in Springfield
Carlisle State Deputy and Mrs Edward R Stephen of Russell street along with Mrs Alice Lovering master represented Carlisle Grange P of H at the state convention in Springfield this week. Local real estate transactions recorded at Lowell include Ruth F Doherty to Pauline S Greene and others to Fiuth F Doherty. Carlisle Grange members will attend Middlesex North Pomona Grange meeting at Chelmsford Grange Hall South Chelmsford Saturday afternoon session begins at 4 o'clock. There are 10050 bridges in the nations rural interstate highway system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Stephen
Russell Street
Alice Lovering
Carlisle Grange
Springfield
Lowell
Ruth F. Doherty
Pauline S. C.C. Greene
Pauline S. .C. Greene
Fiuth F. Doherty
Middlesex North Pomona
Chelmsford
South Chelmsford
School Lunch Program Topic at Carlisle P T A Meeting
Carlisle-Daniel Harrington of the State Department of Education spoke to Carlisle P T A on the forthcoming school lunch program. President William Shumway led the meeting and refreshments followed. Carlisle aims to learn about lunches for the new elementary school construction.
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Carlisle
Recover Man's Car After Recent Theft In Acton Yard
Acton resident Lillian Lightbody reported car theft from his yard last Wednesday. Patrolman Collins located the vehicle abandoned on Route 2A near Davis Road. the car was unharmed and Lightbody returned to work in Concord. A later complaint described a colored boy running in the neighborhood.
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Acton
Robert B. Light
Nadza Installs New Sub District Commander at Watertown
At a Sunday afternoon county council meeting in Watertown the Nadza installation took place with Past Commander Stan ley A. Nedza of the Edwards Quimby Post installed as sub district commander. Present were Mrs Nedza Norman Gilbert Past Commander Edward J. Higgins Commander Leslie F. Parke Russell Horton and Mrs Horton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acion
County Council
Watertown
Stanley A. Nedza
Edwards- Quimby
Nedza
Norman Gilbert
Edward J. Higgins
Leslie F. Parke
Russell Horton
Horton
Ivy Leaf Place Cards For Guest Names In White Ink
A simple craft idea uses ivy leaves as place cards with guests' names written in white ink. Choose uniform small leaves and neat handwriting to create an elegant, nature inspired table setting that adds personal charm to any gathering.
Harvard Dean Guest Before Rotary Club
Concord Rotary Club hosted Dr Edward Mason dean of Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration as speaker at a Thursday luncheon in Concord He discussed Near and Far East and recently returned from Pakistan President Kennedy led the business session and announced a joint meeting with Concord Lions club tonight Other attendees included several local residents and students with makeups listed from multiple towns and states.
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Concord
Edward S. Mason
Graduate School of Public Administration
Harvard University
Concord Rotary Club
Howard Johnson’s
Col
W. Bruce Pirnie
Near
Far East
Mason
Pakistan
John H. Kennedy
Concord Lions Club
Donald B. Wilson
Clarence Smith
Cambridge
John Walsh
Worcester
Harry Starr
William Rinehart
Waltham
Robert Deckert
Maynard
Louis Drinkwine
Hudson
Leon Garfield
Roy Cook
Leon Burke, Jr
C. Henry Jackson
Gordon Robinson
H. G. Dearborn
Lexington
Donald Castor
Lester B. Whittemore
E. Payson True
Kenney
Lewiston- Auburn
Maine
Charles R. Voigt
Warren
Sheffield
Pennsylvania
James Crockett
Montnorsville
Columbia Pennsylvania
Clayton Mersereau
Waltham and
Groton
Morton R. Seavey
Gordon H. Ogilvie
Robert H Barber
Robert Bumford
John M. Eaton, Jr
Acton High School dances and town census update
The Acton High School sophomore class hosted a Friday night dance with the theme Autumn Leaves at the school auditorium. Seniors completed a town census to guide future school needs. results on entering first grade classes from 1955 to 1961 may be published in the Entreprise and posted in post offices. Florence Merriam and Madeleine Kingston attended a square dance and rhythm workshop at Lowell Teachers' College on October 20. Superintendent William O Connell attended a Tri County Superintendents meeting in Walpole on October 21.
