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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1941
Page
1
The message notes Easter Sunday events including a morning prayer at 11 o clock and a 3 o clock carol service. It mentions a union distributing wires at 8 and 10 am and Holy music by the choir. The rector leads the service with special offerings and mite boxes.
The Thoreau Street Lutheran Church led by Pastor Frederik W. Feinsinger will hold Sunday evening worship at 7 45 with special music by JOLESEX. At Lowell Road School Chapel Easter Sunday service at 5 p m features Frederick M. Eliot D D president of the American Unitarian Association as speaker.
Easter timetable across West Concord churches lists services at Our Lady Help of Christians 7 and 8 30 am mass with 10 30 am high mass, Benediction at 5 pm. Trinitarian Walden Street and Congregational Church plan morning worship and special Easter music. First Parish Church schedules sunrise service and school events, with 10 45 am morning service and 7 pm Easter pageant titled Re and Have Faith.
Lang Street church holds Sunday service at 10 with pastor Harry Odland. Sermon titled The Morning Prayer. Special Bagster study. At 7 30 pm the string band and Young People's Chorus provide music.
At Bernard Church in Catholic Concord Masses are set for April 18 with an 8 15 service featuring hymns sung by a junior choir under Miss Margaret O Neill. A 10 o clock mass will be celebrated by the senior choir directed by Mrs Juliette A Mac organist with soloists Miss Mary Tobin Thomas Mara and others.
Shubert Theatre Boston presents the operetta melodrama Rose Marie opening April 14 with Friml and Oscar Hammerstein II lyrics. The production promises the original scenic and musical splendor seen in Paris and prior runs.
Miss Catherine Fewry celebrated 26 years with the New England Telephone Company at a dinner party in Concord. About 25 guests attended at the Old Mill Dam Tea Room with Maynard and Concord operators present. Eileen Salter presented a ruby pin, and the company gave a bouquet and a radio as thanks.
Official averages from the Mill Dam league show Snows as defending champions leading the 12 team circuit. K. of C. is runner up while the Pasties remain cellar dwellers. standings list Snows 287, with play through May 16 when the championship will be decided followed by banquet and awards.
In the weekly bowling at the es alleys on April 1 the Maybees led the standings with a four point win over last place Topsies. Merry Makers and Tagalongs split their four points. high scores include Marty Neville 110 and Margaret Burke 98. Margaret Burke tops averages at 86.9 with Rita Batteau leading in single string at 119.
In West Concord the Badeet Feder ated Church holds a three hour service until 3 p m and a 7 30 p m evening service with the Reverend Alfred Wheeler the former pastor returning as guest preacher.
The church outlines Our Lady of Perpetual Help devotions for children with afternoon sessions and an evening Mass. Friday includes a 7am devotions and a Stations of the Cross program for children, followed by Adoration. Rex Thomas Herlihy and J. Boston are noted in the sequence.
The All Stars defeated St Bernard's Company Y 42 to 37 at Concord's home court on Monday evening in a post season game. St Bernard's junior team beat West Concord in a preliminary 20 to 4 drawing a large crowd.
Concord Grange held an officers night at Elks upper hall on April 1 with Master Russell Chase Stoneham overseeing and John Moore Valerie Wal tham lecturing. The event included an auxiliary steward Maude Tompkins and entertainment by Chase Godfrey Starkey with refreshments led by Ethel Gates and Rose DiCicco.
Concord news notes events from lectures by John W Putnam to meetings of the Young Republican Club and Widow Rebekah lodge. Also reported are water mains burst, Emerson Hospital fundraiser plans, draft board updates, bowling standings, and births.
St Bernard's Church outlines Holy Week events with Confessions on Wednesday, Holy Thursday masses at 6 30 and 7 a m, visits to the repository, Good Friday devotions at 6 and 7 a m, and Friday evening stations of the cross followed by veneration of the Cross.
Hughes of West Concord ties the knot with Louis Henry Vigliotti of West Concord at the West Concord Union Church with Rev Kenneth Teed officiating. The couple, both graduates, plan to reside in West Concord after a Detroit Michigan wedding trip.
The Shawsheen Valley semi pro baseball league forms with Concord and Bedford teams and plans a May opener. Charles Doyle leads as infielder, with Beecy as president and P B Primmerman as secretary treasurer. Eight teams targeted from Weston Lexington Lincoln. Schedule spans 14 games per half, playoffs possible in mid August. An April 23 Bedford meeting is noted.
A three night event unfolds at the Veterans Hall in Concord on April 24 25 and 26 with the Concord Players behind the mystery play George A Walker oversees production in three roles Malay newcomers appear in the cast promising a fresh motive alibi and solution to a seemingly hopeless situation
Over the weekend Mr and Mrs George Parker Winship of Charles River and Sandwich New Hampshire announced the engagement of their daughter Miss Ann Winship to Philip A Davis Jr son of Mr and Mrs Philip A Davis of Lowell Road Concord The families reside in Concord New Hampshire and Lowell Massachusetts respectively.
