Kaiser shipyards and magnesium plant amid wartime push
The article notes Henry J. Kaiser expanding West Coast shipyards and a magnesium plant in Nevada near San Cal if, with magnesium output reaching high tonnages. It mentions Kaiser’s concrete drydock process, war contracts, and Pearl Harbor fortification efforts alongside a portrait of writer Baldwin and her prolific output amid World War I era activity.
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Pearl
Kaiser
F. J. Ig
Nevada
San Calif
Rich
Calif
Los Angeles
Port
Student Soldier Clarkson Graduates From Staunton Academy
J W Clarkson son of Mr and Mrs John W Clarkson of 53 Main Street graduated from Staunton Military Academy on Tuesday. He is a sergeant in the R C T C and was a member of the Literary Society and Rifle Team. An engagement is announced between Nancy Spring Taft and Aviation Cadet Stephen P Baldwin of Concord Massachusetts.
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J. W. Clarkson
John W. Clarkson
Main Street
Staunton Military’ Academy
Tuesaday
Concord
Gorge S. Taft
Nancy Spring Taft
Stephen P. Baldwin
Raymond P. Balsdwin
Miss . Taft
George S. Taft
Uxbridge
Bancroft School
Worcester
St. Mary’s In the Mountains
Littleton
N. H
Baldwin
Pomfret
Harvard
Army Air Corps
Morgan Memorial and Salvation Army Compare Charity Deliveries
The Morgan Memorial and the Salvation Army both run goodwill services with donation pickups. Morgan Memorial uses trucks on special days and requests bags and disposal materials, while the Salvation Army conducts multiple yearly rounds and doorbell solicitations for disposables. Both organizations handle items from old clothes to junk for war needs.
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Concord
Morgan ‘Memorial
Salvation Army
Morgan Memorial
Old Fashioned and Square Dances Planned by Recreation Council
The Recreation Council sponsors another Old Fashioned and Square Dance in the Veterans Building Saturday night June 6th from eight to ten thirty. Henry Wayside will lead the session with square dancing taught by Sagres. No modern dancing will be included.
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Acord
jThe Recreation Council
Jung
Veterans Building
Aive
Sagres
He ‘Henry
Hayngs
Concord High School Notes A Busy Week Of Events
Concord High School reports a crowded week with the French class test day last Friday, the Junior Prom enjoyed by chaperons including Rev and Mrs Daniels and others, and a track team winning the Class B State Championship at Newton. Faculty joined Concord Teachers Club for a picnic at Stow Country Club, Voice Staff to elect next year editors, and the Seventh Annual Orchestra and Glee Club contest held in Wells Hall. The JVs won 10-7 over Harvey Wheeler, and varsity beat JVs 9-3 in an inter-squad game. William Anderson earned top prizes for story and poem in the Voice contest. Next issue will feature honorable mentions.
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Daniels
Freeman
Googins
Larrabee
Richardson
Newton
Concord Teachers’ Club
Stow Country Club
Voice
William Anderson
Concord High School
Wells A. Hall
Orchestra
Glee ‘Club
J. V.s
Harvey Wheeler School
Phi Beta Kappa Honor for West Concord Grad Nicol
W F Nicol of West Concord and Concord High School class of 1939 is elected Phi Beta Kappa at Williams College Williamsport Vermont? Nicol of the 1943 class now resident of Westwood son of Mr and Mrs William A Nicol family long-time West Concord residents
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W. F.nicol
West Concord
William’ Frederick’ Nicol
Concord
Williams College
Williamstown
Nicol
Williams
Westwood
William A. Nicol
Concord Woman Seeks Divorce From Abusive Husband
Marjorie Ruth Beatteay of Concord petitions for divorce from Walter Edward Beatty now of Chelsea alleging cruelty and abuse in Concord on May 2 this year. The case is filed at the Cambridge courthouse under the News Service report.
