Funeral services for Richris Davis of Framingham
The late Richris Davis born July 15 1874 in West Acton died recently in Framingham. He lived in Framingham most of his life worked as a tin tradesman and was a member of Hockamocka Lodge Masons and Sheet Metal Workers Local 17 Boston. He leaves his wife Maud Morse Davis five children John Bessie M Morris Alfred and others, and two grandchildren. Services were held at the Baptist Church in Framingham where he was well regarded.
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New Jersey
Wakefield
Romeo
Ashland
Marlboro
Murray
Medfield
E. B. Davis
John W
Alfred W
Hockamocka
Westboro
Boston
Alfred E. ‘Wheeler
Masons Serve as Bearers at Service
The Masons performed a ceremonial role at the service duties and acted as bearers alongside the rites observed.
Acton High School Play Postponed to May 5
West Acton pupils enjoy a week's vacation and a senior class play set for April 13 is moved to Friday evening May 5 at the West Acton Woman's club house. Middlesex Radio Club forms in West Concord with Mr L Robbins hosting and two town licensed operators joining as charter members. Meetings planned for second Sundays at ham shacks. May 14 gathering at Maynard. E L Robbins elected president and Charles W Manniken treasurer.
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Acton
Aicton High School
West Acton
Middlesex Radio Club
WIDPW
Maynard
E. L. Robbins
Charles W. Manniken
Funeral for 16 year old Joseph Soores in Acton
Joseph Soores son of Tony and Rose Soores of Main street South Acton dies after an appendectomy at Emerson hospital. Survived by parents grandparents sister Mary brother Lincoln. Acton High student. Funeral at 9 AM Thursday at St Elizabeth's West Acton. Burial in St Bridget's cemetery Maynard.
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Joseph Soores
South Acton
Tony
Rose P.sylvia Soores
Main Street
Emerson Hospital
Mary
Lincoln
Acton High School
St. Elizabeth’s Church
West Acton
St. Bridget’s
Maynard
One Concord Co operative Bank Advised For Budget Help
A Concord Co operative Bank ad urges readers to save monthly to prepare for emergencies as government and personal finances tighten. It highlights small deposits from one to forty dollars as insurance against future obligations and credit loss.
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Anne Sams
Roosevelt
Fie
Concord Co-operative Bank
Concord Co-operative
Audry
Frank Miller Elks Whist Winner at Concord Party
Large turnout for Kiki Hall whist party led by Lovell P. George. Frank Miller won first prize, with Mrs Krank HIM second. Other winners included Mrs Irene Miller John Dempsey Mrs John Smith and several more. Door prize went to Ms Bridie Murphy and special prizes to Charles Misier and Mrs Mary K Kellay.
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Concord
Kiki Hall
Lovell P. George
Frank Miller
Krank
Irene Miller
John Dempsey
John Smith
Bridie Murphy
Betha Boreson
James Deacon
John Hayes
John Sartolomeo, Jr
Alice Ormond
Worst Storm of the Season Hits Concord
Concord faced an unprecedented mid-April snow storm that felled about a foot of snow and snapped a dozen wooden poles. Winds damaged shade and orchard trees while electric service was briefly interrupted and repairs began. schools operated with light attendance.
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Concord
Concord Rotary Club Plans June Sightseeing Trips
The Concord Rotary Club met at Colonial Inn with President Burleigh L. Pratt presiding. Members report 100 percent attendance for the International Convention in Boston, June 26 to 30, and a June Concord sightseeing plan. Committee chairs include W. Stuart Allen General Chairman KK Bamford Transportation E R Howard Decoration H M Wildwell Publicity Rev E P Daniels Hospitality J J Young Entertainment.
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Concord
Concord Rotary Club
Colonial Inn
Burleigh L. Pratt
Boston
W. Stuar
Allen
KK. L. Bamford
Antiquarian Society House to Open for Season
Concord announces the Antiquarian Society House will open on Wednesday April 19 with hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Members admitted free, non-members for a nominal fee. Tea will be served free from 4 to 6. New Thoreau portrait and Dodge pieces will be on display.
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Antiquarian House
Concord
Antiquarian Society House
Thoreau i
Plentiful Employment and Abundant Wages Lecture at Concord Church
The Concord Union Church in West Concord Massachusetts announces Sunday services on April 23 at 10 30 am with a sermon titled Plentiful Employment and Abundant Wages organist Nina Ruble and soloist Jacob Meder. Church School at noon Young People Society at 6 pm and an illustrated lecture Modern Japan by Wendell Hay. Evening events and meals listed for April 25 27 and May 3 with chairpersons named.
