Fruit Growers Face Severe Weather and Pests in Apple Runs
M G Fultz of Middlesex County Ext Service describes the heavy challenges for Nashoba apple growers during a wet spell in late April and the ongoing threat of plum curculio. He notes crews work around the clock during spray seasons, facing fatigue and high demands to protect crop quality.
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M. G
Fultz
Middlesex County
Ext
Stern Massachusetts
Nashoba
Plum Curculio
Surprise testimonial honors Bedford groom to be Agrillo
Bedford man Joseph A Agrillo of 6 First street was surprised with a testimonial dinner by about 40 friends and relatives from Dedham and Bedford at the Red Lantern. The event honored his upcoming marriage to Elena Cataldo of Lexington on June 8 and included a cash purse presented by guests. Agrillo, a Navy veteran, runs a Bedford Center barber shop once owned by his late father Nunzio and also operates a Bedford cleaning business.
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Bedford
Joseph A. Agrillo
First Street
Dedham
Red Lantern
Elena Cataldo
Lexington
Agrillo
Bedford Center
Nunzio Agrillo
Knights of Columbus Whist Night For Rose Hawtorne School
Concord Council Knights of Columbus sponsors a benefit whist party at Monument Hall on Wednesday June 4 at 8 oclock. Past Grand Knight Paul B LeSage is general chairman. All are invited and prizes will be awarded.
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Concord
Concord Council
Knights of Columbus
Monument Hall
Rose Hawtorne School
Paul B. LeSage
Concord Alumna Named Senior on Briarcliffe House Committee
Dorothy Powning known as Penny to her family is the newly elected senior member of Briarcliffe college house committee. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Kim Ball C Powning of Wayland and is a Concord Academy alumna who graduated from Winsor School last June and debuted last September.
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Concord
Penny” Powning
Kimball C. Powning
Wayland
Briarcliffe College
Dorothy
Concord Academy
Winsor School
Concord Community Obits and Local Meetings
Committal services were held at St Bernard s cemetery in Concord for Eva I Gill Blake widow of George N Blake who died in Marlboro May 21 Burial followed in the family lot Sympathy is extended to Emma May Bresnick on the death of her brother John A Mason age 26 at Maynard The funeral occurred in Maynard with burial in Woodlawn Ac ton Center Soul and Body was the sermon topic at First Church of Christ Concord on Sunday An announcement was made for a lecture this Sunday night at 8 o clock Local Young Republicans attended meetings in Reading and Framingham Anthony Faunce of Lincoln chairs the Middlesex County Republican Committee Other local names include Mrs Arthur E Grannis Jr Sudbury Warren Johnson Maynard G Sherman Blair Jr Concord and Frances A Colombo Maynard Mrs Russell Robb Sr Monument Street hosted the Kings Daughters meeting Rev Edward Perry Daniels preached The Broader Claim Music was led by organist Mrs Harold F Adams.
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St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Concord
Eva I. (Gill) Blake
George N. Blake
Marlboro
Emma May
Bresnick
Strawberry Hill Road
John A. Mason
Maynard
Woodlawn Cemetery
Acton Center
Reading
Framingham
Anthony Faunce
Lincoln
Republican Committee
Middlesex County
Arthur E. Grannis, Jr
Sudbury
Warren Johnson
G. Sherman Blair, Jr
Frances A. Colombo
Edward Perry Daniels
First
Harold F. Adams
Massachusetts Heart Association
Charles A. Gates
Hudson
Flora G. Rose
Angeline S. Sullivan
Wayland
John B. Holt, Jr
William F. Stover
Herman P. Brown Stow
Charles Dudley
Clifton A. Fletcher
Carrie W. Smith
Marshall Crawford
Allen W. Jackson
John H. Rogers
H. L. van Keuren
Gardner S. Marion
Bedford
Kenneth P. Blake
Gates
Heart Association
Beacon Street
Boston
Heart
Bedford Chief Sullivan Completes 27 Years on Force
Bedford’s Chief Frederick H. Sullivan marked 27 years as a regular officer. He joined May 23, 1925, after serving as a special officer since 1922. A Lexington High School graduate, he has Bedford roots since 1907 and World War I veteran with the 104th Infantry. He is past commander of the Anthony Hunt-Hamilton Post No. 221, American Legion.
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Bedford
Frederick H. Sullivan
Sullivan
Lexington
France
104Th Infantry
Anthony Hunt-Hamilton
American Legion
Bedford Fire Regulation Advisory for Motorists
Local residents are advised of fire regulations following fire department activity. Police report that motorists must keep at least 300 feet from apparatus and 800 feet from the scene, with private cars required to stay clear for safe operations.
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Bedford
Playful Houston Man Wounded Then Drops Charges
Fred G. Blaine, 37, a Black man, checked into a Houston hospital with an ice pick stab wound in the leg. He refused to press charges against his wife Mattie, saying she was only playing around.
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Houston
Tex
U.P
Fred G. Blaine
Blaine
Mattie
Memorial Gifts Honor 26 Citizens For Heart Association
The Massachusetts Heart Association reports 26 memorial gifts over six months in honor of area residents. Donors include families and businesses. gifts support heart disease research. Mrs. Gates notes gifts honor memories without revealing amounts, with cards sent to kin.
Concord Pre-School Clinic Scheduled at Alcott School
The annual pre school clinic at Alcott School runs Tuesday June 3 from 10 to 11 30 AM. Dr Randolph Piper and nurse Mae Dennis will attend. Parents of children entering kindergarten should bring birth records and vaccination certificates for verification. no vaccinations will be given, clinic focuses on examination and registration guidance.
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Concord
Alcott School
Soom
Randolph Piper
Mae Dennis
Debutante Party Ushers Named for Boston Hotel Event
Ushers for the debutante cotillion at the Sheraton Plaza Hotel in Boston on Friday evening June 6 include A. Page Browne Jr. and John B. Buttrick Jr from Concord. Anne Buttrick and Dorothy Powning are on the post debs committee. out-of-town debs include Marie E D Grote and Cecily Clark with Constance L Dodge to be presented. Ritz dinner precedes the event. A local health tip follows about steam and laundry routines.
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Concord
Sheraton Plaza
Boston
A. Page Browne, Jr
John B. Buttrick, Jr
Anne Buttrick
Dorothy Powning
Marie E. D. Grote
Marie
Concord Academy
Cecily Clark
Ritz
Constance L. Dodge
Academy
Veterans Administration raises compensation and pension limits
President Truman signs a bill boosting veterans and dependents’ compensation by 5 to 15 percent. The VA sets new service connected scales from 10 percent up to 100 percent, raises non service disability pensions, and increases outside earnings ceilings to 1400 for non-dependent veterans and 2700 for dependents. Nearly 2 million WWI and WWII veterans are affected with reconsideration possible from July 1.
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Truman
Veterans Administration
Bureau of the Budget
Congressman cries halt to Canadian newsprint purchases
Congressman Philip J. Philbin of Clinton denounces a Canadian price surge and powerful monopoly in newsprint. He urges halting purchases with Marshall Plan and foreign aid funds and delaying aluminum buys to prevent a press chokehold.
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Philip J. Philbin
Clinton
House of Representatives
Washington
Marshall Plant
Philbin
Canada
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Meeting House
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Country Store
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Waltham
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Russell Robb
Monument Street
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Memorial OF Heart Fund
Association For Tribules
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Malcolm
Main
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