Cars Collide at Acton Corner Green Light Disputed
A Sunday evening crash at Kelley’s corner on Route 27 caused only property damage. Robert L. Sarsfield 25 of Bolton and Frances R. McLane 38 of North Acton were involved. McLane’s car sustained about $200 damage and needed towing. Sarsfield’s about $150. McLane’s license had expired by two days. Police investigated with Officers Scribner and Davis at 9:30 p.m.
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West Acton
Sarsfield
David Scribner
Irving Davis
Acton Po Gup
Concord DeMolay Opens New Season Meeting
Concord DeMolay Chapter opened its season with a Friday night gathering at Masonic Temple. With Worshipful Master Bloyd McManus Jr. away in Falmouth, Past Master David Le Ballister led the session as routine business and several applications were presented. Next regular meeting set for Friday September 28. Windows cleaning tip noted glycerine on dirty panes.
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Concord
Masonic Tenple
Bloyd McManus, Jr
Falmouth
David Le‘Ballister
Annual NROTC Examination Set For December 8
Vice Admiral James A Hallo way Jr announced the 11th annual national NROTC competitive examinations for high school seniors. Applications due November 17 with forms available at schools colleges and Navy recruiting stations. The program funds tuition and books and provides a $600 yearly retainer for four years plus potential flight training. Enlistees may join the Navy or Marine Corps after four years and a rigid physical in 1957. About 2,000 will be selected to begin in September.
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James A. Halloway, Jr
Naval Personnel
Navy
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Naval Academy
Civilian College
Marine Corps
Aes
NROTC
Nrotct
Marines
Chief of Naval Personnel
Washington
D.C
Sybil Jane Moore Named Worthy Advisor for Concord Rainbow Girls
Concord Rainbow Girls held their first meeting of the season on September 8 electing new officers. Sybil Jane Moore of West Concord was chosen worthy advisor and will be installed by Georgina Pheps of South Acton, a past worthy advisor, at the Masonic Temple after a 6:30 supper on September 29.
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Concord
Concord Rainbow Girls
Sybil Jane Moore
West Concord
Masonic Temple
Georgina’ Pheps
South Acton
Concord notices and events highlight local groups
Local residents are reminded about the old Chanse Harvest for the Catholic Guild for the Blind to be held between Labor Day and Columbus Day with Florence Casey as chairman. George Fingold attended a testimonial for Billerica’s new police chief Joseph Ryan, joined by Ephraim Martin and Sheriff Howard Fitzpatrick at the event. The Holy Nation Society of Our Lady Help of Christians Church in West Concord plans its first fall meeting for Sunday October 14.
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Stain
Catholic Guild For the Blind
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Florence (Finan) Casey
Belknan Street
George Fingold
Lowell Road
Billerica
Joseph L. Ryan
Ephraim Martin
Howard Fitzpatrick
The
Holy Natie Society of Our Lady Help of Christians Church
West Concord
Occupational Wage Survey Will Be Held In Boston Area
A comprehensive wage survey for the Boston area will begin this week. Wendell D. Macdonald, Regional Director of the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics, announced the study, conducted with the Department of Defense. Field staff will visit 250 firms across manufacturing, transportation, communications, utilities, wholesale and retail trade, finance, insurance, real estate and service industries to report average wages and benefits.
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Boston
Wendell D. Macdonald
U. S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Defense
Smith Cow Panel Reports High Milk Yield for Crete Cow
W Smith of Carlisle's Great Brook Farm reports Shaw's Jewel Daunt less Crete No. 2454515 produced 13258 pounds of milk and 477 pounds of butter fat as an eight year old. She was milked twice daily for 365 days averaging 17 quarts daily. Testing conducted at Brattleboro Vermont by the Holstein Friesian Association with University of Massachusetts cooperation.
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Carlisle—Farmham
W. Smith
Carlisle
Great Brook Farm
Shaw
Brattleboro
Vermont
Holstein-Friesian Association
University of Massachusetts
Endorsement Backing Ephraim Martin for Middlesex DA
Former Governor Robert F. Bradford and former Public Safety Commissioner Daniel Needham back Ephraim Martin for election as Middlesex County District Attorney. They cite his 15 years as First Assistant and recent tenure as DA, urging Republican and independent voters to support him at the September 18 primary.
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Robert F. Bradford
Daniel Needham
Middlesex County
Ephraim Martin
Martin
Bradford
Middlesex
George E. Thompson
Christian Herter
Commissioner of Public Safety
Leedham
Department of Public Safety
Public Safety
Needham
Yale doctor notes people swallow objects too
Dr John A Kirchner of Yale medical school reports he has removed hundreds of foreign objects from patients of all ages. Objects range from small change to beads toys bugs and bones including fish fowl and other animals.
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New Haven, Conn
Yale
John A. Kirchner
New England Council warns on dwindling water supplies
At the 124th quarterly New England Council meeting in New Castle New Hampshire Nathan Tufts, chairman of the water resources committee, warned that water consumption has risen 1300 percent in 50 years and shortages will develop. He urged treating water as a vital resource and cited flood control planning supported by Congress.
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New Castle
N.H
America
New England Council
Nathan Tufts
Council
Tufts
Container Associates, Inc
Greenfield
Mass
Congress
W Warren Duffy
Hartford, Conn
Times
Connecticut River Watershed Council
Thenecticut Watershed Council
Man Injured After Broom Handle Penetrates Throat
In Sault Ste Marie Michigan UPJ reports Harrison O Connor sustained a severe throat injury when a makeshift bench collapsed while he leaned on a push broom handle. The handle broke through his neck and exited his mouth requiring surgery to remove part of his throat.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Harrison O’connor
O’connor
By the Old Timers
Walter T McLaren recalls meeting Billie Dixon in the Texas panhandle near Amarillo about 61 years ago. He notes Dixon’s shooting of an Indian from a mile away and the ensuing raid by Indians on buffalo hunters, with Dixon aiding fellow pioneers in the fight.
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Walter T. McLaren
Park
California
Billie Dixon
Amarillo
Texas
Colonel Goodnight
Mr. Dixon
Inoe
B Ranch
Henry Taylor
Missouri
Texago Rangers
Coma Naite
Frankfort
Kentucky
Hat care and Norse barter in Orkney history
A practice tip suggests refreshing a straw hat with cold coffee and paper stuffed in the crown. A historical note states the Orkney Islands were pledged to Scotland by Norway in 1468 as security for a Norwegian dowry.
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Alabama
Orkney Islands
Scotland
Norway
Fragmented OCR snippet about art, people, and places
The readable text mentions painters, a camera firm, and a Miramonte area. It references Carl Siemston Print ton and Candles, with vague notes on work, control, and mercial world. The fragment lacks a clear event or outcome.
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Carl Siemston
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