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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1954
Page
1
Readable items mention election timing adaptions voting hours and clock set reminders along with local club events Halloween motor show and parish dances. Community calendar notes anniversaries and teachers workshop plus fire department activity reports and a Saturday football game.
An unnamed man from Braintree sustained serious injuries when his car, with Florida plates, overturned during a morning mishap. Patrolman Spencer Jr. of the County Extension Service was a guest speaker at a radio station yesterday during a one hour program.
Concord and West Concord pupils from grades 4 through 8 will paint Halloween pictures on store windows this weekend. The murals, created Thursday and Friday, will be judged by the Chamber of Commerce with prizes awarded.
Concord report notes a Tuesday Lions Club supper at Howard Johnsons where Sgt. Richard Tonis of the state police conducted a marksman demonstration. He fired bullseyes using multiple weapons and stances. President Robert Lortz presided as Everett Broughton announced the light bulb committee exceeded its sale quota, netting proceeds for eye research.
Concord officials join the Concord Chapter of the Order of DeMolay in a safety campaign at the municipal parking space near Mill Dam this Friday and Saturday. Young DeMolay members will sell Scotchlite reflector tape to aid nighttime road safety, with installation offered or tape sold at a nominal price, backed by automotive safety groups.
The Concord 23rd Infantry band held its annual dinner and meeting at the Red & Gun clubhouse. Officers for the coming year were reelected: Manager Leif E. Stensby, assistant manager Pat Pallante, secretary-treasurer Richard Ballou Sr., executive committee Samuel Cannon James Fava. Harry Nielsen remains director with assistants Harry Goodman Joseph Cerra Joseph Bartolomeo Henry O M Helsher Jr. An impromptu concert followed.
Concord unit notes promote 1st Lieut John W Stimson a former corporal who spent nine months in Korea and earned several citations. He hails from North Acton and attends Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Fred Walker becomes company clerk promoted to private first class. New enlistees include Pfc William H Oldenquist returning from three years in U S Army and Charles F Harrison West Acton. The company bowing league is led by Corp Frank Williams president with W O j g Joseph McBreen secretary and Sergt William Bovey treasurer.
Last year's Concord High School senior class presented a 16mm movie camera to the school. They left 138 dollars for the gift and 24 dollars was advised by the Student Council to complete the purchase. The equipment is described as practical and of great use.
Edward S. Grennan of the Massachusetts Reformatory denies ten fires occurred in the past two weeks. Fire officials and local selectmen discuss causes and jurisdiction as flames at the prison shop draw scrutiny and prompt state inquiries.
Concord Emblem club No. 206 held a meeting at Elks hall where President Ferne Kelly initiated 14 new candidates from Lincoln South Acton Lexington Concord Carlisle Carlisle and Carlisle areas. After initiation a buffet was served with corsages, dancing followed. A Halloween party at Ellis hall is planned for Saturday with public welcome.
Concord Belmont parish churches participate in the diocesan waste paper collection with proceeds going to the Archbishop Cushing Charities. Residents are asked to place neatly tied bundles at curb before noontime for pickup by trucks and volunteers.
Concord Red Cross bloodmobile co chairs Hobbs and Brown report 145 donors at the last visit and plan the next unit stop soon after the new year.
Lowell correction officer Leo Farley was seriously injured Saturday when an inmate attacked him with a chair in the isolation building of the Massachusetts Reformatory. Farley, 39 West Street, Lowell, was treated by Dr. Raymond Hooper and admitted to St. John’s Hospital with back and neck injuries and forehead lacerations.
The Beta Sigma Phi will hold a food sale at Lawton's Appliance Store 7 Walden Street this town Saturday morning October 39 at 9 30.
The Concord board of selectmen expresses great concern over a serious fire at the Massachusetts Reformatory in Concord on Saturday. They will confer with the correction commissioner the state marshal the reformatory superintendent and other interested persons to develop ways to prevent a repetition.
Concord Hawthorne Chapter OES to hold its annual fall fair Saturday at the Masonic Temple. Doors open at 1 pm with tea served 2 to 4 pm and supper at 6:30 pm. Co chairs Sue Frost Ida Martin. tea lead Sue Jackson. supper Hazel Lantz. Various tables with sale items for the public.
Concord Democratic Town Committee left out James J. Vahey’s name from last week’s endorsed political ad supporting the Watertown man. Vahey is the Democratic candidate for state senator in the fifth district.
Central Station firefighters responded to Box 51 on Monday morning for a minor flooded oil fire at a Cambridge turnpike residence. Damage was slight and it marked the 207th alarm of the current year.
About 1700 Concord schoolchildren will take home voter reminders on Monday to aid local turnout. Information on all candidates will be at the league booth in the Paint Pot on the Mill Dam Monday and Tuesday. Transportation to polls and babysitting offered by calling Concord 544.
Concord voters anticipate a strong turnout for the November 2 state election with key races at the state and local level. Precinct voting sites include Hunt Memorial Gymnasium Harvey Wheeler School and the Veterans Building. Local contenders include Governor Councillor David B. Williams Attorney General George Fingold and Republican John M. Eaton Jr for the Ist Middlesex district along with Chub Peabody. Edith Nourse Rogers runs unopposed for the 16th term in Congress, while other races feature Alan Adams James DeNormandie and Edward DeSaudnier with various challengers in nearby towns.
West Concord resident John Hart of 236 Commonwealth Avenue is on a 30 day furlough after more than three years overseas with the U S Air Force Eng unit. He expects to be released from active duty in spring after a Nebraska reassignment. He is the son of Reformatory Officer and Mrs James A Hart Sr. Mrs Julia Finan, wife of Patrolman James E Finan, Jr., of Everett Street, is improving after an attack that confined her to a Boston hospital since Monday.
Concord attorney Charles B. Hall who chairs the 1954 Community Chest reports 88 percent of the $71,985 budget has been raised. He urges solicitors to make a final appeal to cover the balance so nine agencies can be adequately served in the coming year.
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