Weather Leader Receives Losey Sword For Meteorology
F N Reichelderfer, head of the U S Weather Bureau, receives the Losey Sword from the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences for outstanding contributions to meteorology. He advocates deploying weather forecasters to every naval and military unit, noting the pivotal role of weather in war and his 47 years in service across aviation and meteorology.
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EW York
F. N. Reichelderfer
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Losey
Belisarius
Stonewall Jackson
Timoshenko
Reicheldorfer
United States Weather Bureau
Reichelderfer
Hair in Turtle Soup Sparks Dining Scare
A crude excerpt from a historic newspaper item notes a diner discovering hair in turtle soup. The fragment hints at a confrontation or complaint with the waiter, reflecting a dining mishap and the era's service standards. Further context would reveal the outcome.
Concord Briefs Roundup of Club Events and Local Notes
The West Concord Woman's Club meets Friday February 26 at Mrs Ruth Gill’s 21 Church St with guest Mrs Philip W Vanderhoof. Confraternity of the Holy Rosary meets Thursday at 7 46 PM in the lower church. Birth of Louis the Fourth Jan 23 Emerson Hospital. Virginia Adams Corey and Walter Ramsay wedding planned in Concord next Sunday Feb 14. Town of Concord exceeds 97% of its Greater Boston Community Fund quota under Chairman Lennox Lindsay. Mid Suffolk Chapel speaker Rev Richard S Bm itch and Rev A Grant Noble scheduled. Concord Lodge of Elks bi monthly meeting Feb 16 at 3 Main St. Retreat League chapter from Concord Lincoln Bedford Lexington attended annual weekend in Brighton. S.S. Mohawk Sea Scouts meet Thursday 7 PM at Harvey Wheeler School Hall. Y P S Evangelical Free Church met Thursday evening. Red Cross Production Room at old High School open Friday for volunteers. more workers needed by Mrs Charles B Johnson. Couples' Club Trinity Congregational Church held supper and entertainment by Rotwell N MacRae. Concord Ration Board No 99 open Monday evenings. Hibernians whist party series at lower Monument Hall Thursday. Helping Hand Society held Silver Tea at Mrs W Percy McWilliams Central St. former president. James Bryce Wilson and Eleanor Hall Wilson welcomed Harriet Ann born Jan 21 Emerson Hospital Concord. Concord Lodge 212 L C C F meets Thursday 8 PM at West Concord Fire Station with Charles W Fisher presiding.
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Concord
Concord Council Meeting Notice at Monument Hall
The Concord Council of Knights will hold its next meeting at Monument Hall clubrooms on Tuesday evening February 16 at 8 30. Grand Knight Rudolph W Currier will preside over the session.
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Concord Council
K. of “C
Monument Hall
Rudolph W. Currier
Red Cross Canteen Supper At High School Well Attended
Last Thursday evening the High School Cafeteria hosted a Red Cross Canteen Unit supper with Mrs. Robert L. M Underhill in charge of tickets and Miss Alice Lee assisting with Concord committee arrangements. Guest speaker Bibert L. Agnew Middlesex County Extension Service agent spoke on home raising points in a talk titled How To Raise.
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Red Cross
Robert’ L. M.underhill
Alice Lee
Bibert L. Agnew
Middlesex County Extension Service
Eight Concord families send four or more sons to service
Eight Concord and West Concord families each have four or more sons serving, with total about 35 men in the Armed Forces and all eight reporting at least one overseas assignment. The Macone, Dee, Pirnie, McPhillips, Kennan, Chisholm, Flannery, Lapham, and several other households are named for multiple sons in the Army, Navy, and Air Force, including overseas duties in North Africa, the Southwest Pacific, and India.
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Concord
West Concord
Macone
Nicholas R. Macone
Lang St
Frederick
Ralph A
Macones
Army Air
Greenville
Miss
Nicholas J
Ordnance Division
Army
North Africa
Richard J
Robert J
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Ala
Robert
Cosicana
Texas
Joseph Francis
Hig
Army Air Force
Saou la
Dee
William H. Dée
Bedford St
Philip B
U. S. Coast Guard
Boston
Baltimore
Atlantic City
N. J
Dees
Cpl
James J. Martin
Fort Jackson
8. C
Pacific
Nathaniel Blanchard
Pirnie
Herbert W
Nathaniel
Naval Ro.t.c
Harvard
Herbert
Third Engineers’ School
Fort Belvoir
Jennie McPhilips
McPhillips
Hawthorne Lane
Fred M
Sgt
Francis E
Southwest Pacific
Edwin J
Army Air Corps
India
John M
Air Corps
Air Forces
Herbert J
Kennan
Damon Kennan Damon
Maine St
Armed Forces
John K
Winslow 2
Staff
Victorville
Cal
Sapie Will
Belmont Looms as Concord Miss Clarks Girls Hoop Hosts Belmont
Concord Miss Miriam C Clarks High School girls meet Belmont at Hunt Memorial Gymnasium on Friday afternoon. The team closes its season February 17 at Framingham after two losses to Acton and a rival defeat to Lexington, with a single win over Acton.
