Massachusetts Industry Begins Upturn Despite Wide Fluctuations
Shifting conditions across manufacturing sectors show uneven gains with shoe, textile, and metal works slowly recovering in centers like Brockton Lynn Fall River and Holyoke. Coal and nonmanufacturing areas face mixed trends as electrical and shipbuilding activities edge higher amid lingering volatility.
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Fall River
Worcester Efield
Holyoke
Ware On
Framingham
Clinton
Lowell
Boston
New Bedford
North Adams
Webster
Worcester
Springfield
Milford
Newburyport
Salem
Lynn
Oké
Andover
Chicopee
Somerville
Chicago
Gardner
Fitchburg
Taunton
Attleboro
Bedford
Lawrence
Lynn-Salem
Boy Scouts Mark 40th Anniversary Week Nationwide
Boy Scout Week runs February 6 to 12 marking the 40th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America With 2 300 000 boys and leaders involved President Truman will greet twelve outstanding Scouts in the White House The celebration centers on Strengthen Liberty and features pageants demonstrations and torch ceremonies as units renew the Scout Oath and Law and Scouts attend church services on February 12.
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Maynard
Boy Scouts of America
Hudson
Truman
White House
Arm of Liberty
Watch for Turning Cars Safety Drive In Schools
Boston Auto Club AAA affiliate officials announce a civic safety program in local schools titled Watch for Turning Cars. Robert Kretschmar warns pedestrians to stop and look both ways before stepping from curbs, citing American Automobile Association studies on pedestrian accidents. The club will supply posters and lesson units to teachers.
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Robert S. Kretschmar
Boston Automobile Club
AAA
Auto Club
Kretschmar
Fesson
Rotary meeting today draws leaders at Worcester hotel
Concord officers directors and committee chairs plus new members of local Rotary clubs attend an inter city forum at the Hotel Sheraton Worcester. Norman G Foster of Ottawa Canada was slated to lead the meeting. Wheat once served as the basic currency in the Oregon Territory. Fall River reports 20 percent proportion due to halted construction in a local area.
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Concord
Sheraton
Worcester
Norman G. Foster
Ottawa
Canada
Oregon Territory
Fall River
Boy Scouts of America Mark 40th Anniversary Week
The 40th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America runs February 6 to 12 with theme Strengthen Liberty. The Crusade to Strengthen the Arm of Liberty continues through 1950 as units hold Crusade Night and 1949 Crusade Awards are presented. Twelve regional Scouts will report to Washington and Independence Hall for ceremonies. The 1950 highlight is the Second National Jamboree from June 30 to July 6 at Valley Forge, with 40 000 Scouts and leaders from abroad. Since 1910 over 16 500 000 youths and men have joined the organization.
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Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
Crusade
Arm of Liberty
Washington, D.C
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Alley Forge
Emerson Hospital administrator elected to state trustees
Concord residents learn Miss Elmina L. Snow, administrator of Emerson Hospital, has been elected to the board of trustees of the Massachusetts Hospital Association. The appointment signals honor for her work at Emerson and her active interest in improving hospital efficiency statewide.
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Concord
Emerson Hospital
Elmina L. Snow
Massachusetts Hospital Association
Miss Snow
Hospital association elects new president
The passage notes officers and board members including William S. Brines of Malden Hospital Edna Haywood of Wesson Hospital Springfield and Dr. Philip D. Bennett of Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals Boston. Dr. Warren A. Cook of New England Deaconess Hospital Boston has been elected president.
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William S. Brines
Malden Hospital
Edna Haywood
Wesson Hospital
Springfield
Philip D. Bennett
Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals
Boston
Warren A. Cook
New England Deaconess Hospital
Texas National Guard Formed From Alamo Legacy
A historical overview of the Texas National Guard tracing its roots to the Alamo and Washington-on-the Brazos. It highlights battle credits from Indian wars to World War II, notable units like the 36th Infantry Division, and postwar peacetime service including disaster relief and the 1949 strength figures. Major General Sean Sebercee is named as Adjutant General.
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Texas
Texas National Guard
Washington-on-the-Brazos
Texas Fliers
Texas Guardsman
United States
Meuse-Argonne
St.el
Fort Worth
Houston
Texas City
Texas Air Guard
National Guard
Air Guard
Scouters and Wives Attend 29th Annual Parley
The Algonquin Council Boy Scouts met in Framingham for its 29th Annual Meeting with scouters and wives from Ashland Framingham Holliston Hopkinton Hudson Maynard Marlboro Westboro Northboro Cochituate Natick Sherborn. Rev Francis J Keaney offered the invocation and Harold D Pugsley received the Silver Beaver Award.
