Acton Man Becomes Concord High Teacher
Robert S. Harris of Acton Center took duties at Concord High School on Monday. He has served in Acton school groups and was president of the Acton PTA and Teachers' Club. He resigns those posts to move to Concord. Mrs. Walter Holt will fill his Acton position temporarily.
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Intoch Road
Acton Center
Concord High School
Moniay
Acton Behool
Harris
On” Chers' Club
T Sie
Concord
Walter Holt
Strawbe
Hill Road
Sutter Go Fuel Saver promotes burning less heat
A vintage ad claims a device draws floor level air, heats and dries it to warm a room with a small fire. It pitches use in any fireplace and offers a blue device and full instructions for $1 by mail from Sutter Go, P O Box 178 BD Sharon MA.
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Sutter
Sutter Go
Sharon
Mass
Scrappers Club Appeals for Donations to Servicemen Fund
Acton donors contribute to the Servicemen's Fund with names and amounts. The Scrappers' Club thanks the Home Community Service of the Acton Grange for card cases for Christmas boxes. Call or mail donations to W. Henry Soar, and towed junked autos are urged to support the fund for the boys.
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Acton
George S. Braman
Katharine M. London
Paul C. Cornwall
Joseph Lemoine
Acton Grange
Walter Taylor
East Acton
Carsten
W. Henry Soar
James Connolly
Enterprise
Acton High School News Highlights 1943 Diploma and Activities
Acton High School reports a 1943 class diploma project six by eight inches and a folder type diploma. Dr John Dropkick Murphy of East Acton spoke on amateur wrestling and demonstrated holds to physical fitness students. War stamp sales by students and teachers reached $77.80 while the penny milk program offered a half pint daily for a cent via the Acton School Milk Fund with support from the Agricultural Marketing Administration.
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O’neil
West Acton
John
Acton High School
Sttudent Council
Acton
Acton School Milk Fund
The
Agricutural Marketing Administration
Acton School News Highlights Community Support and Next Plans
Mill Fund will cover remaining costs with strong backing from the Acton Catholic Club Red Cross Junior Red Cross Salvation Army Acton Garden Club and Acton PTA. Two sophomores from Acton High aim for the Naval Academy in 1945 a third seeks MIT entry in 1943. Correction notes Junior Red Cross enrollment at South School is 91 percent.
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Acton Catholic Club
The
Red Cross
Junior Red Cross
Salvation Army
Acton Gardens Club
Acton Parent Teachers Association
Acton High School
Naval Academy
M. I.T
Massachusetts State College
Boston
Hyannis
Framingham
Local Notes from Sudbury and Nearby Areas
Sudbury items report Mrs. Vivien A. Fletcher ill at North Co te Lodge Maynard Road with Dr Currier attending. Donald Stone returns to California after a 15 day furlough with his parents. The Mes Stone family and Donnie’s friends note him “in the pink.” Charlie Liebman of Interstate Gas and Oil Co. guides Air Cadets in Florida with John Raynor as instructor. The January thaw arrives Friday welcomed by Sudburyites. Judy Piper returns home after illness at Wal tham Hospital. Joseph McCarthy wintering in Florida at Pine Gartle avoiding northern cold. LC Hill Lancaster reported pneumonia confinement. M Halloran part of cast in War Pageant at Copley Plage Boston.
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Vivien A. Fletcher
Northcote Lodge
Maynard Road
Currier
Donald Stone
California
Walter Stone
Hudson Road
Donnie
Sist
Charlie Liebman
Interstate Gas and Oil Co
South Sudbury
England
John Raynor
Liebman
Florida
Hill
Lancaster
M. Halloran
Copley Plage
Hota Boston
Famous Vienna violinist's dramatic career ends with final Carnegie Hall return
The renowned violinist born in Vienna debuted at age 10 in 1885 and won major prizes in Rome. He toured America as a youth, served as a WWI captain, and after a severe 1941 traffic injury returned to Carnegie Hall at 67, owning one of the world’s most famous violins.
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Vienna
Austria
Rome
Paris
America
U. S
New York City
Carnegie Hall
Cambridge moves to reopen closed police stations
Deputy Sheriff Cole served papers in Cambridge ordering city officials to reopen two closed police stations. Thomas M. McNamara and Police Chief Timothy Leahy received the papers after Council member McNamara pushed to restore the stations amid fuel rationing.
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Cambridge
Harr Try
Cole
Thomas M. McNamara
Timothy Leahy
Actio
Concord High School Notes Principal Geer to leave for Army service
Concord High School notes that Principal J Clifford Geer will leave this week to join military service. Lieutenant Hal Was sworn into the Army Air Corps and heads to Miami on Jan 21 for a six week doctrination course, after which he becomes an instructor at a southeastern field. Albert Cook also receives a commission as Second Lieutenant and will depart with Geer. Residents hear President Roosevelt’s message to Congress. Mrs Frothingham spoke on Junior Red Cross work and the Victory Book Drive. New coach Mr Spokesfield was introduced and a film on Military Information shown. Senior yearbook planning progresses with committees named and officers appointed. several seniors plan to enter higher education this month.
