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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1943
Page
2
Local notes report Maynard Pee and friends including a fractured collarbone treated at Chelsea hospital. Updates include service members on furloughs and duty in Ohio Virginia Oklahoma and New Orleans, community club meetings, garden club events, and nominations for tax collector Oliver Trees.
John J Gudzinowicz of Maynard Massachusetts is attached to the Signal Corps at Camp Lejeune New River North Carolina for a special training course. He will be ready for additional technical training or direct assignment to a combat unit.
John Thompson and wife Mrs Thompson announce the birth of their first child, a daughter named Kathleen Rae, on February 1 at Baker Memorial hospital. Mrs Thompson, formerly Agnes S Johnson RN of Rockport, is the mother. Private Thompson is listed as somewhere in England.
The Board of Health will conduct its semi monthly baby clinic in the Health Centre at the Town Building next Thursday the 18th at 2 30. Dr Cremere will be in charge with Miss Mary Ward, a public health nurse, assisting. Samuels, local photographer, spoke on Visitory Mail at a Men's League meeting of the Union Congregational Church in the church parlors on Tuesday evening.
Reverend George A. Koponen will lead Thursday midweek service followed by a social hour. A "coffee table" event is sponsored by Matty Heatvala. Sunday school starts at 10 am with worship at 3 pm. On Wednesday February 17 the Christian Endeavor Society meets at Miss Lillian Pekfala's home, Dartmouth Court.
Bernhard Hillita serves as pastor as the Maynard Lutheran Church lists events for February. A program by congregational members begins Saturday at 8 p.m. with coffee and cakes to follow. Sunday services are 9:15 a.m. Sunday School and Confirmations at 9:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Pinttish? services. Tuesday features Ladies' Aid meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ilmar Tuilka. Choir rehearsals are Thursday with Children's Choir at 4 p.m. and Women's Chorus at 8 p.m.
Union services at Maynard bring Methodist and Congregational Churches together Rev Herbert F Fulton minister. Sunday February 14 1943 church schools meet in both churches at 9 15 and 9 30 a m. Morning Worship at 10 45 features sermon on Where May We Find Happiness Today. Youth Fellowship to meet after worship. Congregational Notes mention Home Makers social Monday 7 pm. Sermon topics announced for upcoming Sundays include A Christlike God Re Discovering Jesus Our Hearts and Our Treasures and Palm Sunday Our Victor World Leader Easter sermon A Resurrection World Through a Resurrected Saviour.
At Lynch's alleys the spinning room teams resumed rivalry after a one week layoff. Captains Jensen and O Connell led their squads with high individual tallies, Ingraham posting the highest total with 192 as team scores reached 694 and 165 respectively.
Maynard authorities revoke the Assabet Club license after charged violations. A hearing dated January 26 led to the revocation based on complaints presented to the electmen and the State Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission.
Fragmentary note suggests a place name meaning scene or setting appears on a German map from 1776, associated with Aleutian regions and indigenous groups. No further verifiable details available in readable text.
School Superintendent Donald A. Lent outlines wartime curriculum changes at Maynard High and Roosevelt Coolidge and Wilson schools. He notes pre flight courses, increased math, and revised secondary programs to fit defense needs. Teachers face wartime staffing, rationing, and retrofitted facilities while adult education and trade training expand to meet labor shifts.
Sunday evenings he helps sell coffee and he heckles Charley McCarthy. The radio star toured four colleges Columbia Marquette Georgetown and Wisconsin and keeps Hollywood producers busy trying to figure out which roles he portrays. He is noted for inventing the telephone in movies and appears in In Old Chicago.
A damaged text fragment shows a student asking about a blonde in a blue dress and a librarian replying it is time for closiz sir. The readable lines hint at a casual, unresolved conversation with unclear context or complete sentences.
In March 1942 Van Savings Stamps and Bonds were sold in schools with the Postmaster visiting each school weekly. School children invested $7,244.05 to buy shares in their country’s future. Donald A. Lent, Superintendent, thanks the committee and school personnel for their cooperation in a hopeful wartime outlook.
The Maynard ration board lists approved applications for passenger tires, retreads, and truck tubes. Names include John DiColl, Pete T. Peterson, Georgette Whalen, Ber Hillila, Tony Buscemi, A Dumas Sr., Norman v W non, Elmer Ray Wood, Frank Lin Johnson, Anthony Werwicz, Graceffa, Toivo J. Jo nen, Arvo Alberi, John McNama, Rev. Herbert F. Fulton, Helga Wainio, Michael Brpe, Philip Morrison, Ida ber, Leo F. Mullin, Be EB, Anthony Warsewicz, Nicol Deeneenae, Roy resaptt, Thomas W. Gos, Berbard Smith, Harold H well, Ono Fidanza, Charles W. Manty, Oscar Ahola, Charles Sulkala, Emil Sal, Anton An son, Michael Brescia, Ab Lehto, Rachael Ojanen, Gracie Weaving, Waino Hen, Charles A. Tuomi, Georg R. Whalen, Rachel G. Barlow, William H. O., Norman v. Hannon, Joh Donnelly, Ida Gruber, and other listed recipients. supplement January figures also noted. BUY WAR BONDS AND STAM
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