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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1949
Page
7
Fragmentary notice references a sale by the Woman's Club and a blood test gesture in sorrow for the late Munn. Mentions Archiv, Comtois, Mias, Miss ilen, Eaward J, Halli, Mrs Bursaw Morrison, Mrs Wa, and bouquets. Requires clearer text for full summary.
Ralph Camp a member of the New of Protection and former Spanish American Veterans of Concord died in a hospital. Survived by two sisters Miss Mary Owen South Acton and Mrs Dora Barnholt Ann Arbor Mich and three brothers Alfred J California Wallace H Colorado and Clarence B Greenwood. Funeral from 66 School Street South Acton Friday at 2 pm with Rev Harry E Goll St Georges Episcopal Maynard officiating. Burial Mt Hope Cemetery. Fowler funeral service, West Acton, in charge of arrangements.
The March gathering of the Isaac Davis chapter D A will meet at 7 PM at Mrs Winthrop Richmonds home on Nagon Hill Road Acton Center. Guest speaker is Miss Helen Noyes regent of Molly Varnum Chapter Lowell. Shirley Strong Acton High School senior named local Good Citizenship Girl for state conference March 24 25 at Copley Plaza Boston.
William Munn of West Acton, 79, longtime resident and rose milk dealer, died Friday. Born in Chelsea, he is survived by a wife Blaney Venburenk, three nieces, and a sister in California. Private funeral services were held at his residence with Rev. David officiating, burial at Mt. Hope Cemetery under W. A. Twombly Funeral Service of Maynard.
The VFW Auxiliary lists members and special prizes awarded to Mary Spinney and Mrs. Orla Nichols. The final party in the series is set for April 7 at the town hall. The next regular meeting will be held next Tuesday at Mrs. Frank Kleinfelder’s home in East Acton with officer elections on the agenda.
The Ladies Circle of the West Acton Baptist Church meets in the vestry. The business session starts at 2 30 PM and a handcraft lecture by Mrs Vesta Thompson will be heard.
Citizens discuss upcoming AAA safety features aimed at reducing nighttime pedestrian risks. Advocates cite improved visibility and crosswalk alerts while critics warn about implementation costs and potential privacy concerns.
A schedule listing events for March includes Horton Club tea dance at Town hall on Thursday at 7 30 p m. PTA meeting at the school auditorium. Men’s Club meets at Church of Christ on Tuesday. Dedford Grange plans Middlesex dance and a bridge whist event at the school auditorium and library on Wednesday.
The Nashoba Sports men's club gathers this evening at the home of Ray Harris in North Acton for a business meeting. Edwards-Quimby post American Legion marks its silver anniversary with 8 o'clock services at the South Acton Universalist church featuring movies entertainment and an old fashioned box social.
Farmers at the Vermont agricultural conclave were told that egg yolks can be colored green red purple or other shades by adjusting coloring matter in the hen’s feed. The technique promises to customize eggs to match breakfast dishes.
West Acton Woman's Club plans a Monday meeting at the clubhouse on Central Street observing Americas Home Day. The morning program features J Duncan Sherman speaking on Better Men Than Their Fathers, with a lunch served via covered dish and reservations with Miss Ruth Hall. The 2:30 afternoon session presents Dorothy Dexter on New Ways with Old Favorites, with demonstrations and audience giveaways courtesy of the John Squire Co.
Waiting customers lean back and rest their toes as Quigley works on repairs, a small shop routine that shows the careful pace of shoemaking.
Funeral services for Miss Lillian W. Ricker 76 a long time Billerica resident were held at the Carlisle Unitarian church with burial in Green Cemetery. She worked with the late President Eames of Lowell Textile and lived in Carlisle before 30 years in Billerica. She was a Carlisle Unitarian and charter member of the Women’s Alliance and sister of the late Edward S. Ricker a noted Concord farmer. She is survived by sister in law Mrs Sarah Ricker of Concord.
The obituary notes two nephews Winfield W. a of Bedford and Horace Ricker of Brighton formerly West Concord and a niece Mrs Elizabeth Lee wife of William J Lee of Concord. It mentions several grand-nieces and grand-nephews and states she worked in another Billerica home after Eames death earlier that winter.
Jackson Wyoming mailman James Pains continues his route despite hail snow and a mad bull elk that rammed a jeep hole delaying him two hours and forcing a partial retrace of his rounds. The elk eventually calmed and Pains pressed on with deliveries.
In California waters the UC Scripps Institution of Oceanography reports 675 fish species. The survey lists 30 shark varieties from a foot long slime shark to a whale sized basking shark.
The 32nd annual Gilbert and van production at Concord-Middlesex School will be staged in the auditorium this day and Saturday March 11 and 12 at 8 15 p m The Mikado is directed by Arthur Motter Lamb with Russell H Kettell in charge of scenery Returning lead actors from last year share the stage with promising newcomers.
Concord farmer H Wheeler and extension agent C Park joined Bert Shepard in a New England Farm Hour program in Boston yesterday morning to discuss county farm topics and agricultural issues.
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