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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1946
Page
8
Fragmentary report notes a re organized group with officers ta and treasurer to hold monthly events. It mentions a radio alert system and air raid style signals used in schools and at public stations, reflecting wartime civil defense practices and fire alarm procedures.
Announcement reports the engagement of Miss M. Virginia Graves daughter of Mrs. Percy Graves Reading and Gloucester to Thomas Todd Jr son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Todd of Concord and Rockport. Graves a Boston University graduate and Delta Delta Delta member. Todd a Dartmouth College alumnus and World War II Army veteran.
At the Concord High victory dance held last Thursday the auditorium decorations featured three coach names Rockne Leahy and Megin with Megin in the largest print. A Victory Bonds and Stamps message appeared among the decorations.
Concord invites coaches and players from surrounding towns to a 3:30 p.m. free clinic at Hunt Memorial Gymnasium led by Bunny Levitt the world free throw champion. The event, directed by Coach Kenneth Creighton, covers shooting, passing, drills, offense and defense with questions answered.
Nutrition experts tout nutmeats as energy rich foods with protein, B vitamins, and minerals. A&P Home-Makers notes nuts can replace garnish with practical uses from dressings to pastries. Domestic crops sustain supply despite imports, with Brazil nuts largely exceptional. The piece ends with a wartime cooking note pairing mixed nuts with a lamb roast and mince pie.
John Halliday of West Concord is named Scoutmaster of Troop 33 succeeding Lucien Milot who becomes neighborhood commissioner for senior Scouting. Robert Eaton visited the troop last Friday and noted several advancements. A group from the troop attended Camp Ted in Waltham for the Green Bar program, Archie P. Simpson arranging transportation.
Concord officer Captain Frederic H. Chase Jr of the Catholic Chaplains Corps U S Army was commended by Lieutenant General Lee for outstanding duties at a Peninsular base in the Mediterranean theater. He is the son of Judge and Mrs Frederic H Chase Sr of Concord previously a curate at St Philip Neri in Waban.
Mr and Mrs John W Harrison of Carlisle announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Helen Elizabeth Harrison to Joseph F Macone son of Mr and Mrs Nicholas R Macone of Lang Street Cord. The couple are well known locally with both employed in the area Mrs Har rones is a veteran of the U S Air Corps with service dating from World War I.
Local notice announces the engagement of Miss Leslie Van Stires daughter of Mrs Greenough Stires of Milton and Hardwick Stires of New York to Harry Boit Freeman Jr son of Mr and Mrs Harry B Freeman of Fansbridge Rhode Island Freeman is a Middlesex School graduate A June wedding is planned
Miss Jana Beebe and Robert Winsor third of Concord Needham area wed last Saturday at Christ Church Needham. The ceremony was led by Rev Donald Aldrich with Rev Harry Hall assisting and a reception at Laurel Hill on the Charles River. Winsor is son of Mrs Susan Revere Winsor and the late Mr Winsor of Needham.
Concord notices report the funeral for Mrs Margaret T Griffin Callahan seventy of Lexington Road newspaperwoman who died after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband and four sons two daughters and several grandchildren. Also a notice of the James J Mansfield Post A L Legion meeting in Concord on December 11 at 8 pm at the Veterans Building with Commander Hutchinson presiding and a guest speaker.
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