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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1943
Page
6
A homeowner reports a high powered radio signal audible from a chimney and asks how to stop it without harming the furnace. The response attributes the issue to proximity to a radio station, suggests identifying the station and contacting its engineering staff for resolution.
A garbled Concord schedule lists several open days in April and May with readings for Belmont Lexington Reading Stoneham Winchester and Winchester venues. Memorial Day is marked open and several clashes or mismatched entries appear with unclear venues and dates.
Robert G. Brigham named chairman of the Northboro assessors with Herman L. Pienze as clerk and Harry F. Morse as third member. A warrant for the 1943 assessment is being prepared for real estate and personal property and will go to Collector Allyn D. Phelps once completed.
Concord on April 19 hosts the annual Patriots Day track meet with coach Ralph Ward requesting entries from MMllen Newt Weymouth Belmont Arlington Maynard Framie Lexington and Lowell. The program features standard individual and team events and may include a baseball opening feature.
At 8 Bedford Street Mrs Jeannette hosted a social whist gathering with prizes for winners including Mrs Catherine, Miss Mary O Connor, Mrs Joanna, Mrs Nettie Wells, Mrs Mary B Kelley, Mrs John T Foster, Mrs Edward W Flannery, Mrs Florence Tibbetts, Mrs Gwen McPhillips, Mrs Dorothy Scherer, and Mrs Alien M Prien won the consolation award in the same evening event.
Leonard Stiles is confined at Hudson Road home while Lt. Ed Stevens now at the Navy base in Memphis Tennessee. Mrs Stevens has joined him in Memphis. Joseph B Way Jr. left for the Great Lakes Navy Training School on Friday.
Miss Linda MacArthur a freache rman at Jackson College and head of women at Tufts College Melford departs for a college recess from March 13 to 21 to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Benjamin A MacArthur of Maynerd.
Irving Richardson Jr. of South Sudbury trains at Williams College in Naval Aviation Cadet program while Alfred Gardner of Center recovers from a leg injury on crutches. Edna Stiles, Tufts freshman in Tufts College Medford department, plans a March 13 vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Leonard D Stiles of Hudson. Methodist Church Center holds quarterly conference on church matters Monday evening.
Beet tops supply rich vitamins A and C while both tops and roots offer minerals. Plan sowing so nearly every beet grows, thinning enables use. Space six seeds per inch apart and harvest when two inches or more, with succession plantings for continuous yield. Store roots in root cellar or earthen bin for winter.
Mrs Grace E Trees wife of Oliver Trees died suddenly at her Randall Street home on Wednesday morning. Born in Pascoag Rhode Island she was 84 and had lived here 37 years. She was active in the Bastary Star and Ideal a ott Sha and worshipped at St. George's Episcopal Church. Funeral Friday at 2 pm Rev Halsey Andrews will officiate. Interment Glenwood Cemetery under Fowler Funeral Service.
Milton Duclos was the main speaker at the Maynard Grange bi monthly meeting hosted by Mrs Katherine Maginnis. The program featured songs honoring service members and a recreation roll call followed by talks on recreation and morale. Guests included Donald Jones home on leave and others from town.
Fragmented report shows Lexington officials debating an annual budget with mentions of board, finance committee, and sectmen. Vague figures like 80 and 736 appear, but text is garbled, leaving the outcome and positions unclear.
Elmer Smith longtime Sudbury resident and one of its oldest men died Monday night at his Woodside Street home aged 88 after a long life on the Smith farm. Born March 10, 1895 in Sudbury he served as an assessor years ago and was survived by two sisters Miss Lattie M. Smith and Mrs. Seneca Hall. Funeral services Thursday at 2 30 p m at his home with Rev Leslie Barrett officiating burial in Wadsworth Cemetery under the direction of Bowler Houners Service.
Sudbury centered events at Framingham Recreation Hall highlight Marie Nelson a Sea man Second Class and first WAVER from the town to attend the fair. Col Emile Kauzmcki introduces her from the special service section. Cliff Nelson reports his son Arvid urges Sudbury men to boost farms and gardens for wartime food.
Acton High School will administer a Navy V-12 qualification test for civilians on April 2 between 9:00 and 11:00 am. Eligible applicants must be 17 to 20 years old by July 1948, meet eye and service requirements, and agree to unmarried status while in training. Interested individuals should contact Mr. Walter W. Holt or call Acton 110 for details.
A Civil Service interview day invites women to join the Women's Aircraft Maintenance Squadron the WAMS to be trained as craft mechanics. The West Sub-Depot Training School in New England will teach sheet metal wiring and machine work starting March 29 with pay rising from 30 to 40 dollars weekly.
The Christian Deaver Society of the Finnish Congregational Church announces a Rose Carnival on Saturday March 27 at 7 pm. General chairman Agda Reini with assistants Miss Koskinen and various committees manage decorating program cafeteria and poster duties. Proceeds fund new robes.
The Women's Association Memorial Congregational of South Sudbury hosted a program in the vestry with Gertrude M. Halloran as speaker recounting her visits to a house. Mrs Edward Hamel was introduced by Mr. and Mrs. Vivian A. Heath. A tea hour followed with a British sailor in attendance. Dr George B Parker noted local need with Dr W Gwinnell of Peckham Rd mentioned. Next meeting planned for April Patrick Day.
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