Concord Marine dies in Pacific action honored in homecoming
West Concord mourns Sgt. Joseph Dee Sheehan a Marine who died in the South Pacific at age 24. His funeral rites will be held at St Bernard's with full military honors after a state funeral procession from the church to the hall. He attended Concord schools captained the high school track team and later ran for Worcester Academy and Northeastern before enlisting June 1941. He served at Guadalcanal Cape Gloucester and Peleliu earning the Navy Cross Purple Heart and other honors. He is survived by his parents three brothers and a sister. The town flags will fly at half staff for the serviceman and a veterans’ delegation will meet at the church.
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Our
5 of Christians
Joseph Dennis Shee
Pody
St. Bernard’s
Joseph Dee & Body
Sarvices
Erans
van) Sheehan
Concord
Worcester Academy
Northeastern University
Pearl Harbor
Marine Corps
Boston
Parris Island
South Carolina
First Marine Division
Guadalcanal
Cape Gloucester
Peleliu
Robert
Edward
Jéremiah
Leo
Mary) Dalton
West Concord
Board of Selectmen
Jeremiah
Sheehan
Pacific
Morris E. Crain
Peter Saltonstall
U. S
Bedford Scout HQ Ready for Occupancy
The new Boy Scouts headquarters near Bedford is nearly complete with the livan and family area beside the house street and a walkable route from the Great Road area. Plans include moving the old house to the rear and utilizing the barn for ample meeting space and Legion activities.
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Boy Scouts
Livan
Great Road
American Legion
Ite
Martin Family Hosts Notable Street Event
In the past week the W. Martin family hosted a local street gathering on Way Street. Richard Martin and the Sal family were among attendees at this community event organized by Mr and Mrs Sal u.
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W. Martin
Martin
Richard and I
Salu
Bedford Couples Mark Multiple Wedding Anniversaries
Bedford residents celebrate several marriage milestones. Mr and Mrs Thomas Johnston of Maple Street observe their 19th anniversary, while Mr and Mrs James Smith of Carlisle Road mark their 8th. Edward J O Dowd and Mary Ellen Ferry remember their 25th anniversary at School Avenue. Sidney A Davis and Hilda Hanson of Dudley Road reach their 65th anniversary on October 29, with their family of five children and grandchildren.
Concord social notes from fall board meeting and church choir
Local Boston Real Estate Board members attended the fall meeting Tuesday night at Woodland Golf Club Auburndale. The junior choir at Our Lady Help of Christians Church West Concord rehearses weekly Wednesdays at 7.
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Boston Real Estate Board
Woodland Golf Club
Auburndale
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
West Concord
Walter E. Down
Sudbury Couple's Art School Leader Dorothy Colby Aims Hawaii Roots
An article profiles Mrs John S. Colby also known as Dorothy Hills George president and director of the Vesper George School of Art in Boston. It traces her career from early teaching in New Hampshire to Honolulu at Kamehameha School, leadership of the Boston art school, and lectures while living in Sudbury.
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Sudbury
John S. Colby
Dorothy Hills George
Vesper George School of Art, Inc
Boston
Coy
Hawaii
Colby
Kamehameha School
Honolulu
New Hampshire
Simmons College
Kamenameha
Fernhurst
Emerson
Mass
General Hospital
Vesper Lincoln George
Mrs Colby
Europe
Canada
Cuba
Vesper George School
Women’s City
Professional Women’s Club
Boston ‘Art Club
Fashion Group, Inc
Wayside Inn
Colbys
Local Clergy Delegates at Woburn Association Meet
Walter B. Brolin and Harold I. Wellington represented the Church of Christ at the Woburn Association held at the Con gregational church in Melrose. John M. Currier, son of Lincoln and Mrs Currier, celebrated his third birthday with a Lynn party. His sister Sheila nears her fourth birthday on November 4, and their mother attended with cousins. The Girl Scout Association plans a Blanket club starting November 1 with Miss Louise Kierman supervising. John Snee, son of Bernard Snee, enrolled at Burdett College majoring in science and business administration.
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Walter B. Brolin
Harold I. Wellington
Church of Christ
Woburn Association
Congregational Church
Melrose
John M. Currier
Lincoln BE. Currier
South Street
Lynn
Sheila
Lincoln B. Currier
Girl Scout ‘Association
Louise Kierman
John Snee
Hi Bernard P. Snee
Springston
Burdett College
Bedford P.T.A. Opens Season With Meeting
The Bedford P.T.A. held its first fall meeting at the Church of Christ with supper prepared by seventh and eighth grade mothers. Superintendent William Pearson spoke on cooperation and authority in schools. The November meeting date was set for November 4 with a planned talk on children’s books by Miss Louise Kiernan.
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Bedford
Par
Louise Kiernan
Humbert W. Dunston
Wilson Road
Charles Thomas
P.T.A
Louis H. Smith
Fletcher Road
Burton C. Coburn
Shawsheen Road
Bedford Woman Miss Alice Stoddard Dies in Bedford
Miss Alice Stoddard of Bedford died Friday. Born May 1884 in Bedford, she was the niece of Miss Edith Lane. Funeral services were held at Douglas Face chapel with interment in Shawsheen Cemetery in Bedford. Rev Frank W Thompson officiated at the Bedford Veterans Hospital chaplain and pastor emeritus of the Church of Christ.
