Camp Thoreau Campers Spend Two Weeks of Life and Learning
The piece describes a youth camp experience with boys and girls ages seven to nine and older youths. Activities include swimming, motorboat riding, group hunts with science clues, and a Walden Pond themed visit to Thoreau’s cairn. Thoreau Farm hosts a week with 20 counsellors guiding campers through crafts, exploration, and life skills during a two week session starting July 13.
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Ersin
Thoreau Wertz
Caleb
Horeau
T Thoreau
Walden Pond
Thoreau
Walden
Mohawks Ounce Manager Bill Leads Twin League Team
Lincoln MO finishes third in the Twin League amid confusion in two leagues. Manager Bill Neees announces the funder twin bill league continues to play as his Mohawks suffer a 19 point loss.
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Lincoln _ Mote
Bill Nees
Mohawks
West Concord and West End Score Upsets in Opening Tilt
In the Twilight League opening games West Concord-Two Up upset Postoffice 1 0 as Mackey Caldwell won on the mound. West End wallops Farmers 13 8 behind Caldwell and a hot lineup led by Banuzzo Flynn and Anderson while Muscato and Penney held the line on the mound.
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West Concord
Picardville
West End
Farmers
Mackey Caldwell
Dick Finan
Dave Hopkins
Dave
Caldwell
West Enders
Billy Flynn
Steve Banuzzo
Carl Anderson
Val Muscato
Red” Penney
Locals Split Series With Maynard In Tight Four Four Tie
The series stands 1-1-1 after a 4-4 draw in the latest game. Georgie Fenton and Charlie Sawyer split hurling for the Locals with Val Muscato catching. Maynard sent Normie Tucker to the mound and Jerry Robinson behind the plate. Steve Banuzzo and Junior Jones each had two six hits. Sunday saw Charlie Sawyer beat Pepperell 11-1 as West Concord posted its season high. Upcoming: games at Maynard, Shirley, and against Lowell Allstars at Ride Out Playground.
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Fidle Ton
Maynard
Georgie Fenton
Charlie Sawyer
Mills Towners
Val Muscato
Normie Tucker
Jerry Robinson
Steve
Banuzzo
Jones
Reformatory
Dick McCarthy
Porter Adams
Higginsmen
Muscato
Matt Sepe
Muzzie
Concord
Pepperell
West Concord
Shirley
Lowel Allstar
Rideout Playground
Doug MacElroy
Concord High
Johnny Adams
Jones of Sawyer
Concord-The Lex Team Wins 8-1 Over Weston
In the Waltham Twilight League Monday night Concord-The Lexington T. T. claimed its 11th victory against one loss and one tie, defeating Weston 8 to 1. Dick Parker and Berford youth played centerfield and went hitless in three at bats while Paul Furdon, the catcher, had four at bats.
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Concord
Lexington
T. T
Waltham
Weston
Dick Parker
Berford
Paul Furdon
Wingors
Skating Messengers Speed Work at Douglas Plant
Three messenger girls at the Douglas Aircraft plant in El Segundo California were equipped with roller skates to speed up delivery of blue prints to engineers. Phyllis Cook June Singer and Betty Romanowsky deliver the plans in less than half the walking time, letting engineers spend more time on work and less time locating data.
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el Segundo
Calif
U.P
Douglas Aircraft
Phyllis Cook
June Singer
Betty Romanowsky
Unique walking stick made from 35,000 stamps
Uxbridge Massachusetts reports John Wayland’s walking stick crafted from 35,000 postage stamps. The stamps were threaded on a steel rod, varnished, and rubbed smooth. The stick was made by a convict in a Colorado penitentiary.
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Uxbridge
Mass
U.P
John Wayland
Colorado
That Little Game and Four Kings Run
A narrated card scene describes a clever player discarding a trey and one deuce to force a four of a kind. The player avoids giving “the binros” a chance and draws two cards to catch a king and a spot, completing four kings.
Fragmentary OCR Note Shows Disjointed Card Table Dialogue
A garbled OCR passage shows a chaotic card game exchange with phrases about drawing from the discard and bullets, lacking clear subjects or a coherent event. The text is incomplete and does not reveal a distinct news item, person, or outcome.
