Handicraft Sale by Bedford Woman’s Club Friday
The Bedford Woman’s Community Club will host a Handicraft sale in the Pawn Hall on Friday in November. Tea will be served with aprons flowers and food for sale alongside crafts and gifts. A table features white elephants and a war bond will be awarded. Organizers include Mrs Bates Macgowan Mrs W Slade Mrs Charlesett Mrs David S Sepets Mrs Floyd A Sweetman Mrs Emerson Fox Mrs James H Joyce Mrs Richard S Dodge and Mrs Gordon Duff. BUY WAR BONDS STAMPS.
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Bedford
Bedford Woman's Community Club
Bates Macgowan
W. Slade
Charlesett
David S Sepets
Floyd A. Sweetman
Emerson Fox
James H. Joyce
Richard S. Dodge
Gordon Duff
Concord High Hosts X-Ray Clinic And Glee Club Meeting
In a Concord High School assembly Miss Mae Dennis announced an X-ray clinic during the week of November 27 to detect tuberculosis with applicants asked to indicate interest. The Glee Club’s first meeting was led by President Richard Bacon and future night rehearsals set for Tuesdays at 7 30.
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Concord
Concord High School
Mae.Dennis
Lost Wallet Found Near Carbone's Restaurant
Lost wallet reported last Sunday evening outside Carbone's Restaurant on Powder Mill Road contains a wedding ring a large sum of money and vital papers. Call Concord 799 M to reclaim.
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Carbone
Powder Mill
Concord
Concord, Bedford Street airman serves with famed Liberator unit
Private First Class John J. Grant, son of Mrs. Mary Grant of Bedford Street, Concord, is an aircraft armorer on a B-24 Liberator Heavy Bombardment Group. The unit flew over 350 combat missions, bombed high priority Axis targets, and earned multiple commendations including a Presidential citation for Operation Ploesti. Grant enlisted April 1942 and wears the Distinguished Unit Badge with Cluster, the African European Middle East campaign ribbon with star, and the Good Conduct Medal.
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15Th Aaf
Italy
John J. Grant
Mary Grant
Bedford Street
Concord
Jhas
Regensburg
Munich
Klagenfurt
Steyr
A Badsenstadt
Vienna
United States
ANS
Middle East
Ploesti
Pvt
Grant
Concord Girls Win Two Over Watertown
Concord High School girls field hockey tied Watertown 0 0 after two periods then won the second game 2 0. Janie Richardson and Mary Pierce scored for Concord, improving their season to three wins one loss with a pair of ties.
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Concord
Concord High School
Watertown High Girls
Emerson Playground
Concord Girls
Watertown Lassies
Concorde Girls
Janie Richardson
Mary Pierce
Concord Girl Elected Vice President at Vassar College
Eleanor Gooding of Concord has been elected vice-president of the Vassar College Students Association. A third year zoology major, she will direct the college cooperative system administering the hour a day household work program and will serve until the 1945 class graduates.
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Frederic Gooding
Mainstreet
Concord
Concord Academy
Students Association of
Vassar College
Miss Gooding
Vassar
Senate
Pne
Sécredare
Gtent
Students’ Association
Finnish-born Pvt. Viik tops Infantry training at Camp Blanding
Pvt. Imari G Viik of Maynard Finland earned top marksman status at the Infantry Replacement Training Center at Camp Blanding Florida. He later served as a heavy weapons man during 17 weeks of basic training and is among 88 men who gained American citizenship this week through the IRTC Naturalization Section. Viik previously served in the Finnish Army and sailed for five years in merchant marines visiting several nations before settling in the United States in 1940.
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Fla
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Viik
Maynard
Infantry Regent
Finland
Florida
New York
U. S
Pvt
Hmari Viik
Infantry Replacement Training Center
G.I
IRTC
Nature Course At New England Museum Of Natural History
Miss Frances Sherburne of Concord joins Boston’s Nature Course at the New England Museum of Natural History in a program blending lab work and lectures on birds minerals shells and fossils. Acting director Margaret Baker touts direct study with collections as ideal for developing hobbies and aligning with adult education movements nationally. Private Louis LaCourse U S A spends furlough at home on Great Road while on duty at a North Carolina camp.
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Boston
Frances Sherburne
Concord
New England Museum of Natural History
Berkeley Street
Margaret Baker
Louis LaCourse
Great Road
North Carolina
Admiral King to headline Meet Your Navy on Blue Network
Admiral Ernest J. King Commander-in Chief U S Fleet will speak Saturday November 18 at 7 30 p m on Meet Your Navy heard locally on station WHDH Boston The program from Great Lakes Naval Training Station Chicago features Navy bands instrumentalists soloists and choir Admiral King’s naval career spans the Spanish American War World War I and World War II with multiple honors including Navy Cross Distinguished Service Medal and Gold Star He is a prominent naval leader providing patriotic programming to millions of Navy families and citizens.
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Blue Network
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U. S. Fleet
WHDH
Boston
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
Ilinois
Admiral King
Naval Academy
Ohio
Henry T. Mayo
U. S. Navy
United States Fleet
New London
Conn
Block Island
Provincetown
Massachusetts
Pensacola
Florida
Bureau of Aeronautics
Lexington
Naval War College
Navy Department
General Board
Jgants Fee
U . Fleet
Naval Unions
Elands
Sampson
Concord Observes Anniversaries Across Local Families
The Concord community marks anniversaries of long married couples. Observers include a 33rd and a golden wedding with relatives in Concord and nearby towns. Families note military service in sons U S Army and Army Air Corps, plus local occupations and church ceremonies.
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Tiage
T. Algeo
U. S Army
Southwest Pacific
Sergt. Leo S. Army Air Corps
Ters
Margaret
Massachusetts Tory
Alice
Andrewsen
Laws Brook Concord
Bedford Chu Elects Church Officers and Board
On Sunday afternoon Bedford Chu elected church officers for four years and board members for varying terms. Deacons chosen include Goodwin and Arthur Luedke. Prudential board members include Harold I. Wentworth Hart. Auditors are Miss Ru more and Fred Greene. financial steward is Mrs. Harvey J. Co and Mrs. Edward F. Webber. Nominal committee for 1945 includes Paul B. Webber Miss Armore and Harold Iton.
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Goodwin
Harold I
Prudential Board
Alton W. A Wentworth Hart
Arthur Luedke
Tre
Walterlin
Miss Rumore
Fred Greene
William Lu Fay Roby
Harvey J. Co
Edward F
Paul B. Webber
Alden W. Welden
Sweetnam
Turkey Whist November at Concord Council Hall
Concord Council hosts a Turkey Whist event at Monument Hall on Friday November 17 at 8. Grand Knight Rudolph Tier names the committee members Thomas Sheehan James Breen Michael Hackt Byron Joseph Kenna Charles Mara F Garrity Jr McKenna Daniel McH Terence McH for the public invitation to attend the charity gathering.
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Concord Council
K. Monument Hall
Rudolph Tier
Thomas
James P. Sheehan
Jolt Breen
Michael J
Hacktward J
Byron
Joseph Kenna
Charles E. Mara
F. Garrity Jr
McKenna
Daniel C
Terence J. McH
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