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Concord Union
iWest Concord
Massachusetts
T.ev
Alfred ‘W Stone
Nina Ruble
Jacob Meder
Mildred Stone
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
Japan
Wendell Hay
Ladies Missionary Society
Helping Hand Society
George Fenton
Ladies’ Union
Andrew Edwardsen
Mrs Joslin and daughter-in-law trip to Washington
Mrs Henry Joslin and her daughter-in-law Mrs Elmer L Joslin left last Thursday for a week's stay in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Joslin
Elmer L Joslin
Washington
Local News Briefs from Concord and Nearby Areas
Fred Loftus rejoins Charleston in the Piedmont League. Concord hosts spring closures for Abril vacation with classes resuming April 24. Trinity Church Larish Hall hosts a benefit for children on April 7. Mrs Seabury Jr Short and Mrs Alfred Miller plan a children’s event. Mrs Lincoln R Soule returns from visit to Springmela with the Newell family. Herbert B Hosmer Jr passes Nautical School exams and begins Merchant Marine training in Charlestown. Community Welfare hosts a public whist party with Charles M Maloney as chairman. Concord Garden Club meeting at Mrs Eaton’s Musketaquid Road with Mrs Keyes assisting. Mrs Bryan Permar of Brookline speaks on permanent bloom. Trinity Church parish house hosts a Church Aid Society food sale and sewing meet. Miss Faith Donaldson cruises to New York April 21 aboard the SS Berengaria after studying disarmament in Geneva. May breakfast by the Woman’s Union in Concord on May 1 offers hot foods and cafeteria service led by Mrs Towle. James J Mansfield Post auxiliary meets at Veterans’ Building with Miss Foss’s death noted. Miss Mary Flavin appointed to fill the term. Resolutions planned for the County Council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Loftus
Charleston
South Carolina
T. H. Mahan
Old Bedford Road
Concord
Florida
Seabury Jr. Short
Alfred M. iMiller
Trinity Church
Larish
Lincoln R Soule
Springmela
William C.newell
Mary H Newell
Herbert B. Hosmer, Jr
Massachusets
Merchant Marine Service
Warner Hall
Prison Officers’ Association of the
Massachusetts Reformatory
Charles M Maloney
Bairman
Concord Garden Club
Frederick W. Eaton
Musketaquid Road
George S. Keyes
New York
Geneva
Airthrey Castle
Stirlingshire
Scotland
April Nineteenth Program Details at Concord Event
Schedule lists track meet between Concord High and Milton High at 10:00 a.m. A rider claiming to be Dr Samuel Prescott departs Lexington Green at 1:15 p.m. A parade from Veterans Building proceeds via Walden Street to Monument Street and Minute Man. Exercises, singing of America, and patriotic address follow at Minute Man. Parade returns to Emerson Playground for a band concert from 2:45 to 4:15 p.m. A baseball game Concord High vs Middlesex School at 3:00 p.m.
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Concord High
Milton High
Samuel Prescott
Lexington Green
Vetererans
Walden Street
Square
Monument Street
Lexington
Emerson Playground
Middlesex School
Jimmie Walker’s Silver Six to Play Eastern Star Dance
Boston band Jimmie Walker’s Silver Six will provide music for the Eastern Star dance hosted by Mawthorne Chapter in the Veterans Building on Friday April 28. A special feature will be the Aleppo Temple Patrol delivering two novel exhibition drills as part of the event.
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Jimmie Walker
Silver Six
Boston
Xiawthorne
Veterans Building
Gladys F.graham
Mawthorne
Aleppo
Hosmer Camp to Host Housewarming at New Quarters
In the Veterans Building Corporal Ralph P. Hosmer Camp USWV chaired by Past Commander John E. Loring met due to Commander Cushing's illness. Next month the camp plans a housewarming in its renovated quarters assigned by the town. The Ladies' Auxiliary will be entertained and the camp will join the Patriots Day parade at North Bridge.
