Dewey leads as Willkie support fades in Wisconsin clash
Political analysis from Wisconsin shows Dewey favored to win the first ballot while Willkie lags. Bricker Stassen Arthur and Stassen draw minimal gains as Willkie withdraws and Dewey appears headed to nomination. Tax and wage talk frames the public mood, with teacher salaries highlighted as a widening issue.
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Ngton
Dewey
Wisconsin
Bricker
Willkie
Stassen
Arthur
Reverend Odland Leads Gospel Tabernacle Meetings in Williams Bay
Concord pastor Rev. Harry P. Odland of the Evangelical Free Church conducts a series of special meetings at the Gospel Tabernacle in Williams Bay Wisconsin from April 23 to 30. Williams Bay lies about 80 to 99 miles north and west of Chicago Illinois.
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Harry P. Odland
Evangelical Free Church
Langstreet
Concord
Gospel Tabernacle
Williams Bay
Wisconsin
Chicago, Ill
Concord High School Honors List Shown by Principal Smith
Concord High School announces the honor roll for the third quarter of the year. Seniors named include Marion Baker Elizabeth Ball Marguerite Bartolomeo and others. juniors Mildred Burk Kathleen Dee Nancy Dye Phyllis Ford Otto Friedrich. sophomores Warren Baxter Charlotte Browning Eileen Depratere Lor raine DuBerger. freshmen Greta Andrews Marguerite Barrett Mary Dee Marion Derby and more.
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Concord
Willard’ H. Smith
Concord High School
Marion Baker
Elizabeth Ball
Marguerite Bartolomeo
Bates
Phyllis Carlson
Harriet Dorothy Donnely
Mildred Henry
Sigren Hojem
Joan Kelley
Marion King
Christine Maklys
Juliett Mazzeo
Marilyn Porter
Eleanor Rider
Martha Rotondo
Winston Salter
Suzanne Servais
Theresa Sigman
Elizabeth Towle
Albert Vanderhoof
Jean Wilkins
Mildred Burk
Kathleen Dee
Nancy Dye
Phyllis Ford
Otto Friedrich
Paul Friedrich
Ruth Gallagher
Howard Hawkes
Alice Morse
Caroline Peterson
Cornelia Pratt
Joseph Wheeler
Warren Baxter
Charlotte Browning
Eileen Depratere
Lorraine DuBerger
Patience Durand
Jane Dutton
Mary Foster
Pauline Harrison
Jean Hunt
Molly Ingham
Jane Isensee
Bernhard
Leslie Faith Morgan
Ella Potter
Earle Putnam
Charlotte Russell
Shirley Sanborn
Ulrich Schubert
Thomas Sturtevant
Dana Tirrell
Ann Whittemore
Greta Andrews
Marguerite Barrett
Mary Dee
Marion Derby
Koda
Henry
Emilie Horne
Leeta Hudson
Carlene Humpherty
Helen Lips
Fred Morse
Jane Richardson
Norma Sorli
Nancy Sturtevant
Louisa Towle
Frances Waite
George Walker
Middlesex Crew Goes to Dedham
Middlesex School will travel to Dedham to meet Noble and Greenough on the Charles River in the season opener. Coach Charles W. Locke leads the crew in the four-match sequence with the first home contest set for May 13 against Brooks School of North Andover.
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Concord
Dedham
Noble & Greenough
Charles River
Charles W. Locke
Brooks School
North
Andover
Tree Culture talk and meeting notes from Concord Lions
Concord Lions held a meeting with a Tree Culture talk by Ben Cark and a George Erickson solo. Eliot Howard announced Merrill Mac Donald of Medford as the prior speaker, while attendance averaged about 82 to 84, with two misses on April 6.
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Concord
Ben_Cark
Ben
George Erickson
Eliot Howard
Merrill MacDonald
Medford
MacDonald
New England
The
Lions
Miss Mary Louise Ryan Engaged to Cadet James M Tobin
Concord announces the engagement of Miss Mary Louise Ryan to Aviation Cadet James M Tobin of Maynard. Miss Ryan attended Burdett College and is a member of Phi Sigma Epsilon. Cadet Tobin, son of Mr and Mrs James Tobin of Maynard, is a Wentworth Institute graduate stationed in Taft California.
