Uncertain Ocean Mystery amid Coral Sea History
An archival fragment recalls exploration in Port Moresby and Rockhampton area, noting Louis XV dets and Captain Cook, with Melville's Moby Dick evoking mystery. The passage contemplates vast seas, shifting skies, and the peril of warships, linking marine fate to civilization and tyranny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jutland
Papua
Rockin
Queensland
Rene
New
Louis XV
Fers
James
Ermion Melville
Maynard school dispute stirs local readers and Kennedy
A Maynard letter to the editor defends the Main Street School and its value amid calls to close it. The writer recalls 30 years of George A. Kennedy teaching there and notes his upcoming farewell as Hudson High offers a new director role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
John Murray
West End
Frank Punch
Maynard Enterprise
Alton
West Enders
Squawk Tong
Oud
Pearl Harbor revenge and the Doolittle air raid honors
The piece recalls the daring Doolittle raid on Tokyo and predicts repeated American bombing. It notes President Roosevelt awarding the Medal of Honor to General Doolittle and the Distinguished Service Cross to each aviator, symbolizing gratitude for a pivotal aviation achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Pearl Harbor
Eee
Geneeral Doolittle
Roosevelt
Senior High prepares for final farewell to Kennedy
Maynard note dated June 3 1942 describes the upcoming farewell for George A Kennedy head of the High School Commercial Department. Students in the Senior class will gather for their last time in the classroom as Kennedy presides over the occasion and offers a bon voyage to the departing seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Kennedy
George A. Kennedy
Maynard High
Sean I
George A. ‘Kennedy
Maynard and Acton Community Notes Highlight Local Lives
Local notices share engagements, marriage announcements, and civic updates. Mrs Jat arth and family ties appear with car deliveries and store openings. Frank O’Brien hosts a surprise party. Miss Alma Leavitt and Francis Bennett wed at St Bridget's. Rev Walter Browne moves to Jamaica Plain. over 800 Maynard youths register for the draft. engagement of Miss Alice Wiggins to Sumner Smith announced in West Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jatarth
Ole Co
B.L. Wilson
Buick
Macone. Bros
Co’ Fl
Kdemand
Benjamin +Moody
Concord
James Madison Fairbanks
South Acton
Percy Taylor
Daycan
C.H. Mead & Co
West Acton
Odd Fellows Ah
Dorothy Persons
Raymond Charmbury Hamlin
Maynard
Frank O’brien
Grant Street
Florence ‘Trainor
Wattham Street
Joseph Hayes
Framset
Alma
Frances M. Leavitt
Leonard Leavitt
Francis A. Bennett
Henry Bennett
St.’ Bridget’s
Walter J. Browne
St. Bridget’s
Jamaica Plain
Frank Persons
South Sudbury
Carlisle
Alice Paul Wiggins
Sumner Smith
Charles Smith
Lincoln
Marlboro Fish and Game Club Dance Plans Draft
Marlboro Fish and Game Club sponsors a dance at the Marlboro Club House on Saturday night June 6. Members are urged to attend with partners to raise funds for a water system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboro Fish
Dance &T
Cagemee
Military Personnel List Buoys Local Draft Records
A long list of residents from Concord and nearby towns is recorded with names and service branches including Army Navy Marine Corps and Merchant Marine. The roster features many individuals across streets such as Main Street Bedford Street and Commonwealth Avenue, highlighting widespread draft era mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard K. Adams
Highland Ot
Army
Alleh
Middlesex School
Navy
Stephen P. Baldwin
Monument Gu
Howard L. Barstow
Sianey R. Ballou
Alfred Besco
See Ave
John J. Bent
Old Nent
Nine Acre Cor
