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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1944
Page
1
The piece argues Germany cannot expand air raids beyond 50 to 100 planes weekly and lacks necessary stores for sustained large scale attacks. It notes limited success against London and emphasizes British resilience while criticizing wartime education and literacy concerns among students and teachers.
Concord obituary notice for Mrs Homer Allen Davis 53 formerly Margaret Graveson who died suddenly last Friday while visiting. Private funeral at Trinity Episcopal Church officiated by Rev Charles Russell Peck. Burial in Sleepy Hollow cemetery. Born October 22 1890 in Concord she lived in New York in recent years. Survived by husband son and mother with several sisters.
Concord and surrounding towns including West Concord Lincoln and Boxboro report a War Fund quota of 34000 exceeded with about 38000 raised. About 90 percent of the funds will aid servicemen. John W Codding chairs the 1944 War Fund with Arthur B Brooks as general chairman.
The civil service department certified 35 permanent correction officers for Bridgewater State Farm. Names include Bernard E. Dee of Lowell, Robert E. Sheehan of Concord, Garrett A. Nagle of West Concord, William J. Place of Concord, Horace B. Howse of Concord, Henry J. Smith of Concord, and Maurice F. Keon of Cambridge among others.
Concord High School track team will open its season on Patriot's Day April 19 at Emerson Playground. Faculty Manager T J Miller and Coach W Warren Shirer plan entries from Lexington Maynard Framingham and Arlington. The meet starts at 10 o clock as part of the town observance of the 169th anniversary of the Battle at the Old North Bridge. Salter succeeds Ralph F Ward as town officer in the U S Navy.
All plans are completed for the Concord Lions Club Easter Monday dance at the Veterans Building Walden Street. The Littleton band will provide music from evening until midnight and the public is invited. Proceeds fund the Lions Club servicemen's fund supplying folders and guides for visiting servicemen and women to Concord in summer.
The Enterprise will publish a list of about 1100 Concord servicemen and women compiled by Rudolph W. Currier for the Concord Honor Roll for World War II. Readers with relatives in service are asked to contact Currier to ensure their names and branch are correctly included.
Concord Board of Trade met at Wrights Tavern with nearly 50 members attending. Frank W. Tucker oversaw supper, Herbert A. Brown led the session, and Earl Wotten of Isex County Training School spoke on Juvenile economics. The next meeting was set for May 1 at the Colonial Inn.
Preparations at the State Armory for the 1st Battalion of the 23d Infantry on Patriot's Day April 19. Units from Waltham Somerville Newton and Concord will march in the parade headed by Concord's band the 23d Infantry Band. The Concord MWDC unit plans to host the battalion in the Armory dining room after the parade.
Fifth open public forum held last Saturday night at Wells A Hat Memorial Auditorium. Charles R. Cherington of Harvard faculty chaired and introduced speakers. Audience participation included broad discussion from many attendees.
The Concord Salvation Army appeal exceeded its $2,000 goal with gifts totaling $2,093.19. Committee chair Burleigh L Pratt and former West Concord resident and publicity secretary William A Nicol praised community support and stressed the Army’s work across all fronts.
Concord High School baseball coach and teacher George Hartley Curtis enlisted after passing his physical last Friday and swearing in Saturday He plans to finish the school calendar before active duty He resides at 34 Hubbard Street and recently moved from Dalton where he led Dalton High School to the Western Massachusetts baseball championship
William W. Anderson of Concord has been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U S Marine Corps Air Force after completing training at Pensacola Florida and Memphis Tennessee. He enlisted as an aviation cadet in October 1942 and received primary flight training in Memphis before advancing training at Pensacola last November.
Concord resident and architect Harry Britton Little 61 died Tuesday morning at his Simon Willard Road home. He studied at Harvard and Beaux Arts Paris and designed Washington National Cathedral and Baltimore Episcopal Cathedral. He leaves wife Miriam, son St David ton, daughter F Corning Kenly Jr, two grandchildren, and brother Theodore in Boston. Funeral Thursday at 4 p.m. at Episcopal Church where he was senior warden.
Middlesex School forms a tennis team to play matches against nearby private schools. Russell H. Kettell will coach the netmen and outdoor practice will begin on the school grounds.
Mr and Mrs Willis J Tobin of 40 Thoreau street quietly observed their 68th wedding anniversary last Friday. Married in 1891 in Concord Midlst they have lived here since. He is 77 and a lifelong resident. they have four daughters and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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