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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1947
Page
15
Retailers blamed steadily rising wholesale costs for higher price listings and buyer resistance. Surveys show eastern states and New England hit hardest by soaring food prices, with Boston prices among the highest in the country as a congressional probe interviews shoppers.
Hawthorne Chapter of Eastern Star held a meeting at Mason Hall with Ida Otterson Marton presiding and Alphonse D. Martin assisting. After the session members went to John and Nina Zumwalt's Crescent Road home for a cookout with decorated grounds and dancing to conclude the opening fall meeting.
The article recalls the Boston Stone imported from England around 1700, once used to measure distances to Boston area communities and still standing near Creek Square as a historic marker.
West Concord. The marriage of Miss Theresa C. Sigman and Albert J. Santora took place Sunday afternoon at Our Lady Help of Christians church. Rev. William F. Shaughnessy officiated. The couple will reside at 34 Bedford Street in Concord after a wedding trip to Niagara Falls. Guests came from Concord West Concord Chelmsford Lowell and Waltham.
Two Somerville teens were injured in a crash in West Concord Saturday about 10 pm. Delores Barro, 17, of 108 Stanford Road drove a car with Ellen Yakes, 18, of 967 Broadway as a passenger. The vehicle struck a tree in front of 15 Riverside Avenue. Both were taken to Emerson Hospital. Barro had a cut knee and Yakes was shaken up. Patrolman Robert E. Kelley investigated.
Concord announces the engagement of Rosamond Brooks daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Perkins of 10 Belknap Street to Arthur Lyman Lee son of Dr and Mrs Roger Irving Lee of Brookline. Brooks a Concord Academy Bryn Mawr College graduate of 1946 debuted in 1942-43. Lee a Harvard class of 1945 graduate trained at Milton Academy and a member of Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770 DKE and AD. No date has been announced for the wedding.
Edith Cummin daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Gaylord Church Cummin of Concord married Joe Haller Clark son of A B Clark of Nashville Arkansas in New York City. Rev Roscoe Thornton Foust officiated at the ceremony and a reception followed. The bride attended Concord Geopenry and served as a Waves officer.
Lieut Col Walter W. McCoubréy of Lexington formerly Hawthorne Lane, recently discharged from the U S Army Air Forces, has joined the staff of the new Port of Boston Authority. He previously worked with the old Boston Port Authority.
Mrs. Cecile Berry elected commander of the Concord All Women’s Post American Legion, succeeding Miss Edith E. Monson. Installation planned October 2 at the Veterans Building. public welcome. Other officers include Roberta Pellendini senior vice commander Arlene Finegan junior vice commander Miss Monson adjutant Madeline Belmont finance officer Rose Welch sergeant-at-arms Laura Merrill historian Esther Lane service officer.
Alan Hall Blackington told a tale of Ben Whitcomb to Stow listeners on WBZ with residents recalling scenes from the countryside. Henry Warren and his sister remembered Whitcomb's frightful rides past Pilot Hill where pine trees planted 15 years ago by Frances Warren stood as markers. Howard Dwinellis, whose grandfather knew Whitcomb, provided background material during last spring’s search for Yankee Yarns content.
The steeple and tower of the First Parish Unitarian Church in Stow have a fine appearance after painting completed by Prescott Decorating Service of Maynard. The current church building, the fifth occupied by the parish, was dedicated on August 30, 1848.
The Sewing Circle of the First Parish Unitarian Church met for an all day session at the home of Mrs Arthur Trefry on Boxboro Road. Members, with good attendance, worked on aprons to be sold at the Annual Church Fair on Wednesday October 1 at Stow Town Hall.
The Service Club of the Union Evangelical church drew a large crowd at its first regular meeting to plan the year. The Rice Club sponsors a sale of fruits vegetables home cooked foods and candy on the Union church lawn or in the church weather permitting next Saturday afternoon September 20 starting at 2 o'clock.
The Busy Bees sewing and canning group met at Mrs. Cora Puffer’s Great Road home to label jars for exhibit at the Stow Grange Fair held Tuesday at the Town Hall. Mrs. Puffer leads the group and will host a September 24 meeting at 7 30 p.m. to form a 4-H Town Committee.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary meets in Stow with a regular session planned for Tuesday evening October 14 at the Town Hall. The VFW will hold its regular meeting at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening September 24.
The Corinthians Lodge A F and A M announces a special meeting at the Masonic Temple on Thursday evening October 1946 with newly installed Worshipful Master William A Robus. The regular monthly meeting is set for Monday October 13 with another special to be held. An estimated 1 000 000 displaced persons remain in Europe after 1946 despite repatriation of about 300 000 that year per the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Concord Catholic parishes join diocesan waste paper drives this fall. Proceeds go to the Archbishop Cushing Charity Fund Inc. Householders asked to save papers until drive dates are announced. Rehabilitation of the blind in South Dakota last year boosted the group income of 20 blinded people five times, with average income about four times rehabilitation costs.
Damon John K. of 432 Mainstreet West Concord is elected officer of James J. Mansfield Post No 158 American Legion. He will succeed Commander Hutchinson with installation planned later. Other officers include Hayes Williams Finan Robinson Carlson McLaughlin and executives Hutchinson Scherer MacLeod. Trustees Damon Edgar Cann Hutchinson Antognoni.
Deputy Sheriff Arthur Bishop Corey and Mrs. Corey of Stow Street marked their 32nd wedding anniversary. Mrs. Corey, formerly Bernice Adams, and the Coreys, residents since 1930, have two daughters, one son, and a grandson. Mr. Corey is Middlesex County deputy sheriff and a member of the Anchor & Ark glee club of the Charles A. Welch Lodge AF and AM.
Concord High alum and former football captain from The X Time Academy, William J. Kerry Hill, announces the wedding of Sheip Evangeline Passas of Ac and Parker Jr. The couple plans a January ceremony on Kerry Hill Road in Concord.
Miss Lori Ba and Mrs. Sterling plan a Belmont gathering next Friday at 2 30 p m Proceeds will benefit a cause and tickets may be available at the door Nancy Loring Dorothea is noted among attendees
The Lions Club plans a Tuesday evening supper at 6 30 at a local restaurant with F March Jr to discuss the program. The meeting format includes reports on monthly activities and continuing community service efforts.
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