Edward Belmont
Idalgo Bregoli
Elsinore St
Fred Bregoli
Hisinore St
Kenneth T. Blood
Main St
Robert W. Brooks
A. Nathaniel Blanchard
Nashawtuc Road
Herbert Blanchard
John H. Bygrave
Lexington Road
Malcolm
Carson
Common Wealth
Charles J. Carson
Commonwealth Ave
Francis J Carr
Laws
Brook Road
Whitney M. Cook
Garland Road
G. Gardner Cook
Old Marlboro Road
Henry J. Coolidge
Sudbury Road
Douglas ‘H. Cowling
Laws Brook Road
Marines
James H.clahane, Jr
Hubbard ‘St
Matthew Cullinane, Jr
Damon St
Joseph Curro
Bedford St
Milo BE. Cushman
Hubbard St
Winslow P. Damon
Main i St
John K. Damon
Robert W. Damon
N. Rexford
Daniels
River St
George A. Davis
Virginia
John J. Dempsey
Michael J Dee
Elm ‘St
A. Kenneth J. Dunn
Barretts
Mill Road
Edward E . Dyson
John My Eaton, Jr
Musketaquid Road
Aroid
Waxien St
Ae Kaward
Peice Ik Deroy
Allan Riataurray
Cambridge Tunnel
Lawrence A. Murray
Cambridge Turnpike
Hawthorne
Albert R. “McWilliams
Central
Ay George “McCarthack
Elm Place
Ney
Charles M. McGrath
Mavard J. McGrath
Davis
EB. Mcsweeney
Walter W. Meconbrey
Hawsthorne Lane
Wee Mccarthy, Jr
P. McCarthy
Main T
William McCarthy, Jr
Main St. Anny
Nethan
McChire
Thomas M. McAuley
Prairie St
James H. Myette
Potter St
Angelo T
Bedford Court
Robert G. O’brien
Amy
Charles E. O’brien
Concord
Theodore I. Olsen
Grove Street
O'Connor
John W. Putnam
Elm St
Salvatore Palma
Conant
St. A. Russell
Upland’ Road
Anthony J. Pagano
Averte
J Hill
Brice Pirnie
Nashawtuc
Hill
Douglas D -Pirnie
Nashawtuc Hill
Robert. R. Poland
Common‘wealth Ave
John S. Potter
Herbert G. Pratt
Lawrence E. Richardson
Barretts Mill Road
Daniel W. Robbins
Walden St
David B. Rodd
Monument St
P. Ross
Commonwealth Ve
Kenneth D. Roberson
Bernard J. Rushe
Daviscourt
M. Edward Ryder
Fairhaven Road
Everett E. Sargent, Jr
Barretts Mil
Richard M . Geyer
Derby St
Rice Bablone
Belknap St
Norman
David G. Smith
Stephen L. Smith
John W. Sheehy
Richard A. B. Shedden
William M. Shedden
Robert F. Shedden
Joseph
Also Mentioned on This Page
Etcags Acon
SU. S
Chamberlin
First Bank of
U. S
Wee
Italy
Kennelly
Hudson
Maynar
Hudson” High
Doolittle
James H. Doolittle
Ys Planagan
Elsinore St. Varay
Foster
Potter St. Marines
Ohn
Migulietti
A. Aban
John H. Goulding
Feirhaven Road
Ammry
Raymond, Grey
Concond
LéForest
B. Gray
Barretts Mill
Earl
Walter N. Hansen
William J. ‘Harms
Henry W. Harmon, Jr
Jonn. P. Harney
Shirley St
James’ F. Hanley, Jr
Charles ‘D. Hallinan
Fitchburg
Joseph F. Hayes
Cottage Lane
John T. Hayes
Howard G. Hawkes
Alcott Road
John W. Hagerty
Andrew. H. Hepburn, Jr
Lowell George “Heyliger
Frederick T. Heyliger
Howard Flou
Cambridge
Henry C. M. Helsher, Jr
Main Street
Alexander. K. Hill
Grove St
Airmy
Richard P. Howard
David L. ‘Howe
J. Roward Holt
Wood Street
John F. Bate
N ‘Joseph
W. Keating
Lang St
Robert E. Kelley
Main
Daniel F. Keyes
Liberty
A. Elmer
J. Kiley
Old Road
Alexander
Kobus
Harrington Ave
Mark Lapham
Central St
Daniel Laphate
iCentral St
John Lapham
Centrey St
Henry A Laughlin, Jr
Monument
Emmanuel G. Lamonakis
Brooks St
Ralph Lavorgna
Upland Road
Ace Lawson
Fielding
Winthrop H. Lee
Bow St
Lewis E. W. Lepper
Pleasant St
David B. Little
Barnes Hill
Wallace B. Locke, Jr
Henry’ Ow
Melvin S. Martinson
Army Henry
Martinson
Bbard St. Army Iir
Donald J. MacRae
St. Army Ma
Sudbury Arth
Nm Maier Jr
Old Bedford
Mara
Mark Mara
Navy Steward B
Hubbard
Thoreau
St. An
Namaste
Mahoney, Jr
Clyde F H. MacLeod
James J. Martin
John W. Maguire
Hillside Ave
Peter MacKay
Repford Dela
Rumford
Joseph. S. Walsh
Walt David
Williams
Emery
Thippe
STI
Chicago
U.P
Institute of Technology
Siasm
Pascal
Dickens
Aeese
Vincent J. Po
Pool Office
Cigprancy Maynard
Framinghar
Cooper Knowle
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!