A pre holiday dance will be held Friday evening April 18 at Veterans Pavilion. The event features Charlie Belton and his 14 piece band and Kay Sutton who will share vocal honors with Bob Galliste. The group has recently played at several local spots and been well received.
Maynard High School notes the 26th anniversary of the 1916 class with a reunion to be held this year. About 25 graduates are expected to attend a first reunion celebration. A questionnaire has been sent to the class of 1916 to gather suggestions for the program. Named organizers include Dr. Raymond E Hooper Harold Morgan Donald A Lenalph Sheridan and Roy McCormack.
The Concord Firemen's Relief Association ball will be held Monday evening April 14 at the State Armory Everett street. Jimmie Walsh's orchestra will provide music and a concert runs from 8 to 9 pm with dancing 9 to 11 pm. Proceeds fund the association's sick and injury fund. Chairman Thomas D Tombeno Jr and committee report strong advance sales and expect a record turnout with decorations to surpass all prior events.
Funeral services were held for James Joseph Jackman of Lincoln at St. Joseph's Church with a high mass of requiem celebrated by Rev. Walter A. Quinlan. Burial followed at Bernard's Cemetery. Jackman, born August 29 1883 in Red Point Nova Scotia, lived in Lincoln 30 years and worked for A G Mavis Company. He died April 1 at Waltham Hospital after a short illness. Surviving daughters are Lena Jackman Mary Schofield Harvard and Elizabeth Pardy Natick.
In West Concord the upper grade pupils of the West Concord school prepare their third operetta A Souvenir or Griegs Music Box. The cast and crews design props costumes and scenery under teacher guidance. Performances are set for Tuesday afternoon April 29 for children and Thursday evening May 1 for adults at the Harvey Wheeler School auditorium.
Trinity Episcopal Church schedules a 4 p m service for boys and girls followed by an 8 p m evening prayer with adult choir and Good Friday music. The notice notes services on Friday at the church.
Maynard L F Cowles a veterinarian and former member of the Middlesex Board of Health is appointed to a seven member committee to study improving conditions at the Middlesex County Sanatorium Waltham after the defeat of House Bill 703 Nathaniel Bowditch chairs the Middlesex County Commissioners and names members including Avery Steele Morse May Stanti Loud Moxon and others The first committee meeting occurred in the county commissioners office last Friday with another meeting planned.
Concord’s Veterans Council cancels a parade for Patriots Day. Activities begin with a Fort Bridge ceremony and public speaker, followed by a Fort Monument Square concert, children's games at Emersdh playground, a dual city track meet led by Maynard and Concord, a 10 30 baseball game between Maynard and Concord high schools, a Colonial room dinner at Howard Johnson West Concord, and a state armory dance with Will Tolmian’s orchestra.
On Tuesday April 1 the Concord Police Relief Association met and organized for the year Patrolman O Nolan was elected president William L McCarthy secretary and John T Foster treasurer The group voted to hold the biennial ball in October with date to be decided and Patrolman James H Finan Jr named chairman of the ball committee
The Maynard Fire Department adds a Boy Scout alarm call, with seven whistles summoning scouts to the station as part of a defense program. The Wiremen’s Relief Association whist party will be May 6 in the high school auditorium, offering a $26 door prize and other prizes. Proceeds fund firefighter illness and accident compensation. volunteers will canvass for tickets and donations may be left at the fire station.
The Assabet Mills plant begins deducting union dues from employee pay for the American Woolen Go to transfer to Local 10 TW U.C. Cr 1 0. The effort aims for near full membership as several departments already show full participation. Cards are signed voluntarily by workers.
A fragment styled as literary note or catalog snippet hints at themes of romance and poetry. It mentions Madame Ni and suggests a focus on feminine literary works and romantic verse. The text reads as an artful, fleeting remark rather than a full article.
The Veterans Building hosted a large Concord Civilian Defense gathering with over 700 attendees. Major Michael J. Dee opened the session, honoring Concord’s Company H and reporting $920 raised for recreational funds as Colonel Robert Goodwin and Raymond Baldwin spoke on home defense and civilian aviation roles.
Mary Ward principal of Street School attended a principals’ convention at a state college. The event involved primary and intermediate officials and ran for one week, with public note of a brief vacation period and local attendance by Donald and Nellie Grace Perley.
Fire at a dairy plant caused water damage and halted operations. Emergency crews removed milk, salvaged some equipment, and limited production to a later rebuilding effort. Manager Simm said full recovery would come as parts and machines are restored.
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