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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1944
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR describes a wartime marriage involving named individuals including Hubert George Huttingham and Wentworth L. Hayes, with minister B. Johnson officiating. It references Wheeler Field and a January 1940 timeframe amid an attack at harbor.
Acton P T A meets Monday at 8 15 pm in Blanchard Hall. A screening of Pop Rings the Bell will follow and the annual school department budget for the coming year will be explained. Mrs Waldo Flint will provide music with Mrs Goldthwaite and Richard Greekman in a cello obligato. Refreshments by Mrs Engman. All welcome. An executive board meeting is planned for tomorrow at Mrs Wilson F Chatfield's home.
A special meeting of the Acton school committee was held at the high school on Monday evening to prepare the budget for the coming year.
Two Concord men Pic Linegi Currier and Lafayette G Curries of Camp Wheeler Georgia received citations for service on Guadalcanal. The awards commend their valor in attacking strong enemy positions on Tanambogo and the effort to seize a base and airfield amid Japanese naval and air assaults from August to December 1942 in the South Pacific. Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift signed the citation as Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox approved. Both youths were graduates of Concord High School and members of the Concord Company.
John R. Mus of 28 Fairhaven Road is on a vacation from the Concord post office. Allister F. from the Middlesex Extension Service of Concord spoke on a farm program aired by a Boston radio station.
A personal notice from South Aston requests any living informants to provide Irene Huhter birth date, stating she was born to a local family in a stone sixty seven era. Respond to Mrs. G. Graham at 22 Terrace Court, New London, Conn.
A reader's list records students earning honor roll across grades 1 to 6 at West School and other classes. Names include Patricia Frizzle W Goodearl J Campbell Sibley Laffin and many others with multiple grade groupings listed.
Postmaster Frank Sheridan urges immediate mailing of Christmas cards and parcels to New England states and army camps. He cites steel car shortages, railroad regulations, and wartime priorities, advising sealed first class mail and safety in dark hallways to avoid injuries, as thousands of students help with mail processing.
Massachusetts Reformatory inmates in Concord contribute to war efforts on home front and abroad. They donate blood, raise funds for Red Cross and war drives, and produce materials, earning national recognition for their volunteer spirit and selfless giving.
Postmaster urges households to have sturdy mail receptacles so government checks can be enclosed. If no suitable container is available carriers will attempt personal delivery and return checks if no one answers. Families are advised to ensure timely receipt of government funds.
The Western Electric Company marks its 75th anniversary this month as a major producer of communications and electronic equipment for the Red Forces. The firm, older than Bell Telephone, employs nearly 100,000 nationwide with plants in Watertown and New Haven and gatherings across the country including Boston. It highlights its role supplying telephone system equipment and naval and army communication gear.
The Maynard High School football squad plans a banquet to honor the team. Organizers solicit merchants to buy tickets at $2.00 and expect generous support from local businesspeople to ensure a successful event.
Mr and Mrs Robert and their children Joan and Robert left Saturday for Boxford where they bought a home and will reside. Eleanor daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter B Stevens of Concord Road was home for Thanksgiving weekend from Becker College Worcester.
The Colonial Inn hosts the annual meeting on Monday December 4 at 8 o'clock. The nominating committee will present the 27 slate of officers for the board. Vincent Lester Whittemore presides in the absence of Dr Herbert A Brown.
Mr and Mrs Herbert of Commonwealth Avenue West Concord announce the marriage of their daughter Grace Coolidge Day to Ralph Laers son of Mrs Carolyn Yo ers Concord Road Acton.
Readers note a heavy influx of migrants between 1819 and 1926 as about a million people left their homelands to seek opportunities in the United States. The record highlights the broad scope of movement shaping American society and demographics during this period.
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