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IRLS
Belmont Concord
Miriam C. Clarks
Hunt Memorial Gymnasium
Belmont
Framingham
Acton
Liexington
Peter Bulkeley School names half year awards and honors
Concord The Junior High School at Peter Bulkeley held an assembly to announce appointments for the second half of the year and to award honors for the first half. School Shield recipients were Helen Magura James Robinson and Jack Sheehan. School Honor Pin recipients were Helen Lips Laurie MacRae Nancy Sturtevant and Frances Waite. Traffic Squad members announced were Edward Dee Jane Denaro James Smith Virginia Sims and John Windhol. Safety Council members named were Mary Finigan William Burkhardt Audrey Robinson Remo Palmucci and Joseph Ford. Service Club members are Susie Gilles Dorothy Caiger Eahice Kelley Leslie Keese Dorothy Garrett Elizabeth Enders Charles Stefanelli and Jane Richardson.
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Peter Bulkeley
Concord
Helen Magura
James Robinson
Jack Sheehan
Helen Lips
Laurie MacRae
Nancy Sturtevant
Frances Waite
Minna A. Findeisen
Edward Dee
Jane Denaro
James Smith
Virginia Sims
John Windhol
Safety Council
Mary Finigan
William Burkhardt
Audrey Robinson
Remo Palmucci
Concord Woman's Club annual musicale highlights
The Concord Woman's Club held its annual musicale featuring local talent and community participation. Performers included pianists and vocalists from the town, with refreshments served and proceeds supporting club projects.
Funeral for F H Russell in Concord
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for Frank H. Russell age about 80 at the home of his son Dr Alden H Russell in Concord. The Rev Edward P Daniels of the First Parish Unitarian Church conducted the rites and burial followed at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Born in Arlington he lived in Concord 18 years and earlier worked as a salesman for the A F Russell firm Boston wholesale produce company.
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Concord
Frank H. Russell
A. F. Russell
Boston Wholesale Produce Company
School Loses Valuable Man by Death
Concord report details the death of Robert F Foster a veteran mentor for 22 years at the local school He taught mathematics and served as Master of the Peabody House He coached the college bound team when health allowed and mentored many players who reached national fame including Harvard star Russ Stannard last fall
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Concord
Robert F Foster
Lowell Rd
Peabody House
Harvard
Russ Stannard
Rain Curtails Middle-Sex Hockey Schedule
Weather forced cancellations of Middle-Sex School hockey games at Belmont Hill and the Browne & Ives contest. If weather allows, Middle-Sox will travel to play Gov. Dummer Academy of Byfield and Groton on Saturday. The team had been undefeated, led by standout Fred Ecker and captain Hom’s Sakic this year.
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Browne & Iie
Belmont Hill
Middle- Sox
Oime
Gov. Dummer
Mark Rodgers Reformatory Employee Died at 58
West Concord funeral services were held for Mark Rodgers aged 58 of 132 Commonwealth Avenue. An Osteopathic Hospital Jamaica Plain instructor at the reformatory, he was born in Huddersfield England and had lived in West Concord 12 years. Burial was in Leicester cemetery. Survived by wife Annie Kennedy Rodgers and three sons including Private First Class Wilfred C. Rodgers and Richard, a 12 year old student.
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Mark
Commonwealth Avenue
The
Osteopathic Hospital
Jamaica Plain
Leicester Cemetery
Rodgers
Huddersfield
Yorkshire
England
West Is
Concord
Gates
Maine
Shriners
Bangor
Ates
Mustang
Canopy ‘Good Boston
Annie (Kennedy) Rodgers
Joseph
Wilfred C
U. S, Army
Richard
Concord Girl Commissioned in Nursing Program
West Concord resident Miss Ethel Hansen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Pysen of 459 Main St., West Concord, completed cap and capping exercises at Waltham Hospital School of Nursing. She and 15 classmates received their hats marking the end of five months of probation and readiness to continue the year. Alice Ryan of Tower Rd Lincoln, a Concord High graduate, also joined the group that was capped. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jaaber Ryan.
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Waltham Hospital School of Ing
Alice Ryan
Tower Rd
Lincoln
Concord High
Jaaber Ryan
Two Men Injured As Locomotive Topples On Rail Line
Two men injured when their locomotive fell over on the old B and M railroad line off Monument Street on February 6. They were treated at Emerson Hospital with injuries not as serious as first feared. A wrecking crew worked the next day to right the disabled locomotive and clear the line.
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Monument St
Emerson Hospital
Concord Men Report For Duty In U. S. Service
Concord and West Concord men reported for active army duty this week from draft Board 54. They were assigned at Fort Devens after a seven day furlough since induction on February 1. The list includes Frank E. Piper Ralph Flannery John W. Clarkson Jr Mal Thomas K Hayes Casimir W Kaveski Earl R Eggleton Robert A. Raymond Waiter I. Cagnvecchia and others.
