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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1943
Page
3
A vintage guide to hosting a flower themed party with invitations made from magazine flowers or colored paper. Guests wear flower names and perform actions, then enjoy pencil games like scrambled flower names and pin the stem on the tulip, plus Flower Fortunes and daisies love game.
Plan a low cost celebration using red white and blue. Use a white tablecloth red napkins and blue icing to decorate a cake. Create small flag centerpieces with simple supplies. Offer simple drinks and cake to delight children while keeping expenses in check.
Prepare for spring with a real clean-up of beauty aids Group preparations together clean necks of bottles and powder boxes Freshen up your dressing table have makeup properly coordinated and at hand when you start to work Ledger Syndicate.
The Concord area reports multiple service members and family news. Petty Officer Thomas F. Coyne spends leave with his parents in Concord before duty at Little Creek Virginia, while his brother John Coyne heads to Fort Devens. Local youths Charles D Hallman and others join the Army Air Corps, Coast Guard, and Army, with several stationed at Atlantic City Boston and Westover Field.
South Acton churches suspend Sunday School sessions until March 6 with rescheduled meetings at the Universalist Church. Center Congregational also closes until further notice. P T A Executive Board met at Robert S Harris home and will not hold meetings until May when officer elections occur. Vice President Mrs. Richard Deane will lead for the year.
The Bedford American Legion Auxiliary Unit 221 plans its regular meeting next Tuesday evening with Mrs William Colins presiding. Pvt Pauli B Webber Jr on 10 day furlough visits his mother on Hillside Ave. Mrs Paul B Webber remains in Baptist Hospital Boston after a serious operation. Mr and Mrs Phillip McGovern of Hartwell Rt welcomed a son Sunday. Clayton Morrill and Frank Dodi hosted visitors in Bedford from Springfield Vermont.
A stark reflection frames suffering as deeper than physical injury, contrasting visible wounds with a hardened heart. The note emphasizes inner coldness over external violence.
Acton local chairman Mrs. William Cameron reports Acton exceeded its war fund quota of 900 by collecting 1017.57. The notice lists Center 172, North 31.50, East 219.50, Booth 181, and Gil it 413.57 with named volunteers and chairmen for each district.
The Center Fire Co responded Thursday afternoon to a fire in an old lumber pile on Francis Collins’s Great Road property. West Acton Fire Co was called Friday morning for a chimney fire at Albert Jenks’s Nashoba Road home.
DES MOINES IOWA Charles Wallace city jailer was booking Erof H Nelson for intoxication when he found Nelson carrying a billfold stuffed with hay. Nelson explained he kept hay in the wallet to absorb perspiration while at work, causing both men to grin at the unusual sight.
The name Alaska derives from the Aleut term Aliaska meaning great country. It first appears on a German map published in 1776.
Acton readers are invited to register for War Ration Book 2 at their elementary schools on specified dates in February. Registrants must bring War Ration Book 1 and a completed Consumer Declaration Blank for each person or family group.
Henry C Istor of Hancock Street is confined to his home with another cold. Istor, a member of the Board of Selectmen, has spent most of the winter with colds and grippe. Margaret Tommy and Barbara Johnston of Maple Street are among children confined with German measles.
Concord churches report 10 45 am Sunday services and Sunday School. Wednesday testimonial meetings at 7 45 pm. Reading room hours noon to closing daily except holidays. A Boston First Church of Christ Scientist lesson sermon on February 21 titled Mind discusses Isaiah passages and Mary Baker Eddy text on unity of Spirit.
The Navy Department in Washington DC seeks stonographers and typists as part of a new recruitment drive announced by Mr. Finn of the United States Office of the War Power Commission. Benefits include housing help, loan advances, an adjusted payroll and an overtime 48 hour work week. Applications open via U S Employment Service offices in Massachusetts with a limited number of positions.
A Red Sea coast find by an Asiatic man Mohammed Mustapha prompted U S naval graphic office scientists to study oc currents. He received a large map from an American consul, asked to exchange the item for money, and traveled by camel in celebration.
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