Acton Gran Evening Event Recallsutillized Program
The annual Acton Gran gathering last Tuesday night featured a religious service led by chaplain J Ray Bf with Mrs. Mary Spinny participating. Constance Fae Jeannette Haynes and others performed recitations while piano solos by Rose Marie Spinney Robert Frost and Joan King appeared. A committee chaired by Mrs Hosea Gould served refreshments after the program.
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Acton
Hall
Mary Spinny _pharse
Ray- Bf
Pay
Constance Fae
Jeannette Haynes
Sors
Eh Hill
Prince “Spinney
David — Bn
Gordon Frost
Robert {Ost H
Ruth Beach
Rose Marie Spinney
Robert Frost
Joan King
Lowing Ithe
Hosea Gould
Troop D Maneuvers Near Concord and Bathday Weekend
Troop D joined the Motor Squadron for weekend maneuvers starting May 22. The unit staged at the 21st Infantry Armory and tested 20 roadblock forms at the Tactical School before spending the night. Pvt. Roemisay led a patrol during early Sunday air raid drill. Carl A. Woll of Lexington enlisted for three years. Gould of unspecified locale is honorably discharged for business reasons. he was an original Troop member.
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Concord
Roemisay
Carl A. Woll
Lexington
Gould
Tey Ste
Knowledge May Save Mankind From Extinction
Smithsonian anthropologist Dr. Ales Hrdlicka says mankind’s future hinges on knowledge not pure nature. If humanity remains dependent on nature alone, extinction could follow as with prehistoric species, but human progress in knowledge should safeguard existence.
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Ales Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
Vegetable storage and quality tips from old note
The fragment discusses washing and storing vegetables including peas and lime wand. It emphasizes immediate shelling of peas and keeping produce very cold to preserve sweetness and starch and mentions hanging to starch. The text reflects practical home-saving guidance.
Soldier crawls four miles on belly to aid freezing comrade
In Valdez Alaska a wounded soldier crawled four miles on his stomach through a blizzard to reach a crevasse and aid a fallen comrade. Rescuers later found another survivor after a week of peril with two others missing and presumed dead, highlighting the harsh mountain tragedy.
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Vald
Alaska
War Department
Valdez Glacier
Galeg
Phee
Seine
Hunter and Wolf Shot on Roadside in Missouri Incident
Derks killed a wolf along a road in Missouri and lost a $5 bounty after pursuit. The animal fled into a nearby field and became entangled, dying. The kill occurred near the county line dividing Gentry and Laney counties. a $5 bounty was possible if the wolf had been on the other side.
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Hunter E Welf
Rong
Bie
Derks
Ion i
Nodaway
Private Hessian Forgets Teeth During Breakfast Dash
A dramatic World War II field scene shows Private Hessian from New Haven Connecticut dashing to the barracks after sprinting from formation. He explains to a puzzled sergeant that he forgot his teeth, prompting laughter amid the march breakfast debrief.
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Thomas F. Hession
New Haven
Conn
Hessian
Father Hears of Son's Death but Carries On
A South teen, Frank Woltman Jr., 25, a Flying Fortress pilot, was killed in action over North Africa. His father, Frank Woltman Sr., says he received the news and returned to making airplane engines, vowing not to quit. The father’s resolve is quoted as, Boys over there don’t quit when someone gets hurt.
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Frank Woltman
Frank Woltman Jr
Woltman
Blind man collects five tons of scrap metal
GRAYSVILLE TEN Aaron Smith, blind, drove a cart door to door collecting scrap metal totaling more than five tons for the war effort.
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Blind Man
Graysville
Tenn
Aaron Smith
Smith
Blinded Understanding in The Riddle of Perception
A cryptic fragment hints at blindness and understanding as a mental process. The text evokes themes of perception and inner clarity, suggesting a philosophical inquiry into how awareness starts and what it blinds us to.
Women to staff airbase control towers on coasts
The article notes women will join WAVES and SPARS to staff airbase control towers and other posts. It describes a four month training plus three months of specialized schooling for ages 20 to 36, with roles including storekeeper, yeoman, and radio operator, and directs readers to Navy Recruiting Stations for information on Your Country in The WAVES or SPARS.
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Smilar
Navy
Bpars
Additional Acton Blood Donors Listed
Acton residents volunteered for blood donation at the Red Cross Blood Center in Boston. Mrs Flor ence Rooney led a group including Mrs Meaerse Rimbach and Miss Mable Wiilott from West Acton, seeking transportation to Boston for donors to support armed forces.
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Acton
Florence Rooney
North Acton
Red Cross Blood Center
Boston
F. Meaerse Rimbach
Acton Center
Aoe Teenan Davis
Mable Wi Oltt
Oyla Nichols
West Acton
J. Henry
Ingman
Red Cross
Poston
Zebpke
Acton Ration Board Issues Certificates and Sugar Policy
At a recent Acton Ration Board meeting certificates were issued for canning supplies and rations to numerous residents including Sidney Divan George Anderson Archie Morriagme Ian Perkins Mary Stoney and others. The board also announced sugar will be issued for home canning only after coupons 15 and 16 are used and proof of consumption is provided.
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Acton
Acton Ration Board
Isene
French
M Tae
Peiraim
Sidney
Divan
George Anderson
A Mehee
Archie Morriagme
Ian Perkins
Mary Stoney
Bradiey
Tmivid Thompson
Harold McPhee
William Gehow
Henry Hickey
Carl Flint
Maria Whealey
Josephine Sheehan
Ee Bellard
Alden Flagg
Stair Fraser
Frederick Welgle
Robert Hall
Marelé Thompson
Siet Michel
William MaMahan
Foley
Carrie Banks
Chatfield
James Coughlin
A. Durkee
Jennie Gleason
Bertha Lowden
Robert Moore
Lan Quinn
Daniel Shea
Helen Willet
Acton Rationing Board
Hbean
Acton Junior Class cancels prom over driving ban
Acton Xtech School juniors cancel their prom planned for tomorrow night in Flanchard Hall due to a gasoline shortage. Acton Center and West Acton Woman's Club members cancel reservations for the State Federation convention in Swampscott because of the driving ban, and town hall dances are called off until the ban on pleasure dancing is lifted.
