Concord Junction Social Notes Tell of Visits and Delights
Local residents host relatives and friends from Lincoln Wakefield Palmer Everett and Orlean as news of births promotions and travels fills a weekend roundup. Active community life includes a sergeant promotion at Camp Jackson a nurse from Everett and a chorus musicale at the West Concord Woman's club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Stone
Lincoln
Jerry Cronin
Wakefield
Gladys Colby
Moore & Burgess Webbing Co
George Nelson
Palmer
William Keefe
Merchant Marines
Boston
George Fenton
Deaconess Hospital
Perley Thurston
Wm. Larmore
Margaret Hearn
Bryantville
Charles Robinson
Camp Jackson
Columbia
D. C
West Concord
W. S. Green
Green
W. P. MacWilliams
Nova Scotia
Winthrop St
Thomas Hyans
Local residents relocate to Philadelphia for shipbuilding work
Mr and Mrs Edward Dee and child move to Philadelphia for new posting as expert instructor in ship building with headquarters at Hog Island. The couple, longtime town residents, depart by automobile amid well wishes for success in the relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Dee
Philadelphia
Dee
Automoe
Dee Meir
Three Children Drowned Near Westvale Pond
A pond near the home in Westvale claimed the lives of Pierrono Zanelia age four Damon street Rina Zoso age three Damon street and Adelina Gavasso age five at Main street. Passersby responded quickly and Alfred Broccardo pulled the children from the icy water but all efforts to revive them failed. Funeral services were held at Help of Christians church with burial in St. Bernard's Cemetery Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westvale
Pierrono
Zanelia
Damon
Rina -Zoso
Adelina Gavasso
Main St
Concord
Help of Christians Church
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Otis H Forbush Auctioneer Local Sales Notices
Auctioneer Otis H Forbush lists sales in Concord Junction Harvard Hingham Wellesley and Dudley Massachusetts. Scheduled auctions include cattle and calves for Abel Willard Still River April 11 at 9 30 a m with transport details to Harvard depot and Worcester and Nashua divisions. a large timber and wood sale for Lawrence Brooks Groton April 13. and a Dudley cattle sale April 18 for Mr Mason with 35 registered Holsteins and 10 grades. Additional notices to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Junction
Mass
Abel Willard
Still River
Harvard
Worcester
Nashua
B. & Main
Pepperell
Groton
Ayer
Clinton and
Lancaster
Lawrence Brooks
Hingham
Wellesley
Dudley
Mason
Fine Vaudeville by Camp Devens Company C
Members of Co. C 301st Field Signal Battalion presented a vaudeville show at Camp Devens Ay er. The hall was packed and tickets sold out before curtain time. The program included a minstrel section, musical numbers, and a finale titled The Concord Junction Exemption Board. The performance drew loud praise and dancing followed until late. Mr and Mrs P H Bullock hosted Mrs Emma Weir of Athol afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. C
301St Field Signal Battalion
Camp Devens
301St Field Signal Bn
Ayer
Concord Junction
P. H. Bullock
Emma Weir
Athol
Easter at Union Church Delivers Large Attendance and Pageant
The Union church marked Easter with a historic turnout and a moving morning sermon by Rev. Alfred Wheeler Stone on the Cross and Resurrection. The vested girls choir under Miss Mildred Stone received high praise, with Miss Florence Bowker at the organ guiding music. Over 400 attendees filled the evening service, and the church school presented the pageant The Immortality of Love and Service. Credit goes to Miss Sarah Morsie and Miss Dorothy Pickard for staging and costumes, with lighting led by Clarence L. Trufant and Rodney Pratt and presiding by Charles H. Beck as prompter. Pastor Stone leads a thriving program including a large Men’s Bible class and a midweek prayer group gaining steady attendance and influence. The church extends a cordial welcome to all services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Church
Alfred Wheeler Stone
Mildred ‘Stone
Florence Bowker
Church School
Herbert E. Shepard
Sarah Morsie
Dorothy Pickard
Clarence L. Trufant
Rodney Pratt
Charles H. Beck
Mr. Stone
Girl Medal for Heroism in Powder Factory
Miss Gladys Herrington, twenty, received the British Empire Medal after volunteering to work alone in a munition factory ensuring foreign substances were not mixed in dangerous powder. She survived a severe explosion that burned her arms and face, endured weeks without sleep, and now recovers in hospital with wages continued and support from factory management and colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gladys Herrington
Miss Herrington
Marguerite Ogden Makes Conservation Market Focus
Marguerite Ogden shifts emphasis from forest, wildlife and waterways to food conservation. She is interested in marketing canned and dried trusts aimed at distributing goods to war workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite
Ogden
California
Pig Born With Two Noses In Pennsylvania Farm
A polin chine sow owned by John E Heckman of St Thomas Pa produced a piglet that nearly formed twins. The shoatlet has two noses two mouths two tongues five sets of teeth and three eyes directly in front of its head. The unusual pig is alive standing and thriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas
John E. Heckman
Red Cross Relies on Emergencies and European Purchases
Captain Ednyfed H. Williams, returning from France, explains how the American Red Cross thrives by buying supplies in Europe to save ship space for troops. He notes purchases in France England and Italy and plans to Spain, enabling relief for Italy and freeing American ships for military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red .Cross
Ednyfed H. Williams
Chicago
France
Red Cross
Williams
Europe
England
Italy
Spain
America
Lumberjacks Save Food Observe Eating Rules
Secretary J A Wye of the Minnesota state food administration told timber operators at a state timber sale that patriotic lumberjacks are observing meatless and wheatless days and giving up sugar twice daily. He cited a big camp saving 6000 pounds of sugar weekly and urged greater city cooperation for the Hoover food conservation plan.
