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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1961
Page
14
The town of Maynard advances a long overdue modernization including a new town house post office and library by early 1962. Improvements also cover a police and fire station Green Mead ow School Memorial Gym and a hoped for new high school following previous voter rejection.
The article critiques naming Concords Emerson Junior High and Emerson Building due to confusion with Maynards Emerson Junior High. It notes the auditorium is also labeled Emerson Junior High Auditorium and praises Wells A Hall, longtime principal and superintendent. The portrait remains in the lobby to honor his 38 years of service.
In Lexington, activists fought to save trees ordered cut to straighten a dangerous highway. A court ordered the trees back after a state backed expansion of the Walden Pond swimming area faced opposition. Four summers have passed with no return of the trees and limited swimming facilities for local youth.
A 38 year old England steelworker shaved off half his beard because it tickled his wife. A.P reports Henk Luyex, 24, a Dutch lion tamer in Germany, did not show up for work after being bitten by a mouse while he usually handles five tigers. Emergency phone numbers listed include towns Acton Bedford Boxboro Carlisle Concord Lincoln Maynard Stow Sudbury and state police EM 9-4100.
A whimsical poem about a brass horse on a weather vane that prances in the breeze. It swings with the wind from east to west to north or south, never arriving or leaving, always moving atop the barn on the hill through heat, snow, rain, and sun.
The American Automobile Association Massachusetts Division calls for immediate steps to protect bus riders. Secretary Robert S. Kretschmar argues for two patrols per bus and ongoing traffic safety education for students, with parents urged to reinforce safe behavior. The guide lists eight rules from arriving early to staying seated and following drivers’ instructions.
Irving Manning owner of Manning's Pharmacy in Maynard is described as a tireless community figure. Born in Waltham he studied at St Marys High School and NE College of Pharmacy. He expanded from three to twelve employees and remains active in Chamber of Commerce Rotary and St Bridgets parish while supporting youth education.
Historians recount that the first coffee break originated with an impoverished shepherd named Kaldi on the plains of Araby. He observed his goats leaping after eating berries, tasted the fruit, and thereby introduced coffee’s pleasures to the world.
Col W Bruce Pirnie veteran of WWI and WWII spoke to Concord Rotarians about his Asia trip with Mrs Pirnie visiting Bangkok Hong Kong and Formosa He argued a move against tyranny in China and praised education industry and agriculture shown in color film He noted Formosa progress and the 49th republic anniversary spectacle and ended with Thunder Tigers flying display ED NOTE Pirnie a former Concord resident and friend of Chiang Kai-shek appears in the piece
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