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Acton Xtech
Tomeriew
Flanchard Hell
Acton Center
West‘ Acton
Woman's Clubs
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Swampscott
East
Ohio
Indiana
California
Neighborhood Socials Reported With Speakers and Refreshments
Local social evenings feature talks on home supplies and light refreshments. Notable hostesses include Mrs Wendell Greenleaf of Littleton and Miss Blanche Davis of Mast Acton, with others listed in recent gatherings. Alfred V Jules of Willow Road Acton has taken a post at Ward University Press in Harvard to lead oak manufacturing.
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Instown
Wendell Greenleaf
Littleton
Blanche Davis
Mast Acton
Heron
Richard Lowien
Foulston
George Bestould
Martin See F
Alfred “V. Jules
Willow ‘Road
Acton
Harvard
Oak
Ward University Press
Sales
Boston
Colonial Press, Inc
New Haven Railroad
Ime Ist
Sudbury Parish Opens Summer Services on June 6
First Parish church of Sudbury begins summer services on June 6 with welcoming notes for the month. Rev. John Madison Foglesong will deliver sermons. Mr. a will assume duties of the Unitarian Committee for July and August. Nine Sundays feature replacements to be announced.
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Sudbury
Joh Ma
Talland and Pillar greet neighbors at social
Mrs. Albert A Talland welcomed Mr and Mrs Emanuel Pillar of New York editor of Libertz Magazine to her Sudbury home. Edgerly visited and was signed by Bernstley. The Junior Prom in Town Hall drew a large crowd with music by the Charlestown Navy Yard.
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Albert A. ‘Talland
Néigiborm
Emanuel Pillar
New York
Pillar 48
Boscciate
The
Libertz Magazine
New York City
Edgerly
Bernstley
Armed Forces
Charlestown Navy Yard
Woods Return From Texas to Sudbury
Mr and Mrs John G Woods have arrived from Dallas where Mr Woods supervised war construction work. He plans to move to New York for government work soon. They will reside at the Johnson house Concord road North Sudbury. Mrs Woods is a former Town Accountant and Mr Woods served on the Board of Public Welfare.
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Sudbury
John G. Woods
Dallas
Texas
Woods
Sudbury School Memorial Day Program At Sudbury High
Last Friday a Memorial Day program was held at Sudbury High School with readings and songs. Participants included Charles Sullivan, Winifred Gaughan, Ann DelAnno, William Edgerly, and William Titus with piano accompaniment.
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Sudbury
Charles Sullivan
Mbiov Bee Deen
Joan
Batchelder
Lincoln
Bixby
William Edgerly
Goa
America
Winifred Gaughan
William Titus
Utting
Sudbury Centre Minister Invites All to Sunday Service
First Parigh Unitarian church in Sudbury Centre announces Sunday services led by Rev. John Madison Foglesong at 8:00 a.m. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
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First Parigh
Unitarian
Sudbury Centre
John Madison Foglesong
Boston and Maine Railroad Seeks Abandonment Certificate
Notice that on May 14 1942 Boston and Maine Railroad filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to abandon its 4.5 mile line from Massachusetts Junction in Hudson to near the freight house in Maynard Middlesex County Massachusetts under Finance Docket No 14217. The notice is dated May 27 with publication on June 3 and 20.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Massachusetts Junction
Hudson
Maynard
Middlesex County
Massachusetts
Boston and Maine
Ac ton Red Cross Meets. Garden Club Cancels Tour
The Acton Poxborough branch of the American Red Cross holds its annual meeting next Tuesday at eight in the Acton Man's Clubhouse. The Acton Garden Club cancels the Strawberry Hill Road garden tour today due to gasoline shortage.
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Acton-Poxborough
Therican Red Cross
Acton
Acton Garden Club
Os M. Bowen
Strawberry Hill Road
Acton Grammar Schools Close for Summer Vacation
The Acton grammar schools will close for the summer vacation tomorrow at noon.
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Acton
Acton School hears Memorial Day address and student declamations
Theron A Lowden spoke at Blanchard Hall urging home front vigilance and unity. Students Therese Curley Beverly Cage iath Jeen Feehan presented readings and War Stamp totals reached 500 dollars to fund a jeep. Resignations at Acton schools noted. Ruth Borglind and Grace m named acting principals at Acton Center and West Acton. FOR VICTORY BONDS.
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Howard A. Libby
West. Acton School
Ruth P. Bynon
Wilbert H. Heyes
Ruth Borglind
Grace m
Acton Center
West Acton
Bedford Weekend Visitors Reach From New York and Maine
Mr. and Mrs. Russell and relatives visited in Maine over the weekend. Miss Catherine McGrath, formerly of Fletcher, was in town. Mrs. Bally Colverse of Coon, and Mrs. Frank Cloutier were among locals hosting or visiting relatives. Jackie Cloutier and Richard Webber were noted in town postings. Mrs. Mary McClean, injured at home, received well wishes for recovery. Nicholas Genetti of North Port reported for service with the U. S. Marines at Parris Island.
Mrs Chester P Jordan’s Center School reference noted
Mrs Chester P Jordan, a teacher at Center School, is connected to Norfolk Virginia where her husband serves as a sergeant. The fragment indicates a biographical or notice context involving family and service.
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Chester P. Jordan
Norfolk, Va
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