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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1946
Page
13
A state commission launches a survey to guide labor boards in setting wage rates. The effort aims to revamp minimum wage policies across industries, seeking input from employers and workers.
A probate notice references the Massachusetts Probate Court and an interested party in Albert H Perkins within the county. The fragment indicates proceedings or inquiry by the court concerning Perkins and involved parties.
Massachusetts moves to extend minimum wage rules to men after General Court approval. Wage boards will review clerical and technical rates amid a living cost study with hearings and commission acceptance. New scales for four industries to be set, completing coverage except farm and domestic labor. Farm accidents claim 43 lives daily.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Probate Court opens proceedings for Zipporah E. Brooks estate. Alfred E McCleary of Maynard petitions probate of a document as last will and seeks appointment as executor without bond. Objectors must file by September 9, 1946 in Cambridge. John C Leggat presiding judge. Aug 1 8 16
Chinese Laundry expands into a Richafossot store. Frank Garfield is seriously ill. Funeral of Louis Surrette at Sleepy Hollow. Corinthian Lodge and Hawthorne Chapter plan an excursion to Salem Willows. Harness Makers beat Penguillés recruits with Brown and Périguillé starring. Maynards defeat Concord 11-20 as Hilferty edges Louglin. Morgan and Jennings umpire. Chelsea Homing Club releases 200 pigeons locally. Residents protest three month closure of Homesmer Crossing detouring to Concord Junction.
Ed ward We Sheehan of Concord Junction is elected president for the coming year. In Lexington and Tennis Club feats Concord 3-2 with Nashee and Lynah starring. Mr and Mrs Martin Tobin of Concord celebrate 25th silver anniversary. Miss Mary McNeil leaves for Montreal to join Notre Dame as she is farewelled by friends. Sons of Norway hosts public outing at Carlisle. Ted Brooks links sewer work with L Dewett for Harland Lawrence.
Rev. Dr. Frank Cleland is elected professor of New Testament at Gandon Theological School in Atlanta Georgia. Elwood Pea Sweet is noted as being young. David Cram dies at W Company Hf leaves for a war tour of duty at Sandwich under Capt William A Hagerty. Legion band gives final concert of the summer season at West Concord playground. Concord firemen respond to Carlisle to help fight a fire at Richard Bates dairy.
Waldo Wilson of Carlisle succeeds Fred Stone of Sudbury as district fire warden for 41 towns. Stone is to be placed on active Army service. Concord Draft Board sends seven men to the date totaling 240. Mrs Amelia Hawkins, 79, dies. George Evans dies at 68. The first statue of George Washington and the first public memorial of its kind were on Capitel lawn in Raleigh.
Hilda Ogilvie applies to the Board of Appeals to obtain a permit to build a hen house at her residence on Horse Saeuge etaarrer N Fairbank, chairman. The meeting is set for Friday August 26 at 8 p m at the ap. Cont 10 the zoning laws.
Public notice lists bank book No. 9347 with leg lat and payment stopped. Contact phone worker at 141 ce St Boston Mass for claim or inquiry.
A brief UST notice shows a signature by Herold Brown. The fragment notes completion of an official filing or statement and references a sealed document. Further details are unreadable in the OCR excerpt.
A potter proclaims humor on a sign at Concord Shoe Service. Fred Hart moves a large homemade boat to the front yard as he nears Alaska voyage. a Thoreau Street residence undergoes extensive renovation formerly a doctor’s office. in Lincoln a large red white and blue bomb image stands by a Concord Turnpike home with an archery range nearby, sparking questions about safety and a potential dud.
The article notes the Chinese tradition of creating pearl coated Buddhas by placing metal images inside river mussels and curing them, a method linked to late medieval craft. It references the long history of pearl inlay and similar processes dating back to the 13th century.
Short OCR fragment notes many small businesses in West Acton including a tailor shoe repair women and children's bak shop and delicatessen. Mentions 20x t space next to Pastoffice and very low rents though lines are faint and partly illegible.
Members of the James J Mansfield Post American Legion No 158 in Concord will travel to Lowell for the State Convention on August 22 23 and 24. Local delegates will be led by Commander Arthur Wood. Some will stay all three days while others plan to commute.
C Roland Mitchell, four years as superintendent of the Federal Fish Hatchery in Hartsville, has raised 1 434 071 weighing 52 219 pounds of fish. His tenure highlights a productive period for the station and its conservation efforts.
A Marlboro drugstore advertisement features a testimonial praising ERB HELP for curing gas and bloating after meals. The claim notes improved waistline and easier meals, attributing the effects to a formula of twelve herbs that cleanse bowels and support liver and kidney function.
Action on the Middlesex County petition to remove county workers from County Personnel Board jurisdiction was postponed by the Governor's Council after commissioners sought delay until after the state election. Lt. Gov. Bradford cited need for careful deliberation and a political backdrop, as public groups criticize classification shifts and a push for an independent county system.
County official William G. Andrew circulated a letter blasting Lt Governor Bradford for delaying the matter in Council committees while alleging abuses by the County Personnel Board.
Anne McMaster of Worcester earned scholarships at six colleges, hoping the law of averages would help once. The piece notes an early reference to mineral salts improving crop yields in 1660 at Gresham College, England.
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