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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1944
Page
6
A fragment notes Odwin Jones on Great Road after an attack. Details are incomplete with unclear location and outcome in the readable text.
A report describes camp life for repatriates in North China with weekly fish meals, pork and beer, education programs, high school staff, and diverse entertainment. Guards, a labor committee, and notable events include a Black Market opera project halted by the Japanese, a Negro band, Catholic choir, and sports.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Muscato 61 of Old Bedford Road Concord was held from her home and followed by a high mass of requiem at St Bernard Church at 9 o clock Burial was in St Bernard Cemetery She was a native of Italy and wife of Pete Muscato a farmer She leaves several children.
Concord reports the funeral of Teresa Thompson Carroll 26 formerly of Bedford court died last Thursday at Cambridge Hospital after a short illness. High mass of requiem was held at St Bernard's church with burial in St Bernard's cemetery. She was wife of James Carroll a Cambridge war plant fireman and mother to a one year old son plus her mother in whose home they lived.
Susan Littlefield of Winsor Street West Acton died Wednesday morning in her home in her 94th year. Born in Boxboro she lived most of her life here. She was daughter of Jacob and Anne Lit tefield and a member of the South Acton Universalist church. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements by Twombly Funeral Service are incomplete.
Funeral services were held Monday at Marshall Memorial Chapel in Lexington for Mrs Elsie May Robbins widow of Edgar Robbins. Rev Frank Thompson officiated and burial followed in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Concord. She died at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston after months of illness leaving sister Sophia Mastin and two brothers Edward F Pike and Willis T Pike of Bedford.
Albert Bacon returned home after months away in Concord. Willis M. Smith on furlough from Fort Oglethorpe Georgia, with the Military Police, after 17 months overseas. Mr. and Mrs. Russell I. Lawrence welcomed a daughter at Waltham Hospital Sunday. Gerald Baxter and family moved to Hancock Street Lexington. Clayton Morrill will occupy the Baxter apartment when ready. Kneale Dockstader and two sons visit Waynesboro Virginia relatives.
Rotary Club notes show President Bill Magoon introducing visiting Rotarian John Lemay from Aurora Illinois. Attendance record nearly 100 percent for 76 years with about 75 clubs attended. A violin solo by Mrs Walter Nichols and moving pictures by George Erickson titled Surrender in Italy are noted. Concord High School principal Willard H Smith spoke on Our High School. No Rotary meeting on January 13 Thursday.
A Sudbury resident William Evans traveling via Memphis for Camp Fort Crowder Missouri shared a luncheon with Mrs Anne Buxton and Mrs David Buxton, wife of Captain Buxton, at Concord Road in the Center.
Savings Bank Life Insurance plans allow children up to age 15 to obtain policies without medical exams at no rate increase. New policies cover amounts up to 500 and accrue at regular rates, aiding reduced net costs. Granville H. Beever cites reduced juvenile mortality and wartime access to doctors as key reasons. Available through 142 Massachusetts savings banks statewide.
The Women’s Association of the Methodist Church in the Center will meet Thursday evening in the church to transact any business that may come before it. The St Hubert’s School pupils enjoy skating sliding and coasting in the field behind the school during winter months.
The Acton Garden Club held its January meeting last Thursday at the Acton Woman's Club with president Mrs. Robert Bond presiding. A talk on "Gardens" by Mrs. EB Wells Hutton of West Concord followed the business session and refreshments were served.
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