August Happenings in Concord and Surroundings
Town notes recount August as the start of the dog days season with Concord schools opening in five weeks. Items cover mail routes, local events, reunions, enlistments at Ellis Hall, misprint corrections, forest fire trucks, pigeons at the post office, golf improvements, church missions, auto shows, and community club activity including Lions and Rotaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord School
Concord
Enterprise
Littleton
Carlisle
Leslie O. Anderson
Sheehan
Jeremiah Sheehan
Acton Center
Ellis Hall
Main Street
Sam Kent
Concord Post Office
Leon Moreau
George Lawton
Sam Snead
St. Bernard's
Walter Knowles
Stevens Duryea
Lions Club
Lions
Rotery
Solly Nocella
Thorega Street
John C. Collins
K. of C
Clarence E. Doyle
Concord Thoreaus
Brooklyn
Concord Naturalist
Braves
Red Sox
Devens
Smith
Academy Gane
Sudbury Road
Charles H. Duston
Franklin official questions letter mix up in quiz mail
A Franklin county officer questioned a Chicago sent memo marked Do you think it's right cards in the home. The note was mailed back to the sender, then revealed as intended for a quiz program but placed in the wrong envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Ind
Chicago
Two Year Old Survives Fall From Spokane Window
In Spokane Washington two year old Marilyn Tenby toppled from a third story window of an apartment. Doctors could not find broken bones. only a few minor bruises were evident from the fall.
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Spokane
Wash
Marilyn Tenby
Sally Ann Shop Closes For Vacation Schedule
The Sally Ann Food Shop on Mill Dam will close on Saturday August 2 for vacation breaks. Fred Edwardson and his wife from Maplestreet West Concord plan a motor trip through Maine New Hampshire and Vermont. Owners Reed will visit the Cape. Other employees include Mrs Kay McPhillips and Mrs Doris Rapson planning trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Sally Ann
Mill Dam
Fred Edwardson
Maplestreet West
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Edwardson
Reed
Cape
Kay McPhillips
Fairhaven Road
Hampton Beach
Doris Rapson
Walden Street
Auto Making Made Clear at Kaiser Frazer Willow Run
An eight car trackless train for sightseers operates at Kaiser Frazer’s Willow Run plant in Michigan. The tour runs along two miles of twin assembly lines to show car production at one car every 40 seconds, with each car equipped with a loud speaker explaining the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willow Run
Mich
Kaiser Frazer Corporation
Hartford City businessman ticketed for speeding
Renner, owner of a fleet of trucks, was stopped while checking on drivers and issued a ticket for 50 mph in a 30 mph zone in Hartford City Indiana.
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Checker
Hartford City
Ind
L. 3B
Renner
Coming Events Of The Week In Concord
Weekly notices list activities in Concord including Odd Fellows Hall meetings Union church services Acton Center family reunion Board of Selectmen at Town House drill at State Armory summer playground classes Rotary luncheon band concert at West Concord Playground and more Scheduled events span Thursday through Friday with multiple community groups involved.
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Concord Board of Selectmen
State Armory
Rideout
Emerson
Concord Rotary Club
Howard -Johnson’s
D Day Anniversary Notes and Reunion Plans Collected
June 6 remembrance recounts Normandy 1944 events and guard units. The 48th Infantry Division Association schedules a Niantic Connecticut convention September 12–13 as Winged Victory unit. Belmont Perry dies at 95 after long service. grandson of Commodore Perry. A German book Helden Ohne Waffen distributed by authorities.
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Maryland
Normandy
Aryland
Lanesplanats
Acd Devers
48Rd Infantry Division
Niantic
Conn
National Guard
Connecticut
Maine
Rhode “Island
Leonard F. Wing
Ba Gr
Ciibrandee
Perry
Belmont
Fortuen
Spain
Matthew C. Perry
Japan
Loftus buys old West Concord fire truck
Concord news reports Richard J. Loftus has purchased the West Concord fire truck, the high bid by Fire Chief Harry E. Tuttle. Loftus will use the retired engine on the mail route between the depot and the post office, replacing his current light truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Richard J. Loftus
West Concord
Central Station
Loftus
Harry E. Tuttle
Goat Breeders Show Scheduled at Hellier Place
The Concord Middlesex Goat Breeders Association holds its annual show on the first Sunday in August at Hellier Place Lowell Road Route 126. Classes for purebreds and grades, with Miss Mary J Farley as judge and secretary of the American Milk Goat Records Association. Entries by 12:30. For information and entry blanks write Mrs. E B Ha 24 Silver Hill Weston. Also notes 1946 U S peanut production total.
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Concord
Middlesex County
Goat Breeders’ Association
Hellier Place
Lowell Road
Cain Or Shine
Mary J. Farley
American Milk Goat Records Association
Blanks
E. B. Ha
Silver Hill Road
Weston
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Virgil
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Pop
Pud
Cas
Dore
Swan
J. Miller Waitt
Homer
ED Dodd
Oan
Concord Lodge
I. O
O. F
Odd Fellows Hall
First Parish Unitarian Church
Sheehans
Uay
Concord Legion Band
West Concord Playground
Ington
Erick the
von Ludendorff
Waffen
Ud 600
Main St
Concord Tel
Evylyn L. Weigel
Boylston St
Boston
Kenmore
Mass. Ave
West Acton - Acton
United States
Russell W. Wheeler
Tél
Con
Bigham & Sons, Inc
Waltham
John. H. Olsen
Maynard
Noble Park
MOBIL
E. W. Smart Associates
Commonwealth Ave
Lawton Appliance Co
Walden St. - Concord
L. W. Rolson
Mass
Marlboro Veterinary Hospital
R. J. Dinsmore
M.D. v
Marlboro
Ee Free
Hudson
Sales & Service
McKellar Motors
Main St. - West Concord
William D. Goff
Sunny Acres
Thoreau St
Norge Sales
Lafreniere
Bolton St
Tel
G. E. Nerseens Pick Up & Delivery
Concord Radio Electric Co
Spresh
Beer
West Concord Fruit
Sun
Legal Holidays
Concord Hardwai Kyanize
Concord Esso
Caencord Turnpike
Jim’s Taxi Service
U. S
Allan AI
Walden Tel Be
Andy Berlin
South St
Edgehill Tel
Towl Owned
Af Navy
Bartlett
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