Memorial service for Seymour Chamberts Hammond at St Mark's
A memorial service was held for Seymour Chamberts Hammond of New York and South Gadbury at St Mark's Episcopal Church in Sunday, officiated by Rev. Robert F Cheney. Hammond, a civil engineer and son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hammond of Maine, died in enemy action during service of the War Department. He served with the New York firm and was connected to Paul Hammond USNR. His parents and several siblings survive.
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Southboro
Seymour Chamberts
Hammond
New York
South Gadbury
War Department
St. .Mark’s Episcopal Church
Robert F.cheney
Stephen . i Hammond
Maine
Tow Commader
Paul Hammond
USNR
Ee Eas Ke Hammond
York
Victory Bonds Drive Promises in Local Campaign
A civic push urges residents to buy defense bonds to support the war effort. Officials highlight fundraising goals and endorsements from community leaders urging participation.
Christmas Planned by Local Methodist School Group
The Methodist Sunday School led by Superintendent L Roy Hawes will hold a Christmas celebration with gifts and candy for the children. Town funds were approved in the current budget to cover expenses. Families from Winsted and Sudbury joined gatherings, while locals Joan Labaree and Noyes family visited relatives for the holidays. Grace Fletcher of North Well, a noted writer, has a short story in Woman's Home Companion.
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Methodist Sunday School
L. Roy Hawes
Mie
Grace Fletcher
North
Ah Sten
The
Woman’s Home Companion
Sudbury Holiday Notes and Local Warnings
A jumble of Sudbury holiday chatter covers travel plans and family visits on Mossman Road North. A stern warning criticizes black market activity, promising government action. Also noted are Christmas Day visits by the Gatheums, New Year card requests, and Army Air Corps trainee Mike Priest’s assignment to Maxwell Field with future instructor duties.
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Anthony Bastinelli
Aome
Mossman Road
Sudbury
Prinaid
Mike” Priest
East Sudbury
Army Air Corps
Colmiabugy Field
Columbus Miss
War Bonds Drive to Aid War Effort Against Axis Leaders
Citizens urged to purchase war bonds to support military campaigns against Axis powers. Campaign emphasizes patriotic duty, contributions fund equipment, supplies, and veterans programs. Officials cite economic mobilization as key to victory and national security.
Nutrition Guide Emphasizes Healthful Family Meals
Text urges Ciamaanyan nation to serve healthful meals daily with protective foods like milk citrus tomatoes leafy vegetables and eggs. It recommends increasing the food budget using affordable protein sources, avoiding soda in cooking, proper cooking to preserve vitamins, and careful planning, shopping, storage and use of leftovers.
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Ciamaanyan
Marriages reported for Acton residents in 1940s notices
Mrs Dorothy Hamlin of Maynard announces the marriage of her daughter Barbara Jean to Lt Albert Haynes of Summer Street on December 26 at Bolling Field in Washington DC. Juanita Brown of Kingfisher Oklahoma marries PFC Robert Lynne Townsend from Acton Center. Townsend's son, Rev Lynne Townsend, serves in the US Marines in an amphibian tractor battalion and graduated Acton High School in 1941. The Townsend bride works for Consolidated Aircraft in San Diego California.
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Dorothy Hamlin
Linden Street
Maynard
Barbara Jean
Albert ‘Lee Haynes
Henry ‘Haynes
Summer Street
Wes Acton
Bolling Field
Washington,d. C
Juanita Brown
Edwin H. Brown
Kingfisher Okla
PFC
Robert Lynne
Townsend
Acton Center
Young Townsend
Lynne P. Townsend
The
U.S
Acton High School
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
Calif
Touring Ice Capades Tailors Tiny Tornadoes On Ice
Readers glimpse a touring ice show featuring four foot ten inch 98 pound twin performers with brown hair and blue eyes. The Brinchman sisters star in Toys For Sale extravaganza joining a pantomime tale of a princess and prince with a Dr. Skolius doll as key spectacle element.
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Middle West
Minnesota
Bablet Peters
Carol
Brinchman Sisters
Skolius
Lang
Holiday Guests Arrive for Season on North Road
Second Lieut Stedman Wey of the U S Army and guest Frank Ek with Mrs Foss and Mrs Edwin F Qua travel to Turbridge for holidays at the North Road area.
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Ek Frank
Turbridge
Foss
Edwin F. Qua
Stedman Wey
U. S
North Road
Cattish Sea Fragment Echoes Poems and Odd Image
A surreal fragment describes the sea as feline, with odd phrasing about its huge flanks and danger to bones. The text resembles a misread line from Oliver Wendell Holmes, mixing imagery with garbled syntax and a warning edge.
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O. W. Holmesj
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Rudolph Steinman
Winsted, Comm
Roger
Arthur Bentley
Church Street
South Sudbury
Steinman
Gladys’ Bentley
Joan Labaree
Concord ‘Road
Sae Se Noyes
Harlan Noyes
Peakhan
Fureh
Richard
Ola
Framingham Road
Sir
Edison
Boston Edison Company
Herman Gatheum
Cambridge
Marl W. Huckle
St. Hubert’s
Permenk Botaing Estilo
Mia
Concord
Acton
Orse Merny
Nason St
Frank
Main St. Hudson
United Cooperative
Secretary of Agriculture
Wicard
Elmer Davis
OWI
Cattish Sea
C. J. Morse
Acton St
For Savings
Massachusetts
Maynard, Mass
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