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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1951
Page
13
Hudson News notes the King Sail Encampment 1 0 0 F will install officers on Wednesday evening October 3 at Odd Fellows hall with Carl McKinstrey and suite of Worcester officiating. Raymond Hill to be inducted as chief patriarch along with Edward Reynard high priest Charles Boyce senior warden Fred Wilson financial scribe Clarence E Lively treasurer Hugh Batchelder junior warden Herman H Collins trustee.
Bedford The Mission rosary circle met at the home of Mrs Thomas Poleo with 26 members present. Plans were made for Christmas work for missions and a series of card parties in October were announced. Refreshments were served by Mrs Poleo with help from Mrs Salvatoré Albani and Mrs Constance Poleo.
Rep Russell reports on House Bill 2794 setting minimum seventy five dollars monthly for aged residents outside a family, and fifty five inside a family. It funds needed increases via taxes on cigarettes and intangible gains, with liens on recipient estates and parental contribution rules.
The Metropolitan Opera brings the English version of Johann Strauss Fledermaus to the Boston Opera House on Monday October 8 for a week long run with midweek and weekend matinees. The touring company follows last season's Met run that drew sold out houses and bravos. Advance mail order details are available from local manager Mrs Anita Davis Chase at 420 Boylston Street Boston.
Signs reading warning fee grabbing appeared north and south of Rockwood in a prank. Police left the notices hoping they would scare motorists into slowing down. Mayor Lloyd G. McCluen urged stronger signs to deter speeding. Each sign measures 12 by 10 inches.
Maynard resident Miss B. Ann Thompson, raised at 178 Great Road, who finished Maynard High School in 1949, completed studies at the Katharine Gibbs School Boston and secured a placement through Gibbs for a position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex probate court issues notice for estate of Mark Newton late of Maynard. Alice O Carson of Sudbury is named administrator without bond. Objections must be filed in Cambridge by October 16, 1951. Witness John C Leggat Esquire First Judge. John J Butler Register. Sept 27 Oct 4 1951.
Marlboro Mr and Mrs Lewis F Whitney of Rockport returned from a vacation in New Hampshire and Vermont and spent the weekend at Whitney Pewter Shop founder’s former home. Friends read a half page Christian Science Monitor feature profiling their humbling start and rise to craft recognition with four pictures. The highest eastern radio station is WMIT at Clingmans Peak North Carolina near the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The 69th Bolton Fair will be held Wednesday October 3 under the Bolton Farmers and Mechanics Association with Massachusetts Department of Agriculture aid. Hours are 11 a m to 9 p m. A junior cattle show with a showmanship class is featured, on grounds near Bolton Town Hall Route 117. Admission to grounds is free, exhibit hall has a small entry fee. Exhibits include vegetables fruits flowers preserved products eggs honey ham cooked foods and crafts plus commercial and industrial booths. William Pearse is president and Mrs Dorothy Mayo is secretary. The Bolton Federated Church will provide luncheons and suppers. Apples from the local famed orchard area will draw interest. Junior show animals must be owned by exhibitors. under 18 showmanship entrants compete for cattle conditioning and display.
U S Representative Philip J. Philbin urged the Veterans Administration to study establishing a veterans domiciliary home at the Framingham Cushing VA hospital after the Boston 1000 bed facility opens. He warned VA may close Framingham hospital and cited long waiting times for care in Massachusetts, calling for action to relieve conditions.
A fragment notes Keene based Faulkners Colony Mills dating to 1815 and a 70 year history of scarlet flannel underwear. The reference mentions hooded longjohn unions and origins tied to local mills in Keene New Hampshire.
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