Concord Rotary Club Skips Meeting For Holiday
The Concord Rotary Club will not meet this week due to the holiday. The next luncheon meeting is set at 12 15 at the regular West Concord location with President Robert D Parkin presiding.
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1952
Page
21
The Concord Rotary Club will not meet this week due to the holiday. The next luncheon meeting is set at 12 15 at the regular West Concord location with President Robert D Parkin presiding.
Bedford Women’s Community Club hosted a smorgasbord and dance Friday at Marlboro Country Club with Francis McMahan’s Bedford orchestra. Committee chair Mrs Charles M. Pe led a team including Mrs Louis H. Smith and others. A bazaar and tea are planned for December 6 at the school cafeteria.
Scituate residents Mr and Mrs Iles Lane drove a 1910 Model T Ford to an exhibition where their well preserved antique car earned a prize for best restoration.
The Mission Rosary Circle met at Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carrig's Davis Road home. Ten bridge and whist tables conducted. door prize turkey won by Mrs. Lucy Jardine. special prize to Miss Mary Cullinan. Bridge winners listed. whist awardees named.
West Concord The West Concord Woman's club will meet at Union church Friday December 5 at 2 30 pm Mrs Edward F Sheehan will preside and American Home Day will be observed Mrs Allan L Dow long time Pennsylvania resident will speak on A Pennsylvania Dutch Treat and display pottery and cards Tea hostess is Mrs E Wells Hutton This is the last meeting of 1952 with the next set for January 9.
Miss Lois Starr daughter of Mrs. Carl R. Starr Bermuda and Robert B. Kemble son of Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Kemble Boston wed at the Bermuda Cathedral. The Concord Academy graduate attended Connecticut College for Women and appeared in the 1950 51 debut season with the Vincent club. Kemble, a Lenox school and Yale graduate, is in the U S Army stationed at Fort Dix New Jersey.
A Fall River garage displays a sign reading We mend everything but broken hearts. The quirky note comes with a promotion to buy U S Savings Bonds.
Bedford red cross unit holds Blood Donor Day on Friday November 28 with town groups aiding registration canteen and meals. Horace P Riviere chairs effort urging residents to donate as no more visits are planned until spring with committees coordinating registration nurse aides and baby-sitting by Girl Scouts and Welcome Wagon workers.
Mrs Paul W Combs of Carlisle spoke at West Acton Baptist on Old Age Assistance. Mr and Mrs Edward Gates welcome daughter Elizabeth Thompson Gates born November 14 at Emerson Hospital with grandmother Mrs Frank W Thompson. Auxiliary meeting at Town Hall led by President Mrs Winnie O Joy with reports on turkey sale and executive board meeting at Mrs Joys home.
A weekly listing from Concord noting dances, meetings and gatherings. Highlights include a Thursday 8 P.M. dance at Wells A Hall Memorial Auditorium hosted by Concord High School Athletic Association and various town organization events through Friday 2:30 P.M. at West Concord Woman's Club.
Bedford staff members of the U S Veterans Administration hospital spoke at an open meeting of the New England Chapter Association for Physical and Mental Rehabilitation. Invited participants included Dr Ian Funk staff psychiatrist Charles L Rose psychiatric social worker Dr L P Finche chief of physical medicine rehabilitation and other members of the corrective therapy staff Carl Whittaker and George Heos.
Rev. Dr. Henry Francis Smith, formerly of West Medford Congregational Church, spoke at the morning service in Bedford. Mrs. Leila M. Blake led the music, and the evening program featured the film More For Peace shown by the Every Member Canvass Committee.
Massachusetts reports more than half of first month GI unemployment claims by Korean veterans were closed or merged into work. Director Antonio England notes 963 claims in three weeks and 427 on the rolls in week four, with 40 000 potential claimants statewide.
Bedford public health meeting at Mrs Webber’s Old Billerica road home set terms for retiring members including Mrs Webber Mrs Elmer G Smith and Mrs John Earl Dick and noted resignation of Mrs Frederic Jenks. A plan to raise the board size from five to seven members was discussed with a list of six potential appointees.
The Sudbury Woman's Club will meet at Town Hall on Wednesday December 3 at 3 PM. Miss Marie Lefebvre of Celanese Corporation of America presents Glamorous Fabrics for You and Your Home, followed by a Christmas Tea hosted by Mrs Roland A Walton. The program includes a fabric display and a door prize.
A Jefferson diary quote notes the U.S. paying South Korea about ten million dollars monthly to transport troops and supplies for the front line and defend Korea, arguing the costs support allied defense.
Mr and Mrs Fred A Keough Jr of 293 Old Billerica Road welcomed a son Paul Andrew born November 12 at Emerson Hospital. The item notes local interest in 60th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs John M Harrington in Framingham and community activities including Red Feather drive led by Paul W Patton and a United Workers sewing day for Emerson Hospital with another planned. Also mentions Confessions at St Michael's Bedford in preparation for First Friday masses and Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8 with mass times to be announced.
A report notes that the typical patient under physician care during the Pharaohs period died at about 30 years old. It references a historical medical context and age estimate for that ancient era.
A damaged clipping notes the Salvation Army controversy over a 28th annual drive for funds aimed at supporting community services. Details are incomplete but indicate public disagreement surrounding the fundraising event and its objective.
A terse UP report notes Caplan and DeStefano involved as police look into a station stop dispute. The incident centers on alleged haste to ease a stop, with unclear charges and no immediate detentions reported.
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