Funeral services held for D. Smith 82 longtime farmer
East Acton funeral services were largely attended Friday at W A Wombley Funeral Home for D. Smith 82 retired farmer and builder who died at his home 37 Brook Road Wednesday Rev Eric W Grimshaw officiated and burial was in Woodlawn Acton Center. Smith born in New York lived in town 60 years. He belonged to the Grange P of H Massachusetts Farm Bureau and is survived by his wife two sons Ralph and George two grandsons and other relatives. Scrofula known as kings Evil before Stuart era due to belief in royal touch.
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East Acton
W. A. Wombly
Sumner’ Street
Maynard
D. Smith
Brook Road
Eric W. Grimshaw
Acton Center
Mess Attendants Sought At Bedford Airport
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an exam for mess attendant at Laurence G Hanscom Field Bedford Mass with pay of 1.31 per hour No experience or written test required Applications from males only must be filed with the executive secretary of the Board of U S Civil Service Examiners at Air Force Cambridge Research Center Cambridge Massachusetts or obtainable from the same office first or second class post offices or the regional director Boston Applications accepted until further notice.
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Bedford
United States Civil Service Commission
Laurence G. Hanscom Field
Mass
Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Air Force Cambridge Research Center
Albany Street
Cambridge
Board of
U.S. Civil Service Examiners
First U. S. Civil Service Region
Postoffice and Courthouse
Boston
Fradd Named Lincoln Drive Campaign Chairman
Lincoln-Norman W. Fradd, Harvard physical training director, was chosen to chair the Lincoln area in the 1952 Arthritis Foundation campaign. The drive starts in December with a $5,000,000 national goal. Fradd, a Lincoln resident and osteoarthritis patient, belongs to several local and national health and fraternal groups. BY U. S. SAVINGS BONDS.
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Lincoln
Norman W. Fradd
Harvard University
Arthritis and Rheumatiim Foundation
Dudley H. Bradlee
Fradd
Trapelo Road
The
First Parish of
American Association For Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Harvard Lodge of Masons
Girl Scout rummage sale thanked by Concord group
Concord thanks all contributors and organizers of a recent Girl Scout rummage sale. Special mentions go to Mary Chamberlin for barn storage, community groups for venue and donations, and several families and local shops for support. Proceeds totaled $956.40 announced by Mrs. William Sreenan and party officials.
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Concord
Mary Chamberlin
Masonic Temple
Knights of Columbus
First Parish Meeting House
Veterans’ Building
Brooks School
West Concord + Union Church
West Concord Woman’s Club
Rene DuBerger
Minute-Man Press
Charles F. Mogan
Breen
Gilbert E. Bell
Joan Ripplegren
Karen Diskin
Sandra Nickerson
Beth Googins
Mary Clahane
Betty Ogilvie
Susan Kendall
Eighth
Rohan
Clahane
Kent
Currier
Cobbett
L. A. Russin Co
J. P. Nourse, Inc
Nell Ann
William Sreenan
M. Eugene Hyatt
Wesley M. Hague, Jr
Hawthorne School to Host Fundraising Party in Concord
Acton mothers of Rose Hawthorne Diocesan school students sponsor a whist, bridge and canasta event next Saturday night at St Elizabeth's church hall in Concord. Doors open at 8 and a home made food sale precedes the games.
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West Acton
Acton
Rose Hawthorne
Concord
St. Elizabeth’s Church Hall
Diggers Seek Pirate's Gold on Remote Mississippi Farm
The Lafite pirate legend drives a mechanized dig near Natchez Mississippi where an iron pot said to hold gold was buried by a pirate and later sunk in quicksand. A local contractor, W R Strickland, and buyers A E Bond and A B Cook support renewed efforts after 12 years.
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Mississippi
John Herbers
U. P
Natchez, Miss
U.P
Meadville
Laurel
Miss
W. R. Strickland
A. E. Bond
A. B. Cook
Natchez
Strickland
Mrs. Bond
Reba
Dove
Reba Dove
Franklin County
Jean Lafite
Powderly Couple Celebrate 40th Anniversary at Bedford Home
Mr and Mrs Richard Powderly of 166 South Road hosted an open house on Sunday October 26 to mark their 40th wedding anniversary. Relatives including Kenneth Vienet and 10 Powderly children attended, with 125 guests delivering gifts and messages. The couple wed in Cambridge and have lived in Bedford 25 years. A quip from Mary J Mullen accompanies the note.
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Bedford
Richard J. Powderly
South Road
Powderly
Kenneth Vienet
Cambridge
Concord Lincoln Lead Greater Boston in Museum Membership
Eustis Walcott, chairman of the Museum of Science Membership Council, notes Concord and Lincoln top the region in museum support. He salutes Lincoln chair Mrs Bradford Cannon and Concord chairs Mrs Bruce Old and Eugene Kraetzer Jr for driving the drive. He cites current per cent membership and urges nonmembers to join by November 22 with a civic-minded goal to double membership.
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Concord
Lincoln
Greater
Boston
Museum of Science
Eustis Walcott
Walcott
Bradford Cannon
Bruce Old
Eugene G. Kraetzer, Jr
Concord Fashion Program for Women at Monument Hall
A Rose Hawthorne Guild event tonight at 8 features women’s fashions through the years and current trends described by professional speakers with motion pictures. A cosmetics demonstration showcases proper use, directed by Miss Macbeth Gibson of Newton, Grover Cronin Specialty Stores, with no admission charge and public invitation.
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Concord
Monument Hall
The
Rose
Hawthorne Guild
Macbeth Gibson
Newton
Grover Cronin
Museum hosts morning coffee for Muse members
Mrs Cannon and Mrs Old served as hostesses and welcomed Muse members at a morning coffee. John Patterson of the Museum staff gave guests a behind the scenes tour of the present planetarium and conducted a viewing of the new Hayden Planetarium now under construction.
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Lincoln
Concord
Cannon
Old
John Patterson
Hayden Planetarium
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Harry Jarvinen
Seattle
FBI
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Owen Lattimore
Russia
Bedford Airport
Lincoln Drive
U. S. Savings
Girl Scouts
Hawthorne School
Ray Doyle
Waverly Street
Framingham
Republic of Korea
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Powderlys
Mary J. Mullen
Jimmie Garcia‘’s
Marlboro Country Club
Lincoln Inn
Westinghouse Electric
Gilchrist’s
Westinghouse
Gilchrist
Ironing Board
Gilchrist's
Concord Telephone
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