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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1949
Page
4
A reader asks about widow’s pension for WWI veterans with income over 3000 dollars and underage children, and whether nonservice connected pensions are taxable. Other inquiries cover home tax abatements, service connected disability, and differences between Naval Reserve and Coast Guard Reserve terms.
Chrysler introduces a redesigned Silver Anniversary line with more interior space yet shorter overall dimensions due to a four inch longer wheelbase. Fifteen body styles, higher compression engines, improved steering and shock absorbers, larger windshield area, easier starting, and radio interference reduction accompany new nylon upholstery and continuing fabric options.
Stow Garden Club executive board met at Mrs. Fred Strong’s home to cancel the March Silver Tea due to weather. No date set for a replacement. The March committee will assist the April committee for Guest Day on April 5 at First Parish Unitarian Church Stow with invited clubs from Acton Boxboro Maynard and Marlboro. Mrs. R Webber of Swampscott will speak on As You Like It. An essay contest for Hale high school students is judged by Mrs. Ira Creelman Mrs. Ethel Kempton and Mrs. Allison P Smith.
Questions about disability claims, peacetime dependents and reinstating World War I insurance are answered. The VA Clinic at 17 Court Street Boston offers examinations for service related disabilities. Deadlines for gratuitous insurance claims for World War II service deaths are set, with April 20 as final date.
Shirley Jean Keene of Sayre Pennsylvania expresses pride in her 8 month old pet duck named Donald. The odd household companion has attracted attention in local news and sparked lighthearted community interest.
John J. Bent, a well known local builder from Concord, is presently confined to a Boston hospital for observation after an undisclosed condition.
The Emerson Hospital board unanimously praises Miss Harrington who has served over 20 years as director. A sympathy vote honors Mr. Duggan, a deceased member. Reports from Mrs. George R. Walker, the hospital administrator, and medical staff cover 1948. Part IV bids planned for March 14 with hopes of April approval and May bid awards.
Sudbury Massachusetts members of the Young People's Fellowship announce a public Palm Sunday screening of the Cecil B. DeMille film King of Kings about the life of Christ. The Easter week event will be held in the church sanctuary at Sudbury Center and followed by a time for reflection.
General Motors reported 1948 peacetime employment at 380,229 and total payrolls of 1,283,865,090. The Framingham plant employed about 1 34 workers with 500 from Marlboro area earning 3,943,999. GM payrolls averaged 380,329 for salaried and hourly staff, up from 375,689 in 1947.
Five year old Bobby Goodwin wandered from the Sportsmen’s show at the State Armory Sunday afternoon causing concern. After a lengthy public address search he was found safe at his home on Central Street in West Concord, having walked about two and a half miles from the armory.
Mr and Mrs Rockwood Miles of 8 Central Street West Concord celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary Tuesday with a family gathering at their home. They are well known locally.
Tuesday night at Our Help of Christians church in West Concord features a regular Novena to Our Lady followed by a midweek devotion and a travelogue showing about the Ladies Altar Society. The event blends prayer with community activity and a focus on church groups.
Mrs Robert M Bowen of Concord wins a prize in the opening of the 78th annual horticultural show in Boston. Several Concord entries appear as the exhibit continues this week.
A civic group opposes Governor Dever’s plan to shift 1.9 million dollars from the state highway fund to the Metropolitan Transit Authority for tunnels and viaducts. They cite unconstitutionality and the people’s will as shown in the last election. They back a separate 200 million dollar plan and oppose diverting highway receipts from roads and bridges.
Friends of Mr and Mrs Albert Edwin Hosmer celebrate his election as director of music and bass baritone soloist at First Presbyterian Church Raleigh NC. The Hosmer House in Raleigh will remain unused as a residence and sale plans are paused.
The article notes a guest of De Malay at Carlisle in a Masonic Temple gathering. Master Councilor ALenneth M. Pedersen presided over the proceedings.
State officers will be in charge of the degree work on Sunday. After a buffet supper at the rooms, the major degree will be conferred on the class at 7 30 o'clock.
Kathryn Rose Chisholm celebrated her first birthday last Saturday. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Colin Chisholm of Thoreau Street. Mrs Chisholm is formerly Rose Katherine Brothen.
The event showcased the XS-1, the first piloted aircraft to break the sound barrier. Attendees included Jean Hawes, Shirley Cutting, Shirley Tallant, Robert Johnson, Richard Eaton, James Poole, Henry Batchelder, Lawrence Story, and Mr. Sprague, marking a historic local screening.
Miss Helen Fogg director of child and youth projects for the Unitarian Service was the vesper service guest at First Parish church last Sunday. She recently returned from several continent projects. The notice also mentions local residents Fred T. Boyd James W Powers and the Mekkelson and Chis families with a 57th wedding anniversary.
Duval W hote has signed last month and now operates a new business in the Lexington area. He is well known among Scout officials and his firm is ready to accept customers in nearby Concord and surrounding communities.
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