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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1943
Page
3
In Miami Florida the Ladies Benevolent Society of the Congregational Church plans a Thursday October 7 event to prepare sandwiches. The notice notes mail forwarding and church activity while a local High School Bowling League meeting Tuesday outlines season plans.
A World War II era appeal invites readers to purchase war bonds and stamps through Sits Louis O'Clair and family, encouraging civic support and financial backing for the war effort. The notice emphasizes patriotic duty and local participation in defense funding efforts.
The Inter town Bowling League met Monday evening to assign teams and discuss rules. Plans hint at a soon opening season with a team called the Old-Timers and a wave of young players ready to compete. Lawrence Lorer, ex High School staff, now serves at Camp Grady Oklahoma with the 1st Infantry.
Maynard Man graduates from the Army Air Forces School at Amarillo Texas completing aviation training. Corporal Oscar O Worle, spouse Mrs Maria D Wuorto of 189 Math Street Maynard is noted in the text.
A fragment from the local Rationing Board listing passenger tubes and several names. Entries mention Margaret Grove and Hruck Maydile DeVerage among others, with quantities noted beside each name. The text appears as a damaged OCR of a wartime or postwar rationing notice.
The note expresses gratitude for spiritual bouquets and thanks Mrs Thomas B Farrell and family for assisting during a burden. It references efforts to support the war and acknowledges the community’s help and wish to aid the Axis defeat.
Private Joehn Woronieek a Cadet Engineer studying at Lehigh University Bethlehem Pa visits relatives on Railroad Street. James Farrell dies in Concord funeral Friday at St Bernard Church. Reverend and Mrs Eriese Sillers Weymouth and others visit. births and parental news from local streets. George Hekkala serving in Army Air Force furlough with parents on Acton Street.
House guests raise concern as root weevils and clover mites appear in winter. tiny, dark brown creatures intrude inside. The root weevil harms newly planted life while mites swarm in late summer into spring, spreading through dry seasons and entering homes unseen.
Text explains how accommodation ranges in the average eye decline with age. At ten years the eye can focus near and far, about twenty years reduces to ten, and by forty the capacity drops sharply. By fifty the range is limited and by sixty the focus is near impossible. The passage references war bonds and stamps.
A church bulletin outlines services and events for the week at the Heriies on Euclid Avenue led by Rev Herbert F. On Sunday there will be a munition service and the Youth group meets after the morning Church School. A delegation plans to travel to Worcester on Tuesday October 13 for a district meeting.
The Congregational Church announces a 4 cent worship service on Sunday October 3 led by Rev Norman Co Matteki with special music by Mr Monvil and organist Mrs Charlotte Sinoven. Rally Day activities include church school groups at 9 36 and 10 45 with all children urged to attend.
Rev George A Koponen pastor announces a fall festival Thursday at 7 p m with coffee hosted by Mr and Mrs Tapani Nevala. Sunday events include Sunday School at 10 a m and evening worship at 7 30 p m Choir rehearsal on Wednesday at 7 p m.(details).
Maynard Corporal William L Brindley stationed at Fort Benjamin spent a furlough at home with his parents Mr and Mrs Sam H Brindley of 38 Mill Street. Brindley is in the view vest line and before est June was ambitive with the Woe Electric at Boston.
Mrs. Silas Gdok expresses heartfelt gratitude for floral bouquets and acts of kindness received during their sorrowing hours.
A brief thank you card expresses gratitude for encouraging expressions received during a time of sorrow. Mr and Mrs Carlo Angelosanto extend appreciation to those who offered support and memory of the deceased.
The Army Specialized Training Program and the Navy College Program offer students a government funded path to college training and a commission. A November 9 test at Maynard High School is open to ages around 10 to recent graduates, with no enlistment obligation.
A Maynard War Price and Rationing Board panel announces a new grocery market plan to base prices on merchant markups, aiming to shield merchants and consumers from wartime price shocks. Officials urge public vigilance and advocate voluntary compliance while warning against deliberate overcharging.
A fragment notes 185 cadets from the academy participating in a last Saturday drill at Devens. The terse item records a student corps taking part in a routine exercise and departing after the session.
A garbled note reflects on sayings about time and patience with partial phrases like All things come to him who waits and Time and I Wait for no Man. It appears to be a feature tease from Ledger Syndicate.
A garbled account traces Daedalus inventing the wooden cow and bronze soldier for King Minos. It describes Knossos labyrinth, confinement, and the first wings using wax, plus a note on Crete’s guard and a German capture in 1941 of a flight demonstration.
Italy expanded electric rail use from 500 miles in 1922 to over 3,200 by 1939 with additional 200 miles completed in 1939-40. Water power drives growth but coal remains a major constraint. Wartime risks threaten electrified lines nationwide.
A large gathering at Powder Mill Hall last Sunday honored Maynard and Hilda Obergs, newly married couple. Friends sent many gifts and expressed appreciation for their thoughtfulness.
Miss Esse Lewe of Lexington was honored at a surprise shower hosted by Marion and Doris Lent of Elm Street. The event at Steuben's Vienna Room in Boston drew co workers from Raytheon Manufacturing Company of Waltham. Miss Lewe will wed Robert R. Wood of the U S Navy in a ceremony on September 26.
Maynard couple Mr and Mrs James J Tobin of 22 Lincoln Street announce their son Avi guén Cadet Jamés Morris Tobin has qualified as a pilot at the San Antonio Classification Center in Texas. He is a proud 4% graduate of Maynard High School and Wentworth Institute of Boston.
Mr and Mrs F Kenney of 457 Lincoln quietly marked their 60th wedding anniversary yesterday. Miss Josephine Stone formerly of New Hampshire was the bride. The couple married thirty years ago and have since settled here making many friends as Mr Kenney, a former insurance agent, recently retired.
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