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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1943
Page
4
At the Bedford ceremony last week Acton Wood Club awarded Miss Kathleen Feehan a $3 merit prize and Miss Jean Campbell a $50 nursing scholarship. Both were honored for high standing and entering the nursing profession.
The Massachusetts Audubon Society arranges a birding trip on May 22 starting from Fond's store on the Post Road in Sudbury under Rev. BR Cheney. Participants may join even if not members. start is 6 a m. trip may run to noon or later with a complete bird record kept by the leader for submission to the Audubon Society.
Sergt. Frederic Lambert, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Lambert, enlisted last fall and is stationed at Camp Meade Maryland with the 101st Cavalry Band. He previously played with the Top Flight Band of New York and at the Ritz Carlton Hotel with Leo Reisman's orchestra.
Invitations are out for the Class of 44 event to be held in Acton on Friday June 4 from 8 to 12. Mrs Alden Plege Jr and son Peter of East Acton visit relatives in Rockport Massachusetts. Mrs Dorothy Spencer of Mast Acton is substitute clerk at the motioning board in Miss who was married last Saturday. Whester P Jon is spending a thirteen day furlough at the home of Mr and Mrs Oliver D Wood in the Center. Sergeant Jordan who was married last fall to former Louisa Wood has been transferred to Norfolk Virginia in the information bureau of the primary teacher the Cen Schcol.
Family and friends mourn the passing of Mrs Heuss who lived with her husband and son Frederick in Virginia. Burial services were conducted last Saturday at the Sudbury Methodist Church.
Rev William F Prestoin pastor of the Methodist Church in the Center will take part in a Methodist ministers conference in Worcester on Sunday next. As a result there will be no service in the church on that day.
On Memorial Day May 30 May 20 Union Gerwick of the local churches will be held in Memorial Congregational Church South Sudbury Rev Leslie H Barrett pastor leads the service.
A terse note suggests someone feels deceived though not angered by the situation. The wording implies disbelief or denial of accusations, with emphasis on unfair treatment rather than heated reaction. No clear names or places are provided.
Concord Lodge 212 Odd Fellows held a whist party at Gad Fellows hall last Thursday evening with Mrs George Fenton winning first prize. Nellie Berry second and Suprent third. door prize went to Mrs mine M Jean and the special prize to Peter Jean. The event closed the season before the 124th anniversary celebration and elected Albert G. Lind as noble grand for the next session.
Notice urges Maynard-On or before May filing of menus or price lists by all food and drink establishments for the seven day period ending April 10. Bars serving alcohol must file. Retailers must file meats and fats inventories by May 14 at the Rationing Board. Stamps valid dates and other rationing notes are provided. Book-1 inspections schedules and an age note regarding War Ration Book No 1 are included.
Mrs. Matilda to TNE and Rev. Lynne Townsend welcomed guests from Emerson Has ing treatment. Mrs. Frank Parsons and Pete Donald returned home in Acton after winter in Arizona. Acton Woman's Club serves dinner to Poultrymen's Association next Monday in the clubhouse Center.
defense units including air raid wardens auxiliary fire and police will be on duty in a statewide war game next Sunday May 23. the exercise will involve Massachusetts districts with southeastern sections already staging maneuvers. enemy forces wear steel helmets and yellow bunting marks blocked roads and bridges. reports on attack and defense progress go to the public safety committee headquarters in boston via civilian defense comms.
Middlesex school competed in a busy sport week with 9 DuByy events, losing 8-2 to Milton Academy and dropping third straight. Landon Clay and Dick Prince pitched, Johnny Winsor batted. team later faced Senae Nichols Belmont Perneicsa Marlboro and Southboro. They reached finals at Harvard with Brauns and Freeman advancing amid imperfect OCR.
Another canteen lunch was served to the Ross workers at the Acton 4G lab in the center last Tuesday under the direction of Mrs. Kenneth Jewell and Mrs. E Clayton Steeves.
May 30 last day for coffee coupon 23 from Ration Book 1 value 1 pound. May 31 butcher meats blue stamps and sugar coupons valid for cans and preserved foods. June 15 shoe purchases with Coupon 17 end. July 22 gas tires coupon 5 last day. Added rations up to 300 miles for Victory gardeners. Fuel Oil coupons 5 last day Sept 20 for household use.
Frank R. Peters of the Center died at his home aged 76. Burial services were held last Friday in the Forsyth Chapel Forest Hills. He is survived by his wife Margaret and a brother of Mason N. The Peters family had long served Acton as summer residents and recently sold property on Great Road before moving.
A five point program drafted by the OPA Fuel Rationing Branch aims for quick submission to top officials. Proposals include an honor system, encouraging tank filling during the year, ration banking for industries, and extended pipelines to service central Massachusetts. Rep Philbin backs extending the Albany to Worcester pipeline and the New Jersey Canal project to boost oil flow to New England amid wartime shortages.
The ceremony at Heights Baptist Church united Verna Balsor daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank E Balsor of Acton in a double ring marriage. The bride wore white satin with coronet and carried white carnations. Attendants included Mrs Forrest Beat and Miss Jeanette Stowa.
A cryptic OCR fragment notes a May 2 event involving Pederson and a loss in a competition. Details are unreadable, but the names suggest a sports or match context with a single participant named Pederson and a antagonist.
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