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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1944
Page
7
A wartime appeal urges Massachusetts citizens to donate to the Infantile Paralysis Fund. It frames the fight as a second front where energy, money, and moral support are needed to help millions of children endure paralysis and preserve youth, imagination, and civilization. Your dime or dollar is a vital financial lifeline for postwar relief efforts.
Concord daily services at 10 45 and 12 to 4 hours are noted along with Sunday school at 10 45. Testimonial services occur every Wednesday at 5. The Trinity Church group elects officers for the Helping Hand chapter with Mrs. Hansen and others named.
State emergency conservator Richard P. Doherty announced a statewide survey shows about 25 percent of Massachusetts No. 2 oil users have overdrawn their ration as of Jan 19, while most families stay within limits and eight percent have exceeded by more than two thirds.
Sudbury High School will participate in the Fifth Broadcast of the New England Junior Town Meeting of the Air on February 5, 1944. Charles Sullivan is the main speaker, Alfred Bonazzoli an alternate, with John Powers of Needham High School speaking for the affirmative. Principal Alan Flynn arranged a battery of tests through Boston University as part of a Special Testing Service to aid guidance.
A compact reflection on communication tactics noting that choosing the right moment to speak is as crucial as knowing when to remain silent, attributed to La Rochefoucauld.
Acton High School girls basketball crushed Concord High 58 to 15 at Hunt Memorial Gym. Barbara Howell scored 43 points, Nancy Christofferson added 41, while Concord’s Kay Varley and Kathleen Dee led with eight and six points respectively. Referees were O’Neill and Nardone. four 6 minute periods.
George Murphy of the United States Navy stationed at Sampson New York returned home yesterday morning for a 16 day leave. He reached Worcester early Wednesday and, lacking transport, walked the distance arriving at 5 3. His father Albert greeted him.
The Concord High School girls basketball team travels to Lexington to face their rival at Lexington High on Friday afternoon. Coach Miriam Clark leads Concord with captain Kay Varrey as they seek a comeback after a lopsided loss to Acton. The Lexington squad is coached by Miss Doris Leavitt and features a fast team. A preliminary game between the second teams is scheduled earlier in the day at o'clock.
Middlesex and St. Mark's battled in Southboro with Middlesex winning 25 to 21. Clark led Middlesex with 11 points while Stodghill scored 10 for St. Mark's in a nip and tuck finish.
Middlesex School's hockey team stretched its winning streak to five with an 8-0 victory over Lawrence Academy at Concord rink. Johnny Winsor led with four goals while Harry Thorne added three. Next, Middlesex faces Belmont Hill and St Mark's after a Saturday cancellation due to poor ice.
Six hundred forty two Middlesex County dairy farmers received about $30,000 as their share of October payments. The County AAA office in Concord has mailed vouchers for November and December. Producers who did not receive a payment should write for one.
Maje announces that pre-induction training completed in high schools, vocational schools, or via federal, state, or local programs will be credited on a soldier’s Army record. Youths and adults will receive school records to deposit with Selective Service Boards for delivery to induction centers. The program aims to better prepare 18 to 38 year olds for Army specialist roles.
Mrs J Hall was installed as master of Annursnac Grange West Concord along with officers including Mrs Jane Hall as master Mrs Gladys Efty overseer Mrs Beatrice Nagle lecturer Mrs Margaret Brooks steward and others at the annual meeting hosted by Mr and Mrs Daniel Sullivan 802 Main Street West Concord.
The Acton girls split two games against Ayer on Tuesday. The varsity team fell 39 to 25, while the second team won 18 to 7.
Sergeant John E White of Camp Gordon Georgia visits his mother Mrs Annie Whitt at 16 Waltham Street in a brief hometown note. The item also urges readers to buy war bonds and stamps.
Concord man Lieut Caleb K Wheeler and Misa Elizabeth K Trundy wed at the bride's Presque Isle home on January 19 in a quiet ceremony. Rev Thomas J W Cornish performed the rites as sister Ann Trundy and Frederick B Wheeler acted as attendants. A reception followed and the couple planned a short wedding trip before settling near Westover Field in Chicopee where Wheeler is stationed.
A service member is listed as on furlough following a recent commissioning at a southern base, with confirmation of his new rank and duties pending return to duty.
Concord Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Culture awards A pennants to Middlesex farmers who improved production in 1943 despite adverse conditions. Trustees of the Middlesex Farm Service in Concord will present the awards on Thursday, January 27 with Governor Saltonstall expected to attend and the ceremony broadcast. Buy war bonds and stamps.
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