Concord Lodge and civic notes and military service updates
The Concord brief covers Con- Lodge 212 IOOF meeting at Fellows Hall with Grand Albert Smith slated for 8 pm, Evangelical gospel event by Rev Harry P. Odland, and a church meeting slated for January 21. It also notes Francis J. Lawton’s discharge from the U S Army after over two years service, Alfred Giusti’s European Theater service, Elks BPOE Hall meeting on January 22, and the Fourth Infantry State Guard meeting January 28. It mentions recruitment interest for federal service, regular officers' and non commissioned officers’ meeting, and plans by John J. Watson to take former High School track members to the Boston YMCA for the indoor meet.
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IOOF
Fellows Hall
West Concord
Ple
Albert Smith
John J. Watson
Boston Ymca
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Concord Engagements Dot Local Social Notes
Concord and surrounding families announce fiancéé and engagement news. Arline Jeannette Manter, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Manter, to William Arthur Thoresen, naval reserve, of Concord. Agnes Julia McBreen to Bennett of Hoosick Falls, both Concord connections. Degarde Andreasen to Richard D. Elson, Bryant & Stratton Boston graduate, Army veteran, with May wedding anticipated.
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Concord
George Manter
Main Street
Cord
Arline Jeannette Man
William Arthur Thoresen
Naval Reserve
Arthur W. Thoresen
Awberry Hill Road
Agnes Julia McBreen
ThomasBreen
Longstreet
Bennett
Hoosick Falls
York
McBreen
U.S
Euan
Clay- 1
Philbrick
Carlisle
Ibrick
U.S. Army
Fio
Dlding
UNO delegates to view proposed site in Concord
Eight UNO delegates named to pick the permanent headquarters site are due in Boston soon after visiting New York. Led by Dr. Stoyan Gavrilovic the delegation includes Francois Briere Anya Elkhalidi Shushi Shu Hington Gilchrist Major K G Younger Julio A Lacarte and Georgii Scaksin. They favor a fairly level site near Concord with good land for building and no steep hills.
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Concord
UNO
Boston
New York
Stoyan Gavrilovic
Yugoslavia
Francois Briere
France
Anya Elkhalidi
Iraq
Shushi Shu
China
Hington Gilchrist
United States
K. G. Younger
United Kingdom
Julio A. Lacarte
Uruguay
Georgii Scaksin
Russia
New York State
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
London
Services for James Hanley in Concord
A high mass of requiem for James Francis Hanley 62 was held at St Bernard's Church Concord with Rev Mark P Sullivan officiating. Burial followed in St Bernard's Cemetery. Hanley a lifelong Concord resident and former custodian of the Veterans Building Cooperative Bank and Telephone Exchange passed Sunday after a month of illness. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Margaret Gannon daughter Margaret three sons James Jr Joseph N John and two brothers Thomas and Edward of Concord.
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Concord
St. Bernard’s Church
James Francis Hanley
Mark P. Sullivan
Concord Council
K. of C
Holy Name Society of
Hanley
Veterans Building
Cooperative Bank and Telephone Exchange
Ifize
Nelson) Hanley
Thomas J
Margaret) Gannon
James F., Jr
Joseph N
U.S. Coast Guard
Florida
John E
Thomas J. Gannon, Jr
Edward W
Funeral for Miss Jean Gordon Held in Lincoln
Funeral services were held at Lincoln on Tuesday afternoon for Miss Jean Gordon formerly well known hero who died in New York. Rev Alfred B. Starrett former rector of St Ann's Episcopal church of South Lincoln officiated.
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Concord
Lincoln
Jean Gordon
New York
Alfred B. Starrett
St Ann’s Episcopal Church of
South Lincoln
Staff Sergeant speaks at Concord Rotary on wartime ordeal
Staff Sergeant Leonard Bernhardt told Concord Rotary Club members of his capture after his Liberator was shot down over Budapest on June 30, 1944 and his later dubious Russian Army commission. He described internment, liberation by Russians in 1945, and return to the United States for medical treatment.
