Concord News Briefs Include Meeting Confusion and Ads
A jumble of short items notes April 1 as the date for a Trade gathering and the Concord organ turning co ed. A street sign sale ad promises, Nothing bought owes no good bring it and we will make it for nothing. Lions Club faced liquor bylaws question after a talk by a Cal lecture, with a Madden figure at center. Local discharges from Devens report Robert Coolidge Road and Ralph Warner of Pine Street.
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Concord Organ
Belknap Street
Maddening Lions Club
Callie
Madden
Lions
Robert. R. Coolidge
Ralph E. Warner
Pine West Concord
S. Army
Devens
Hearing on forming a soil conservation district in Middlesex
A Middlesex County Extension Service meeting at 19 Everett Street discussed forming a soil conservation district. Presiding was Frederick Cole from Massachusetts Department of Agriculture. Dr A B Beaumont acted as secretary with Rob ert C Cobb and Verne Mudgett on the state committee. Action was referred to the state committee. host Allister F MacDougall urged farmers to drainage old meadows direct streams and remove stone walls to enable mechanized farming. A follow up meeting is planned.
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Concord
Middlesex County Extension Service Office
Everett, Street
Frederick Cole
Agriculture
Massachusetts
A. B. Beaumont
Robert C. Cobb
Littleton
Verne Mudgett
Worcester
Allister F. MacDougall
Westford
Middlesex County Extension Service
Concord Board of Selectmen Sets Monday Meetings
Concord announces weekly board meetings on Monday evenings at 7 30 o'clock at the town house. Newly elected chairman Egbert S Newbury Jr will preside. Meetings will continue on Monday evenings until further notice.
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Concord
Concord Board of Selectmen
Egbert S. Newbury, Jr
Lodge To Hold Degree Tuesday At Waltham
Corinthian lodge A F and A M will travel to Waltham on Tuesday evening March 19 to confer a degree on candidates from Isaac Parker lodge A F and A M Worshipful Master Donald Donaldson of the Concord lodge will head the officers in charge Corinthian Judge met last Monday night at Masonic Temple for a well attended meeting and entertainment program followed the business session
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Concord
Corinthian Lodge
A. F
A. i M
Waltham
Isaac Parker Lodge
A. M
Donald Donaldson
Concord Lodge
Corinthian
Masonic Temple
Dr Sheehan Opens Office In Boston
Concord physician Dr John D Sheehan aged 56 opens a new practice at 482 Beacon Street Boston and will be seen by appointment He served overseas two years as a major and will work with Dr Joseph Stanton while remaining connected with the Veterans Administration in Boston Holy Name members from St Bernard church and Our Lady Help of Christians attended 7 o clock masses last Sunday and the societies held their regular monthly meetings in the evening.
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Concord
John D. Sheehan
Lexington Road
Beacon Street
Boston
Sheehan
Joseph Stanton
Veterans ‘Administration
Holy Name
St. Bernard’s Church
Our Lady Help of Christians
West Concord
Confirmation Ceremony At Trinity Church Concord
Confirmation was given at Trinity Episcopal Church Elm Street last Sunday afternoon with Rt Rev Henry Knox Sherrill officiating. Attendees included many parents and friends of the candidates. Music arranged by Mrs Thomas W. McGrath. Candidates presented by Rev Charles Russell Peck. Names include Harold Tittmann Rodney Mznot t Mary Jane Codding Sarah Talcott James A. Hart John H. Hart James E. Smith Janet P. Lovejoy Louise Brooks Judith Ingham Patricia Ceresole Patricia Walcott Carol Christian Phoebe D Ham Allen G Moody. Two girls from Concord Academy. one from Lowell. one from Connecticut. Two Middlesex School boys. one from Portland Oregon. one from Rome Italy.
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Concord
Trinity Episcopal Church
Elm Street
Henry Knox Sherrill
Massachusetts
Thomas W. McGrath
Sherrill
Charles Russell Peck
Harold Tittmann
Rodney Mznott
Mary Jane Codding
Concord Red Cross Drive Enters Second Week
The Concord Red Cross Chapter launches the second week of a month long drive. A $17,200 goal was set and opened last Monday. Acton Boxboro Lincoln and West Concord join in urging generous donations to aid Red Cross efforts at home and abroad despite the war's end.
