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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1945
Page
8
Bt Bernard's executive teams faced a dramatic end described as a blaze of glory. The brief note hints at a sudden collapse or defeat affecting leadership groups and their organization. No further specifics are provided in the fragment.
A Sudbury man, Petty Officer Burns, reconditions damaged ships for the Philadelphia Navy Yard. He spent months in the cold at Leyte Gulf and worked as a gas cutter before February 1943. He is among Navy civilians helping restore ships and preparing to return to advanced base facilities.
Mrs Arkin and daughter marked their anniversary last Friday while Mr Arkin serves overseas with the U S Army. The family now resides in Cambridge.
The Ladies Union of West Concord Union Church plans a program meeting. Concord Rotary Club and Lions Club schedule Monday night gatherings at the Colonial Inn with 6:30 p.m. start. President Lester B. Whittemore to preside. Henry BeBreen, U. S. Navy, visiting his mother at 4d 18 Potter Street while on leave. Rebekah Lodge I C 2 F to meet at Odd Fellows hall West Concord with Neighbor's Night featuring Maynard, Acton, Billerica and Hudson entertainers. Rebekah Lodge members on May 16 hold an old degree session. president of the Rebekah Assembly to attend.
The Women’s association will hold a meeting in the vestry of the First Parish Unitarian church in Concord on Saturday April 2 at 1 o’clock.
Concord and West side fire departments responded to a blaze on a city street with 41 alarm activations. The incident drew crews from multiple stations to control flames and assess damage.
Mr and Mrs James Henry Deacon of Westford Road observe their 14th wedding anniversary this Friday. The pair wed in Chambersburg Pennsylvania and have since resided in Concord. Mr Deacon is employed locally. They have six daughters including twins and one son.
Several members of the Ralph P. Hosmer Camp U S W V No 55 attended the funeral services for Raymond Dana Smith a Spanish American War veteran who died in St Petersburg Florida The services were conducted at Wal
Week end guest of Miss Cath Fraser on Hillside avenue is Miss Margaret Bjorkmar. Seaman second class in the Spars, Ganen Wune Little, is home on leave in Washington D C from Old Billerica for the Bay War Bonds and Stamps drive.
Mrs Harold Markham of Killingly Conn visits Mrs Ralph French on Hancock Street for a few weeks. Miss Helen Sparrow of North Montpelier Vt spends weekend with Mrs Blanche Loth Top of Springs Road. Pvt Neil Hanson returns to Oxnard California after a 21 day leave. Brig home notices: Janet H Sweetnam from Colby Junior College home for Easter. Pvt Albert Fraser on furlough from Fort Knox. Pfc Michael Pores visiting from Campbell North Carolina. Mrs Paul Kontzen of Loomis Street hosts visitors.
The Concord Lions Club honored speaker Toinene Petersen and added A Robert Macheod Jr and Osman Chaffee as Cub Pack 49 representatives. Mrs. Howard presented garden photography by Concord resident G Sherman Blair praised. A joint meeting with Rotarians and the next gathering on April 9 were announced.
Concord private school opens its season April 11 at home against Waltham high. Coach Wendall F. has 20 players, led by Raymord’s lettermen Bill Emmons Pete Huidekoper Winslow Hallowell and John Bacon. Captain Teddy Childs has left for the army. a new captain will be named after the opener.
The West Concord Garden Club plans a Friday April 27 meeting. A Good Friday service will be held at First Parish United Church at 8:00 PM with a brief sermon by Rev. Daniels and Passion Chorale singing. Middlesex School opens baseball season April 11 against Wortham High.
A luncheon bridge and whist party will be hosted by the Tabernacle Society of St. Michael's church at 28 Springs Road, April 5, to begin a series of gatherings. Interested attendees are asked to contact society committee members listed.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Genetti of Beacon Street with their daughter in law Mrs thur Genetti visited Omer Secor in Reed Hospital in Neen DC for further convalescence.
Fragmentary OCR notes a funeral or burial reference for a family linked to Worcester, with mentions of Mrs vise and children and Wood Cemetery under a Fowler Fil designation.
Fragmentary OCR outlines enlistment in 1941 and transfer to a medical unit. Mentions hospital, frozen feet, and overseas service plans as part of Pvt Hunt’s World War II record. Details are incomplete and partially garbled.
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