Stock Cars to Race Friday at Westboro Stadium
Modified stock car racing returns for the first time this year at Westboro Stadium on Friday night July 20. Promised eight thrilling races attract New England stars including Red Cummings Pop Harrington Bilk Tibbett Stan Spence Ray Janelle Joe Ross Fred Luchesi and others. The first race starts promptly at 8 00 p.m.
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Westboro Stadium
Westboro
New England
Red Cummings
Pop Harrington
Bilk Tibbett
Stan Spence
Ray Janelle
Joe Ross
Fred Luchesi
Sar Ginene
Will
ROTC Graduates Offered 1103 Reserve Commissions in 1951
Lt General Willis D. Crittenberger announced that more than 1000 ROTC graduates in the First Army area were offered and accepted commissions as second lieutenants. A total of 1103 appointments were proffered across colleges in New York New Jersey and New England with 1063 accepting while 68 more will be offered after ROTC summer camps. Nearly 200 have sought Regular Army commissions as the Army and Senate approved 131 of these requests.
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First Army
Willis D. Crittenberger
Organized Reserve Corps
New York
New Jersey
New England
Regular Army
Department of the Army
The
United States Senate
ROTC Commission Totals Reach One Hundred Six
The article notes 106 have accepted commissions as second lieutenants in the Regular Army or Organized Reserve Corps. All will report for duty by September 30, with Basic Branch School training required before initial assignments. Norwich University leads 1951 ROTC graduates with 123 commissions, followed by Cornell with 118 and Fordham with 100.
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Regular Army
Organized Reserve Corps
First Army
Norwich University
Northfield
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
Fordham University
New York City
Retired preacher builds apartment to beat high living costs
Seattle and a retired Methodist minister R E Nichols faced rising living costs. He built a two story apartment house himself over two years, saying his ministerial pension was not enough and he was too old to take regular work.
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Seattle
Wash
U. P
R E, Nichols
Nichols
Right of way not always safe driving lesson
In the AAA training view the right of way grants only a safety feasible passage. Even with priority a driver must protect everyone on the street and drive with caution to avoid crashes and court surprises.
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AAA
Tom
Harry
Sudbury Garden Club Tours Waltham Field Station
About 30 Sudbury Garden Club members visited the Waltham Field Station of the University of Massachusetts last Wednesday. The day featured colorful July plant displays and labelled species for learning names and identification. After a garden tour, Mr. Dempsey gave a lecture on garden sprays and an all purpose flower garden spray recipe.
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Sudbury
Sudbury Garden Club
Waltham Field Station
University of Massachusetts
New England
Dempsey
Garden Club
Waltham
Miss Dixon Recoups Gifts From Friends In Memphis
Memphis and Tennessee. Miss Kay Dixon and her brother traded gift packages after receiving items from friends. Dixon got his socks while he received her perfume in the exchange.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.P
Kay Dixon
Not So Crazy Goose Bet Sparks Wild Fowl Tale
Alfred Hole of Rennie Manitoba began raising four Canada Goose goslings after railway workers found their mother killed in 1940. The bet over their survival proved true as the birds thrived, were wing clipped then freed, and eventually migrated to their winter home.
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Alfred Hole
Rennie
Manitoba
Hole
Alfred
Slings
Goslings
Drift Cards to Map Gulf Currents and Fish Stocks
United States naval aircraft will drop several thousand drift postcards into the Gulf of Mexico in 1951 to trace currents and track distribution and migrations of commercial fishery stocks. The project is sponsored by the Fish and Wildlife Service with cooperation from Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission, Texas A&M Oceanography, and the Navy Office of Naval Research. Cards drift with currents and are expected to wash ashore for routing to scientists in New Orleans for analysis of their paths.
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Gulf of Mexico
United States Naval
United States Department of the Interior
Fish and Wildlife Service of
The
Element
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
Texas Game Fish An Oyster Commission
Department ‘Of‘oceanography of
Texas A&m College
Navy Department
Office of Naval Research
New Orleans
A Hunt Through Hound Lineage and Types
The oldest hunting dogs trace to the trail hound and its role in tracking prey. Through selective breeding, humans shaped breeds for nose, stamina, courage, and trail skills, giving rise to Greyhounds Irish Wolfhounds Borzoi Beagles Bassets Dachshunds Bloodhounds Walker and related cousins in the wide hound family.
