Middleboro Gazette Index: 1940 - 1944 A Accidents (continued) Ralph Howes' ankle broken during rush for gas at Standish station, A. Asia Dry Goods Store 07/24/1942:4 Grand opening, 133 Center St (ad), 01/05/1940:8 Five-year-old Gerald Trinque dragged 75 feet by Anthony Gilli's auto, Abatti, "Bozo" 08/28/1942:1 Member of 1940 Rambler baseball team (p), 10/04/1940:1 Arthur Angell injured by falling tree top, 01/15/1943:3 Abbott, Samuel L., Jr. Gerard Richmond falls on pitchfork while playing, 01/15/1943:6 New principal of School Street School, 08/25/1944:4 James William Thayer accidentally swallows a pin, 01/29/1943:7 Abele, Mannert Judith Caswell gets arm caught in wringer washer, 04/02/1943:4 Awarded Navy Cross for action against Japanese, 05/14/1943:1 Maurice Washburn loses three fingers to saw, 04/02/1943:7 Abele, Mannert L. Alfred Crowther fractures finger while repairing auto, 06/25/1943:3 Commander of submarine Grunion presumed lost, 10/09/1942:1 Arsene Berube treated for compound fracture of right arm, 06/25/1943:3 New destroyer named for commander lost in submarine, 04/21/1944:1 Jean Shores thrown off hayrack, dragged by pony, 07/02/1943:1 Abelson, Mrs Joseph Truesdale’s Jersey cow plunges into well, breaks neck, 10/08/1943:1 Husband finds wife dead on kitchen floor, 08/15/1941:4 Selectmen discuss role of dog who allegedly frighten cow, 10/15/1943:1 Abercrombie, A.V. David Noyer breaks arm in jump from steps, 01/28/1944:2 Daughter born, 03/08/1940:3, 4 Carl Carlson buried by avalanche of sand, 04/28/1944:1 Pastor resigns from Rock Village Church, 08/02/1940:1 Four-year-old Shirley Rea falls into river, carried through flume, Takes up duties in Woburn, 09/06/1940:6 05/19/1944:1 Resides in Woburn, 11/29/1940:6 Mrs Charles Weston suffers crushed finger working in yard, Son born, 03/20/1942:4 12/08/1944:10 Accepts call to Congregational church in Providence, 12/25/1942:5 Young boy knocked unconscious by falling ice, 12/22/1944:8 Abercrombie, Lois Ann Acconsia, Peter S. Born to A.V., 03/08/1940:3, 4 Tax collector's sale, 05/31/1940:7 Abercrombie, Mrs A.V. Accountants and Accounting Brother dies in Bridgeport, CT, 03/15/1940:9 P.F. Churbuck, personal or business income tax (ad), 02/23/1940:8 Abercrombie Bag Co. Allan Hale, income tax return prep (ad), 01/31/1941:8 Working on orders, 01/26/1940:7 A.G. Newkirk, public accountant (ad) (p), 02/21/1941:8 Accidents Charles Giberti, income tax return prep (ad), 02/19/1943:8 see also Asphyxiation; Bicycles and Bicycling - Accidents; Boats and Acquarone, Elvira Boating - Accidents; Burns and Scalds; Drowning; Explosives and Engaged to Herbert A. Slater, 11/14/1941:5 Explosions; Falls (accidents); Firearms Accidents; Industrial Wed to Hubert A. Slater, 11/28/1941:5 Accidents; Pedestrians - Accidents; Railroads - Accidents; Sports - Acres, John Accidents; Traffic Accidents Private stationed at Camp Edwards, 11/13/1942:4 Jean Staples falls from tricycle, fingers caught in spokes, 02/02/1940:7 Actors and Acting John Evanoff pinned to wall by truck at Nemasket Transportation Co., Priscilla Martenson joins Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Co. of 03/15/1940:1 Middletown, CT, 06/21/1940:8 Pauline Rubin sues town for damages resulting from accident on Center Adamoska, Adele