Concord News Roundup Sparks Local Pride And School News
Local notes celebrate promotions at Concord Public Schools with Radcliffe Morrill moving to superintendent and Jack Donovan tipped as new Concord High principal. Reports cover community events from waste paper drives to outdoor CHS graduation, traffic and town planning chatter, and obituaries including Henry L. Hart. Other items note sports, politics, and civic plans with Gen Omar Bradley mentioned as a possible defense leader.
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Radcliffe Morrill
Concord High
Concord Public Schools
Concord School Committee
Jack” Donovan
Tom” Brown
Acton
Maynard
Tom” King
Dick Sullivan
Emporium
Greater Lowell
Henry L. Hart
Hancock-Clarke House
Lexington
Wally Pipp
Yankees
Omar N. Bradley
Concord
Supreme Western Defense
Swampscott
U. S
France
Sudbury Road
Thoreau Street
Paul Swaffield
Lions
Sinatra
Mill Dam
Rideout
Emerson
Martha L. Rich
Bedford
Andy” Ducharme
Monument Street
Harvard
State House
Lincoln First Parish
First Grandson for Prendergasts Is James H Dee 3rd
Mr and Mrs James H Dee Jr of Bedford street announce the birth of their son on May 13 at Emerson Hospital. The baby is named James H Dee III, the couple's second child and first grandson for the Dee and Prendergast families.
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Concord
James H. Dee
Bedford Street
Emerson Hospital
Dee
Florence Prendergast
Thomas E. Pendergast
Central Street
West Concord
Dees and Prendergasts
Carol Ann
Recent Arrivals At The Hospital Concord
Emerson Hospital reports new births in Concord Lexington and Maynard. A son born May 8 to W Graydon Smith and wife at 21 Lexington road Concord. A son born May 3 to Daniel E Dick and wife at 1963 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington. A son born May 12 to Henry M Young and wife on School street South Acton. A son born May 12 to Raymond Dionne and wife at 7A Harriman street Maynard. A daughter born May 13 to Charles F Columbo and wife at 36 Waltham street Maynard. A daughter born May 13 to Charles Harriman and wife at 55 Acton street Maynard. A son born May 13 to Charles H Lord and wife on Bedford road Concord.
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Concord
Emerson Hospital
W. Graydon Smith
Lexington Road
Daniel E. Dick
Massachusetts Avenue Lexington
Henry M. Young
School Street
South Acton
Raymond Dionne
Harriman Street
Maynard
Acton Girl Honored in Colby Cap and Gown Day
Pauline Tuttle of Acton played a prominent role in Colby Junior College Cap and Gown Day May 10. Seniors and third-year students wore black regalia and marched to chapel marking pre-graduation activities leading to June 12. Tuttle, a Cushing Academy graduate, daughter of Harlan and E. Tuttle, majors in medical technician course.
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Acton
Enterprise
New London
N. H
Pauline Tuttle
Colby
Junior College
H. Leslie Sawyer
New Hampshire
Miss Tuttle
Cushing Academy
Harlan E. Tuttle
Main Streets
Delayed Letter Reaches Woman Nine Years Late
Mrs Pauline Owens of Parkersburg West Virginia receives a letter mailed May 7 1941 from Watertown New York by Ellsworth Lightner corporal in the Fourth Armored Division at Pine Camp New York.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Pauline Owens
Watertown
N. Y
Ellsworth Lightner
Fourth Armored
Pine Camp N. Y
Navy moves 75 ton generator section through streets
Navy officials begin routine transport of a 75 ton, 32 foot high and 14 foot wide part of a 12 million volt generator from a Quincy shipyard to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. The operation involves miles of suburban streets and is described as a standard moving task.
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Boston
Navy
Saemon
Quincy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Five defenses filed by Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea in DOJ case
The brief outlines five defenses arguing DOJ seeks radical legal change and claims A and P boosted living standards and competition. It cites reforms since 1944, monopoly impossibility, store reductions from 1931 to 1943, and prior exoneration by the FTC in 1929.
