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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1949
Page
4
A college satire rails at a proposed award titled Put Husbands Through for wives of graduating veterans. Critics call the idea grotesque and mock Dr. Marsh while defending the era’s strong male figures on campus. The piece questions faculty endorsement and laments perceived arrogance in university culture.
In Sudbury three members of M. Y. F. depart Sun Week at Rolling North Andover Youth Center. Patricia Meister attends as part of a Decade from New England Conference. The theme is Jesus Way, Our Way Through Faith with worship recreation discussion groups periods talks and classes led by Rev. Walter Taylor of Beverly and Rev. Robert K. Jones Jr. of Sudbury. The program runs through the week with a Sunday service at 7 p.m.
A homemakers guide highlights dill for fish and salads and wine or herb vinegars for sauces. Beverages like beer aid meat and cheese dishes while ginger, nutmeg, and salt season vegetables. Van Page spices offer a convenient supply. Blending several condiments can yield surprising flavor.
Mr and Mrs Merton Bell and the Clemens family of West Acton Road are identified with their children David and Haney in a local social note highlighting household ties and family names.
The Union Church plans a service at the State Forest in Ashby described as one of the state’s most beautiful spots. Attendees are urged to join, with transport arranged if needed. The event is scheduled for Thursday morning with a prayer group and a West Acton girls’ trip expected to depart from Richardson.
Percy H Howard, father, visits from Charlotte North Carolina as relatives gather for a reunion at the Canton home of Mr and Mrs Robert S Howard. Mrs Blanete B Symonds, her daughter and family attend with Philip of Great Stow.
A dog clinic will be held at Peter Larson's Great Road this Saturday morning July 16 from 9:00 to 11:00. The event stresses every dog should be inoculated once a year with Dr. Be in charge assisted by Peter Larson.
The Stow The Wetherbee Post Legion Sale was highly successful. The committee included A. Patterson, Lo man, Miss Ruth Patterson and Miss Ethel Lent.
Miss Margaret Woodhead visits Girt Scout Camp in Pelham New Malmpeline for activities and community engagement during a summer program.
The American Legion in Bedford will hold a regular meeting on August 1 with the date to be announced for a moonlight sail. Volunteers were asked for blood donations at the next gathering, and several offered. The nominating committee includes Hermann E. Christensen, John B., Henry C. Isner, Francis J. Kelly, Charles Kace, and Martin F. Dodge. Refreshments served by Maxime Daigie, Edward S. Dodge, Robert W. Dodge, and John B. Dodge.
A piano recital was hosted in Bedford with pupils of Mrs Lillian Boynton, held at Miss Julia E Laws home at 10 Hartford. Selections included Firlandis by Allan Dunham and Clark, Come to the Fair by Martin, Slumber Song by Schumann, La Rosita, Concerto Op 16 First Movement by Gregg. Performers included Lucile Agrillo, Jean McIntosh, Marilyn Dutton and Bette Santon among others.
Mrs John McCrone and family of 18 Hartford street are on vacation at a summer cottage in North Chelmsford. Mr and Mrs Harry S Boynton of 6 Fletcher road vacation in Marblehead Neck. Douglas and Donald Pfeiffe are away in New Hampshire for a few days. Mrs Stanley Ay and daughter Barbara Great Road visit Pittsfield, with her sister and family and Daniel Harris and son Douglas of Nashville Tennessee, and Mrs Charles W Cole and family of Davis Road.
Rev Richard T. Bragg D D of the Methodist Church will conduct services in Bedford for the month of July while Rev L Derby of Boston serves as guest minister and fills in.
David Jones son of Mr and Mrs S Finley Jones of 23 Crescent Avenue has passed his examination and becomes a student pilot. He joined the Air Scouts last winter and attended an evening course at East Coast Aviation Co at Bedford Airport. After his sixteenth birthday he earned his student pilot license and will work for East Coast Aviation Co this summer.
Mr and Mrs Lincoln Currier of South street travel with Mr and Mrs Edward Hart of Lexington for a Vermont weekend. Norman Norton and Sidney Ingalls Jr. stay two weeks at Camp Antrim New Hampshire. Nathiel Brown returns from Audubon Workshop Barre with a scholarship. 4H club leaders plan to visit Middlesex County gardens for judging. Beverley Bixler visits Bedford and Beverley Smith at 20 Hartford street. Louise H Smith and son Arthur return from Willsboro. Lyndon Perkins visits Sudbury Mass. Mrs Mercie Jones at Rye Beach cottage for summer. John Petersen and Hartwell road vacation at Lake Nabnabsett. Dr R Willard Hunt elected Eastheben Lions club member, returns from Parmington Maine. Mrs Mary J Laren confined at home by illness.
Concord Acton and Stow members of the Emerson Aid Societies assist at Emerson hospital all summer. They organize and check ward supplies every Wednesday with Mrs. Davenport Wallace of Stow chairing in June. Maynard Garden Club oversees the south border garden. Acton Aid Society maintains the border garden as this year’s project.
Fragmented OCR reads like a list of names and places. It mentions residents of Billerica Carlisle Waltham New Jersey and Maine with relatives and caregivers. It references Sleep Rest Home Veterans Hospital chaplain and various streets and roads in scattered fragments.
Fragmentary notice notes vacancies in administration related to United States Service and a pharmacy at Bedford while indicating a 04 year timeline and a PO box. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR but reference to service, administration, and pharmacy positions remains apparent.
A baseball game unfolds at the Percy A Playground tonight at 6 15. Burlington hosts the Marauders with Sawyer on the mound for four hit pitching. Charlie Hopkins finishes the game with a strikeout spree in the sixth. West Concord Oy leads 4 2 after a third inning surge.
Maynard struck out 17 in a 42 win while allowing two hits. Ruthville’s homer and a triple key the game with a late two-run rally. Laker’s long triple scored two and tied the game before the decisive double sealed it for Philadelphia. Athletics pitchers held the losers to modest offense. Merchants
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