Surprise PTA Honors Acton's Retiring Principal Julia L McCarthy
The Surprise PTA session honored Julia L McCarthy of Acton as retiring principal. A skit based on This is Your Life traced her career from 1906 to 1952 with 50 former pupils present and two sisters among the honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T.A
Acton
Julia L. McCarthy
Miss McCarthy
William R. Owen
Mary McCarthy Sawyer
South Acton
Dorothy McCarthy “McCormack
Belmont
Margaret McCarthy Byrne
Dennisport
Owen
McCarthy
Pre School Clinic Registration Urged for Thoreau School
Thoreau School district announces two pre kindergarten registration days in West Concord. On June 8 Dr. Howard E. Robinson and on June 10 Dr. William A. Barnes will examine children between 10 and 11:30 a.m. For entry in September, must be four years eight months by January 1, 1951. Parents urged to register early to ease enrollment load.
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West Concord
Thorega
Howard E. Robinson
William A. Barnes
Concord Pulic
kKadergarten
Thoreau School
Acton Unit Meets At Concord June 8
The Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion will meet Wednesday night June 8 at 8 o clock at the home of Mrs. Theodore G Heyliger Cambridge Turnpike Concord. Nomination of officers will be made and plans discussed for the upcoming state convention. Mrs Kay Nedza will preside.
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Acton
Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion
Theodore G. Heyliger
Cambridge Turnpike
Concord
Kay Nedza
Rainbow Assembly Plans June Meeting and Outing
Concord Rainbow Assembly will meet Friday night June 4 at 7 oclock in Mesae Tempe with Miss Nancy Wright of Carlisle presiding. The group plans an all day outing after school ends and a strawberry festival.
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Concord
Concord Rainbow Assembly
Mesae Tempe
Nancy Wright
Carlisle
Brother Reunites After Thirty One Years Visit
Clement Adrian, electrical engineer for the Gamewell Company, visited his brother Calixte Adrian of Maplestreet whom he had not seen in 31 years. On a business trip to Boston he left for Los Angeles and will go to Arizona Texas. He is vice president of the International Signal Association and has traveled widely in China and the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Clement Adrian
Calixte Adrian
Maplestreet
Clement
Gamewell Company
Boston
Los Angeles
California
Arizona
Texas
International Signal Association
Philippines
China
Far East
Bridge Party at Musketquid Sportsmen's Clubhouse
West Concord announces a dessert bridge party hosted by the Veterans Service Department of the West Concord Woman's Club. The event Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Musketquid Sportsmen's Clubhouse, with prizes for attendees. Chairwoman Mrs. Sten Nyberg. tickets from committee members or by calling EM 9 3668 or EM 9 2316.
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West Concord
Veterans Service Department of West Concord Woman’s Club
Musketaquid Sportsmen’s
Sten Nyberg
Nyberg
Murdock MacLeod
Concord Civil Defense class on Venepuncture workshop
Concord Civil Defense reminds residents of a June 7 session at Emerson Hospital from 8 to 9 p.m. with Dr. William J. Cahill teaching Venepuncture and Intravenous Therapy. Registrations: Emerson 9 2174. On June 11 the Concord Emblem Club hosts a food sale at Nellie Craig's flower shop from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. public invited.
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Concord Civil Defense
Emerson Hospital
William J. Cahill
Pratt
Emerson
Concord Emblem Club, No. 206
Nellie Craig
Children’s Day at Trinitarian Church Honors Graduates
Trinitarian Congregational Church will mark Children’s Day on Sunday June 5 with graduation and music events beginning at 9:30 a.m. Local families are invited to attend.
Dentino and Lalli to Wed at Our Lady Help of Christians
Miss Doris D. Dentino of Old Mill road West Concord will wed Edward N. Lalli of 22 Roosevelt street Maynard. The ceremony is set for Sunday afternoon June 5 at Our Lady Help of Christians church.
