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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1944
Page
1
A wartime profile traces Admiral Ernest J. King in Washington as he nears retirement age and potential succession rumors. It also covers WPB chief William Loren Batt and Finnish Premier Edwin Linkomies, detailing careers, families, and influence in wartime leadership and policy debates.
The YPS of the Evangelical Free Church meets next Friday at 8 at Miss Ethel and Miss Olive Andersons Laws Brook Road West Concord. Walden Royal Arch Chapter met Monday night at Mazonic Temple with Edmund L. French presiding. Birth announcements include Anson Jr Krickl born January 14 at Emerson Hospital, and a daughter for Hein and Mary Lamonakis born last Thursday. Middlesex Extension agents Erickson Brown and Elizabeth Hopkins attended Wakefield 4H rally. Erickson provided entertainment. Wayland Garden Club speaker Edith West, E B Rose reports more Concord births but fewer marriages, and deaths rose in 1943. Harold Tompkins and family entered prize birds in Boston Poultry Show.
Concord Nine Lions Club members traveled to Boston January 18 to donate blood at the Red Cross headquarters for the clubs fourth donation. Attendees included Dr. Richard A. Montague Dr. John W. Boynton Leon J Moreau Maxwell B E Lawrence William Spekesfield Philip F. Kenney Roger F. Conant Robert Cousins and H Theodore Beharrell. The bi monthly meeting at Old Mill Dam tea room followed supper with President G Sherman Blair. plans for the season were set. A tobacco industry speaker presented motion pictures. Next meeting set for February 8. Four years ago Mr and Mrs William A Hagerty of Chestnut street celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary on January 28 1940 at St Bernard's church. they have one son and Mr Hagerty is a former national guard company commander now an officer at the Massachusetts reformatory. Mrs Hagerty is the former Helen K R Dempsey.
Lincoln and Mrs Albert A Schaal of Concord announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Maureen Rosémary Schaal to Lieut Edward Michael Walsh Jr U S Army Air Corps presently stationed at Hillsgrove Field Providence R I He is the son of Mr and Mrs Edward M Walsh of Nashville Tennessee The wedding is planned for February.
First Lieut. Matthew Allen U S Marine Corps flier was killed in a plane accident in the Southwest Pacific area. A Lexington family telegram reported his death after military training and combat service. he attended Lexington High School and played multiple sports. He is survived by his parents, an older brother in the Coast Guard, and a younger sister.
A private funeral service was held Thursday at the Bielow chapel Mount Auburn cemetery Cambridge for Mrs Grace Moorhead Hodges a resident of the town who died January 17 at a West Concord rest home Cremation followed. She is survived by a daughter.
James M Neville age 64 of Lincoln died January 17. Concord committal services were held last Thursday at St Bernard’s cemetery with a high mass requiem at St Bridgid’s Church Lexington. He leaves wife Mary A Neville son James daughter Mary brother Henry and two sisters Mrs Thomas Murphy Dorchester and Mrs Thomas Mullen Cambridge.
West Concord Mr and Mrs John J Flannery of Old Marlboro Road formerly of 14 Bedford Street marked their 14th wedding anniversary on Wednesday January 26. They were married in Maynard January 26, 1930 and have lived in Concord since where Mr Flannery works and Mrs Flannery is Violet G Riley. They have two children.
Seven year old Peter Bulkeley pupil Putnam fell through thin ice on the Sudbury River near his home in Concord. Patrolman Alfred J. Baptiste swam through icy water to reach him, aided by Patrolman Mason G. Foss. The boy was treated for shock and immersion at home.
The Concord Rotary Club met last Thursday at noon at the Colonial Inn with President William T. Magoon presiding. Guest speaker Leeman B. Haines, principal of the Harvey Wheeler School in West Concord, spoke on education, presented by Paul Larrabee. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday January 27.
A large Concord committee issues its annual appeal for 2000 to support the Salvation Army. The plea, signed by Burleigh L. Svraft, stresses donors should give what they can and that funds stay under local supervision when possible. A list of sponsors from Concord West Concord and Isle-Martin area accompanies the appeal.
Concord Lodge of Elks hosted a Military Night at B P O Elks Hall to honor Lt Col Otis M Whitney returning from overseas service. Veterans from three wars and several service members on leave attended as speakers, led by Exalted Ruler Garrity Jr and with tributes to Whitney’s wartime leadership and local ties.
Concord notices Mrs Wigal Fitzpatrick widow of Seph Fitzpatrick Camara Dike marks her birthday Friday January. Born in she has spent 67 years at her home with daughter Helen Byron and other children. Four sons and seven grandchildren by her side for the quiet observance.
The Concord Citizens Caucus will meet at the Veterans' Building on Wa Street next Wednesday evening February 2 at 8 o'clock to nominate members for the coming town election. The session is organized by Concord-Citizens and will determine nominees for local offices.
After a speaking program, attendees including members of James Field Post 4L and guests adjourned to a banquet hall where a collation was served under Chief Steward Gear W. Deacon. Uniformed members and friends of the honoree were present for the event.
William Strack and David Eng man attended the 95th annual Boston Poultry Show at the Boston Garden last Saturday. Both are enthusiastic owners of small flocks and pursue their hobby with sincerity.
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