Degree Work Highlights at Local Grange Meeting
The Grange held a degree team ceremony with officers from Concord and Lexington. Rich comments from State deputy Richard C. Bean accompanied the event. May 5 and May 9 invitations were accepted for Stoneham and Boxboro respectively. A birthday circle and cake followed the meeting with several members recognized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Godfrey
Howard Davis
Salvatore F. Albani
Connie Poléo
Jov Skelton
Richard D. “Powderly
Richard C. Bean
Concord
Lexington
Mary Albani
Dorothy Richardson
Richard J. Powderly
Stoneham
Boxboro
Vincent McGrath
Ethel de Vries
Katherine Poleo
Salvatore
F. Albani
Louise F. Currier
Dorothy Hume
Ethel Rigers
MacGuiness
Richard D. Powderly
Fhe
Acton May Luncheon Hosted by West Acton Woman's Club
The annual May luncheon of the West Acton Woman's Club was held Wednesday at the Dominic Manse in Bedford. Mrs. Robert Reid Jr and Mrs. Allen Christofferson led the event arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
West
Dominic Manse
Bedford
Robert Reid, Jr
Allen Christofferson
Missionary bake sale and wedding plans in Acton
The Woman’s Church Aid committee of Center Congregational church holds a baked ham supper at 6 30 this evening in the church vestry with committee members listed. Engagement announced between Miss Marjorie Sorensen and Harry Sayer Jr with a fall wedding planned. Calcium chloride note on concrete blocks appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Aid
Center Congregational Church
Ethel Milbury
Thomas Foster
Charles Liebfried
Elwin
Hollowell
Fred Richards
Fred Willett
Samuel Knowlton
E. Clayton Steeves
L.H. Lewis
William Sears
Ernest Washburn
Harry Sayer
Gleason Road
Lexington
Marjorie Sorensen
Harry Sayer, Jr
Great Road
East Acton
Emerson Hospital Open House and Immunization Plan
Emerson Hospital invites all communities to an open house this Sunday May 12 from 1 30 to 6 30 p m touring the hospital and nurse's home with tea served. Children in lower grades and preschool will receive the Shick test and susceptible cases will be immunized with toxoid on May 14 21 and 28 at 9 00 10 00 and 11 00 a m respectively at South West and Center schools. The Acton Boxboro Red Cross executive board met in Acton Center with chairman Walter M Cook presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Hospital
Center
Acton-Boxboro
American Red Cross
Acton
Acton Center
Walter M. Cook
Acton School Honors Society Officers and Banquet Plans
Acton School members of the National Honor Society elected officers include President Elliot Strong Vice President Ruth Gilbert and Secretary Betty Sexton. The senior class voted to hold its banquet at the Miles Standish Hotel in Boston. David C. Bowen attended a two day conference of school superintendents in Bridgewater and joined Miss Marion L. Towne at the Framingham high school principals and deans meeting. A presentation of reading certificates for grades four to six is set for Thursday at 7 30 in the Acton Woman's clubhouse with Howard J. Billings presenting and Mr and Mrs W Stuart Allen showing trailer photos. Miss Mary H. Lothrop is credited for encouraging reading among the pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Honor Society
Elliot “Strong
Ruth Gilbert
Betty Sexton
Miles’ Standish
Boston
David C. Bowen
Bridgewater
Bowen
Framingham
Acton
Howard J. Billings
Library Board
W. Stuart Allen
Mary H. Lothrop
Acton High School Honor Roll Term Ending April 18 1947
Acton High School lists honor roll recipients across grades. High Honor students include Ruth Gilbert and Phyllis Barnhart among others, with multiple A grades. Middle and lower grades feature students such as Marie Dagenais Orson Miller Shirley Cobleigh and Nancy Lee, reflecting term achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Ruth Gilbert
Phyllis .Barnhart
Frances Merry
Dorothy Rahberg
Donald Reynolds
Janice Webb
Marie Dagenais
Elliot Strong
Shirley Cobleigh
Orson Miller
Phyllis Morse
Beverly Richardson
Betty Sextop
Daniel Sheehan
Robert Smith
Alfa
Goldthwaite
Robert Durand
Richard Flint
Harriet Frizzle
Frederick Kelley
Ronald Smith
Eleanor Coyne
Betty
Ann Gates
Sanderson Houghton
Jo‘an King
Elizabeth Lee
Dawn Richards
Constance Tucker
Robert B
Sylvia Hope
Kenneth,Kienow
Irene Lehtinen
Ruth Pinolehto
Ann Richner
Herbert Schmitz
Alice Shea
Carl Simeone
Junie Smith
Barbara Allen
Phyllis Andersen
Grace Denton
Wilhelmenia Knippel
Mary Starbuck
Janice Teele
Clare Wait
Nancy Lee
Rose Marie Spinney
Nancy Winslow
Nancy Gatchell
William King
Suzanne Mellor
Janice Phelps
Et Wilson
Sudbury High School Notes on Convention and Activities
Sudbury High School sent six delegates to the Massachusetts Associated Student Councils convention at Wellesley High School. Governors messages, discussion groups on student councils, and a turkey dinner preceded a program of music and speeches. Officers were elected. New Bedford High School chosen as 1948 hosts. Junior Prom on May 2 1947 in Town Hall. Softball plans include a May 21 game with Concord High and May 14 event at Town Hall field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudbury High School