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Concord
Mary Louise Ryan
James M. Tobin
Maynard
William G. Ryan
Ryan
Burdett College
Phi Sigma. Epsilon
Tobin
James Tobin
Wentworth Institute
Taft
Calif
Engagement of Eleanor Thurlow Announced
Concord Miss Eleanor Thurlow, daughter of Rev and Mrs George Loring Thurlow of Leominster, announced engagement to Cpl Arthur T. Lewis of South Easton. Miss Thurlow, a Fitchburg Teacher's College 1941 graduate, and Lewis, serving with engineers in Burma, formerly resided in Concord.
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Concord
Eleanor Thurlow
George Loring Thurlow
Leominster
Cpl
Arthur T. Lewis
USA
M. M. Lewis
South Easton
Thurlow
Fitchburg
Teacher’s College
Cpl. Lewis
Engineers
Burma
Tennis Standout Concord-Middlesex Opens Season
Concord Middlesex school opened its tennis season at Concord Country Club and lost to local netmen. This Saturday the private school hosts Thayer of Braintree with coach Russell Kettel guiding a schedule including Winchester May 3 and Andover Interscholastics May 12 13 plus other dates ending May 27 at St George's Newport.
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Concord
Middlesex School
Concord Country Club
Thayer
Braintree
Russell Kettel
Winchester
St. Mark's
Andover
Pilot dies from injuries in Deland plane crash
Concord residents mourn Second Lieutenant Merton Sanborn Jr. U S Marine Corps Reserve, a Concord High School 1942 graduate and Bates College attendee, who died after a Deland Florida air crash. He was 20 and survived by his parents and sister. Funeral plans pending body arrival.
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Concord
Merton Sanborn
Walden Street
War Department
Washington, D. C
Merton Sanborn Jr
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Young Sanborn
Deland
Fla
Lieut
Sanborn
Concord High School
Texas
Naval Air Corps Training
Marine Air Eee
Deland Naval Air Corps
Seas Combat Service
Wren
Nih
Boston Garden
Shirley Saahborn
MacRae Funeral Home
Belknap Street
Knights Meet Tuesday in Concord Hall
Concord Council Knights of Columbus No 287 to hold meeting at Monument Hall on Tuesday at 3 oclock Grand Knight Rudolph W Currier to preside Several topics of importance to be discussed plans for May state convention May 9 and a trip to the Red Cross Blood Bank in Boston Also Fourth Degree members invited to annual Communion Breakfast on April 30 in Boston
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Concord
Concord Council
Knights of Columbus
Monument Hall
Rudolph W. Currier
Red Cross Blood Bank
Boston
Grand Knight Carrier
State Council
Sreakfast
Concord Soldiers Parade Roles During 19th of April Event
Concord unit members discharge and enlist as the 1st Battalion 23d Infantry M S G assembled at the Armory and marched out led by the 23d Infantry Band for the parade. Maj. Berg unable to lead. Capt. Pratt acting major. Officers and men participated. notable lunch prepared by Concord Company 10 MWDC with he man sandwiches. Pvt. Bob Ramsay added guidon duties amid parade photos. Sgt. Nims led firing squad at North Bridge exercises.
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Federal Service
4Th Co
James W. Powers
Navy
William R. Martin
Roland. V. Matson
Army
Leighton O. Caves
23D Inf. M. S. G
Inf
Concord
Walfred A. Berg
Pratt
Somerville
Donoghue
Waltham
Wyirbneh
Newton
Stevens
Bar
North Bridge
Nims
Pfc
Bourquin
Christiansen
Richardson
Valentine
MWDC
Dorothy Macone
State Guard
Bob Ramsay
Larry Peirson
Harry French
Girl Scouts Grow Up To Be Good Citizens
A Concord feature recounts Joan’s path from Brownies to Senior Scout, illustrating core Girl Scout training in personal habits, community service, nature, and diverse badges across fields like homemaking, literature, music, and crafts. The piece notes camping, camperships, and leadership growth, and calls for public support to fund the program.
