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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1954
Page
5
The Concord High School 994 class held its 20th reunion at the Country Club, September 25, with Enos Held guest of honor. Alumni and spouses attended. committee members were A. McLeod, Mrs. Smith, Miss Crocker, and others who organized the event.
The 1954 55 Acton student council organized under Miss Anne Zammitti lists Grade 9 members David Roth Roberta Davis Grade 10 Corinne Massie James Laffin Grade 11 William Irwin Mary Lou Fierra Grade 12 Peggy Sexton John Kimball They serve as liaison between students and administration. The prior group added funds to buy a television for the graduation.
SUDBURY The Rug Hookers met last Friday at the home of Mrs. Wm. Fred Schipper on Old Lancaster road for their first class of the season led by Mrs. Marjorie Thompson of Waltham.
A Utah farmer Henry DeVries builds a beet thinning machine using wheels, transmission, a small motor and pipes. The five DeVries brothers ride it low to the ground and can thin six acres a day, reducing back strain from hoeing.
A Utah farm adopts a powered thinning machine that belts to the car transmission to drive multiple speeds. Used on beets and head lettuce, it runs all day on one gallon of gasoline. Five riders pivot at row ends, turning the unit with a steel tongue to return down the field. The DeVries family has used it for six years on their 100 acre operation supporting two families.
U S Department of Agriculture and state stations report three way castorbean hybrids may soon be commercially produced. The approach uses male sterile plants and crossing Nebraska 145 4 with pollinator varieties to yield 100 percent female flowers reducing hand labor in seed production. High yields of castorbeans are noted but current methods require extensive manual work.
Sudbury Garden Club to hold annual luncheon and meeting at Hartwell Farm at 12 30 on Wednesday October 13. The event includes a simple latch accessory description with a 12 inch bar and 4 inch flat loop and washers to provide clearance for bar to slip behind catch.
Maynard United Co operative Society announces a Co op Label Contest for October celebrating 47 years of progress. Open to members and non members except employees, registration at United Co op Supermarket 56 62 Main St Maynard. Entries accepted each Saturday 2 to 5 p m via cashier window. only full Co op tables from cans and foiled boxes accepted.
Reports detail luncheon and meeting of the Past President's Club of the 41th District in Harvard Massachusetts last Wednesday. It notes a Friday luncheon in Dover hosted by Governor Herter and Senator Saltonstall attended by James DeNormandie a Republican candidate.
The Maynard Sudbury Methodist churches expand their youth program by appointing Rev Richard Johnsen and his wife as youth ministers. Johnsen, a BU theology senior, will oversee the high school class and junior department supervision while Mrs Johnsen, a BU Education senior, will head the Sudbury junior department and serve as counselor for the Intermediate M Y F.
Maynard Methodist Church installs new officers for the Woman's Society for Christian Service during morning worship. Mrs. Herbert White of Uxbridge assists the pastor. Officers include President Worsley Fardy and Vice President Philip Wilson. The group advocates World Peace Good Government and High Morals. First fall meeting set as Family Harvest Supper on October 4.
Richard Eaton of New York continues flying from the region. Mr. and Mrs. Entwisle of Goodman Hill road return from England via Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary cruises visiting Tedworth Surrey Kent Liverpool and Wales. Earl Huckel and family report England and Europe travels. Church supper tickets controlled by Mrs Fay Sr and Mrs Downing for October 2 at Memorial Congregational Church. Leo Quinn resumes duties at Sudbury Town Hall after Cape vacation. Sudbury attendees at the Eastern States Exposition included Howard Emmons John Childs Leo Quinn and Edgar Goodnow.
The Concord chapter of the American Red Cross held a directors meeting September 27 led by chairman Robert Shaw with field representative Gifford Ross present. They voted $1,000 for hurricane relief gifts for Christmas at sea and allocated $10 from surplus for New England aid. Governors Herter and pending disaster funds were noted for Red Cross use in New England.
Gov. Christian Herter orders immediate drafting of Sudbury River reclamation plans after a conference with Massachusetts leaders. A joint study by the MDPW and Metropolitan District Commission will consider a storage system above Framingham and assess impacts on industrial plans as flood risks rise.
Americans ate a record amount of beef in the last year at about 75 pounds per person, signaling a shift in dietary habits and demand patterns across households nationwide.
Sudbury Garden Club will be represented by Mrs Frederick Graf at a Flower Show School for judges and teachers. The event is sponsored by the Garden Club Federation and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. At the last meeting Mrs Graf spoke on air layering demonstrated at Wellesley College and on sprays insecticides and fertilizers.
Sudbury Community Council this week released a card listing the presidents and telephone numbers of thirty nine social and religious organizations that comprise the council. The card notes the seasonally changing fur and plumage of arctic animals in winter.
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