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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1954
Page
4
Public notice from the Enterprise Press Inc. Marlboro Massachusetts date August 25 1908 declares second class matter and typographical error reprint policy. It lists eastern representatives Julius Mathews Special Agency Boston and New York addresses and offers subscription terms including single copies and yearly rates.
A U S Air Force initiative in Texas trains incarcerated personnel to return to honorable service. Since February 1952 over 1,800 men have retrained, with more than half already back in service. The program studies each case, seeks extenuating circumstances, and aims to reclaim offenders as useful citizens.
A debate centers on whether Communism is a political belief open to all occupations. Advocates argue the party is a hoax whose end is complete subjugation, justifying deceit and fraud. They contend that academic freedom cannot embrace such a principle.
A Shamokin Citizen editorial urges continued effort to attract new industries without harming existing local businesses. It argues that supporting home industries protects jobs and expands operations, citing consumer spending at local printers, clothing dealers, service stations, and hardware shops. A Catskill Mountain Star column then lists four civic guidance points for community service and youth example.
Roy Young asked two nurses if they would know what to do in an accident before taking off from a short Dickinson runway. He laughed and joked then piloted the plane aloft and crashed at the end of the strip. He died on arrival at Dickinson Hospital.
Ronnie Gaylord exits army and Mercury plans a split lead with two singers backing the new Gaylords sound. Jeff Chandler branches into songwriting with That's All She's Waiting to Hear and creates Chandler Music. Toni Arden's brother Jan joins Capitol recording plans. Stanley Kenton revives Lady is Red at Capitol. Jerry Lewis and Nat King Cole releases noted. The DeJohn Sisters and Somethin Smith and the Skylarks also feature in this week’s platter chatter.
The term private eye traces to the 1980s and the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Its emblem featured a wide open eye with the slogan We Never Sleep, a phrase later used to describe private detectives.
This note explains that the phrase originated with North American Indians who hid hostility before peace talks by burying tomahawks. It traces the custom to the ceremonial gesture used before smoking the peace pipe.
The Concord Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce thanks Mr Russell Eldridge and his crews for restoring electric power after the recent hurricanes. Executives praise their long hours and efficiency mitigating losses to perishables and minimize community disruption. Signed by George E Erickson Executive Secretary.
A note on chili toasted crackers suggests serving with soup or as snacks. Separately, a Census Bureau estimate projects 31,934,000 children and youth enrolled in public private and parochial schools nationwide this September, with at least 4,825,000 entering first grade.
Early perfume makers sent blends to sea to mix components and mimic ocean motion. Modern practice still uses open bottles on turntables to simulate shipboard agitation and air impact in fragrance development.
The 1640 club of the First Parish church met at Mrs. Kenneth Ritchie’s home led by club president. Officers include Mrs. Hammond Reed secretary and Mrs. Ira Amesbury treasurer. Plans include a November 6 church supper and entertainment and weekly meetings at Mrs. Amesbury’s home through October 12 to aid publicity and a children's table for the Country Fair.
Pvt John S Raynor of Sudbury Massachusetts will graduate this week from the Pole Line Construction Course at The Southeastern Signal School Camp Gordon Georgia The eight week program trains enlisted men to build maintain and rehabilitate open wire cable and field wire communications systems He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Raynor Jr He will be reassigned to an active US Army unit and the school is part of the Signal Corps Training Center a large communications college supplying technicians to Army units worldwide
Sunday school classes reopen October 3 at First Parish Unitarian. Rev Edward P Danjiels preached on An Ancient Custom last Sunday. W P A luncheon at vestry followed. Fashion show co chaired by Mrs James Blackburne and Mrs Theodore Sylvester set for October 8 at Rose Hawthorne School auditorium. Rum mage sale by Our Lady Help of Christians CDA Friday at 10 am. Y P F met at Trinity church. T A G s meet Friday at 8. Boy Scouts planning annual waste paper collection. Senior choir rehearsals Wednesdays at West Concord Union Church. Sunday school overseen by Harry W Hanson. Trinitarian Church Men’s Club supper Friday at 6 30. U S maintains two ocean weather stations near Honolulu and between Honolulu and Tokyo.
Sudbury observances highlighted the work of Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries led by Henry Helms. The event showcased inclusive labor, with handicapped workers repairing and reclaiming items for sale to fund wages. The program aims to provide opportunities, not charity, and invites donations to support employment.
Carlisle Grange will hold its next regular meeting on Wednesday October 6 at 8 o clock at the hall Mrs Marion Pedersen master will preside Plans will be made for the installation of new officers set for Wednesday October 20 at the hall
Ed Williamson of 11 Willow Street Concord begins freshman year at Springfield College as the academic year opens with a convocation by Dr. Ralph Bunche deputy secretary general of the United Nations. Bunche urged students to become good citizens and pursue study and service in human relations work with agencies worldwide.
Concord Old Concord Chapter DAR marks its 60th anniversary at the first fall meeting at Colonial Inn. The guest speaker is Dr. A Warren Stearns of Billerica, psychiatrist and Tufts Medical School faculty. State officers will be invited guests.
Concord officials held the first committee meeting at the Town House to plan the annual United Nations Day observance next month. Co chairmen named are Mrs Susanne Morse and Paul G Counihan. Public participation is welcome and details on place and time will be announced.
Corporal Richard C Hopkins son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Hopkins Darton road Concord serves in Germany with the 2d Armored Division known as Hell on Wheels part of the U S Seventh Army. He is a track mechanic in Battery C of the division's 16th Armored Field Artillery Battalion and has been in Europe since September 1953 after enlisting in April 1953 and basic training at Fort Dix New Jersey.
The piece questions the $70 billion in foreign aid since the war, equal to a quarter of the national debt, and asks what has been gained. It notes a shift urged two years ago by Hoover toward arming for defense and reducing focus on broader world affairs.
Bedford families report arrivals at Emerson hospital. A second son John Wesley Wells was born September 14 to Mr and Mrs Roland Wells of 52 South Road with paternal grandfather Wilbur L Wells of Concord Road. Sherman Steven Primmerman, their third child and second son, arrived September 17 with grandparents Mr and Mrs William H McIntosh of Concord Road and Mrs Percival E Primmerman of Crescent Road.
The Catholic Women's Club of Carlisle continues its weekly whist nights on Tuesdays at 8 pm beginning October 5 at St. Elizabeth's Chapel Bedford Road. Public welcome with prizes and refreshments. events run weekly through November.
Acidic medicines leave rings on marble surfaces not removable by washing. The rings appear as etched marks from the medicines.
Local notices list multiple properties for sale across Sudbury Marlboro and Hudson with ads by Ralph Crowley. Highlights include farms on Breakneck Hill Road Southboro and a brick of 15 zoned Sudbury lots with country views, plus Cape Cod and two family homes in Maynard and Acton. Listings emphasize acreage, renovations, and GI buyers with prices ranging to about 8900 dollars.
A damaged text fragment lists multiple local organizations and meeting times including Concord Town House Willow Rebekah Officers Boy Scouts Grange Recreation and a luncheon schedule at Monument Hall and other venues in a sequence of days.
Announcement details an opening fall event at Acton Center Ww to be held Wednesday October 13. The notice references Glenn-Pasanen, a two sport athlete at Acton, and notes graduates from Concord and Littleton Post A.L. No. 284.
Ann Carlisle and Mr. Harrison of Brook Street celebrate the birth of Dawne Carlisle Harrison on September 19 at Concord Hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John A. Brook and Mrs. Gay V. Boro of West Virginia.
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