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Glancy News Service
Cambridge
Marjorie Ruth Beatteay
Concord
Walter Edward Beatteay
Chelsea
Walter Befe
Whose Job The Church School Review Meeting
More than 60 parents and teachers of West Concord Union Church School gathered in the church dining room last Friday evening to hear Dr. John Lobingier discuss the subject Whose Job The event aimed to review the year’s work in Union Church School Miss Charlotte Rohan and Mrs Edgar Rohan reported progress in the Junior and Primary departments Rev Kenneth R Teed spoke for supervision of the whole school A piano duet and solo were performed by Ruth Eggleton Virginia Manter and Bertha Mullen Supper followed, served by church school teachers led by Mrs Harold Hall Marguerite Leighton and Mrs George C Manter
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West Concord
West Concord Union Church
John Lobingier
Pilgrim Press
Boston
State Council of Churches Committee
Union Church School
Charlotte Rohan
Edgar Rohan
Kenneth R
Teed
Hts Church School
Ruth Eggleton
Virginia Manter
Bertha Mullen
Mullen
Local Soldier Missing After Battle Signals Amid Philippine Time
Concord reports a Massachusetts casualty list lists Lieut Cook missing in action near the Philippines. A February letter says he was on a ship at Corregidor after serving with the U.S. fleet in Asiatic waters. He is 29, son of Harry Cook, with two brothers Stuart and Gardner, the latter a corporal in the Army.
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Concord
Massachusetts
Washington, D. C
Garland Road
Philippines
Corregidor
Lieut
Cook
U.S
Asiatic
United States
Pearl Harbor
Manila Bay Area
Harry 4. Cook
District Scout Session and Camp Demonstration Notice
A district board of review is set at Peter Bulkeley School Hall in Concord and Lincoln for Friday at 7 30 p m. Star Life and Merit Badge candidates from Concord or Lincoln troops may attend. A district camping demonstration by Sachem Council officers is planned for Thursday June 11 at 7 30 p m at the same hall, followed by a Court of Honor by Troop 49. All Scouts parents and friends are invited.
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Peter Bulkeley
Concord
Lincoln
Boy Scouts
Star Scouts
Life Scouts
Schoo ‘Hall
Sachem Council
Lt Putnam training at Miami Beach Air Corps school
Lt John Winslow Putnam of Concord, a former school teacher, is among hundreds training at the Air Corps Officer Training School in Miami Beach Florida. The six week course readies civilians for executive air corps maintenance roles parallel to civilian commerce and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Winslow Putnam
Air Corps Officer ‘Training School
Miami Beach
Fila
Army Air Corps
Putnam
Air Corps
Bim Street
Susan H. Putnam
Freedom Exists
A quotation attributed to Woodrow Wilson declares that freedom exists only where the people take care of the government.
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Woodrow Wilson
Concord Men Serve in War Effort See Volunteer List
The Enterprise reports a compiled list by Editor Delph W. Currier showing over 800 Concord residents, mostly volunteers, ready for service. Concord has supplied 73 men to Selective Service to date, indicating the town’s strong contribution to wartime manpower.
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Delph W. Currier
Concord
Massachusetts State Guard seeks a thousand more volunteers
Adjt Gen Edgar C Erickson launches a four week enlistment drive to bolster the Massachusetts State Guard. Gov Saltonstall and Maj Gen Sherman Miles stress the unit will defend communities against saboteurs and paratroopers with volunteers aged 13 to 50 urged to join under Maj R L Harlow.
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Massachusetts State Guard
Adjt
Edgar C. Erickson
Commonwealth
Saltonstall
Sherman Miles
First Corps
R. L. Harlow
Maj. Harlow
Massachusetts
State Guard
Miles
War Department
Ee Guard
Mrs. Jane R. Wright Dies at 71 in Bangor Me
Mrs. Jane R. Wright, 71, of Bangor Maine, wife of Almond J. Wright, died in that city Saturday. Committal services were held at Glendale Cemetery Tuesday morning with Rev. Herbert F. Fulton, pastor of the Methodist church, officiating. Fowler Funeral Service handled arrangements.
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Jane R. Wright Maynard
R. Jane R. Wright
Bangor
Almond J .Wright
Glendale
Herbert F. Fulton
Methodist Church
Fowler
Concord lawyer seeks dismissal of libel indictments
Edward Holton James of Concord argues in Middlesex Superior Court that criminal libel indictments against President Franklin D Roosevelt are politically motivated and not covered by Massachusetts law. He cites extensive legal authorities as he urges Judge Vincent A Brogna to drop the charges while the Attorney General counters.
