Concord updates and local notices from a busy week
Local notes report changes in weather, aviation safety efforts by the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission, a pilot incident over Inspector Frank P. Sweeney's home, and remarks on railroad car speeds. Community news covers Lions Club events, upcoming Field Day, hay fever, veterans housing plans, and town recreation, business openings, and sports chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission
Frank P. Sweeney
Sweeney
Conncord Barracks
Rothwell N. MacRae
California
Concord Lioks Club
Lions International
Concord
Danforth W. Comins
Egbert S. Newbury, Jr
Comins
Harvard
Emerson Hospital
Mark Mara
Guite
Holland
Peter Stuyvesant
Newtherland
Mark
Fate Baker
James P. Emerson
Chelmsford
Page Emerson
Roosevelt
Lions Club
Musketaquid Club
Musketaquid
Admiral Sowell
Walden Pond
Concord Turnpike
Elkis Hall
Army
Camp Edwards
Capel
New Russia
Boston Braves
Red ‘Sox
Yanks
A. L.i
Whitney Club
Medford
Wichita
Battleground Cafe
John Bricks
Concord Weekly Events Preview
Week of activities in Concord includes Red Cross swim classes at Walden, a Band concert in Monument Square at 3 p.m., Union Summer services at Trinitarian Congregational Church at 9 30 a m. and playground programs at Emerson and Rideout starting 9 30 a m. Rotary lunch at Howard Johnsons at 12 15 p m and Concord Lodge meeting at West Concord Odd Fellows Hall at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Red Cross
Walden
Concord Legion Band
Monument Square
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Emerson
Concord Rotary Club
Howard Johnson’s
Concord Podge
Odd Fellows Hall
West Concord
Concord Fire Dept Hits Record Alarms in 1946
The Concord Fire Department answered 157 alarms last Thursday, 12 more than the same period a year ago. The 1946 yearly total may surpass the 220 alarms reached in 1943, with 145 in 1946 and 143 in all of 1945. An airplane propeller of sponge rubber vulcanized has been developed by B F Goddrich engineers.
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Concord
B. F. Goddrich
To Know Carrots Eat Them Young In Home Gardens
A gardening guide extols carrots as highly nutritious and tasty when harvested young. It advises sowing with radishes to mark rows, thinning as they grow, and successive sowings for continuous supply, noting flavor improves with early harvest and canning yields sweeter results.
Two Selectmen Form Partnership In Hub Law Firm
Two of Concord Spectmen form a Boston law partnership to be known as Comins and Newbury. The firm will occupy offices at 84 State Street in Boston. Danforth W. Comins of Barnes Hill Road and Egbert S. Newbury Jr. of Main Street announce the partnership and have practiced law in Boston. Both men are Harvard graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Boston
Concord Spectmen
New Dr Duston Home On Main Street
Dr Charles H Duston and family prepare to move into a new cinder block colonial home at Cottage Lane and Main Street Concord. The house will also house his office on Hubbard Street replacing the old Reynolds and Cock family lot, which was partially torn by fire in February 1345.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Charles.h. Duston
Cottage Lane
Main Street
Otis M. Whitney
Elm Street
Duston
Dr. Duston
Combi
Hubbard Street
Reynolds
Dr. Cock
Fragmented notice about local anniversary and addresses
The readable text references a 47 year span, a Relay event on a street corner, an anniversary fee and a date. It also mentions Concord residence and fragmented names and numbers without clear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ander Rei
Aura
Concord
Garden of Annuals Quickly Grown From Seed
An early 20th century guide explains how a formal garden using annuals can be planted near the house. It emphasizes simple, balanced beds centered on the house with a focal feature such as a tree or birdbath and fragrant annuals like alyssum and nicotiana to attract evening visitors.
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Swan Plain
Newburyport
Pike
Lynnfield
Massachusetts 2000 real estate tax exemption favors soldiers
State Tax Commissioner Henry F. Long ruled the $2000 exemption for service connected disabilities applies to soldiers and sailors but not to women veterans. The revised law extends the exemption to all veterans with a 10 percent disability, yet the wording still references soldiers and sailors, potentially excluding many women veterans including Army and Navy nurses.
