Maynard High Faces Concord In Traditional Rivalry Clash
Maynard High football seeks first win over rival Concord in over two seasons as the two teams meet in the annual classic. Maynard’s offense aims to translate scrimmage work into a breakthrough while Concord, missing several stars to service, plans to pressure the locals with a strong ground game.
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Concord High Eleven
Maynard
Maynard High Gridron Eleven
Concord
Hudson Éley
Dick Rawseon
Joe Sczerzen
Acton Woman's Club Hosts Music and Merchandise Program
October meeting of Acton Woman's Club featured Mrs Leo Rohrman guiding the program Music and Merchandise with Klara Farm travel experiences and solo renditions. Several club members displayed handmade items. hostess Mrs Ray G Dagenais arranged tea with assistance from members and guests.
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Acton
Acton Woman's Club
Ibhouse
Acton Center
Wit
Allen’ G
Orson Miller
Ter Tobi
Howard ‘Hurl
Phillip Goldwaite
Sth Jewell
Alden C. » Jr
Wallace
Ray G. Dagenais
Kenneth Jewell
Yraont Hatch
David
J. Sidney White
St Washburn
Fol
Names of new club members listed with oars
A fragment lists new members receiving oars including Mrs. Thomas Kiley Mrs. Walter I Taylor Mrs Carl Mrs Charles Hinckley Mrs George Newton Mrs Charles Heath and Mrs Herman Gatchell.
Acton Junior High Holds Costume Party and Show
On September 29 Acton Junior High in Blanchard Hall hosted a costume party and amateur show directed by Richard Bradford and Miss Ann Horrigan. About 74 students danced and enjoyed cider doughnuts sandwiches cake and Coca Cola served by the refreshment committee. Joan Vose sang two songs Joan King tap danced Marg Vari and Robert Frost trumpet Richard Flint clarinet performed, and Miss Horrigan received a corsage while Mr Bradford got a billfold as thanks.
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Acton Junior High School
Blanchard Hall
Richard Pradford
Ann Horrigan
Joan Vose
Joan King
Earher Marguatite Goldth
Robert Frost
Richard Flint
Miss Horrigan
Mr. Bradford
Concord Guard Emphasizes Marksmanship and Recruitment
Concord state guard company focuses this month on marksmanship and the state inspection at the Armory October 30. Recruiting is stressed with every member urged to bring in a prospect. waivers for veterans with suitable disabilities are noted and Coast Guard enlistments for 17 year-olds have reopened through the Boston office.
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Concord State Guard
Isco
State Guard
Coast Guard
Concord
West Concord
Boston
Manhattan Beach
New York
Army Sergeant Forcier, 23, stationed at Miami Beach
Technical Sergeant Raymond E. Forcier, 23, son of Mrs Mabel Forcier of Hawthorne Lane, is stationed in Miami Beach Florida awaiting further duty. He has two years in the U S Army and nearly 30 months overseas before returning home.
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Raymond E. Forcier
U S. Army
Mabel Forcier
Hawthomne Lane
Miami Beach
Fla
Sergt
Forcier
Defense and Family Notes Highlight Local Servicemen
Technical Corp. Lafayette G Currier on a 10 day furlough visiting his mother Mrs Louise F Currier Carlisle. Sergt Joseph F Macone transferred Westover Field Chicopee with the U S Army Air Forces and on leave at his parents home. The other Macone sons in service include Nicholas J Robert J Richard J Ralph A and Frederick U Navy with Nicholas and Richard overseas in the European theater. Allister F MacDougall Jr and Mrs MacDougall recently graduated from the Musex County Ext gene Service Rector.
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Joseph ‘F. Macone
Nicholas R., Macone
Longstreet
Westover Field
Chicopee
U.S. Army Air Forces
Sergt
Macone
Nicholas J
Army
Robert J
Army Air Corps
Richard J
Ralph
Frederick
U. S. Navy
Nicholas
Richard
Allister F. MacDougall, Jr
Alister F. MacDougall
Musex County Extenges Service Eerector
MacDougall
Bedford Heros Return and Awards From War Fronts
S Gordon Dickson an aerial gunner with the U S Navy spends a one day furlough at his parents home 44 Hubbard Street after returning from Panama to visit his ill father recently moved from Veterans Hospital West Roxbury to Bedford Pvt Roy Johansen former Concord High football captain returns from a mid west base on furlough with his parents and will report to a Texas base Staff Sgt Albert F Larsen Carlisle Road Bedford former Concord Company member receives the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement in operations against the enemy at Bougainville last March 27 he also saw action at Guadalcanal and was overseas over two years now with a cavalry unit
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S. Gordon Dickson
U.S. Navy
Hubbard Street
Panama
Veterans’ Hospital
West Roxbury
Bedford
Roy Johansen
Concord
U. S. Army
Texas
Albert F. Larsen
Carlisle Road
Concord Company
War Department
Bougainville
Larsen
Seaman Arthur R. Cushing Seriously Ill at Brooklyn Navy Yard
Friends report Seaman Arthur R. Cushing is seriously ill at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital after an appendicitis attack last week. Mrs Cushing was in New York and has been able to visit him. latest reports say his condition is favorable.
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Arthur R. Cushing
Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital
Sudbury Man Completes 68 Bomb Missions
Sudbury Lieutenant Jason G. Taylor arrived home on furlough after serving in the Mediterranean Theater where he completed 68 missions. He earned three War Department honors including the Air Medal and Flying Cross while with the 12th AAF based at Corsica. Son of Mr and Mrs Gordon Taylor of North Road, he is a 1938 Sudbury High School graduate greeted warmly by friends.
