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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1945
Page
3
Concord school of geography to meet at 10 Elm Street Sher in homie at 8. Evening poems will be read at Leslie Moore home. Simon Willard toad Tuesday evening, Saturday 23 at 7 45.
Concord Town reports $6,231.04 in shockug taxes and $7,816.7 in corporation taxes paid after authorization. Leslie Moore and spouse of 5 Lunon Willard Road will depart for Florida next week, planning to stay until April.
A Rosary meeting was held Thursday night at 7 45 PM in the lower church of St Bernard's. Parish members gathered for prayer and communal devotion under the guidance of church leaders.
The group ponders survival picks amid a playful debate about essential books. One writer selects Shakespeare, another the Bible, and G K Chesterton is asked for his choice, jokingly prompting another to cite a practical guide to shipbuilding.
The Bedford area Masonic lodge installed officers for 1945 with Leslie R. Stacey as Master and Catherine McGrath as Secretary. Other officers included Basil B. MacLeod Steward and Clarence Damery Gatekeeper. A Youth Choir from Church of Christ performed, directed by Lillian E. Boynton. The next meeting January 22 will host an old fashioned concert.
Bedford men pursue service as they ship out for Memphis and Fort Benning. James P. McQuaid leaves for naval air crew training after Boston trade school. Richard K. Brown, T-5, departs Concord Road for four months at officers candidate school at Fort Benning after service at Fort Sill since September 1943.
Bedford community group hosts a dessert bridge event to raise funds for local causes. Proceeds support charitable projects while players enjoy cards and refreshments in a social afternoon.
Concord St Bernard's CYO swept Hudson based St Michael's CYO in two home games at Monument Hall on Sunday. The senior team won 58 to 24 while the junior squad prevailed 38 to 18. Jim Dee and Wally Venti led the seniors with scoring, and Alca Beatiicin and Dukie Steffanelli were top scorers for the juniors. Next Sunday St Bernard's hosts St Joseph de Sales of Sak Town as part of a 730 p.m. event lineup.
Sudbury registrars begin listing all residents at once in conjunction with the Decennial Census. Each home will be visited and a member of the household must receive the information request. All persons, including military and naval members, should be accounted for and reported to the requester.
The annual meeting of the Evangelical Congregational Church at Center takes place in the church vestry Friday night at 6 30. The program includes roll call and the annual meeting. All members are urged to be present.
At the recent installation of officers in Battle Ap chapter Order of De Molay Lexington, Sylas W. Pleiffer of South Road was installed as Brother Dane A. Pfeiffer as Junior steward and Charles L. Merrill Jr. of North Road as one of the senior deacons.
A Bedford meeting of the troop committee led by Mrs. W. Albert Arther outlined Brownie Scout organization. Mrs. J Elwood Bixter will lead with three assistants overseeing patrols with Mrs. Charles Englehardt, Mrs. James Joyce, and Mrs. Henry Isner. The troop plans monthly meetings in the school auditorium.
On his 23rd birthday PFC Philip Stewart Burbank is confirmed missing in action. The Belmont Hills School graduate and infantryman in a battle-tested division of the U.S. Ninth Army is the son of Mr and Mrs Philip Burbank of Sudbury Wayland. His sister Rosemary works at the Boston Post.
Attendees from Concord and West Concord joined in services at the Cathedral of Holy Trinity as Rev Edward F F Ryan was installed. Burlington Vermont bishop Ryan is a former priest at Our Lady Help of West Concord parish. Final figures for the Sixth Wat-Lean drive show a quota of 5 sales totaling $265 000 at 9 percent.
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A social worker questions a woman about her age. The woman responds with different numbers in a terse, evasive exchange. The dialogue hints at tension and a possible investigation or protective action.
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Fragmentary notes recall a family line mentioning a grand-uncle living to ninety, with hints of memories about traditional behavior and relationships. Details are incomplete and uncertain.
A Sudbury man serving with the Sixth Army Group in World War II is highlighted for the North Africa Italy and southern Saar Basin campaigns. The Tank Battalion earned a fearsome reputation from Salerno to Anzio and D-Day landings, aiding the American Army and earning more than 600 decorations including the Legion of Honor awarded by France to Pvt. Edton Post Road.
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