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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1946
Page
5
The community marks a three day Veterans festivities with a mammoth parade on September 0 led by Schindler and Caruso No 2. A program at Ward Park follows a display of fire and silent pictures at Lyonhurst, with services at 2 o'clock honoring the fallen and Gold Star families.
Acton American Youth Hostel, at the Warren residence on Main Street, reports a busy season with nightly groups of young people from nearly every state. Northfield Mass and New England routes feed bicycles of ex servicemen and students touring to Provincetown, with stops at Acton and a nationwide network ending near Belmont and Boston.
Lydia J Poikonen widow of Everette Poikonen died after a lingering illness at her Maynard home aged 61. A resident 43 years she was born to David Liimatainen and leaves three sons Waino Uuno of Sudbury and Urho, three sisters Kilda Krook Hilma Aho Alma. Funeral at her home Thursday at 2 pm with burial at Glenwood Cemetery under W A Twombley funeral service.
The Bedford Public Library announces new acquisitions including Make Way for a Sailor Nora Benjamin Kubie Paji Esther Kiviat Our Own Kind Edward McSorley Blue River Mary Frances Donner Wilderness Adventure Elizabeth Page I Never Left Homegi Hope Time to Change Margot Bennett Honolulu Leslie Ford Beer for Psyche Dorothy Gardiner Brothers Karamazov Dostoyevsky Crime and Punishment Dostoyevsky With Cradle and Clock Knud Stowman The Assassins Hildergard Tolman Teihet War and Peace Leo Tolstoy Fathers and Sons Ivan Turgeney and Mrs Dallaway by Virginia Woolf.
Sudbury Chapter of the American Red Cross hosts a water safety program at White Pond Concord with limited enrollment of 70 children due to instructor shortages. The August 26 gathering features certificates prizes and contests for attendees parents invited. Transportation provided by Withworth’s bus and car access is restricted. contact Mrs. Goodhue for details.
Bedford residents report a week away with relatives in Gardiner Massachusetts. Salvatore Albani enjoys his annual vacation. Mrs Connie Péro and daughter Katherine Pole take annual vacations. Annie Cook is ill at home. Mr and Mrs Arthur Rivet visit Detroit with Mr Rivet's sister family. Mrs William V Collins returns from Massachusetts Osteopathic Hospital. Julia Laws entertains Mrs Charles A Skelton of Worcester and former Bedford resident. Mr and Mrs Arthur Hansen host Hansen's parents from Pontiac Michigan. Blanch Lothrop returns from Montpelier Vermont.
Bedford zoning board to hold public hearing August 16 at 8 00 P M in Town Hall selectmen room on the petition of Paul B Webber for a permit allowing propagation of mink east of and adjoining Old Burying Grounds and north of and adjoining the land of Kenneth D Blake at 110 Great Road Any person wishing to be heard should attend the meeting
This coming week marks anniversaries for Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Gilman of Anthony Road celebrating their ninth year and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Litchfield of South Road observing their tenth wedding anniversary.
The senior Pilgrim Fellowship of the Center Congregational Church traveled by boat to Provincetown last Saturday. Rev Gilbert S Zimmer man led the group. The article notes industry as both instrument of improvement and foundation of pleasure.
The article reports a bumper corn crop across Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska and Indiana, with the Midwest dominating production. It notes favorable weather, early planting, and expectations the 1946 corn belt yield could reach three to four billion bushels, barring price controls by the federal decontrol board.
Sudbury announces the birth of a son, James Francis Sherman III, Aug 5 at Somerville Hospital to James Francis Sherman and Maris Crowley Sherman living on the Boston Post Road South Sudbury. Ralph A. Vermilyea and wife announce a second son Peter Warren Vermilyea born at Framingham Hospital. Cotton shipments in the crop year ending July 31 totaled 3.5 million bales.
West Concord West Concord Town Team edged Ayer A A 7–6 in Middlesex County League play. Wally Johansen pitched, Fordermen built a 6–0 lead, Ayer tied at 6–6 in the ninth before West Concord won. Ray Forcier led with three hits, others extra bases by Fenton, Condon, and Shea.
