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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1916
Page
6
Public notices, ads, and classifieds from Concord area listings include a pay rate for insertions, a family mending request for Box 596, Maple products sale, agricultural notices on asparagus and plants, a wage increase for teams, multiple business names, apartment and cutting notices, and the Concord Civic League annual meeting set for April 18 at 8 p.m. in the town hall.
William Sobin son is named administrator of the Middlesex county Massachusetts estate of Annie L Carr who died intestate at Maynard. He has posted bond as required and creditors must present their claims to him at 631 Old Cambridge Road.
In Concord during March committee five held all day sewing meetings in the courthouse rooms with an average attendance. Volunteers sent 1707 articles including socks, shirts, gauze, sponges, and clothing to Paris, New York, and Neuilly-sur-Seine. Gifts totaled 267 dollars. Expenses covered postage, materials, and shoes. donations urged to Mrs Prescott Keyes.
A March list from the Concord free public library showcases notable titles on foreign policy, preparedness, and peace. Works by Asher Roosevelt Wise Jordan Redesdale Kerofilas and Verrill review American defense, Greek leadership, whaling history, and Arctic routes, with fiction such as The Bloom of Youth and Those About Trench. An open Grangers meeting followed with readings by Helen Reed and Benjamin Derby.
The notice lists addressee names including George Curtis Hugh Meadow Geo Ryan Bilis Wetherbee W Vosburg Mrs Evelyn Fifield Mrs H J Hosmer Miss Elizabeth May Howe Miss Annie T Read and Mrs Robert M Smith awaiting pickup at the local post office.
Mrs Daniel Lothrop came back to the Colonial Tun for a week while Miss Margarette Lothrop remains in California with friends. The younger Lothrop was invited to be assistant in the economics and sociology department where she earned her A M at Leland Stanford University. She taught there this past winter and will not come east this summer.
Weathered grounds forced Watertown and Concord to cancel their matchup. The day’s slate shifts to a Maynard versus local high school clash marking the first game of the series.
Concord High School will host an indoor meet Thursday night led by captain Homer Allen. The clash with Company I should produce exciting contests and potentially several records as the school pursues a stronger athletic season.
The Concord Minutemen held March drills, voted to join the Concord Rifle and Gun club, and discussed rifle access for members. Officers led training nights with map reading and noncommissioned officers schools, while upcoming events included indoor meets, films, and prize drills through April.
Rev. Loren B. Macdonald of the First Parish is on vacation in Washington and other sites and will return to Concord to resume duties on Sunday, April 16. His pulpit will be filled next Sunday by Rev. H. H. Saunderson of Boston.
Clement R. Ford, formerly of Concord National Bank and Stone Webster Boston brokers, has entered a partnership with Tucker, Anthony & Co. in Boston. George S. West has also become a partner in the firm. From Sacramento.
Mr and Mrs Granville Holden hosted a Sunday gathering at Lang Street with John Andrews of Sacramento California visiting after 41 years away. Other guests included Delia Andrews Delia Wellington from Clinton and Mrs Harris of Marlboro and Mrs Holden's sister.
The road department added three or four new workers last week and plans to hire more as weather improves for street repairs this year.
A recently placed sign in the square addresses a long felt need. Concord sees many visitors, and automobile parties especially will welcome this new feature as they tour the historic town.
The evening school led by Jame Hayes ends tonight after an average attendance of about 16 pupils. The Boston Store has been purchased by Mr and Mrs Wheeler of Brockton who plan renovations before an Easter opening and promise updated goods and improved service for Concord customers.
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