Joe Martin Contests and War News Mixed in Local Dispatch
The article notes Joseph W. Martin in a tight reelection race against P Talbot in Fall River and nearby areas with 1942 results cited. It also discusses rocket bomb development with Ford and the Army Air Corps, Roosevelt Tobin Texas electors, and Armistice Day sentiment amid war news and OWI guidance.
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Joe Martin
Joseph W. Martin
House
P. Talbot
Talbot
River
Joe
Lomax
Fall River
Home Front: Our Forces Complete Victory
Nation celebrates a total victory as Allied forces report success on the home front. Government urges citizens to support the war effort by buying bonds and maintaining civilian morale.
Concord Briefs Highlight October Gatherings and Local News
Concord announces Grange meeting and Hallo ween party on October 23 at Mrs. Joseph Mazzeo’s home in West Concord. Regular services at Pilgrim Chapel on October 22 at 7 20 PM led by Rev Howard N Parsons with music by Richard Lewis. Fire Department reports 139 alarms this year, fewer than last year's peak. Nelsons observe third wedding anniversary. Mr Nelson serves in the U S Navy at a midwest base with one child. Gospel service by Rev Selma T Jacobson at Evangelical Free church tonight and Friday at 7 30 PM. public invited. Nils Gustafson and Margaret Kenney announce birth of a son October 7 at Emerson Hospital. Concord Lions Club bi monthly meeting October 24 at 6 30 PM in Old Mill Dam tea room. President Montague to preside. Concord Board of Selectmen meets next Tuesday at Town House under Willard A Butrick.
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Pilgrim Chapel
Thoreau Street
Howard N. Parsons
Richard Lewis
Concord Lions’ Club
Milt Dam
Richard A. Montague
Gospel Services in Free Church Oct 15 22 Concord
Rev Selmer T Jacobson of Williams Bay Wis will be guest speaker at a series of gospel services at the Evangelical Free Church Lang Street Concord October 15 22. Sunday services at 730 p m weeknights at 8 with exceptions Monday and Saturday. Jacobson and Rev Harry S Odland have preached together in Evangelistic work for two years and were heard on WMEX New England Fellowship Victory Hour October 16 8 am.
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Concord
Selmer T. Jacobson
Williams Bay
Wis
Thevangelical Free Church
Langstreet
Mr. Jacobson
Harry S. Odland
Mver
WMEX
Ttl
New England
Engage Elizabeth Washburn to Sgt Joseph Bulger in Concord
Mr and Mrs Andrew Washburn of Hanover announce the engagement of daughter Elizabeth Washburn to Sgt Joseph William Bulger of Concord and Camp Shelby. Elizabeth attended Mount Vernon Seminary. Bulger, a 1938 Boston University graduate and Army staffer, has served nearly four years. Wedding set for December.
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Concord
Andrew Washburn
Hanover
Elizabeth Washburn
Joseph William Bulger
U. Ss. Army
William James Bulger
Sudbury Road
Washburn
Mount Verton Seminary
Washington
D. C
Bulger
Coneord
Boston University
U. S. Army
Camp Shelby, Miss
Viscariello Couple Celebrate Fourth Wedding Anniversary
West Concord couple Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ralph Viscariello of 6 Prairie Street marked their fourth anniversary. Married October 12, 1940 at Our Lady Help of Christians Church they have two boys.
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West Concord
Frank Ralph Viscariello
Prairie Street
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
Viscariello
V. Dunne
Viscaiie
Walden Stree
New Uniforms For Concord State Guard
Concord's State Guard Company has received OD Army style uniforms and Sgt Ward is outfitting the unit. Fall training began with 28 of 32 shooters qualifying in the new course on Sundays at the range with expert, sharpshooter and marksman ratings.
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Concord
Ward
Gange
State Guard Caurse. Corp
John Shaw
Barr
Bowie
Fox
Richardson
Montague
Petersen
Nims
Ballou
Comeau
Vebson
Bourquin
Chaffee
Cullinane
Perkins
Ramsay
Valentine
Fourth Company
Camp Chase
Hingham
State Guard
Bay State
PFC T J Hanley Gave Life for Country in France
West Concord honor roll note reveals Pfc Thomas J Hanley age 27 U S Army killed in action in France August 28. He formerly worked as automobile silesman at a Concord Center garage and lived in West Concord with parents Mr and Mrs Edward W Hanley. Memorial mass to be arranged later.