Associated Student ‘Councils of Mass
Wellesley High School
Sudbury
Governor Bradford
Bradford
William Palmer
Ralph Hawes
Marie ‘Franco
Barbara “Giles
Irene’ Fairbanks
Marcia Gaughan
Sudbury High ‘School
Art Fay
Ord Giles
Splissey
Sudbury High
Concord ‘High
Concord
Daughters of 1812 Meet in Boston at Annual Luncheon
Massachusetts State Society Daughters of 1812 convened in Boston on May 5 with Miss Emily M. Thompson presenting lineage blank efforts for membership. The group heard devotional readings themed on Mother's Day and discussed historical records, graves, and education funding aided to Southern schools, with Mrs Herbert E. McQueston, State Regent of the Mass DAR, in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sudbury
Massachusetts State Society
U. S. Daughters of 1812
Boston
Emily M. Thompson
Thompson
Robert Louis’ Stevenson
George M. Moore
Marlboro
Sation
Herbert’ E. McQueston
Dar
Simmons College selects Nancy Christofferson for Junior Welcome Committee
Miss Nancy Christofferson daughter of Mr and Mrs Allen M Christofferson 116 Massachusetts Avenue Acton has been chosen to join Simmons College Junior Welcome Committee The group greets incoming freshmen in fall and aids orientation She has been active in the Outing Club YWCA and New Man Club as a sophomore in the Prince School of Retailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Nancy
Anne Christofferson
Allen M. Christofferson
Massachusetts Avenue
Acton
Simmons College
Christoffersom
Simmons
YWCA
Newman Club
Prince School of Retaildeg
Ett Mort
Bedford Boys Enter Soap Box Derby at Suffolk Downs
Notices say boys must register at Middlesex Garage Inc Great Road Bedford for a June 21 Derby at Suffolk Downs Race Track. Also details on a Medical Center for Children expansion and local birthday notices plus a family move on Chelmsford Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk: Downs
Middlesex “Garage Inc
Great Road
Bedford
Acton church rummage sale and 4-H exhibition
The Ladies Social Circle of the South Acton Congregational church hosts a rummage sale in the church vestry on Friday May 9 with donations accepted Wednesday Thursday or at Mrs Lawrence Donnelly Main Street South Acton. The 4 H club holds its annual exhibition at Acton Woman's Clubhouse Acton Center starting at 2 00 p m West Concord clubs invited to join with supper in the evening chaired by Middlesex County 4 H boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Acton
Acton
Street Acton Center
West Concord
Middlesex County
Concord Community Concert Association
Edward P. Chase
Main Street
Concord
Mass
Camping Trip Brings Acton Troop 1 Scouts Together
Acton Boy Scouts Troop 1 held a weekend encampment with assistants and leaders in attendance. Wilfred Fraser won a stalking contest and a first aid drill simulated two accidents with Robert Durand and Richard Flint as victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Boy Scouts
H Rooney
Donald Keyes
Richard Flint
Robert Frost
John Campbell
Robert Durand
Fam Kendall
Wilfred Fraser
Reed Mellor
James Wilson
Sia Feltus
Herbert Schmitz
Rd Stuart
William Harper
George Morse
Harry Morse
Richard Rhodes
Wilfred‘ Fraser
Bent Welcomes Daughter Dorothy Louise Bent
SUDBURY Mr and Mrs Albert Bent announce the birth of a daughter at Emerson Hospital on April 23 their second child Dorothy Louise Bent. Mr and Mrs Warren J Wright have returned from their wedding trip traveling to Virginia New York Washington Port Royal Virginia and the Caverns. Richard Burches serves on the Middlesex County Grand Jury for a year with monthly duty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Bent
Dorothy Noyes
Emerson Hospital
Dorothy Louise Bent
Warren J. Wright
Virginia
New York
Washington
Congress
Capitol
Port Royal Virginia
Wright
Woodside Road
East
Sudbury
Richard Burches
Middlesex County Grand’ Jury
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Ates
Mr. and
H. Joy
and Smith
James
Walter Orothy Agrillo
Judith Swan
Wderly
Cla
Faye Roby
Mpson
Andohnston
Powderly
Noegree
Blake
Barbara State
Poteo
Rach
Frankfurters
Bly
Prigzle Berder’s Eagle
Nestle
Florida
Nason
Eae Eel
U. S. Signal Corps
Signal Corps
Baffe
Belgium
Brad
Way Age Baands Cot Ae Aa
Maynard
Acton School
Babson Institute
Prin
Alan F. Flynch
Condu
Babson Institute of Administration
Welle
Daughters OF 1812 Meeting
Herbert E. McQueston
Children’s Hospital
Joseph Otor
Victor Larrsen
Brooksbir Road
Reis
Chelmsford Road
the Thrift Cleaners
Walden’ St. - Concord
State Armory
Everett Street
Edisons
Apparel ‘Shop Colonial Block
Gms
Frederick R. Child, Jr
Parks Catering Service
Concen
Seder & Gruber
Tel
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