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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1932
Page
3
Selectmen prepare a warrant for a special town meeting on an early date. Articles include 99500 for a common sewer on Summer Street and Bent Ave, and 500 for sewer main maintenance. Both appropriations are to come from the sewer commission surplus.
Sandy Herd captures the British Professional Golf Championship title at age 59 in 1926, adding another remarkable win to a storied career in the sport.
Mr and Mrs Alexander Urquhart return to Concord after Florida. Mr and Mrs T Henry Mahon come back from Florida winter home to Old Bedford road Concord. William T McCarthy elected captain of Bridgeton Academy hockey team next year as senior and defenseman on this year six. Maude Hunt and Ruth Helsher depart for Baltimore and Washington. Bon voyage party hosted by Mrs Roger K Allen and dinner by Mrs Elsie Rose. Homemakers tea room group meets Middlesex Extension Service Everett street office. Mrs Harriet J Haynes from Massachusetts State College attends. East Quarter Unit Middlesex Extension holds monthly meeting at Miss Mary Barry home. Children topic led by Mrs William L Dee.
The piece recalls early efforts by Josiah Quincy to form cooperative banks to promote savings and home ownership. It notes Brackett and other supporters, the rise to 224 cooperative banks in the state, and highlights Concord Cooperative Bank’s growth. It invites readers to join a May series with shares from one to forty dollars, offering about 40 percent growth in twelve years and five percent interest.
The Concord church announces a Sunday service at 10 45 and a Wednesday 745 Vestimental meeting. The reading room hours are 2 to (except holidays) with the Lesson on Probation after Death. The April 24 lesson cites Job 28 10 and I Thessalonians 5 9 and Eddy Science and Health on universal salvation and divine Mind.
Concord Town baseball team withdrew from the Middlesex County Baseball League after citing no nearby teams for easy travel this season. The former champion seeks alternative arrangements to compete elsewhere.
Miss Regina Byron of Hubbard Street vacationing with friends in Scituate. Mr and Mrs Charles F Edgarton return to Concord from Mountain Lake Florida. Charles M Byron Jr recovering from scalding accident. League of Women Voters study class met at Mrs Samuel Hoars home. Caron school at Concord Academy to present Cinderella April 30 under Katherine Davis. Upper school concert May 8 directed by Miss Elizabeth Wood. Ancient Order of Hibernians Ladies Auxiliary postpones charity party to May 4 due to Mrs Kate Hennessey’s death.
Garden club members will meet with Mrs Wells Blanchard on April 27 at 8 am to hear a special lecture prepared for the American Rose Society by J Horace McFarland Company staff. The talk features colored slides and has generated a long waiting list. The Concord Lodge of Elks will present The Coach on May 16 and 17 to aid High School athletics.
The Enterprise congratulates Mr and Mrs Laurence Collins of Main Street as they observed the 25th anniversary of their wedding with a family gathering last week.
The annual Rummage Sale for Emerson Hospital Aid Society to be held Saturday May 7 at the State Armory. Committee includes Mrs. Charles Foote Mrs. L N Fowler Mrs. Ralph Holden Mrs. Douglas Miller Mrs. B Alcott Pratt Mrs. Wilford C Saeger Mrs. B Smith Mrs G Walter Viale and Mrs Walter sg Wood.
The Concord Rotary Club met at the Colonial Inn for a Thursday noon luncheon. President W. Stuart Allen presided while Fletcher W. Taft of the Lexington Townsman spoke on Personality in Business.
Middlesex School edge Waltham High 3 2 after a late rally in the sixth inning. Both teams had four hits and three errors in a tight contest played at North Concord on Wednesday afternoon.
Ralph P Hosmer Camp and Auxiliary of the United Spanish War Veterans held its annual meeting at the State Armory. The program included invitations to attend the April 19 patriotic night activities and a plan to plant an elm tree in Monument Square in Concord.
Miss Rosemary Byron of Hub Bard Street entertains Miss Ruth Stonefield of Scituate. The annual sale of perennials is at Mrs William L Eaton Elm Street at 10 30 Tuesday morning May 4. The American Legion Rand realized 148 25 as net proceeds of the Penny Sale. The Trinitarian Congregational Sunday School orchestra conducted by J Vey Merrill will give a concert in the Chapel on Monday May 2 at 8 o clock with a reader from Emerson College of Oratory assisting.
