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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1944
Page
1
The Evangelical party holds Friday at 8 o'clock in the church. Haw yrne Chapter O E S meets Wednesday. Mason Tenpi presides with a planned program. Concord board of Tegis plans a citywide census in both precincts during the week of the new year. No Concord state guard meeting on Monday night Jan 1 due to holiday. Regular drills and Thursday night session to be announced.
Concord High hosts Wakefield High in the Mid Middlesex League opener on Friday January 5. The game is followed by an event noting Thomas J. McGrath receiving a star award and an A pennant for Mill Road farming achievements.
Concord residents celebrate holiday cheer as Christmas spirit remains strong in the community events and displays. Local officials note peaceful observances and widespread participation across neighborhoods.
The Middlesex County basketball league released a 14 game series for Concord High. Games run from January through March with matches at Wakefield Melrose Stoneham Reading Winchester Belmont Wakefield Lee Wakefield Belmont and Lexington. Friday games start 7 30 p m and afternoon games at 1 30 p m.
Concord announces the marriage of Dorothy Rachel MacRae daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Austin David MacRae of 84 Monument Street Concord to Robert Douglas Kennedy U S N R son of Mrs. James Stephen Kennedy of Ironwood Michigan. The ceremony took place December 9 1944 at Grace Cathedral San Francisco California. The bride attended the University of Minnesota and Luther College.
Katherine Washburn of Brookline wore a white tulle wedding gown with a long veil and a matching Juliet cap as she wed Sergeant Bulger, a Concord man recently discharged from service. The ceremony took place at the bride's aunt’s home and the couple plan to reside in Concord after a wedding trip.
Concord Lions club held no meeting Tuesday as the annual Christmas party replaced the supper meeting. More than 40 Lions and Lionesses attended at the Old Mill Tearoom where gifts were exchanged and entertainment provided.
A Requiem Mass was celebrated at Our Lady Help of Christians church. The deceased, a long time resident of West Concord and harness worker, leaves a wife a daughter and a son.
Sea Scouts Mohawk ship delayed meeting due to holiday. Next gathering set for Thursday December 28 at 8 o’clock. Local members visited by S S Pioneer of Waltham, sponsored by a prominent industrialist. Concord schools closed for Christmas vacation. Wheeley fest classes resume January 2.
Concord public school teachers petitioned the school committee for a revised salary scale to raise maximums by 20 percent, with January 2, 1945, as the start. The four classifications would set ranges from 1500 to 2200 for elementary women, 1400 to 2100 for high school women and special teachers, and 2000 to a higher ceiling for men teachers, reflecting a broad raise to about 7280 in total annual salary impact.
Concord reports Rev. William B. Finigan, formerly of this town, has become pastor of the Blessed Sacrament church. The change marks a reassignment within the parish.
The text outlines corporation and income tax totals for Maynard and Bedford with figures around 4562.45 and 45. It notes about 3000 in the vicinity and mentions checks to be sent, though the OCR is incomplete and scattered across sections.
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Concord Lodge of OOF meets tonight at Fellows Hall in West Concord for a regular session at 8 oclock.
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