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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1938
Page
4
Unclear fragment details show Beardsall as editor and references to Avenue Telephone and advertising rates. No full context or complete names, places, dates, or figures available.
The article notes 36 percent of duties in Paw Pairous on highways, 30 percent in homes, 7 percent in industrial accidents, and 17 percent from other accidental deaths. It outlines the distribution among different sources of accidental fatalities.
The piece recalls a contest staged by Fitzpatrick to compare swing and sentiment in song and verse. It notes a crowd of 300 telegrams siding with the pendulum toward the original swing arrangement, sparking a debate over artistic style and emotion.
Traffic safety notes report that in 1936 deaths per travel showed a three percent rate, with 1937 seen as safer, indicating improvements in highway safety measures and enforcement.
The piece frames the return of baseball as a sign of spring and renewal for American youth. It contrasts academic focus with outdoor sport, notes Babe Ruth’s enduring popularity, and mentions broader civic topics like tax returns and poker odds, all in a reflective, period voice.
The New Deal is blamed for undermining fitness by broad executive appointments without civil service tests. Arthur T. Vanderbilt argues merit standards are eroded, damaging legal ethics and public trust. He urges a return to civil service to protect government integrity nationwide.
Fisheries chief Patrick W. Hehir reports 325000 trout stocked this spring and 414000 last fall while stocking in neglected streams and forest ponds increases. Public fishing grounds receive more attention, and anglers are urged to report illegal hunting to ensure fair access when the trout season opens April 5.
St Casimir’s Church announces a solemn Holy Week schedule with masses on Palm Sunday Easter Sunday and Good Friday. Services include a Blessing of the Baptismal Water processions and the sunrise Easter service at six with a solemn high mass and sermon by Rev John S Duck, pastor.
Maynard High School announces the 1998 class honors. Superintendent James P. King presents high honor scholars Mary Latva Ammy Gudzinowicz Daniel Sullivan Regina Ayotte Norman Oates Lyh Tervo Sylvia Plickman Sylvia Syvenen Doris Marsder Anna Bolghowicz Joseph Boothroyd Guy Perillo Stella Novicki Laura Milewski Karin Saarinen Katherine Sheridan Helen Sofka Eleanor King and honor roll members Esther Kauppilla Mary Batulin Lauyi Pekala Alatala Sylvia Mark Aulis Oksa Harold Simila Bren ca Kurowski Irene Carlton Robert Kayela Rita Foley Gallagher Matta Chernak Priscilla oe Albert Bachrach Sophie nige wich Sophie Matincz.
John G Snyder longtime partner at the printing firm Mary and Snyder of Maynard died at his Carlisle Pennsylvania home after a week long illness of pneumonia. He was 43 and survived by his wife three sons and a daughter. Albert Murphy former partner notified of the death. Snyder had lived in Acton before moving to Carlisle.
Maynard report notes the Olivet to Calvary program performed last Sunday at Union Congregational Church before about 200 attendees. The combined Senior and Junior choir of over 40 voices, directed by Mrs. Cook, with Rev. Mat Vance presiding, featured soloists Mrs. Marguerite pot, Mrs. Marvin Babb, Lindsay Smith, Rev. Matthew A. Vance, and Ralph B. Smith.
Members of the newly ruled Men s Class at Acton Evangelical Congregational Church assigned duties for their area last Sunday. Sunday evening services will be held at the South Acton Congregational Church with Rev Matthew of Andover Newton Theo.
Rev Heaton of Mar vil will lead services on Holy Thursday at 7 30 pm with Communion and music. Good Friday will feature a special musical program. A morning service and evening activities are planned, with additional details uncertain in the fragment.
Entries for the event are to be allotted by receipt and early reservations. Arthur Lovesey, in charge, reported boxes around the show ring will be prepared soon and entry blanks will be available within a few days. He died at his office, 8 Hill Mit, and entries may be made with him or the Concord club office.
The Concord Female Charitable Society met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Clarence J. Tufts home 383 Main Street with West Concord members hosting. Our Lady of Christians Court Catholic Daughters of America will hold a social at Odd Fellows Hall West Concord on Wednesday evening April 20.
Mr and Mrs Newcomb Fuller and their daughter Nancy will leave Concord for a two year stay in Florida.
Mr and Mrs Verett Ce Thorpe welcome a son born April 6 at Baker Memorial Hospital. Anna Clark sends congratulations.
Mr and Mrs Philip Finand welcome a baby boy weighing eight and a half pounds at their home on Hillside Avenue Concord. Bernard B Megin assists with baseball coaching at Concord High School during Coach Frank Becipher’s classes. Fred Nolan chairs the Concord Rod and Gun Club fish distribution committee overseeing pond and stream stockings. A high Mass of Requiem was held Friday at Our Lady Help of Christians West Concord for Mrs Cha Manion widow of Thomas J Manion East Acton.
The Shakespeare Reading Group at Concord Community Center held its third meeting in Middlesex Institution for Savings rooms with 22 present. Members read The Merry Wives of Windsor aloud with spirited interpretation and adaptation. A future session tonight will cover Twelfth Night at the same venue inviting all to attend.
Sudbury High School announces the annual senior play Be an Optimist will be held Wednesday April 13 at 8 P.M. in the Tow Gall Sudbury Center directed by Miss Virginia Sawyer. Spell-down winners include Winifred Edgerly and Stuart Edgerly in seventh grade and Connie Joy Smith and Peter Powers in eighth grade. The spring vacation starts April 14 at 2 30 P.M. Classes resume April 25 at 9 A.M. Sophomore class held a food sale in the lower Town Hall last Saturday April 9.
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