Diocese Conference Meets at Trinity Church Concord
The Episcopal Diocese held a conference at Trinity Church Concord sponsored by the Women’s League. Sessions ran 10 30 to 3 15 with Holy Communion and addresses by Mrs Harold C executive secretary and Mrs Ev Wilkinson among speakers. A rapid table discussion covered women’s work with closing remarks by Jory Peck and an invocation honoring church groups from several parishes.
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Trinity Church
Concord
Tvice League of Wesions
Holy Communion
Harold C
Evilkinson
Parker
Ellis
Russell Peck
Our Redeemer
St. Anne’s
South St. Andrew’s of
Forge Oy Trinity Church
St. George’s of
May- Mark's
Southboroapel
Shirley
St. Weston
Christ Waltham
Services Held At West Concord For C M Moreau
Funeral services were held for Chester M. Moreau of Ayer formerly West Concord. The mass of requiem was celebrated at Our Lady Help of Christians in West Concord with Rev. Joseph W. Sullivan and two other priests assisting. Bearers included Edwin Loring Gustav Ghan John Hartwell Richard Hynes Homer Melanson and Richard Derby. Burial followed at St Bernard's Cemetery with committal prayers by multiple clergy from nearby parishes.
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West Concord
Chester M. Moreau
Ayer
Elodie Moreau
Francis Street
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
Josephw. Sullivan
Bernard M. Kane
St. Bridget’s Church
Maynard
John Bernartonis
St. Bridget’s
John Gallagher
Edwin Loring
Gustav Ghan
John Hartwell
Richard Hynes
Homer Melanson
Richard Derby
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Waldo Hasenfus
St. Matthew’s Church
Dorchester
Michael J
Concord Tops Reading in Middlesex League Duel
Concord High led 3-1 through six innings, then Reading High tied the game and pulled ahead 7-3. Reading out hit Concord 12-5 as Joe Castine pitched five hits. Lenny Erickson and Georgie Fenton shared pitching honors for Concord with Val Muscato making the catch.
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Concord
Concord High
Reading High
Emerson Playground
Reading
Joe Castine
Lenny Erickson
Georgie Fenton
Val Muscato
Maynard to Host Reorganized Central Mass Golf League
The Central Massachusetts Four-ball league reconvenes in Maynard after a reorganizing meeting. Don Mariano of Maynard Country Club was elected chairman with Dr. W J Cochran, Walter Senna, and Earl Richardson among attendees. A tentative schedule lists matchups from May 12 through June 16 at sites including Maynard Westboro Marlboro Leominster and Leominster.
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Maynard
Massachusetts
Don Mariano
Maynard Country Club
W. J. Cochrance
Westboro
Walter Senna
Marlboro
Leominster
Acton Catholic Club Plans May 17 Dance
The Acton Catholic club schedules its May 13 meeting at Mrs Sea ward Spinney's home to finalize plans for a May 17 town hall dance. Committee members include Charles Spencer, Miss Alice Feehan, Mrs Ormai Laffin, Miss Katherine Curley, Gibbons Curley, Miss Eleanor Severoni and Mrs Seaward Spinney. Public invitations are issued.
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Acton
Acton Catholic Club
Seaward Spinney
Charles Spencer
Alice Feehan
Ormai ® Laffin
Katherine Curley
Gibbons Curley
Eleanor Severoni
Acton Garden Club Plans Arboretum Trip and Flower Show
The Acton Garden Club met May 2 at Acton Woman's Club with President Mrs. John M. Pettingell presiding. Mrs. J. Sidney Stone spoke on Flower Arrangements and judged entries. Hostesses included Mrs. Seaward Spinney and assistants. A June flower show directed by Mrs. Robert J. Bond is planned.
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Acton
Acton Garden Club
Acton Woman's Club
Acton Center
John M. Pettingell
Arnold’ Arboretum
J. Sidney Stone
Wayland
Seaward Spinney
West Acton
Walter W. Smith
Benjamin King
Albert R Jenks
Robert J. Bond
Royal Dutch executive visits Wayland with family
David Buxton of the Royal Dutch Airline headquartered in Amsterdam arrived for a short visit in Wayland with his wife and children. He also visited his aunt, Miss Gertrude M. Halleran.
