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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1947
Page
8
A garbled fragment references CAP PAIR AT KON EBON TO WEARLIN HER HAIR. It appears to involve a person and instructions until they return, but the text is unfinished and unclear. No verifiable names or dates are readable.
In a brief report, Nes and Nes are escaped linked to Nes Allen Holm a high school student and Mrs Ludwig from Restle street. The escape involved a plan with two lured youths returning to Concord Reformatory, as Patrolman George W Rich ard and others investigated the motive and participation.
Edison area teachers group holds an afternoon meeting in the school auditorium to celebrate the association's sixth anniversary. A reception honors past and charter members with a programme of events reflecting their years of service. Parents and friends invited as guests.
The ancient Roman festival on February 15 known as Lupercal involved a lottery where men drew the names of women as partners. The custom persisted in France and England for centuries, with early Christians adapting the tradition rather than eradicating it. Historical records of the exact alterations are unavailable.
The Bedford Town Caucus met in the Town hall and released a slate including Arthur E. Carson for town clerk three years Louis Pfeiffer for selectman three years John F. Brown for assessor three years Earl S. Atwood for board of public welfare three years Donald L. Trovant for school committee three years Robert H. Sands as tree warden Arthur Genetti tax collector Floyd A. Sweetnam board of health two years Albert W. Clifford road commissioner Ruth C. Webber town treasurer one year Nathan H. Daniels auditor one year Fred Larcom water commissioner three years Everett L. Gottschalk board of health three years Harold I. Wellington moderator Albert R. Bacon trustee Bedford Free Public Library four years Mildred Dodd Shawnee cemetery three years Frank A. Goodwin five constables one year James H. Joyce Martin F. McMahan Stephen E. Tackney Frederick H. Sullivan park commissioner three years Hubert H. Loomis planning board five years George M. Dimond Francis J. Kelley presided moderator Alden W. Webber clerk Tellers listed.
Concord Lincoln District invites all Scout aged boys in Concord West Concord and Lincoln to join units Troop 27 at Lincoln Town Hall Troop 31 at Concord Girl Scout House Troop 33 at Harvey Wheeler School Troop 49 at Peter Bulkeley School Ship 33 Pack 33 Pack 49 Pack 27 with meetings scheduled on various Fridays Tuesdays Thursdays and monthly evenings The week marks Scout Anniversary and 37th year with events spanning Belmont Arlington and local churches.
Sudbury Girl Scout troop works on badge topics Cooking Designing Second class work Folk dancing baton skills with a dance demonstration planned. A Valentine party is set for February 13 at 3 PM in the lower Town hall. Proceeds fund summer camp trips.
A new hospital building near the main entrance will open February 15 to treat service women. It will house 75 women from all branches of the U S service and is equipped with modern facilities for women patients. Doris Dyment appeared on a radio quiz program over a Boston network last Friday.
Miss Emily Buckley daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee S Buckley of 21 Stone street Waltham married Robert Beecy son of Mr and Mrs William J Beecy of Concord street on Saturday afternoon. Attendants included Mrs Jerome Garrity sister of the groom and Jerome Garrity best man. Beecy served over three years in the U S Navy and works in Bedford. They plan to reside in Lexington.
Saint Valentine, martyr on February 14 270 A D, is remembered for kindness and charity. While imprisoned he befriended the jailer's blind daughter and left a farewell note signed From Your Valentine, giving the enduring phrase used in greetings.
A Bedford legion party at Mr and Mrs John Ceresuolo Fletcher road featured twelve tables of bridge and whist. Proceeds go to prizes for a March penny sale. Legion Auxiliary members helped run the event. Cake won by Earl S Atwood. Bridge prize winners listed and whist winners named.
Mrs Thelma Harrison gave birth to a seven pound eight ounce baby girl at Huntington Hospital assisted by doctors and nurses by candle light due to a winter storm that damaged power lines. The Paul Revere House in Boston, built around 1677, remains the city’s only 17th century structure.
Bedford Progressive club reveals 1947 officers and committees with names across ways and means entertainment building sick and distressed publicity and more. Union College Schenectady New York founded 1795 as a union of all faiths cited as America’s oldest non sectarian college.
Charles F. Murray Jr. of the U S Marines heads to China. The American Legion Anthony Hamilton Hunt Post sponsors a town paper drive on February 22 asking residents to have papers ready for the collectors. Mr and Mrs John L Jewett of Great Road celebrate their 47th wedding anniversary on Sunday February 16.
Bedford notices celebrate several birthday anniversaries from the past week. Blaise Lee McArdle of Great Road turned four on February 6, Curtis Herman Laffin of Concord Street turned six on February 8, Gretchen Marilyn Engiehardt of Otis Street marked her 15th birthday on February 10.
Concord The second closed meeting of the year for Concord Players is set for Wednesday evening February 19 at Veterans Hall. The Gambol committee announces An Experiment in Personalism with a curtain at 8 pm. Past members are urged to attend this meeting and consider rejoining the group.
Mrs Leila M Blake now works at the U S Veterans Hospital. Mrs E Grove Smith attended the Cox family reunion luncheon in Malden last Friday. The United Workers of the Church Christ hold a monthly card party on Tuesday February 28 at the home of Mrs George Fraser Hillside Avenue. Mrs Howard F Ryan on Hancock Street visits relatives in Newark New Jersey.
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