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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1942
Page
1
Harold McCracken, an explorer and author, argues the Aleutians may require a bayonet-backed invasion to drive out guarded German and Japanese forces, reflecting on his 11 year search for Aleutian remains and wartime strategies.
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Mrs Rothwell N MacRae and son Rothwell Jr and daughter Laurie return home after eight days at a Contoocook Camp. Marriage intentions filed for Miss Mary B Sheehan and Joseph Driscoll to be wed at St Bernard's on Saturday. Doris Evelyn Blaisdell born at Emersons Hospital to Marian Currier and Mr Raymond Blaisdell. August meeting of Concord Lodge of Elks on August 25 with Exalted Ruler Frank Garrity presiding.
Bedford resident Dr Rogers Lord a member of the local hospital staff has entered service and left Monday for Mitchell Field New York where he joined the medical corps.
Fireman Harry Patterson of 4 Potter Street resumes duties at Central station on Monday after a two week vacation. Fireman Cornelius A. MacWilliams of 217 Main Street is now on vacation. The King's Daughters of First Parish church held a Red Cross sewing meeting Tuesday afternoon at the church vestry. Concord Lodge 212 1.C.C.F. will meet Thursday evening at Odd Fellows Hall West with Noble Grand Charles W. Fisher presiding.
Mr and Mrs James F Crowley Barretts Mill road announce daughter Mary Lee Crowley born Wednesday August 12 at Emerson hospital Concord. Mrs Andrew Hopewell Hepburn Lowell Road served on general committee of Gov Saltonstall aiding Russian Relief Benefit held last Friday in Boston.
Mrs. Sherman Hoar and a daughter Mrs. George A. Parsons and Miss Joan Buttrick all of Concord have returned to Concord after a vacation spent at Cuttyhunk. En route the party stopped off for a brief stay at Plymouth.
Special Police Officers John B Mullen Alfred J Baptist Emil C Thorpe Joseph B Marshall and Walter Driscoll have been substituting while regular Concord Police officers are on vacation.
The St Bernard's Parish Library will remain open this Friday night from 7 30 to 9 30 oclock inviting the public to visit.
Rothwell N. MacRae was the guest of the Westford Militia last Thursday evening and demonstrated several of his sound reels to members.
Concord resident and Boston attorney Concord Samuel Hoar has been appointed chair man of the special gifts fund for the 1943 Greater Boston United War Fund Campaign. The appointment was announced by Charles Cabot general chairman. Hoar is Harvard graduate of 1909 and 1912 law school, president of Middlesex Institution for Savings, director of Concord National Bank Middlesex Insurance Partnership and Boston Legal Aid Society, and partner in Goodwin Proctor and Hoar.
Concorde State semi pro baseball notes that Mohawks of Lincoln County, with ex-Concord players Bob Mara among them, beat Vermont champs in a rain shortened doubleheader while Windsor advances toward nationals in Wichita Kansas. Next month Windsor schedules Harvard College clash and Mo hawks visit Mohawks field.
The funeral for John White, 86, longtime West Concord resident, was held Thursday morning from his daughter’s home at 26 Commonwealth Avenue. A requiem high mass followed at Our Lady Help of Christians church. Burial was in Calvary cemetery, Waltham. White, a Nova Scotia native, had been retired for years and is survived by several other children. his wife died in June 1940.
Miss Alice Marian Irby of 2 Cottage Street and Thorwald J. Anderson of Harrington Avenue plan a Friday morning wedding at the bride’s parents home in West Concord.
Mrs. Philip F. Kenney hosted a shower for Miss Mary Sheehan of Weston on August 11 at 85 Virginia Road. The event celebrated her upcoming September 5 marriage to Lawrence J. Kenney of Concord.
Two Concord Marines have been heard from recently. Georgie Heylinger of Bedford Street was greeted by Concord boys in the South Pacific area. Joseph V. Mara is still believed stationed at San Diego California.
Miss Dorothy Dee of 60 Bedford Street daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Dee observed her 23rd birthday last Wednesday. She is employed at the local Telephone Exchange.
Margaret and Geneva Deacon, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Deacon of 411 Main Street, celebrated their third birthday this Tuesday week in a family observance.
Joseph W Bulger of 26 Sudbury Road son of Mr and Mrs William J Bulger returned to Camp Shelby Mississippi on Monday after a ten day furlough visiting with his parents and friends.
Master Sergeant Chandler W. Saunders, son of Harry G. Saunders of Bedford, was appointed Warrant Officer (Junior Grade) by Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair. Saunders enlisted in Boston on January 30, 1920, trained at Marfa, Texas, and is assigned to the supply section of the Army Ground Forces Headquarters at the Army War College in Washington, D. C.
Word has been received that Lieut Gerard J. Burke of Old Bedford Road has been transferred to a new base overseas. Sergt Bernard J. Rushe of 2 Davis Court has also been transferred to foreign duty recently as a member of the First Division.
