Local Youth Exhibition Promises Family Fun and Scout Activities
An event organized by the Cub Scouts and youth town groups features balloons, games, and a one mile wheelbarrow race. Miss Louise will oversee activities with Charles F and Vincent assisting as planning includes a plant expenses plan. Robert E. Mahoney and others are listed in the program with youth ages across the community invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ren’s
Cub Scouts
Mahoney
Robert E. Iage
Thie
Charles F
Vincent
Louise
Girl Scout Rally to Honor Scouts and Brownies
Bedford hosts the annual Girl Scout rally in the school auditorium on Thursday May 24. All Scouts and Brownies participate with Brownies moving up to Scouts as they receive badges for the years work. leaders include Miss Anna meen Mrs Charis Engiardt Jr Mrs Roy Harrow and others with many parents invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Spencer. Haunstein
Mise Anna Meen
Charis P. Engiardt, Jr
Roy ‘H. Harrow
Murray
York
William. G. Arnold
George Owen
George H. Bisworth
Charles Wendel
Hubert W. Dunston
Legion Penny Sale Boosts Bedford Fund Drive
Bedford residents attended a large penny sale by American Legion Post 221 to raise money for a new building. The event featured prizes including blankets, dinner sets, glassware, and more with a television set as the special prize won by James McKeenan of Hyde Park and an older prize awarded to J. Jones of Springs Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Christian
Arthur E. Hansen
Paul A. Leary
Robert Primmerman
Horace R. Rivere
James McKeenan
Westminister
St. Hyde Park
J. Jones
Springs Road
Bedford
Mission at St. Michael's Bedford continues through May 27
The May 14 to May 27 mission at St. Michael's Church Bedford will be led by Rev. John J. Redden P M as preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
St. Michael’s
John‘ J. Redden
P. M.J
Berlin Sets 1950 Tax Rate At 50 Dollars
The Berlin Town announces the 1950 tax rate at 50 dollars, a two dollar rise tied to increased appreciations approved at the annual town meeting. Ernest B. Coulson, chairman of the Board of Assessors, notes the increase reflects higher assessments and was endorsed by state official Henry Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ernest B. Coulson
Board of Assessors
Ite
Henry Ry Long
Corporations and Taxon
Bedford Calendar for the Coming Week
Bedford events list for May spanning May 18 to May 25 includes Boy Scout and Girl Scout meetings, ES and Town Hall gatherings, Softball practices and a game at Bedford Junior High, Church of Christ activities, a Work Day, a Grange gathering, card party, American Legion Auxiliary meeting, Progressive Club, and a Scouts rally with meetings at schools and clubhouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clip House
Paul Revere
Town Hall
Church of Christ
Coricord
Bedford
Peter Bulkeley
Bedford Grange
Edna A.meharg
American Legion Auxiliary
Spring Spree at Simmons Col and Alpha Formal at UMass Holyoke
Stow Mrs William H Peck and children Eleanor and John attended the outdoor Spring Spree at Simmons Col on Saturday. Miss Heidi, a freshman, attended with partner Arlene Larsen daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Larsen at Shi-Alpha spring formal of the University of Massachusetts held in Holyoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Peck
Eleanor and
John
Great Road
Simmons Col 5
Heidi
Sis
Arlene Larsen
Andrew Larsen
University of Massachussetts
Holyoke
Veuryey Pig
Wiliam Peck
Man fined for turning on street light without permit
Richmond California resident Clyde Mo faced a $75 fine or 20 days in jail after he activated a street light using a portable switch, triggering a false alarm charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Calif
Clyde Mothershed
Alam
Bedford Junior High Girls Softball Schedule Announced
Bedford School announces junior high girls softball practice Wednesdays and Fridays at 2 30 PM on the grounds. A team will be chosen from candidates in grades 7 8 and 9 with Marlene Comrie and Beverly Englegardt as managers. First game against Westford, then Concord May 22 and Bedford May 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Smith
Ellen Waye
Sylvia King
Joan Wetson
Elizabeth Wengel
Dorothy Siekman
Roberta Capone
Deborah Venoitte
Marjorie Isner
Margaret Johnston
Linda Joyce
Katherine Keizer
Joanne Markamis
Audrey McKenna
Peggy Meade
Gertrude Murray
Joanne Phillips
Joyce Reed
Gertrude Sayer
Janet Reed
Betty Sweeney
Nancy Thatcher
Phyllis “Trainor
Louise Gerald
Ruth Ivioni
Marlene Comrie
Beverly Englegardt
Ginet Westford
Peter
Bulkeley School
Concord
Bedford
Bedford Actress Stars in Scattered Showers at Boston Theater
Miss Donna Goyette played a feature role in Scattered Showers produced by Brattle Theater Workshop. On Friday she was soloist at a Lexington wedding. Mrs Lawrence Sicotte, Crescent Avenue, is a patient at the Waltham hospital after an operation. Dunham daughter celebrated her second birthday last Friday. A new moving picture was shown in the school auditorium Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Goyette
American Theater Wing
Boston
Brattles Theater’ Workshop
Miss. Cons
Lexington