Local residents host, travel and military news in Stow area
Stow residents host relatives from Madison and Cambridge while others plan trips to Sebago Lake and Darien Connecticut. Gordon Nelson, son of the Nelsons on Great Road, enlists in the Army Air Corps and heads to Sampson Field Geneva New York with assigned unit details. Henry Warren at Baker Memorial Hospital Boston recently underwent an operation and is progressing favorably.
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Gordon A. Nelson
Albert Nelson
Great Road
Army Air Corps
Sampson Air Force Base
Geneva
N. Y
Gordon Nelson
A. F
Fit
Sampson
Peck family plans summer trip to Cape with friends
Dr Willem Peck of Montevallo Alabama arrives in Hopewell New Jersey today. The Peck family will motor with Mr and Mrs Francis Doyle to Sandwich on the Cape for a week’s vacation. On Sunday July 22 the Great Road Stow Peck family will join them for a day with Sam Peck spending a week there.
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South Stow
Willem Peck
Montevallo
Alabama
Hopewell
New Jersey
Francis Doyle
Sandwich
Cape
William Peck
Great Road
Stow
Sam’ Peck
Weenie Roast Enjoyed by Local Group
Stow Sylvia and Vivian Wanhatalo hosted a Friday evening weenie roast for friends. Janet Larrabee of South Acton marked her sixteenth birthday with a lite prize cake amid a cook out and games.
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Stow
Sylvia
Vivian Wanhatalo
Greatroad
Janet Larrabee
South Acton
Local Families Vacation and Address Updates
Mr and Mrs Clifford Lait and daughter Donna of Gre road and Mr and Mrs Lund Jr of West Acton road spent the week at Lake Winnipesaukee Alton Bay New Hampshire Henry Warren a patient at Baker Memorial hospital Boston where he underwent an operation is progressing John Derby Jr has been transferred to Keesler air base His new address is Pf¢ John E Derby Jr 11221071 3393 pSqd Box 247 Keesler AL Mississippi Arnold Carville's new address is 3359th Student Squadron Chanute AFB Illinois His home address is 1206 W Clark Champaign Illinois Mrs Toivo H Erkkinen and sons Albert and Wayne of Red Aéré road are spending their vacation at Moosehead Lake in Mr and Mrs Albert Neilson and family have returned from a vacation spent at Forest Lake New Hampshire
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Clifford Lait
Donna
Gre Road
Lund, Jr
West Acton
Lake Winnnipesaukee
Alton
Bay
New Hampshire
Henry Warren
Baker Memorial Hospital
Boston
John Derby, Jr
Keesler Air Base
John.e. Derby, Jr
Keesler
Mississippi
Arnold Carville
Chanute A. F. B
Illinois
W. Clark
Champaign, Ilinois
Toivo H. Erkkinen
Albert and
Wayne
Red Aéré''road
Aren
Moosehead
Lake
Maine
For Sale 1947 Dodge Four Door Car
Private sale of a 1947 Dodge four door with Secor radio and heater. Only 24 000 miles shown. Excellent condition. Contact Maynard at 415 M.
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Adi
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Robin Midst
Hopkins
Girls ON Skates
Speed Industry
Psaler
Commission
Erstagh
Della
Ana
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BoRizon Sos Wy
Jim Rhodyj
U.S
U.S. Marines
Herbert Holly
Madison, New Jersey
David W. Smith
Mrs. Caldwell
Cambridge
Mrs. Pearl Packard
Stow Centre
George Maciver
George
Hyannis-on the-Cape
Winthrop Addy
Crescent Street
Spvents
Sebago Lake
Betsy Schaal
Albert A. Schaal, Jr
Albert A. Schaal
Darien
Connecticut
Weenie Roast
J. Lesage
Acton
Albert Neilson
Forest Lake
New Iampshire
General Electric
Bargain
Main St. Maynard
Tel
Lower Common
Stow Auspices
Police & Fireman Association
Herb Potter, Jr
Town Hall
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