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Local brief mentions a Woman's Club 50th anniversary meeting on Friday November 7, parish collections Sunday, and planned observances by J. Mansfield Post A L. Calendar items include drum majorettes and band members, fire calls on a weekend, and preparations for Christmas lighting. Also notes real estate activity and upcoming lectures at the School Guild.
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Woman’s Club
Jean McAllister
Joan Hunt- Giles
Mary Murray
Ellen Murray
Betty Nagle
Dick Woodruff
Charles
Concord
Barbara McCabe
Mary Jean Whitman
Loraine Seaver
Nadine Harvest
Allna Sepe
Claire Berube
Nancy McWalter
Linda Efine Grenier
Eisenhower Mssachusetts
Chris Herter
Frigerator
Chubb
Walden Street
Board of Trade
Waltham
Ime
Bedford
Lincoln
Sudbury
Maynard
Concord and West Concord Woman’s Clubs
Lafayette L. Marchand
School Guild
Hallowe'en
Fragmentary news item mentions spending and exams
A garbled OCR fragment references expenditure and an exam context, mentioning people and a bad example. The readable portion is insufficient for clear facts or identifiable names, dates, or places.
Bedford Scouts Observe Start of Scout Week After Services
The Bedford Gir[l] Scouts attended church services marking the start of Scout Week. The monthly meeting of the United Workers and a dessert bridge party were held at Mrs. Robert E. Pike home on Webber Avenue. Holy Day masses are planned for All Saints Day at St. Michael's on Saturday and All Souls Day observances next Sunday. First Friday masses are set for November 7.
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of the United Workers
Robert E. Pike
Webber Avenue
St. Michael’s Church
Gir
Scouts of
Bedford
Concord Weekly Community Events Roundup
A dense schedule lists local gatherings in Concord for Thursday through Tuesday. Includes meetings of Concord Lodge I O O F at Masonic Temple, Company H M N G drill, high school shop program, All Saints Day observances, D A R chapter event, waste paper drive by Catholic parishes, Boy Scout meetings at Harvey Wheeler and old high school, selectmen meeting, Willow Rebekah Lodge, and multiple church, civic, and club activities at various venues and times.
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Concord Lodge
Masonic Temple
Concord
West Concord
West Concord Pupils Present United Nations Day Program
Pupils from Harvey Wheeler school grades 3 through 6 performed an assembly program in the auditorium for United Nations Day on October 23. The Thoreau school held related activities in classrooms on the theme Peace through the United Nations.
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West Concord
Harvey Wheeler
Thoreau
United Nations
Sanford Edwardson
Meet the United Nations
Jane Lawton
David Healy
Spain
Jane Wheeler
Mexico
Ian Hurley
Finlandia
John Alden
The
Roberta Sheehan
America the Beautiful
Assembly
Dees Mark Their 32nd Anniversary
Concord notes the 32nd wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. James Hugh Dee Sr of Bedford street. Mrs. Dee, formerly Agnes O Dowd, and the undertaker Mr. Dee have two daughters three sons and seven grandchildren.
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Concord
James Hugh Dee
Bedford Street
Dee
Agnes O’dowd
Bedford
Probate Court Notice in Maynard Estate Case
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Probate Court presents for allowance the First and Second accounts of Patricia Bader estate administrator. Interested parties may file a written appearance in Cambridge before 10:00 AM on November 17, 1952. Witness John C. Leggat Esquire First Judge and John J. Butler Register. Oct 30 Nov 6 13.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Patricia Bader
Maynard
Said
Cambridge
John C. Leggat
Esquire
John J. Butler
Register
Troop Leaders Sought as Maynard Girl Scouts Expand
Maynard Girl Scouts grow from one to two troops this year. The older intermediate group meets Saturdays at First Methodist with Miss Virginia Whitney and Mrs. Harold Wilcox. The younger intermediate group meets Tuesdays at Roosevelt school with Miss Delma Sanborn and Mrs. Carl Nelson. Both troops have filled available spaces. A Brownie troop for ages 8 10 and a senior troop for high school girls are envisioned, but leaders are not yet found.
