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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1943
Page
5
Readable fragments describe plans for a harvest fair hosted by Sudbury First Parish. Mentions include organizers Corinne Cutting and others, details of the event date Tuesday the 12th, and references to local residents and institutions.
Mrs Charles H Way returns to her Candy home after a brief stay at Corey Hill hospital. She is feeling better but remains confined to her residence while recovering.
The Sunday School of the Cen ter Congregational Church reopened with good attendance. The primatus department led by Mrs Harlan Tuttle meets at 1080 and the intermediate group run by Mrs John Pettingell gathers at 11 45. Mrs Hernan Knight of Worcester visits town. she is Ruth Pierce, daughter of Rev Charles Pierce formerly pastor of West Acton Baptist Church. A joint installation of officers for the American Legion and Auxiliary is set for Friday night October 8 at 8 o'clock in Town Hall. The Acton rationing board asks that sugar applications be made before four on Mondays Wednesdays Thursdays and Fridays.
State Guard seeks volunteers age 17 to 50 amid depleted ranks as World War I veterans join regular forces. Capt. Alfred L. Harris commends Maynard police and Littleton State Guard for aiding last Saturday's parade and calls for renewed recruitment to maintain home defense readiness. Governor Saltonstall notes three-year lapse since National Guard mobilization and urges fresh volunteers to sustain the Commonwealth’s well trained force.
Mrs. Fred T. Boyd of 35 Lowell Road announces the marriage of their daughter Mic Jean Boyd to Aviation Cadet David Carter Cable at Maxwell Field. The ceremony took place in the chapel with the presence of family and military personnel.
Concord high school appoints Torsten J. Miller as faculty manager of athletics while Albert B. Robinson leaves for Melrose high school. Miller previously coached the varsity team and will share duties with Willard H. Stith and Frank J. Goggins as the school adjusts its athletic staff for the year.
The American Red Cross in Sudbury Center opens a new series of surgical dressing meetings. Monday sessions run 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with all-day or partial participation. Evening sessions are planned for Tuesday and subsequent days.
A Concord man was killed in action on August 24 while serving in the Army. The record notes he joined the Army in September 1942 after completing his freshman year at Harvard. He is survived by his mother two brothers and two sisters.
Concord resident Harry I Cook aided the Red Cross in sending war relief supplies valued at 1 565 000 dollars to a prisoner of war in the Philippines. The shipment included medicines surgical sewings clothing and a million cigarettes.
Huburt R Eaton son of Mrs Roland H Eaton of Church Street South Sudbury registers at Tufts University Medford Mass as a freshman in the Engineering School. He joins the Navy V-12 training to complete college in two years and eight months after preparing at Sudbury High School where he earned high honors. Acton also had representation on WBZ last Saturday with Joanne Vose and the Quinns of Noir Acton taking part in support events for the Third War Lodge Drive.
Gorcord Council K of C installed its new officers at Monument Hall in Concord. Rudolph W. Currier was named Grand Knight with Thomas J. Burke Jr. as deputy grand knight and James P. Sheehan as chancellor among others. The ceremony included trustees Terence McHugh William J. Bulger Jr. and Daniel C. Sullivan and concluded with motion pictures by Rothwell N. MacRae.
M J Leighton elected Worshipful Master at Concord Lodge A F and A M during annual officers election held at the Masonic Temple. Russell C Berry of Acton steps down. B LaForest Robbins of West Concord named senior warden and Donald P Donaldson of Lincoln named junior warden. Other officers chosen. entertainment program followed.
Thomas S Farrell longtime crossing tender for the Eton and Maine Railroad and later with American Woolen Company died at age 75 in Mass. General Hospital Boston Maynard survivor list includes wife Elizabeth two daughters Sister Camillus Genevieve two sons Edmond and Leonard with the Military Police at Robins Field Macon Funeral held at St Bridgets Church with a requiem mass and parish burial under Herbert W Martin Funeral Service supervision
William R. Coutts of 70 Sudbury Road Concord a well known farmer died suddenly last Saturday morning at his home. He had lived in Concord twenty years and is survived by a wife. Funeral services were held Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church Concord with burial at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
An obituary note records the death of a mother from Spencer Brook Road in Randolph Hampshire. The service details mention a recent loss with a Friday afternoon remembrance and references to Salem. The brief entry confirms the mother’s passing and local burial plans.
Concord Company D leaves Armory at 7 p m with two officers and 43 men fully equipped for a bivouac with the 1st Battalion 23d Infantry. They train with films and Judo demonstrations, defend key metropolitan water installations near Waltham in a simulated attack, and report improved radio and gun teamwork.
Concord leaders announce two War Bond contests totaling 3400 dollars to promote bond buying among farmers and residents. The entry asks for 100 word letters explaining why I buy War Bonds, backed by the Merrimac Production Association and local officials including Leon A Wesd and Alfred N Framingham.
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