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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1948
Page
2
Maynard residents share holiday recollections and study updates. Whitney resumes Massachusetts studies, Miss Shirley returns to Mt Ida Junior College, and Alin Morton restarts Best University. Families travel from Miami and Boston to visit, while Richard Palmer recovers after surgery. The St Casimir parish fundraiser and the Maynard Stamp Club meeting are announced.
The annual Yolka concert and ball sponsored by the Russian group will be held Saturday night at Powdermill Road Wall. Dinner will be served at a stated hour followed by an 8:30 p.m. ball with music by Salomone's Orchestra.
Edward Puffer Jr. chairs the Democratic Town Committee and Atty. Benjamin Piecewiczi heads the Republican Town Committee as candidates seek ballot placement with caucuses less than six weeks away.
Gilda Lalli of Hillside Street received a surprise miscellaneous shower from relatives and friends at Aunt Mrs Louis Lalli's East Street home Saturday evening. A mock marriage and social hour accompanied refreshments as gifts were presented for her upcoming marriage to Kenneth E. Priest on January 25.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth B Pruel Dorothy Morris announce the birth of daughter Mary Jahe Pruel at Char dsome House Boston on January 2 1948 Indonesia stretches as far from East to West as does the United States
Mr and Mrs Morgan Lydon celebrate the birth of a daughter. Public schools reopened after the Christmas vacation. Local police officer Eddie Johnston was hospitalized last Wednesday morning.
Maynard voters face firm deadlines for filing nomination papers by 5 p.m. January 28 and certificates by February 2. Registration closes February 10 with clerk’s office dates listed. Voters without names on lists urged to update them to vote in the upcoming town election.
Harvey Wheeler Junior High School teams from West Concord defeated Emerson Junior High in two age groups in a Middlesex Junior High basketball league game. The eighth grade Harvey Wheeler team won 34 to 10 while the seventh grade won 26 to 7.
Maynard Emerson Junior High School joins the Middlesex Junior High basketball league with two varsity squads. The league already includes Harvey Wheeler West Concord Peter Bulkeley Concord Westford Acton and Hudson. The seventh grade team and the eighth grade team are the two varsity outfits.
Mr and Mrs Kiam V Smith of 14 Priest Street announce the engagement of their daughter to Leston W Perkins of Hampton Streets.
An engagement announcement appears in the Nebraska notes noting the betrothal of a local figure identified as treasurer. Further details about names or dates are not clearly legible in the excerpt.
Mae struggled with a useless telegram in her bag as she tried to recall its message. Wally’s telegram remains memorized by Mae, a detail central to the scene.
Marianne and Wally chase a dream as money runs thin. He splurges on an orchid for her while she safeguards Grandmother's 20 dollar bill, then contemplates marriage as a plan to secure their future in a sudden rush of love and need.
A damaged OCR snippet cites college statistics with unclear phrasing about percent figures and historical references to years 1920 and 3980. The readable content is limited to scattered phrases about percentages and comparisons across time.
Maynard community notices a meeting of the Woman's Club Tuesday January 13 at 2 30 PM. Dorothy Dexter home economist will present New Ways With Old Favorites focusing on meat cookery buying storage and simple appealing platters. Mrs H G Nicola presiding with musical interlude by Mrs Peino Tuomanen.
Adelphi Class of the Methodist church hosts a Winter Frost show titled Breakfast in Hollywood. The program on Thursday January 22 at 8 p m offers audience participation and prizes for funniest hat longest married couple youngest grandmother and an orchid to the oldest lady. Refreshments follow and letter inquiries go to Mrs Walter Larkin 22 Maple Street Maynard.
Magnaya hers will be an meeting of the Sit. Bridget's Holy Name Society at the Town House this evening at 7 30. President Noble Morton stated the meeting has important decisions to be made and hopes all committee members attend.
Miss Castrilli and Miss Christenson hosted a New Year’s Eve party at Miss Christenson’s home 7 Lincoln Street in Maynard. The event began at 8 p m and continued until the new year with attendees Marylyn Nealy Frank Milock Farry Croft Enid Mafsfield Thomas Cocco Daniel Clark John Tomyl Charles Piecewicz Ronald Koesman Vincent Jarmylowicz Betty Ann Marchant Janet Thumith Clair Tourville. Games were played and refreshments served.
Cookson son Maynard Edward W Cookson and Barbara Morris of Newton united in marriage on Monday evening December 29 194% by Rev Norman Mac Lean. The couple will reside in Sudbury.
The National Recreation Association reports a rapid rise in leisure and recreation participation across the United States, signaling growing public interest in outdoor activities and organized programs.
Maynard Avery W. Steele, a longtime Ford Agency salesman and former state representative, is appointed sales manager of Middlesex Motor Company which now operates the Summer Street garage and a Concord branch. The firm will debut the 1948 Ford Trucks in Maynard with an open house on Friday January 16. Steele says the event marks Ford history with a major new truck lineup.
The Saima Chorus of Fitchburg, led by John Pera, performs at Parker Street hall Sunday at 8. Soloists Glenice Paananen and Aino Holmberg join for a program featuring Fred Waring arrangements and popular Victor Herbert selections including Romany Life and Italian Street Song.
Liisa Rii Patti, 17, living with relatives in Grayland Washington, became the Cranberry festival queen of 1947 after arriving seven months earlier from Finland. Her blue eyes and blond hair helped her win the local pageant.
The Republic Town Caucus will be held at the High School Auditorium on January 23 at 2 p.m. Republican candidates seeking nomination for town offices should contact Jamin M. Piecewicz.
Mr and Mrs Williams of 1 Oak Street announce an Open House to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. They invite friends to call between 2 and 6 p m on the upcoming afternoon.
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