Saint Patrick's Day Parade Floats and Bands Honored
A Boston parade program named top floats and drill teams in a St. Patrick's celebration. Betsy Zumwalt’s float led entries with U.S. Marines flag while Betsy’s cousin and others followed. Winners included Blessed Sacrament C Y O girls drill team and St. Mary's drum corps with judges Krist Andersen Rev Burke and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave la
U. S. Marines
Betsy
Betsy Zumwalt
Finaw Eddy
Ir Cousin
Billy
Our Lady’s
St. Anne’s
Band of
Lawrence
St. Brendan’s
Dorchester
Francis Jacques
Mahoney
St. Mary’s
Selectman
Krist Andersen
Michael J.burke
William A. Robus
Edward P. Daniels
John C. Dolan
Burleigh L. Pratt
Thomas
Tierney
Cambridge
Edward P. Kelley
Harold Sheridan
Maynard
Marlboro Withdraws From Assabet League Schedule
Marlboro pulls out of the Assabet League leaving seven teams to finish the season with a series of July and August games. Remaining matchups list Stow hosting Harvard Berlin Cordaville Boylston Southboro and Bolton, with Stow visiting each club on alternate dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stow
Marlboro
Harvard
Berlin
Cordaville
Boylston
Stow Area Social Notes Include Vacations and Visits
Stow and Worcester families enjoy vacations with relatives and friends from Great Road. Hampton Beach visits unfold as Stokes and Ferguson families spend time with Whitney Ferguson. An auction is planned for the Hardy property on Crescent Street on July 9. Ann Lord sails to Camp Helenstorrow as summer nurse. Schaal families visit from Brooklyn to Great Road. Eunice Petersen plans a three week Sydney Nova Scotia trip. Paul Smith attends Northfield Conference as Amherst Baptist Church delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Stokes
Great Road
Whitney Ferguson
Whitney
Hampton Beach
Hardy
Crescent
Ann ,Lord
Arthur Lord
Helenstorrow
Buzzards Bay
Eunice Petersen
Bradley Lane Stow
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Colin Keefe
Paul Smith
Allison P. Smith
Greatroad
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Northfield
Amherst Baptist Church
Stow Post Veterans to Meet July Fourth Plans Lawn Party
Veterans of Foreign Wars in Stow will hold a monthly meeting during July and August, with the next gathering on Wednesday evening July 4 at Town Hall. Committees will be appointed as plans for a Lawn Party and Band Concert on Friday night July 30 are finalized, featuring the Minute Men Forest's Association Band on the Stow Lower Village Common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilho. Allen Pekkala Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Lower Village
Minutemen Forest's Association
Reunion of Fletchers Held at C D Fletcher Homestead
The annual 4th of July Pletcher family reunion was held Sunday at the C D Fletcher homestead with thirty three members from Sterling Lexington Bedford Mattapoisett and Stow. Dinner was served from two large pavilions under the trees. In the afternoon the young played games while the older relatives visited. A picnic supper followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stow
C. D. Fletcher
Sterling
Lexington
Bedford
Mattapoisett
Weekend visits and Northfield trip noted in Stow area
Mr and Mrs Walter Wanhatalo and two sons toured Warren Maine on a motor trip. Donald Smith led Christian Endeavor youths to Northfield for the July 3 10 conference with Ralph Smith attending. Miss Barbara Rich joined Mrs Lane in Concord as a mother's helper. Mrs Mary Strong visited New York relatives. Buy U.S. Victory Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Squires
Irene
Jaskari
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Lynch
Marlboro
Sudbury
Toivo Kalinen
Walter Wanhatalo
Red Acre Road
Warren
Maine
Donald Smith
Great Road
Christian Endeavor
Northfield
Ralph Smith
Stow Christian Endeavor
Donale’ Smith
Stow
Mary Strong
Bert Hamilton
Rockville
New York
John Emerson
Baldwin
Miss Strong
Fred Strong
Emerson
General Patton
Barbara Rich
Stow Center
Lane
Concord
Weekend family gathering and a rain driven inside weenie roast
Mrs Greta Wanhatalo of Great Road joined five Robblee boys and families for a Monday evening family get together in South Paris Maine. The event shifted to an inside weenie roast due to rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greta Wanhatalo
Great Road
Paris
Maine
Robblee
John K. Robblee
Hale High School Painting Bid Award
At a recent school committee meeting bids were accepted for painting the Hale High School building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale High School
Prescott Decorating Service Wins Hale High and Pilot Grove Work
The lowest bidder, Prescott Decorating Service, will decorate Hale High School walls and ceilings and Pilot Grove school classrooms and halls before opening. Kitchen work for the school lunch program proceeds with the gas stove and water heater connected and ready for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilot Grove
Prescott Decorating
Hale High School
Plan Food Sale by Stow VFW Auxiliary
The Stow Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary sponsors a food sale on Saturday afternoon July 10 at Stow Center Common starting at two o'clock. A variety of homemade cakes cookies breads and baked beans will be available for purchase. The next Auxiliary meeting is Tuesday July 13 at the Town Hall BAY U.S. SAVINGS BONDS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stow
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Stow Center
Auxiliary
Townall
Scout Executives Visit Camp Sachem in New Hampshire
Camp Sachem at Antrim welcomed Scout Executives Chief Philip Johnson and Chester C Duval to oversee operations. The camp, housing up to 125 boys, opened its first session last weekend and will run through the summer offering swimming fishing boating canoeing diving and outdoor recreation activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Sedut Tive
Philip Johnson
Setman Council
Chester C. ‘Duval
Antrim
New Hampshire
Sudbury Visitors Attend Fireman's Field Day
Dr and Mrs Harry Hangens Caroline Guptill and others visited Sudbury to enjoy the Fireman's Field Day with their young son among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rory Oak
Harry. Hangens
Caroline Guptill
Sudbury
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C. Holiday
I Mohawk
Sea 5
Frank
E R. Simms
Massachusetts
Car. MacRae, Jr
Arold Harvest
Ick Jenney, Jr
Kirk Quinn
Larry Kendall
Ourn
Nancy Morrileader
Bill
Ballloop
Tel
Mas
Everett Smith
Worcester
Mr. Smith
Mrs
Albert A. Schaal Sr
Richard Schaal
Lincoln
Brooklyn
A. A. Schaal Jr
Charlotte. Petersen
Bradley Lane
Claire Petersen
West Medforde
Indiana Lake
Brockway
Fletchers
Donald Maciver
Brighton
Joseph Smith
Gleasondale Road
Charles ‘Maciver
William O'Reilly
Blanche Symonds
U.S
Henry Patterson
Gledsondale Road
Robert Patterson
Charles
Crescent Street
Lake George
Camp Sachem
Co-Op Furniture
United Co-Op Furniture Dept
Main
Kaiser
Kanes and Frazers
Frazer
Tese
Kaiser and Frazer
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
Henry J., Kaiser
Joseph W. Frazer
Lugande Space
Pusl-Batten
Erkkinen
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