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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1946
Page
9
The Sudbury Garden Club will hold a Spring Garden Show on June 19. Members will display flower arrangements matched to room settings such as dining rooms and living rooms. Several houses will host the event as many members open their homes for the show.
A Monday morning celebration at the Nursery School marked Joey Graceffa’s fifth birthday. Children, including Donald Cassidy and Ann Marie Gracefla, enjoyed games and refreshments of ice cream and birthday cake.
Maynard Elks lodge plans a patriotic flag raising at Maynard Field led by a military band. A parade will start at Elks headquarters on Main Street with a marching line through Alumni Field. All town organizations and citizens are urged to display flags and join the demonstration.
Gertrude E. Lane of Concord died last Thursday. Her funeral was held Sunday afternoon from Smith funeral home in Gardner. She formerly lived in Leominster and Gardner and was in her seventh year.
Nebraska has 70 organized soil conservation districts covering 62 percent of all land and 82 percent of all farms and ranches in the state.
Deputy Sheriff Arthur B. Corey of Stow Street and Court Officer Charles S. Robinson of Willow Street attended the Middlesex North Grange meeting at Littletough. Principal speaker and Concord native Attorney George Finegold of Lowell Road, a special assistant to the attorney general, spoke on duties investigating and prosecuting public officials who disobey state laws.
Edwin Parris of Hume road has reenlisted after a recent corporal discharge. He is stationed at Fort Devens awaiting assignment to a U.S. camp.
Mrs. Catherine Lambert widow of Joseph Lambert died after a brief illness at 20 Brooks Street Maynard. Born Milford 70 years ago she lived in Maynard 40 years. Survived by sons LeRoy and Leon and sister Mrs Annie Daley. Funeral held at her home with a solemn high mass at St Bridget's church. Interment in St Bridget's Cemetery. Bearers listed.
Mr and Mrs E Grove Smith and their son Stephen of Fitchdale Avenue have spent the past week visiting relatives in Utica New York.
Concord High School tracksters enter the State meet at Dickinson Stadium Newton in Class B on Saturday. Coach John J. Watson travels with about 10 or 12 boys. Potential placers include Capt. Jack Wallace in the 880 Val Muscaty in the 440 Nick Softille in the dashes Bill McNally and Georgie Fenton in the jumps.
A Driver Education Clinic conducted by a Boston insurance company visited Concord offering a no risk driver safety test. The program tested braking reaction steering vision and glare recovery as part of a weeklong drive through Bridgewater Worcester Amherst and Pittsfield.
A miscellaneous shower was held at the summer home of Warren Hall for Miss Charlotte Spiller who received many gifts. She and Mr. Warren Hall plan to marry on Friday May 25. Hall served overseas two and a half years with the Eighth Air Force during the war.
Bronislaw Zakszewski and Miss Maria Kaziukonis wed at St. Bridget's Church May 12 with Rev. John F. Bernatonis officiating. Bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dominic Kaziukonis, wore ivory satin. Couple to reside at 1 Linden Place Boston after a Maine honeymoon.
Concord Council Knights of Columbus No 287 held a regular meeting at Monument hall Tuesday evening to plan for a patriotic celebration and field day. Grand Knight Thomas J Burke Jr presided as reports from delegates to the state convention announced Joseph I Francis as the new state secretary and Jeremiah F Minihan named as chaplain. Regular meetings will be reduced to once monthly in June July and August while a nominating committee prepares the new officer slate.
Concord welcomed Miss Elmina L. Snow as the new Emerson Hospital administrator last Sunday at the Concord Club. The event drew members of the board of directors clergy town officials and many residents as Miss Snow succeeds Miss Edna D. Price.
Domestic animals face shortages as Europe’s horse meat demand outpaces supply. The Commodity Credit Corporation reports large exports of canned and cured horsemeat for human and pet food, with slaughterers in Rockford Illinois and Topeka Kansas among main suppliers. Wild range horses are also rounded up for slaughter, aiding the supply chain.
Mr and Mrs Charles H Persall of Hartwell road celebrate five years of marriage. Mrs Persall is Helen Moran of Arlington. They wed May 18 1941 and have four children. Church groups and events include a Bafta club meeting at Jamison Harrison home with a June food sale and covered dish supper, and United Workers meeting led by Mrs George Fraser. A card party is planned at Mrs Walter Fitch residence with a June 5 luncheon sewing and business meeting.
The local Grange event honored area mothers with corsages and nylons for attendees. Mrs Bertha Tucker served as chairman of the event committee while Miss Helen represented the local GI unit. The acton scored 89.9 in the inspection conducted by Deputy William Needham.
Fragmented text mentions Acton and Lakeland Florida trip for a family, a June Post, a James Gates, a fine arts scholarship, a Baptist church event, a plant sale, and an August wedding in Iceland. Full details and context are unreadable.
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