Tragic Train Fatality At R R Crossing In West Concord
A 22 year old Bedford truck driver, Richard E. Maddox of 17 Pine Street, was killed early Monday at the Baker Avenue crossing as a west bound B and M train struck his truck. He died at Emerson Hospital with Dr LeRoy P Houck confirming. Police described a fail to clear the crossing before lights flashed red as an east bound train neared. Firefighters and police conducted a joint investigation with railroad officials and registry inspectors. Engineer Cleveland Gardner and conductor Chester E Silver were identified.
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West Concord
Bedford
John J. Flannery
Baker Avenue
Emerson Hospital
Richard E. Maddox
Pine Street
LeRoy P. Houck
Maddox
Flannery
Boston
Pearson
Harry A .Patterson
Thoas. Tabet
Walter “Whales
Norman Christian
Carl Anderson
Owen Pierce
Robert E. Kelley
James Alexander
Ralph Thileen
Edward McMorrow
Bernard Sullivan
Chelmsford
Cleveland Gardner
Harvard Street
Charlestown
Chester E. Silver
Fragmentary legal notice yields unclear Con event
A damaged OCR fragment references Concord, Main Street, and DePaola with vague legal and invitation language. The text is unreadable and lacks concrete actions, dates, or identifiable entities to summarize a clear news item.
Night following week by department of school
Fragmentary notice notes a schedule adjustment by a school department with an event slated for the following week. No names or places are clearly readable. Further details are unavailable in the surviving text.
Prominent Names Featured in Local Notices
In a fragmented clipping, mentions of well known individuals and key names surface, noting success and continued activity across various affairs and communities. The text references prominent figures linked to local events and ongoing engagements.
Two Little Words End Currier's Recreation Commission Term
At a Monday meeting in Concord the resignation of Rudolph W. Currier of 255 Main Street was accepted. He had served eight and a half years and been elected three times to three year terms, leaving only two words I resign.
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Concord
Town House
Concord ‘Recreation Commission
Rudolph W. Currier
Main Street
Currier
King's Daughters To Meet Tuesday at First Parish Vestry
The King's Daughters will meet in the vestry of the First Parish Unitarian Church on Tuesday October 4 at 2 o'clock for the first fall meeting. Co-hostesses named are Mrs Beat Jetter and Mrs Tompins.
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Concord
King’s Daughters
First Parish Unitarian Church
Beat Jetter
Tompins
Grennan Selected To Head Society At Concord High
Concord High School announces new National Honor Society officers for the coming year Kevin Grennan will serve as president. Other officers include Betty Nagle as vice president Alice Place as secretary and Douglas as treasurer.
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Concords
Concord High School
Kevin Grennan
Reformatory Supt
Edward S. Grennan
Betty Nagle
Alice Place
Douglas
Concord Rainbow installation honors Laura Larsen as worthy advisor
Concord Assembly No. 53 O R G installed Laura Larsen of Carlisle as worthy advisor at the Masonic Temple. Dardana Berry led the installing suite with Miss Larsen joined by Nancy Wright, Dorothy Fiske, Lolia Ianiello, Judith Lapham and Pauline Anderson. Attendees included Donald M. Smith and Hawthorne OES members. October events include a business meeting and fundraisers.
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Concord
Concord Assembly No
Order of the Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Laura Larsen
Bellows Hill Road
Carlisle
Kris Larsen
Dardana Berry
Grand Assembly of Massachusetts
Miss Berry
Concord Rainbow
Russell Berry
Hosmer Road
Acton
Nancy Wright
Marshall
Dorothy Fiske
Lolia Ianiello
Judith Lapham
Pauline Anderson
Donald M. Smith
Corinthian Lodge
Robert Irwin
Hawthorne Chapter
Massachusetts
East Haven
Connecticut
Eisenhower Visitors Register Over 250000 At Home
Abilene Kansas reports that more than a quarter of a million visitors have registered at the boyhood home of President Eisenhower. In eight years since opening to the public the White Frame House has drawn guests from every state and 102 foreign countries.
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Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
White Frame House
Route from New York to San Francisco Longest Highway Path
A 3062 mile cross country route is listed as the best highway path from New York City to San Francisco by the American Automobile Association. The guide identifies the main corridors and connecting roads used for the journey.
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New York City
San Francisco
American Automobile Assn
Ireland Exchange Student Arrives at Concord High School
Concord High welcomes Robin Dunseath from Ireland as part of the American Field Service exchange program. He has quickly made friends among students and staff.
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Concord
Concord High School
Robin Dunseath
Ireland
American Field Service
New Faculty at Fenn for School Year
Concord announces four new faculty members for the coming year Christopher M Davies B A and Cert Ed Cambridge England Miss Margaret Gilman Goucher College formerly Concord Academy Rye Country Day and Brooks School of Concord Kenneth J Jackson Jr AB Ed M University of Massachusetts and James A Mitchell Jr Yale A building campaign begun 1952 with a new gym and four classrooms plus a residence for a married man completed this summer a dormitory wing planned later A housewarming Sunday October 2 from 4 to 6 for parents to meet the faculty
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Concord
The
Fenn
Christopher M.davies
Cambridge
England
Margaret Gilman
Goucher College
Concord Academy
Rye Country Day
Brooks School of Concord
Kenneth J. Jackson, Jr
University of Massachusetts
James A. Mitchell, Jr
Yale
E. L. Hodgson Company
Urge Concord Build Station On Lowell Road
A letter urged the town to place a new fire department building on the vacant lot owned by the Town on Lowell Road opposite Macone's Garage. The writer argued the site is ample, central, nonresidential, unproblematic for grading, and would preserve Heywood Street and Lexington Road land for other uses. Benj amin F. Clark signs the appeal.