Lawrence Sicdtte
Crescent Avenue
Walthant Stal
Ia Yenham
Annca
Roger Dunham
Carlis
First Parish in Stow Observes Family Sunday May 1
First Parish Stow hosts Family Sunday on May 1 with multi generation attendance urged. The service features a Beginning at Home sermon and a children’s story ritual followed by coffee and light refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stow
Mike Wit
Bedford Church Benefit Stirs Seven Bridge and Whist Parties
Seven Bedford homes hosted bridge and whist events to benefit St. Michael's church. Prizes went to numerous residents including Mrs. Grace Cole and Mrs. Louise F. Currier for high bridge scores and whist wins. Other gatherings occurred at Miss Louis Shukis, Miss Catherine Ormond, and Mrs. Martin McMahon homes with multiple prize recipients and special prizes announced. Refreshments followed at each host home and at the U.S. Veterans Administration facility event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
St. Michael's Church
Grace Cole
Davis Road
Louise F. Currier
School Avenue
James Connors
North Road
Helen Detsch
Alice Belanger
Patrick Bernier
Noella Bernier
Agnes Doherty
J. J. Pardine
Paul Sullivan
Doris Reingard
A. LeGasse
Mathias Peloquin
Ernestine Peloquin
Agnes Madden
Reingard
Legasse
Louis Shukis
South Road
Maxime ‘Daigle
Frank Kace
D. Shukis
Joseph Rogers
Charles Shukis
Mary Dee
M. Denaro
Charles Chick
M. E. Melanson
Bickford Hartwell
Josephine Race
Joseph Bykowski
Catherine Ormond
Leslie F. Winchenbaugh
Esther Sullivan
Catherine McGrath
Viola Webster
Fred F. Cook
Sara Myers
Karen Rivet
Bessie Jenks
Edna Meharg
Anna Laducer
Elizabeth Atwood
Arthur F. Wright
Katherine Hyldberg
Josephine S. R. Weiggers
Frances Myers
Alice Primmerman
Florence McMahon
Martin F. McMahan
Maurice Isbell
Edward McMahan
James Whalen
Sidney Ingalls
James McMahan
Ray Kimball
Eleanor Saunders
Francis McMahan
Irvin E. Purem
Pallen F. McArdle
Great Road
Rose Ceresuelo
Jane McNaught
Pallen McArdle
Nancy McArdle
Rita Coleman
Pauline Dix
William H.atdsh
Céhéord Road
John Zdnowski
Eeerate Pss
Saliga
Hazel Johnson
Elizabeth Stewart Thomas Poleo, Jr
Leslie Winchenbaugh, Jr
Arnold Laffin
Mary A. Cullinan
Thomas Pol Whist
Atherine Joy
Mary Neville
Mollie Clements
Elsie Braskovitch
Bessie Davis
Lorraine Tutherford
Catherine T. Cullinan
Nora Rutland
Thomas Poleo, Jr
Charles Sickman
William H. McIntosh
John Fitzgerald
U. S. Veteran’s Administration
Church Program Sunday at Union Church Coffee Party
Union Church plans a Sunday event with a coffee party to raise funds for a needed job. W Smith leads the event and Allison Smith assists with serving coffee to attendees.
Family Dinner Party for Mrs Petersen at Home
A family dinner gathering was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Ge Petersen in honor of Mrs. Petersen. It marks the first time the mother has enjoyed a family meal in some time due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stow
Ge Petersen
Bedford Police Patrolman Civil Service Exam Postponed
The Civil Service Board announced an examination for Bedford Police Department patrolman on July 7, 1950. Applications must be filed before June 16, 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Civil Service Board
Bedford Police Department
Ballet on Beacon Hill at Boston Jubilee Filmed for Theatres
Miss Lois Goodwin of 227 Great Road participated in Adolphe Robineau’s On Beacon Hill staged at Hatch Memorial Shell on the Charles River during the Boston Jubilee. The performance was filmed and will be shown in several Boston theatres. Also noting the ninth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Charles Persall at 41 Hartwell Road. Mrs Persall is Helen Moran. Reverend James A O Luckman, director of the Billy Graham Campaign, spoke at a Church of Christ Missionary Rally and sails today for Ethiopia to work in the mission field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Goodwin
Great Road
Boston
Adolphe Robincheau
Beacon Hill
Hatch Memorial
Charles River
Miss Goodwin
Frank Goodwin
Charles Persall
Hartwell Road
Church of Christ
James A. O. Luckman
Mr. Luckman
Billy Graham
Ethiopia
Bedford Air Squadron Forms for Senior Scouts
Bedford-Air Squadron 16 of the Senior Scouts in Bedford is fully organized and seeks any senior scouts in Sachem Council to join. John Macone of Concord leads the new unit with Peter Hall of Lexington heading Flight A and David Jones of Bedford leading Flight B. David Harrison of Bedford is the squadron pilot, Robert Francis assistant pilot, and David Buttare the scribe. Meetings and activities will be planned by the two flight leaders, with aeronautics instruction from reserve officers at Bedford Airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Sachem Council
John Macone
Concord
Peter Hall
Lexington
David Jones
David Harrison
Robert Francis
David Buttare
Legion Auxiliary Food Sale Aids Girl State Representative
Bedford town hall event by the American Legion Auxiliary Post 22 raised funds to send a representative to Girls State. Miss Margaret Siekman, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Siekman, was selected as this year’s candidate. details include Bacon Road and local residents noted in the report.