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David Buxton
Royal Dutch Airline
Amsterdam
Holland
Wayland
Gertrude M. Halleran
Easter Breakfast Run by Memorial Church in Sudbury
The Easter Breakfast hosted by the Christian Endeavor Society of Memorial Congregational Church drew 140 attendees. Nancy Batchelder managed tickets while Barbara Giles and Nancy Poole supervised the dining room. several volunteers served as waitresses and waiters. Funds will finance delegates to the Northfield Conference. An outdoor Easter service at Walker's Pasture featured Rev. Mr. Duplissey delivering a short sermon with hymns and a trumpet duet by David Bentley and William Duplissey.
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Sudbury
Christian Endeavor Society
Memorial Congregational Church
Nancy Batchelder
Barbara Giles
Nancy Poole
Marion McLeod
Jean Twitchell
Marjorie Hunt
Ruth Sturgen
Lois Johnson
Alan Flynn
Henry
Donald Batchelder
David W. Cain
Paul Sawyer
Bentley
Shirley Cutting
Shirley Tallant
F. J. Duplissey
Northfield
Congregational Church
Walker’s Pasture
Duplissey
David Bentley
William Duplissey
Church Group To Elect May Suh
The Womans Association of the Memorial Congregational Church South Sudbury will meet in the vestry on May 9 at 10:00 A M Sewing for the Fair will precede tea and devotionals. Coffee served at 12 30 P M Reports from officers and committees comprise the afternoon program led by Mrs Paul Sawyer and Mrs Menny Eaton.
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Sudbury
Womans Association of the Memorial Congregational Church
South Sudbury
Paul Sawyer
Menny Eaton
Acton Hosts Magic Evening and Dessert Bridge Fundraiser
West Acton Woman's club sponsors a May 17 magic and mystery program at the club house on Central street for children and adults. Tickets available from president Mrs. Walter W. Smith. A dessert bridge fundraiser followed at Mrs. F William Rimback's Main street home with hostesses including Mrs. Tobin and others.
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West Acton
Rotary Club to Resume Meetings in Concord
The Concord Rotary Club plans a Thursday noon luncheon at the Colonial Inn dining hall Monument Square with President Lester Whittemore presiding and Thomas L. Sanborn in charge. No meeting last week as members attended Framingham for an all day session with speakers including Geoffrey Wheable and Daniel L. Marsh.
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Concord
Concord Rotary Club
Colonial Inn
Monument
Square
Lester Whittemore
Thomas L. Sanborn
Whittemore
Framingham
Geoffrey A. Wheable
Esquire
Rotary International
London
England
D A R Luncheon and Election Meeting Planned
The Old Concord Chapter DAR will hold a Saturday luncheon at 1 PM at the Chapter House Lexington Road. After the meal a regular meeting and officer elections will occur along with yearly reports led by Mrs. Forrest E. Collier Billerica regent.
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Concord
Old Concord
Dar
Lexington Road
Forrest E. Collier E Billerica
Surprise Shower for Martha Koski
A surprise miscellaneous shower was hosted for Miss Martha Koski at the Ladies of Kalevahs Hall River Street by over 50 relatives and friends. She, soon to wed Leo Wexstrom in June, received many beautiful gifts as pink white and green decorued the club rooms and refreshments with a large center cake were served. Committee members included Irene Haakala Ellen Haapala Mrs Wilma Maki and Mrs Lillian Wick.
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Maynard
Martha Koski
Kalevahs Hall
River Street
Koski
Leo Wexstrom
Irene Haakala
Ellen Haapala
Wilma Maki
Lillian Wick
Garden Club Meets May 5 at Mrs Brooks Reed's Home
The Garden Club will meet on May 5 in the afternoon at Summer Street home of Mrs Brooks Reed. Members are asked to wear hats trimmed with fresh flowers and a guest speaker will address the group.
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Maynard
Garden Club
Brooks Reed
Summer _ street
Bedford Eastertide Wedding at St Michael's
Miss Dorothy Agnes Winchenbaugh and Walter Edward Sanders wed at St Michael's Church Bedford in a ceremony conducted by Rev John J Aliston. The reception was held at Hotel Kenmore in Boston with bridal party including sister matron of honor and cousins as ushers. The bride is a Boston University alumna and teacher in Maynard. the groom is a U S Army veteran recently discharged after European service.