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Fire Department
Lowell Road
Macone
Heywood Street
Lexington Road
Benjamin F. Clark
Illinois completes surveys for 12 million national road test
Location surveys for a 12 million national road testing project have been completed in Ottawa Illinois. Construction of an eight mile test highway will start next year with Illinois and about 44 other states taking part. The Federal Bureau of Public Roads and private industries join the American Association of State Highway Officials in the two year test to collect data for future road construction. The two lane divided pavement will eventually become part of US 6 near Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Ill
Illinois
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
American Association of State Highway Officials
Two New Agencies Benefit From This Year’s Community Chest
The campaign supports two new agencies aiding temporary needy in the Boston area. One backs food, clothing, fuel, medical care and cash to those in need and funds camps for children and mothers. The Concord Friendly Aid Society provides family services with a full time social worker and sponsors the Golden Age Club and a hobby program for shut-ins.
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Wonderland
Sharon
Boston
Concord Friendly Aid Society
Concord
Golden Age Club
United Defense Fund
US O
Massachusetts
Massache Association For Mental Health, Inc
Massachusetts Community Organization Service
Massachusetts Conference of Social Work
Massachusetts Society For Social Hygiene
United Prison Association of Massachusetts
Salvation Army
Concord Friendly
Aid Society
U.S.O
Concord Rotary Hosts New School Superintendent Speaker
Concord Rotary Club welcomed Dr Angelo Giaudrone, new superintendent of schools, as luncheon speaker at Howard Johnsons. Past President Morton R Seavey introduced him and his talk titled Its Good to be in Concord. Last weeks fines bucket went to the Catholic Guild for the Blind. A joint Rotary Lions meeting is planned for October 27.
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Concord
Concord Rotary Club
Howard Johnson
Angelo Giaudrone
Morton R. Seavey
Giadrone
Catholic Guild For the Blind
Concord Rotarians
Concord Lions
Lee
Donald Sinclair
Bruce Old
Ernest Spinney
Raymond Travis
E. Cary Brown
Anna Macon
Carl Sproul
George Thomas
Charles Redford
Bradley Dewey
Roger Duncan
Alexander Ellis, Jr
Edward True
Samuel Kent
Citizens’ Council
Cedric Valentine
Union Church Education Sessions At Trinity Elm Street
West Concord reports a religious education institute at Trinity Episcopal Church on Elm Street Monday at 7 45. The senior choir rehearses Wednesday at 7 45 p m the Skittlers bow on Friday at 7 45 p m and the youth choir rehearses Saturday at 10 am.
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West Concord
Trinity Episcopal Church
Elm Street
Senor
Mae
Warrant articles close date announced for town meeting
The Concord board of selectmen reminds residents that the early closing of articles for the 1956 town meeting warrants is on November 1. All articles must be submitted by that date.
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Concord
Board of Selectmen
Install Officers of Concord K. C On Tuesday Night
Concord Council announces the installation of new officers at the next regular meeting Tuesday evening October 4 at 8 oclock in Monument Hall. Grand Knight John F Donovan will be inducted by District Deputy Albert Keating of Medford with other council officers. Refreshments will be served. A first degree is planned for October 18 turkey whist for November 1 and sports night November 15
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Concord
Concord Council
K. of C
Monument Hall
John F. Donovan
Albert Keating
Medford
Turkey
Means Erecting New District Buildings
Concord voters attend a joint meeting of the Citizens Council and the Concord School Committee where the final report on school expansion was accepted. The plan calls for a new school in the Alcott and Thoreau districts with an architect to be chosen soon.
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Concord
Citizen’s Council
Winthrop H. Lee
Alcott
Thoreau
General J
Volunteer Boys Aid Lions in One Big Bulb Sale Day
Concord Lions clubs join Massachusetts campaign with 7000 members. local drive on Saturday October 8 plans full town canvass. William Damon and Stanley Howard lead Concord committee. West Concord volunteers join. District Governor D Urso urges best effort in largest fund raiser of the year.
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Concord
Lions'Clubs of
Massachusetts
Concord Club
William H. Damon
Stanley M. Howard
Lions
West Concord
Mssachusetts Lions
Ston L. MacNeill
Peabody
John J. ‘D’urso
Six Year Old Polio Victim in Concord Case
Concord reports another polio case a six year old, Douglas Richter of Powers Road. He was stricken late last week and admitted to Children’s Medical Hospital in Boston. This makes eight local cases in Concord this season, with six being children.
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Concord
Board of Health
Douglas Richter
Powers Road
Children’s Medical Hospital
Boston
Trinitarian Church Names William Walker as Education Director
Concord The Trinitarian Congregational Church of Concord selects William Walker of Medford Oregon as part time director of Religious Education. A University of Oregon graduate now at Boston University School of Theology he will guide Christian Education and will live in Boston starting this week.
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Concord
Trinitarian Congregational Church of
Concecord
William Walker
Medford
Oregon
Mr. Walker
University of Oregon
Boston University School of Theology
Mexico
Walker
Boston
World Wide Communion Sunday Observed in Concord
In Concord the Trinitarian Congregational Church marks World Wide Communion Sunday with an 11 a.m. service led by deacon in charge Joseph Hawthorne. The spread across Protestant churches emphasizes a shared sacrament amid global observances and risks in Communist lands.
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Trinitarian Congregational Church of Concord
Joseph Hawthorne
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