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Bu iGfancy News Service
Cambridge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Edward Holton James
Concord
Vincent A. Brogna
Middlesex
East Cambridge
FBI
James
Brogna
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
George Hayes
Bushnell
Vison
Judy
Attorney
Lance
Lovell Bus Lines Announces New Service To Waltham
Lovell Bus Lines, Inc. will start new service between Mayford and Waltham on Monday, 1942. A complete timetable has been printed in this paper. Buses will depart from Walnut Street terminal and travel via Sudbury Centre Wayland and Weston to Waltham, operating in town along Main Street Sudbury.
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Lovell Bus Lines, Inc
May- Derd
Waltham
Phcod
Walnut Street
Sudbury Centre
Wayland
Weston
Main Street
Sudbury
Concord Enterprise Telephone Changes
The Concord Enterprise office at 39 Mein Street announces a new telephone number replacing 1159 to 1180-W. Editor Rudolph Wa Currier can be reached at 9 Thoreau Street for news or advertising.
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Concord Enterprise Telephone
Concord
Concord.Enterprise
Mein Street
Rudolph’ Wa Currier
Thoreau Street
Historic Concord by Allen French Published by Concord Antiquarian Society
Noted author and society president Allen French releases Historic Concord a two part guide and history. The work covers Concord today and historical events up to the 1880s with new text and illustrations by Lester Hornby.
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Concord
Hmerson
Alcotts
Lester Hornby
Gardner Chamberlin of Concord dies after illness
Gardner Chamberlin of Concord died Monday June 1 at Emerson Hospital after weeks of illness. Born February 10 1363 in Bos to Seth and Sophia Dean Chamberlin he lived in Roxbury and Spokane with his brother before winters in Boston. He was brother to Dr Theodore Chamberlin of Concord. He leaves two nephews and six nieces. Funeral services were held at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Cambridge with burial there.
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Concord
Gardner Chamberlini
Epohands
Emerson Hospital
Bos
Seth
Sophia
Dean Chamberlin
Boston
Theodore Chamberlin
al ‘Burn
Cambridge
Te Daniels
Sleepy Hollow
Former Concord Official Visits Courthouse
W. Sheehan, former Concord selectman and past district gentry of the Elks, visited the Courthouse and called upon many officials. He is described as a former holder now a representative for a large Massachusetts industry, escorted by Asst. Dist. Atty. McWalters and Court creation Revinese.
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Glancy News Service
W. Sheehan
Concord
Gejaty
the Elks
Asst. Dist. Atty. McWalters
Revinese
West Concord Church Hosts First Union Churches Conference
West Concord United Church hosts the 1st Annual Conference of Union Churches of Massachusetts and Rhode Island on Friday June 6. The day features worship services, a panel on weekday religious education, a missionary hours segment, a supper, and an evening session with leaders from Stow Union Church Watertown and East Gloucester Community Church among others.
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West Concord
Union Churches
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Howard, Andrews
Stow ‘Tnion
Rand Smith
Boston
Philadelphia Opera
Kenneth Teed
Marshall Jenkins
Union
Watertown
Ralph Barker
East Gloucester
Prankene
Cone
Daniel ‘Wy
Gohoor
Council of
Dhes
Forest
Osder
Concord Couple Wed at Parents Home in West Concord
Miss Jane Theo Parker and Guy Woleslagie united in marriage at the home of the bride’s parents, Harry C. Parker and wife, in West Concord. Rev. James Gase officiated. maid of honor Kenneth Teed and bridesmaids and ushers included Edith June Hood and Alden Parker. A reception followed. couple to reside in Waverly New York as Mr Woleslagie begins a new position. The bride, a Concord High School alumna, worked at the local insurance exchange. groom formerly with Conant Machine Co.
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West
Concord
Jane Theo: Parker
Harry C. Parker
Riverside
Avenue
Guy Wolesiagie
I Guy B. Wolesiagie
Kenneth R. Teed
Marrae
James
Gase, Dd
Greenville
Mag Kennedy
E. Parker
Edith June Hood
Alden W. Parker
New York
Waverly
N. Y
Woleslagie
Concord: High School
Conant Machine Co
Sudbury Night Safety Advice Urges Extinguishing Lights
A Sudbury advisory reminds residents to extinguish all lights when leaving home in the evening to avoid creating easy targets for intruders. The guidance emphasizes minimizing light leakage that could signal occupancy.
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Sudbury
CHS Class 17 Reunion Plans In Concord
Plans are nearing completion for the 26th reunion of the Concord CHS Class of 1917. Organizers invite all graduates to attend and reconnect, with details to be announced soon.
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Concord
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