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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1947
Page
2
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A tax deputy will be available on Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and again 30 minutes later in the afternoon to assist with tax matters.
A report notes Monday’s session may discuss an illustration involving Fagan and a long time member of the State Federal Women’s Clubs. The piece ties to past Loft 25 events and references a Concord gathering and a sermon at First Church Christ Scientist last Sunday at 10 45.
West Concord guard Frank Costa Jr. escaped from the Massachusetts Reformatory cowbarn early Tuesday afternoon and was recaptured nine hours later near Carlisle Railroad Station. He was dressed in the standard olive drab uniform, stood five feet five inches tall, weighed 124 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, and is the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Costa of 26 Manchester Street Fall River. Costa faces five years on breaking and entering and larceny charges after being caught by Reformatory Officers Leo McCarthy and Frank J McLaughlin without resistance. He was returned to the Reformatory and placed in detention.
Concord Council Knights of Columbus No 287 will confer the major degree tonight at 8 oclock at Monument hall with Deputy Grand Knight J Edward Finigan in charge. The second degree was worked Tuesday evening and refreshments will be served after tonight's degree.
Officers of Hawthorne Chapter OES Concord are installed at Masonic Temple after a supper meeting led by retiring matron Ruth E. Mac Rae. Grand Chapter officer Ida Allen Hibard installed the new worthy patron, with George E Hibard serving as installing officer. Several officers and floral escorts named. notable attendees include Mrs Lillian Rider and O. Berger Ottesen of Oslo, Norway.
Concord Grange P of H No 259 installed officers Tuesday evening at the Peter Buckley school auditorium with State Deputy John E Johnson of Chelmsford officiating Mrs Linda Conant conducted the new worthy master succeeding Mrs Madeline Mars and her committee Other officers include Jeanette Johnson Flanbery Flora Halloran Joseph A Macone Frances Derby Marion Blaisdell Mildred Finan Ethel Gates Dorothy Scherer Marion Clark DeMars and Afiones Several past masters and guests attended and season plans were discussed
The Odd Fellows and friends will gather with W Stuart Allen of Beet Ac ton giving a talk and displaying recent trap pictures from the south. Refreshments will be served as the employment committee plans whist parties on the second and fourth Thursdays each month with the Rebekahs. On January 16 the lodge will work the initiation degree for a class of candidates.
West Concord Troop 33 met at Harvey Wheeler school for the first meeting of the year led by Scoutmaster John P. Halliday with Scout Commissioners Lucien J. Milot and Edgar A. Rohan as guests. After the flag ceremony there was instruction on the Scout Law and a troop activity followed by 18 minutes of games. A trade team was approved to practice on the Wheeler school court and the meeting adjourned with the flag salute.
The Concord quarterly meeting is set for tonight at Central Street Hall at 8 o clock. Chief Harry Tuttle will report on veterinary matters.
Mr and Mrs Nicholas Genett announce the birth of their second daughter on December 30 at Emerson Hospital in Concord.
Mrs Elsie Rose reports 144 marriages in Concord for 1946 up 53 from 1945. Births total 425 to date, deaths 21, and ord events show higher activity than the previous year.
At Our Lady Help of Christians West Concord a high mass was celebrated for Mrs. Catherine A. Keane 45 who died yesterday. The obituary notes she was the wife of Percy R. Sullivan and leaves many nieces and nephews.
Sullivan of Aeloriostary West Co. receives promotion to assistant manager at Massatts Reformatory textiles division after 22 months with the Coast Guard and prior Navy service. Born in Groton and a 1923 Lowell Textile graduate, he and his wife settled here 11 years ago and he is well known locally.
The Concord Lions Club will hold a semi monthly meeting and supper at 6 30 PM next Tuesday February 14 at the Howard Johnson restaurant. President Leeman E Haines will preside and announce the program. The next board of directors meeting is set for Monday evening January 27.
The March of Dimes charity drive begins in Concord on Monday for two weeks to support infantile paralysis research and patient aid. Local volunteers organize collection events and pledges across community groups and churches.
West Concord's Thomas P. McCusker, former national security secretary to Governor Tobin, begins as reformatory superintendent at a salary of 4500 to 5600 dollars annually plus family maintenance for his wife and nine children. He fills the vacancy after Major Michael J. Dee’s death last October 4. Appointment announced by State Commissioner J. Paul Doyle. McCusker previously worked for Tobin in Boston and as a Boston Police Department stenographer for 12 years.
Town meeting logistics involve the armory being set up with a two way radio system by Concord Board officers. The Veterans building area is referenced as a location used to support the meeting and related fees.
A note from Concord indicates an engagement involving Miss Jean D and a fiancé named Faricello. The announcement mentions a future wedding planned in Waltham and references school connections related to Mrs Faricello.
Dudley Harmon executive secretary of the New England Council spoke to the Concord Board of Trade last Monday at the Howard Johnson Colonial Room. He outlined the council’s aims and achievements, highlighted New England’s share of U.S. areas and wartime contracts, and stressed thrift, regional leadership, and steady national economy as crucial for the future.
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