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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1946
Page
1
Letters discuss posting holiday flags in Concord, proposing Mill Dam as a site and suggesting a townwide shine with hats. A claim warns the atomic bomb will depopulate major cities and reshape regional population, noting Boston Springfield and Providence proximity to Concord.
Concord Lions Club held a semi monthly meeting at the Howard Johnson Colonial Room with Leon J. Moreau presiding. Guests included Edward F. Wright Concord building inspector and Sidney G. MacRae Lincoln among others. A regional supper was announced and Mr MacRae showed plumbing work films. Next meeting scheduled for Tuesday May 14.
Firemen from Central station were twice called last Tuesday afternoon to The Dairy on Sudbury road. Box 18 rang for a second alarm drawing a large crowd. Damage was minor. Later, Boxes 22 and 33 sounded twice. The department has answered 110 calls this year.
Concord observed Patriots Day quietly on Friday the 171st anniversary of the Old North Bridge battle. Balloon vendors sold two bite bags while Good Friday observances and a scaled back sports program filled the day. The town flag flew at Monument Square and church services drew attendees as Lexington and nearby towns held morning parades and speeches. The Concord Boy Scout Drum Corps appeared in the sunrise parade at Lexington Battle Green. Exalted Ruler David B. Williams led the Concord Lodge of Elks meeting at BPOE Hall on Main Street.
Easter in Concord unfolded with near perfect weather and sunrise atop Annursnac Hill. Churches across the area held high masses and morning services led by ministers including Rev Charles R. Peck Rev Edward P. Daniels and Rev John E. Wallace with special music and activities throughout the day and a pantomime at West Concord Union Church in the evening.
Local sportsmen attended last weekend's field trials at William Foss farm in Carlisle. Judges included Dr. James S. Goodwin Fire Chief Harry E. Tuttle and trainer Mike Seminatore who dominated by placing in five events and winning the open all age. Entries came from Greater Boston towns and from New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
Sergt Dante Bartolomeo of 1 Byron Street Concord recently discharged after long overseas service with the U S Army. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Bartolomeo and has two brothers serving in the armed forces.
Concord residents are urged to set clocks ahead one hour at 2 a m next Sunday as daylight saving time begins. The change costs one hour of sleep but adds evening twilight. sleep can be recovered when savings end on the last Sunday in September.
Concord Highway Department names Nelson as foreman succeeding his father N George Nelson who retired after 33 years. Nelson 30, Navy veteran of World War II, supervises about 15 town workers and is married to Elizabeth Hansen with one daughter. He served from 1943 to recent discharge at a southern base.
Eleanor Gooding daughter of Mr and Mrs Preacegooding of 64 Main street received a Bachelor of Arts degree at the recent commencement exercises of Vassar College.
Edwardson West has been ill at the hospital and is now much improved.
West Concord Mrs. Harry Wilson was elected president for the coming year at the annual officers election held at Johnson Restaurant. New officers include first vice president Mrs William A Robus second vice president Mrs William T Magoon recording secretary Mrs Carl G Johnson treasurer Mrs Albert Smith and directors Mrs Frederick Hart Jr Mrs Warner H Eldridge Mrs Arthur T Mullen Mrs Louis Audette and Mrs Andrew Edwardsen.
The Concord and West Concord fire departments have now answered a total of 107 alarms to date as compared to 145 alarms in all of 1945.
Concord held a postponed March meeting that ran nearly four and a half hours and appropriated about $700 000 bringing the projected tax rate to roughly $39 70 per thousand. Finance Committee gave most items final approval with minor changes and the largest appropriation reached about $207 264 for special items plus adjustments relating to Chapter 90. The session drew around 890 voters from some 3700 eligible and was held in Veterans Building and the nearby Trinitarian Congregational Church with radio links.
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