The Mohawks capped their regular schedule with a 4-0 victory over Raytheon in a Greater Western Pint League game last Friday night. Warren Berg pitched the win for the Mohawks who improved to 16-5 in 21 starts and await the league playoffs starting August 25. Wally Macone had a single, Chick Mayo pinch hit, and Frankie O Sullivan Lou and Eddie Cunningham each collected a hit. Jim Tompkins pitched relief for Raytheon.
Six men from Fourth Company of Concord’s State Guard completed a week long tour of duty at Camp Edwards last week. The unit reported to Captain Joseph Barr at the Monday drill. Attendance included several members of the 23rd Infantry band under Lt. O. Harry Neilsen as the guard edges toward disbandment and a new National Guard formation.
Commander and Mrs Albert Mason Harlow announce daughter Hazel born August 6 in Washington D C where the family resides. Grandparents include Mrs Hazel V Wightman of Chestnut Hill and Mrs Albert Mason Harlow of Concord. Mr Harlow serves in the U S Navy. Also Mr and Mrs David B Rodd of Monument Street announce daughter Hillary born August 6 at Emerson Hospital Concord. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry A Laughlin, Concord, and Mrs Thomas Rodd Jr of Pittsburgh and Washington Connecticut. Mr and Mrs Thomas J Gormley of 12 Bedford Street celebrate birth of a son with Mrs Gormley formerly Gertrude Flannery. They have an older daughter Marie who turns two in September. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Edward W Flannery of Concord and Mr and Mrs John Gormley of Lincoln.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Fraser announce the marriage of their daughter Miss Margaret Ellen Fraser to boatswain mate Frank Krasic in Mt Vernon Methodist Church Baltimore on August 6. The ceremony was officiated by Dr Litsinger with attendants Miss Mary Haney and James Fenton. Mrs Krasic is a 1942 Afton High School graduate and attended Wor carer 0 the Waves. Krasic has five years of Navy service including the Pacific war.
Mr and Mrs John Cunningham of Fort Worth Texas visited Wayside Inn over the weekend. The Richard O Johns property on Town Farm Road was sold to Mr and Mrs Austin Ashley. Mrs Jane Bennett visited Mrs William Tufts at Rockland Breakwater Maine and attended a luncheon at the Samoset Hotel with friends from Boston Nashua Lexington and Gray Ladies who served at Fort Devens. The summer social scene in Rockland features daily concerts dancing and luncheons.
Richard Fletcher returns from Little Sir Echo camp after six weeks of horseback riding baseball and water sports. Albert E Haynes of Sudbury, famed for old fashioned dancing, completed several summer engagements including six in Maine at a Southport estate green with local musicians. Miss Corinne Cutting vacationing with her grandfather at Centerville on the Cape after a West Canada tour. The Woods family welcomed friends back to Sudbury on Concord Road after years away. Mr and Mrs Robert C Hall hosted Mrs Edith Frank of Northport Long Island and Mrs Minerva Holcomb of Harmon on the Hudson over the weekend.
West Concord reports the Di vines girls softball team will meet the Red White baseball nine on August 21 at 6 15 p m The local lineup includes Shirley Southworth Alice Morse Gloria Rankin Jane Denaro Marion Derby Judie Muscato Charlotte Harty Eleanor Buckley and Clara Gangloff Victory Bonds and stamps are noted in the notice.
West Concord lost the final Middlesex County League game 10-5 to Littleton A. A. at Littleton last Monday night. The club finished the season with nine wins and 24 losses as a picked-up West team briefly appeared in Twilight League play, defeating rivals 6-5 last Thursday before Pepperell's upcoming visit.
Edward McKenna a well known citizen on Leginton Road shows improvement at home in a community event hosted by Concord patio members and friends. Maynard K of C and James Farrell report many will attend nightly wrestling and boxing bouts planned for the carnival.
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