Funeral services were held Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church Concord for Mrs Mary Groom Shaw wife of Walter K Shaw president of E A Shaw and Co in Boston The service included congregational singing organ accompaniment by Charles R Nutter formerly of Concord and was conducted by Rev Smith Gwen Dexter Cremation followed at Mt Auburn Cambridge and interment of ashes planned for Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Concord.
A three night Legion Revue arrives in Goncord on April 28 29 and 30 featuring tap and Spanish dancing novelty acts songs and music. Original costumes designed and made by Mrs Gramkow and Mrs Barber. The show is led by committee head Rex A Morgan with John W Clarkson and Leslie J Anderson.
The Concord Female Charitable Society met Wednesday afternoon in the West Concord Union Church wardrooms as guests of West Concord members. Mrs Herbert Day and Mrs Rodney E Pratt of West Concord led the event with president Henry Smith presiding. The ladies sewed for Emerson Hospital.
The Ladies Union of West Concord Union Church met in church parlors on Tuesday April 12 with President Mrs Frank S Walker presiding Mrs Herbert L Day named chair of the committee for the Church Family Night on April 29.
Concord Garden Club plans a lecture on roses by Mrs Danforth W Comins for Amer ican Rose Society members at the J Horace McFarland Company studios on April 27 at 3 o clock. Colored slides will be shown and the meeting date was moved to accommodate demand.
James J. Mansfield Post AMERICAN Legion announces Ann Harding in the drama Prestige at the Veterans Building on Friday April 22 and Saturday April 23. The event showcases a notable film program with a special Legion presentation.
The Concord Unemployment Relief Committee reports 151 applications for work and aims to place as many as possible. Funds are running low, and the committee asks Concord residents to assist in finding jobs for these applicants.
Practically the entire Catholic population at the Massachusetts Reformatory attended mass in the reformatory chapel Saturday morning and received Holy Communion. The service marked the close of a mission held by Rev. A. L. Mc Dermott of the Oblate Fathers from Immaculate Conception church in Lowell. Noble Grand Mrs. Gertrude Meder of Willow Rebekah Lodge and Vice Grand Mrs. Edith M. Bailey visited Framingham Lodge last week Tuesday where Mrs. Meder acted as right supporter of the Vice Grand.
Quincy Gun Club defeated Concord gunners 131 to 128 in a four map skeet match at Musketaquid Sportsman's Club in West Concord. Augustine W Macone and John Frederickson led in larger bore events while Perc y R Foss and William Hill posted strong scores.
Corinthian Lodge A F and A M Walden Royal Arch Chapter and Sir Galahad Commandery K T of Waltham will attend a Sunday service at West Concord Union Church on April 24. Rev. Alfred Stoine, chaplain of Corinthian Lodge, will deliver a special sermon.
The Woman's Club annual meeting will be held tomorrow afternoon at Stow Country Club. Luncheon at 1 pm precedes the business meeting including officer elections. Hostesses include Mrs Albert Edmondson Mrs Gobodt A Robbery Mrs Wal ter L O'Brien Mrs Saray Boyd Mrs Harold B Woods Mrs Wil l R Boyd and Mrs John J Dili.
The Concord Girl Scouts invite young friends to a Friday evening event on April 22 at Warner Hall. Tickets cost twenty five cents and Miss Julia Dee will provide the music.
Spirits and smiles filled the Concord High School auditorium during the Annual Junior Promenade. George Smith and his orchestra played lively tunes as students danced. matrons and patrons included Mr. and Mrs. H. Whittemore Brown and Principal Martin F. Goodwin. Nancy G. Brown chaired the event with Cora Plannery and Oscar Beckvold assisting.
Friday night Mr Edward A Comeau and Mrs Edward A Comeau celebrated their thirty first wedding anniversary with a family dinner party. The Enterprise extends greetings and congratulations to the couple.
A Patriot's Day program was held Friday afternoon by Ha Wheeler School pupils in grades 1, 2 and 3 at the Harvey Veneoler Auditorium.
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