Officer builds 742 foot cabin boat Patway in home workshop
Mil Miller a 48 year old Coast Guard veteran from Massachusetts rebuilt a 742 foot cabin boat named Patway at home. The vessel features a diesel eight cylinder engine a 32 volt system dinette stainless sink and stove a flush toilet and a 10 foot mast. Miller tows the hull to Saugus for finishing and credits his wife for financing parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
U. S. Coast Guard
Patway
Patricia
Wayne Minnick
Sophie Miller
Truman
Marl Minnick
Herlong
California
Minnick
Atwood
Hartford
Connecticut
Admiral Dewey
Fragmented OCR Heading Sparks Mixed Theater Memorabilia
A garbled OCR item lists scattered names and titles including The Shining, Five Hughes, Adlai E, Deutsch, Time, Frank, Hull, and Mayorga plays from 1951 1952. It reads like a library or theater card with numerous disjointed references and lacks clear context or cohesive event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenberg
Hughes
Busch
Adlai E
Illinois
Deutsch
Time
Frank
Girl
Hull
Dams
Kirk
Post
Kull & Nell
Mayorga
Butcher
Swinan’s
London
Tyr'Haker
Wallace
Ourney
Winslow
Concord Lions Club Meeting Tonight
A Concord Lions Club meeting is held Tuesday evening with plans for cookouts and summer events. The 6:30 serving follows a Past President N. MacRae agenda as the group meets at regular weekly time.
Jet engine training added to Bedford base course
Bedford school president John T. Griffin announces authorization to include jet engine training in the aircraft and engine mechanic program. The change follows CAP regulations and will begin after curriculum updates while aviation courses adapt to CA A rules. Eastern Air Lines rep William J. Clark and others visit to hire graduates as demand surges for aviation master mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
East Coach Tech
John T. Griffin
Griffin
CAA
William J. Clark
Eastern Airlines
East Coast Aero Tech
Aviation Master Mechanic
New York
Miami
Florida
Robert G. Brown
Bedford School
East Coast
Enrollment Soars At Rose Hawthorne School Opening
On September 15 the Rose Hawthorne Diocesan School at 52 Main Street opens its second year with 175 pupils. Mother Eugenie, principal, welcomes 175 boys and girls as Grade 2 classes join two Grade 1 and two kindergarten groups. Classes run 9 to 12 and 12 to 3 with four sisters aiding. Enrollment rose from 82 to 175 in one year.
Concord Man Displays Antique Carpenter Tools at Bank
Raymond Wheeler of Plainfield road, bank director and town official, shows a 20 year collection of antique carpenter tools at the Concord Co-Operative Bank. The display includes planes, spoke shaves, chisels, saws, braces, and a 75 year old broad axe weighing 10 pounds. Wheeler also collects ancient machine tools and has long served town committees and commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Concord Co-Operative Bank
Raymond Wheeler
Plainfield Road
Sheffield
England
Wheeler
Water and Sewer Commission
New York Girl and Concord Man Engaged in October Wedding
Mrs Harold B Goldsmith of New York announces the engagement of her daughter Miss G Janet Goldsmith to Henry Thomas Bourne Jr formerly of Hingham son of Mrs Williams Bourne of Concord and Henry Thomson Bourne of Spartansburg South Carolina and Woodstock Vermont Miss Goldsmith graduated Green Mountain Junior College Katharine Gibbs Schools Bourne attended Milton Academy and Yale 1949 after Army service He is living in Galveston Texas The couple plan an early October wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Harold B. Goldsmith
New York
G. Janet. Goldsmith
Henry Thomas Bourne, Jr
Hingham
Williams
Bourne
Henry Thomson Bourne
Spartansburg
South Carolina
Woodstock
Vermont
Miss Goldsmith
Green Mountain Junior College
Poultney
Katharine Gibbs
Boston
Milton Academy
Yale
U. S. Army Infantry
Galveston
Texas
Two Weddings Scheduled for Saturday in Concord
In Concord on Saturday two weddings will take place. At 10 o clock Our Lady Help of Christians West Concord Kathleen B O Connor daughter of Mr and Mrs W Harold O Connor 21 Crest Street will marry John William McDavitt son of John F McDavitt of Worcester. At 4 PM First Parish Dorothy Ann Caiger daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Baley Caiger 5 Hubbard Street will wed Robert Erwin Senghas son of Mr and Mrs Erwin W Senghas of Cleveland Ohio. A garden reception will follow at the Caiger home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
West Concord
Kathleen B. O’connor
W. Harold O’connor
Crest Street
John William McDavitt
John F. McDavitt
Worcester
