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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1929
Page
4
The Sudbury annual meeting will be held at the town hall on Wednesday April 10 at 8 pm. Members are urged to attend as roll call will elect officers and Frank P. Reed state superintendent of secondary education will speak on What Brain Means. Demonstrations will be shown by Boy and Girl Scouts and there will be a social hour with refreshments.
The report notes Richard Cutter is gaining as hoped and expected to recover without complications. Christian Endeavor plans a debate the next night on the topic Does a person need religion to be happy. Mrs Allen Kennedy visits Keene New Hampshire on Sunday.
Concord 4 A Garden and Canning club members will receive extra incentive this year for good work in their project. Twenty five dollars in prizes, donated by Henry Thompson, will be split between the two projects. Three awards will be given in each project with six, four, and two and a half dollars as first to third prizes. Quality of work and garden conditions reported by the local leader and final club reports will determine winners. Awards will be made early in the fall.
John E McBreen of 4 Elstoner Street accepts an agent position with John Hancock Life Insurance Co. in the Concord district centered at West Concord and Acton. Walter M Johnson of Arlington, a golf pro at Concord Country Club, begins his eleventh season in Concord this week.
Sunday services at 10 45 a m with sermon Unreality. Sunday School at 10 45 a m. Testimonial meeting Wednesday 7 45 p m. Reading room open 2 to 5 p m on weekdays. Monument Square location in Concord.
Concord mass church announces services on April 7 with morning Eucharist and 11 o clock sermon by Charles A Clough Jr of Cambridge The 7 45 pm choir rehearsal on April 11 and April 4 32 pm rehearsal are listed Rev Robert Walker chaplain of the Massachusetts Reformatory will lead the early service April 7.
Malden dispatch reports Joan Shea wife of Red Sox pitcher Lefty Shea welcomed a baby boy at Malden Maternity Hospital. Mrs Shea, before marriage Miss Helen McCabe of Concord, now resides with Mr and Mrs Shea at 664 Main Street Malden. Shea starred as a twirler at Boston College and was signed by the Boston Americans that summer.
A Boston paper dubs Concord’s Bob Asbjornson hero of Concord for his double in the second inning and two RBI in the Red Sox win over Boston Friday. He caught the entire game and held Charley Ruffing and Jack Russell, leaving him poised to keep Concord on the baseball map.
Concord sets a town celebration with sunrise bells and a 21 gun salute by the Concord Independent Battery. Scouts from several towns join events at Monument Square, with a track meet between Concord high and Fitchburg high, troop contests, a battlefield patriotic program, a band, a Mass National Guard exhibition, and a baseball game between Concord high and Middlesex School. Rain option moves the concert to the State Armory.
Concord reports cover the Concord Musical Club meeting at Mrs Allen French's home, assessors on their annual rounds led by Arthur Magurn, Middlesex School's day after vacation and tennis plans with Boston English High, a four acre grass fire on Sandy Pond road, a Fridgdair cabinet installation at the Roeder home, Central Station fire crew response on Ball Street, Antiquarian Society project on stairposts from John Hancock House, North Quarter Unit Middlesex County Extension Service meeting on floors for old, Garden Class talk on Planning the Garden, and Anugrah Hari Mariam a guest from India aiding Frances Whiton at Smith College during Easter vacation.
The eleventh annual concert and ball of the Concord Firemen's Relief Association will occur Friday evening April 5 at the State Armory. Joe Rines appears in person with an eleven piece orchestra from 8 to 9 for a concert and from 9 to 1 for dancing in modern and old fashioned styles.
Old Concord Chapter D A R will meet in the vestry of the First Parish Meeting House at 2 45 Saturday afternoon. Dr William M Dobson medical officer of Bedford Hospital for Veterans will be principal speaker. Open to all with special music hosted by Mrs Wallace B Conant and other hostesses.
The final section of Concord High School's interclass track and gym meet, originally set for Tuesday afternoon last week, was postponed one week due to the illness of Coach and Physical Director Everett F Weygant. The post game basketball with the alumni also moved to the same new date.
At the meeting of Division 56 Ancient Order of Hibernians in Monument Hall delegates were named to attend the county convention in Malta Hall Cambridge on Sunday. Those chosen were Joseph M. Collins Patrick McBreen Patrick McPhillips Michael J. Collins and James J. Byrne.
The King's Daughters gathered in the vestry of the First Parish Meeting House on Tuesday afternoon to sew articles for Dr. Grenfell's Labrador Mission. Hostesses were Mrs. James S. Goodwin and Mrs. Alden H. Russell.
The skeet team from Concord Rod and Gun Club could not arrange a scheduled match with another team for Saturday afternoon, leaving the afternoon without competition.
Easter observances spanned several churches with services on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Notable events included Spring in the Brown Meadow pantomime by Elisabeth Edland, performed by younger department children under Mrs Clarence W Mahan, with Marjorie Rideout at the organ and a cast featuring Sybil Bamford William Damon Christina MacAuley and others.
The Concord Players announce an excursion on the Rear Car to be held Thursday Friday and Saturday evenings April 4 5 and 6 at Veterans Building Concord. Shows start at 8 PM each night with thrilling train like effects and reserved seats for Saturday remaining about 200 tickets available.
Maude Evelyn Robinson of West Concord is engaged to Nathaniel Robinson of Manhasset L I son of Charles and Mrs Robin son The couple’s families note she is a first grade teacher at Harvey Wheeler West Concord School and he served as principal there in the 1926 1927 school year
In the second annual indoor grade school meet at the State Armory Concord Peter Bulkeley Emerson School defeated Harvey Wheeler West Concord School. Tripoli and Minotti DiCicco led Peter Bulkeley with new records in the seventh and eighth grade events including the 45 yard dash and 800 yard run. Dan Curtin matched a high jump record for Harvey Wheeler. The meet featured top performances by Di Cicco and teammates across multiple events.
Fifteen cans of adult trout were distributed in the brooks near Concord today by the State Division of Fisheries and Game. The fish came from Sandwich, Mass.
Concord High School track team faces Fitchburg high in a field and track contest at Emerson playgrounds on April 19 in the morning. In the afternoon Concord's baseball nine meets Middlesex School on the Emerson Playground diamond.
The Junior Department notes perfect Lent attendance by Mary Nelson William Damon Priscilla Hay Leonard Adams Walter Johanson Ruth Lawrence Dorothy Huston Myrtle Barker Daniel Lapham.
The Concord Country Club opened for the season and announced numerous social events. Club lunches are scheduled on all legal holidays through October, with many functions already planned.
Six year old pupils must register before April 15 to aid school preparation. Each child entering next September should be registered, with blanks available at each school or by mail on request. Vaccination and readiness for work are required, and good health and behavior are expected.
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