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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1945
Page
8
Marlborough donors and the hospital board announce an effort to raise $20,000 for memorials and the modernization program. The initiative honors late benefactors while funding urgent facility improvements and patient services at Marlborough Hospital.
A Concord man Lieutenant Junior Grade Harry I Cook died when the Japanese transport star P L was bombed and sunk off Olongapo Subic Bay Philippines on 15 December 1944. Records show he did not survive and his status was changed to killed in action. He had previously served in Shanghai and Asiatic sea duty, with two brothers in the Navy and Army. His family in Concord received the official Navy casualty notice.
A local notice lists Dr L K Rogers Te ieen Oleg Topsfield with forthcoming leave and indicates Concord to take a Topsfield path. The fragment mentions a recent party and a Buy War Bonds and Stamps emphasis.
Notice warns that failure to display the five dollar Federal stamp on automobiles will bring penalties. The warning appears in a brief public notice with emphasis on compliance for vehicle owners and dealers.
A Middlesex County Farm Bureau meeting in Waltham reports membership at 1629 and notes a state wide increase in poultry thefts. Members urged to protect flocks with flood lights or electric fencing and to take precautions on ranges.
The annual Red Cross swim classes opened on Monday at Walden Pond and drew many children from Concord West Concord Lincoln and the Actons. The four week course offers beginner intermediate and junior and senior lifesaving tracks for all ages.
Members of the Church of Christ met to consider sanctuary changes. They voted to move the balcony to permit the organist to serve as choir director and to restore the 1886 church layout with front pews reinstated, increasing seating capacity. The organ move was approved by 36 members with five ballots against.
Mrs William H Arnold hosted about 50 friends at 42 Great Road Friday night for a wedding shower honoring her daughter in law Mrs William H Arnold Jr The event was led by Mrs Olive Biden and assisted by Mrs John L Breland Jr Guests arrived amid pink and white decorations and the bride was seated under an arch in the bay window for gift presentations by Paul Revere chapter Order of the Eastern Star and others.
Major Larkin of the U S Army earned the Bronze Star an anniversary gesture noted during a Concord gathering. He and his wife observed the day with relatives at Bernard's Church. A West Point graduate from Watertown, he has served since graduation and remains active in the armed forces.
St Bernard's defeated Concord St Bernard's 9 to 3 in seven innings with John Sheehan collecting three hits for the winners. Stefanelli and Gerald Les also stood out. In the same afternoon St Bernard's juniors lost 10 to 7 to St James juniors at Arlington Heights with Bob Warren pitching for Concord and Donovan in the losing effort.
Concord churches announce confession hours Thursday afternoon and evening at St. Eee Church and Our Help of Christians in preparation for July first Friday masses. Masses at St Bernard’s are listed for 6 and 7 o’clock with an additional 5 30 service and evening services at 7 45.
Life long resident Miss Bertha Scripture died Sunday aged 78 or 79 after an apparent coin ingestion incident. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Charles M. Stryon. Burial followed in the Jamey lot at Lincoln Cemetery. Mary Bonaine, who died three years ago, is noted with no living survivors.
A fragment from an older paper cites a reference to the solemn dress for a ceremony. The brief line hints at a formal event and attire, with no additional context or names provided in the readable text.
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