Students Return From Thanksgiving Visits Across Schools
STOW Paul Smith a University of Massachusetts Amherst student and Donald a Lowell Textile Institute student returned home this morning after vacation. Guests of Mr and Mrs Fred Hald included Mrs Mary Kezar of Boston and others from Melrose Somerville and Melrose. A. Creelman and family traveled to Holland Conn to visit relatives. All-night lighting in turkey houses at Oklahoma A and M increased egg production by at least 25 percent in breeding pens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Smith
University of Mass
Amherst
Jand Donald
Lowell Textile Institute
Lowell
A. P. Smith
Great Road
Fred ‘Hald
Packard
Turkey House
Oklahoma A
M. College
Stillwater
Cherry Tree Carol Legend and Christmas Budding Custom
The article explains the old Cherry Tree carol legend and how a cherry branch placed in water in late fall would bud by Christmas. It notes Czech and Slovak traditions claiming a blossoming sprig foretells a girl’s marriage in the New Year, linked to Mary and Joseph on their way to Bethlehem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Josep
Bethlehem
Joseph
Danger From Tree Fire Ever Present Danger From Tree Fire
The article warns that Christmas trees pose fire risks despite electric lights lowering some hazards. It advises two main steps from the Department of Agriculture: keep the tree well watered and fireproof with ammonium sulfate or calcium chloride. It details watering, fresh-cut needles, and a specific ammonium sulfate treatment process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Brotherhood of St. Sebastian Keeps Medieval Fountain Rite
The 12 Brothers in black silk hats visit seven town fountains on Christmas Eve following a medieval rite. They sing at each station around the lantern bearer, ending at the church for midnight mass and placing a lantern on St. Sebastian’s altar. The journey begins at Froschweide fountain where the plague is believed to have started three centuries ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of St. Sebastian
Froschweide
St. Sebastian
Christmas Bells and Apostles of Peace Traditions
The piece recounts how bells rang in Christmastide marking midnight and the birth of Christ. William Auld narrates traditions of the Apostles of Peace, whose greetings were most welcome during the great winter feasts of Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Satan
Apostles of
Peace
William Auld
Swiss Yearly Weather Onion Tale Ends At Church Steps
A Swiss custom links a grandmother peeling a twelve layer onion to predict next year’s weather while a daughter at midnight visits nine fountains and then goes to church where she hopes to meet an unknown lover on the steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Funeral held for Arthur H. Rice in Stow
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at Fowler Funeral Home in Maynard for Arthur H. Rice who died suddenly at his home on Boxboro road Stow. He came to Stow as a boy and had lived there fifty six years. He was a member of the Maynard Rod and Gun Club and of White in Mrs Trene DiRicco al ornia and also a grandchild. Rev V Miller of the Union Biblical Church Stow officiated and burial was at Brookside Cemetery Stow. Bearers were Arthur Trefry Carl Thompson Frank Schmelzer and Paul Paquet. Funeral arrangements were by Fowler Funeral Service of Maynard.
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Union Babelical Church
Stow
Brookside Cemetery
Arthur Trefry
Carl Thompson
Frank Schmelzer
Paul Paquet
Fowler Funeral Service
Maynard
Family Party Follows Thanksgiving Dinner in Sudbury
After a family dinner at Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Mr and Mrs Leon A etherbee of Gleasondale road hosted an afternoon and evening gathering. Attendees included Greeley and Paine families from Hudson and Berlin, Tufts College figures Dr George S Miller and Prof Hobbs Knight, plus Wetherbee relatives and friends from New York City and Belmont. Two birthday cakes honored Herbert S Greeley who shared stories of his two years in India with color slides shown after the meal.
