Boy Scout Week to Highlight 12 Outstanding Scouts
President Truman will honor 12 outstanding Boy Scouts in the House during Boy Scout Week February 6 to 12 marking the anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. The observance involves more than 1000 boys and adult leaders nationwide with over 19 million members since 1910. The birthday theme is Forward Liberty's Team.
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Ident Truman
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scout
Saga
Liberty
Woman Receives 4-H Leadership Awards in Pepperell
At the annual meeting of era Section 4H Lead H Town Committee Ernest Melandy Pepperell chairman and Hawes Sudbury member of the Executive Committee of the National Grange spoke encouraging the 4-H leaders. Silver Awards of the Clover for five years went to Mrs Laurence Winslow Mrs Cleon Phelps Mrs Charles Mann Mrs Sophie Tierney and Mrs Catherine Boyes Townsend. A gold Award of the Clover for ten years went to Mrs William Holden Shirley.
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Pepperell Grange
Era
Ernest Melandy
Peps
Y Hawes
Sudbury
Meme
Clover
Laurence Winslow
Cleon Phelps
Acton
Charles Mann
Westford
Sophie Tierney
Pepperell
Catherine Boyes
Townsend
William Holden
Shirley
FENNY FINE NOT SO SMALL
An offender in Harland Kentucky faced a breach of the peace charge and was fined one cent plus 11.50 in court costs. The tiny fine drew attention as a unusual punishment in the local proceeding.
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Harland, Ky
U P
DeCordova Hosts Guest Speaker John Coolidge
The deCordova and Dana Museum and Park annual meeting on January 21 featured John Coo lide, director of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard, discussing The Art Museum of the Future. President John Quincy Adams and executive director Frederick P. Walkey reported to members.
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Concord
deCordova and Dana Museum and Park
John Coolidge
Fogg Art Museum
Harvard
Art Museum of the Future
deCordova Museum
John Quincy Adams
Frederick P. Walkey
Mrs Downs To Be Guest At Meeting Of Woman's Club
Concord announces the Concord Woman's Club will meet Monday at 2 45 pm at the Girl Scout House. Guest speaker Mrs Norman Alden Downs will discuss Drama in Famous Trials with vivid examples. President Mrs James Howe Volkmann will preside. Tea will follow. American Home Day noted February 11 with a luncheon at 1 pm.
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Concord
Concord Woman’s Club
Girl Scout
Norman
Alden Downs
Amercan
Wool rubber brush cleans fur and lint only when clean
A wool rubber combination brush picks up clinging substances like hair and powder only if the tool is clean. The brush will not collect dirt effectively when it is dirty or coated with residue.
Acton Schools Announce January Honor Roll Lists
Acton center West and South Acton schools publish honor roll by grade through January 4. Center School lists Grade 1 through 5 with names such as Karl Andersen and Elizabeth Bean and Grade 6 includes John Pederson and Judith Nylander. West Acton and South Acton report perfect attendance and list students from Grades 2 to 6, including Peter MacLeod and James French at West Acton and Mary Conquest at South Acton.
