Ex-hospital employee wins $600 award
Hubert C. Normile, a former staff member at the Bedford VA Hospital, receives a $600 efficiency award from the Veterans Administration for a resin emulsion process that prevents wool blankets from shrinking during laundering. The method coats wool cells before boiling, potentially saving the VA about $171,000 annually.
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Bedford
Veterans Administration
Hubert C. Normile
Washington, D .C
Woormile
Normile
Dog Forces Purchase at Grocery Checkout
Nathaniel Williams could not leave the Memphis grocery store without buying a can of dog favorite food. The dog met him at the checkout counter with the can in its mouth.
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Memphis
Maynard Family Association elects new president at reunion
Maynard gathered about 150 members and guests at the Musketaquid Sportsmen’s Club in West Concord for the annual meeting. Maynard-Robert E. Sheehan of Old Bridge Road was elected president succeeding Miss Anne White. New officers include Miss Alice Mattie vice president Mrs Julia White treasurer Mrs Alice Lee secretary Edward W. Sheehan financial secretary. Special prizes went to oldest member Susie Sheehan 83 youngest John J Fuller three weeks old newest bride Mrs Richard White longest distance Bertha Mattie New York City and largest family Mrs Fred Sheeran and 13 children of Gloucester.
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Maynard
Robert E. Sheehan
Old Bridge Road
West Concord
Sheehan
Musketaquid Sportsmen’s Club
Anne White
Alice Mattie
Swampscott
Julia White
Alice Lee
Edward W. Sheehan
Dorchester
Small Town Farrs Expand To Large Freezer Plant
In Thomson Georgia Mr and Mrs W L Farr expand from a small flock to a freezer plant storing 30000 pounds of dressed poultry at a time and a dressing room with a 1000 birds per day capacity. They maintain 3000 bronze turkeys and 2000 laying hens and plan year round sales of frozen poultry while growing oats rye grass clover and lespedeza for feed.
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Thomson, Ga
W. L. Farr
Farrs
Small Town Solves Surplus Farm Production
In Washington Georgia a surplus of dairy milk found a buyer as 80 Pet Milk purchased it for canning. Milk from Wilkes and nearby counties flowed to the Washington plant, then shipped to Greenville Tennessee for canning. Pet Milk offers more purchase and guidance on better pastures and herd quality to farmers, ensuring a year round market.
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Georgia
Washington
Guy Roger
Wilkes County
Roger
Greenville
Tenn
Pet
New York Lets Contract For Logging Operations
Lumbering work begun near Salem Center New York to salvage storm damaged timber. Cities contract for 160000 board feet saw logs 3000 fence posts 180 cords pulp wood with all damaged trees to be removed. Mosquitoes heat snakes and poison ivy slow operations as five other New York city contracts loom for over 1,000,000 board feet logs and substantial posts and pulpwood.
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Salem Center
N. Y
New York
New York State
New York City
Small Kentucky Town Is Center of Coal Field
Pikeville Kentucky with population 4500 sits amid 4 billion tons of known coking coal reserves. About 2 billion tons are recoverable under current mining methods per a United States Bureau of Mines survey. Kentuckys Pike County holds 3.916 billion tons in beds 14 inches or thicker, with 3.8 billion tons in beds 28 inches or thicker. Accounting for typical US recovery around 55 percent, minable reserves total about 1.757 billion tons.
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Pikeville
Kentucky
United States Bureau of Mines
Pike County
Bureau
United States
Care of Soil Show Draws 500 at Concord Farm
The Middlesex County Soil Conservation Districts held an all day event at Alec Newark farm near Lexington road to demonstrate land conservation. Bulldozers tractors and tillage tools showcased soil preservation methods while Edward Carlson of Virginia Road placed second in hand mowing.
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Concord Farm
Concord
Middlesex County Soil Conservation Districts
Alec Newark
Lexington Road
Old Concord High School
Edward Carlson
Virginia
Bedford Residents Share Welcome Wagon Work at Hospital
Mr and Mrs Albert Larsen and family of Elm Street recently returned from a trip to Albany New York. Mrs Gertrude Fox of Great Road Bedford was guest speaker with Mrs Ciarvey J Comrie of Page Road at a radio program over a Waltham station last Thursday. They described the Welcome Wagon program at Bedford Veterans Hospital.
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Albert Larsen
Elm Street
Albany, New York
Gertrude Fox
Great Road
Bedford
Ciarvey J. Comrie
Page Road
Waltham
Bedford Veterans Hospital
West Concord Woman Celebrates 94th Birthday
Mrs Anne Holden Ryan of 10 Cottage Street West Concord marked her 94th birthday on Monday August 20 She is among the town’s oldest residents and a native of England who settled in the United States many years ago After 60 years in town she is the widow of George B Ryan.
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West Concord
Anne (Holden) Ryan
Cottage Street
England
J Cord
George B. Ryan
Mrs Ryan and Family Note Health of Misseg Flores
Mrs Ryan reports the health status of Misseg Flores. The message notes Ryan, Sr health as a related concern.
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Ryan
Misseg Flores
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