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J. A. Wye J
Minnesota State Food Administration
Capitol
Wye
Hoover
Faithful Dog Guides Town Residents to Hermit's Frozen Body
A large collie led local citizens of Northeast to the buried body of a hermit who lived atop Mt Rinta. The elderly man, living in seclusion for years, is believed to have fallen in the snow and died before aid arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast
Mt. Rinta
Red Cross Ambulance Driver Recalls Narrow Escape from German Planes
Herman More a Red Cross ambulance driver just back from France recounts night driving thrills no lights on the car. He describes a near plunge on a winding mountain road and a German attack on his first day, highlighting the sixth sense that kept him and three wounded men safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
France
Herman More
Poinit Suippe
Case
German Language Dropped by Colleges and High Schools
Colleges and high schools across the country are rapidly dropping the teaching of German. Publishers feel the loss but are offset by rising demand for Spanish and French texts as schools shift language study away from German.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Ground Glass Found in Prunes Triggers Rethink of Family Fare
Ground glass discovered in a shipment of prunes reaching Marinette and Menominee prompts reconsideration of prune use at home. The fruit came through a commission house from California, raising safety concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinette
Wis
Menominee
California
Prisoners Share Tobacco for War Effort at San Quentin
Two thousand eight hundred inmates at San Quentin penitentary vote to send half of their tobacco allowance to soldiers in trenches, turning a prison habit into wartime aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Quentin
al.) Penitentiary
Water Power Waste and Franchise Proposal for Development
A Popul ar Mechanics discussion argues that vast unused water power could fuel industry if private firms could secure 50 year franchises. It notes daily waste of water power equaling 1,000,000 tons of coal and Switzerland paying for coal while its own water resources remain undeveloped. The piece urges immediate development under long term franchise to avoid government funding delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hr. H. Windsor
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Eurre
Switzerland
Germany
British Honor for US Navy Officer Loftin
Lieutenant Frank Loftin of the U S Navy received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism aboard an American destroyer in wartime service. Acting under heavy danger he ordered full speed toward a submerged U boat periscope, altered course to intercept, and directed a depth charge attack before the enemy submarine vanished from view. Loftin hails from Tennessee and is a 1907 Naval Academy graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adnty
Frank Loftin
Navy Department
Britigh
Loftin
Loftin 1S
Tennessee
Naval Academy
Development of Art Education Shifts European Trade
A historical overview notes how German art education since 1878 spurred textiles, wallpaper, furniture, and ads. The German Applied Arts exhibitions showcased these shifts. Prussian art education redirected global trade routes toward Germany, influencing toy, print material, and oil trimming trades, with France and England also expanding through art education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Paria
Migans
Prussia
Switzerland
England
France
Joaquin Miller’s Klondike voyage recalls a hurried rush
The account recalls Joaquin Miller joining the Klondike trek about twenty years ago and finding thousands swarming the claims. He expected Sierra quiet but found booming towns and camps, then returned with most others who later came back.
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Klondike
Joaquin Miller
Rimotest
Sierras
Tran Science. Monitor
German measles sparks camp rumors and suspicions
A camp rumor about a mysterious outbreak prompts suspicions that a man was in the pay of the Kaiser. The true illness identified is German measles, clarifying the misperception and tension among campers.
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