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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1957
Page
1
Disjointed OCR fragment references neighborhood disputes over signs and access, a judge, possible purchase of a site, and mentions of a Raytheon plant and new schools. No clear events or dates emerge beyond vague local civic discussions and planning notes.
Fragmentary text outlines timings and venues for a weekly community selection and events. Mentions Box Hill alarm system and streets such as Main Street Sudbury Nine Acre Stil alarm. Details are incomplete.
Officials issue seasonal rules on water use for wineries and vineyard operations. Rules focus on irrigation limits, reporting of water use, and penalties for excessive consumption during hot months.
Concord editor Rudolph W Currie leads a group of about 25 newsmen and radio TV personnel on a four day press tour from Hanscom Air Base to the Air Force missile development center near Alamogordo New Mexico. The trip includes a test launch of an Aerobee Hi rocket reaching over 120 miles and a visit to Sacramento Peak Observatory 9000 feet high in the desert.
Concord Airman Basic JamesThomas Sottile 20 son of Mr and Mrs G OT Ron Concord joins 3357th Student Squadron at Chanute AFB Ill to study aircraft hydraulic repair. He will complete 17 weeks of training after Lackland AFB and Chanute offers over 80 courses to prepare aircraft operations and maintenance specialists for the Air Force mission.
The Concord Lions Club will meet Tuesday September 24 at 7 PM at Howard Johnsons West Concord. President John C. Collins will preside and announce the program. The group notes the return of meetings after summer cook outs and has named Capt. Leslie King as chair of the October light bulb campaign.
The seventh meeting of the disaster plan executive committee is scheduled for Tuesday September 24 at 9 p.m. in Emerson Hospital conference room. Sound recordings of previous meetings will be available from 7 30 p.m. to 9 p.m. for review. Dr Jack K Holmes secretary of the medical staff reports.
The Concord school committee seeks name suggestions for two new elementary schools under construction on Old Bedford road and Powder Mills road. Submit ideas to the school department office on Stow street or to Mrs. Ernest Spinney at 14 Assabet Avenue, West Concord.
Concord safety officer urges parental vigilance against indecent exposure and stranger danger after police report six arrests and ten unreported cases since January. He lists child safety rules and advises contacting the police or Chief Robert E Kelley for guidance.
The West Concord P. T. A. executive board will host a tea for teachers of Thoreau and Harvey Wheeler schools this afternoon from 3:30 to 5:00 at the Thoreau cafeteria and gymnasium. The event aims to honor the teachers.
Concord locals of the Gov. David I. Walsh Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus announce a first fall meeting on Tuesday Sept 24 at Brookline K of C Home at 8 30 PM. The slate lists Louis J Me gs as slated for installation with officers to be installed Oct 8 at Concord Council headgate. A ladies night program was held.
Concord The board of selectmen has drawn three jurors to report for duty at East Cambridge Court on Oct. 7. They are Stanley M. Howard of Alcott road, Robert Pansa of 2 MacArthur road for traverse jury, and Alexander Johnson of 232 Main Street for criminal session.
Concord citizens council plans an organizational meeting Monday September 23 at 8 pm in the Town House court room. A nominating committee will present a slate including chairman vice chairman and secretary with elections to follow that night. Members named are Alexander C. Peters Mrs Earl B Wheeler and Michele G Lombardo.
The Concord board of health met at the Town House to review restaurant inspections with Dr Earl B Wheeler as chairman. Office moves within the Town House were announced and mutual refuse disposal plans with Lincoln are to be discussed on October 14.
Fire crews from Concord and Central stations were dispatched on Monday afternoon to a woods and field fire off Old Marlboro road near the John J Flannery residence. The blaze caused little damage and marked the 240th alarm of the year. Box 315 was activated. Egyptian farmers place fish in the water to protect rice crops as the fish feed on insects and weeds and the waste fertilizes the soil.
Concord leaders and residents petitioned in East Cambridge to restrain county commissioners from altering Walden pond shore and adjacent woods. The request seeks enforcement of donor terms and the preservation of the historic site tied to Thoreau and Emerson.
Concord A tea for teachers of the Alcott School and room mothers will be held in the school cafeteria Wednesday afternoon September 25 to welcome the new room mothers. Mrs Barbara Root and Mrs Hazel Thayer head the room mothers team.
Concord reports roof repairs at the Walden street light plant sub-station built about three years ago. Rising shingles from overheating caused leaks. $800 roofing cost to be covered by the light plant. The facility houses $200,000 worth of equipment. architect Edward K. True, planning board chair, oversaw the project.
Town Manager Theodore M. Nelson reports a meeting of the Personnel Board to be held on September 26 at the Town House. All town employees are welcome to attend at 8 o clock to discuss wages and fringe benefits. George S. Lawton chairs the board.
Concord matters the town building inspector role. Town Manager Theodore M. Nelson announces consolidation of building inspector duties with Town Engineer Anthony J. Canon effective October 1. Nichols says he may speak next week.
At a Concord Town House meeting the Concord Recreation Commission voted unanimously to add toilet facilities and to communicate the substance of the vote to town citizens and to the water safety program chairman of the Concord Chapter of the Red Cross. Chairman Richard F. Wood and members Barry Higgins John Lambert Elsie Kennedy Anne McGrath Clifford Pulis Julian Tolman signed the document. Elizabeth Mattison concurred in spirit though not present.
In Concord late Tuesday afternoon two cars collided at Hubbard and Stow streets. Drivers Edith F Eaton aged 74 of 87 Sudbury Road and Leonard Cullinane 19 of Commonwealth Avenue were taken to Emerson Hospital with treatment. A passenger also was hospitalized. Cullinane drove a local taxi. Patrolmen Yauga and Dolan investigated.
Havana oldest newspaper marks its 125th anniversary with a special 336 page edition bound luxuriously. The issue was distributed to subscribers.
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