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Albus E. Cushing
John E Loring
Ralph P. Hosmer
USWV
Wwn
Ladies’ Auxiliary
North Bridge
Spanish Camp Auxiliary Delegates Named for State Convention
At the State Armory meeting on April 13 Mrs Mary Kelleher presided. Delegates named to the State convention at Lowell June 9 to 11 include Mrs Anna Foreman Mrs Helen Loring Mrs Alice C Lee Mrs Emma Blodgett Mrs Mary Kelleher who is president and Mrs Alice Hagerty senior vice president with Mr Belle Davis junior vice president. Mrs Margaret Kelley named alternate. Helen Loring to chair Memorial Day dinner for the veterans. The auxiliary voted to join Patriots Day events at the North Bridge.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
United Spanish War Veterans
State Armory
Mary Kelleher
Lincoln
iMrs
Anna ‘Foreman
Helen Loring
Alice C Lee
Emma Blodgett
Alice Hagerty
Belle Davs
Lowell
Margaret Kelley
North Bridge
Concord Officer Finds Abandoned Stolen Car
Patrolman Thomas Finan discovered a stolen automobile abandoned on Crescent Road after its engine failed. The vehicle, stolen in Boston, belonged to William W. Warner of 15 Wellington Road, Brookline.
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Concord
Thomas Finan
Crescent Road
Boston
William W. Warner
Wellington Road
Brooklins
Concord Players Rehearsing Come Out of the Kitchen
The Concord players rehearse the spring comedy Come Out of the Kitchen for shows May 4 and 6 at the Veterans Building. Eleven cast members include Rufus P. Baldwin and Mrs Ed win D Brooks with newcomers Mrs Horace L Arnold Miss Helen Curtis and Dr Vernon Williams. Director is William Naversham Jr and Whitney S Smith serves as stage manager.
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Concord Players
Veterans Building
Rufus P. Baldwin
Edwin D. Brooks
Horace L. Arnold
Helen Curtis
Charles W. Locke
William M. Shedden
Vernon Williams
William Naversham Jr
Whitney ‘S. Smith
Concord Grants Beer Licenses After 50 Years
Five Concord stores sold bottled beer not to be consumed on premises last Friday after the Selectmen granted new licenses the night before. It marks Concord’s first beer licenses in nearly fifty years.
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Concord
District Council Entertained By Legion Post
Concord James J Mansfield Post hosted the Middlesex County District 7 American Legion meeting at Veterans Building. District Commander B Alcott Pratt presided with County Commander Thomas P Conway as guest speaker. Waltham post's John Walsh and County Service Officer John J Maguire spoke. Selectman H Whittemore Brown gave the welcome.
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Concord
James J. Mansfield
American Legion
Middlesex County Council
Acton
Bedford
Bedford Hospital
Lexington
Lincoln
Veterans Building
B Alcott Pratt
Ign
Thomas. P. Conway
John Walsh
Waltham Post
John J Maguire
John J Maguire Were Among the Other Speakers. Selectman
H. Whittemore Brown
James J. Mansfield Post
Trout Season Opens Amid Flooded Streams and Snow
Anglers face poor opening day as Middlesex County streams run floodly and footing on banks is treacherous. Meanwhile Concord Antiquarian Society announces Patriots Day open house from 10 to 6 with tea supervised by Mrs Stedman Buttrick and an exhibit on Henry David Thoreau and rare glassware loaned by Mrs Etta Dodge.
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Middlesex County
Concord Antiquarian Society
Stedman Buttrick
Allen French
Henry F Smith
Edward Motley
H. Robert Bygrave
Concord
Henry David Thoreau
Etta Dodge
Sudbury Road
West Concord church sees large Holy Week attendance
Last week at West Concord Union Church a notably large audience attended Holy Week services. Tuesday’s sermon was by Rev. David Frazer of West Somerville Congregational Church with Mrs Fred T. Boyd as soloist. Thursday welcomed seventeen new members and a Communion Service with Deacon John R. McKenzie as soloist. Friday’s preacher was Rev. Robert Watson D. D. of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Concord Union Church
David Frazer
West Somerville
Fred T. Boyd
John R. McKenzie
Robert Watson D. D
Boston
Sunday Service and Lesson at First Church of Christ Scientist Concord
The First Church of Christ Scientist in Concord advertises Sunday service at 10 45 a m with Sunday School also at 10 45 a m and a testimonial meeting Wednesday at 7 46 p m Reading Room hours are 2 to 56 p m on weekdays holidays excluded The subject for the Lesson Sermon on Sunday April ... Probation after Death is the lesson topic with the Golden Text He that endureth to the end shall be saved Biblical citations from John and Matthew appear along with excerpts from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, emphasizing Jesus as the way and a probationary state beyond the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF Christ Scientist
Concord
Churches of Christ, Scientist
Thomas
Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
Cambridge K. C. Defeat Concord In Public Debate
The Edward W. Quinn Debating Society of the Cambridge Council Knights of Columbus defeated Concord High School in a public debate held at Concord High School. Cambridge debaters Thomas F. McLaughlin Jr John Carr and Charles J McDonald argued for recognition of Soviet Russia, while Concord was represented by John H Lawton John M Downing and Arthur Parke. Judges included Judge Howard B. Canger Howard Biggs and Thomas Gately.
