White Pine Blister Rust Being Checked in Massachusetts Pines
The Division of Plant Disease Control with the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture reports extensive 1947 inspections in Acton Boxboro Concord Framingham Hudson Marlboro Maynard Stow and Sudbury to curb white pine blister rust. Brockway notes 99 621 acres examined and 50 499 currant and gooseberry bushes removed to halt disease spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eant Disease Control
United States Department of Agricultture
Massachusetts Department of Agriculture
Acton
Boxboro
Concord
Framingham
Hudson
Marlboro
Mayhard
Stow
Sudbury
E. M. Brockway
Federal Service
Brockway
Navy Offers Trade Courses For Graduates
Navy announces effective January 1 1948 that high school graduates or those with equivalent education may select Navy trade schools before enlistment and be assured completion of recruit training. Open schools include Cooks and Bakers Electricians Machinists Motor Machinists Radio Yeomen Storekeepers Sonar Underwater Sound Optical Fire Control Radar Electronics Aviation Electronics Submarine and Aviation Fundamental. Attendance lasts three months to one year depending on the program. Class A schools train for advancement to petty officer ratings with some graduates earning petty officer notes. This is the first time the Navy extends this offer to qualified men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Michaloski
ACMM
USN
Framingham
Navy Trade School
Enaoe
Navy
Training Opportunity Drives Rapid Petty Officer Advance
The program offers hands on field training and choices that give a clear edge toward swift advancement to Petty officer ratings.
Christmas Family Gathering in Crescent Street
Stow Mrs. Sara Irwin hosted a family Christmas on Crescent street with daughter Patty and friends from Hyde Park. Relatives George and John Hamilton from Brookline and Medford visited, as did Mr. and Mrs. Robert LaurSen of Great Road with Mrs. Blanche Symonds and her newborn grandson Philip Howard LaurSen. In the evening Mrs. Symonds viewed bright holiday lights around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Irwin
Crescent Street
Frank Sweet
Patty
Hyde Park
Irwin
George Hamilton
Brookline
John
Jack) Hamilton
Medford
Robert L. Laursen
Great Road
Blanche £. Symonds
Percy H. Howard Jr
Lafayette students steal parking meters for souvenirs
Four college students in Lafayette Indiana were accused of removing four parking meters from a sidewalk. They told police they intended to keep the meters as souvenirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
U.P
Lege
Marlboro Man Builds 6 Room Doll House Exhibit
Raoul Leduc on Central Street completed a six room fully furnished doll house for his daughters Patricia and Kathryn Greene. The two story replica, 45 inches long and 14 inches wide, is on display at the Co operative Electrical Appliance shop in Preston block Mechanic Street, drawing attention from visitors of all ages.
Christmas Presentations Highlight Town Hall Programs
Christmas tableaux and a Christmas Story through IV portrayed by grade school students with strong attendance from parents. The High School Christmas Musical featured Bernard Moret violinist and Janet Bogle on piano, followed by a suspenseful screen play Drums of Death by the Class of 48 with notable performances by Barbara Stearns and John Rayner among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard J. Moret
Janet Bogle
Bach
Fritz Kreisler
Sch
Barbara Stearns
Celeste
Barbara
Haiti
Sheldon Harley
Batley
John Rayner
Jules
Robert
Marié Franco
Marcia Gaughan
Shirley Cutting
Shirley Tallant
Barbara Tebo
Iréne Fairbanks
Stow Legion Meeting Set for January 5 at Town Hall
Stow Warren Wheeler Post 272 American Legion will hold its regular meeting at Stow Town Hall on Monday evening January 5. A second monthly old fashioned gathering at Stow Town Hall will benefit the Legion Home building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stow
Warren Wheeler
American IA
Stow Town Hall
Legion Home Building Fund
Doll-house Lone Craft by Mr Leduc Narrates Toy Gift
The passage describes Mr Leduc making a doll-house as a new project for children while Mrs Leduc denies involvement in arranging shower curtains and draperies for other rooms. It mentions his spare-time work as a shot worker and notes the children who will receive the worn doll-house as a gift and their new furniture.
Truman Era Polls Signal Shifting Political Winds
A long discussion of Gallup polls and public sentiment outlines shifts in party strength. It notes rising Truman popularity, risks from Eisenhower, Wallace third-party threats, and the impact of party machines and labor votes on the 1948 political landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seyi
John
Mr. Truman
Mrr. Truman
Democratic Party
Orgagan
Real Bellz
Cio-Pit
Wallace
Cio-P
Gallup
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Big City
Kelly
Mayot
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Truman Illinois
News City
Tammany
New Jersey
Memphis
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White Pine
Post Office
Wakefield
Mass
Massachusetts Det of Agriculture
Tremont Street
Boston
Hardy Drewrey
Yaranwey
Ave
Harvard Sq
Smith Brothers
Arrigo Bros. Co
Piniham
Melba
Kgar Supreme
Vance
Munity Enterprise
Rita
East Coast Aviation
Bedford Airport
Lexington
R. S. Robie
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sidney Coolidge
Los Angeles
State of California
Lucy R. Coolidge
Cam
By Ken Reynolds
Stow Legion
Washington
Mel Aire i
Pavey Fe
Truman
Covenan Presbyterian Church
Witherspoon
Princeton
Mo Pel
Howard McGrath
R. I
Will-o'-the-wisp
Henry Wallace
AFL
Gothpers
Green
Franklin Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Bankhage
Pennsylvania
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