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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1944
Page
4
Reading Wins One Loses One
The Concord High School boys basketball team split a pair with Reading High. The varsity lost to Reading 21-17 after a slow start, while Concord Seconds defeated Reading Seconds 19-14 at Memorial Stadium last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Concord High School
W Ing High
Hunt
Memorial Inasium
Bowes
Reading
Acton Hall Declamation Contest Awards Highlight Girls
The Acton Theresa Curley won first prize in the Acton- Theresa declamation contest held in Blanchard Hall. Nancy Kunhardt took second with Prompt Obedience and Barbara Clemence read Visiting With Vesta for third. Awards of 5 3 and 2 War Stamps were given by Ray Dagenais, with several contestants listed as Beverly Dagenais Phyllis Hartwell Barbara Barry Beverly Richardson and Theresa Courville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Theresa Curley
Acton Parent-Teachers’ Association
Blanchard Hall
Nancy Kunhardt
Barbara Clemence
Vesta
Ray Dagenais
Beverly Dagenais
Phyllis Hartwell
Barbar
Barry
Beverly Richardson
Theresa Courville
Henning EB. Danielson
West Acton
Joseph Lalli
Maynard
Arthur W. Nelson
Boxboro
Philip
Goldthwaite
Acton Ag Bn Donors Support Red Cross in Boston
Acton volunteers from the American Legion including Edward Le clair Malcolm Fullenton Herbert Merriam Herbert Lengher and Clarence Robbins contributed to the Red Cross Blood Center in Boston during the last week Also Mrs David Barry Mrs Kenneth Jewell and Philip Goldthwaite donated multiple times Car loads of donors arrive weekly from Acton for appointments and free transport arranged by Mrs Engman Acton 97 11 Mr and Mrs Richard Deane of Piper Road South Acton announce the birth of a daughter Judith February 1 at Emerson Hospital Grandparents are Mr and Mrs William T Merriam of Piper Road
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AG@Bn
Red Cross Blood Center
Boston
Edward Leclair
Malcolm Fullenton
Herbert Merriam
Herbert Lengher
Clarence Robbins
American Legion
David Barry
Kenneth Jewell
Philip Goldthwaite
Acton
Engman
Richard Deane
Piper Road
South Acton
Judith
Emerson Hospital
Richard
Paul
William T Merriam
MSU Receives 15000 Grant for Turkey Disease Research
Michigan State College accepts a $15,000 grant from Swift & Co. of Chicago to fund research on turkey diseases and parasitic infestations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Mich
U.P
Michigan State College
Swift & Co
Chicago
Extra War Bonds Protect Community From Nightmares
A wartime appeal urges every resident to buy Extra War Bonds to shield homes and families from bombed cities. The piece quotes a Swedish diplomat recalling visions of burning Berlin and urges citizens to display the Fourth War Loan shield as a sign of support for continued allied action until surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hitler
Hirohito
Letter honors Ralph Puffer Newton in Maynard and Boston
A Boston writer pays tribute to Ralph Puffer Newton a Maynard native who served in the Navy during World War I and lived a life of virtue and duty. The letter lauds his ideal character and impact on associates citing Bryant and Thanatopsis as guiding thoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Puffer Newton
Maynard
Dean Academy
Boston University
Newt
William’ C. ‘Bryant
Shade
John T. Gibbons
Boston
Mass
Trekker Survives Three Day Big Horn Mountain Crossing
An unidentified man from Montana reportedly trekked 60 miles over the Big Horn Mountains to Shell Wyoming in three days. He began at Lidge Grass and described walking through deep snow and bitter cold with a heavy bed roll, estimating his trek cost about $5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn Mountains
Greybull
Wyo
U.P
Shell
Lidge Grass
Mont
Wyoming
Big Horn Basin
Unemployment in Massachusetts Rises as War Contracts End
Indications of growing unemployment appear in Massachusetts with benefit payments rising. In the week of November 4 1936 recipients reached 4439 totaling 256 825 dollars while November 1943 figures show a larger trend yet to be monitored by Dewey Archambault assistant director of the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Pesd
Dewey G. Arthambault
Commission
Archambault
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Letters From Servicemen From the U S South Dakota
A serviceman S Alvin R Piper writes to his parents from the battleship South Dakota describing Thanksgiving aboard ship. He recalls boot training, life at sea near Japanese forces, constant watch, and sleeping on gun mounts while expressing gratitude and faith during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin R. Piper
Ralph Piper
New Road
South Acton
Piper
U. S. ‘S. South Dakota
Acton High
Navy
Sampson, N. Y
Mars
Guess Again contest quiz about language and general knowledge
A reader style quiz presents multiple choice questions on topics from anatomy to geography and music. It includes items about hives or urticaria, Albania versus Albany, animals in a picture, weather bureau parlance for smog, varnish and veneer, the Dionne quints origins, and the staff of life in music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dionne Quints
Ottawa
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Bread
The Productive Citizen Ruth Taylor
An essay urges readers to be productive citizens in a free democracy. It asks if material success and high wages reflect true contribution, stressing heart work and community goodwill beyond hands and mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Taylor
Thanksgiving at Sea After Far East War Patrol
In a wartime letter from crew members at sea they describe endurance through heat and waiting, battles with Japanese planes, and close calls as fighters intercept incursions. They praise the ship’s firepower and vow to continue fighting until Tokyo is reached, ending with hopeful Thanksgiving reflections.
Do You Know Massachusetts Compiled by the State Planning Board
Do You Know Massachusetts presents concise historical and demographic data from the state planning board. It notes births in 1940s Massachusetts, marriage peaks in 1941, wartime totals, housing census figures, and the 1785 Federal Constitution signing context, with references to Worcester and Boston.
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Massachusetts State Planning Board
Beacon Street
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Long ‘Mee House
Fedral Street
A 1
Worcester
State Board
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