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Doris D. Dentino
Old Mill Road
West Concord
Edward N. Lalli
Roosevelt Street
Maynard
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
Mrs. Elise Thorpe 81 Dies in Concord
Elise Beckvold Thorpe age 81 of 12 Monument Street died Monday morning at Emerson Hospital after a long illness. Born March 16, 1874 in Hedenmarken Norway she lived in Concord for 600 years. Survived by husband Emil O. Thorpe son Everett C. Thorpe and grandson Clark Thorpe. Funeral held yesterday at Trinitarian Congregational Church. Interment Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Concord
Elise (Beckvold) Thorpe
Monument Street
Emerson Hospital
Hedenmarken
Norway
Edward E. Beckvold
Thea (Hansen) Beckvold
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Woman's Union
Emil O. Thorpe
Everett C. Thorpe
Clark Thorpe
Robert H. Barber
Sleepy Hollow
Coming Events of The Week At Concord
Community listings for Concord include Thursday H Company H drill at State Armory 8 p m Saturday baked bean supper at Trinitarian Church 6 p m Bow Rainbow Assembly meets at Masonic Temple 7 p m Sunday Children Sunday observed at local Protestant churches Monday Willow Rebekah Lodge mystery ride 7 30 p m Board of Selectmen 7 30 p m Tuesday Woman's Club card party at Country Club 1 30 p m Lions Club directors meeting Co-Operative Bank K of C Monument Hall 8 p m Grange P of H Peter Bulkeley School 8 p m Wednesday West Concord Woman's Club card party Musketaquid Sports Men's Club 1 p m Thursday Rotary Club lunch and meeting Howard Johnsons 12 15 p m.
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Trinitarian Congregational Church
Concord Rainbow Assembly
Masonic Temple
Willow Rebekah Lodge
Board of Selectmen
Concord Woman’s Club
Concord Lions Club
Co-Operative Bank
K. of C
Concord Grange
P. of H
Peter Bulkeley
West Concord Woman’s Club
Musketaquid Sportsmen’s Club
Concord Rotary Club
Howard Johnson’s
Plan Card Party For Scholarship
Concord Woman's club plans a card party Tuesday June 7 at Concord Country Club at 1 30 p m. Dessert will be served to raise funds for the high school scholarship fund. Tickets from Mrs Laurence F Petersen 5 Devens Street Emerson 9 2284.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Concord Country Club
Concord Woman’s Club
Laurence F. Petersen
Devens Street
Emerson
Acton Woman Relocates to South Acton. Delegates Named
Mrs Evelina Edwardson, staying with Mrs Hazel G Lantz at 18A Crest Street West Concord, has moved back to South Acton to live with her daughter. Delegates of the Edwards Quimby Post AL Ladies Auxiliary will attend the state convention at Swampscott June 2 3 4 local delegates are Mrs Kay Nedza and Mrs Dorothy Reid.
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Evelina Edwardson
Hazel G. Lantz
Crest Street
West Concord
South Acton
Edwards- Quimby Post
A. L
Ladies Auxiliary
Swampscott
Kay Nedza
Dorothy Reid
Carlisle Congregational Men Cookout and Sports Night
The Carlisle Congregational Church Men’s Club holds its June meeting as a cookout at Spaulding Park on June 6. William Shumway arranged a large dinner under the trees. After a brief business session led by Stanley Wright, Al Whitman and Clarence Campbell lead the sports program with a softball game. This is the final meeting until fall.
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Carlisle
Carlisle Congregational Church
Spaulding Park
William Shumway
Stanley Wright
al Whitman
Clarence Campbell
Heart Association Links Prompt Strep Treatment To Avoid Rheumatic Heart Disease
The American Heart Association reports that early treatment of strep throat with penicillin under medical guidance can prevent rheumatic heart disease, stressing prompt care to reduce severe complications.
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The
American Heart Association
Community notices from Concord Mass church events
The Our Lady Help of Christians family retreat ends Friday at 7 45 pm after six days of evening services led by Rev Thomas P Fay S J of New York. A Children Day service is planned at Trinitarian Congregational church on Sunday June 5 at 9 30 am with graduation and music by the intermediate choir. The mental health fund drive is extended two weeks with donations to be sent to the Concord Postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
Thomas P. Fay
S. J
New York
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Brooks Stevens, Jr
Lowell Road
Concord
Mass
Radio Speakers Talk Strawberries to Poultry on Air
Yesterday morning Max G. Fultz acting director of Middlesex County Extension Service spoke on Strawberries and Small Fruits on a Boston radio program. Last Wednesday F G Mentzer spoke on Corn for Silage. Next Wednesday Alfred W Carlson will discuss poultry.
