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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1945
Page
5
Concord schools announce plans to open on Wednesday September with Superintendent Ralph MacLeary outlining the agenda. Several local 4-H club members attend annual sessions at Camp Middlesex in Ashby.
Funeral services for Nettie Elizabeth Paul Wells were held at the Trinitarian Congregational Church in Concord with Rev John Elmo Wallace officiating. Burial followed at St Hollow cemetery. Wells, born January 11 1883 in Waltham, lived in Concord 43 years and held roles in the Concord Grange P of H and the Trinitarian church. She survived by husband Ransome Wells two daughters in Worcester a grandson in Worcester and brothers Frank and Oscar Paul of Everett.
Mr and Mrs Allen G Moody of Pope road East Acton entertained at a cookout supper last Thursday evening. Guests were from Acton Swampscott Wilton New Hampshire South Orange New Jersey Baltimore Maryland and Durham North Carolina. Fred Richards of Hosmer street is on a two week vacation from duties at a Concord milk plant.
The Maynard Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary staged an entertainment at Bedford Veterans Hospital last Sunday night. Lead performer Phyllis Christofono and her troupe drew strong applause with toe tapping feats and cowboy songs. The program also featured Alice Crosby, Virginia and Carolyn Batsford, Mrs. William Batsford, Pop Steinman, Vincent Jarmulowicz, Salvatore Salamone, and Mary Flannery as mistress of ceremonies.
Sergt Joaquin Motta son of John Motta of 96 Bar Street Bedford is stationed in Puerto Rico with the RAF Caribbean Division ATC. He has 15 months overseas in England and France and wears the European Theatre Ribbon Good Conduct Medal 5 battle stars and a Distinguished Unit Citation. He attended Normalia Junior High and was a yarn boy before service. The Caribbean Division is an Air Transport Command unit moving thousands of American troops by air each month.
Classified notice offers a Johnson outboard motor of 16 horsepower for sale in good condition. Asking price is 150 dollars. Contact details not provided in the readable text.
Letter from Commander L. E. Bancroft of Sudbury Post 191 thanks Selectmen, the Chief Marshal George Mailly, the Legion, Police, and other groups for a successful first Victory Day parade. He calls on younger veterans to join the post and notes ongoing WWII service including aerial supply routes to China India Burma theater.
Mrs Robert Bond of New Town Foad Acton Center and Woodlawn Avenue visits his daughter Mrs Robert Britt spending the summer at Wellfleet on the Cape. Buy war bonds and stamps.
Mr and Mrs Theodore Mayer of Sudbury spent a weekend in Durham New Hampshire to review last year s anti poison ivy effort. Professors Oswald Zimmerman and James Funkhouser led the campaign with the University of New Hampshire chemistry department and the Durham Garden Club. The outreach has drawn inquiries from 43 states and two Canadian provinces as Sudbury prepares a similar program.
Wilfred Fraser son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Fraser Mass Ave has returned from a visit with Col Earl G Boardman and family in Mattapoisett Mass Mr and Mrs J Henry Engmar and sons David and Edwin of Great Road are also back after two weeks at Fort Hood.
A Bedford public hearing in the Selectmen's room at town hall will consider Burton McNeil's request to remove two underground gas tanks and replace them with two 3,000 gallon tanks on North Road. Also on the agenda is Irving M. Puffer's plan to install one 3,000 gallon and one 2,000 gallon underground gasoline tank at 200 Great Road.
Thelma Richter of Bedford Ann Gramstorf and Nancy Wellington of Lexington performed their final season of hospital ward programs. They sang for servicemen at Chelsea Oval Hospital Waltham Regional Fort Devens Camp Edwards and Cushing General with Red Cross arranged transport. Jayne Hanson of Lexington hosted. They depart for Perry Point Maryland to visit Joan McNaught a Bedford resident and former Lexington High School classmate, for a week. Richter will begin nurse training September 2 at Faulkner Hospital Jamaica Plain.
American Legion Post 221 hosts the second block dance with Rizzo's orchestra. Committee includes Earl Atwood John Pinkham William Collins Martin McMahan Richard Atwood and Mrs Atwood Mrs Scullane Winfield Ricker and Hugh McGill. Next dance Friday August 31 funds aid Bedford servicemen Christmas fund. Bond stamps BAY WAR.
Three German prisoners of war escaped Fort Devens last Friday and were recaptured early Monday by Concord Patrolman Mason A Foss. The three youths Ralph Ear Karl Walter 18 Mathias Wagner 20 wore Army shoes marked PW. One had been at large since the escape. They were later turned over to police for return to the fort.
Concord's Guard Band of the 23rd Infantry will perform a series of concerts for local citizens. The first event is at Mon Square bandstand, with an August 26 show running from 3:00 to 5:30 PM under the leadership of Harry Neilsen. The band includes former James Jove Nene members and recent summer encampment participants at Camp O Connor Fram ingham. The Concord Board of Selectmen approved the concerts, expecting strong community turnout.
Mrs Kenneth C Woosah York announces the birth of a daughter Sybil Ann born the 3rd day morning at Em Hospital Concord. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Casper Woos of Long Island N Y and Mr and Mrs Lester B Whittemore are well known in the community. Sergt Voos is now stationed in Ala with Laith min sneer bas Concord Tech.
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