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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1948
Page
1
Fragmentary text references April dates and a municipal sign at office 34 Main. It notes a person Maguire and St. Bernard's, plus Concord and Lex- Concord town actions and a vote to amend. Mixed, unreadable fragments limit precise details.
Concord final plans for the 1947 gala minstrel show by St Bernard’s C Y O are nearly complete under Rev Edward F Gillis and Rev Michael J Burke. The four evening program starts Monday at 8 15 at Monument Hall through Thursday April 8 with about 100 cast members and acts from Betty Dickey to the Floradora sextet.
Concord Rotarians meet at Howard Johnsons. Brigadier General Lansis Esofte arrives with Middlesex County sheriff to discuss National Defense. Judge Maurice Alters leads April programs. Richard I. Rutherford of Middlesex Extension speaks on WPZ during the New England farm hour yesterday.
The Red Cross dispatches nurses doctors ambulances and canteens to disasters including tornadoes fires in Maine and the Deep South. It aids veterans with serious illnesses and provides home service after hospital stays. A January fire in Boston injured a wife and three children with plasma support and housing found.
The Concord Enterprise marks its 60th birthday with a special edition. Copies will feature leading citizens town views and a town review since the first issue dated April 7, 1888. Special ads from merchants and local businesses appear in the commemorative issue.
Concord calls for more than 100 volunteer men to respond next Sunday at 2 PM to an emergency. They must bring tools as the rear area of Emerson Hospital is slated to be burned over by firemen and volunteers. All able-bodied men urged to answer.
Local rivers show gradual recession after annual spring floods. The Sudbury has fallen about 25 feet and the Concord about 10 feet as of Monday, reducing flood danger unless heavy rains return soon.
A large Boy Scout Jamboree is planned next Saturday night at the State Armory in Concord. Doors open at 7, admission is free, and action runs to 10 pm with booths demonstrations rallies and a parade.
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