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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1948
Page
2
Mr and Mrs James Barry of Main Street celebrate congratulations on the birth of a daughter last week at Emerson Hospital. The Maynard Rod and Gun Club sponsors a Boy Scout event and plans to hold meetings every other Tuesday in their rooms on Summer Street.
Miss Ruth Mi Boudreau of Tremont Street received her nursing cap at Candlelight exercises in Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing on February 9. Following the exercises she and Miss Helen Courtnay of Somerville were guests of honor at a Medford party hosted by family friends. Miss Boudreau graduated from St Michael's Academy in Hudson last June.
James L. Quinn of Sudbury Massachusetts expresses sincere appreciation to all who assisted during the patriotic services and in bringing his son home to his final resting place.
Morton girl hosts Boston University student Marguerite Duvyard from Northhampton for a weekend visit. Maynard town warrant ready for printing within ten days. 1947 town statistics show 153 births 81 deaths and 119 marriages. Public schools close Friday for spring vacation resuming Monday March 1.
Maynard Albert Rogers son of Mr and Mrs August Rogers of Glendale enters Tufts College as a freshman planning to study. An honor graduate of Maynard High School class of 1946 he earned letters in football baseball and basketball. He later served as a sergeant in the U S Army in Korea and was named an alternate delegate to West Point by Congressman Philip J Philbin.
The Maynard Dramatic Club held a lively party featuring a dress up game where players swapped outfits in a race to dress and undress. The event raised laughs with partners like Barbara Marchant and Louis Fava leading the male teams. Refreshments were provided by Louise Farrell Tea Peterson and others. Future plans include Kiss and Pe a or My Sister Eileen with a March 16 meeting featuring Ray Van Verse and Helen Smith among organizers.
Death of Maynard Wleadek Tumaszc Zenik, 64, born in Poland, brother of Mrs. Annie Sczerzen of 11 Pine Street, Boston resident 22 years. He worked at a Boston Home for the Aged. Funeral services were held Monday at 9:00 am with a requiem Mass at St. Casimir's Polish Church, burial in the parish cemetery.
Maynard Credit Unions will host a State Extension course lecture on Consumer Cooperation focusing on labor co operatives. Agnes Gartland of Boston will discuss union financed credit unions and cooperative principles at 7 30 pm in the Co ed Hall above the Maynard Co op Super Market.
The Washington Lincoln Assembly program directed by Lawrentice Lever was presented at George Washington Auditorium by the local high school. The concert featured songs and recitations including The Star Spangled Banner, Gettysburg Address, I Am an American, Mount Vernon a National Shrine, and Your Land and My Land, with orchestra under Miss Eleanor Colburn and a chorus list of participating students.
An employee at a Pittsburgh movie house was knocked out during the Louis Walcott fight. He claims the film crew mishap and a falling can caused injuries worse than those suffered by Louis or Walcott.
The Kapén family extends sincere appreciation to the American Legion Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars and friends for their kind acts and floral tributes that lightened their recent bereavement.
Maynard Massachusetts Board of Health reports 1947 activities including diphtheria smallpox vaccination school dental clinics dog rabies inoculations and tuberculosis x rays. It notes the Maynard Public Health Association disbanded and the town nurse and budget implications.
George E Waldron 42 Douglas Avenue is the Democratic nominee for Tax Assessor. A Maynard native educated in Maynard Public Schools Webster High School Marlboro Vocational School he is a machinist by trade and works in the electrical department of Hoat Rubber Company Watertown. Waldron is a Knights of Columbus member married to Concetta Pizza and father of a three year old daughter.
Francis J Mulcahy 47 a Maynard resident formerly of Malden died suddenly at home last Friday morning He served as a Navy veteran in World War I He leaves a wife Mildred a daughter Grace three sons Edward Richard and Thomas his mother Anna of Malden four brothers and a sister Funeral services were held from Fowler Funeral Home Concord Street Monday at 9 am a requiem Mass was celebrated at St Ey Church and his body placed in the parish cemetery receiving tomb awaiting spring burial
The Busy Bees 4-H Club met February 12 to select three projects cooking sewing and crafts. About 31 children from Busy Bees and Nimble Fingers rode by bus to the 4-H Rally in Framingham February 14 at May Hall Teachers College. Middlesex County totals included 165 4-H members with Busy Bees taking first prize for singing and Nimble Fingers finishing third in an identification contest.
Maynard Peter Wilcox, two years four months old, son of Harold R and Elizabeth Lawson Wilcox of 12 Books Street, died after an extended illness at Children's Hospital in Boston last Thursday evening. Besides his parents, he leaves a sister Susan. Funeral services were held at the parents’ home last Saturday at 2 p.m. Rev Henry Leech officiated. Burial followed at Snepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord under Fowler Funeral Service.
The Bogart family of South Acton expresses sincere appreciation to friends neighbors and relatives for sympathy and help during their sorrowful hours.
Circulation reports indicate the town’s early issue distribution improved thanks to printers Mu Snyder. Traffic surveys estimate Manhattan sees about 390,000 vehicles per day amid congestion.
Probate Court in Middlesex invites all interested parties to object to the petition for the Maynard trust estate of Oscar Grand. Bowsé of Maynard seeks appointment as administrator without bond. Written appearances required by 10 AM March 5 1948 in Cambridge. Judge John C. Leet presided.
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