Concord News Roundup of Religious Events and Local News
National Maritime Day observed with New England shipping men taking part. May processions and church anniversaries across Concord noted. A 75 year old carry all and a historic bonnet linked to 1847 are mentioned. Graduation and combined concerts planned for June. New diocesan Catholic school plans advancing with registrations soon. Longtime parishioner milestones and a Lions Club auction set for Saturday. Memorial Day services scheduled. Local officials’ moves and civic club notes included.
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New England
Our Lady's Parish
West Concord
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Stanley Howard
William Wadsworth
Concord High
Middlesex School
Concord Academy
Concord
R. Dora Farrar
Douglas Horton
Mildred McAfee
The
WAVES
Wellesley College
Lions Club
Veterans Building
Bill” Tobin
Edward McKenna
Sleeper Rest
Carlisle
Louisa Alcott Kussin
Louisa May Alcott
William Carson Mohler
South Euclid
Massachusetts Medical Society
Hotel Statler
Boston
Paul
Gov. Dever
Gen. MacArthur
Acton
Lawrence Carr
Holy Name Society
St. Bridget's
Arthur W. Parke
Sid Caesar
Boston Garden
Fund For the Italian Home For Orphan Children
John H. Harper
Burlington, Vit
Tel. Co
Marlboro
Howard E. Munroe
Hyannis
James Woodberry Smith
Emerson Hospital
Carl Herstad
Lexington Road
Bedford
Dami Miga Almina
Hanscom
Charles W. Goodrich
Waltham High Haster
Monument Hall
Billerica
Carl Pedersen
Carlis
Too Young Divorce Sparks in Atlantic City Case
John L. Martin, 21, secured a divorce from his wife after claiming she left him soon after their three year marriage because he was too young. Advisory Master Wilf Button heard the case in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Atlantic City
N. J
U.P
John L. Martin
Wilf Button
Concord civic events and family wedding plans
The 212 Club carnival continues this week at the Over parking lot off Commonwealth Avenue in West Concord. Concord Rainbow Girls announce a rummage sale on Saturday June 2. Annursnae Grange P of H meets in West Concord Monday night May 28. Mrs Mary Andrew Stone heads the local Grange. Middlesex Central Pomona met last week in Sudbury. Mr and Mrs Roger Swaim of Monument Street will attend the June 2 San Francisco wedding of their daughter Caroline to James Bortner of York Pennsylvania.
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Commonwealth Avenue
West Concord
Annursnae Grange
P. of H
Mary (Aundrew) Stone
Middlesex
Pomona
Sudbury
Roger D. Swaim
Monument Street
San Francisco
California
Caroline Swaim
James Bortner
York
Pennsylvania
Baldwin baby born in Concord Emerson Hospital
Mr and Mrs Stephen P Baldwin of 18 Lexington Road announce the birth of their second child a daughter on May 19 at Emerson Hospital Concord Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Raymond P Baldwin of Concord.
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Concord
Stephen P. Baldwin
Nancy Taft
Lexington Road
Emerson Hospital
Raymond P. Baldwin
Whist Tonight at Concord for Deluxe Gas Range
A charity whist party at the Veterans building in Concord features a four burner deluxe gas range with broiler and top oven as the main prize. Mrs. Naomi Wood, past president, leads the committee for the 8:30 p m event open to the public with proceeds aiding the Ladies' Auxiliary.
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Crawford
Concord
Naoim Wood
Quarter Century Mark in Pace Car Pace
A look back at Chrysler’s Pacemaker era compares the 1926 Chrysler Pacemaker six cylinder Imperial with a 92 horsepower engine to the 1961 Pacemaker that features a modern V eight FirePower. It recalls race speeds and key figures from Indianapolis 500 history.
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Chrysler
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Chevrolet
Indianapolis
Gianding
Carl H. Wallerich
Eft
Ac Valer
P. Chrysler
Deputy District Governors Guest At Lions Meeting
Spencer McLellan deputy district governor from Saugus visited the Concord Lions Club during a semi monthly meeting at Howard Johnsons. He presented Williamsburg in Color photos as Past President Rothwell N. MacRae introduced him and President Osman C. Chaffee conducted the meeting. Charles Wear led a new officers slate nominated to be elected next month. Plans for Saturday's Veterans Building auction in Concord were announced. Several guests attended and the program followed supper.