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Acton
Karl Andersen
Robert Ashline
Todd Buxton
William LeDuke
Michael Manion
James O'Neil
Wayne Pasanen
John Pederson
Bruce Stevens
Mark Wichtermann
Elizabeth Bean
Adrienne DeMont
Martha Ferry
Martha Jewell
Cynthia Nyman
Lee Walker
Diana Woodington
Michael Ferolito
Gordon Hall
Thomas Hinckley
John Kendall
John Nyman
Carol Anderson
Dorothy Costello
Judith Deane
Brenda ,Duren
Donna Files
Linda Harwood
Ellen Livermore
Diana Moore
Jane Morgan
Patricia Mullvany
Cheryl Nyman
Janet Putnam
Carol Severance
Julyann Westby
David Abbt
Barbara Adamonis
Robert Andersen
Maureen Ashline
Richard Boardman
Margaret Crafts
Ann Driscoll
David Field
Karen Granberg
Daniel Hinckley
Linda Hope
Joyce Jackson
Mary McNiff
John
David Parsons
Judith Putnam
Bruce Steeves
Patricia Sullivan
Linda Steeves
Marjorie Sweetser
Barry Woodbine
Kenneth Wise
Cynthia Bean
Elizabeth Boardman
Peter Clahane
Judith Cornwall
Mary Driscoll
Barbara Dubee
Lois Hall
Janice Hill
Caroline Howe
John Livermore
Peter MacPhee
Paul Manion
David Murphy
Katherine Murphy
Charlene Newman
Robert Nylander
Charlene Nyman
Roger Pederson
Philip Sked
Lawrence Turner
West Acton
Alberta Cook
Frederick Duggan
James French
Margaret Hale
Bradford Leach
David Lee
Donald Lee
Donna Loring
Peter MacLeod
Richard Nylander
Paul Shaw
Deborah Smith
Jeanne Wilson
Linda Aberle
Karen Anderson
Dorothy Davis
Shirley Dubee
Carolyn MacRae
Nancy Towsley
Harriet Wilson
Virginia Woodhead
Charles Derby
Richard Freeman
Harvey Gravelin
Christine Anderson
Judith Benson
Carleton Campbell
Robert Conquest
Edward Davis
Donald Andersen
Forest Carbary
Anita Davis
Sandra Dolan
John Enneguess
Richard Knight
Robin Massie
Jane Mazzeo
Lawrence Palmer
James Ratta
Steven Sweetser
Diane Wetherbee
Linda Allen
Susan Carbury
Donna Cunningham
Russell Hayward
Raymond Landry
Janet MacLean
Bernard McGarigle
Alan McKelvie
Katherine Motley
Julie Preston
Bruce Rankin
Gordon Stevens
Julie Tinker
John To
Ann Daniels
Irving Duren
Ralph Parsons
Peter Schontag
Fred Wood
Merrimac Production Credit Annual Meeting February 5
Local members are advised of the annual meeting to be held Tuesday February 5 at 1 o clock at Plymouth Congregational church Fram ingham. President Arthur Pierce will preside with a social hour and movies, dinner served by reservation. L Roy Hawes of Sudbury will speak on his Europe trip researching farm conditions for which Truman sent him. Reservations handled by Leon A Wetherbee. Reports of past year’s program aiding Middlesex and Essex farmers to be presented.
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Concord
Merrimac Production Credit Association
Plymouth Congregational Church
Framingham
Arthur Pierce
L. Roy Hawes
Sudbury
Massachusetts State Grange
National Grange
Europe
Truman
Leon A. Wetherbee
Sudbury Road
Middlesex
Essex Counties
Whitney Chosen As New Treasurer for Republican Club
Concord Republicans plan to attend the Massachusetts Republican Club meeting at the Surrey Room Hotel Touraine on February 2 at 2 30 p m. Officers will be elected and Otis M Whitney Brig Gen Elm Street this town governor's council member is among treasurer nominees.
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Concord
Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Surrey Room
Touraine
Otis M. Whitney
Elm Street
C D A Notes 73 4 Birthday Event at Monument Hall
West Concord Court Our Lady Help of Christians C D A plans its 23rd birthday party Monday night February 4 at 7 at Monument hall. Hicks of Lynn provides a catered dinner. Grand Regent Mrs Marie B Dunn welcomes guests with co chairs Mrs Pasquale Melisi and Mrs John H Byron. Principal speaker Rev James Keating of St Sebastian's Newton faculty will attend along with visiting court officers and priests.
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West Concord — Court
Our Lady, Help of Christians
C.D.A
Monument Hall
Hicks
Lynn
Marie B. Dunn
Pasquale Melisi
John H. Byron
James Keating
St. Sebastian’s Country Day School
Local residents share in income tax funds in Boston area
The Internal Revenue office in Boston announced early awardees in the Greater Boston area. Named recipients include Wilbur G. Clark of Bedford, Jodie Hall of Bedford, Eleanor G. Taylor of Bedford Concord, and Bror A. Johnson of Bedford, listing street addresses where applicable.
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Bedford
Greater
Boston
Wilbur G. Clark
Jenny Lindstreet
Jodie Hall
Eleanor G. Taylor
Bedford Street
Concord
Bror .A. Johnson
Internal Revenue Office
Kieley Picked for Bedford Finance Committee
Bedford selects World War II veteran Kieley to fill vacancy on the town finance committee. He lives on Great Road and works in Concord. The committee will meet weekly with department heads to draft next year’s budget ahead of the March 10 town meeting.
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Bedford
Leonard Kieley
Great Road
Concord
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