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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1918
Page
5
A long OCR list names many individuals associated with the American Expeditionary Forces and related units in France and at camps such as Devens Fort Banks Fort McHenry Camp Greene and Camp Devens. The piece includes a poem The Volunteer by Thomas Brown Esquire about enlisting as a seaman and joining the naval reserve.
A wartime appeal urges residents to buy Liberty Bonds to aid soldiers overseas. The call references American courage, No Man’s Land sacrifices, and the fight against German forces. Annie Roberts seeks a nurse position, with references from Acton Centre, Massachusetts.
The Middlesex Union of Congregational churches held its spring meeting at West Groton on April 17 with 25 churches represented. The event drew a crowded audience, including 20 towns, and featured full programs, devotions, discussions, and a notable address by Miss Ona A Evans of Boston on Work in Our Own Sunday School. The audience praised the local newspaper Enterprise for its editorial quality and layout.
Patriots' day passed quietly though bells rang across Concord. The day featured a morning and afternoon football game between Concord High and Milton High, a Boy Scout parade supporting the Liberty loan, Marlboro Brass Band concert in the square, and a busy parade scene with cars running every half hour drawing crowds from nearby areas.
Little Barbara Howe daughter of Mr and Mrs Roland Howe of Allston proudly displays a Liberty bond given by her grandmother Mrs Bb Howe. At twenty she insists it must be pinned on before she leaves the street.
At the annual business meeting the West Concord Woman's Club will hold officer elections on Thursday afternoon April 25 replacing the planned April 26 date. A vote on rewording Article 4 of the constitution will also be taken, with notice given at the March 16 meeting. Tea service will be provided.
County court items list executors administrators and guardians for estates in Concord Maynard Hudson Sudbury Stow Hudson and Acton. Appointments include Elizabeth J. Fiske as administratrix of Lena M. Fisk Concord and Janet Dunlop executrix of James Dunlop Concord. Bond amounts range from 1000 to 20000 with estates valued from 1800 to 15000. Several suits and receivers are noted including Martin D. Lewis of Somerville sued for 1000 by Sadie M. Farquhar Concord.
Concord Junction featured a well represented performance of Arrah Na Pogue at Monument hall in Concord Friday evening under Div. 56 A. O. H. auspices. Attendees praised the splendid work of every cast member.
Saturday nights from Washington that her son Fred with Co I 104th Inf in France had been slightly wounded in action. Mrs Lydia Moreau visited friends here. Samuel Heyman, formerly of this town, studied at MIT and plans summer study to graduate in January. William Register spent weekend in Woonsocket RI. The Rodday couple welcome a baby boy born Saturday. Mrs Robert Neff returned from Nova Scotia. Illiam O Keefe earned a commission in U S Merchant Marines. Angus McGuinness of Hartford renewed acquaintances here. Miss Alice Messer returned to Cambridge after visiting grandfather William Chaplin. Joseph Sullivan, son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Sullivan, home from Deaconess Hospital after appendicitis operation. One Cent Sale at Lee’s drug store Maynard April 26 29. Notice of Patrick M Salmon administrator of Edward L Salmon deceased at Marlborough Mass. Demands to estate to be exhibited. payments to be made. April 18 1918.
In Sudbury Massachusetts residents petition Middlesex County Commissioners for road alterations on the Sudbury Centre to Concord road via Nine Acre corner from the cemetery. The process requires notice by the sheriff, publication in the Sudbury Enterprise, and posting for a hearing at Sudbury Town Hall with a view set for May 16, 1918.
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