Concord News Roundup Highlights Local Events and People
Concord notes salute Patriot’s Day and Lexington celebrations with Gov Bradford present. Red Sox start strong and Tex Hughson moves to Waltham. Monument Hall fire salvages the American Flag. Scouts, parades, and town projects fill the calendar as Concord plans Memorial Day and Field Day events.
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Concord
Lexington
Bradford
Disraeli
Veterans’ Building
Red Sox
Tex Hughson
Waltham
Henry Ford
Robert Kelley
Tom Hill
Blue Cross
Wigwam
Joe Muscato
Monument Hall
Edwin McPhillips
Suffolk Downs
Bob Parks Ofoward Johnson
Francis Juggins
Boston
Elks
K. of C
Texas
Concord’ Red Cross
Harold Orendorff
Concordite
Camp Oak
Bedford
Notick
Joe Smith
West Concord
Our, Lady Help of Christians Church
Ely Codding
France
Codding
Bernie Megin
Taft
Washington
Goodspeed
Thoreau
Pilot Press
New York City
Malcolm Cowley
R T Thoreau Bulletin
Rotary
North Bridge
Rotary Club
California
Concord Rotary Club
Enterprise
Emerson Hospital
Concord High to Host Lecture on High School for Tomorrow
Concord residents and parents are invited to a cooperative study meeting at Concord High School Hall auditorium tonight April 24 at 8 oclock. Dan Stiles a noted lecturer and author will speak on High School for Tomorrow based on his visits to over 1000 high schools in 30 states and will share good practices observed in top schools.
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Concord
Hall
Concord High School
Dan Stiles
Helps Camp Fund Seeks Support for Middlesex Camp
Clericord George E. Erickson Barretts Mill road notes a ten dollar contribution from the 4-H club for Camp Middlesex Ashby. The fund will aid further development as the camp plans a busy season.
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Clericord
George E. Erickson
Barretts Mill Road
Middlesex
Ashby
Concord Notes of Visitors and Local Health
Miss Esther B Sullivan of Fall River was a house guest of Mr and Mrs Arthur William Parke of 32 Bedford Street over the holiday weekend. Robert Shalline of Concord served as usher at the Charnock-Gillett wedding in Winchester. Joseph Coelho of Concord Turnpike, recently ill at Massachusetts Hospital, returned home Saturday after a minor operation and thanks friends who visited him. He received two pieces of steel in his eye at work.
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Esther B. Sullivan
Fall River
Arthur William Parke
Bedford Street
Robert Shalline
Concord
Winchester
Joseph Coelho
Concord Turnpike
Massachusetts Hospital
Concord Girl Hurt in Waltham Accident
Miss Esther Magurn of 50 Sudbury Road Concord was slightly injured when her car struck a light pole in Waltham last Thursday night. She was treated at Waltham Hospital and sent home. Police listed James Panetta of Lexington as the driver of the vehicle.
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Concord
Esther Magurn
Sudbury Road
Waltham
Man Wants But Little
Truro Massachusetts Ernest Small town auditor refused a pay raise offered by town officials saying his current $40 salary is plenty.
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Truro
Mass
Ernest Small
Welfare funds urged as federal aid sought for indigents
A Chicago report notes calls to raise federal support for indigent relief. States like Wisconsin Pennsylvania and Massachusetts project rising costs. Officials cite increased welfare expenditures and inflation driving budgets higher across the nation.
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Chicago
Association
Wisconsin
Weliefs
Pennsylvania
King County
Washington
Springfield
Mass
Arizona
Gard
Massachus
Illinois
Teacher Earns a Draw In Castor Oil Class Incident
Springfield Tennessee reports a fight after teacher Baggett used castor oil as discipline. Seven parents confronted him. Baggett knocked two down, others rough him up but could not force him to stop. He refused to press charges and kept administering oil.
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Springfield
Tenn
Baggett
Teather
Adams
Specialist Claims He Cured Ulcers With Water and Talk
London doctor Dr A Morton Gill reports curing gastric ulcers in most patients with daily distilled water injections and reassurance. He notes ulcers were not healed by diet or medicine alone, but by a physician transferring confidence to the patient.
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London
Gill
Army Signal Corps and GE to study weather control program
New York based Army Signal Corps and General Electric will cooperate on a weather research program. The initial goal is to disperse fog at airports with future aims to influence broader conditions. Dr. C. G. Suits of GE Lab in Schenectady says weather control lies far off but some improvements like clearing overcast are possible.
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New York
Army Signal Corps
General Electric Company
C. G. Suits
G. E. Research Laboratory
Schenectady
Suits
Australia to guard rocket secrets amid spying risks
Canberra Foreign Minister Evatt promised stronger security measures to protect rocket programs after concerns of espionage. He said a security service would be enhanced to check potential citizenship links and prevent leakage of sensitive information.
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Deglares
Australia
Canberra
Ausa
Hy. Vv. Eval
House of Reatives
Abbott
Evatt
This Flower Likes Crowded Cities
The Sun plant Portulaca grandi flora, a bright annual, thrives in sunny city gardens. It stays 4 to 6 inches high with red yellow and white blooms and opens in the morning while closing at night. It self sows, can be layered with cuttings, and seeds mix with sand for even planting from spring to July 1.
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Fragi Fort
Pecs
Munich Reconstruction Stated To Take At Least Three Years
Frankfurt reports architect Dana Dieter Sattler says complete rebuilding of Munich will require at least three years. He has been meeting with Munich building committee on plans to reconstruct the ruined city.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Munich
Dana Dieter Sattler
Sattler
National Guard Opens Path to Army Officer Candidate School
War Department announces enlisted National Guard members may apply for attendance at Army Officer Candidate School. Selected personnel serve on active duty during training and inactive duty in the Guard after. Reserve corps members will have the same option. Fort Benning moves to Fort Riley on September 4, 1947.
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National Guard
The
War Department
Army
Army of the United States
Concord Couple Celebrates 54th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Hans L Nashe of Old Marlboro Road Concord observed their 54th anniversary last Saturday April 19. Mrs Nashe is 61. They wed in Minneapolis Minnesota in 1893 and have lived in Concord for over 30 years.
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Concord
Hans L. Nashe
Old Marlboro Road
Funeral services for Mrs Orphelia Lord in Concord
The funeral for Mrs Orphelia Mann Lord widow of William H Lord occurred Monday at the Trinitarian Congregational Church in Concord. She died last Thursday April 17 at age 86.
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C. M. Lord
Orphelia (Mann) Lord
Kappa Alpha Founding at Union College 1825
The article notes Kappa Alpha, the oldest college social fraternity, was founded at Union College in Schenectady New York in 1825.
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Kappa Alpha
Union College
Schemectady, N. Y
Maynard Bride To Be Tendered Concord Shower
bridal shower was tendered for Marie Olson of 6 Pine Street Maynard at the home of Miss Frances L. O Connor 25 Bedford Court last Saturday night in honor of her approaching marriage to Sherman Stacey of Fitchburg on Sunday May 11. The bride elect received many gifts. Guests were from Fitchburg Hudson Maynard and Concord.
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Concord
Marie Olson
Pine Street
Maynard
Frances L. O’connor
Bedford Court
Sherman Stacey
Fitchburg
Prent
Hudson Maynard
Grange J Meeting Notice in West Concord Area
A Grange J or West Concord gathering is announced for April at L O O F hall. Mrs Margaret Neighbor invites visiting Grange members and several others for an evening session with a brief business meeting.
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West Concord
L.o.o-F
Margaret
Grang Been
Brington
Littl
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Salvation Army
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