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Concord
Concord Lions Club
Howard Johnson’s
Spencer McLellan
Saugus
Sullivan Couple Welcome Daughter Mary Ann in Concord
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Sullivan of 6 Prairie Street West Concord announce the birth of their first daughter Mary Ann on Sunday May 20 at Emerson Hospital in Concord. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John B. Fitzpatrick of Shirley Street and Mrs. Frances Sullivan of Brighton.
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West Concord
William T. Sullivan
Marilyn Fitzpatrick
Prairie Street
Mary Ann
Emerson Hospital
Concord
John B. Fitzpatrick
Shirley Street
This Town
Frances Sullivan
Brighton
Committal Held for Mary H. Frye in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
The committal service for the late Mary Hamilton Frye of 10 Belknap Street, who died last Saturday, was held Monday at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. A memorial service preceded at the Friends Meeting House in Cambridge. Frye, 60, was a Concord resident for nearly two years and was known as an artist.
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Genny Parsons
Concord
Mary Hamilton Frye
Belknap Street
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Friends Meeting House
Cambridge
Concord Girls Win Radcliffe Fellowships
Among 11 Massachusetts recipients and two from Connecticut for next year at Radcliffe College are Concord girls Edith Farnsworth and Edith Clarke. The notice notes the origins of tea dating back 2,300 years.
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Concord
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Radcliffe College
Edith Farnsworth
Edith Clarke
Bedford Hospital Attendant Dies At Lexington
Bedford Williams M Aquaro age 60 died Sunday night at Lexington He served as an attendant at the U S Veterans hospital in Bedford for ten years Funeral services were in Lexington He was born in Italy and lived 38 years in Lexington a retired tailor and charter member of the Sons of Italy He leaves a widow one son one daughter seven grandchildren and two sisters
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Bedford
William M. Aquaro
Lexington
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Italy
The
Sons of Italy
Bedford Couples Observe Anniversaries and Training News
On Friday May 18th Mr and Mrs Charles Persall of Hartwell Road Bedford marked their 10th wedding anniversary Mrs Persall was formerly Helen Moran The Redbands from New Jersey were entertaining guests and the Sands family noted their third anniversary Also Robert G Comrie son of Mr and Mrs Harvey J Comrie of Page Road is at Newport RI undergoing 14 weeks of basic training.
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Charles Persall
Hartwell Road
Bedford
Edwin F. Qua
Springs Road
Lawrence Redband
New Jersey
Redband
Donald R. Sands
Old Billerica Road
Robert G. Comrie
Harvey J. Comrie
Page Road
Newport, Rhode Island
Naval Base
No Work for Him in Helena Montana
A pan handler asked for food at Mrs. F. D. Jones’s home in Helena. She gave him a rake to clean the yard while she fixed a bite to eat. When she returned, he and the rake were gone.
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Helena
Mont.u.p
A _panhandler
F. D. Jones
Funeral services held in Maine for Bertha Farnsworth
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon in Winterport Maine for Bertha Larrabee Farnsworth 86 widow of Lincoln A Farnsworth and mother of Dr Kenneth Farnsworth of Lincoln a Boston surgeon She died Sunday at her son's home Surviving are another son Ruppert K Farnsworth of New London Connecticut seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren She was active in the Rebekahs and the Methodist church.
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Concord
Bertha (Larrabee) Farnsworth
Kenneth Farnsworth
Lincoln
Boston
Winterport
Maine
Lincoln A Farnsworth
Ruppert K. Farnsworth
New London
Connecticut
Farnsworth
Rebekahs
Methodist’ Church
Hale High seventh graders tour Logan International Airport
The seventh grade class of 21 at Hale High School, guided by Miss Galey with Mrs. Samuel Freeman as chaperones, toured Logan International Airport Boston on Wednesday. They traveled by school bus via the Sumner Tunnel, toured the airport including the customs office, and met someone hoping for Esther Williams during lunch while viewing National Guard jets and other equipment.