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Acton High School
Acton
South School
Florence Merriam
Madeleine Kingston
Lowell Teachers’ College
William O’connell
Walpole
O. E. S. Chapter Fair At Masonic Temple
Concord Hawthorne Chapter of O E S holds its annual fair at Masonic Temple on Saturday with doors opening at 1 PM. A tea at 3 PM and a home cooked supper at 6 30 PM are planned. Evelyn Spinney of West Acton is chairman.
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Concord—Hawthorne
Masonic Temple
Evelyn Spinney
West Acton
Acton West Acton Club Rummage Sale Planned
The West Acton Woman's Club invites the public to a rummage sale at the clubhouse on Saturday November 5 at 10 a.m. A fashion show is planned for November 14. Report cards will be issued in Acton schools on Tuesday November 1 and due back by November 4. Bears select prominent trees for rubbing and clawing to mark size.
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West Acton Woman’s Club
Acton
Hallowe'en
Break at Howard Johnson's Sparks Police Probe
West Concord police investigate a break at Howard Johnson's last Thursday morning. A window was broken and the cigarette machine money box missing before 5 0 o clock. entry appeared unlocked. Walter Mattson found the break between 5 and 6 while opening the restaurant. detectives took fingerprints.
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West Concord
Howard Johnson
Sway
Robert Learmonth
Walter Mattson
Maynard
Thomas V. Finan
Lieut
Marshall J.witherell
Strange Laws Exist in Maine Listed by James Geggis
Augusta Maine UP reports a catalog of odd Maine statutes including bans on dancing bears street violin playing and dueling. Other penalties cover gambling on steamboats fining under three dollars for small wins and strict rules on public roughhousing and odd motorboat mufflers.
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James Geggis
U. P
Augusta
Maine
State Health Department
Salvation Army Drive Continues in Carlisle Area
The Salvation Army campaign continues. Carlisle residents missed in the house to house canvass may contact Mrs. Arnold T Lapham chairwoman or Miss Frances Lapham treasurer, both of Concord Street, for further donations. Other committee members include Mrs. Edna Sleeper R N and former selectman George W. Foss.
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Carlisle
Salvation Army
Arnold T. Lapham
Frances Lapham
Concord Street
Edna Sleeper
R.N
George W. Foss
Juniors at Concord High Name Officers After Rally
Concord notes that juniors at Concord High held a spirited rally with candidates from The Spirit of 57 Forward Look and Independent Ticket. Winners will be announced next week as juniors celebrate class rings and the 1956 National Photographic Awards offering prizes from 10 to 300 dollars.
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Concord
Spirit of ’57
Party of
Donald Sinclair
Joseph P. O’brien
Students Fill Canned Goods Box for Emerson Hospital
A box in the high school main corridor collected canned goods last Friday. Students cooperated fully and filled the box to overflowing by afternoon.
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Emerson Hospital
President's Night Held At Winona
West Acton Woman's Clubhouse hosted President's Night with state president Gladys Sherman of Hyannis visiting Winona Rebekah Lodge. Doris Porter led local officers, and next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday November 2 at 8 o'clock with refreshments.
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West Acton
Winona Rebekah Lodge
Gladys Sherman
Hyannis
Doris Porter
Noble Grand
Pigeons Link Star Island To Mainland For News
Homing pigeons are used to maintain communications between Star Island ten miles off the coast and Portsmouth mainland as there are no wireless or telephone facilities on the island.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Star Island
High ranking Air Force officer to speak at local meeting
Brig. Gen. Robert E. Israel Jr of the Air Defense Command will address about 200 attendees at the Community Council fall meeting at Hanscom Field. He will discuss the planned mid November move of the 49th Fighter Interceptor Squadron from Dow AFB Maine to Hanscom Field and the arrival of 25 F 86 Sabrejet interceptors. Leon Bateman Lexington selectman will moderate at the Officers Club.
