08 Sep 1955
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1955
Page
1
Disjointed item lists reference To street work, merchant Tom Pe, Boardman Emerson, and a State car clubs gathering. Mentions dates September 23 41, September 26, local birthdays, and a Red Cross action. Content is partial and unclear, with several garbled names and events.
Concord Lions Club opens fall sessions at Tuesday Lane Sep 13 6 30 pm at Howard Johnson’s. Judge Pierre A Northrup Concord District Court will discuss What the District Court Means to the Community. Rudolph Currier presides. Raymond Lawson chairs. Judge Northrup prominent Boston native and longtime jurist active in local clubs.
Concords Police Chief Robert E. Kelley reminds motorists to stop for flashing school bus signs with front and rear lights. He quotes the rule requiring a full stop before passing, except on divided highways, with a maximum ten mile per hour pass. Concord Grange held its annual officer election Tuesday night. results to be announced later.
Concord Community Chest president Charles B. Hall announces a 1955 budget of 71 126 dollars as the drive opens. District captains have been named and publicity angles set. Agencies include Emerson Hospital Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Sachem Council Salvation Army Concord Friendly Aid Visiting Nurses Association State Package Plan USO Red Feather.
As of Tuesday the board of health reported no new polio cases in Concord. The latest case, Mrs. John K. Holmes, shows improvement at Massachusetts General Hospital. Of Concord's six cases, one is a public school child, one a pre school child, two Catholic school pupils, and the other two are adults.
Police hunt for the owner of a sunken safe fished from the Assabet River near Route 62. Edwin F. Crosby of Concord Filling Station hauled it out with his tow truck after a DPW inspector spotted it during a bridge inspection. Investigators questioned Crosby as officers suspected the safe may have come from New Hampshire.
The C D A meeting for Our Lady Help of Christians No 1116 West Concord opens September 13 at 8 PM in Church Hall with Julia LeSage as new grand regent. The wedding of Madeleine Salamone and Fred E Oliver Jr occurs September 11 at St Bridget's Maynard with reception at K of C Hall. Lightning kills 400 to 500 Americans annually.
Concord Rotary Club heard Peter Grimes of a local travel agency speak on Operation Escape and his family’s Soviet to American escape after capture in Germany. President John H. Kennedy led a session, with makeups listed for several members and a bowling match with Lexington Rotary planned for September 13.
Ronald E. Scott of 13 Heath's Bridge Road in Concord was named associate professor of electrical engineering at Northeastern University last week. The appointment was made by Dr. Carl S. Ell, the university president. Prof. Scott has lived in Concord for the past two years.
Concord reports no accidents during the recent four day weekend. Local authorities note few injuries and praise public safety, while nationwide tolls suggest higher incident rates.
Concord residents are reminded of an open hearing at the Veterans Building on Wednesday September 14 at 8 oclock. The General Building Committee will discuss moving the combined police and fire station from Heywood street to the former town barn site and consider asking the selectmen to call a special town meeting to rescind the 1955 vote.
Concord scoutmaster Fred E. Oliver Sr reports Troop 49 Boy Scouts will resume activities with regular meetings set for September 18 and ongoing salvage collections continue.
Concord Antiquarian Society celebrates the town’s 320th birthday with a museum tea on Monday September 12 from 3 30 to 5 30 p m The event is open to the public and members alike flower arrangements in period rooms are donated by Concord Garden Club Weeds and Seeds and the Conantum Garden Club Mrs Harding Nan chairs the tea committee The Concord Antiquarian Museum at the Lexington road and Cambridge turnpike junction is open daily 10 a m to 5 p m and Sundays 2 to 5 p m until November 11.
Regular Sunday morning services were conducted at Trinity Episcopal Church on Elm Street with parishioners attending despite the mist.
Polio scare triggers mass postponements as Concord and Lexington suspend fall classes and football practice, delaying the season opener with Winchester. Rose Hawthorne and other towns also push back start dates amid health concerns, with about eight days lost and no firm make up plan yet.
Concord New births to local parents reported in the past week. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Paul J Kress 38 Hubbard Street August 31 and a son to Mr and Mrs Gerald Dinneen Garfield Road September 4.
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