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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1945
Page
2
Concord residents plan a series of gatherings including a church meeting on Wednesday at 2 30 and a St Bernard CYO Friday night event at 7 30 in lower Monument. The community notes a rainy damp spell delaying many summer crops and hindering progress.
The Concord Memorial Day program for the Veterans Building begins at 2:00 p m on Wednesday May 30 with parade movers at 2 20 p m The procession covers Walden Hubbard Stow and Bedford streets concluding at St Bernards Cemetery for decorating exercises The day ends with a retreat and dismissal at the Veterans Building and a review at the Fire Station The Veterans Council invites all service members and veterans to join The note thanks Scouts Women’s Corps and all supporters for the observance
Ex serviceman Hugh Seaton of Acton received approval for a 4000 loan under the GI bill through a local card bank. The four man county committee and Lowell FSA office reviewed the application after Seaton’s overseas service. He plans to buy brooders and equipment to expand his business.
Linor assisted by Gir Knight Rudolph W Corsing and Warden John McBreen for a second degree conferred. State officers including District Deputies O Reilley Mc Devitt Quinn and Carrigan presided. Sixteen Concord candidates plus Murphy of Maynard and Coyne of Lexington listed. Next meeting set for Monument Hall on Monday night June 4.
Concord announces the engagement of Miss Dorothy May MacDonald of 24 Sudbury Road to Mervyn E Cass son of Mr and Mrs Howard Cass of Waltham. The wedding will take place next month.
Miss Winifred Helena Gerrish of 1 Thoreau Avenue wed Charles Estes Oliver of 4 Thoreau Street at Walder Street Concord Trinitarian Congo church. The Rev John Elmo Wallace officiated at 3 PM with Kenneth Walker Gerrish, Marjorie Macist, Donald Olive Amesbury as attendants. The couple will reside in Concord after a wedding trip.
River youth from West Concord, who also stole Mrs. Mattison's car in South Boston, was sentenced by Justice John P. Higgins in Suffolk Superior Court to eight to ten years in state prison for armed robbery. A prior year and a day term in the Massachusetts reformatory for kidnapping was canceled by the new sentence.
Concord Veterans Council honors Fourth Company with Memorial Day escort duties and a firing squad for Carlisle exercises on May 30. 1st Sgt. Nims and Sgt. French lead. Rev and Mrs John E. Wallace hosted open house at the Manse on Walden Street for parishioners and friends.
The Concord junior class celebrates its prom with Shirley Rice chosen as May Queen. The event featured a list of finalists including Dana Tirrell Patricia Raymond and Richard Bedford among others. The assembly showcased liquid air demonstration by Elliot James and noted Farm Work release guidelines and Middlesex Extension approval.
The local ARC TM chapter will hold its annual swim meet at Walden Pond beginning after school closes next month. Volunteers from Lincoln Carlisle West Concord the Ac tons and Maynard are being invited to join the event.
Funeral services were largely attended Thursday afternoon for P Peterson 64 former superintendent of Hugh Corals home Walden street who died Tide day morning May 15 at his home in Holliston Burial followed at Sleepy Hollow cemetery Local Grangers attended the exemplar of the fifth degree by Lincoln Grange P of B
In a volatile Monday meeting of about 1000 voters Concord approves a 10 percent salary rise for most town workers, funding from the excess and deficiency fund totaling 7 306 25. The Chief of Police and elective officers are excluded. The motion aims to cover raises for policemen and other town employees amid resignations and ongoing budget questions.
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