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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1924
Page
10
Acton members and visitors from other Granges gathered March 25 for a program by Annuis NAC Grange. The program featured two one act plays vocal solos and a solo dance. The evening concluded with music and dancing.
A roof fire damaged the home of Mat Al Hekkala at 3 Klin Street Tuesday afternoon. Fire officials say the blaze was caused by a defective chimney and was quickly extinguished by the fire department.
The Maynard Methodist Church choir and many members traveled to So. Boston on Sunday to join the Wesley Church choir led by Rev. David Angell. Mrs Angell and daughters assisted in the reception for Maynard friends. The Maynard group sang at the Wesley Church vesper service with Mrs. Iace Walters and Mrs. Adelaide Sims as soloists and a quartet including Ralph Jones Elmer Cook William Johnston Lindsey Smith. Attending were numerous Maynard residents and other friends. The release also notes a film promotion by Inspiration Pictures for The White Sister.
Lillian Gish headlines The White Sister premiere at the Beatles Theatre on April 7 and 8. Ronald Colman and J Barney Sherry join a cast drawn from European players in this Metre release based on F Marion Crawford’s novel with Rome Naples Sorrento Tirol and Mt Vesuvius locations.
Town of Concord mass tax sale announced for multiple parcels in Middlesex County. Properties include lots on Assabe Avenue and near Riverside Park with parcels owned by Newcutter, Mary Fitzpatrick, F Mildred Butterfield Heirs, Lavinia Palmeter, Ellen Regan. Taxes due 1921 1922 1923 with amounts listed. sale set for April 24, 1924 at 10 am in the selectmen's room.
Town outlines date for Democratic and Republican presidential primaries and congressional district conventions. Poll hours to be announced by Selectmen. Past primary delays due to ballots left in boxes. officials consider earlier poll hours. No Republican State delegates opposition. Democratic slate faces General Cole allied with ex service men. Eight Democratic National Convention delegates to be elected with half votes for the eighth delegate.
Faul Pronko, 39, died Thursday at his home 2 Main street from heart trouble after a brief illness. He leaves a wife and four children. Services were held Saturday at the Methodist Church with burial in Glenwood Cemetery.
W Rice of Sudbury Co conducts his yearly cattle inspection. The Borough Pomona Grange held a large meeting here last week with around 100 people served dinner. A hearse house fire started by flying sparks burned the grass. The roof has been shingled with asphalt shingles to prevent future danger.
Horace Seymour formerly of West Sudbury and later Southern Sudbury died after a brief illness of bronchial pneumonia at age 80. He married Lizzie Noyes and left three sons and three daughters. Funeral services were held at his home conducted by Rev. Eldridge Whit. Interment in Mt Pleasant Cemetery. His efforts helped Sudbury participate in Marlboro’s Revolutionary War celebration.
In the love of a kind husband and father, we extend sincere thanks from Mrs Lizzie Noyes and children to everyone who assisted during our recent loss.
Friends in Frank J. King of Buffalo N Y applaud his promotion to Assistant Manager of the Metropolitan Insurance Company in the Seneca District of Buffalo. His associates presented a silver lamp. A fire box false alarm reported from Box 2 disrupted Concord Junction traffic briefly. James V U Reilly was drawn for the Cambridge criminal jury to start April 7.
About sixty members of Annur Snac Grange gathered at Acton Lodge for a pleasant Tuesday visit. Attendees shared fellowship and refreshments in a neighborhood gathering highlighted by friendly exchanges and community spirit.
Mrs Linnie Hodgdon directs a social gathering with piano by Cecelia Williams and vocal selections by Gladys Graham and Frede W Taylor. A two act play by Perkins features Mrs Clara Sweet George A Hodgson and others. Roderick Nagle provides drums and the program ends with America.
West Acton A B Parker lists two thousand Plymouth Rock chickens age one to six weeks. The fire siren rings weekly and the new fire house will be shingled and placed in position. B B Hall and family move to a new home. Le Land Campbell buys the vacated house and makes repairs. Mr and Mrs Henry E Burson relocate to George Weaver’s former house in April. Young People’s Society travels to Framingham as guests of Rev A E Whitlock. Friendship Lodge in Cambridge and Gov Gere. C O F of Waltham to confer first and second degrees here soon on several candidates.
Classified notice seeking a man to work on a farm in Acton Massachusetts with possible May start. Listed by E J Kimball. Labor duties unspecified.
Report notes Germany pursuing a new poison gas concept amid continuous efforts to advance chemical arms.Observers warn the proposal could escalate danger and violate international norms, prompting scrutiny from allied scientists and policymakers.
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