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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1948
Page
1
Fragmentary notes describe a delayed issue marking a 60th anniversary. The piece mentions a local old town newspaper close to Concord and references ads by business merchants, schools, fire, and police. A separate item highlights football as a leading topic and a sport with a town limelight.
A Monday session convened in the Room of the Howard Restaurant to discuss the subject Small Its Place. President Wil presided with about 90 attendees present.
A town wide paper drive will be held in Concord on Sunday to raise funds for the Pp Cushing Charities. Groups from both parish and church communities will participate. Further details will be announced next week.
The annual Oman’s Club luncheon will be held next Monday at 1 PM with Mrs. Henry H. Hawley presiding. Election of officers will occur, and Miss Dine, a Con native now living in Groton, will speak on the topic “I Knew by Through bs of War.”
The Concord Post will hold its annual installation of officers at 7:30 PM on Wednesday the 14th at the public building. The event will install the post to succeed Sheehan, with the first commander to be chosen by the board.
Concord Troop 27 of Lincoln dominates the first annual Concord Lincoln Boy Scout Jamboree with six of nine event wins. Troop 31 of Concord takes the remaining three places, earning the grand prize for most points. attendance exceeds 600 with leaders and officials present.
Viles, president of the Waltham Screw Company, attended a national convention in Chicago as a delegate from about 100 cities and 18 states. He now resides in Weston and is active in the Waltham Rotary Club and Sachem Council of the Boy Scouts.
West Concord Harvey Wheeler Parent Teachers Association schedules its April meeting at the Harvard Wheeler School Auditorium. A business session at 7:45 p m will precede guest speaker Dr Donnell Boardman Acton physician whose talk is expected to attract good attendance. An ensemble program by Anson and soprano Florence accompanies the event.
The Conconaaa Lincoln Boy Scouts plan an outdoor cookout at 2 o clock Saturday at the home of John Todd, following a recent armory gathering. District officers will chair the event.
Members of the Young Republican 21 Club meet Saturday for business and a program. They will select a publican and proceed to Springfield by six oclock to join Western Massachusetts clubs for a conven tion meeting at six and a banquet at 6 30. Concord leaders include Francis Mc Phillips, David B. Williams, and G Sherman Blair Jr.
Middlesex County Farm Bureau members and local farmers are invited to an open discussion at Estabrook Hall Lexington this Thursday at 8 pm. Porter Taylor of Washington DC will speak as secretary of the American Farm Bureau Fruit & Vegetable Federation.
Egbert T. Montague of 17 Cottage Street, West Concord, has been appointed sales manager of Atlas Distributors. A deacon of West Concord Union Church, he is active in many groups and is known in New England industrial circles, radio and electronics sectors, and the American Society for X ray and Electron Diffraction. He and his wife have two children and he showcased firm electrical devices at last weekend's Boston show.
An item notes a historic battle at the North Bridge and lists a community track meet at ten o clock and a baseball game at 3 15 p m at Emerson Playground with events connected to the 173rd observance.
Community drive in Concord asks for clothing and footwear for overseas distribution. Primarily men's suits and women's dresses are requested, with other garments including children's clothing and underwear welcome. Officials praise local effort led by Winthrop H. Lee with committee members Mrs. Glen P. Baldwin and others.
West Concord Cub Pack 33 resumes activities with 2nd Tuesday afternoons at 4 o'clock in April for baseball practices at Rideout when weather permits. A team will be selected to represent the pack in the Lincoln Pack Baseball league under Troop Committee Chairman Fred Benson assisted by Fréd Oliver.
The ceremony honors Worthy Matron Liam K Walters and features installing officers Gle Han cock Lawrence Mario Jones Margaret Stowe and William D Tuttle among others. Past matrons and patrons serve as assistants with floral staff, soloist and committee heads named. Refreshments follow the exercises.
Concord extends sympathy to Patrolman Lawrence B Tobin of Waltham for the loss of his wife Mrs Catherine C Tobin formerly of Concord. Funeral services were held in Waltham. She leaves her husband four daughters one son one brother and five sisters.
Concord hosts the fourth and final performance of the St Bernard's Grand Old Minstrel Show at Monument Hall at 8 15 tonight. The three prior shows were packed and drew over 2000 attendees as Basil H Maguire received praise for innovative neon lighting. Religious leaders Rev Michael J Burke and Rev Edward F Gillis addressed the crowd after the show.
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