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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1954
Page
3
Mazelle Wild of Christian organization speaks at the first fall guild in Concord Union on September 27. The event centers on children’s work and staff leadership training with speakers including Damon and William H. Estey. Hostesses featured Mrs Knig Vigliotti and Mrs Herbert Edwin B. Nylen.
Sudbury and Ply mouth residents Mr and Mrs Henry L Nelson and daughter Christine and son Buddy attended the Mayflower South Pomona Grange gathering at Memorial Hall Plymouth Mass last Saturday Fifty three young rollerskating performers from a Plymouth Grange sponsored group presented dancing and acrobatic stunts The audience cheered as youths aged five to fourteen wowed attendees Speakers included Mrs Stanley Havens Mass State Chairman of Home and Community Service Mrs Donald Peck National Grange Home Economics Chairwoman and others from Arlington Falmouth Lanesboro Connecticut and Sudbury Grange
Parents-Teacher Association and Sudbury Grange sponsor a teachers reception in the Sidbury Town Hall Auditorium at 8 p.m. Tuesday September 28. Dr. James Laurits, Newton High School assistant principal and Newton Surbival College director, speaks on The Rise of the Year Old. Social hour and refreshments follow. all jury folks invited.
Mrs. Delia T. Holmes widow of William C Holmes died Sunday at Leonard Morse Hospital Natick after two weeks illness. Born in County Mayo Ireland she lived two years in Sudbury with son Robert W Holmes and family. Survived by three sons Albert J Holmes John L Holmes and Robert W Holmes and two daughters Agnes M Heririkus and Beatrice V Tremlett plus several grandchildren. funeral held at McNamara Funeral Home Brighton with a solemn requiem high mass at Our Lady of Presentation Church and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery Malden.
The Sudbury Grange met at the Grange hall on Tuesday September 14. Officers elected for 1954-56 include Master Harris W Cripps Overseer Henry L Nelson Lecturer Rose Morris Steward Royce Greenwood Gate Keeper Hansen Treasurer David Baldwin Chaplain Hone Baldwin Secretary Hilda Whitbey Lady Assistant Rachel Adams Pianist Ruth N Oliver and Rodney Hadley serves on the Executive Committee for three years. The next meeting is September 28 with a combined session with the Sudbury PTA.
Axton Foliee Co notes that no utility system faced a longer restoration period after hurricanes Carol and Edna. Edison field forces were reinforced by out of state crews from Detroit Akron and Cincinnati. By late Monday night Edna damage was largely cleared in Boston Edison Company’s service area of 40 cities and towns.
Sudbury Woman's Club begins its 1954 56 season on Wednesday October 6 at 3 PM in the lower Sudbury Town Hall. The meeting features installation of new officers and a keynote by Clyde C Hanfant auctioneer on What Makes Auctioneers Tick.
A Monday evening stork shower honored Mrs. Richard Hawes at Mrs. Gorton Peterson’s Peakhorn Road home. Pink and white decor surrounded the event as about fifteen Sudbury friends offered beautiful and useful gifts to the new mother.
Mr and Mrs L Roy Haiwes have returned to the United States after a six week trip to the British Isles Scandinavia and the Peninsula plus Switzerland Holland Germany and France. Mrs Hawes returns to Sudbury on Tuesday while Mr Hawes will arrive next weekend after attending a Taxtive Grange board meeting in Washington DC. Memorial Congregational Church invites friends to the Fall Frolic a formal dance at the Wayside Inn Friday September 24 from 8 30 p m to 12 30 a m.
The Public Health Department calls for yearly physicals for school entrants and in 6th 9th and 12th grades. If a family doctor is unavailable school nurses will examine pupils at school and inform parents of needed follow up. Parents should return medical reports within a month and keep ill children at home to avoid bus exposure.
Miss Laventer Trainer of Duxbury became Mrs. Charles G. Carothers III in a12 30 ceremony at the Piferim International Church in Duxbury with Rev Edwin Anthony of Plymouth officiating. Attendants included matron of honor Mrs Paul Cole Barber and bridesmaids from Duxbury Robbinsville Peterham and Dover. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs Charles G Carothers of Sudbury. The ceremony featured gowns in ivy green and bronze, with delphiniums and chrysanthemums in bouquets.
The 23rd Infantry Band of the Fourth Division participated in Saugus's 325th anniversary parade and made a fine impression. Reported by O. Harry Neislen of Bed ord, the event drew favorable remarks from spectators.
The First Parish Church Sudbury Center plans its Annual Country Fairs for October 12 with Mrs Walter Hickler as general chair. The Women's Association attends planning meetings and hosts a church supper on October 2. Rummage sale dates and voter registration deadlines in Sudbury are announced, along with a September 28 club meeting and contact for information.
The couple plans to reside in Milton after a wedding trip to Nantucket. The announcement notes their departure and future home in Milton.
Sudbury Middlesex Central Pomona Grange No 23 held at Acton Town Hall on September 15 1953 electing a full slate for 1954 55 with Master William Dean Lincoln Grange Overseer John Turkelsen Acton Grange Lecturer Mrs Freda Comley Bedford Grange Steward Gordon Osgood Lexington Grange Asst Steward Harris W Cripps Secretary Anne Duclos Maynard Grange Gate Keeper Michael Curran Lexington Grange Treasurer Clayton Morse Lexington Grange Past Master etc plus a program by Rodney Hadley featuring auctioneer Clyde Hannant. The next Pomona meeting will be October 20 at the Town Hall.
Albert Hosmer of Videyard Haven visits his sister Miss Florence Armés Hosmier during a brief stay, with family gatherings noted as the centerpiece of the trip.
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