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Jason Gordon Taylor
U. S
Army
Concord
Army Air
Taylor
Am Terranean
North Africa
Italy
France
Addis
Tion
Sudbury
Jason G. Tayle
Mediterranean
War Department
Corsica
Gordon Taylor
T North Road
Sudbury High School
A P A P Celebrates 85 Years in Food Distribution
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company marks its 85th anniversary as a mass distribution pioneer founded in 1859 by George Huntington Hartford. Local observance notes A P leadership in price control, waste reduction, farmer aid, and year round fresh produce, with emphasis on low margins and efficient operations.
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Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
A&p
George Huntington Hartford
New York City
E. M. Muldoon
Hartford
Muldoon
John A. Hatford
China
America
Neds
Neds FE Ibaare
State House Eyes State Code for Building Standards
A Boston article notes the State House studies a statewide building code to regulate construction in towns lacking permits. Senate chair Senator Rowe leads the Special Housing Commission as it investigates uniform requirements, with Philip Nichols citing two thirds of towns lacking building laws. The panel may draft a state code applicable to all cities and towns, superseding weaker local rules where necessary.
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State House
Boston
Special Aecess Commission
Edward M.rowe
Cambridge
Philip Nichols
State Housing Board
Legislative Recess Commission
Nichols
Middlesex County
Ashby
Townsend
Peppers
Dunstable
Shirley
Groton
Westwood
Ayer
Littleton
Stow
Maynard
Tewksbury
Tyngsboro
Harkinton
Holliston
Tegl
Commisis
Rowe
Arthur
Attleboro
Michdlalway
Millville
Sullivan
Kiley
Richard Kelly
Worcester
Delano
Roy M Man
Melrose
Henry Cambridge
Philip’ Nichol F. Stokes
Lie Safety
Elizabeth M
Acton Couple Honored On 25th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Ralph W Piper of Piper Road South Acton were feted Sunday at Miss Mary Lothrope’s Home South Acton to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. About 60 guests including Acton rationing board members and neighbors attended. The pair have two sons Ralph W Jr in war work in California and Alvin in the U S Navy on duty in the Pacific.
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Ralph W. Jr
California
Alvin
Pacific
A&P Expands Food Distribution System Postwar Testing
Muldoon cites USDA backed tables and A&P leadership as pivotal to modernizing food flow. A luncheon in New York tested air cargo shipping of ripe Pacific Coast produce to distant markets, signaling growth in perishables by air. He praises 25 000 former A&P employees serving in U S and Canadian forces.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
A&p
Muldoon
Inn
Outing at Scheirer home noted in Deerfield NH
Phillip M. Wax attended a Saturday outing at the home of Mr and Mrs Herbert Scheirer in Deerfield New Hampshire for Nichols Manufacturing Co annual outing. Mr and Mrs Wendell F Putnam and Mr and Mrs Dewey Boatman of the Center spent several days this week in Prien Maine.
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Phillp M. Wax
Herbert Scheirer
Deerfield
New Hampshire
Nichols Manufacturing Co., of Ease
Wendell F. Putnam
Dewey Boatman
Prien Maine
Local Men Inducted in October in Concord Area
Local men inducted in October include Joseph Sorrenti of Concord on 164 Court, Charles Loring Jr of Lowell Road, Donald Leonard Palmag of West Concord, Bert Mekkelsen of Main Street Centre, Robert James Kitrall of West Acton, Jan Davis Jr of Rivers Acton, and Francis A Walbrook Road of South Acton.
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Concord
Joseph Sorrenti
Court
Charles, Loring, Jr
Lowell Road
Donald
Leonard Palmag
West Concord
Jert Mekkelsen
Mainst Centre
Robert James Kitral
West Acton
Jan. Davis ‘Jr
Rivers Acton
Francis A. Walbrook
South Acton
A O H Auxiliary to Install Officers November Fifth
Concord reports the Ancient Order of Hibernians Ladies Aid No. 56 will hold its installation of officers on November 5 at the Knights of Columbus Monument Hall. Miss Mary Iles is the current president. Edward Hore, son of Mr and Mrs, has been visiting and has basic training at Fort Riley Kansas. He departs Wednesday for a base in California. Buy war bonds.
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Concord
Hibernians
Ag No. 56
Cil
Knights of Columbas Monument
Mary Iles
Auxiliy
Edward Hore
Rean ‘Street
U. S
Fort Riley
Kansas
Eddie
California
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Gordon Winchell
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Lincoln
Tufts Medical School
Lieut. Winchell
Concord High ‘School
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific Islands
Madeline Elizabeth Coan
Tadmas Coan
Livermore
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Miss Coan
Concord High School
Waves
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Navy
South ‘Pacific
Frederick, II
Chase
Frederick Chase
Meadows
Road
Chaplain's Corps
St. Philip's
Waban
Boston City Hospital
Westford
Carlisle
Alise
Servce
Gordon
Ie Stephen
Concord Minute-Man
Veterans’ Association
New YD Club
William’ L. McCarthy
West
Concord 290
Wilson
Concord Tel
Wermventus
Tel
Linden Sty
DUB Sonos
UV Ans
Richard B. Greenman
Schoodis
Sudbury Man
Jason Taylor
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George Main ST
Genter
River St
Daniels
Concordel
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