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Concord
U.S
Concord Rotary Club
Colonial Inn
Leonard Bernhardt
Robert Smith
Bernhardt
Budapest
Sergt
15Th Army
Europe
Sergi Bernhardt
Russia
U. S
Cushing General Hospital
Framingham
Sergt. Bernhardt
Thomas L. Sanborn
Lester B. Whittemore
E. Physon True
Burleigh L. Pratt
Whittemore
Lexington Rotary Club
Old Belfry Club
Tha
Albert Douglass
William Turner
Edmund Wilson
Natick Rotary Club
John C. Dolan, Jr
Walter
Robert B. Lortz
Richard P. Sullivan
Lemuel Small
Arthur F. Marsh Jr
Maxwell E. Lawrence
Rudolph W. Currier
Rotary Club
William T. Magoon
Robert S. Hackett
Concord Lions Set January 22 Meeting at Wright Tavern
The Concord Lions Club will meet next Tuesday January 22 at 6 30 PM in the Wright Tavern dining hall at Monument Square. President Leon J Moreau will preside and the program will be announced. a dance is planned for the latter part of January with details to follow.
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Concord
Concord Lions Club
Wright Tavern Monument Square
Leon J. Moreau
Concord Seeks Dates for Annual Caucus and Town Meetings
Notice announces the Citi zen's Caucus at the Veterans Building on January 30 at 8 pm. Elections set for February 25 with voting at Harvey Wheeler School and Veterans Building. Town meeting slated for March 4. Closing for warrant articles January 22. First voter registration January 22, last date February 6.
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Concord
Veterans Building
Harvey Wheeler School
Verans
Annnual
Miss Berry Weds F J Strate in Concord
Concord Miss Priscilla Rebecca Berry daughter of Mrs Nellie F Berry and the late Arthur W Berry married Frederick James Strate son of Mr and Mrs Alonzo B Strate of Syracuse New York at Trinitarian Congregational Church. Rev John Elmo Wallace officiated. The bride wore white satin and marisette with a long veil and carried white roses. Attendants wore pale blue. A small reception followed at the bride's mother's home. The bride is a Concord High School and Bryant and Stratton graduate and stenographer. The groom is a U S Army veteran from World War II.
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Concord
Priscilla Rebecca Berry
Nellie F. Berry
Arthur W. Berry
Stow Street
Frederick James Strate
Alonzo B. Strate
Syracuse N. Y
Trinitarian Congregational Church
John Elmo Wallace
Merle Berry
Carl Engebretsen
Waltham
Gail Berry
East Providence
R. I
Earle L. Barker
West Concord
John Berry
Chester Rapson
Concord High School
Bryant & Stratton Commercial School
Boston
U. S. Army
Concord School Committee Accepts Miss Smith Resignation
At the January Concord High School meeting in the library, Miss Elsie E Smith resigned from her home economics post to take a new job in Maine. Barbara Gardner of Claremont NH was appointed substitute to fill the position for the rest of the school year.
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Concord
Concord School Committee
Concord High School
Elsie E.smith
Maine
Barbara Gardner
Claremont
N. H
Ralph D. McLeary
Harold Tompkins
Edward P. Daniels
Concord Chapter polio drive chaired by Charles Mayo
Concord Massachusetts Charles F Mayo chair of the Concord Chapter March of Dimes announces the appeal running January 14 to January 31. Half the funds stay local for hospitalization and care, the rest support the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis research and relief. He urges universal contributions and lists local officers and collection sites.
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Concord
Charles F. Mayo
Middle Street
March of Dimes Committee
Mayo
National Foundation For
National Foundation
Gordon H. Ogilvie
C.c.n.f.lp
Massachusetts
N.F
Charles Mayo
Alan Gordon
Martha Wilson
Eliot R. Howard
Leon J. Moreau
Howard E. Robinson
Edward P. Daniels
Floyd Verrill
Registration Dates Set for New Voters in Concord
The Concord Board of Registrars announces two registration sessions for the upcoming town election. Wednesday January 22 at the Harvey Wheeler School West Concord 7 PM to 9 PM. Wednesday February 6 at the Town House Monument Square 12 noon to 10 PM. Eligible voters from either precinct may register at either session.
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Concord
Concord Board of Registrars
Harvey Wheeler
West Concord
Monument Square
Retreat Plans for Concord Lexington Chapter Feb Week End
The Concord Lexington Chapter of the Greater Boston men retreat league announces its annual retreat for the weekend of February 8 at St Gabriel's Monastery in Brighton. Richard P Sullivan chairs the Concord Chapter and planning for the retreat will be discussed at a January 31 meeting in Lexington.