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A & P Corporation
DOJ Charges In Suit Against A and P and Atlantic Commission
The Department of Justice accuses Atlantic Commission and A and P of acting as produce broker for farmers and as agents for A and P to gain advantages. The suit seeks injunctive relief to split A and P into seven regional chains and to separate manufacturing from retail operations, including White House Milk and Nakat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Great New York Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company Inc
Atlantic Commission Company
Atlantc Commission
District Court
Finois
United Sates District Court
New York
Hartfords
White House
Painting project begins at Church of Christ
Bedford reports the Church of Christ began painting last Saturday with men as workers and women providing a noon dinner. Volunteers are needed for additional labor and are asked to contact Sidney W. Ingalls or James C. Richardson.
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Bedford
Church of Christ
Sidney W. Ingalls
James C. Richardson
Bedford Health Board reorganizes with new officers
The Bedford Board of Health met at Hubert W. Dunston's home on Wilson Road to organize for the year. Everett L. Gottschalk was elected chairman and Dunston was appointed clerk. Floyd A. Sweetman named third member and Henry Sert named inspector of slaughtering for the year. Buy U.S. Savings Bonds.
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Bedford
Board of Health
Hubert W. Dunston
Wilson Road
Everett L. L. Gottschalk
Dunston
Floyd A. Sweetnan
Henry Sert
Wetber Avenue
I.spector
Basic Waffle Recipe Promises Nourishing Morning Energy
Waffles provide a wholesome breakfast option for all ages. The basic recipe lists 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 3 teaspoons baking powder half cup fortified margarine 2 eggs beaten 1 and a half cups milk 2 tablespoons sugar optional. Mix sifted dry ingredients cut in margarine then add eggs and milk fold to a light batter. Bake per waffle iron directions serve with margarine and syrup.
Scouts Plan Events At Bedford Memorial Day Rally
The Girl Scout Association met at Mrs. Oscar Reed's home to plan for the year. A rally is scheduled for May 27 and camping trips were planned. Officers include C. Emerson Fox as president and Mrs. Joseph Whence as second vice president.
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Bedford
Girl Scout Association
Oscar Reed
V. A
Pote Association
Protien
Mass. study finds one in eleven schoolchildren with damaged hearing
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health screened 325000 children over two years, about 65 percent of the state’s school population, using the Massachusetts Hearing Test. Dr. Philip Johnston notes many hearing defects are detectable with the audiometer and that some children may be handicapped later in life if untreated.
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Bay
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Massachusetts
Philip Johnston
State Health ‘Department
Johnston
Dr. Johnston
Tax taking notice for Sudbury parcels for non payment
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Sudbury Mass Office of the Collector of Taxes gives notice that on June 1 1950 at 2 PM at the Tax Collector's Office Town Hall the town will take for non payment certain parcels. Parcels include land on Goodman Hill Road Lot 7 and Lot 126 on Holman’s Pine Rest plan with detailed deed references and recorded dates.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sudbury
Mass
Town Hall
Joseph C. McCarthy Hazel D. McCarthy
Goodman Hill Road
Charles Brackett
E. W. Pettigrew
Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds
Mary E. Smith
Holman’s
Pine Rest
E.N. Montague
C.E
Middlesex South District
Hearing Loss Progress Slows Despite Ongoing Prevention Efforts
Health officials report partial progress in preventing hearing loss as new programs roll out. Experts note early screening, safer noise practices, and education campaigns while challenges remain in underserved communities and among aging populations.
Proceeds Turned Over To Unitarian Charity
A note records that noon proceeds were turned over to Mrs. John Richard F C Edward Wiggs and Frazer for a Unitarian charity.
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Unitarian Ch
John Richard F. C
Edward Wiggs
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Prendergasts
J. H. Dee
Doan
A&p
Federal Trade Commission
U S
Kentile
Health Board
Dick Button
Hal Harvard Soph
Chicago
Middlesex Mortgage Corp
Elijah Goodnow
Goodnow
Harrington
Herrington
Oe Smith
Smith
Christopher G. Cutter
Dana Parmenter
Said Parmenter
Middlesex South
Kellogg's Packa
Mrs, Frazer
Fort Worth
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