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Edward Neville
Arlington
Eleanor Clark
Ruth Kelly
Bedford
Richard Hartwell
Anthony
Walter Breen
Somere
Sanders
Boston University
College of Liberal Arts
Maynard
U. S. Army
Talented Miss Alfa Goldthwaite Performs Piano Recital
Miss Alfa Goldthwaite, a talented young pianist, attended a piano recital of the first piano quartet in Symphony Hall last week. The second in a series of kid naping breakfasts to benefit the Acton Woman's club was held at Mrs. George Newton's North Acton home with Mrs. Churchill Newman as co-hostess. Members present included Mrs. Thomas Foster, Mrs. Martin Goodwin, Mrs. F. Williams Rimbach, Mrs. H. Vaughn Allen, Mrs. Albert Durkee, Mrs. J. Sidney White, Mrs. John Murphy, Mrs. Charles Baxter, Charles Smith, and Mrs. Wendel Davis.
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Acton Woman’s Club
F. William Rimbach
Main Street
Acton Center
William Sears
J. Henry Engman
John Duston
Martin Goodwin
Henry M. Tobin
Leo B. Roche
Warren E. Hartwell
E. Everett Putnam
Alfa Goldthwaite
Symphony Hall
George Newton
North Acton
Churchill Newman
Thomas Foster
F. Williams Rimbach
H. Vaughn Allen
Albert
P. Durkee
J. Sidney White
John Murphy
Charles Baxter
Charles Smith
Wendel Davis
Acton Ladies’ Circle Hosts Guest Night at Church
The West Acton Baptist Ladies' Circle held a guest night in the church vestry with Mrs. Helen McPhee in charge. Plans are set for the mother and daughter banquet on May 9 in the vestry, with reservations via Mrs. William Holt Acton 58-2.
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Harold McPhee
Acton
William Holt
Mrs Gardner returns to duties after knee sprain
Mrs. Fred Gardner, assistant post mistress in South Sudbury, resumes duties after a week’s absence due to a sprained knee. The Frank Pincitelli family moves from the Cifrino place to Maynard. Mrs. Joseph B. Way hosts a Brush Party for Stanley Products Co. and twelve guests attend.
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Fred Gardner
South Sudbury
Frank Pincitelli
Cifrino Place
Maynard
Joseph B. Way
Concord Road
Stanley Products Co
Mexican orange crop to top seven million boxes in year
The past year's Mexican orange crop is expected to exceed seven million boxes, equaling one third of California's navel orange output.
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California
Sargent Re-Enlists as Master Sergeant After WWII Valor
West Concord veteran Everett E Sargent Jr 45 Barretts Mill Road reenlisted in the U S Army Air Corps. A former captain who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal for the Ploesti raid he now serves at Sheppard Field Texas and plans a long career.
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West Concord
Everett E Sargent, Jr
Barretts Mill Road
Ploesti
Romania
U.S
Army Air Corps
Sheppard Field
Texas
Army
Everett E. Sargeant
Sergt. Sargent
Truck Fire Fatality Poised on Darien Route
Edward J. Spellman 39 of Cambridge drives a trailer through Darien when his passenger James Um ee 54 of Belmont dies in a rear trailer fire. Firemen remove the charred body after a roof cut. Spellman held for investigation as investigators trace a Cambridge owned Henry Owens Co truck carrying furniture from Harvard to Washington.
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West Concord
Darien
Connecticut
Washington D. C
Edward J. Spellman
Commonwealth Avenue
James uMee
Belmont
Spellman
Henry. Owens, Company
Cambridge
Harvard University
Capitol
Wardwell Names Two to Concord Finance Committee
Concord Town Moderator Hubert M. Wardwell appoints Pliny Jewell Jr and Franklin R. Johnson to three year terms on the Concord Finance Committee. Reappointments include George A. Bauer, Laurence E. Richardson, and Thomas Flint. D Ripley Gage and Romeo DiCicco declined. Chairman is E Payson True.