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Concord Red Cross
Danate
Red Cross
Acton
Boxboro
Lincoln
West Concord
Concord-Rudolph W. Courrier Resigns From Waltham Post
Concord journalist Rudolph W. Courrier resigns from his Waltham position to devote full time to Concord Enterprise. He remains editor and can be reached at Concord 1159 or Box 62 for correspondence.
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Concord
Rudolph W. Courrier
Thoreau Street
Waltham
Currier
Concord Enterprise
Card of Thanks for hospital care and blood donors
I thank relatives and friends for kindness shown during my husband’s hospital stay and my bereavement. Special thanks to those who donated blood to my husband during his illness. Mrs. Philip Garcia
New Features Well Received in Concord Enterprise
Concord residents praised the latest Concord Enterprise additions including Memory Lane Sportograph Mill Dam Potter Town Talk Coming Events and new local pictures. A reduced subscription coupon offering 25 percent off a year's subscription is featured in this issue.
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Concord
Concord Enterprise
Memory Lane
Mill Dam
Couple Leaves By Trailer For Chicago Job
Concord residents Mr and Mrs Richard Winchell departed last weekend for Chicago where Mr Winchell has a new job. They bought a trailer to use as living quarters and plan a six month stay in Chicago before a Venezuela assignment. Mr Winchell is the son of Mr and Mrs Guilbert Winchell. he recently left the U S Navy after 18 months overseas in the Pacific and is a Concord High School graduate. Mrs Winchell was Martha Smith.
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Concord
Richard Winchell
Lincoln
Chicago
Ill
Winchell
Venezuela
Guilbert Winchell
U. S. Navy
Public Invited To Compulsory Military Program
A program on compulsory military training will be held at Memorial Auditorium Middlesex High School on March 17 at 8. Lawrence Terry, Middlesex School of Concord headmaster, will moderate. Judge Lawrence Brooks of Medford will speak against the program. Harold Rogers of the American Legion will argue in favor.
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Concord
Memorial Auditorioncete High School
Lawrence Terry
Middlesex School of Concord
Lawrence Brooks
Medford
Harold Rogers
State Department of the American Legion
Concord Lions Club Lecture by Alton Hall Blackington
Concord expects a near sellout crowd for the Lions Club lecture by Alton Hall Blackington at the Veterans building on Tuesday evening March 26. Proceeds benefit the Concord High School scholarship fund. seating is about 600, with tickets from Lions Club members. Blackington, a famed radio narrator, has spoken of Concord on the air and previously drew crowds.
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Veterans Building
Concord
Concord Lions Club
Alton Hall Blackington
Concord High School
Blackington
Roland Wells Robbins
Walden
Minute Man
Rothwell N. MacRae
Lions’ Club
Concord Sugar Stamp Data Clarifies Home Use Only
Local Board No.136.99 governing seven towns outlines Spare Stamp No 9 for home canning and food frostings, not a sugar bonus. It notes stamp validation and cautions housewives about future shortages as strawberry season nears, with continued details on page 4.
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Concord
Concord . Ration Board
Acton
Carlisle
Bedford
Boxboro
Maynard
Stow
Rev Fr Burke TAKES DUTIES AT St Bernard's Concord
Rev Fr Michael Joseph Burke is appointed pastor of St Bernard's Concord and begins duties after leaving East Pepperell where he led St Joseph's for seven and a half years. Archbishop Cushin named him following the death of Rev Walter Quinlan. Burke will deliver his first sermon next Sunday. Rev Mark Sullivan remains as curate. Burke, born in Boston, studied at Boston College and St John’s, Brighton, and served at St Joseph’s Medford and St Peter’s Cambridge before St Bernard’s.
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Michael Joseph Burke
St.Bernard’s Church
St. Bernard's Catholic Church
East Pepperell
St. Joseph’s Church
Father Burke
Richard J. Cushing
D. D
Boston
Walter A. Quinlan
Mark P. Sullivan
Father Evan
Pepperell
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F. Burke
St. Joseph's Church
Burke
Gradual
Boston College
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Cardinal O'Connell
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Medford
Goitt
Perell
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Mid County
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