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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
6
The governor plans an executive order under wartime powers to suspend the municipal bid law for purchases $500 or more to allow cities to acquire surplus war materials. State Purchasing Agent Cronin reported trucks and equipment available in Washington, aiming to save costs as heavy machinery becomes obsolete and reserve funds are redirected.
The Office of Defense Transportation warns households to stockpile coal during summer to avoid shortages when winter arrives. Boston district manager M R Colgan says truck and driver shortages will worsen by coal season, urging orders to dealers now for summer deliveries.
Concord church announces Sunday service at 10 45 and Sunday School at 10 45. The Lesson Sermon from The Mother Church in Boston looks at creation and man’s dominion with scriptural citations from Hebrews 1 10 and Genesis 1 26 28.
A reader comments on a new plane claiming 355 miles per hour and seven hour coast to coast travel. He prefers improvements to local commuting options like buses or streetcars and jokes about White House invites and daily routines. He muses on the impracticality of rapid air travel for his needs.
Do You Know Massachusetts presents a collage of state facts from 1944 including wealth, tax changes, wool processing advances, and mildew control. It notes Boston area wealth, 1943 tax-rate shifts, a new wool finishing method, mildew prevention prospects, and pneumonia mortality drops.
The Sunday service at Pilgrim Chapel features Robert Rapalje of Delaware giving the evening message at 7 p.m. Vocal and instrumental music will be performed by students from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy. Richard Lewis will lead congregational singing.
Sunday service at 11 marks a sermon by Rev. Edward P. Daniels of First Parish in Concord. The minister will preach titled The Heavy Hand, with Mrs. Robert S. Harris assisting.
Sudbury High seniors will receive diplomas at a graduation exercise set for next Tuesday night at 8 oclock in the Town Hall. Class member Robert Phelps enlisted in the Army December 13. Scholastic roll includes Joan Bachelder Had Bonazzoli Ann Dell Pambo Rosabdelle Forsyth Helen Eaton Ruth Mitchell Nancy Morse Nancy Poole Carl Sunbury Muriel Sunbury Eleanor Walls.
Qualified students from the Army Navy College Qualifying Test on March 15 1944 are urged to enlist in the Army Specialized Training Reserve Program. Enlistment should occur at the nearest Armed Forces Induction Station before July 1 1944. Applications must be received at First Service Command before class assignment. Short notices will inform those selected or deemed eligible for Navy or Army programs.
Several divorce petitions were filed in the Middlesex Probate Court. Alice Beach Dragon and Bioie E Dragon of Marlboro seek divorce on cruelty grounds with Marlboro marriage on July 4 1937. Audrey M Chagnon and Arthur L Chagnon of Hudson Marlboro state cruelty claims with marriage on August 1 1933. Annette T Villeneue and Eugene J Villeneue Marlboro filed cross libel and suit for divorce on cruelty grounds with marriage October 10 1936. Gladys E Antognani of Marlboro seeks divorce from Guido Antognani of Concord claiming cruel treatment dating May 20 1948.
A regular meeting of the Frank J. DeMars Post American Legion is scheduled tonight at the Legion rooms. Commander Keough will report on the membership drive and final year plans. The Fourth of July Carnival Committee will also meet to discuss final arrangements and urge all eligible veterans to join.
A Lexington High School graduate secured a clerical position after Thursday evening events tied to the Bedford air project. Details remain fragmentary but confirm the local alumnus’s employment.
The Cambridge Nat Hamilton area public notice profiles Frankingham seeking renomination to Middlesex County Commission with a long public service record. Mrs Bewttch is noted as ex County Commissioner since 1999 and has chaired the board since 1938.
Mrs Oliaties Mur road visiting Mansfield Mass Dominick Genetti seven who has been in pat Naval in Broo ispent the and coe SMres and Mrs are ie Toad this Friday night in Wilde held in the center of the town neither dances will school auditorium. James McNau er aaa Was gone to visit her daughter and week.
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