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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1945
Page
2
Concord notices report Episcopal and Unitarian services at local churches, including May gatherings and First Friday masses. An Everett Herrick lecture guest appears at Andover Newton theology meeting. John Kenrick Sparrow born at Emerson hospital. Sparrow Miller family mentioned. Bernard's parish, West Concord activities and library reopening noted. Local weather and crop updates, glee club prizes cited for spring competition.
Concord announces Lieut. Caleb Kendall Wheeler of the U S Army Air Forces is dead after being missing on a July 2, 1944 raid over Budapest. A Concord native, he graduated from Bowdoin in 1943 and married Elizabeth Trundy in January 1944. He leaves a widow, parents on Virginia Road, and four brothers.
Funeral services were held at 1 Hinsdale Street for G W Leighton who had made his home there late. Rev Edward Perry Daniels officiated and burial was at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Leighton is survived by Miss Mary Leighton of Boston.
The Concord Board of Assessors expects to announce the new tax rate for the town after confirmation from State Tax Commissioner Henry F. Long's office, likely after the first of next month. The delay follows ongoing reviews by the state agency.
West Concord resident Second Lieut Lynn E Butcher, 25, recovering at a base hospital after being wounded on Luzon in the Philippines. He served about two years overseas in Australia, New Guinea, and the East Indies and has a 13 month old daughter. He married Doris Britt in 1942 at Fort Dix New Jersey.
Concord council of Knights of Columbus will host servicemen at the state council's Boston headquarters on Sunday May 27. Officials noted degrees planned with sessions on May 4 May 7 and May 15.
The Sportsmen's club will hold its wing following supper at the clubhouse off Harrington Avenue West Concord on Thursday evening at 6 30 o'clock. Supper will be in charge of Fred Nolan and his committee and the business session will be presided over by President Turner Kelley.
Miss Mary Agnes Condin daughter of Mr and Mrs Jot Condin of 378 Main Street wed Capt Robert O Brien in Our Lady Help of Christians church Sunday afternoon. Maid of honor was Miss Margaret Condin and best man was Capt Robert O Brien. A reception followed at the Old Mill tea room. The groom had recently returned home after 39 months overseas duty in the Southwest Pacific including the Philippines.
Mr and Mrs Jona Girard united in marriage by Rev Dr Maurice J OConnor. Bride wore white satin gown with long veil and carried gardenias. Maid Jennie Sapuppo Arlington Heights wore yellow chiffon with flowers. Best man Victor Sor gente Arlington. Mr Girardi educated and employed locally.
West Concord Cub Pack 33 held a charter night at Harvey Wheeler School with many scout officials present. Sgt Robert W. Ted Brooks spoke, honoring Guadalcanal action with the Concord company. The charter was given to Rev Kenneth R. Teed, and new certificates were awarded to Cubs Den Mothers and the committee, plus the Cub master Melvin M. King. Guests included Philip Johnson Sachem Council scout executive, Kenneth Arbuthnot Sachem Council chairman, and Morton Conant SS Ma-33 Sea Scout skipper.
The wedding of Morhous Morhous of Art and Edward Mara of 18 Bedford Street took place in Winchester. The bride, daughter of Nellie Morhous, is a Barrett High School graduate and bank employee in Boston. The groom, a former Concord High athlete, is a World War II veteran.
The article notes a Lincoln marriage with the groom Pvt. Fedock who will report at Lake. The bride is a Lincoln high school graduate from the class of 1941 and has worked at the Lincoln telephone exchange for several years. Fedock is a veteran with overseas service in Africa and Italy.
The annual minstrel show under St. Bernard's parish will run May 22 23 and 24 at 8 15 PM. The Concord fire department certtee 79 3 for the current year is noted.
Concord board of selectmen set Monday evening May 21 at 7 30 as the time for a special town meeting to consider a pay raise for town employees. The meeting may be held at the State Armory or the Veterans building. The call followed a petition by over 200 voters pending whether regular police officers should receive higher salaries after six officers resigned over a wage dispute last month.
Mrs Lyda Spence of Raleigh North Carolina announces engagement to a man recently returned from overseas duty. He serves with a medical unit at Camp Edwards. Miss Symés a Concord High School graduate is now employed at Bedford air base. No wedding date has been set.
Mr and Mrs Vito Scarpitti of Nant Street West Concord observed their seventeenth wedding anniversary last Saturday. The former Janet Viola is now Mrs Sti. They wed in Concord and have two children aged 14 and Connie.
A Sunday morning lesson sermon titled Probation After Death was read at the First Church of Christ Scientist. The reading reflected on moral accountability and the afterlife discussed in a church service setting.
The Veterans Information Center in the Veterans building opened its office on May 1 last year. In its first month an announcement and a questionnaire were sent to service members. One third responded with useful input on how the center can aid returning veterans.
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