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Bedford
Air Defense Command
U. S. Air Force
Community Council
Robert E. Israel, Jr
32Nd Air Division
Joint Air Force Community Group
49Th Figher
Hanscom Field
Dow Air Force Base
Maine
Air Force
Israel
New England
49Th
Leon Bateman
Selectmen of
Lexington
Officers’ Club
Hanscom ‘Field
Bedford Notes From The Week On Local Civic Minded Life
Arthur C. Parker of Bedford arrives in San Francisco after service in Korea and Japan aboard Gen. M. Walker. Bedford Lions plan to attend Acton Lions Club charter night October 29. Lions continue light bulb sale for eyesight fund. Rev Pohl at First Parish Unitarian Church spoke on The United Nations and World Peace. Middlesex Central Pomona to meet November 16 at Bedice Town Hall after supper. E John Tork selen of Acton named master. Mr and Mrs Richard E Gaylord welcomed a daughter October 18 at Waltham Hospital. same hospital saw birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Francis J Penzone of Bedford October 16. Troop 76 Bedford Boy Scouts formed. Martin Berwick senior patrol leader, Steve Shea scribe, Warren Morris treasurer, Kip York quartermaster. A United Nations Day square dance was held in Town Hall chaired by Mrs George L Hall of Crescent Avenue.
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Arthur C. Parker
U.S. Army
Bedford
Gen. M. Walker
San Francisco
California
Korea
Japan
Bedford Lions Club
Acton Lions Club
Bedford Lions
Eyesight Fund
Richard E. Gaylord
Pine Street
Waltham Hospital
Francis J. Penzone
Spring Street
Bedford Boy Scouts
Martin Berwick
Steve Shea
Warren Morris
Kip York
George L. Hall
Crescent Avenue
Official inspection of the Na Shoba Valley Court of Amaranth No. 13
Last Friday evening at the Town Hall the Na Shoba Valley Court of Amaranth No. 13 held an official inspection. Mrs Vita Knights royal matron and Walter Black royal patron greeted the visiting suite. Mrs Kay Nedza urged donations for the Christmas Gift shop at Bedford Veterans Hospital and outlined committee members assisting the drive.
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Na Shoba Valley Court of Amaranths No. 13
Vita Knights
Walter Black
Kay Nedza
Ladies Auxiliary
The
American Legion Post
Bedford Veterans Hospital
Joyce Feltus
West Acton
Ellen Crosby
Concord
Barn Dance at Town Hall Sponsored by Beta Sigma Phi
The Beta Sigma Phi hosts a barn dance at Town Hall tonight at 8 with Jones Boys of Lowell providing music. Also Sunday services at Acton Center Congregational Church feature Rev. Eric W. Grimshaw preaching on the First Commandment Today.
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Beta Sigma Phi
Jones Boys of
Lowell
Acton Center Congregational Church
Eric W. Grimshaw
Acton Receives Federal School Aid Entitlement
Rep Edith Nourse Rogers of Lowell reports notification from Education Commissioner S M Brownell that Acton has tentative entitlement of 97129 in federal school aid for fiscal 1956 and a separate 63134 certified for immediate payment. The letter outlines action on the application for federal assistance under Public Law 874.
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Acton
Edith N. Rogers
Lowell
S. M. Brownell
Washington, D. C
Rogers
Edith Nourse Rogers
House of Representatives
New President George M Rideout Elected in Worcester
George M Rideout of Wellesley Hills and Babson Reports was chosen president of the Bay State Society for the Crippled and Handicapped during the annual Ban croft Hotel meeting in Worcester. He succeeds John C Brooks of Boston law firm Peabody Arnold Batchelder and Luther as trustee.