St, 03/29/1940:1 Accepts post at sanatorium, 08/16/1940:3 Raymond Chase cuts hand while at work at T.W. Pierce Hardware, Adams, Charles A. 04/19/1940:8 Obituary, 02/12/1943:8 John Evanoff fractures leg cranking a truck, 05/24/1940:1 Adams, Edward Timothy Young cuts knee open on hospital lawn, 06/07/1940:1 Daughter born, 08/18/1944:4 Ralph White pulled from Nemasket River by George Smith, Adams, Frank 06/28/1940:1 Lieutenant (jg) stationed at Quonsett, RI, 01/14/1944:8 Merrill Norton breaks wrist cranking auto, 07/05/1940:2 Adams, George Lime falls off Thomas Bros.' truck, wind stirs up mess on Center St, Son born, 07/28/1944:4 08/16/1940:1 Adams, Jeanne Gilbert Sowerby's confectionery bicycle truck blown over by gust of Resides in Connecticut, 01/05/1940:8 wind, 11/22/1940:1 Adams, Kenneth E. S. Forrest Smith's cow goes through ice on pond, 12/06/1940:8 Engaged to Helen Travers, 11/07/1941:7 Frederick Gove breaks leg while playing, 12/27/1940:8 Wed to Helen Travers, 01/23/1942:5 Alfred Anderson loses part of finger to sawing machine, 01/31/1941:6 Adams, Kenneth Everett John Swanson breaks two fingers while cranking tractor, 02/14/1941:2 Engaged to Helen Lydia Travers, 10/31/1941:5 Barn door mishap breaks Vivian Cahoon's arm, 02/21/1941:2 Wedding described, 01/23/1942:4 Paul Preti cuts head and knees in coasting accident, 03/07/1941:3 Adams, Mary Fire Chief injures eye at barn fire at Heleen's, 05/23/1941:1 Senior clerk to Clerk of Court, 11/07/1941:8 Ernest Charron recovering from foot injury received at work on Adams, Priscilla Alden sanatorium farm, 07/11/1941:3 Engaged to Robert Francis Godet, 09/27/1940:8 John Joerj breaks arm while playing, 08/15/1941:7 Adams, Victoria A. Peter Letourneau injures arm cranking tractor, 10/31/1941:8 Obituary, 05/30/1941:6 Junior Red Cross chapter joins safety campaign, 11/21/1941:2 Adamson, Kenneth Matson killed while cutting wood in Carver, 02/13/1942:1 Navy man on furlough, 01/02/1942:4 Five-month-old Gloriana Barros fatally injured by father's truck, Adolescents 05/15/1942:1 see also Middleboro Youth Guidance Committee; National Youth Military plane crashes in Lakeville woods, crew parachutes to safety, Administration 06/05/1942:1 Increase in juvenile delinquency disturbing (l) (The Spectator), Army takes plane parts junk dealers bought, 06/05/1942:4 05/05/1944:2 Lynde swats fly at Rationing Board office, busts window, 07/03/1942:4 Young people ask for youth center, 08/04/1944:8 Marion Taylor injured when back of piano tumbles on her, 07/17/1942:1 1 Middleboro Gazette Index: 1940 - 1944 Adshead, Henry J. Alberts, Benjamin Purchases Charles Atwood residence, 08/27/1943:8 Welfare Department truck crashes into Alberts' car, 08/30/1940:4 Adultery Alberts, Charlotte Daisy Garnett charged, 03/21/1941:5 Graduates from Massachusetts School of Fine Arts, Boston, Africa 05/28/1943:1 see also Hathaway, Louis; World War, 1939-1945 – North Africa Resumes teaching at Children’s Art Museum in Boston, 09/15/1944:8 Campaign Alberts, Charlotte Pauline Norman Lindsay speaks on years as missionary in North Africa, Engaged to Samuel Alpert, 11/10/1944:1 01/01/1943:4 Wedding described, 12/08/1944:8 African Americans Alberts, Leona Eleven selectees leave for military induction in Boston, 05/02/1941:1 Engaged to