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Maynard
Maynard Girl Scouts
First Methodist Church
Virginia Whitney
Harold Wilcox
Roosevelt School
Delma Sanborn
Carl Nelson
Ruth Nelson
Betty Duckworth
Goddard Guest Speaker at MA Baptist Convention
Rev. Dr. Burton L. Goddard of Gordon College School of Divinity spoke at the 150th annual conference opening Tuesday at First Baptist Malden. Goddard, former Carlisle Congregational pastor, noted the church’s 120th anniversary last Friday night.
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Concord
Massachusetts Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
Malden
Burton L. Goddard
Gordon College School of Divinity
Boston
Carlisle Congregational Church
Get the ball rolling phrase traced to 1840 campaign
Early campaign chatter used get the ball rolling to describe starting battles between rivals. The term arose from 1840 Whig rallies for William Henry Harrison, featuring huge rolling balls, parades, and large crowds. reporters later adopted it figuratively for any enterprise.
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Wuring
William Henry Harrison
TrWay
Bedford Man Betrothed Tory in Engagement
Mr and Mrs Frank W Eske of Newport Kentucky announce the engagement of their daughter Ruth Eske to Lawrence C Mahony son of Mr and Mrs Gordon Mahony of Riveredge Road Bedford The groom served four years in the U S Air Force as a specialist in the research photography field and is now in civilian work His service has taken him to Scotland England and Africa and he is currently on an overseas assignment The couple plan a December wedding and will reside in Billerica
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Bedford
Frank W. Eske
Newport
Kentucky
Ruth Eske
Lawrence C. Mahony
Gordon, Mahony
Riveredge Road
Mahony
U. S. Air Force
Scotland
England
Africa
Drehers Welcome Their Third Child
Mr and Mrs Stephen T Drehers announce the birth of their third child and second son Dana Warren Dreher born October 21 at Emerson Hospital The paternal grandparents are Warren Brown of Troy New Hampshire and Walter Dreher of New Bedford The father is employed at Cambridge Buy U S Savings Bonds.
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South Acton
Stephen T.drehers
Beverly Brown
School Street
Dana Warren Dreher
Emerson Hospital
Warren Brown
Troy
New Hampshire
Walter. Dreher
New Bedford
Cambridge
West Concord ass rent Club marks 50th anniversary celebration
Fifty years after its founding, the West Concord club marks its anniversary with a November 7 program at the union church. Mrs. Edward JF Sheehan presides. Past presidents attend. A New England Conservatory musical program and Ruth Hall stage vignettes highlight the afternoon. Tea by the executive board.
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West Concord
West Concord Ass Rent Club
Nion
Edward JF. Sheehan
New England Conservatory of Music
Ruth Hall
Bedford Grangers Halloween Party at Town Hall
Bedford Grange members met at the Town hall for a business session led by new master Charles S. Hume followed by a Halloween party. Mrs J Ridgeway Comley supervised arrangements and the next Pomona meeting was announced for Lincoln on Wednesday night November 19.
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Bedford
Bedford Grange
P. of H
Charles S. Hume
Hallowe’en
J.ridgeway Comley
Pomona
Lincoln
Bagometers Signal Weather From Leech Bottles
In parts of southeastern Luzon Philippines locals use water filled bottles with leeches as weather omens. If leeches leave water and cling to bottle neck rain or storms are near. These bagometers are noted as reliable by residents.
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Luzon
Philippines
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SON Lumber CO
America
Concord Chorus
Concord Grange
Peter Bulkeley
Concord Council
Monument Hall
Concord Rotary Club
Musketaquid Sportsmen’s Club
Veterans Building
West Concord Woman’s Club Meeting
Union Church
U.N
Dees
MR. and Mrs. America
Tory
Billerica
Drehers
U. S
Bedford Grangers
Humber
Colonial Inn
Howard Johnson
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