Epic griE I to fight their was e serious illness of hers who was swept )y an avalanche en OWN SMAN NUCVEIR a Andover's Own NewspaperlleWNSMAN Since 1887 - CALL 1943 VOLUME 67 NUMBER 28 ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS, APRIL 22, 1954 PRICE 5 CENTS ‘DEMY • ER SHOP Near A & P - GOOD SERVICE . - Wed. 8:30 to 6 at. 8:30 to 7 DAY TIIIJRSDAYS 127 MAIN ST, ,s TEL. 2125 irs' Experience 9 Remodeling terations Coats and Dresses de to Order Clear skies and a warm sun greeted the traditional Easter parade last Sun- outside the Baptist church. From left to right are: Sherry Nelson, Beverly Shot- day morning and made the day ideal for the spring finery displayed by old and tuck, Betty Jean Estelle, Donna Stocks, Dorothy Lawson, Joanne Allen, SS young alike, some of which is shown by this charming bevy of young misses Joyce Fisher, Judy McLean, Janet Towne and Glenda Norton. (Look Photo) Abbot Planning DAYLIGHT SAVING 3.33 INCHES OF RAIN Police Looking For Weapons TO START SUNDAY IN TWO-DAY STORM Daylight saving time be- Gala Weekend A total of 3.33 inches of gins next , Sunday morning rain fell here during the In Possession Of Teen-Agers 1 when clocks are advanced For Parents heavy two-day storm last ---40 one hour. This year it will Following published reports of Friday and Saturday, accord- Planning Board continue Abbot academy hopes to wel- recent fatal accidents resat Ling until the last Sun- . • • ing to records of the Essex t day in come the parents ofe the majority of from weapons in the hands of ti ten- ES October instead of Company of Lawrence. The To Meet Regularly ii stopping the last Sunday in its students Saturday and Sunday alters local police have been 1oon- storm was general through- September. Before retiring which are being observed as The Andover Planning board has ducting a quiet investigation that Saturday night be sure to Parents' weekend. out New England with BO S'' recently reorganized, Chairman has resulted so far in the col lec- eed NO set watches and clocks one The program will start off with ton getting 3,75 inches and Kirk R. Batcheller announced to- tion of several firearms and co ther inches. hour ahead and then forget what promises to be a most in- Por tland 3.11 day. On the resignation of Leon A. weapons belonging to lads in the event, a father-daughter Swollen streams flooded about it. B & M timetables teresting Field as secretary, Richard C. teen-age group. the early after- roads in Maine and New • are printed in D.S.T. softball game in Simmers has been appointed the In this connection a notice from Tubes... noon. At 3:30 o'clock there will be Hampshire and the northern new secretary of the board. The (Continued on Page 13) a parents' meeting at which Miss portions of these two states members consist of Kirk R. Bat- DY GREATER Marguerite C. Hearsey, headmis- had snow. Locally the cheller, chairman; Richard C. DR LESS COST! !, tress, will welcome the parents weather was mild during the Simmers, secretary; Leon A. Field, . "TABLE TOPPER and introduce them to the faculty storm. Fred F. Cheever and Eugene A. and the afternoon speaker, W. Bernardin Jr. Benton Harrison, father of one of Meetings will be held the first ot APARE H Water Boiler the students who will speak on School Bus Driver Monday of every month at 7:30 p.m. ....*: .... (Continued (en Pug(' /6) To Be Honored on the second floor of the town SAFETY house. Should a holiday occur on Today Your Pharmacist ..z.: In recognition of a half-century the first Monday of the month, the Drops a Word About... stop of outstanding performance a tes- meeting will be postponed until JCK TREAD OPEN temonial will he held May 18 in the rh quicker than res the second Monday. Any changes ,----. ,-----.,......._, cafeteria at which a punctures are se high school in scheduled meetings will be an- '..-----".r-----, r----li THURSDAY, FRIDAY gift will be presented to Alvah P. LIVER FLATS ... nounced in the paper a week ahead. BLOW-OUT SATURDAY & SUNDAY Wright who last January began his ISE 50th year transporting children to (Continued on Page 13) 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. 1926 school and who today is carrying • once Seeks Information pupils whose grandparents GEORGE IL MINOT rode in his bus. A buffet supper o 1AP ARE ., ,.....— COTTAGE FARM n Auto Trips George IL Minot, a Nobe , ,,, ,----‘ r-__-,---• at 6:30 p.m., and an entertainment prize winner, ,_____. , the presentation. Many Andover motorists have was born i n COST dr...