Pack 49 awards announced at Concord meeting
Concord Cub Scout Pack No. 49 met at Veterans Building last Friday. Den 10 won inspection led by den mother Eloise Smith. Attendance honors went to dens 8 9 and 10. Awards listed include Wolf Bear Lion and Arrow codes with multiple boys named. A Webelos den was formed by Dick Wilson and Cubs will march in the April 19 parade.
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Concord
Veterans Building
den No
Eloise Smith
Dick Wilson
den No. 9
Casey Jones
Clifford A. Pulis
Browns Welcome Son At Bedford
Bedford selectman Richard K. Brown and his wife announce the birth of a son, Richard Kappel Brown Jr., born March 30 at Emerson Hospital. Mrs. Brown, formerly Margaret Allen, is a Bedford native. Grandparents include Mr. and Mrs. John F. Brown of Concord Road and Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Hibbard of Wellesley Hills.
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Bedford
Richard K. Brown
Hartwell Road
Richard Kappel Brown, Jr
Emerson Hospital
Brown
Margaret Allen
John F. Brown
Concord Road
Roger S. Hibbard
Wellesley Hills
Murphy General Hospital May Be Operated By Navy
Rep Laurence Curis reports the Navy may run Murphy General Hospital in Waltham Massachusetts. An Army order to close the facility June 30 is suspended while a Navy survey team assesses converting it to a naval installation. The Army will keep the hospital open during the survey of all Army medical facilities.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Murphy General Hospital
Waltham
Mass
Laurence Curis
Waltham Hospital
Curtis
Charles C. Finucane
Finucane
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Gifts To Antiquarian Society Featured In April 19 Opening
Concord’s Antiquarian Society displays a Shawl once worn by Ellen Tucker Emerson and a Ralph Waldo Emerson wine glass. Also shown are Melicent Barrett’s silver teaspoons and her wedding gown pieces, Lulu Alcott’s doll, and a Major Hosmer painting on glass. Documents include a 1698 deed and an 1758 Astronomical Diary. A wheelwright’s stone debuts on the grounds. A Banks print loaned to the Concord National Guard Armory adds to the exhibit.
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Concord
Concord Antiquarian Society
Ellen Tucker Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson
Abbie Stevens Miner
Barrett
Melicent Barrett
Joseph Swain
Melicent
Lulu
Louisa May Alcott
Joseph Hosmer
Jonathan Prescott
Joseph Bulkeley
Lee
Moreau
Sudbury Road
Massachusetts’ Volunteer Militia
Nathaniel P. Banks
Concord National Guard Company
Everett Street
Arrow Hobby May Become Business
Buffalo New York report profiles Richard E. Ellinger an instrument technician and archery enthusiast who now spends about 50 hours weekly in his basement shop making arrows for hunting and target shooting. He sources Port Orford Cedar from Oregon and turkey feathers from Texas and with his wife Mildred produces about 120 arrows weekly, noting increased postwar interest in archery as rifle hunters switch to bow and arrow.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Richard E. Ellinger
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
Ellinger
Port Orford
Oregon
Turkey
Texas
Mildred
Cars scrap mileage trends 1925 to 1945
The text notes a drop in scrapped car mileage from under 22,000 miles in 1925 to an average of 81,000 miles in 1945. It highlights a substantial change in remaining vehicle lifespans and scrap values over two decades.
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America
Mobilgas
Leading Business
Alumni Dance In Boston For Maine Association
Concord residents Bram hall and Loring Jr. join the arrangement committee for the University of Maine Alumni Association of Boston spring dinner dance at MIT Faculty Club Cambridge on April 30. Dr. John Huddisston will lecture, with Don Taverner presenting campus news during a 6 p m social and 7 30 p m dinner.
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Concord
Robert B. Bramhall
Howard G. Loring, Jr
University of Maine Alumni Association of Boston
Memorial Drive
Cambridge
Greater
Boston
John Homer Huddisston
Paddy
Don Taverner
Five basic driving rules from professional truck drivers
Detroit AP summarizes five safety tips for motorists. Ease off gas early, brake early at intersections, increase following distance, yield to all vehicles and pedestrians, and plan passing by staying back until you can see oncoming traffic.
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Detroit
Flour Loot Sparks Buffalo Burglary Find
Buffalo burglars targeting a restaurant found $109 hidden in a flour bin after breaking in. Police say the motive and details remain under investigation as investigators review the scene.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Easter Services Held At Concord Trinitarian Church
Two identical Easter Sunday services were held at the Trinitarian Congregational Church in Concord on April 10. The augmented choir performed music including the Spanish Carol In Josephs Lovely Garden and Handel selections from Messiah and The Dresden Amen. Rev. Robert H. Barber delivered The Basis of Salvation at both services. Ushers were Norman Scherer Arthur Berry Warren Salter Alan Williamson William Monser and Kenneth Creighton. The church was decorated by Mr and Mrs George Greenlaw and Mrs Edward Chase.
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Concord
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Joseph
Dresden
Robert H. Barber
Norman Scherer
Arthur Berry
Warren Salter
Alan Williamson
William Monser
Kenneth Creighton
George Greenlaw
Edward Chase
Local Catholic event sponsors Elizabeth Hall series
Saturday night at the Catholic venue sponsor Elizabeth Hall hosts a public prizes event. Mrs. Joseph Centrals man chair and Heald of recently honored University Sigma led by the honor college of non. The hosts Eliot Howard and Mrs. Ro m presented a marketing program by 4 High School.
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Elizabeth Hall
Mrs. Joseph Centrals
Carlisle
Heald
Cently Hono University
Leg Sigma
Honor College of Non
Marketing
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David DiCicco
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Charles M. Byron, Jr
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Weston B. Haskell, Jr
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John H. Lambert, Jr
Clayton D. Mersereau
Robert D. Parks
James M. Shepard
Charles H. Stone, Jr
William R. Thompson
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