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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1946
Page
8
An historic note describes onion sets as a fast path to spring onions, with 16 to 80 pounds of large onions obtainable from a pound of sets. Small sets avoid seed stalks, while larger sets yield edible stalks. planting depth and spacing, indoor seed boxes, and green onions from seeds are advised. Victory Bonds and stamps mention ends.
Sunday dinner notes trace tomatoes from love apples to daily staple. Fresh fruit provides vitamins A and C, with juice as vitamin C substitute when needed. Canned most popular, recipes include frying with bacon, stewing with onion and butter, and serving with creamed celery soup and pot roast.
Massachusetts youths dominated the Fisher Body Craftsman Guild event with Peter Parsons of Newton Centre winning the state junior prize and Frank Guimond of Springfield taking the senior division. Each earned $100. Parsons also earned New England junior regional honors and a chance to compete at the national convention in Detroit for university scholarships. The Craftsman's Guild is an education program for teenage boys.
St Louis adopts a rat control ordinance requiring all homes and business buildings to be ratproofed. Landlords and owners face fines from 5 to 500 dollars daily for delays in compliance.
A long Concord column pens lessons from a near river accident and public safety reminders. It notes civic concerns from sidewalk biking to siren respect, previews a new football season under Coach Megin, and mentions local events including library milestones, marriages, births, and civic groups celebrating anniversaries.
The engagement of Goria Edith Malcolm to Everett M. Allen is announced. Malcolm, daughter of Mrs. William V. Collins, graduated from Lexington High School and has worked at Bedford Air Field. Allen, a discharged World War II veteran served three years in the European theater with the Eighth Air Force as a control operator. The wedding date was Septem ber 8.
Bedford residents invited to a bowling interest gathering at the Progressive Clubhouse on Friday evening September 6.
The index shows living costs in Massachusetts up 6.5 percent July year over year led by food up 15.1 percent and fuel up 2.3 percent. Other notes cover crop outlooks, residential property trends near Boston, building permits, unemployment insurance payments, veterans readjustment aid, and zoning changes now in effect.
Mrs Mary Anholt of Portland Oregon received a registered airmail letter from her cousin B Dedeva in Mukden Manchuria. The back of the letter was covered with eighteen stamps each worth 50 Chinese dollars totaling $900.
The Bedford town page notes a second season event at the Vestry Church of Christ with I Wellington, William Barnes, and Chester Barnes in charge. Gage's Sebago niece Miss B visits with friends in the Eastern States Exchange plans. Mrs. Edward F. Road attends the Union Veterans auxiliary in Indiana. The Black dances by the American Legs are set for Friday evening, Oct 6 at Bedford Center.
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