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Girl Scouts
Joan
Girl Scout Council
Concord Seeks Recreation Coordinating Council
Local leaders propose a Coordinating Council for Recreation to unite municipal and private agencies in Concord. Two delegates from each agency would join, with advisory role and discretionary adoption of recommendations. A May 5 meeting in the Court Room will discuss formation and election of officers led by Stephen H. Mahoney of Cambridge.
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Concord
Saltonsta
Coordinating Council For Recreation
Court Room
Stephen H. Mahoney
Cambridge
Caroline W. Farnsworth
Frederick H. Lovejoy
Helen A. Peck
Willard H. Smith
Mary L. Volkmann
Lions Club Dance At Girl Scout House May 12
Concords Lions Club sponsors a dance at the Girl Scout House on Friday May 12 with music by the Littleton Farmers Swing Band. Proceeds support the club s service men fund.
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Concord
Lions Club
Girl Scout House
Littleton Farmers
Solemn High Requiem Mass in Concord for Mrs. Bridget Fallon
A solemn high requiem was sung at St Bernard's Church in Concord for Mrs. Bridget Fallon who died Friday at her home after a four year illness. Rev Walter Quinlan led the mass with several priests present. burial followed at St Bernard's cemetery. Mrs Fallon, a Galway native, lived in Concord 70 years and was active in St Bernard's parish. Her husband Patrick Fallon died in 1930. She is survived by three sons Dr John Fallon Dr William Fallon and James Fallon and ten grandchildren.
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St. Bernard’s Church
Bridget
O’connell
Fallon
T Street
Walter A. Quinlan
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
County Galway
Ireland
Concord
St. Bernards Parish
Patrick Fallon
Margaret M. Fallon
Peter Bulkeley
Concord Dog Is Winner in Field Trials
In Carlisle at William Foss Jr. farms the New England Letter Club Field Trials crowned Valencia M winner in the Junior All Age Stakes. Entries came from New England and New York with Dr James S Goodwin of Concord among local victors. The event concluded Sunday in fine weather while Miss Charlotte Capon of Sudbury High was named outstanding student and Balfour Key recipient.
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Concord
New England Letter Club
William Foss, Jr
Carlisle
New England
New York
Wright
Walter ©. Blaney
Boston
Dr. Jamess. Goodwin
Concord Sportsman
Valencia
Sudbury
Charlotte Capon
Sudbury High School
State Returns Signal Roosevelt Fourth Term Support
Barely five percent of registered voters participated in the quadrennial presidential primary. Democratic leaders claim a clear victory for Roosevelt’s fourth term while Republicans show limited Deweypledged delegate contests in two districts. Concord and West Concord reporting very light turnout with 143 voters in Concord and 52 in West Concord precinct two.
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Presidentia
Roosevelt
Democratic
Joseph B. Ely
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Winfield Schuster
Douglas
Qwen A. Hoban
Gardner
Alice G. Wallace
Fitchburg
Wendell Willkie
Schuster
Hoban
Concord
West Concord
West Conscord
R Publican
Saltonstall Martin
Weeks
Wil
Rowell
Green
Concord Man Killed in Southwest Pacific Action
Second Lieutenant John A. Grant 24, navigator in the Army Air Corps, died in action on Rendover Island in the Southwest Pacific area. He is the 15th Concord man to fall in the current conflict and the eighth killed in action. Telegrams arrived for his wife and mother Mrs Anna M Grant of 36 Walnut Maynard. His father George Grant and sister Regina SPARS member survive.
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Concord
John A. Grant
Army Air Corps
Rendover Island
Southwest Pacific
Grant
War Department
Anna M. Grant
Walnut Street
Maynard
Main Street
George Grant
Bedford Street
Regina
The
SPARS
Italian Soldier Missing Since February Listed as Missing
Mrs Ella Maynard Velénd of 93 Glendale Street reports her husband Nicholas Veleno went missing in Italy since February while serving in the war. Veleno entered service last August and is a brother of Officer Michael Veleno who attended local schools.
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Ella’ Velénd
Glendale Street
BRC
Nicholas
Veleno
Tts
Velen
Las
Michael Veleno
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