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Concord—y
Max G. Fultz
Waldenstreet
Middlesex County Extension Service
Boston
F. G. Mentzer
Alfred W. Carlson
Sudbury Board of Appeals schedules June 8 hearing for Armstrong project
The Sudbury Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Wednesday June 8 1955 at 8 00 pm in Town Hall on the petition of David G Armstrong to erect a Tech Home on the easterly side of Old Lancaster Road. Plans and a partial variance to the Sudbury Building Code are requested, according to Clerk David S Baldwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town OF Sudbury Board of Appeals
Board of Appeals
David G. Armstrong
Lancaster Road
Sudbury
David S. Baldwin
Communion Breakfast Plans By Our Lady Help Church
Our Lady Help of Christians Holy Name Society schedules a communion breakfast for Sunday June 12 at Howard Johnsons. Tickets are now available for attendees and church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
Holy Name Society
Howard Johnson’s
Northeastern cadet wins U S Medal for ROT C excellence
Charles E Westcott of Lexington Road Lexing ton town a senior at Northeastern University is awarded the Association of the United States Medal as outstanding advance course ROT C cadet. Lincoln Garden club meets at Mrs Matthew H Doherty home Tow er Road with Mrs Stanley Heck presiding. St Anne Episcopal church fall fair committee meets today at the rector study led by Mrs H Arnold MacLean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Westcott
Lexington Road
Northeastern University
Association of the United States
Lincoln Garden Club
Matthew H. Doherty
Tower Road
Stanley Heck
St. Anne’s Episcopal Church
H. Arnold MacLean
Selfdrive Cars Available for Advance Orders at German Rail Stations
Automobiles labeled selfdrive may be ordered in advance at railroad stations in 29 German cities and left there for pickup by travelers upon departure.
Bedford LWV Names New Officers After Annual Meeting
Bedford League of Women Voters held its annual meeting at the Wade home on Old Billerica Road. New officers include President Mrs. Percy R. Whitcomb, first vice president Mrs. Arnold L. Bucci, second vice president Mrs. Philip N. Twombly, secretary Mrs. Harry H A Kuhl, and directors Mrs. John F. Bergin Mrs. Carlton Dorman Mrs. Jeremiah Lynd and Mrs. Wade. Nominating committee members are Mrs. James R. Strawbridge Mrs. Buchanan and Mrs. James Doherty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Bedford League of Women Voters
Jeptha H. Wade
Billerica Road
Stanley M. Buchanan
Presidinng
Percy R. Whitcomb
Arnold L. Bucci
Vce
Philip N. Twombly
Harry H. A. Kuhl
John, F. Bergin
Carlton Dorman
Jeremiah Lynd
Wade
James. R. Strawbridge
Buchanan
James Doherty
Lions Club Cookout Set by Concord Lions June 14
The Concord Lions Club announces a cookout for members on Tuesday June 14 at Scout Island with Tiga 33 Boy Scouts hosting. A board of directors meeting led by President Robert B. Lor tz is scheduled for Tuesday June 7 at the Co-Operative Bank at 7 30. Installation of officers is planned for June 28 at Musketaquid Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Concord Lions Club
Tiga
Boy Scouts
Scout Island
Robert B. Lortz
Co-Operative Bank
Musketaquid Club
Requiem At Concord For John McCabe Dies At 45
John McCabe at Concord, age 45, died after a long illness. A lifelong resident, he led a baseball and football youth career at Concord High and Dean Academy. He worked 22 years for Boston & Maine Railroad as maintenance foreman in the way department. Surviving are his wife Miriam (Duren) McCabe and other family.
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Concord
John McCabe
William C
Concord Department
Boston & Maine Railroad
Way Department
Concord High School
Dean Academy
Concord High
Concord Lodge of Elks
Miriam (Duren) McGabe
Aig
Edward A. Comeau Dies at 79 in Concord Bus Accident
Edward Augustus Comeau, longtime local contractor and mover, died aged 79 after a bus incident. Born November 19, 1875 in Port Gilbert Nova Scotia he moved to Massachusetts in 1892 living in Stow Maynard Acton before Concord. Survived by son Charles E. Comeau of West Concord.
