Concord area notes birth announcements and club events
Birth: Mr and Mrs David Baxter of Lincoln announce a daughter born January 6 at the Ricflouse with Mrs Baxter, former Catherine Temple, noted locally. Community items include Concord State Guard and Veterans Association meetings, Rep Harold Tompkins plans for Boston Poultry Show entries, Boy Scouts council meeting at Belmont High School, Concord Woman's Club speaker Lawrence Fletcher, and Waltham Lions Club guests Rudolph Currier. Also notes on town bids, Concord High seniors, and the birth of John Hamilton Duncan son of Mr and Mrs Roger F Duncan.
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David W. Baxter
Lincoln
Ric
Ton
Baxter
Catherine Temple
Harold ‘Tompkins
Boston Garden Exposition Hall
Tompkins
Robert
New York
Concord Boy Scouts
Council
Boy Scouts of Erica
Belmont High School
Thoreau Street
Waltham Lions’ Club
Rd Club
Needham
Newton
Watertown
War Clubs
Roger F. ‘Duntan
Carr Road
John Hamilton
Emerson ‘Hos
Duncan
Y Chadler
Fenn School
Concord Man Missing in Germany
Pfc. William Witton 19, U S Army, listed missing in action after recent German combat. A Concord High School 1943 graduate, he had served about a year and was overseas briefly with an infantry unit. His mother Mrs Catherine J Witton of Sudbury Road was notified by telegram.
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Concord
William Witton
U. S. Army
Catherine J. ‘Witton
Sudbury Road
Williams Road
Witton
Germany
Concord High School
Harvard
Boy Scouts Salvage Drive Next Sunday
Concord and West Concord Boy Scouts announce a paper salvage drive for Sunday January 28. Residents should bundle news papers and magazines, place near the street by 9 AM, and include misc paper like Christmas wrappings separately. Small trucks and volunteers are needed to aid the effort supporting war supplies.
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Concord
West Concord
Charlies R. Voigt
Concord Or
Release of Concord Men Hoped as POWs Remain in Pacific
Concord families hope for release of two local servicemen held as prisoners of war after the fall of the Philippines. Col Chester Elmes of West Concord and Lieut Whitney M Cook of the U S Navy were believed captured near Manila in February 1942. Elmes is a World War I veteran. Cook is the son of Harry I Cook of 12 Garland road and brother to two other service members.
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Concord
Luzon
Tl Concord
The
Philippines
Col
Chester Elmes
West Concord
Whitney M. Cook
U. S. Navy
Elmes
Douglas MacArthur
Cook
Manila
Bay On
Beer
Col.Elmes
Lieut
Harry I. Cook
Garland Road
Stuart W. Cook
U.S. Na
G. Gardner Cook
Army
Concord D A R Hears Talk By Radio Speaker
Concord D A R chapter held a meeting at Gaeta House on January 6 with Regent Mrs Forrest Collier welcoming members and guest speaker Miss Marion H Clark. The program themed Ellis Island Day included remarks on radio’s role and a story from Mrs Wallace Conant about Ellis Island. two new members were welcomed.
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Wallace Conant
John H. Lord
Harvard
St Bernard’s Parish Library Schedules Two Evening Openings
St Bernard’s parish library will open two evenings this week at Monument Hall from 7:30 to 8:30. The sessions are on Tuesday and Friday evenings, providing residents with access to library services and materials.
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St. Bernard’s Parish
Monument Hall
Fourth Company Honors Lt Joseph Barr With Venison Stew Dinner
Concord Fourth Company members gathered at the Armory on February 13 to honor retiring 1st Lt Joseph Barr with the second annual Venison Stew dinner. Capt Pratt supplied venison from deep freeze lockers and John Tombeno, Reformatory chef, prepared the stew. Acting Bee Nims led the committee with Pvt Sims assisting in dining and Sgts French and Nots handling transportation. Lt Barr, who served in World War I, helped turn raw recruits into a well organized unit, later becoming the first officer to join the ranks as a lieutenant and consistently contributing to the unit’s rifle proficiency and drill routine.
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Concord
Armory
Joseph Barr
Pratt
John Tombeno
Reformatory
Bee Nims
Pvt. Sims
French
Nots
Barr
Chos
Raymond Emerson
Joe
West Concord Helping Hand Society Elects Officers
Newly elected officers of the Helping Hand society of the West Concord Union church include George Gerow as president Alfred Harris as vice president Glenna Benson as treasurer and Henry W Harmon as secretary. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday.
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West Concord
Helping Hand Society of the
West Concord Union Church
Ae ‘George ‘Gerow
Alfred “Harris
Glenna Benson
Henry W. Harmon
Joint session moved to tonight at First Unitarian Church
The Laymen's League and Woman's Association of the First Unitarian Church postponed their annual joint meeting to this evening in the church vestry. Supper will be served at 6 45 and afterward the speaker will be Dean Van Etten of St. Paul’s Cathedral.
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Concord
Laymen’s League
Woman’s Association
First Unitarian Church
Dean van Etten
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Engagement announced for Miss Novella Hamilton
Concord reports the engagement of Miss Novella M Hamilton a nurse at Emerson Hospital The notice notes the upcoming Concord Rationing Board session Monday afternoon at the Veterans building Walden Street with William A Buttrick as chairman presiding
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Concord
Concord Rationing “Board
Veterans’ Building
Walden Street
William’ A. Buttrick
Rainbow Girls Organization Expands in Concord
More than 50 girls in Concord and surrounding areas join Rainbow Girls sponsored by Hawthorne chapter OES Concord. Applicants must file by January 20. Assembly will be held January 10 at the Masonic temple. Inquiries directed to committee members Mrs Doris Graham Trees William A Robus Mrs John E Forbes or Mrs Rothwell N e.
