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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1942
Page
2
Readable fragments show Mrs Frank Kane of Street and Haywa cot Nason ad spending time together. The note suggests a domestic or social mention with limited detail.
A fragmented OCR item mentions Rachel Barlow in a note about Hes and Mot era terms connected to Agsabet Mills. The readable bits imply roles and duties in a colonial or industrial setting with incomplete context.
A fragment notes Mr and Mrs Carl Stockbridge mentioning a vacation. The brief item captures a personal travel pause without further details.
An update notes Pvt James V Atne has arrived at Filend Pla where he is assigned with the U S Air Corps. Also mentioned is Mrs Vincent Sullivan and an 18 year old who received a shave. The wording reflects a wartime dispatch style from a local paper.
Miss Mary Dunn of Walcott St employed at Mannard Trust Co is vacationing in Montreal Canada.
All workers at Assabet who belong to the ten percent club will receive a certificate signed by the president of the association. Their pay is being deducted regularly for the purchase of E I Bonds.
The list of monthly entrants to military service grows with new names from Assahet Mills. The updated roster includes Anastas, Thomas WalTac Les, John Karpeichik, Paubstoorne Otto Lampineén, John Pal Mitton Vincent-Sullivan, Qedemar Tuomanen, Wietverbec, all in the Army, along with Rovhon o and Eric Simons in the Marines.
A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen will be held this evening from 7 to in the Selectmen's Room at Town House. Applications for licenses or permits should be presented at that time to the secretary, Board. Chairman Cheslak, William Stockwell, Secretary P. Dineen.
Mr and Mrs John J Ahov of 47 Walnut Street announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Joanna Frederica Aho to Corporal Leslie Francis Parke son of Mr and Mrs Robert Parke of Concord. Parke is stationed at Fort Knox Kentucky.
The Maynard Rationing Board this week granted followings tire and tube permits including new tires and tubes for Lovell and Lovell Bus lines, bus retreads, and passenger retread services.
Pvt. George F. Williams of 47 Parker Street has started the Airplane Mechanics Course at the Army Air Base Lincoln Nebraska. Upon graduation he will be rated a fully qualified Airplane Mechanic and assigned to a permanent Air Force Squadron for active duty.
The Maynard rationing board allocated 7165 pounds of sugar in July for canning. A total of 366 applications were received before the cut off.
Mr and Mrs Paul Green were surprised with a housewarming at their new home on Great Road on Sunday evening. Friends presented a purse of money. refreshments were served, games played outdoors, and the gathering ended with a cozy reunion around the fireplace.
A brief note reports carrier George E. White is on the sick list. The item notes a letter reference and identifies White among local postal staff in the pandemic era style notice.
Members are urged to attend a 7 15 p m Monday meeting at the Main Street evacuation center. An important gathering is planned for all girls in the troop.
The Maynard Bicycle Club held its fourth picnic supper of the season on Monday. Members cycled through woodland roads to East Acton and Acton Center covering about ten miles. Ayleen Brikbon sent greetings, Marilyn Bain pledged to uphold cycling safety, and a August 17 date was noted.
Pvt. Ray Loija son of Mrs. Hanada Aran of 14 Harrison Street Maynard, a student at the Radio School in Sioux City under the Army Air Force Technical Training Command, was commended by the director of training for achieving a grade of 88 in class work.
William Breyden attended the funeral of Fred Worsnip held last week. Worsnip was a longtime resident of Hudson.
Mr. and Mrs. George Kater of Brown Street are reported to be on their annual vacation.
Mrs Eleanor Jones, assistant Town Clerk, has resumed duties following a week long vacation.
Pvt. Raymond W. Dionne of King, Nebraska has begun an airplane mechanics course at an Army base in Lincoln. Upon completion he will be assigned to an Air Force squadron.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Curtis and their family have returned to Valley Forge New York after visiting Mrs Curtis parents Mr and Mrs W H Priest during their vacation.
Second Lieutenant Michael Ignachuck son of Mr and Mrs William Ignachuck of Florida Court visited town weekend. He was recently commissioned at Fort Sill Oklahoma the first Maynard young man to join the Army ranks to officer status.
Assabet Mills received a special certificate this week for achieving 90 percent employee participation in War Bond purchases. A Minuteman Flag was ordered to fly alongside the American Flag at the main office entrance.
The special finance committee for Civilian Defense expenditures met last night at Town House to review budget needs and ongoing projects. Members discussed funding allocations and sought clarification on pending invoices and program timelines.
Miss Mary Ward, a nurse at Public Vicenies, is on her annual August vacation. Mrs. Dorothy Allen will assume her duties for the month, stepping in to cover her responsibilities.
The boys and girls in supervised recreational programs at two local schools will exhibit handicraft woodwork and sewing. The display is set for August 23 in the High School Auditorium from 2:30 to 4:30 PM and 7 to 8:30 PM, judged by Ruth West of Concord. A closing picnic and lemonade party follow on Friday with final exercises by the staff.
At Holy Cross Church Maynard Reverend Stanley Gogol leads Mass on Sunday August 9 at 9 a.m. Services are held at 23 Dartmouth Street.
Dr. H. M. Cremer will run the baby clinic at the Board of Health Rooms in Town House. Mary Sweeney resumes her duties at the Me nrascoe after a brief vacation. Patrick Hur ohry, welfare-ament, is vacationing from duties at Town.
Fragmentary OCR notes report Ruth Hunt in Rockville Connecticut as a letter carrier with reference to James and a clerk named William Hunt. Mentions an annual vacation or vacation time.
Postmaster Frank Sheridan, chairman, urges all workers not yet photographed to report Saturday at 2 p.m. at Town House for final identification card photos. About 200 still need photos. images will be pasted on official Civilian Defense Identification cards with a police pass on the reverse for access to posts.
Miss Wieno Sneck of McKinley Street wed Paul Heikkila in a private Saturday night ceremony in Waltham. The couple, vacationing at Lake Boone Hudson, plan to settle in Maynard after summer. Mrs Heikkila works as an industrial nurse at LaPointe Tool Co. in Hudson. her husband is an Easton graduate. Both are Maynard High School alumni.
Mrs. Rogers presses for relief from fuel oil gasoline and beef shortages in Massachusetts and New England. She has held talks with Harold Ickes Leon Henderson and Joseph Johnson urging steps to avoid penalties and ensure equal national treatment.
Gossip on Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland in The Major and the Minor. Mentions of Veronica Lake’s eye, Brian Donlevy as a gambler, plans for Soldiers Never Die, Hell Drivers in production, Rudy Vallée’s fame, Richard Denning in Beyond the Blue Horizon, Eddie Norris’s career switch, and Forest Rangers with MacMurray Hayward.
Boston area manufacturers are urged by W P Homans of the New England Regional Office WPB to file Production Requirements Plan applications by August 10 for the October 1 start of the fourth quarter. Complete data ensures fair allotments and smoother reviews, with forms available at all offices. Firms using over 9500 in metal per quarter must file. those under may file to aid analysis by the Census Bureau and WPB.
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