First Parish
Dorothy Ann Caiger
Edward Baley Caiger
Hubbard Street
Robert Erwin Senghas
Erwin W. Senghas
Cleveland
Ohio
Caiger
Fraziers Purchase General Store
Mr and Mrs Joseph G Frazier of Brooks Street South Lincoln have bought the general store of Mrs John B Kurtz on Lexington Road and started their duties Saturday morning The Fraziers formerly lived on Main Street West Concord Mrs Frazier works at the local telephone exchange and Mr Frazier was employed at Hanscom Airbase Bedford Mrs Kurtz plans to stay in Concord a few weeks then move to Cleveland Ohio Her husband died last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Joseph G Frazier
Brooks Street
South
Lincoln
John B. Kurtz
Lexington Road
Main Street
West Concord
Frazier
Hanscom
Bedford
Kurtz
Cleveland
Ohio
Drunk at reins fined for drunken horse driving
Birmingham man James S. Rodgers, age 49, was fined 25 dollars plus costs for driving a horse and wagon while intoxicated, in a case resembling a scene from an earlier era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
James S. Rodgers
Ex Local Man Is Guest of Concord Rotary Club
Joseph Wheeler of Washington DC spoke on the Point Four Program at the Concord Rotary Club luncheon held at a Concord turnpike dining hall. He, his wife and daughter are visiting local relatives as makeups and prior guests included Rev Schoenfeldt and Rev Hastings. The next event with District Governor Weston Ringer in Brookline is set for September 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Concord Rotary Club
Hursday
Concord Turnpike
Joseph Wheeler
Washington, D. C
Samuel G. Kent
Robert D. Parks
Mr. Wheeler
Leslie O. Anderson
George E. Erickson
E. Payson True
Rene DuBerger
Ralph A. Macone
Lincoln
Chester D. Smethurst
Meredith
New Hampshire
Morton R. Seavey
Laconia
D. Edward Cleary, Jr
Gloucester
Randolph Piper
Hyannis
Arthur’ Schoenfeldt
Carlisle
William M. Johnson
West Concord
Bradford Hastings
St. Paul
Minnesota
Rotary
Weston Ringer
Brookline
Anderson
Piper
Bernard E. Megin Ae Seavey
Concord News Roundup: Births and Local Activities
Mrs Genevieve Hauser and daughter Kathleen return to South Bend after a visit with Mrs Hauser's mother Mrs Thomas Coyne. Mr and Mrs Robert Cahill welcome Barbara Louise, their new daughter, joining two sisters Jean and Marjorie. Concord Grange resumes regular meetings at Peter Bulkeley School with Mrs Jean Lord as master. Miss Mae R Dennis R N, served as camp nurse at Tabor Day camp in Needham and returns to duty. Mr and Mrs James H Dee of 13 Bedford Street report an eighty day Bermudan cruise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve Hauser
Kathleen
South Bend
Indiana
Robert J. Cahill
Orchard Road
West Concord
Barbara Louise
Jean
Marjorie
Concord Grange
Pt H
Peter Bulkeley School
Jean Lord
New England Lecturers
University of New Hapshire
Mae R. Dennis
R.N
Concord Public Schools
Tabor
Needham
James H. Dee
Bedford Street
Bermuda
Dance School to Open Here by Mrs. Renz
Concord announces a new dance school to open on Mill Dam at Main Street (former Elks) run by Mrs. Jane Renz. She studied with Chalif Ned Wayburn Bessie Schoenh erg Jan Veen Ruth Sandholm and taught in Westchester New York before marriage. Classes will include tap ballet and modern dance. contact Concord 1516-J.
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Concord
Mill Dam
Main Street
the Elks
Jane Renz
Erwin William Renz, Jr
Carlisle
Renz
Chalif
Ned Wayburn
New York City
Bessie Schoenhberg
Sarah Lawrence College
Jan Veen
Ruth Sandholm
Boston Conservatory of Music
Dee Family Takes Cape Vacation Trip
Mr and Mrs Charles William Dee of 7 Bedford Street along with their two daughters Sherry Louise and Susan Margaret left Tuesday for a vacation at White Horse Beach on the Cape. Mrs Dee is formerly of Maynard. MacRae of 9 Thoreau Street and his town returned Thursday after a nearly three week motor trip covering about 6900 miles visiting North and South Dakota and Mrs MacRae's sister. In Bismarck North Dakota Mr MacRae a past president of the Concord Lions Club attended a Lions Club meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wiliam Dee
Bedford Street
Sherry Louise
Susan Margaret
White Horse Beach
Cape
Dee
Maynard
Rothwell Newton. MacRae
Thoreau Street
North
South Dakota
Franklin's Early Subscription Library Concept
Benjamin Franklin proposed what became the first subscription library in the future United States, outlining a model where members paid dues to access a shared collection. The idea aimed to broaden public access to books and learning through cooperative funding and shared resources.
