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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1943
Page
7
A farewell gathering at Central Fire Station honored Ralph Mierrah and John Fanning, who leave for service. The event included luncheon and gifts, with pencil sets presented by Auxiliary Kendall Stephanson as part of the tribute.
Mrs Sims led a group of attendees including Mrs Creig and Mrs Whitney at a functional evening. Alving read a brief poem as part of the program while the gathering supported the community event.
Maynard mourns the sudden death of William V Cameron at his home 1 Prospect Street. He was about 73, survived by his wife Mrs Moore Cameron, a daughter Mrs John Finan of Concord, and two granddaughters. Former Riverside Association and Assabet Mills employee, funeral set for tomorrow at 2 PM from Herbert W Martin Funeral Home Lincoln Street. Reverend Haley Andrews to officiate at Wood Cemetery.
A Sudbury village meeting of the Goodman Village Improvement Society was held at town hall. Warren served as chairman and Mrs Wilto as secretary as the group planned to revive the society after several years with committees formed to move the agenda forward and report at a subsequent meeting next month.
The regular meeting of the D A R chapter will be held Saturday October 2 at the home of Dr. John Henry J Winslow. An illustrated program on Pillsside School for the blind will be presented.
Hamburg fades from memory as Berlin rattles with goose steps and bombings. The article notes airmen fly nightly over Axis targets and emphasize winter flying jackets to keep them warm during patrols. A 25 dollar Mond aid is mentioned as needed support.
Concord St Bernard C Y O junior baseball ends season with a 12 10 victory over Sacred Heart of East Lexington. Battery of Normie Dee and Bobby Flynn leads the win total to nine for the locals against three losses. Cull homered in key moments and future service assignments are noted.
Do You Know Massachusetts notes rising food prices in Boston by 9 percent from January 1944 to July 1943, compares urban increases with seven eighths of leading cities, and reports motor vehicle activity with 760 600 registrations. discusses Nashoba Valley apple harvest labor, new dwelling units in 164 towns, and state planning board updates on health and appeals personnel.
Sudbury school notes a fundraising fat salesmanship week to gain selling experience for students. It lists officers for the Crowell-Collier authorized sale and student election results for seventh and eighth grades for 1944. A Hallowe en party chair is named and the first Girl Scouts meeting is announced for Thursday.
The notice lists ration book numbers and stamp categories with expiration dates for meat cheese fats oil butter and fuel oil blue stamps and other items. It mentions October through November deadlines for various stamps and notes that heating stoves using coal wood or oil are rationed with local ration boards issuing purchase certificates.
A playful feature listing novelty pin designs mocks wartime Japs with bold caricatures and bright colors. It notes individuals like Sinatra and the Dorsey brothers among favorites, and suggests using monogram tape to reveal bright letters during sunbaths.
A fragmented OCR passage mentions teens and fashion imagery with uncertain lines like back and front, a big mouth and eyes, and references to TRIXIE TEEN. The text is garbled but reads as dialogue or captions about outfits or props and self presentation.
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