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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1951
Page
9
A wartime education guide explains GI training rules and cutoff dates. It covers initiation timelines for World War II veterans, postwar eligibility, and the 1947 Public Law provisions. It notes discharge dates and required start times for GI Bill benefits and describes Vocational Rehabilitation Act training deadlines for disabled veterans.
Mrs Elizabeth Stewart of 36 Great Road announces the engagement of her daughter Eileen Patricia Stewart to N Edward Cerasuolo son of Mr and Mrs John Cerasuolo of 62 Fletcher Street Bedford. Stewart attended Bedford and Lexington High School, works at Raytheon Waltham Navy inspection office, and is active with Beta Sigma Phi Bedford Youth activities and Girl Scouts. Cerasuolo also attended local schools and New Hampton School, is a Brown University student. no wedding date set.
Concord Massachusetts Mr and Mrs John M Woolsey Jr announce the birth of a daughter Alice Bacon Woolsey on May 7 at the Richardson House in Boston. Baby’s grandparents are Mr and Mrs Henry A Laughlin Cambridge.
Bedford schools host annual open house May 24 from 7 to 9 p m with exhibits of children s work and activities by various grades The event also features a Concord Dog Training Club demonstration and a book sale led by Mrs R Willard Hunt with several co chairs and numerous youth group exhibits including Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Cub Scouts Brownies and 4 H Club members
The fragment references Monument Street in Concord and mentions Mrs. John M. Woolsey of New York City in connection with a local event or notice.
The Church of Christ Congregational Bedford junior choir sang on a children's program broadcast from a Boston radio station on Saturday morning. They also joined the Mother's Day service at the Bedford church last Sunday morning May 13.
Concord announces judges for the Concord Contemporary Artists Exhibit running July 31 to September 1 at the Public Library. Judges include Christopher Wadsworth L E Kupferman and Thomas O Hara all Isregon School of Fine Art professors with addition of Mr. Butera and David Aronson.
Bedford School Committee appoints an advisory board for adult handicraft classes for the year 1951 1952. Members include Mrs Helen Ward of Hancock Street, Mrs Harold Elwood of Madawaska Street, Mrs Georg Hammond of Old Billerica Road, Clayton Morrill of North Road, and Mrs Everett L Gottschalk of Great Road. The group met at Mrs Gottschalks home and elected Gottschalk chairwoman and Hammond secretary.
Mr and Mrs H Allen Gilman of 10 Webber Avenue serve on the committee for the Lexington High School 1931 class reunion. The event, slated for Saturday June 9, will honor about 128 graduates from the town and beyond who are expected to attend.
In Waco Texas on a Friday the 13th the Mother Frances Hospital admitted 13 patients and discharged 13 others as part of daily patient flow.
The Massachusetts State Society U. S. Daughters of 1812 held its annual meeting at the YWCA in Boston with a book review on The Mistress of the White House read by Mrs. Benjamin F. Buckley. Prizes were awarded for flag use and press relations.
Concord gathers for a Lions Club supper meeting at Howard Johnsons on Tuesday May 15 at 6 30. President Osman C Chaffee presides as Spencer McLellan of Saugus deputy district governor shows Williamsburg in Color. Board meeting follows May 21. auction set for May 26 at the Veterans Building led by Past President Laurence F Petersen and a nominating panel listing Maxwell E Gawrence as chair and others.
The town police chief warns that most drivers are unfamiliar with the law requiring a complete stop when a school bus unloads or loads passengers. Vehicles following or approaching from the opposite direction must stop. on divided highways a ten mile per hour limit applies when safe. Courts may impose stiff penalties for violations.
Whitinsville leads with 165 percent of its quota while North Attleboro and Lincoln reach 160 percent in a statewide drive to hit 530 166. The campaign totals show Pepperell at 152 percent and many communities at 90 to 100 percent or 85 to 90 percent as volunteers wrap up a final clean up week.
Concord patrolman James F. Hanley spotted a motor burning inside a Clarke's Market freezer during a routine inspection last Friday morning. He alerted Box 18 and Central Station apparatus arrived. Damage was slight as a crowd gathered near the depot area around 2 20.
The United Workers hosted an all day sewing program at Church of Christ Congregational yesterday with Mrs Earl S Atwood in charge of the luncheon. A silver tea and a piano recital by a ladies penneis are planned for Wednesday June ith.
Bedford residents gather at Mrs Raymond Scheublin’s Sweetwater Avenue home for Bafta Club meeting. Gemologist Richard Chesley spoke, officers elected, and a food sale planned for Saturday with a covered dish supper on June 12 at the Church of Christ vestry Great Road.
The Girls State committee of the Anthony Hilton Post U S Auxiliary conducted a benefit food sale at the Church of Christ Congregational grounds last Saturday. Miss Grethe Christensen of Concord was chosen to represent the local unit at Bridgewater State Teachers College this summer. Mrs Henry C Isner chaired the sale with assistance from Mrs Josephine Rogers and Mrs Eugene Herlihy.
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