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Stow
Wayside Inn
Sudbury
Leon A.etherbee
Gleasondale Road
Willis S. Greeley
Mary Eleanor Greeley
Herbert S. Greeley
Hudson
Lewis R. Paine
Berlin
George S. Miller
Tufts College
Muller
Harry S. Jackson
Robert T. Ross
Hobbs Knight
Ogunquit
Maine
Theodore P. Thompson
Belmont
Murray Pendleton
Boston
Jack Wetherbee
West Concord
Frances M. Wetherbee
New York City
Virginia S. Wetherbee
Jackson College
Medford
Herbert SS. Greeley
Greeley
India
New England
Wood pulp output in 1948 drops 11.5 percent from 1942
United States production of domestic wood pulp in 1948 is estimated at 9 050 000 tons an 11 ½ per cent decrease from 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Eyeglasses Steamproofed by Tonco Optical Jelly
A new scientific preparation named Tonco Optical Jelly cleans and polishes glasses and makes them steamproof. Treat glasses in the morning for all day clarity, even in cold weather when entering warm stores or buses. Available at stores for 50 cents a jar.
U S Milk Output Reaches New High After Pearl Harbor
U S milk production since Pearl Harbor hits a record 56 263 000 000 quarts in 1946. Production continues to rise as dairy output expands nationwide.
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U. S
Pearl Harbor
Concord Woman's Club Plans Christmas Meeting and Party
The Concord Woman's Club schedules a December 8 meeting at the Masonic Temple with Christmas music by Mrs. Kathleen Unle. The event honors Vice Presidents Day with remarks by district and state leaders. A Christmas party for children aged 5 to 12 is planned for December 12 under Mrs. Charles W. Allen.
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Concord
Concord Woman’s Club
Masonic Temple
Kathleen
Stedman Buttrick
F. Norman Peterson
A. Chesley York
State Federation
Uhler
England
Surette School
Norfolk School of Music
Radcliff College
France
Germany
Boston
California
Concord Academy
Charles W. Allen
Thanksgiving family gathering spans Moore and Smith clans
Mr and Mrs William Peck travel to Hopewell New Jersey for Thanksgiving with Mrs Doyle and Warren Moore joins from Wilbraham Academy. A large Moore family reunion near Watertown Reading Worcester Leominster and Weston gathers for dinner with many relatives and guests from Stow Brimfield Medfield and additional towns. Mrs Ben Petersen, formerly of Stow, is hospitalized at Newton-Wellesley Hospital after an operation Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Peck
Great Road
iPeck
Hopewell
New Jersey
Wilbraham Academy
Warren
Francis Doyle
Moore
Robert Moore
Watertown
W Richard Moore
Reading
Alan Moore
Worcester
Marjorie Moore
Leominster Hospital
Minnie Wright
Hazel Moore
Irene Donovan
Moreen
Austin. Hale
Weston
Allison P. S
A. P. Smith
Donald
Everett Smith
Philip Smith
Medfield
Brimfield and
Ben Petersen
Stow
Newton - Wellesley Hospital
Bloodmobile visits Concord December 8
Concord Red Cross chapter announces a blood donor drive at the Concord Unitarian Parish House on December 8 starting at 1 p m. The goal is 125 volunteers to donate a pint each, with 15 minute collection plus rest. Doctors nurses Red Cross aides Gray Ladies and hospital staff will support the event. For details call the Concord headquarters at 725.
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Concord Unitarian Church
Bemis
Red Cross
Massachusetts
Pitals
Greater Bos
Conco
Record
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Jacob L. Devers
Army Ground Forces
79Th
Cross of Lorraine
Robert W. Wilson
Philadelphia
Organized Reserves
Organized Reserve Corps
Marie Rose Hald
Somerville
Grace Miller
Russell Blake
Linda and
Bruce
Melrose
Ira Creelman
Holland, Conn
Wright’s
Aerns
Main Street
Great Savings
L. E. Heinz
Commonwealth Avenue
Fas
National Safety Council
Arthur H. Rice
Family Party
Wood Pulp
Shoff Avs
Woman's Club
Time Payments
Wilson
Bloodmobile
John R. Bemis
Concord Chapter
The
M. W
Bill) Tobin, Auctioneer
Tel
Kenneth Jewell
Currier & Ives
Newtowne Road
Acton
Cem
Kenneili
R.R
Unutenan Chevrolet
Thoreau
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