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West Concord
Edward Augustus
Emerson Hospital
Concord
Maynar
Port Gilbert
Digby County
Nova Scotia
Massachusetts
Stow
Maynard
Acton
Olivia Anne (Greenough) Comeau
Comeau
Main Street
Charles E. Comeau
Bedford Professor Named University Recorder
Prof. James R. Strawbridge of Bedford, director of Tufts University Summer School, is named university recorder and head of the office of records and administrative services. Cambridge Air Force Research Center plans move to new headquarters at Lawrence G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, with moving day Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Strawbridge
Bedford
Tufts University
Board of Trustees
University
Office of Records and Administrative Services
Cambridge Air Force Research Center
Cambridge
Laurence G. Hanscom Field
Judge Brown Re-elected President of Middlesex County Extension Board
Judge John F. Brown of Concord Road has been re elected president of the board of trustees for the Middlesex County Extension Service office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Brown
Concord Road
Middlesex County Extension Service Office
Finan Is Advanced To 1st Lieutenant
Concord Lieut Richard M Finan of 25 Everett Street has been promoted to first lieutenant while serving with the U S Air Force at Camp Don Bangor Maine He enlisted after completing studies at the University of Massachusetts His wife is Alice Zumwalt and he is the son of Patrolman and Mrs James E Finan Jr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Richard M. Finan
Everett Street
Camp Don
Bangor
Maine
U.S. Air Force
University of Massachusetts
Alice Zumwalt
James E. Finan, Jr
Pool is Back in Pawnee City After Long Prohibition
Pawnee City Nebraska shopkeepers expect repeal of a 70 year old billiard parlor ordinance to boost business. They anticipate men will spend more time on pool while women stay busy shopping until couples return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawnee City
Neb
St Michael's Holy Name Society Plans June 12 Breakfast
St Michael's Holy Name Society announces a communion breakfast after the 8:30 mass on Sunday June 12. Members will gather for prayers and a meal at the Navoy Grille following services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael’s Holy Name Society
Navoy Grille
Dessert bridge party hosted by Mrs Henry Baxter
Mrs Henry Baxter of Springs road hosted the 1940 Club last Thursday afternoon for a dessert bridge party. Prize winners were Mrs George D Frasier and Mrs Earl S Atwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Baxter
Springs Road
George D. Fraser
Earl S. Atwood
Weisenees Welcomes Third Son Patrick Kevin
Mr and Mrs William J Weisene e of Key West Florida welcome their third son Patrick Kevin born May 24. Grandparents include Mrs Evelyn Wanamaker of South Road and Mr and Mrs William J Weisene Sr of Lexington. Maternal great grandmother is Mrs Flora Moyer of Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Weisenee
Carol Wanamaker
Key West
Florida
Patrick Kevin
Evelyn Wanamaker
Southroad
William J. Weisenee Sr
Lexington
Flora Moyer
Bedford
Lieutenant Brown Reports for Duty at Lackland Base Texas
Lieut Nathaniel K Brown has left to report for duty at Lackland Air Base San Antonio Texas He graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1954 and recently completed his first year of law at Boston University
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel K. Brown
Lackland Air Base
San Antonio
Texas
Lieut. Brown
University of Massachusetts
Boston University
Sprinkles Fail To Dampen Carlisle Holiday Exercises
Carlisle held traditional holiday events despite intermittent sprinkles. A Union Hall gathering featured Lieut.-Col. George E. Kegin as guest speaker, with Rev. Joseph Howard Giunta, Mrs. Martha Webster Lord, and Miss Marcia Lapham attending. A parade honored veteran graves at Old Burying Ground and Green Cemetery, led by Marshall George W. Foss, with Boy Scouts providing music. About 100 attended a dinner at the First Religious Society dining hall, chaired by Mrs. Ruth Robbins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Union Hal
George E. Kegin
Bedford Airport
Joseph Howard Giunta
East Lexington Follen Community Unitarian Church
Robert Lord
Martha Webster
West Concord
Connecticut
Marcia Lapham
Old Burying Ground
Green Cemetery
Marshall
George W. Foss
Carlisle Center
First Religious Society (Unitarian
Ruth Robbins
Woman’s Branch Alliance
Bhars
Fred E. Robbins
David R. Bott
Charles R. Miller
Oscar E. Pedersen
Robert W McFarland
George W. Porter
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Kindergaten
Rainbow Assembly
Natick Drive
Worcester
Stephen McNally
Sylvia
Sydney
Victor Mature
Susan Ball
Crazy Horse
Sun
Esther Williams
Howard Keel
Robert Francis
Brother
America
Reg— Manning
A of
State Armory
Sammy Davis, Jr
W. C. Handy
Newton Kook
Dant Distillery Co
Mitzi Gaynor
Lincoln
Lions Club
Edward A. Comeau
Finan
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