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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1947
Page
10
Anthony and Louis of Brook Street are noted in a brief item from Holy Cross Worcester detailing their semester activities during spring cleaning and campus life.
Massachusetts data show about 100000 World War II veterans with 65088 in education and 29959 on-the-job training. 9888 disabled. Subdivision plans total 300 house lots Natick, 140 Weston, 135 elsewhere. Retail employment nationwide narrows 1 percent this year. Exports from MA ports reach 12,271,378 with raw materials and manufactures leading. Zoning bylaws named for Dunstable Georgetown Ludlow Mattapoisett Templeton and Ware.
Kenneth Rryv and Marcia Reynolds announce their engagement. Miss Reynolds is the daughter of the late Mr Reynolds and a graduate of Concord High School who studied at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge. Mr MacLane, son of Mr MacLane of Norwalk Connecticut, graduated from Dartmouth and teaches in Concord. Both plan to marry.
The notice lists events in Concord including Odd Fellows Hall activities at Muskétaquid Sportsmen's Club, a Saturday jamboree and clam bake, a Monday selectmen meeting at Town House, Company H drills at State Armory, a Tuesday Grange meeting with a mystery ride, a Thursday Rotary luncheon at Howards, Friday school closing exercises, and a Saturday Grand Aim by West Concord Union Church Men's Club on church grounds.
Elmer Cain reports his Berkshire sow GiWash delivered 14 piglets, a litter size well above typical six to eight. Breeders consider such an anomaly rare and notable in swine litters.
Tenets emphasize a father takes responsibility for a child’s behavior and participates in activities. He models confidence, supports discipline, and guides moral and spiritual development while striving to meet the child’s ideals.
In Pittsfield Massachusetts Robert B Carpino won a raffle car from St Ann’s Danbury Connecticut but complained about the drawing. The notice notes concerns over fairness and eligibility in the raffle.
A clipped excerpt traces the lineage of the word lot from Anglo-Saxon hlot and casting lots in biblical and colonial practice. It explains how land allotment by lot became a general sense of quantity and notes related words like lottery allot allotment and the historical use among New England settlers and beyond.
A committee of Stow Haileian School alumni from classes starting 1880 to 1947 organize a reunion at the Town Hall on Saturday June 21. Registration opens 8:00 p.m. with a visit to old haunts and an Old Timers baseball game. Festivities include dancing at 6:30 p.m. and a closing hour-long reception.
The Unity Club of the First Parish Unitarian Church in Stow elected new officers for the season ending meeting. President Ms William Lees, vice president Mrs Anthony Laursen, secretary Mire Johns, treasurer Miss Florence Wood. The group reviewed the year and planned a food sale. An all summer trip to Ster Island Portsmouth NH was noted. Regular meetings resume in September with date and place to be announced.
Post 272 and the American Legion Auxiliary Region Post announce a joint meeting Monday evening at the Town hall. Officers will be elected during the session. Members urged to attend.
Mrs Harvey Croft and her family visited New York sights with husband Harvey F Croft aboard the Earl Bloomquist and planned a return to France. Paul Smith leaves for summer vacation from the State College. Mr and Mrs David Clemens drive to Saxtons River Vermont to bring their son from the Vermont Academy. Douglas V Trefty, son of Mr and Mrs Trefty, has been sent to Chelsea Naval hospital and Leonard Morse hospital after service. Archaeologists speculate about the disappearance of horses in Jonia.
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