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Benjamin Franklin
The
United States
Ex-Resident Elsa Merrill Dies at 42 in Westfield
Funeral services were held for Elsa Lurdstrom Merrill aged 42 of Westfield formerly of Concord. She died last Saturday August 30. The service at MacRae Funeral Home was private with Rev. Robert H. Barber conducting. Burial was in Sleepy Hollow cemetery. She leaves husband J V Merrill and her parents Mr. and Mrs. David Lundstrum.
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Concord
Elsa (Lurdstrom) Merrill
Westfield
MacRae
Robert H. Barber
Trinitarian Congregational Church of Concord
Sleepy Hollow
Mr. Merrill
J. Vey Merrill
Peter Bulkeley
Westfield Teachers College
First Congregational Church
Igh
Boston
New England Conservatory of Music
David Lundstrum
Laurel Street
Sudbury residents and visitors noted in town bulletins
Mrs Wilfred Spiller recuperating at Longwood Hospital Boston after last week's operation. Mrs Jane Bennett of Concord Road returned from vacation in Rockland Maine guest of Mrs William Tufts. Ray Phelps able to go out after a brief illness requiring hospital care at Longwood. Linda Wright daughter of the Wrights of Dutton Road graduated last week Academic Me prize for mobility and heard on radio Monday. Dr and Mrs William Gilbert of Madison New Jersey were guests of Mrs Melvin Guptill returning from summer home Gat East Lake New Hampshire. Iota Louise Atkinson Sudbury Tax Collector not at desk in Town Hall the week of September 7.
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Jane Bennett
Concord Road
Rockland, Maine
William Tufts
Linda Wright
John Wrigh
Dutton Road
William Gilbert
Madison, N. J
Melvin Guptill
Homie
East Lake
New Hampshire
Iota
Louise
Atkinson
Sudbury Births Reported for Donel Roberts
Sudbury announces the birth of a son named Donel to Mr and Mrs Donel B Roberts of Peakham Road at Framingham Union Hospital on August 22. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Frank Roberts of Stow and Mr and Mrs John Bruyere of Marlboro.
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Sudbury
Donel B. Roberts
Dorothy Bruyere
Peakham Road
Donel
Framingham Union Hospital
Frank Roberts
Stow
John Bruyere
Marlro
Newspaper Columnist Targeted in Home Shooting Incident
Stone, a columnist for Town Talk, was targeted when a .38 calibre bullet entered his brick home. A shot hit the dining room area and another struck the wall behind the stove where Mrs. Stone stood moments earlier. Police secured six empty shells and investigated possible motives tied to his liquor-violation articles.
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Stone
Henry Piecewicz
Concord
Sudbury Names Lawrence W. Tighe to School Committee
Lawrence W. Tighe of Old Lancaster Road is appointed to fill the Sudbury School Committee vacancy created by Dr. Howard W. Emmons resignation. A Sudbury native and Holy Cross graduate, Tighe is a WWII veteran and former high school teacher. He is married to Edna Stiles and they have a preschool son. He is currently employed at Hilco in South Sudbury.
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Sudbury
Lawrence W. Tighe
Old Lancaster Road
Howard W. Emmons
England
Mr. Tighé
Holy Cross
Edna’ Stiles
Sudbury Co-operative Pre-School Plans Sept 15 Opening
Sudbury residents held an informal meeting at Mrs Myron Siegars home South Sudbury to discuss starting a co-operative pre-school on September 15. Plans call for room for a few more pupils and contact with Mr and Schmalz at Sudbury 339 for information.
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Sudbury
Sudbury Co-operative
Mgg
Myron Siegars
South Sudbury
Ment
and Schmalz
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Milhad
Enthuschusetts
Eight Bay
Wisconsin
O'Hara
C. E. Hall and File
Ryncord
S. Kendall Will
N. MacRae
JET Engine
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East Coast Tech
Mars
N. Y
Fraziers
Old Baldy
Old Baldy Mountain
Korea
Rotary Club
Pont
Consdion National Railways
Churchill
Hudson’s Bay
Churchill Railroad
Muktik
Chesterfield Inlet Way
Canadian National
Muktuk
M. P
Radio Berlin
Wilfred Spiller
Longwood ‘Hospital
Ray Phelps
Longwood Hospital
U.S
Concord Street
Rhea Ak Baa, Meera
Dean Martin and
Jerry Lewis
Atomic City
Sun
Gary. Cooper
Tom Conway
Co-Operative
Maynard Methodist Coorg
Robert K. Jones, JR
Brooks St. - Maynard
Mass
Chronica Botanica Co
Waltham
Aubuchon
Main St
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