Eng Funeral Held in Concord for Nils Eng
West Concord mourns Nils Sigfried Eng 69 who died April 27 at his daughter’s home. Rev Earl Sweatland led services at a Concord funeral home with burial in Sleepy Hollow cemetery. Born in Fredrikstad Norway he lived 30 years in Waban before moving to West Concord two months ago. Survived by wife Ellen and six children plus 12 grandchildren. former Mason.
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West Concord
Nils Sigfried Eng
Wendell R
Prentiss
Woodlawn Road
Concord
Earl Knox Sweatland
West Concord Union Church
Sleepy Hollow
Eng
Fredrikstad
Norway
Waban
Ellen (O'Connor
Rodrick Loynd
Juan Porro
Cuba
Richard
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Norman
Wellesley Hills
The
Masons
Homemakers' Day Scheduled in Lexington June 2
The Middlesex County Extension Service announces Homemakers' Day on Wednesday June 2 at Cary Memorial Hall Lexington starting 10 30 a m. Further program details will be announced later. The Concord Municipal Light Plant acquires a new truck to replace the 1932 two ton model.
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Concord
Cary Memorial Hall
Lexington
Middlesex County Extension Service
Concord Municipal Light Plant
Emerson Hospital Day Observed With Open House In Concord
Concord observes National Hospital Day with the final floor plan display for the Emerson Hospital new wing. The Aid Society hosts an open house from 2 to 7 with guided tours, lawn refreshments, and activities for children.
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Concord
Emerson Hospital
Washington
Emerson Hospital Aid Society
George R. Walker
Monument Street
Motal
Aid Society
Gordon Huggins
Huggins
Harold Cabot
A. Page Browne
R. Fulton Johnston
Howard E. Robinson
Randolph Piper
William J. Cahill
Charles H. Duston
John Berger
Alexander M. Hammer
Lincoln
Dewey Boatman
Acton
Robert Poland
Boxboro
Edna Sleeper
Carlisle
Harold Morgan
Maynard
Wilfred R. Woodhead
Stow Iwell Boardman
Lawrence Clark
Paul Gates
S.M. Cremer
Wilfred Forbes
Birthdays This Week Include Sullivan Johnston McMahan
Birthdays this coming week include Joan Sullivan turning seventeen on May 10 Barbara Ruth Johnston turning seven on May 10 Theresa Ann McMahan turning nine on May 10 and Ann Hamilton turning eight on May 11.
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Joan Sullivan
Barbara Ruth Johnston
Theresa Ann McMahan
A Annamilton
Italian Genius Leads Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
Eight year old Ferruccio Burco, hailed as an Italian prodigy, conducted the New Jersey Grand at Carnegie Hall in a lively program that included pieces from Rome and Mercury records. The packed audience erupted in applause after multiple selections and flowers were presented to the young conductor.
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New
York
Ferruccio Burco
Rome
Burco
Féeally
Benjamin Bapito
New Jersey
New York
Philharmonic
Symphony
Mercury
Maria Dell'Orefice
Belleclaire
Tax Return Copy Request With Collar Mixup
Hartford officials described a quirky case where a taxpayer asked for a copy of his 1946 return and enclosed a collar in the letter. The bureau reportedly charged one collar, a mistaken word for dollar, amid a rare typographical error that embarrassed staff.
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U.S
Hartford
Pilot With Broken Neck Flew Fighter During War
Lt. Thomas L Frazer testified he flew 15 combat missions with a broken neck and later paralysis, strapped to his seat with a board on his back, after a crash in Czechoslovakia. Frazer and three other crippled officers spoke to Congress about disability retirements and failed reforms.
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Washington
House
Armed Services
Subcommittee
Ames
Chinaea
Thomas L Frazer
Adrian
Alll
Charles Orden
San Jose
Calif
Congressional
Frederick J. Bready
North Wilbraham
Mass
Thaddeus
Moore
Highland Park
Mich
Frazer
Walter Reed Hospital
Census Method Estimates Rat Infestations on Farms
East Lansing Michigan State College outlines a pest census: rare sightings imply 10 100 rats on a farm, occasional sightings yield 100 to 400, frequent nightly and daytime rats suggest 1 000 to 5 000. The note compares urban waste with water softening implications.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan State College
Veterans Hospital in Bedford to mark twentieth anniversary
Plans span four days starting May 9 to celebrate the Bedford Veterans Hospital opening. Attendance includes exhibitions, musical selections, remarks by officials like Edith Rogers and Carl Gray Jr, and a patients day with events for residents and staff. Activities emphasize patient care, rehabilitation, and public tours by cadets, nurses, and volunteers with a focus on hospital life since 1928.
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Bedford
Veterans, Hospital
Concord Masses Set For First Friday May 7
Concord churches schedule First Friday Masses on May 7 at St. Bernard's and Our Lady Help of Christians. St. Bernard's offers 6 and 7 am masses with a 7:30 pm benediction, while Our Lady's lists 5:30 and 7 am masses and a 7:30 pm Holy Hour followed by benediction.
