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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1948
Page
7
The report discusses 26 000 cases of eggs held in cold storage into mid June and notes strict storage standards under Massachusetts law. It mentions compliance inquiries, price signals, and wholesale activity amid fluctuating demand and storage compliance.
Berlin announces an Old Home Day and School Reunion on Labor Day September 6 with a large planning committee and an elaborate program. Dinner at 12:30 followed by a 1:30 school reunion, exhibit at 2:00, ball game at 3:00, cafeteria supper 5:30 to 7:00, and a high school aged play at 8:00 in Town hall. Proceeds support the new Berlin school cafeteria project.
An operator reports returns to shippers tied to yield with potential industry spread. Western prime quality eggs attract buyer interest from new sources as prices run 59 to 63 cents. Receipts for the week reach 20,733 cases versus last week 24,521 and year-ago 20,406. overall holdings decline.
Winchester heads the local draft board that will begin registering youths aged 18 to 25 for peacetime draft next Monday August 30. The board includes members from Concord Acton Lincoln Wayland Sudbury Maynard and the cities of Waltham Newton and Bedford.
A fragmentary note mentions a deacon pair and their family, including four elder sisters and a younger brother, tied to a Ninth Bay setting. The readable text centers on relatives and roles within a ceremony context.
Mrs Lawrente and family vacationed near White Horse Beach and visited Louisville and Washington DC. Dr John Fallon and Mrs Cecile Gammon returned from a two week Rye New Hampshire trip. The Mill Dam area was referenced as resuming activity after a two week hiatus.
Concord High School announces Bernie Megin appointed athletic director. The article notes his family details and past ties to Concord football including captaining the team. It also mentions other local residents and a market note on infant survival statistics from New York City.
The Concord Rotary Club holds its regular meeting at 12 15 p m in the Colonial room of the Howard Johnson Restaurant. President George Erickson presides. Robert D Parks chairs luncheon and Harold N Clarke leads the program. September programs directed by Dr Charles H Duston. A letter from Past President Thomas L Sanborn praising him as honorary member was read. A letter from Joseph C Wheeler, Rotary International Fellow and honorary Concord member, was also read.
Mr and Mrs March G Purinton of Hill Side Avenue traveled to New York last Friday and attended the wedding of Miss Alice Wetterer and Robert E Fite in Dance Park on Saturday. Mr Purinton returned Sunday while Mrs Purinton remained in New York to visit cousin Mrs Laura Fite for the rest of the week.
Union services will resume between St Ann's Episcopal Church and Trinity Episcopal Church next Sunday August 29 with services at 8 and 9 30 o clock. Mid week meeting of the evangelical Free Church was held at nine as usual. Mr and Mrs Christopher Featherstonehaugh formerly of Concord now in New York visiting local friends during their annual vacation.
Mr and Mrs S B Small of Woburn announce the engagement of their daughter Eva J Small to Joseph P Beau dette son of Mrs Jaemretetl of Westtore street Carlisle Small a girl of Jamaica Plain high school and employed in a department store in Woburn. Her fiancé a World War veteran in the U S Army in Europe is employed at the Waltham watch factory. The October wedding is planned.
The Concord Recreation Commission will meet Monday night September 13 at 7 30 in the Town House courtroom. Chairman Roger C Fenn will preside and an outline of the fall and winter program will be made. A good character is the fruit of personal exertion.
Richard Figg a 24 year old civil worker at Hanscom Airport Bedford was arraigned in Concord District Court and found guilty by Judge Pierre Northrup. He faced charges for taking a motor vehicle from the airport driving to the Cape and returning it badly damaged. He received three months suspended sentence and was ordered to make restitution.
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