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Concord
Edward W. Quinn
Cambridge Council
Knights of Columbus
United States
Soviet Russia
Concord High School
Concord High
Concord High School Debating Society
Thomas F. McLaughlin
John Carr
Charles J McDonald
John H Lawton
John M. Downing
Concord High Debating Society
Arthur Parke
Lawrence Academy
Thomas J. Hayes
Howard B. Canger
Howard Biggs
Middlesex School
Thomas Gately
Jamaica Plain
Asbjornson Sent to Toledo by Reds in Option Move
President Sidney Weil of Cincinnati Reds announces catcher Bob Asbjornson, previously optioned to Minneapolis, has been transferred to Toledo. He remains the property of the Cincinnati Club.
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Sidney Weil
Cincinnati Reds
Bob Asbjorson
Minneapolis
American Association
Toledo
Cincinnati Club
Concord Grante P of H Confers Degrees in Elks Hall
Concord Grante P of H met in Elks Hall Tuesday evening and conferred the third and fourth degrees. Raymond Baldwin announced Girl Scout committee appointments including Mrs G Norman Atbree and others. A mission for Catholic prisoners at Massachusetts Reformatory West Concord will be held next week in the chapel conducted by Rev Fr O'Brien of the Jesuit Order from Boston College.
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Concord Grante
P. of H
Elks Hall
Girl Scout Committee
Raymond P.baldwin
Girl Scout Corporation
G. Norman Atbree
Stedman Buttrick Sr
Charles W. Cheney
Walter Gierasch
Thomas L. Sanborn
Mary Chamberlin
House
Massachusetts Reformatory
West Concord
Fr. O’brien
Boston College
Lindsey son sails from Japan toward China via Hong Kong
Thomas Lindsey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lennox Lindsey of Lowell Road, travels from Japan to China. His vessel touched Yokohama before setting course for Hong Kong. Mrs Marvin Taylor recently performed at the Medway Woman's Club with accompanist Mrs. Burleigh L. Pratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lindsey
Lennox Lindsey
Lowell Road
Japan
China
Yokohama
Hong Kong
Marvin (. Taylor
Medway
Skeet shoot honors go to Augustine W Macone at Musketaquid Club
Augustine W Macone dominates a two day skeet event at Musketaquid Sportsman's Club with top scores in four events across big bore and .410 gauge categories. Clarence Mitchell of Waltham and Toss of Waltham tie for high on Sunday at 25 in big bore, while Glen C Swett of Maynard trails at 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustine W. Macone
Musketaquid Sportsman's ‘Club
Clarence Mitchell
Waltham
William Foss
Carlisle
Glen C Swett
Maynard
W Macone
Macone
Isaac Langille
Lincoln
Brooks Stevens
Stevens
Concord
Salvadore A Macone
Augustine W Macone
T.tosi
Carle
Karl Spooner
Glenwood C Swett
John Lander
Milton
Eb, Childs
Mr. Leath
Gerald R Harvey
S. Ripley
Mrs. Pierce
Augustne W. Macone
Glenwood C
Easter at Methodist Church Draws Large Congregations
Large morning and evening programs marked Easter at the Methodist Church. The pastor spoke on Eternity in Their Hearts. Soloists Alan Palmer and Eric Karnell performed with the choir conducted by Nellie Palmer, and a pageant The Immensity of Love and Service was staged in the evening with great success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Alan Palmer
Eric Karnell
Buster
Nellie Palmer Ter
New Members welcomed at Trinitarian Congregational Church
Nineteen new members were received during the Communion Service Thursday evening as Rev. George L Thurlow gave a special message with Mrs Potter as soloist. A large group of boys and girls gathered Friday afternoon for a heart to heart with the pastor and Communion. Friday evening’s service honored the death of Christ with a brief message and choir singing as Holy Week crowds remained large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinitarian Congregational Church
George L Thurlow
Potter
Christ
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Charles H. Towle
Legion Auxiliary
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