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West Concord
Edward W. Hanley
Central Street
War Department
Statis
Thomas” J. Hanley
U.S. Army
France
Hanley
Concord Center
Church of Our Lady Help of Christians
Committal service held for Ernest Morse in Woburn cemetery
Committal services were conducted in Woolbrook cemetery Woburn for Ernest Morse 51 of 112 Main Street who died October 10 at Emerson Hospital after a short illness. Rev Howard Perry Daniels of First Parish Unitarian Church officiated. Morse was plant superintendent at Dorer Plastic and Chemical Buffalo NY before moving here last July. He leaves a widow four siblings and two sons including a son overseas.
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Concord
Woolbrook
Woburn
Ernest Morse
Main Street
Emerson Hospital
Howard Perry Daniels
First Parish Unitarian Church
Morse
Dorer Plastic. and. Chemical Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Dore
Gilbert) Morse
Pfc
Gilbert
U.S. Army
Tuckerman
J. M. Wallman
Seattle
Washington
Food Sale Planned by West Concord Girl Scouts
The West Concord Girl Scouts Council will hold a food sale in a vacant store on Commonwealth Avenue on Friday October 27 at 2 30. Proceeds benefit the Scouts for the coming year. October 29 is Girl Scout Sunday with church attendance in groups. The Fall Rally is set for November 1 at 7 0 in the Harvey Wheeler sanatorium.
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West Concord
Girl Scouts Council
Commonwealth Avenue
Harvey Wheeler
Concord's 4th Company Recruiting Expands Roles
Concord's Fourth Company advances recruiting over the next two weeks aiming to sustain a fine post February 1941 record. The unit adds a second .30 Browning machine gun and forms a new machine gun squad while offering supply and radio services. Local men ages 17 to 55 from Concord Bedford Carlisle Lexington Maynard and Sudbury including veterans are invited to Armory evenings.
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Concord
Co. H
Camp Chase
Hingham
William A. Hagerty
Ward Coms
Megs. Set
Whitcomp
Ramsay
Bedford
Carlisle
Lexington
Maynard
Sudbury
Bowie
J. French
Machine
Camp Curtis Guild
Hagerty
John’ S C. Dolan
Mrs Emily Barrows Taylor Rites Held in Concord
Funeral services were well attended at MacRae Funeral Home Concord for Mrs Emily Barrows Taylor 63 wife of Reformatory Officer Frederick W Taylor of 216 Commonwealth Avenue who died Monday October 9 in a Carlisle rest home Delegations from the West Concord Woman's Club Annursnac Grange the Hawthorns Chapter OES and the Massachusetts State Association of Spiritualists attended Cremation followed at Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge.
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Concord
MacRae
Emily Barrows
Peabody) Taylor
Frederick W. Taylor
Commonwealth Avenue
Carlisle
West Concord Woman's Club
Annursnac Grange
Hawthorns
O.E.S
Massachusetts State Association of Spiritualists
Taylor
Concord couple marks fifth Columbus Day anniversary
Concord residents Mr and Mrs Edward J Johnson of Bedford street marked their fifth wedding anniversary on Columbus Day. The Johnsons were married at Arlington on October 12 1939 and have lived in Concord since. Mr Johnson a former Concord Center merchant is now employed on defense and the couple has one child.
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Davy
Nelson
Hansen
U. S. Navy
Walden Street
Concord
Edward J. Johnson
Bedford Street
Anne Alexander
Arlington
Johnson
Concord Center
Defense
Concord Couple Observes 17th Wedding Anniversary
Capt. John Dennis Sheehan of the U.S. Army Medical Corps stationed in France marks his seventeenth anniversary with his wife and son Jackie residing at 56 Lexington Road.
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Concord
John Dennis Sheehan
Sheehan
U. S. Army Medical Corps
France
Jackie
Lexington Road
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