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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1944
Page
2
Local notices report William Murto and family in Maynard, families visiting from Silver Hill and Roosevelt streets, and several members joining or returning from military service including Lieut. John Karpiccki at Camp Croft and Ensign Michael Zwirbla at Pensacola. Also noted are fishing trips to Maine, vacations in New Hampshire and Maine, and a Fraternal meeting of the American Legion post.
Mrs. Arthur Johnson and two sons Robert and Roland enjoy a vacation in the mountains while Robert Johnson is furloughed from Camp Livingstone and connected with Air Shellon of the Artillery. Aubrey Leard rents in Indiantown Gap and receives a short furlough at home. Kerr Nyland returns from a three day trip in Cleveland. Simon Majahad visits North Magg former Maynard ent at the home of Mrs. John Law. Arthur J. Sullivan, assistant Matrician, leaves duties for three weeks. John Trench returns to work after a three week break. George White and Cary Fler take their vacations with expected returns. Edward Shymenoy arrives, continuing annual family visits on Street.
Boston based Edward H Gutowski and others enlist in the Marine Service Rollins for the 4 Training Gang at Sheepshead Bay New York. Men will forgo a six week basic course and may be eligible for advanced training upon completion. Possible roles include radio hospital corpsman purser deck crew cooks or bakers. Course length ranges from three to six months.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for condolences and floral tributes following a bereavement. The Cleary family thanks friends for kind words support and sympathy during their loss.
The Rationing Board office will close on Friday evenings from Friday until further notice. The office hours shift to 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays. On Wednesdays and Saturdays the office remains open until 12 noon for mailings and requests.
Armas Haapanen has arrived safely in France where he serves as a cook. Mrs Jules C Gentsch notes his brother and says locals are friendly and aware of their help. He says the region reminds him of Massachusetts.
Last Saturday at 1 07 a m firemen battled a stubborn blaze at the United Co operative stores warehouse on Nason street in Maynard. The Boston and Maine owned structure used as a storehouse sustained about 1000 in damage, with roughly 80 percent insured.
The local Rationing Board released allocations for tires and tubes for the week ending May 5. Details list Grade 1 passenger tires, truck tires, and gasoline quotas with names such as Lovell Bus Lines and Middlesex Insulating Co. Georgette Whalen is noted for a gasoline issue of 15 gallons.
Seven Yoval High School students work at the hall in Ome It Maine. Doris Sedar Mary Lawlor Ann White Geof Howes Robert Messier and Richard White are named. Private Richard A Thane has completed 18 weeks of basic training at Camp Blanding Florida and returned to Fort Meade. Seaman Michael Pilecki enjoyed a visit with his parents. Seaman Stanley Stasgewski has returned from a convoy trip and visits his mother on Dartmouth Street. Mrs Ward W Jones has been moved to St Johns Hospital in Lowell after a last illness.
Denise Mursphy Murphy celebrated her third birthday with a lawn party at 35 Roosevelt Street. Guests included Judye Lester, Jackie Primiano, Jackie and Martin Malcolm, Janice, Dennis Murphy, Arlene Perkkala, Anne Morton and Patricia Murphy. Father Raymond Murphy, now at Camp Blanding, Florida, sent anniversary greetings.
The Ladies' Degree team of Maynard Grange held its last meeting before fall with a Lobster and Wayland dinner. Attendees included Mrs. Francis Alving, Mrs. Milton Duclos, Mrs. Harry Bumpus, Mrs. Irae Eee, Mrs. Ralph E. Smith, Mrs. A. J. Dora Jr., and others. An outing at Simnell Lodge featured swimming, canoeing, games, and a picnic supper with attendees such as Peggy Jones, Joan Bumpus, Eleanor Farrell, and Miss Ruth Woodworth. Plans for other Grange events were noted, with Raymond Jones and Eleanor Meriano leading arrangements.
A Maynard recreation program opened under the school department at the High School and Crowe Park with 41 children at Crowe Park and 44 at the High School. Supervisors are Worsley Fardy Miss Ann Tucker Miss Doris Bigs and Albert. Activities include games exercises sports and handwork with plans for a special Friday program. Sessions run 9 30 to 11 45 a m and 1 to 4 p m with a wartime waste paper drive and accident procedures outlined.
Maynard Congregational and Finnish Congregational churches list mid week services and social hours. Rev George Koponen and Pastor Norman C MacLean lead Sunday worship with Miss June Hood as organist at 10 45 a m. Social coffee is sponsored by Mr and Mrs Ateast Makey.
Rev. Herbert F. Fulton announces that the Congregational and Methodist churches will unite for remaining July Sundays at 10 45 a m. The Methodist church will be closed during the pastor's vacation period.
Pastor Niskaneh leads services on July 14 and 16 with guest speaker Pastor War Belin on July 15. Finnish worship at 10:30 a.m. July 16. Bible camp sessions begin in Pembroke, Mass. July 17 afternoon. Ladies Aid meeting July 18 at 3 p.m. in the church vestry.
Town of Maynard announces a regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen. Agenda items and time will be posted at the town hall and official notice board. Residents are invited to attend and submit comments during public session.
In a sunlit resort, Pat and Kit spy Eugenia Williams, alias Speed Williams, then lure Gavin Cornwall into a web of deception. Eugenia feigns activity while Gavin adores athletic girls, until a confession reveals true feelings and a lesson in honesty.
The Robert Lesters of 29 Arthur Street host a weeklong family reunion with all children home for the first time since September 1941. Willis J. Lester, the eldest, just finished boot training with the U S Marine Corps at Parris Island and departs for Camp Pendleton California after a ten day furlough with his wife and daughter. Robert J. Lester, a Third Mate in the American Merchant Marine, returned from a South American voyage to spend time at home. Marion F. Athorn, visiting from Ocea Park Maine, joins the gathering with husband Edward Athorn in the U S Navy stationed in the New Hebrides Islands.
Staff Sergeant Eric O. Watty and his brother Private Adolph A. Watty met in Italy recently and spent a day and night together. They hail from Tremont Street and express joy at reuniting after over two years apart.
A Marlboro district court session yesterday was held behind private grand jury secrecy. Details are unclear due to damaged text but the proceeding involved an individual identified as Hurley and the local police reported no public disclosures.
A brief note reports Varion up on 5 with unclear context and a stray reference to 150 naple tetas. The readable fragment provides no clear event, date, or地点.
Maynard's Fifth Company of the Massachusetts State Guard plans camping and marching details for an annual tour to Camp South Hingham and Littleton Common. Headquarters mobilize at dawn July 9 for trucked deployment. The notice invites members to report daily activities and watch for updates.
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