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Boston
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Henry F. Long
Massachusetts
Board of Assessors
Veterans Administration
Board of ‘Assessors
Pittsfield
Louise E. ‘Nelson
WAC
the. P
Com
Concord Sports and Local Notes Roundup
Concord High wins sixth straight by 7 6 over Concord Alumni with Alan Wheeler on the mound. Miss Florence Florence Mabel Smith weds Winston J Damon at Trinity Church. Rev Ole Thorpe resigns Scandinavian Society pastorate. Funeral held for James Williams officiated by Rev Dr Smith. Concord defeats Maynard in baseball 9 0 as Cassell foes Morrill in duel. Local residents travel to Franconia Notch for four days.
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Nashantucks
Concord
Country Club
Concord High
Bedford
Charlie Gage
Ole O. Thorpe
Scandinavian Society
R. Bulkeley
Chicago
Boston Common
James Williams
Dr. Smith
Bedford Congregational Church
John Anderson
William Anderson
Brother’s Farm
Virginia Road
Helen M. Litchfield
Loren B. ‘MacDonald
Florence Mabel Smith
Winston J. Damon
Trinity Episcopal Church
Smith Owen Dexter
Maynard
Jimmy” Cassell
Bill Morrill
Chuck” Bulger
Joey Dee
Murray Ballou
Wakefield K of C
Edward Martinson
Russell Flynn
George Barker
Arnold Marshall
Franconia Notch
New Hampshire
Burkes and Corrections Officers Noted in Concord News
John H. Burke 30 a free department employee dies after a fall near the home of Richard B. McSweeney in Concord as friends testify. Daniel MacMillan a Concord Reformatory correction officer dies at his home on Main Street. a Medford man is connected to the incident. A lightning strike hits a barn near a road and Bedford Street. Maurice English rescues Mrs Clyde Bailton from drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Burke
Richard B. McSweeney
Concord Friends
Romeo DiCicco
Daniel MacMillan
Concord Reformatory Correction
Main Street
Medford
Emily O. Thorpe
Marchant
Hemmarks
William”A. Hagerty
F Road
Bedford
Maurice English
Clyde A. ‘Bailtou
Concord to Mount Angel editor post prompts local moves
Five years ago Otto M Inabe left Concord for Mount Angel to edit a Catholic weekly. Mrs John E McBreen, formerly of Concord NH, is buried here. Other local notices include the deaths of Martin Coffey and Herbert W Hosmer, airport ground breaking by Governor Saltonstall near the Concord line, 139 youths drafted, a drowning at Lake Winnipesaukee, and two weddings at First Parish Unitarian Church and in Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto M.‘inabe
Concord
Mount Angel
John E. McBreen
N. H
Martin Coffey
Plumbing
Herbert W. Hosmer
Saltonstall
New Bedford Airport
Concord‘ Draft Board
Robert Hockett
Lake Winnepesaukee
Priscilla Schirmer
Robert T. Church
First Parish Unitarian
Barbara Dempsey
Hur S. Anderson
Lexington
Law Excludes Women Veterans From Current Protections
Commissioner Long asserts the present law does not cover women veterans of the armed services, disputing any inclusivity in the scope of existing protections. He frames the issue as a clear exemption affecting female veterans.
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Missioner Long
Armed Services
State Public Works plans major highway repairs and new routes
William H Buracker and associates outline road projects across the state including Sudbury to Weston reconstructions and the Newburyport Turnpike extensions. Major work totals hundreds of millions with key builds on Route 128 corridors, the Northern Circumferential Highway, and an Inner Cape segment toward Orleans.
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William H. Buracker
Sudbury
Weston
Worcester Turnpike
Newton
Shrewsbury
Northboro
Westboro
Wellesley
Chicopee Falls
Westover Field
Concord To
Westminister
Fitchburg
William. .H. ,Buracker
State Public Works
Newburyport
Lyfield
Peabody
Saugus
Lynnfield
Ronaway
Danvers
Dodge Street
Beverly
Public Works Department
Cape
Cape Cod
Orleans
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Aecesenses
Hub Law
Alyssuia
Petunia
Cosmos
Nicotiana
Vinca
Memory Lane
Jin Concord
Commonwealth Ave
Tel
Normah Wellen
Davis Turkey Farm
Linco
Freezer
Deepfreeit
Sein
Bo Tase Lindel
Dee
Ree
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