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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1943
Page
6
Local congregations schedule Sunday services at 10 45 a m with testimonial meetings midweek in the Reading Room. The lesson text from Corinthians and a Christian Science textbook excerpt discuss mind over matter and the soul’s immortality as taught by Mary Baker Eddy.
Rev Edward P Daniels minister at First Parish in Concord invites church school at 9 45 am and morning service at 11 on Sunday May 23 1943 The sermon titled Lest We Forget will be preached with music by the Chorus Choir.
Trinity Church Elm Street announces Sunday services on May 23 at 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion and 11:00 a.m. Morning Prayer with sermon. Sermon title references a quote by Mary Baker Eddy and themes of truth and simplicity. Campaign notice urges victory bonds.
Residents of Massachusetts told to obtain War Ration Book No 3 via postman delivery of an application card. All applicants must mail to the Boston OPA Mailing Center by a deadline, with groups living together eligible and separate SHPARATS forms for non related individuals. armed service members and institutional inmates are excluded.
Belmont star Mike Palm struck out 21 Concord batters in a Middlesex County league game at Emerson playground last Friday. Despite Palm’s 21 strikeouts and Arky Dempsey’s solid pitching for Concord, the home team trailed 4 0 before rallying to tie or lead briefly. Concord faces Reading and Stoneham this week with Lexington visiting May 25 at 3 PM.
Navy Recruiting Cruiser staff were authorized by the selectmen to park motor vehicles in front of Hudson town hall during recruiting visits in May June and July.
The real and personal estate of the late Charles M Houghton former Hudson selectman and son of a pioneer Hudson manufacturer, died April 21, is left to Annie M Houghton of Hudson. The estate value includes $10 000 in personal property. The will was filed by Attorney Fred E Morris. Marlboro guardi age licenses filed by John R Gustafson Ethel C Cross John R Doigh terty and Marilyn J Langlois
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex probate court hears a petition to probate a document claimed as the last will of Margaret Bruyn late of Sudbury. Eliz a beth B Stevens of Sudbury seeks appointment as executrix without bond. Return day set for June 1943. Judge John C Leggat signs the citation.
Bulletin from New York State Extension Service outlines at home activities for spring and summer. It urges planning social gatherings around 4 H Home Bureau or meetings with simple games and singing. Featured games include wash line challenge, seed identification, word games, a veggie letter duet, hidden hats, hat parade, and bunny ears ring toss with household props. Published by Western Newspaper Union.
A fragmented item discusses myths about animals dying with the setting sun and false ideas about snakes and a chicken. It notes that muscular contractions can continue after death and disputes sun related death timing.
Aromaa graduates Maynard Roden son of Mrs Hilda Aromas of 24 Waltham Street Marner.
A wartime feature highlights daily sewing circles at the Fifth Avenue headquarters of the New York Open's Division of Volunteers of the United Seamen's League. Volunteers mend and tailor uniforms and layettes for seamen with USS support, plus free emergency kits for those at risk. The piece also notes notable women in war work including Miss Rivets at LaGuardia and Miss Eleanor Judd, a blind donor, plus comments on Swedish actress Miss Signe Hasso and her American debut in Assignment in Brittany.
A Navy League service at the Nellis canteen in Ware Pennsylvania announces a new theme song How Dry Am I The song will be used to serve soldiers from nearby Valley Forge Military Academy and is approved by local authorities despite ban on beer offerings.
In historical markets tobacco functioned as money enabling exchange for goods and services across communities. Traders accepted leaf bundles as a medium of value, with standardized weights and local customs guiding valuation and repayment.
Concord High School notes recount the big War Stamp assembly raising funds, a library open early and closing at day’s start with student volunteers, a counterfeit money contest offering a $26 bond prize, and ongoing athletics including a gasless postal meet with Winchester, North Shore Relays, and relay wins. An assembly led by Connie O Neill and hospital day plans are noted, along with a call for more students to offer their services.
A brief note by Phyllis Belmont offers practical guidance for readers seeking simple daily actions to support wartime or civic goals. The piece emphasizes constructive routines, thrift, and local volunteerism as ways to contribute to victory efforts.
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