Last Thursday afternoon at Concord Country Club Ralph Crosby Piper a prominent Boston attorney living on Nashoba Road made the season s first hole in one on the par three ninth hole He used a number five iron on the 155 yard hole while in a foursome with F Harrie Richardson Watson M Gordon and Walter B Borden
The 23rd bi monthly session of the Concord Lions Club met with Lexington Lions at the Musketiaid Sportsmen's Club in West Concord on August 11. Twenty eight members attended including ten from Lexington led by President William Fitzgerald and Immediate Past President John Lamont.
A Servicemen's Center opened at 8 Walden Street in Concord, formerly Johnson's Market. It will serve local soldiers from nearby cantonments with reading and writing facilities and other entertainments. Local servicemen are welcome to visit and donate books magazines writing materials and other amusements are appreciated.
The U S Naval recruiter from the Lowell sub-station will visit Concord twice more this month. He will interview potential enlistees aged 17 to 40 between 10 30 and 12 noon on Friday morning and again on August 28.
Parents announce Miss Joanna Frederica Aho to Corp Leslie Francis Parke with plans pending. Parke, from Concord, serves in the armored division at Fort Knox Kentucky. Also, Miss Charlotte Hall engages to Arthur P Robbins of Berlin after graduating from Wheelock School.
Funeral services for Miss Florence Kilfoyle fifty of Cambridge Turnpike were held after a wake at her home and a high mass of requiem at St Bernard Church Concord. Burial followed at St Bernards Cemetery Concord. A native of Cambridge she lived in Concord thirty eight years with the J William Byron family.
Librarians hold an outdoor whist party and sale on Devens street at 2 20 o clock Saturday August 29. Prizes and a fine pastry assortment will be offered.
On a quiet Saturday morning in Concord at the Dene church Miss Ann H. Tracy married Dean Stanley Tarbell son of Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Tarbell of Winchester New Hampshire. Rev Charles Russell Peck officiated and Mrs Robert J. Tracy sister in law of the bride attended. A reception followed at the parish House. The couple will reside in Rochester New York where Mr Tarbell teaches chemistry at the University of Rochester.
Concord Art Association hosts a model aircraft and photography exhibit at 15 Lexington Road. It closes August 30 with 10 am to 5 pm hours daily except Mondays, Sundays 2 to 6 pm. Thirty two scale aircraft models and naval army photographs occupy the display, extended to September 15 with new photographs added since opening.
Concord lodge of the Sons of Italy will hold its annual Field Day and Outing on August 22 and 23 at the old cattle show grounds off Belknap street. Tony Paricelli serves as chairman and a varied program is arranged for all ages.
The final date to register for the biennial state election is August 26 at the town house from 12 noon to 10 pm. Voters of either precinct may register at this session.
Concord Council Knights of Columbus plan a Sunday outing and field day at Mustetaquid Sportsmen's Club West Concord starting 2:30 PM. Activities include a youth versus old timers softball game tug of war horseshoe tournament and other events with supper at 6:30 PM reservations due by Friday noon August 28.
Miss Charlotte R. Atwater daughter of James H. Atwater of Gloucester wed Clifton T. Pope son of Mr and Mrs George T. Pope of Concord on Sunday August 9 in a small ceremony at the new bent Se eoporate. About 125 guests attended the reception at the bride’s home. The couple will reside in Presque Isle Maine where Mr Pope is employed by Northwest Airlines.
Mrs Clara Mae Catlin Corliss 56 of Lincoln wife of Joseph H. Corliss died Saturday after a local illness. A native of Cambridge she lived in Lincoln 12 years and leaves several children. Funeral services were held Wednesday at St Anne's Episcopal Church South Lincoln with Rev Alfred Starrett officiating. Burial at Mount Feake Cemetery Waltham.
Mr and Mrs Charles A Pearson of Belmont announce the engagement of their daughter Ruth Eleanor Pearson to Q E Carlson. The notice notes family plans and forthcoming wedding details.
In South Acton Mr and Mrs Dominic Casavecchia praise Dr DeAngelo for saving their premature baby after a home birth. With limited equipment he used artificial respiration, diathermy, oxygen, and transit to Children’s Hospital Boston aided by Maynard police and fire units. The baby remained in care with improving but cautious prognosis.
A 15 year old Concord boy and 15 year old Bertie Berry of Wesford assisted a 10 year old Lexington girl in the cove waters after she became exhausted. Berry found her and brought her to shore where she received aid and survived.
The late Miss Mary A. Sayer of 11 Monument Square died August 13. Rev. Charles Rit Peck officiated at the funeral service with cremation and burial in a Rhode Island cemetery. A retired schoolteacher, she had lived at the Colonial Inn for the past ten years.
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