High Mass Held For Miss J. Mahoney
A high mass of requiem was celebrated at St. Bridget's Church in Maynard for Miss Julia Mahoney a former Concord resident who died Sunday at the Ghost Hospital in Sam. She was in her 72nd year and earlier served as a CET operator for over 25 years with Telephone Ex okt over 40 years. Her remains were at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
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Concord
St. Bridget’s Church
Maynard
Julia
Mahoney
Ghost Hospital
Sam
Musketaquid Sportsmen to Elect Officers at Colonial Inn
Members of the Musketaquid Sportsmen's Club are urged to attend the annual election and meeting after supper at the Colonial Inn at 7 PM on Thursday January 18. Jack Hilliard, past president, and Thomas L. Sanborn will handle supper. President Harry Robertson will conduct the meeting.
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Concord
Musketaquid ‘Sportsmen’s Club
Colonial Inn
Jack Hilliard
Thomas L. Sanborn
Harry Robertson
Michael Kerrigan Buried in Concord Rites at St Charles
Michael Kerrigan a Concord native was buried in St Bernard's cemetery following a high mass of requiem at St Charles Church Waltham He born in this town age son of the late Mr and Mrs Patrick Kerrigan He is survived by three sons and was the husband of the late Katherine Connors Rev Walter A Quinlan pastor read the committal prayers at the grave
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Concord
Michael Kerrigan
St. Bernard’s
St. Charles Church
Waltham
Kerrigan
Patrick Kerrigan
Katherine (Connors
Walter A. Quinlan
Engagement Announced in Concords Sudbury Area
Mrs. Raymond V. Call of 16 Sudbury Road announces the engagement of her Snaeyet Ruthvee to Charles Terragno U.S. corps son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Terragno of Raymond Cal. Terragno is stationed away at Bedford army base and presently senta at a water street. sto.
Requiem Mass Held for James J. Byrne in Concord
Funeral services for James J. Byrne 77 a Concord highway department employee were held at St Bernard s church followed by a requiem mass. Byrne born January 6 1868 in Ireland lived in Concord over 50 years and died last Monday night at home. Burial was in St Bernard s family lot. He is survived by four brothers Michael of Lowell John Patrick and Ireland and one sister Mary Hughes of Ireland.
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Concord
James J. Byrne
Belknap Street
Concord Highway Department
St. Bernard’s Church
St. Bernard’s
Mary C. Fee
Hibernians
Cae
Re Church — Society
Arthur Pega Wanamaker
Michael
Lowell
John
Patrick
Treland
Mary Hughes
Requiem Mass Held for Local Resident in Concord
A requiem Mass was celebrated at 9 o'clock in Concord for a town resident who died at a nearby retirement home. Born in the Stow area that became Maynard, she formerly served as chief operator at the Concord telephone exchange.
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Concord
Stow
Maynard
Telephone Exchange
Concord Rotary Hosts Rev John Nicol Mark Guest Speaker
The Concord Rotary club hosted Rev. John Nicol Mark of Arlington and formerly Lexington as the week’s guest speaker at a Thursday noon luncheon at the Colonial Inn dining hall. W. Stuart Allen supervised the program and spoke on Keeping Fit in Trying Times with President Albert M. Coffey presiding. Concord High students Richard Chaffee and Paul Friedrich attended as guests.
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Concord
John ‘Nicol Mark
First Unitarian Church of
Arlington
Lexington
Concord Rotary Club
Colonial Inn
W. Stuart Allen
Albert M. Coffey
Richard Chaffee
Paul Friedrich
Concord High School
Margaret Neville rites held at St Bernard Cemetery
Miss Margaret E. Neville of Belmont, daughter of the late William J. and Sarah F. Lyons, was laid to rest after a high mass at Sacred Heart Church Watertown, with committal services at St Bernard Cemetery last Wednesday.
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Concord
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Margaret E. Neville
Belmont
William J
Sarah F. (Lyons
Sacred Heart Church
Watertown
Concord War Records Committee lists 904 service members
The Concord War Records Committee records 904 men and women in military service in the past year. It details branches served, notes 26 lives lost and 4 missing in action, and seeks further names from relatives. Headquarters are at Veterans’ Seventy Street with contact 1440.
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Concord
Concord War Records Committee
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Merchant Marine
Marine Air Corps
Army Corps
Wacs
Marines
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State Armory
Minute ‘Man
YD ‘Veterans’ Association
New YD Club
Bedford
Clifford W. Day
Concord Woman’s Club
Girl Scout House
Lawrence B. Fletcher
Trustees of Public Relations
Massachusetts
Berkshires
Concord High
Ein. Wells,a
Pfc
William Wien
War Department
Boy Scouts
His
Elas
Concord Men
Concord D.A.R
Emerson Hospital
Emerson Hospital Concord
P. N. Messier
G. Gerow
Ravi
Rainbow Girls IN
Pucey
J. Mahoney
At Concord Tele
ST. Bernard's
Julia Mahoney
Tele
Rotary Club
Miss Margaret Neville
Vaant Aate
Hogan’s Spa
Concord Reiss
Wright's Tavern
Theol
Gare
Ivan B. Servais
Cheam
Alltie
Cancy. Com
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Harry I
Rudolph W. Curren Winslow
J. “Damions
Y Allen French
Ripley Gauge
Maynard, Mass
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporal
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