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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1949
Page
11
The text discusses NSLI conversion to permanent types through Veterans Administration, eligibility of a widow for compensation, and burial costs. It notes a widow may receive annual fees and mentions a $150 burial allowance regardless of financial status.
A reader asks about overpayments from training and whether such amounts affect dividend distributions under National Service Life Insurance. Questions cover veterans’ benefit eligibility under Chapter 115 and interactions with welfare payments, plus requirements to reinstate a lapsed war insurance policy and the need for a physical examination.
College ties emerge as Mr and Mrs W Elims Jr visit Princeton and Dartmouth relations. Bishop Cheverus Assembly Fourth Degree K of C members attend Old Timers Night at a Boston hotel. First Church sermon theme Soul. Heart Association fund drive led by Dr James Hitchcock Concord. Heart Week proclaimed by Gov Dever.
In the first week, 2033 applications were issued for the Uniformed Branch of the Massachusetts State Police. Captain John S. Sullivan says stations are at Police Headquarters and barracks and enlistment will occur soon after March 1. Applicants face mental and physical exams followed by an oral interview.
Legal notice fragment records the first judge of a court and the register John J Butler. A date stamp reads February 3 1947 or 1949 indicating filing or certification. The text is partial and lacks full context.
The appointment will be sent to the Police Training School in Framingham for a three months course and will then be assigned to one of the twenty four barracks in the state.
Franklin Webber, 95, longtime Bangor lumberman, who was buried in January, left $20,000 of his $1,000,000 estate for seasonal flowers to decorate his tomb in a local cemetery despite variable New England weather.
Police photograph the scene after a fall on a Davenport street or sidewalk. Images may serve as evidence in any ensuing damage claim or civil action.
Chicago engineers unveil a heating and ventilating device that medicates circulated air in public buildings. They say it will help doctors combat diseases like the common cold and other illnesses spread through shared air.
Notice is given that Deposit Book No 9516 is lost and we seek replacement. Assabet Institution for Savings announces applications for duplicate books to replace lost Deposit Book Nos 8071 and 11513. Transactions dated February and January 1949 list notices by Treas. Sidney E McCleary.
The First Presbyterian Church in Greenlage opens a special room aimed at engaging younger members and the neighborhood bars. A church spokesman says most pews welcome television viewing of popular programs.
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