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George M. Rideout
Wellesley Hills
Babson Reports
Bay State Society For the Crippled and Handicapped, Inc
The
Seal Society
Bancroft Hotel
Worcester
John C. Brooks
Boston Law
Peabody, Arnold, Batchelder and Luther
Salvat ion drives neighbor fund target set at 2000 dollars
The piece notes a fundraising effort amid a list of names and roles including Mrs Weston Mr Melville R Zwel ley and Mrs Loui Peggy Millical. The stated goal is a two thousand dollar target for the Salvation Service Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal Needs
Mellen
Weston
Melville R.thur M. Zwelley
Loui
Peggy Millical
Requiem for Mrs Keefe in Concord
Mrs Noni T. O Connor Keefe widow of D Harry Keefe died at age 78 at 93 Main street after a long Concord residence Her husband died a few months ago A solemn high mass was sung at St Bernard s Church and interment followed in the family lot at St Bernard s Cemetery
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Concord
Noni T. (O’connor) Keefe
D. Harry Keefe
Main Street
St. Bernard’s Church
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Concord couple observes 47th wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Tibbetts of Magnolia Street marked their 47th anniversary in Concord with a quiet celebration. Married in Biddeford, Maine, they have resided here since. Mr. Tibbetts is a builder. They have a son William E. Tibbetts in Concord, a daughter Mrs. Harold Fairbanks of Syracuse, Indiana, and four grandchildren. A daughter Pauline Davock died several years ago.
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Concord
Arthur F. Tibbetts
Magnolia Street
Biddeford
Maine
Tibbetts
William E. Tibbetts
Harold Fairbanks
Syracuse
Indiana
Pauline Davock
Concord Woman's Club Plans Meeting Observance
The Concord Woman's Club will meet Monday November 14 to observe Past Presidents Day. A triduum for Italian speaking peoples concluded at St Bernard's Church Sunday evening led by Rev Fr Valente S J. Wayland youths visited Concord First Parish for supper and entertainment. The teachers institute in Concord public schools for today and Friday was canceled.
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Concord Woman’s Club
Concord
Area
St. Bernard’s Church
Fr. Valente
S.J
First
Wayland
Concord First
Concord Public Schools
No beauty contest at Rocky Point beauty queen event
Rocky Point Amusement Park officials canceled the annual college beauty queen contest as no contestants were found. The move ends the event and leaves organizers seeking future candidates.
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Rocky Point, R. I
Rocky Point Amusement Park
Mucosal Disease Hits North Dakota Cattle Owners Hard
Mucosal disease is costing North Dakota cattle owners eight thousand to twenty thousand dollars annually. The impact underscores ongoing veterinary and farm management challenges for the state’s cattle industry.
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North Dakota
Local Council Meeting Hiccup Amid Dinner Event Notes
Fragmentary notes mention Waltham and a new council on Errett Street. Dinner program stalled as a guard or sentinel referenced. Details are unclear but the event centers on a local council gathering and a stalled dinner affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gator
Waltham
Venti
Sentinel
Erett Street
New Council
Local History Notes From Concord Parish Delivers Brief Update
Fragmentary items mention a Concord area church event and a Sunday gathering at a parish hall. References to a 60m time and monthly scheduling appear without clear context or full names. Further readable details point to planned next events at the parlors.
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Mat've
Sound Home Financing
Lt Concord
Walden
Nadza
Harvard
Rotary Club
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Jacob Janericco
Fourth Degree
K. of C
WAC
Nancy C. Lynch
Mass
Nancy L. Blesko
Palmerton
Women’s Army Corps Center
Fort McClellan
Ala
Johnson’s
H.S
Winona
First Parish Unitarian
David C. Pohl
United Nations
Middlesex Central
Pomona
Town Hall
E. John Torkselen
U. S
Mrs. Keefe
Cone Hibit Conti
Brary
T Concord
Young
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