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West Concord
Army
Draft Board
Concord Board
Fort Devens
Frank E. Piper
Commonwealth Avenne
William Lapham
Central Street
Charles W. Dee
Bedford St
John B. Coyne
Main
John H. Parke
Bedford
Kenneth B. Gangloff
Commonwealth Avenue
George I. Simpson
Crest
Casimir W. Kaveski
Earl R. Eggleton
Robert A. Raymond
Ami N. H
I. Cagnvecchia
Wife of Prof George E Bates Dies After Illness
Concord Mrs Dorothea Breed Bates 37 wife of Harvard Business School professor George E Bates died at home on 86 Street after a long illness. She was a Boston civic group member and Cambridge native, survived by husband two sons and two brothers. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 at First Church Concord, Rev P Daniels officiating, burial Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Dorothea(Breed) Bates
George E. Bates
Harvard Graduate School of Business
Bates
Ithaniel P
medicamAh
Young Breed
Cambridge School of Domestic and
Junior League of
Boston
New England Grenfell Nation
Dr. Grenfell
Sabir
Adam Paner
Jon Bates
Nathaniel d Bates
Memo
Ton Breed
Cambridge
Robert T. Breed
United States Navy
First
Rev. P. Paniels
Sleepy Hollow Cemete
Present Play at High School on Feb 12
Concord High School stages a two performance drama titled Letters to Lucerne on February 12 directed by Miss Gertrude Rideout. Cast includes Olga Rinski Mary Richardson Gustave John Gallagher Erna Schmidt Sue Gretchen Linder Marcia Tre Margarethe Charlotte Landini Hunter Constance ONeill Ringo Hill Jean McClure Felice Renoir Therese Milot Sally Jackson Sarah Ann Foster Merion Curwood Sapham Francois Friedrich Koppler Davidson and others. Parents and benefactors are listed, including the Concord Dance Hostess Committee and local patrons such as Mr and Mrs Oscar Bedford Mrs Robert Bowser Mr and Mrs Richard Cameron Mr and Mrs Charles Carruth Mr and Mrs Harold Chase Mr and Mrs Winslow Damon Mr and Mrs Charles Forsworth Mr and Mrs Herbert Hosmer Mr and Mrs Hans Venoreyees and Mrs W. Des.
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Concord
Lucerne
Ihe
Concorde High School
Gertrude
H. Rideout
Olga Rinski
Mary Richardson
Gustave
John Gallagher
Erna Schmidt
Sue
Gretchen Linder
Marcia Tre
Hans Schmidt
Frank Parker
Margarethe
Charlotte Landini
I ‘Hunter
Constance O’neill
Ringo Hill
Jean McClure
Felice Renoir
Therese Milot
Sally Jackson
Sarath Ann Foster
Merion Curwhod
Sapham
Francois
Friedrich
Koppler
Davidson
H. Paul Larrabee
Conard
Grenvies
Ile
Oscar Bedford
Robert Bowser
Richard ‘Cameron
Charles Carruth
Harold Chase
Winslow Damon
Charles Forsworth
Herbert Hosmer
Hans Wenoreyees
Irs
Ivan Servais
Scouts observe 33rd National Boy Scouts Week
The Concord and West Concord Boy Scouts are this week observing the 33rd anniversary of National Boy Scouts Week.
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Concord
West Concord
Boy Scouts
Memorial Mass Held for Serviceman at Our Lady Church
The town held a memorial mass for Private Antonio Moscariello at Our Lady of Christians Church. Rev. George PL and Rev. Bets officiated with deacons from St. Mark Sullivan and James J. Mai Post ALA 158 color guard led by Commander Joseph Barr and members in attendance. West Concord veterans attended as a flag was flown at half staff in his honor.
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Our Lady Christians Church
I Moscarielli
Concord
Antonio Moscariello
George PL
Our Lady's Chu Brant
Bets
St.Mepnert
St .Mark Sullivan
Bleneta's Church
West Concord
Rotary Club Meets at Colonial Inn in Concord
Rotarians gathered at the Colonial Inn in Concord on a Thursday noon meeting. Floyd Vet welcomed guest speaker N MacRae who presented a photograph titled Front depicting a war in China. Frank Esau announced February programs as William A Wheeler from Portland Maine spoke on The Railroad Fight for Uncle Sam, introduced by Lester Whittemion, a B M railroad representative. The next meeting was set for Thursday February 11.
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Concord
Floyd
Well 'N. MacRae
China
Frank Esau
William A. Wheeler
Dow
Portland
Maine
Sam
Lester
B. & M. Railroad
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Arthur Corey
Stow St
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Richard S. Bmitch
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Williamstown
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Main St
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S.S. Mohawk
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Old High School
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Francis St. Harry I
Garland Rd
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Cottage Lane
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Edward Motley
John Sablone
Belknap St
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Cambridge Turnpike
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Derry St
Woman's Club
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OUR Democracy
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Fal Russell
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Town
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Middlesex
Mark Rodgers Reformatory
Leicester
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vAnen
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Lexington
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Mal Street
Thomas K. Hayes
George Bates
Dorothea (Breed) Bates
Elo T. Moscarial
Rotarians
Map Raat Liga Sr
Cliffor Grove St
Rd Mfg. Co
Waltham
E. Rice
Harris
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