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Concord
Concord Lexington
Greater Bostonmen’s Retreat League
St. Gabriel’s Monastery
Brighton
Richard P. Sullivan
Lexington
Concord Draft Board Announces Induction Of William King Jr
The Concord Draft Board Number 54 announces William Louis King Jr of 1 Hill Block West Concord has been inducted and the board is preparing its February call.
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Concord
Concord Draft Board
William Louis King, Jr
Hill Block
West Concord
U.S
Officers of Eastern Star Installed in Hawthorne Chapter
Mrs Ruth E MacRae was installed as worthy matron of Hawthorne Chapter East ern Star at Masonic Temple Monument Square. About 120 attended the January 9 ceremony with a turkey supper led by Mrs Doris Trees and Mrs Betsy Reid.
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Concord
Ruth E. Macrae
Belknap Street
Hawthorne
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Monument Square
Doris Trees
Irs
Betsy Reid
Alphonse D. Jackin
Ida O. Martin
Rothwell MacRae
Rosamond Jenney
Elsie E. Rose
Thelma Tuttle
Deva Robbins
Bertha L. Heyliger
Cornelia Lawrence
Ethel S. Adams
Adah
Ruth
Martha
Esther
Electa
MacRae
Ida Allen Hibbard
Robinson
CBS
Massachusetts
George E. Hibbard
Eleanor Lawrence
Edith Bailey
Ruth Pratt
William Tuttle
Beulah Blair
Edwin Hansen
Ore Heyliger
Austin D. MacRae
A. Robert MacLeod, Jr
Edgar L. Robbins
South Boston
Roslindale
Milton
Pitchburg
Hudson
Bedford
Lowell
Maynard
Concord Board of Selectmen Meeting and Warrant Deadline
The Concord Board of Selectmen will hold its next regular meeting Tuesday evening at the Town House. Chairman Hubert M. Wardwell will preside. Townspeople are reminded that January is the final date for those wishing to insert articles in the town warrant, and they must be submitted to the board by 4 o'clock.
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Concord
Concord Board of Selectmen
Hubert M. Wardwell
Cord Motor Corps Meeting At State Armory
The Con cord Motor Corps Tenth Company schedules a meeting at the State Armory next Tuesday evening January 22 at 8 o clock. Capt. Dorothy Macone will oversee the session.
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Concord Motor Corps
State Armory
Dorothy Macone
Concord War Records committee lists 1032 in service
The Concord War Records Committee chaired by Eliot R. Howard reports that at year end 1032 Concord men and women had enrolled in military service, 14 percent of the population. Of those, 128 joined during the year and 418 have been discharged. Details by branch include Army 315, Navy 49, Marines 22, Coast Guard 8, Merchant Marine 11, and various specialized units. A total of 34 Concord servicemen have died. The committee urges released personnel who have not filed the record to visit the Veterans Building to complete entries, including birth data, family, schooling, service dates, branch, and decorations. A more detailed history is being recorded for those who died, with photographs added, to be completed in about a year. The town is asked to consider a permanent form for these records. The report is submitted by committee members Currier, Damon, French, Ripley, Hagerty, Howard, Joslin, Kent, Rix, Orendorff, Sheehan, Cook, and others.
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Concord
Concord War Records Committee
Eliot R. Howard
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Merchant Marine
Merchant Marine Corps Reserve
Navy Air Corps
Selective Service Office
Concord War ‘Records Committee
Funeral rites held for Concord woman Ann Cullinane
Ann Cullinane died at home after a lingering illness last Wednesday. The funeral was held Saturday from her residence then at St Bernard's Church with a high mass of requiem. She is survived by her parents Edward J and Mrs Cullinane four sisters Earl Eleanor Mary and Loretta and one brother Arthur who returned from overseas in the Pacific on emergency furlough. Burial followed at St Bernard's cemetery.
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Concord
Cy Ann Cullinane
Edward J
Brooks Street
St Bernard’s Church
Earl
Eleanor
Mary
Loretta
Award J
Ceavy
Pacific
St.Bernard’s, Cemetery
Victory Clothing Drive continues through January
The Victory Clothing Drive at Concord’s Fire Station accepts articles for delivery to European countries. The drive remains open throughout January for donations of usable clothing.
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Joseph Barr
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James Hanley
Middlesex County
Farm Bureau
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Eastern Star
Ruth E. McRae
War Records Committee
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