Community clubs and fraternal meetings in Concord area notes
March gatherings include the Women's Union at Trinitarian church parish house with Seaton Manning Urban League speaker and hostess Mrs Aagot A Baggesen. Birth announced of a son to Lieut Walter Edward Stanley and Gene MacRae. Zonta Club and Wells Hall Forum events highlighted with local leaders and topics. Corinthian Lodge A F and A M held at Masonic Temple in Concord. Old Concord Chapter D A R met with Rita Coyne and planned state convention. Concord Lions Club Easter Monday dance to raise funds for veterans. Littleton Farmers Swing Band to provide music and public invited. Proceeds benefit folder fund for servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womn’s Union
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Seaton Manning
The
Urban League
Aagot A. Baggesen
Walter Edward Stanley
U.S. Army Air Corps
Coffeyville
Kansas
Stanley
Gene MacRae
Austin D. MacRae
Concord
Bedford
Old Concord
D.A.R
George Upton
Ett
Rita Coyne
Concord Fie
Concord Lions ‘Club
Monda
Littleton Farmers Swing Band
Fragmented OCR News Brief On Local Science Lab
A damaged OCR snippet describes a local science lab event with dates and figures. The decipherable items include a September date and references to treatment and measurements. Specific names or places are not retrievable from the fragment.
Arboretum Plan Toward Concord Twenty Year Growth
Fragmentary notes discuss an Arboretum in Concord with a long range plan stretching forty years. References include Arnold Arboretum and extension efforts, plus tentative timelines and outreach steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold ‘Arboretum
Bow
Engagement announced for Rhye Tower of Sudbury
Mr and Mrs George Abington announce the engagement of their daughter Rhye L Tower of Sudbury to Robert Merritt Merritt Hall of Chepachet Rhode Island. Miss Tower is employed by the Middlesex County Extension Service in Concord and a graduate of Massachusetts State. The wedding date will be set later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Abington
Sudbury
24th Anniversary Announcement for Concord Couple
A nearly unreadable clipping notes a couple from Concord celebrating their 24th wedding anniversary on a Wednesday in October. The memento mentions Mrs. Robert P. Lawson and a U S Army service period, with garbled references to dates and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Robert
Wielding Street
Mara Ft
Connecticut
Ord
Service
Naon
U. S. Army
Air Ay
P. Lawson
Chicken Every Sunday heads to Broadway after Boston run
Hollywood writers Julius J Epstein and Philip G Epstein adapt Chicken Every Sunday a new comedy starring Marty Philips Rhys Williams and a large company. directed by Lester Vail the show will pre Broadway premiere at Plymouth Theatre for two weeks starting March 20 with matinees on Thursdays and Saturdays. Rights bids from leading film companies already exceed 350 000 as the Boston run winds down before a Henry Miller Theatre opening in New York on April 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Julius J
Philip G. Epstein
Plymouth Theatre
Ed Gros
Rosbiary Taylor
Will Eni
Marty Philips
Rhys Williams
Miss Philips
Ginger Rogers
Moss Hart
Boston
New York
Henry Miller Theatre
Reflections on Sudbury Town Election Outcomes
A crowded Sudbury town election produced a lively mix of results. Voters elected Lloyd Lovering as treasurer after Harlan H. Rogers’s death, favored Parker Oviatt for tree warden, and toppled long-time School Committee member George H. Gohlke in a close Planning Board race with Abel Cutting contesting. The event highlighted shifts on the Planning Board and in local leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
sSudbury
Perapna
Gerry
I. McGettigan
Cane J. Raymond
McGettigan
Lloyd Lovering
Lovering
Parker Oviatt
Abel Cutting
David Baldwin
Arthur White
George. H. Goh
