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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1947
Page
3
Fragmented text mentions Elks and Army veterans, real estate around town and a Sox game. Clipping ball game reference, Patter, trade signs and comments appear as garbled fragments from a local paper. No coherent event or outcome is discernible.
About 60 members attended the 28th annual Sheehan Family Association reunion held at Our Lady Help of Christians Church West Concord and Acton Center Town Hall Grounds. Cecilia Sheehan Lane presided. Eugene J. Sheehan was named vice president. prizes honored the oldest family, youngest baby, and other notable attendees.
West Concord funeral for Mrs Lottie Esmés Lapham 68 wife of Waldo P. Lapham well known realtor died Sunday at home. Service at Concord Union Church Tuesday afternoon conducted by Rev Earl Keith Sweatland with members of her affiliated organizations in attendance. Burial followed.
Frank E Waite of 71 Central Street West Concord retired after 44 years as a post office clerk, began November 1 1903, and finished as registry clerk at the West Concord postoffice. Now 64, he has watched the office grow from a small branch to a full postoffice. He resides in West Concord since age eight with a wife two daughters and a son.
Fire alarm and church bells rang yesterday in Concord to mark the second anniversary of the atomic bombings on Hiroshima. Citizens gathered for solemn reflection as officials read brief notices and residents laid flowers in memory.
West Concord hosts a Charles River regatta as Sea Scouts from S S 33 and S S Mohawk prepare to sail from the MIT boat house. Skipper George Simms Sr. leads two Mohawk crews while local senior Boy Scouts seek a pennant. A Sunday trip aboard the fast Chris Craft is noted as part of preparations.
Retired local officer Frederick E. Law ton and J. Donoghue, correction officer, are noted as retired. The quotation suggests long service at the local institution, with uncertain references to prior roles and years of service.
Concord residents may obtain the updated traffic rules set at the Town House Selectmen's room. The new edition reflects all amendments as of May 1 1947 per the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety.
Concord Lions Club schedules a regular meeting and supper for Tuesday evening August 2 at 6 30 o clock. The program will be announced.
Concord Art Association opens an exhibit featuring Henry M. Keyes Jr aged 10. The display includes two drawings and two clay figurines along with pencil sketches and a fire breathing dragon themed piece praised for its vivid detail.
The Concord board of selectmen call a special town meeting at the Veterans Building on Walden Street Monday evening August 18 at 8 o'clock. Moderator Samuel Hoar will preside. The warrant lists two articles including appropriating funds from excess and deficiency or other available sources to alter the armory.
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