Maynard Families Gather Across Town and State
Mr and Mrs Peter J Lr of Great Road Maynard host dinner for their son and wife along with Mr and Mrs James P Lund of West Acton Road Stow. They later travel to Ford New Hampshire to visit daughter Mrs Keech and family. Albert and family, formerly of Cambridge, reside in a new house on Great Road owned by Otto Kunelious. Mr Koch teaches at Acton High School. Esro He and family, formerly of Maynard, live in the duplex house of Otto Kurielova on Great Road. Heinenen works for the Képfi epiedy Decorating Company in cord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J. Lr
Great Road
Maynard
James P. Lund
West Acton Road
Stow
Ford
New Hampshire
Keech
Albert
Cambridge
Otto Kunelious
Koch
Acton High School
Esro He
Ther Duplex
Otto Kuriellova
Heinenen
Képfi Epiedy, Decorating Company
Cord
Fire damages chick brooders at Clemens home
Firefighters responded to a Sunday evening blaze at the Clemens residence on Box 43. Two week old chicks were housed there and were saved by quick actions of Edmund Capon and Louise Lawrence with a nearby hose until Stow firefighters arrived. Fire loss is being reported by Fire Chief Harold J. Priest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stow
David C. Clemeng
Edmund Capon
Louise Lawrence
Clemens
Harold J. Priest
Stow Woman Honored at District Presidents Meeting
Mrs J Alberty Mrs David Clemens and Mrs Allison P Smith of Stow attended the annual meeting and luncheon of the 10th District Presidents in Hudson at the Unitarian church. Mrs Oats and Mrs Clemens of West Acton attended. Stow was named to the Executive Board for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
STOW
J. Alberty
David Clemens
Allison P. Smith
Hth
Unitarian Church
Hudson
Oats
Ly Clemens
West Acton
Veterans of Foreign Wars Meeting Plans Memorial Day
Stow VFW post met Tuesday at Town Hall for regular business. Members discussed Memorial Day arrangements. The next meeting is Tuesday evening May 23 to finalize plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stow V. F. W
Stow
Willie Allen
Pek
Kala Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Itd
Mother's Day Event at Vic Temple Held in Concord
Concord DeMglay Chapter hosted a Mother's Day event Sunday night at Vic Temple. Clyde Bowen led the program with help from other officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord DeMglay
Vic Temple
Clyde Bowen
Miss Madeline Quinn Admitted to Kathleen Dell School
Sudbury residents learn Madeline Ann Quinn has been accepted as a student at Kathleen Dell School starting next September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ans
Madeline Ann Quinn
Kathleen Dell
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Eagles
U.P
Girl Scout Rally
Legion Building Fund
ST. Michael's
Personnel Office
Bill High
Main
St. Opp
City Hall
Harry
Pena
Potala
Bedford School
Ole
Enribet$ Gi
Nare Pit Phe
North Eear Federation
Ameriye
Vattarian
Nashua
N.H
Woman's Alliance of the First Parish
Gladys ‘Ealer
Weston
Pieeiees
Unitarian Associaton
Arthur’ W. Trefryane
Freeland
George
Amy
Bait Fing
Richardson
General Alliance
Bedford Church
Union ’Church
W. Smith
Wee Allison
P -Smith
The
Mts
Anhatalo
Family. Party
Studebaker “Starlight” Coupe
Legion Auxiliary
Sitka
Alaska
United States
Joseph P. Ee Weg Wahepete
Nan
Elmaes
Ae Ile
Marianapolis ‘Army
Connecticut
Sudbury
Sanderson’s
Nason Street
Town House
Main Street
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