Dr Wassersug, 10/11/1940:4 Two draft quotas this month, white and colored, 12/03/1943:1 Alberts, Leona M. Aged Wedding described, 11/08/1940:1 see also Middleboro - Board of Old Age Assistance; Rest Homes Alberts, Leona Miriam Thomas Hirst granted permit to conduct boardinghouse for aged Engaged to Joseph Wassersug, 06/28/1940:1 persons, 11/13/1942:3 Wed to Joseph David Wassersug, 11/08/1940:5 Welfare Board needs homes for six aged people, 10/06/1944:1 Alberts, Leora Aghaian, Harry A. Engaged to Joseph David Wassersug, 08/23/1940:5 Tax collector's sale, 05/31/1940:7 Alberts, Manis Agmar, Joseph C. Granted bowling alley permit, 07/17/1942:2 Engaged to Hazel Davis Cobb, 12/13/1940:5 Alberts, Murray Agnone, Robert Enters Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, GA, 09/12/1941:8 Joins U.S Army Air Corps, 09/15/1944:2 Attends Old Lyme Military Academy in Connecticut, 02/26/1943:8 Agriculture (see Farms and Farming) Alberts, Murray H. Aguias, Joseph Cadet publicly commended at Riverside Military Academy, Engaged to Hazel Davis Cobb, 11/08/1940:1 03/13/1942:1 Ahlberg, Onni Alberts, Murray Harold Private stationed at Atlanta, GA, 02/05/1943:5 Commended before Riverside Military Academy Cadet Corps, Army man stationed in Long Beach, CA, 05/21/1943:4 01/30/1942:1 Airplanes (see Aviation) Alberts Shoe Co. Aitken, John Firemen's Relief Organization receives donation from shoe company, Daughter born, 03/01/1940:8 07/19/1940:6 Aitken, Marian Donaghy Gets $8,400 Army contract, 01/10/1941:1 Daughter born, 03/01/1940:8 Awarded another government contract, 10/03/1941:1 Aitken, Marian Elizabeth Help wanted (ad), 08/27/1943:2 Born to John and Marian Donaghy, 03/01/1940:8 Bookkeeper wanted (ad), 05/05/1944:5 Akerman, Ralph L. Grass fire on Cambridge St, 06/02/1944:1 Takes over Frank Leighton’s oil business (ad), 10/06/1944:4 Alcoholic Beverages Akers, Harold Palmer see also Gaudette's Package Store; Higgins’ Package Store; Middleboro Wedding described, 01/07/1944:4 District Beverage Association; Murphy's Package Store Akins, Clyde, Jr. Open letter on liquor question (l) (Carl G. Kendall), 11/01/1940:8 Engaged to Betty Lucille Pearce, 05/01/1942:5 Rev Pohlman denounces liquor traffic (l), 11/26/1943:5 Wed to Betty Lucille Pearce, 05/08/1942:5 Central ME Church protests use of liquor at Town House dances, Akins, James 03/10/1944:1 Daughter born, 10/15/1943:5 Police ordered to visit drinking places at least once during each shift, The Alamo (restaurant) 08/11/1944:1 Proprietor Elsa Arnold protests midnight closing, 08/23/1940:4 Alcoholic Beverages - Law and Legislation Park Cafe owner Angelo Zervas leases The Alamo from Warren Finn, Elks granted liquor license, 01/05/1940:1 12/27/1940:1 Teceno's liquor license transfer turned down again, 01/12/1940:1 Alander, Arnold Selectmen table discussion of Dascoulias' liquor license transfer, Daughter born, 10/03/1941:4 02/23/1940:1 Alander, Carl Dascoulias' cafe liquor license transfer fails on secret ballot, Wed to Doris Allen, 09/10/1943:4 03/01/1940:1 Alander, Carl Axel Fahey Funeral Parlor plans protest of Dascoulias' liquor license transfer, Wed to Dora Alice Allen, 08/27/1943:5 03/08/1940:1 Albert (Mr) Liquor license transfer granted to Dascoulias, 03/08/1940:1 Purchases milk business from A.