—. will precede Boston in , ANDOVER STORE „ i for this been interviewed hy re resents- 1885. He wa ..a..ing arrangements educated at following: Mrs, fives of the state department of Harvard Un e more than a Route 28 event are the versity. Howard Young, chairman; Supt. public works who are conducting I tires and tube When Dr. Minot, wit Specially designed for TEL. 612 nn Pap' 1 ) an "origin and destination" study that's yo.. mod- (Cerra 1111Wri Willian Murphy, In Ifety rn, base houses. of traffic in the Lawrence-Methuen 1928 ctua I cost tr discovered the benefits Also adoptableable for area, utility TREE MOVING of liver in perniclou S or kitchen use in any home. COMMERCIAL The interviews at selected 10- OUR PRESENT cations consist principally of oh- anemia, the medical pn twining the origin aiid destination fession gave a mar lac , &RD RIMS! YORK HEAT WA BIG v jag of motor vehicle trips. rhe i nfor- 4 velous health restore — ====-- _. 14 mation is necessary for the lots- to humanity. ., ....,_ .. BEAU. LD — St-RVICED —INSTALLED BY I a" tion of future highways in this area, ERVICE N{OU Wkt*/ .1. And. 8484 Pii1111E0 T EL. DALTON Personal NOW ?°C4 ANDOVER PAINTING TIME HOWE For Every CALL PHARMACY Need See Our Ad On Page 4 And Business ‘t•IVOPANN \°14 1848 TEL. 107 YOUR DOCTORS KNOWLEDGE 6 SERVICE Heating Corporation CALL 1943 COLE PAINT ,.,,,,, . LUPINE RD, , IS THE KEY TO HEALTH Tel. And. 8119 TEL. 365 46 MA114 ST. THE TOWNSMAN AMALIA II i . i i',,, .1..-- BRING HIS PRESCRIPTION TO US 2 THE ANDOVER TOWNSMAN, APRIL 22, 1954 COMPLAIN OF GARBAGE GERRISH HONORED Court St. Monica BEING THROWN IN DUMP Scott Gerrish, 27 Enmore st., Complaints that garbage is being has been chosen for membership in WEST PARISH To Sponsor Tea thrown in the town dump have been Sphinx, one of the three senior Ors. Marsh Lewis, Correspondent, 'Telephone 2445 received by the board of health and honor societies at Dartmouth col- Arrangements are completed for have been turned over to the po- lege. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Car- the Easter-time tea to he held in Appointed Director's Aide lice department for investigation. roll C. Gerrish he is a member of dist church, Ballardvale; Robert St. Augustine's school hall at George F. Quinn has recently Domingue, Free church; Richard the varsity baseball team and Beta p.m., Sunday, Apr. 25, been appointed assistant director under the TOWNSMAN CLASSIFIED Theta Pi fraternity. He is a gra- Lawrence, Methodist church; Joan sponsorship of Court St. Monica, of operations of the Atomic Energy ADS BRING RESULTS duate of Punchard Hathaway; Baptist church and 783, C.D. of A. commission's productive division. Carol Ann DesRoches and Marilyn Fr. Syvinski's choir boys Mr. Quinn is married to the former Davis, West church. Lester Dixon will render the musical program under Evelyn Dow, daughter of Attorney and David 'laartz acted as ushers the direction of Fr. Syvinski. The and Mrs. Halbert Dow of Beacon for the West church. Rev. Domenic Berm will be the st. He is a graduate of M.I.T. and Baked Bean Supper guest speaker. The junior members has been associated with the of the court will act as ushers. A.E.C. for the past five years. The Much effort and hard work is The members of the committee family home is in FallsChurch, Va. being put into preparations for the Theeret utiona baked bean supper to be served in are: Mrs. Raymond A. Tloyer, chair- Home For Holiday the vestry at 6 p.m., Saturday, Apr. man, Mrs. Arthur Messaro, 00- Miss Judith 'garland was home .24. A good supper is assured all chairman, Mrs. Arthur Locke, Mrs. from the University of Massachu- who attend. William McDonald, Mrs. Monica -110ilif soft collar setts. Bruce Stewart and Richard Walsh, Mrs. Joseph Barton, Mrs, Hudgins were home from Norwich May Breakfast Margaret Pelletier, Mrs. Andrew university,Northfield, Vt. All vis- It is not too early to contact limes, Mrs. Thomas O'Riordan, ited at their respective homes for Mrs. H. P. Carter for reservations Mrs. Donald Hutcheson and 1.s. on Van Heusen the holidays. for the annual May Breakfast to Lou is Beaulieu. Church News be served by the members of the The public is cordially invited. Over 100 young people attended Junior Women's Union in the ves- the Sunrise Easter service held in try of the West church Saturday, Personals A group o May 1. Beautiful May baskets will class treasur ENTURY shirts the West church on last Sunday Kenneth Hilton Jr., of Lowell morning. The following took part be on sale; also there will be a st., left Saturday for Pittsfield, right, are: Mc sale of aprons. in the service: Lawrence Lewis, Me., where he has accepted a po- 3onita Hajjar Christ church; Bruce Donovan, Notes sition.