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Algonquin Council
Boy Scouts of America
Framingham
Ashland
Holliston
Hopkinton
Hudson
Maynard
Marboro
Westboro
Northboro
Cochituate
Natick
Sherborn
Francis J. Keaney
Council
Kendall Hotel
Highland City
Marlboro
Daniel Keefe
Francis X. Reilly
Morton F. Yates
Lewis H. Rabbitt
Ralph A. Marsh
Francis W. Hatch
Waylend
Arthur E. Jenner
Embert W Peterson
South Natick
Frederick Y. Briscoe
Waldo A. Hall
Harrie F. Wentworth
Edward G. Fischer
Henry E. Warren
National Council
Charles H. Murphy
C. Arthur Dowse
Harold D. Pugsley
Ene
E. Perry: Truesdell
Frederick “Y. Briscoe
Waltham
Grace Congregational Church
Sea Scout and
Pugsley
Morton F Yates
Silver Beaverites
Nathaniel P. Sears
Carl Eldridge
Frederick L. Smith
Albert Senecal
Edward I. Gardiner
Elford Kemp
Joseph M. Dyson
Hui@son
Georg Fullick
H. Rabbitt
Achland
Pearson Promoted To Corporal At Arizona Air Base
Concord soldier George Pearson of Walden Street has been promoted to corporal at his Arizona air base. He serves in the control tower and has been stationed there for several months. His mother is Mrs. Celeste Pearson.
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Concord
George Pearson
USAAF
Celeste Pearson
Walden Street
Arizona Air Base
Union Church Hobby Show at West Concord Feb 9th
The West Concord Union Church hosts a hobby show on February 9 from 2 PM to 9 PM with no limit on displays. A church committee plans space, publicity, and a tea, inviting collectors to display items from rugs to antiques and crafts.
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Union Church
West Concord
West Concord Union Church
Wendell Berglind
Edwin B. Nylen
Calvin Buckley
William Robus
Allyn White
Berglind
Old Marlboro Road
Wendell Carter
Rainbow Assembly Anniversary Plans for Birthday Party
Concord Assembly No. 23 Rainbow Girls from Concord West Concord Carlisle and Acton plan a fifth anniversary birthday party at Masomeae on Saturday night February 1th. Members include Diane Davidson Betteann Putnam Marguerite Jarvi and others.
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Concord
Concord Assembly
Rainbow Girls
Diane Davidson
Betteann Putnam
Marguerite Jarvi
Janet Benson
Elizabeth Robus
Barbara Hall
Elizabeth A. Melloon
Anne Leisch
Roberta Leisch
Bettyann Gates
Elizabeth Hewitt
Jean Heyliger
Althea Harvest
Nadine Harvest
Marilyn Dutton
Cynthia Heald
Barbara Dutton
West Concord
Carlisle
Acton
Masome Ae
Funeral for Miss Tarbell at Concord
Funeral services for Miss Mary Ella Tarbell 93 oldest resident of the Concord Home for the Aged were held Friday at the home with Rev. Robert H. Barber officiating and burial in Springfield Vermont. She lived in Concord most of her life with early years in Springfield and belonged to the Trinitarian church Women’s Union Concord Antiquarian Society and the Concord Art Center. She is survived by cousins including Fred A. Tower and Mrs. B Dana Clark both of Concord.
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Concord
Concord Home For the
Walden Street
Mary Ella Tarbell
Robert H. Barber
Trinitarian Congregational Church of
Whihh
Springfield
Vermont
Tarbell
Woman’s Union of the Church
Concord Antiquarian Society
Concord Art Center
Fred A. Tower
Main Street
B. Dana Clark
Lowell Road
Valentine Party Planned By Lions Club in Concord
The Concord Lions Club plans a forties night Valentine party on Tuesday evening at 7 at an announced location. The event includes a regular dinner, with committee chairmen President Maxwell E. Lawrence and Past President Rothwell N. MacRae leading efforts. Next month the club aims to bring back the Bowdoin College Men's Glee Club, which drew a crowd two years ago.
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Concord
Concord Lions Club
Maxwell E. ‘Lawrence
Rothwell N. MacRae
Bowdoin College Men's Glee Club
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