Alfred) Gardner
Gohlke
Rindge
Cambridge
Landslide Victory for Mr Gardner After Vote
The election ended in a landslide for Mr Gardner, reflecting strong support across the electorate. Details on vote counts or opposing candidates are not provided in the available text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Hazel Rollins Visiting Melrose Sanitarium
Mrs Hazel M Rollins is spending a few days at the Melrose Sanitarium and is expected to return to her home on Candy Hill next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel M. Rollins
Melrose Sahatarium
Candy Hill
Dinner Party and Social News From Reading and Boston
The article notes a dinner at the home of Captain and Mrs Paul Harrison in Reading honoring Captain He fison returning from duty with the E Borne Infantry. Mrs Melvin Guptill and Miss Gertrude Halloran hosted a luncheon at the Women's City Club in Boston for a Mexico tour reunion led by Miss Halloran. Mrs Robert Bowen reports safe arrival in Lamesa California visiting relatives and plans spring return. Arthur Cushing of Hudson Road serves in the Navy at Sampson New York. The piece also reminds readers to verify their voter registration for the upcoming primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hy ‘Ways
Philip. Mel. Way
Charles C. Way
Paul H Harrison
Reading
Tike Ee.mer
He Fison
Arlou
Ae Borne Infantry
Melvin
Guptill
Gertrude M. Halloran
Women’s City Club of
Boston
Mexico
Halloran
Robert Bowen
Lamesa
California
Pawensee
Arthur Cushing
Hudson Road
Navy Service
Sampson
New York
Goda II Society to Hold March 20 Annual Meeting
The Goda II Society will meet March 20 at Lower Town Hall for its annual gathering. Members are urged to attend as extensive house alterations on the Pinar property are underway by Alfison Williams and Son Co. in Hopkins. The service newsletter praised by arm services readers boosts interest in locating service members. Theodore Mayer’s wife should be contacted by Garden Club members to secure Flower Show tickets in Boston next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godaii Society
Pinar
Willam F
Livya
Alfison Williams
Theodore Mayer
Garden Club
Boston
Acton Community Groups Plan Charity Events and Farewells
Mrs. Dewey is in Washington with her Marine husband as about fifty relatives bid farewell to Richard Peterson of Nagog Hill road who leaves for active duty. A Women’s Church Aid meeting March 23 will sew for Cotton Valley School Alabama with a noon lunch and a brief business session. The Military Whist Sillon fundraiser for Acton High School Scholarship Fund is set for April 14 in Blanchard Hall with a volunteer committee arranging prizes cards and tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Woman's
Richard Peterson
Inar Peterson
Nagog Hill Road
Peterson
Women’s Church Aid
Center Congregational Church
Cotton Valley School
Alabama
Thomas Foster
Ventry
Aeton
Parent and Teacher Association
Blanchard Hall
Acton High School
Richard Deane
Clayton Steeves
Allen G. Moody
B. Clayton Steeves
Philip Goldthwaite
Waldo Flint
Acton Eliminated From Townsend Basketball Tourney
Acton high school under Coach Dick Bradford dropped its first two games in the Townsend tournament and is eliminated. The squad lost to Conant high school of New Hampshire and ends the season this week against St. Bernard's in Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Bradford
Acton School Notes Highlight Field Trip and Opera Club
Mrs Henry Chamberlin of North Acton organized a field trip to Lowell General Hospital Fort Devens last Saturday for Home Nursing students and First Aid participants. About 50 attended a school operetta Patty Sue's Birthday Party at West Acton School directed by K Yeremian with Miss Grace Inan as music leader and Miss Alice Feehan in acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry. .Chamberlin
North Acton
Acton High School
Lowell General Hospital