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Concord
J. Clifford Geer
Army
Hal
Army Air Corps
Miami
Fla
U. 8 Air ‘Command
Albert C. Cook
U. S. Army Air Corps
Geer
Frothingham
Red Cross
Spokesfield
Rory
Paiter
Mary Lou. Hills
Edilor
Constance O’neill
Seba Kent
Mary Richardson
Diana Teele
Chard’ Wetherbee
Jacqueline Flan
di Scupham
Buchananoo
Mary Manning
Joseph Rinaldo
Wilda Murray
Robert Antonioni
Anne Spencer
Edward Daniels
Barbara
Fredenburgh
Rosemarie
James Beardsley
David Huston
Ruth Davis
Joseph McBreen
Betty Tibbetts
Mary Wallace
John Gallagher
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Doris’ Gerow
Eleanor Cullimane
Ae Landini
Barbara Eggleton Y Hart
Nat Orkin
Bear Brunt of Gambling Case Faces Prosecution
Middlesex County will share the spotlight as the wire gambling ring case proceeds. The state moves to present evidence in a sensational Massachusetts criminal trial with informants providing inside dates and possible bribery of Malden officials. J J Carrigan’s arrest draws in Malden City Hall and nearby towns.
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Glancy News Service
Court House
Cambridge
Middlesex County
Robert T. Bushnell
Robert F. Bradford
Middlesex
Bradford
Albert Wunderly
Massachusetts
Middlesex Grand Jury
Malden
J. J. Carrigan
State House
Atty
Bushnell
Dewey
N. Y
Finance Committee reviews department requests this week
The Finance Committee met on three evenings in the Selectmen's Room as department heads outlined how they would spend their budget requests for the year. Alvin Noyes has been acting custodian at the Town Hall while J Leo Quinn recovers from a back strain.
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Selectmen
Alvin Noyes
J. Leo Quinn
Students Set for College Enrollments This Fall
Beverly Gerow will attend Fitchburg Teachers College while Jack Larrabee and Richard Kurtz plan Tufts University and Davi Wilson will go to Bowdoin. Several other applications are expected to be approved before the second semester opens.
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Beverly. Gerow
Fitchburg Teachers’ College
Jack Larrabee
Richard Kurtz
Tufts
Davi Wilson
Bowdoin
Surplus Reported By Middlesex County Officials
Charles P. Howard treasurer and commissioners Bowditch Warren and Giroux announce a year end cash balance of 304 155 41 in Middlesex County treasury the largest surplus in many years reflecting careful departmental management and a fast tax period since 1928.
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Charles P. Howard
Middlesex County
Nathaniel I. Bowditch
Charles Co. Warren
Archibald R. Giroux
Middlesex Court
Middlesex County -In
Middy
Tire Rations Reported by Maynard Ration Board
The Maynard Ration Board lists tire allotments including New Grade 2 passenger tires for Finizio two and Toivo Pekkala three. Grade 3 passenger tires for Edward Beals two and Bernard Williams zero. New passenger tubes for Finizio four. Passenger retreads for Bernard Williams two Ayotte one Tonsil two Sawutz three and Finizio three.
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Maynard
Maynard Ration Board
Oe Finizio
Toivo Pekkala
Edward A Beals
Bernard Williams
Giosue Finizio
Arthur Ayotte
Michael Tonsil
Jacob Sawutz
Giosue
Finizio
Students head to college careers in Sudbury notes
Mrs Paul Harrison visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Way Penlan Hill has returned to Reading Mass Miss Edna Stiles a Senior at Sudbury High School expects to enter Jackson College this month The text notes her high standing in class and her friends wish her success in college career.
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Paul Harrison
Charles H. Way
Penlan
Hill
Reading
Mass
Edna Stiles
Sudbury High School
Jackson College
Stis
Evil News Rides Past and Good News Delays
A compact aphorism frame echoes Miltonic warning about the tense balance between malevolent and benevolent forces in news cycles. The line juxtaposes danger and hope shaping public perception.
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Milton
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For Savings
Maynard, Mass
Lown
Sudbury
ER X. Macurda
Nason
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A.B.C
Norge
Great Road
Frank
Lished
Hudson
Freeman
President Roosevelt
Congress
Wilson Lumber Company
Wilson
Ual
Philco
Farnsworth
General Electric
Emerson
RCA
Victory
Poplin’s
Clinton
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