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Bedford
Alice Stoddard
Edith Lane
North Road
Douglas Face
Massachusetts
Lexington
Shawsheen Ceme- Bedford
Frank. W. Thompson
Bedford Veterans’ Hospital
Church of Chit
Legion post in Stow schedules coming year program
Stow A group of Legionnaires met at the home of Commander Francis F. Rogers Jr. Friday evening for a program committee meeting. At the next regular American Legion meeting on Monday evening November 1 at Stow Town Hall the committee plans to present a program schedule for the coming year.
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Legionnaires
Warren
Wheeler
Wetherbee Post
Stow
Francis F. Rogers,Jr
Stow Town Hall
Birth notices for Carol Ann Batsford in Stow
Mr and Mrs Charles A Batsford welcome a seven pound daughter born last Saturday at Emerson Hospital. The baby is named Carol Ann Batsford. Grandparents are Harold F Eastman and Mildred B Eastman, and William J Batsford. Great grandparent is Mrs Mildred B Eastman.
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Stow
Charles A. Batsford
Muriel Eastman
Lake Boon
Emerson Hospital
Carol
Ann Batsford
Harold F. Eastman
Needham
William J. Bateford
Crescent
Stow Lower Village
Mildred B. Eastman
Lake Boone
Florida
States vary in number of retail pharmacists per capita
The NAwk Journal reports that 21 states have more than 60 retail pharmacists per 100 000 people, 17 states range from 45 to 60, and 10 states have fewer than 45.
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The
Nakw Journal
Progressive Club in New Headquarters Bedford
The Bedford Progressive Club met at the new club house on Great Road with good attendance. Plans were made for the Halloween party on October 30 at the school auditorium with music by an orchestra. children may attend without tickets and costumes will be required.
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Bedford
Progressive Club
Great Road
Hallowe’en
Birthdays Noted For Local Children In Bedford Area
Bedford families celebrate birthdays for William Scate Ricker and John Richard McGrath on October 21 and 23 respectively. Nancy Ellen Livermore, Frances Ida Hamilton, Carol Mary Persall, and others mark fifth to seventeenth birthdays at Hartford and Hartwell Road addresses.
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Bedford
William Scate Ricker
Winfield’ W. Ricker
Dl Street
John Richard McGrath
John J. McGrath
Hartford Street
Nancy Ellen Livermore
John C. Livermore
Hart‘well Road
Frances Ida Hamilton
Ernest G. Hamilton
South’road
Carol Mary Persall
Charles H. Persal
Steady Work for Women 18 to 40 Years Start up
Allen Chair Corporation in West Concord offers steady work for women aged 18 to 40 with pay of $33.20 for a 5 or 45 hour week. Addresses need for applicants seeking hourly or weekly labor.
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Allen Chair Corporation
West Concord
Bedford Youth Activities Organizes for Coming Year
The Bedford Youth Activities committee met at the Town hall to plan for the year ahead. Fourteen Bedford organizations are represented including the Paul Revere Chapter of the C.B.S. and the American Legion Auxiliary. They will meet again on November 15 to organize leadership and youth activities such as basketball, field hockey, choral groups, and supervised ice skating.
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Bedford
Town Hall
Paul Revere
Eugene F. Herlihy
Bedford Women’s Community Club
John F. Brown
Bedford Progressive Association
Leo Dumas
Holy Name Society of St. Michael’s Church
Henry J. Berger
Bedford Grange
Thomas Johnston
American Legion
Anthony - Hunt - Hamilton Post
Nicholas J. Genetti
Parent—Teachers’ Association
Louis H. Smith
1730 Club
Charles R. Seryngeour
William J. Beecy
John Goddy
Henry C. Isner
J. Warren Blake
Salvatore F. Albani
Arthur P. Genetti
Charles S. Hume
Boy Scouts
Sup
Stow Town Hall November Event Schedule
The calendar lists November uses of Stow Town Hall with groups like American Legion Post 272 Boy Scouts Stow Woman's Association and Veterans posts. Key dates include election day November 2 church fairs whist parties and dances with contact for hall bookings. All other times remain open for public use.
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Stow
Stow Town Hall
American Legion
Stow Woman’s Association
Stow Civic Club
Veterans of Fore Wars
U Church
Enhanees
Rssary
Grange
Hale
F Association
Veterans Forenay
Veterans Foreign
Surprise Shower For Ruth Lord In Medford Home
A Saturday night surprise shower was held for Ruth Lord of Great Road at the home of Mrs. Walter Stokes. Guests included Whitney Allan, Richard Martin, Ann and Jean, Florence Weblive, and Merton Bell. Ruth was presented a purse of money.
British honor Hale remembered by Yale plaque ceremony
New York report notes that among respects paid to Nathan Hale, American patriot hanged by the British, J. M. Walsh, acting council general of Great Britain, laid a wreath below a bronze plaque on the wall of Yale Elubeae on 4.
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New
York
Nathan Hale
J.M. Walsh
Great Britain
Walsh
Yale-elubeae
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