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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1945
Page
9
The War Rationing Board announces a five pound per person limit on home canning sugar in Massachusetts. The supply picture remains tight and restrictions will continue until further notice. Local boards will assign allotments to households to enforce the policy.
Mr and Mrs Clark V Doty celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary July 15 they wed at Trinitarian Congregational Church by Rev Wilfred Herrick Bunker and have a one year old daughter Jeanne Clark.
Bedford records show the Bedford Community Council approved for membership in the Greater Boston Community Fund at a June 29 board meeting. The council will participate in the 1946 campaign, to be held in October 1945, with captains named including Mrs. John Balfour and others.
From Service eer et William at 301 Great Road home almost four years in the army. He earned an honorable discharge on July 9 at Fort Devens after serving with the combat drivers overseas since November 1942 in North Africa Sicily and Italy. He holds the Purple Heart for arm and leg injuries and has five battles.
In Concord two Central Middlesex league games are scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Rideout and Emerson playgrounds. Our Lady's hosts St Andrew's of North Billerica at 2 30 while St Bernard's of East East will face Sacred Heart at St Andrew's. The plan was changed with both games canceled at one point due to crowd concerns.
Funeral services were held for Mrs Clarabelle Vanderhoof at 8 Devens Street with Rev. Edward P. Daniels officiating. Burial followed in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. She died after being struck by a mol dware company incident. Born in Portsmouth, she had lived in Concord 41 years and was in her 90th year. She is survived by two sons Lea and Frank, both of Concord.
Concord The Louisa May Alcott historic house on Lexington Road opens Saturdays and holidays all day this summer. On Sundays it opens after 2 PM. Servicemen and women are welcome as well as the public.
Mrs. Frank A. Goodwin and her daughter Lois spend a summer in New Jersey at a seaside retreat, enjoying leisure time on the road and visiting friends in town.
Maynard shells Marlboro 13 to 3 in Marlboro week game as Lefty Norm Tucker allows eight hits and records his third win. George Howes and Tucker each hit a three and a single, while Maynard bats explode with a five run first inning and six in the third to pull away.
About 100 children from St Michael’s parish along with Rev Father Allston and parents attended a Sunday picnic. They traveled by private car to Maryknoll where Brothers supervised a fun afternoon at Maryvale. Winners were named in numerous events and refreshments were served by the Maryknoll Brothers.
Warner Dowsell of the U S Navy is spending a 30 day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs William J Dowsell of Concord Triad after fifteen months aboard a mine layer submarine. He served in the Aleutian Islands for fourteen months.
The Bedford bond drive concludes with Series E totaling $32 042 and other issues reaching $1 354 as residents meet the quota. Town chairman William E Wellington extends thanks to townspeople for cooperation and effort yielding excellent results.
The Young Women's Study Group at the Church of Christ held a food sale with Mrs George H. Hammond as chairwoman and Mrs Thomas Johnston as co chair. A second sale is planned next Saturday to fund the organ removal. While church work proceeds, Sunday services at 10 30 are held in the vestry during summer renovations.
Mrs J Warren Blake travels to Blue Hill Maine for a week visiting Mrs Esther Pease Astbury formerly of Bedford. Mrs Howard F Ryan of Hancock Street spends the summer at Nantucket. Staff Sergeant Henry Thatcher home on 21 day leave after eight months of recovery from wounds in Germany with the 26th Division combat engineers. Mrs Charles S Hume and companions visit Captain John Adams Hospital Chelsea to entertain with the Sons of Veterans of the GAR and meet Harold Wilson at the hospital.
The readable text references a terrapin catch and several personal names such as Kotarski and Lalli. It mentions ages 16 and 20, a location West Plains Missouri, and a 1942 context with family notes. The full story and roles are unclear from the damaged OCR.
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