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Concord
Bedford News Notes on Local Events and Injuries
Mrs. Edward O Dowd of 16 School avenue fractured her elbow after falling in the yard last Wednesday morning. Miss Priscilla A Currier of 17 School avenue visited friends in Fitzwilliam New Hampshire over the weekend. Bedford Girl Scouts hosted a party at the Kargaard home on Col Loomis Street and The Great Road with bridge and whist and prizes for top scorers. Refreshments were served by troop members and Mrs Kargaard hosted guest Miss Mable Yates of Watertown over the weekend.
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Edward O’dowd
School Avenue
Priscilla A. Currier
Fitzwilliam N.H
Bedford Girl Scouts
Kargaard
Col
Local Minute Man Turkey Growers Attend State Meeting
Concord members of the Minute Man Turkey Growers Association joined a statewide gathering in Framingham at a hotel where key decisions on selling locally grown turkeys were discussed.
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Minute- Man
Turkey Growers Association
Turkey Growers
Framingham
Powderly Family Welcomes Daughter at Emerson Hospital
Mr and Mrs Robers Powderly announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday the 30th at Emerson Hospital Great Road Bedford Mrs Powderly nee Virginia Holland daughter of Mr and Mrs Wesley G Holland This is the Powderlys fifteenth grandchild.
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Robers
Powderly
Great Road
Emerson Hospital
Virginia Holland
Wesley G. Holland
Bedford
Richard J. Powderly
South Road
Powderlys
Brookline Event Day Features Student Activities and Sports
At WBLIC from 12:30 to 3:40 tours show hospital care by Gray Ladies and Orchid Toadies. Moving pictures run 12:30 to 3:30 in Room 16. A Field Day at 12:30 in the auditorium followed by Red Cross Canteen refreshments at 1:00 in the oval and a 2:00 baseball game and 2:00 band contest in the oval between Lynn Classical and Brookline High School.
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Frank W. Thompson
Winthrop Adams
Edith Nourse Rogers
Congress
Robert F. Bradford
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Joseph Garmello
Disabled Veterans’ Hospital Service, Inc
Lexington High School
Red Cross
N. P
Patierits
A Ty Perkins
Department of My Health
Boston
Wblic
S Hospital
A Gray Ladies
Lynn Classical High School
Brookline High School
Dope Addicts Use Fountain Pen as Hypodermic Needle
A U S public health service narcotics hospital in Lexington Kentucky displays improvised syringes and dope paraphernalia used by addicts. The exhibit includes a toothbrush and fountain pen needles, eyedropper bulbs, automatic pencil tips, and homemade injectors. Officers note hiding places like a hollowed heel and a mailable morphine tube, with devices for measuring doses.
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Lexington
Narcotic Hospital
U.S. Public Health Service
Pawnshop operation under police scrutiny after burglary report
Police investigate a $25 burglary at a tavern where a cigar box of watches was found. The bartender says he kept watches for security, while Detective Captain Fred Nussbaum notes the probe now covers the pawnshop's licensed status and possible wider operation.
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Paren
Fred .Nussbaum
Coal Mine Owner Attributes Wealth to Penniless Days
Pittsburgh report cites Jimmy Lynch a wealthy coal mine owner who says his fortune rose from being penniless ten years ago. He bought 65 acres of bottom land for 3000 and uncovered a rich coal seam he estimates could yield about one million tons. The project could run four years with an 875000 return.
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Pittsburgh
Jimmy Lynch
Lynch
Pennsylvania
Ship Captain Faces Mutiny Threat on US Liner America
New York report details a clash aboard the United States liner America as Captain Harry Manning defies union threats after the Southampton voyage. Union crew demand removal of chief steward W. S. McDonald and two discharged sailors, while Manning insists McDonald must be aboard before sailing again.
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New York
Union
United States
America
Europe
Harry Manning
Southampton
National Maritime Union
W.S. McDonald
McDonald
North Dakota Extends Hybrid Corn Planting Scale in 1946
North Dakota expands hybrid corn production on a large scale. In 1946 about half of total acreage was planted to hybrids, reflecting a major shift in farming practices and crop choices during the period.
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North Dakota
Concord Old Chapter DAR Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
Old Concord Chapter DAR elected a full slate of officers at the annual meeting last Saturday at the Old Chapter House following luncheon at the Colonial Inn. New Regent Mrs Victor E Peppard and other officers were installed. delegates and alternates for the fall Swampscott conference were appointed. Reports on the 57th Continental Congress and Day of Remembrance highlighted the session.
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Concord
Old Concord
DAR
Victor E. Peppard
Aard G. Simonds
Charles.h.towle
Herbert B. Smith
William Brown
John H. Lord
George H. Upton
Charles E. Hunt
Swampscott
Cutler
Lord
Towle
National Society
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Great Rd
Stow
F. J. Rahberg
South Acton
Central Street
Maynard Town House
Rainbow Girls
General Electric Home Laundry Equipment
Ow. A. Freeman CO
Main Street
Carnegie Hall
Army
Navy
Prenets
Thinois
Newport
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Western Hemisphere
Preservation Society of
Benedict Arnold
Rhode Island
Veterans’ Hospital
Harceties ‘Hospital
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Rep. “Harold , Ell Road,’ Welkig
Ena
WE Aubuc ‘Co
Main St
Nason St
Ilee
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