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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1945
Page
1
Burke and West Concord juniors appear in a brief sports note describing a 7-2 baseball game result. The passage also mentions Saint Thomas Lady Helpers of Christians and a disrupted day due to events at Arlington, with references to local teams and a card game.
Miss Eileen F Conford daughter of Mrs Mar dlock of Concord married at Patrick s Church Watertown with Miss Margaret M Burke maid of honor and Ralph Marcus best man. The bride wore pink georgette with pink roses and baby's breath. Drummy a Concord graduate from Our Lady s and Newton high school plus University of Alabama attended. The couple reside Newtonville with reception at the bride s mother s home and honeymoon in New York.
Invitation lists Lions club members as attendees for the Peabody charter night on July 10 and the joint outing of Waltham Newton Watertown and Needham clubs at Stow Country Club on Wednesday July 18.
Volunteers are urged to help at Concord sessions to produce surgical dressings still needed for all war fronts. Sessions run Wednesday evening and all day Thursday at the old Concord High School building after Monday’s partial closure.
A Concord resident, now in the Navy after duty in the South Pacific, won a quarter mile race in Honolulu. He defeated high ranking officers including a former college track star and earned a chance to compete in the Allied Olympics in Paris. His parents await word on whether he will be selected. He previously ran 440 yards at St John’s setting the fastest schoolboy time in the state.
Henry Concord Laughlin was elected vice president of the Greater Boston Community Fund this week. He will serve alongside Charles Francis Adams as president for the tenth consecutive year.
Tenth Company MWC did not meet Tuesday evening at the state armory due to a holiday. Next meeting set for Tuesday July 10 at 8 o clock with Capt Dorothy Macone in charge. A Boston parade Wednesday drew several local company members. Corp Mary Li Symes resumes duty after illness at Emerson Hospital. Fel me lecture on equipment care given by Sergt J Buchanan Nims at last meeting. Lieut Mae Meigs honored with a birthday party from company girls. Capt Macone on furlough attended.
Concord Chapter announces the next summer reading at Main Street home of Mrs Wil oe wakeeiete. Mrs Leroy leads Song of Melrose selection Doctor in Mexico by Olive Floyd highlighting community activity and literary interest.
West Concord Sea Scouts will hold informal sessions for the remainder of the summer. Meetings and sessions occur on various evenings under Skipper Roger Conant.
Clouded by rain, police report scattered groups clashing as armed forces arrived to restore order. Citizens moved to shelters while authorities cordoned streets and monitored for further disturbances. No detailed casualty figures given in the readable text.
A GI loan for a Concord couple was signed at Co Operative Bank Logan denator John Bent and Mary A Condon plan to occupy a new home under the GI Bill of Rights. Signatories included Gordon H Ogilvie treasurer Raymond D Willard, real estate agent Charles E Comeau, and VA appraiser Harold G Pratt. The one story Cape Cod style house will be at Emerson and Old Marlboro roads Concord with five rooms and a garage. Bent served overseas from 1942 to 1948 including Guadalcanal, Eniwetok, and the Philippines.
A damaged OCR record notes a church ceremony with bishops and Plymouth figures leading a procession into a chapel. The text mentions Robert O Grady and William Dolan among participants, with Rev. Bernara Witin and Rev. Sullivan also named, reflecting a Massachusetts event tied to a Catholic institution and its former pastors.
Seven week ana cra playground courses at Emerson and Rideout playgrounds opened last Monday. An eight week program has been outlined with participation for girls. Classes run daily except Saturdays from 9 20 to 12 noon and 2 to 4 30 in the afternoon.
Lillian Hansen observed their fifth wedding on Tuesday noting the ceremony or celebration surrounding the couple.
An invitation outlines a new Concord and West Concord choral group organized to unite local choirs. Rehearsals begin weekly in October with plans for a duet or larger singing project joining area groups.
Disjointed notes describe a baseball game where Johnny Beat and Dukie Stefanelli highlighted the lineup for St. Bernard’s. Jackie Sheehan and Bobby Flynn contributed as supporters while Concord batters were on display.
The funeral of Louis Cutter, formerly of Salem, was held Thursday at the Randolph church. He recently resided with his daughter Mrs Maynard L Harris, who once lived on Spencer Brook Road.
In Concord yesterday morning a Walden centenary observance drew several dozen admirers of Henry David Thoreau. The ceremony began at 10 o clock at the Walden cairn on Route 126 and the Concord turnpike with readings from Walden and his works.
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