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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1950
Page
6
Mary Ward a public health nurse enjoys her annual vacation. others, including Mrs Martha Champagne and Raymond Sheridan, take breaks at the Cape York Beach Marblehead and Lake Nipmuc. Community Band concert, new home moves, and parish events noted alongside local vacations and football prep plans.
Maynard Eugene Paakkonen of Silver Hill road attended a reunion of the 2nd Armored Division known as Hell on Wheels. The event at the New Yorker hotel featured speakers including the late General George S Patton’s widow, General Edward H Brooks, General Ernest Harmon, and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Mr and Mrs Patrick Lombardi of 35 Fifth Street welcome a baby boy named George Anthony born at Union Hospital Framingham on July 15.
Services were held for George Arthur Carbary at Fowler Funeral Home in Maynard. The 35 year old World War II Navy veteran, born in Arlington, died last Saturday in a automobile accident on Gleasondale road. He leaves a widow Dorothy Sheldon Carbary, two children Jackie Jr and Paul, his mother Minerva Young, five brothers Edward South Acton Leonard Hudson Arthur Clarence in Washington and Charles of Maynard, three sisters Grace Warila Marguerite Jo-Kisaari Marblehead and June Johnson Marblehead. Burial was at Glenwood cemetery.
More than $1,000 in prizes including a television set with record player and radio, a complete hope chest with sheets and blankets, and a full appliance set with luggage for ladies. Prizes awarded at the parish picnic on August 25 26 and 27 with dancing music refreshments midway and special features.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kendra of 15 River Street celebrate the birth of a son on Tuesday August 1 at Emerson Hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Hickey and Fred Kendra.
Christos Ka krideas, charged with writing poet slips, was ordered freed by a municipal court after proving he could not read or write.
In Tahlequah Oklahoma Cherokee leaders warn of growing illiteracy among the tribe and urge establishing a non profit to advance education culture development and rehabilitation. They note historic literacy in Cherokee and English and call for renewed language and school programs. Senator Robert Lowen cited as a leader in cultural and political progress.
In Jerseyville Illinois Paul M Ther observed a ground hog family den under a barn and a cat gave birth to kittens nearby. The pair appeared to interact as if from the same family with the groundhogs playing near the cat and her litter.
A garbled OCR item notes Virgil Hinds, a student at South State College, declining a tuition offer from a women's college. Details are unclear but imply a choice between institutions and costs.
Maynard George H. Merrick of 4 Pomcitcut avenue died at home last Thursday after a long illness. Born in Lawrence, he lived in Maynard 34 years, was 77, and a former cashier at Assabet Mills. Survived by widow Grace Rand Merrick, sons Warren of Oxford and Merton of Maynard, six grandchildren. Funeral at Fowler Funeral Home Concord Street, Rev. Robert Burt officiating, cremation at Mt. Auburn, interment Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence.
Maynard Town Treasurer King was named Defense Director by the Board of Selectmen at their last meeting. He served as a World War II lieutenant and is a member of the American Legion post. The board also denied a gasoline permit on Waltham Street.
Announcement: Donald R. Sprague has been accepted as a first year student and enrolled in the B A Transfer program of the Liberal Arts Curriculum at Worcester Junior College. He is son of Herbert L. Sprague of 80 Central Street and a Hudson High School graduate who was Sophomore class president. He joined the Army in 1947 and served in Japan during the Pacific Theater.
We thank the many friends who helped make our 50th wedding anniversary such a happy occasion. Mrs. and Mrs. Alex Reid Maynard.
The family of Mary E. Sullivan thanks relatives friends and neighbors for the flowers spiritual bouquets and expressions of sympathy extended during their recent bereavement.
Stow Mr and Mrs Elton Robblee with sons Edward and Stephen and Mr and Mrs George W Acheson with son William of Dover enjoyed a week vacation at Fal mouth Heights on the Cave. Mr and Mrs Robert Derby with children Roger Betsy and niece Ann Derby of Great Road returned home Monday from a ten day motor trip to China Lake Maine and Nova Scotia.
Two kittens in Murphysboro Illinois were born with six feet four front paws and two hind feet. The mother alley cat nursed them for two months before abandoning them leaving the odd litter to stand on their twelve feet alone.
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