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Concord
Hubert M. Wardwell
Concord Finance Committee
Pliny Jewell, Jr
Franklin R. Johnson
George A. Bauer
Laurence E. Richardson
Thomas Flint
D. Ripley Gage
Romeo DiCicco
E. Payson True
Sunday Dinner Lettuce a Century Old Favorite
Lettuce originated on the Greek island Cos in the Aegean, later popular in England by 1520 known as Cos lettuce. Today leaf and iceberg varieties dominate markets and menus, with crisp outer leaves used in salads or as sandwich fillings. For Sunday dinner, hearts of lettuce with French dressing accompany pot roast, mashed potatoes, onions, gelatin and beverage.
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Cos
Aegean Sea
England
Water power potential near Columbia River region
Britannica notes that almost one third of the United States potential water power lies in the area drained by the Columbia River, highlighting regional importance for hydroelectric capacity.
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U.S. J
Columbia River
Bedford Man Is Married in Lexington
A Bedford man wed in Lexington after a ceremony at a local church. The bride Miss Mabel De Crooks daughter of Mr and Mrs George Crooks of Carville Avenue Lexington and the groom Earl W Garland son of Mrs Beatrice Garland and the late F Garland of South Street Bedford. The bride was attended by her sister Miss Isable Cr and the groom by his brother Norman Garland. A reception followed at the bride’s and brother-in-law Charles MacDonald home before the couple departed for a honey moon on South Street Bedford.
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Bedford
Mabel de Crooks
George Crooks
Carville Avenue
Lexington
Earl W. Garland
Beatrice W. Garland
Charles MacDonald
South Street
Bedford Widow Mrs Boyd Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs Mabel Amated 76 of 2 Fitchdale avenue Bedford died Thursday at Arlington Hospital after a brief illness. Widow of the late phen B Boyd formerly of Lexington she resided in Bedford 15 years with daughter B Grove Smith. Born in Male she was a past secretary of the Tourist's club Lexington Outlook Club and a member of the Stanley A L auxiliary. Besides her daughter she leaves a son Art M Boyd of Naugatuck a son Robert F Boyd of Melrose three sisters three brothers and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon from Douglas Funeral home Lees with Rev Lenhart of the Conceal church.
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Smith
Roger
Health Board Ruling Affects Bedford Poultry Rules
Bedford town residents are notified of a 1943 health board regulation restricting keeping swine goats or poultry within town limits. The rule allows no more than 35 poultry, with 10 permits required. the 35 limit applies only to poultry.
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Bedford
Ofi Heal
Local Couple Sets Home After Wedding Trip
Concord couple Mr and Mrs Harold M Banks plan to reside at 48 Walden Street after a wedding trip. Rev David W Norton Jr of St Stephen's Church Boston preached at Middlesex School chapel last Sunday. next Sunday Rev Dr Ian Nash of St Paul's Seal Concord NH will speak.
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Harold M.banks
Means Tibbetts
Walden Street
David W. Norton,Jr
St. Stephen’s Church
Boston
Middlesex School
Ian Nash
St.Paul’s Seal Concord
New Hampshire
Cullinane Announces Engagement of Eleanor Cullinane
Concord couple Mr and Mrs Edward J Cullinane of 4 Bro Street announce the engagement of their daughter Eleanor L Cullinane to Robert G Graham son of Mr and Mrs George Graham of Maynard The bride to be is a Concord High School graduate now employed by an insurance company The groom to be is a member of the Air Navy and stationed in Iceland
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Concord
Edward J. Cullinane
Bro Street
Eleanor L. Cullins
Robert G. Graham
George Graham
Maynerd
Cullinane
Concord High School
4 Isurance Company
Gray
Air Navy
Iceland
New Arrival Born to Doty Family in Concord
Mr and Mrs Dini V Doty of 12 Laurel street celebrate the birth of Clark Jr born Thursday September 25 at Emerson Hospital Mrs Doty formerly Aliest Nyland daughter of Mr and Mrs John Nyland of Thoreatt street The couple also have an older daughter Jean
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Concord
Dini V. Doty
Laurel Street
At A Clark, Jr
Emerson
Doty
Aliest? Nyland
John Nyland
Thoreatt Street
Jean
GE engineers claim jet turbine will power future civilian airliners
General Electric engineers declare the recent cross country flight of three jet P-80s at nearly 600 miles an hour proves the new gas turbine will propel large civilian transport aircraft of the future, delivering lightning like speeds over long distances.
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Pao General Electric Co
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Winsor Avenue
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Elizabeth Osler
Sudbury Public Health Association
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