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Stow
Hale High School
Miss Galey
Samuel Freeman
Logan International Airport
Boston
Sumner Tunnel
Customhs
Ewishing
Esther Williams
National Guard
Lexington Class of 1926 Holds 25th Reunion
Bedford and Lexington residents from the Lexington High School class of 1926 gathered at the Masonic Temple in Lexington for a 25th reunion. Harold Michelson served as chairman. Rev. Dana McLean Greely of Arlington Street Church in Boston attended as class president, with about half of the 88 graduates present.
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Bedford
Lexington
Masonic Temple
Harold Michelson
Dana McLean Greely
Arlington Street
Boston
Science Lecture Says Christian Science Heals Today
Ralph E. Wagers told Concord listeners that understanding sonship with God unlocks healing of physical difficulties and everyday problems through Christian Science. He cited examples from a tuberculosis patient and a Singapore air raid survivor transformed by spiritual concept, urging belief in abundant life here and now.
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Concord
God
Ralph E. Wagers
Christian Science
Wagers
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Chicago
Donald B. Jackson
Concord Christian Science Church
Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
Singapore
Java
Community Notes From Stow and Concord Life
Stow resident David Wanhatalo, eight years old, is improving at Emerson Hospital Concord after admission May 14 for observation and treatment. Three year old Philip Laursen underwent a tonsillectomy at Emerson Hospital and returned home. The Ketela family moved to Red Acre Road. Bud Bulli and Tekla enjoy a Michigan motor trip with Mary Erkkinen and Martin Erkkinen. Pvt Richard Stowson of George T. Stow stationed at Aberdeen Proving Grounds attended sister Dorothy’s wedding reception, Dorothy Grow’s wedding drew Ralph Smith family from Wethersfield. Greta Wanhatalo observed her 72nd birthday with cards and well wishes.
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David Wanhatalo
Walter ‘Wanhatalo
Red
Acre
Emerson Hospital
Concord
Philip Howard Laursen
Robert L. Laursen
Great Road
Bud Bulli
Tekla
Harvard Road
Mary Erkkinen
Martin Erkkinen
Michigan
Hancock
Richard Stowson
George T. Stow
Aberdeen
Proving Grounds
Maryland
Dorothy
George A. Scraggs
Ralph Smith
Wethersfield, Conn
Stow
Dorothy Grow
Joe George A. Scraggs
Pig Tied With Necktie After Purchase in Cordova
In Cordova Tennessee a pig was tied by its front feet with a necktie after a man and his daughter purchased it. Yvonne Harrison witnessed the scene as the daughter used the necktie to bind the animal.
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Cordova,Tenn
Yvonne Harrison
Annual Meeting Actions at Assabet Institution for Savings
The Assabet Institution for Savings held its annual meeting in Maynard Massachusetts on May 7 1951. Officers and trustees were elected and sworn to office including President Guyer W Fowler and First Vice President Frank E Sanderson. The board includes Oswald C Drechsler Sidney E McCleary Philip A Wilson and others with terms expiring in 1952 1953 and 1954.
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Assabet Institution For Savings
Banking
Maynard
Massachusetts
Guyer W. Fowler
Frank E. Sanderson
Oswald C. Drechsler Cclerk
Philip A. Wilson
Oswald C. Drechsler
Sidney E. McCleary
Wallace C. Priest
Charles 4. Stockbridge
Howard L. King
Harlan E. Tuttle
Corporation
William Naylor
Harold F. Nordberg
E. Sanderson
John Janiewski
David C. Clemor
Harold R. Goodwin
Patrick H. May
William Stockwell
Gavin Taylor
Clarence A. Wetherbee
Sidney BE. McCleary
Local Women Promote Municipal Golf Event
Sliced prices 35 cents and 25 cents listed for a municipal golf reading event featuring Mrs. Mangion Mrs. C Hardt and Mrs. G Gins at Boston UP.
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Mangion
Chardt
G.¥gins
Boston
Municipal
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