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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1928
Page
2
Francis Nee, a Harvard student, was at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Paster during a vacation period.
The annual Ladies Night observance by the Men’s Fraternal League of the Congregational church featured many guests and entertainment from Heston. Harry Larkin, league president, presided and introduced the talent Afoanes.
Local residents and students return to campus after Easter vacations with parents and rejoin institutions including Colby College Dartmouth Holy Cross Wesleyan Bates College and Emerson. Notables include John Keegan Jr a war veteran taking an officer appointment at Concord Reformatory and several teachers and students resuming studies at their respective schools.
The first and second degrees will be worked on a class of 12 candidates at Maynard Grange Cooperative hall tomorrow night. First degree by a team of regular officers led by Orville Tucker, second by a team from Maynard Concord Concord Junction and Acton. Grace Whitney and Frederica Wade perform a sketch MeowTM and a musical number by Helen and Alicé Hird.
The HT high school baseball team prepares for its season opening at Clinton on April 19 with Capt. Gerald Tierney and Billy Lovering as key pitchers. Coach Lent plans to adjust roles as pitchers may play other positions and seeks a capable catcher to back Tierney and Lovering. He also has veterans Sipola and Wardzala to reinforce the lineup.
The fire department fought multiple brush fires this week, including two Thursday at Summer Hill and Great Road opposite St Bridget's cemetery. A separate blaze in the cellar of Selma Alesaari's Main Street home Friday was extinguished with little damage.
John Gibbons, principal of Wells High School in Southbridge for seven years, was recently appointed master of a junior high school. He spent Easter at his home here and will finish the current school year in Southbridge before reporting to Boston in the fall.
The sooking class of Cleverl ecr Troop Girl Scouts will prepare and serve a supper at the home of Mrs Charlotte Stockbridge on Sumner street Thursday evening. Mrs Frank F E Sanderson, chairman of the Scout Council, and Pearl McAuslin, troop captain, will be guests of the club. The Maynard High School Alumni Association plans a banquet in Colonial hall on April 30. Miss Hannah Sweeney of Cambridge was the Master guest of the Misses Margaret and Nellie May on Summer street.
Maynard Council of K of C will honor Marlboro Council K of C with a banquet at Mapledale Inn Stow tonight. The Marlboro team won a 36 bowler per side tournament noted for keen rivalry close scores and friendly spirit with many attendees beyond the bowlers.
John A. Mitzeavitch chancellor commander urges volunteers to obtain twelve applications for Knight of Pythias membership by June 30. A committee led by Charles J. Spence will study the Supreme Lodge Dozen Club program that awards a special emblem to each Pythian who reaches twelve new members.
At Cooperative hall on Thursday April 11 the meeting voted to add the Board of Selectmen to the sewerage committee. The panel is empowered to begin constructing a sewerage system with Albert Batley as chairman and other members including Hartwell Flood James A. Coughlan Otto Fons sell John Driscoll Willi Litchifield Frank S. Binks Edwin Carton and William O Strout.
Three boys under eleven borrowed a boat on the Assabet River, raided a henhouse near Slab City and West End, loading pockets with eggs. Police recovered the loot at headquarters. no eggs were broken. The trio marched home with their pirate tale ending at school.
Vincent Youmans production of Hit the Deck draws large crowds at the Tremont in Sages. The musical comedy, set in sailor life with a rotating gun turret scene on a battleship, features Lou ise Groody Donald Brian and Stella Mayhew. Matinees Wednesdays and Saturdays with a Patriot's Day holiday matinee on April 19.
The St Anthony Crusaders, a group aiding Italian youth, plan a summer baseball team and a festival at Vose-Pénd on June 13 honoring their patron saint. Tony Colombo serves as festival chair, organizing an itinerary with athletic events music dancing and an Italian spaghetti dinner.
The West Acton home of the late Ben De Zouza was sold, with his family to move to the Manuel De Zouza residence and the current occupants to the Katherine Payson house. A cribbage tournament by local Masons and Odd Fellows clubs closed the season with a turkey supper at Beach's restaurant. A Ladies Benevolent Society apron and food sale is planned for Thursday at 2:30 PM in the Baptist church parlors.
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