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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1946
Page
5
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Joy of Great Road have returned from a holiday and weekend trip to New York. They spent Thanksgiving with Mr. Joy’s nephew in Newburgh New York and visited other local sights during the trip.
The funeral for Mrs. Bertha Mae Foss Wilkins of Carlisle was held at the First Parish Unitarian Church in Carlisle with burial in Green Cemetery. She died after a short illness at Symmes Arlington Hospital and was a lifelong resident known for community service including the Parish Church Woman's Alliance Unity Club and Carlisle Planning Board. Surviving are her husband Parker Wilkins a World War II veteran her father a Carlisle selectman and four brothers and a sister.
The Bedford Teachers Association begins its annual Christmas seal sale with seals mailed to townspeople. Seals used on mail but not as postage. Proceeds fund x ray programs for workers and students, TB rehabilitation, and educational TB prevention programs. War bonds message included.
The 1942 classic by Irving Berlin rose to fame after its use in Holiday Inn. It became a Christmas staple, selling a million copies in four months and returning each holiday season, with Berlin calling it a favorite alongside God Bless America.
The poem depicts a worn Santa under the tree and children Tom and Sue discovering grown-up toys on Christmas morning. Dorothea Waitzmann frames Christmas as a symbol of peace and adulthood in a quiet family scene.
The excerpt notes that Puritans in colonial Massachusetts prohibited Christmas celebration in 1659, deeming feasting and other observances as offenses. It mentions fines up to six shillings for any Christmas observance as part of the strict ban.
Brief OCR fragment hints at a wrestling context with phrases about cure wounds and a chase. Details about participants, place, date, and outcome are not discernible from the readable text.
A short note urges readers to invest in U.S. savings programs. It highlights government backing and potential tax benefits while encouraging small, steady contributions through official channels.
Reading beyond the garbled lines shows Garfield and Irene Jaine Waters in a Dean role with Robert Sikins as a janitor character. The cast includes Ralph eee and Bradley Pighe with John Bradshaw assisting. Jean Twitchel directs and reports on advance sale. Senior class members comprise the play’s cast.
North Dakota estimates the 1946 wool crop at 5,159,000 pounds, down 17 percent from 1945. The figure reflects a smaller harvest amid postwar adjustments and market conditions.
The West Concord Cub Pack 33 meeting at Cubmaster Arthur Mullen Jr. home discussed adding an assistant cubmaster and a crafts coordinator for den meetings. Plans were set for a December Christmas party with details to follow and a potential showing of Field Condo and West Concord packs movies. The pack grew from nine to 37 boys, and families were urged to attend as Santa Claus will be present.
Local announcement lists the engagement of Victoria Lée Henderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Henderson of South Lincoln, to Thomas Mott Osborne of Milford Michigan. Henderson is a Winsor School graduate and Bennington College sophomore, provisional member of the Junior and Vincent clubs. Osborne is a Williams College student and three year Army veteran.
Arthur L. Freese of Wetherbey Road East Acton is confined to his home for several weeks due to jaundice.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces examinations for probational appointments as patent examiner in the Federal service grades P-1 to P-3 with salaries from 2600 to 4149 yearly. Most positions are in the U S Patent Office Washington D C Applicants need a bachelor's degree in chemistry engineering or physics or any time equivalent combination and a written test for the 2044 grade. Veterans preferences apply. Applications due by December 1.
Fragments show a public notice referencing Branch Street in Boston with a later time and Board of something. Only partial details remain readable.
A fragmented report notes plans for a gathering in Concord with a focus on Native affairs. The text references Newell, Tufts, and a May meeting for a party, but details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
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