Fort
Devens
Chamberli
J. Henry
Allen Christofferson
Howard Reed
Lorraine Ballard
Barbara Barry
Audrey. Terrell
Clara
Newton
Evelyn Collins
Nancy Christoffersor
Grace Inan
Actin Pyne
Alice
Feehan
Ells
Humber
Nancy Lee
Patty Ste
Joan King
Herbert Schmitz
Hop O
Tty Lee
King Cole
Mary Learmonth
She. Carrol
Feltus
Old King Cole
Pirates
Sing
Acton
Fixy Waves On Mead's Hill West Acton
A readable poem recalling a patriotic hillside scene in New England. The speaker waves the flag over Mead's Hill to honor veterans and promote freedom, noting farmhouses, old trees, fishermen, and townsfolk who sent men to war. The piece ends with a vow that the flag shall never fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mead’s Hill
West Acton
Howe Pa
Arnold B
Leavitt
Concord Community Seeks Blood Donors Amid Auction Drive
Mrs Thomas Flint and Simon Willard urge town residents to donate blood and to arrange bake sale contributions for a local fund drive. Donors’ names and amounts donated are recorded at a local shop, with organizations urged to notify Mrs Flint if not listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Flint
Simon Willard
Mae Dam
Filnt
Concord Fourth Company Hails New Lieutenant Bowse
STATE GUARD NOTES report Concord Fourth Company congratulating Ar chip Bowse on commission as 2d Lieutenant on March 2. Major Berg of the 1st Battalion visited to examine and approve men for non commissioned positions. A Saturday Armory supper featured venison stew and dairy desserts as part of routine company events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Archié J. Bowse
Ltrs
Nas
Walfred A. Berg
C.D
Netfson
Stuart Alen
Carth
Maine
Pratt
Joener
Russian garden exhibit opens March eighteenth at Horticultural Hall
The piece describes a garden project funded by Russia with a plant selection featuring Azalea Botanic and flowering species. It notes Peter J Mezitt of Nurseries and his son Faith Mezitt, tied to Cornell University, and mentions a samovar display framed by a small house. The exhibit runs through March 25 with hours starting at 9 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally
Russia
Cor
Peter J. Mezitt
Faith
Landge
Cornell ‘University
Mezuttremir
Hussia
Dane
Horticultural Hall
Wright
Local notes on residents and visitors
Fragmentary report lists Beery Mae from Spin the Week end visiting Mrs Jefferson Fell De and Mrs Fred Guertin reading Robert Fuller Fletehete stationed at his boot Wy and Henry Baxter Sprinza improving after his agent JM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert
Beery, Mae
Spin
Jefferson Fell
Ler . Pare
Fred Guertin
Robert Fuller
Eavey
Henry Baxter
Sprinza
Bedford meeting notes and unclear guest speaker text
Fragmentary OCR obscure mentions Bedford, air improvement home, ankle injury, Odd Fellows hall, and guest speaker with garbled phrasing. No clear event date or stable names beyond local lodge.
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Merchan
Eitzer
Leslie Gagement Mable
Johnson
Old Tate
Mae Aed
Richmond
Fender Richmond
Eta
Ora
Ib Sons’ Ee
Hams
Orker PO
Vas
Robert Walker
Massachusetts Reformatory
Zonta Club
Waltham
Wells 4. Hall Memorial
Oapcore High School
Roger Carlisle Fenn
Fenn
cig@ivyman
Georges B. Erickson
Middlesex County Club
Corinthian Lodge
A. F P
A. M
Masonic Temple
Manter
Merton J. Leighton
Parce
Hegmral
Rome
Turin
Marden
Washington
Anna
Eal
RineMesa
Erman
U.S. Treasury Department
Tals Tsa
Harles E.wilson
General Electri CO
Thendustries
Waa Prowerion
Dia
Dewey ‘Boatman
Washington, D. C
Quartermaster Department
U.S.M.C
New England
Award Brine
Il Grant ‘Street
Byrnes
Maynard
Byrne
Anna Fraticelli
Arthur
Cherry John Bartolmea
John J. Dee
al Ot
the Legion Part Ys
Lincoln
Legion Hall
St. Joseph's
St. Bernard’s, Church
J. Edward Holt
B. Payson
State Guard
Giidéehs
Nebr
Horti- Pa
John Anderson
Handa
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