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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1934
Page
2
Maynard residents report on local events and changes. Updates include school staff shifts, club meetings, church activities, and socials with mentions of neighborhood names such as Dalton Amherst and Dorchester. A police broadcast noted a stolen Marlboro car and led to arrests nearby.
The Maynard V F W Auxiliary weekly whist party was well attended. Esther Clayton won the door prize. Whist prizes went to numerous players including Byron, Agnes Anderson, Mrs Munn, William Jones, William Towler, Mrs John Dora, Mary Tobin, Mrs H Crowther, Annie Scully, Mrs Fred Palmer, Harriet Pillman, Laing Walsh, L H Lochier, Alice OBrien, Clarabelle Warren, Margaret McCarthy, Mrs Burwood, Alice Joyce, Helen Klemola, Ruby Hull, Mrs Costello. Bingo prizes awarded to Mrs Burwood and others. Another party is set for next Friday.
Concord Rotary Club held its weekly luncheon and meeting at the Colonial Inn with president Leslie O. Anderson presiding. Herbert A. Brown from the Middlesex County Extension Service spoke on South...
A whist social under the On to Nantucket club of the Spanish War Encampment auxiliary of Marblehead was held Saturday evening at the Maynard Post VFW headquarters under Mrs. Margaret Hird. Door prize went to William Wasiuk and awards to Helen Klemola Elizabeth Reid Mrs. William Fitzpatrick Minnie Campbell James Ryan and others.
Eight brush fires in two weeks kept the fire department occupied. One blaze on Summer Hill affected a large acreage but was brought under control by two percent crews. A Pine Hill area fire near Patriots Day required twenty men. A strong false alarm from box 3 caused a townwide wake at 1.16 Thursday morning. Local crews reported more false alarms in Hudson and Concord shortly after Maynard’s call.
The Maynard community garden program, run by the Citizens committee, will be repeated this year with land, seed, and assistance provided. Contributions may be given to any Citizens committee member James A. Coughlan chair, Rev. Matthew A. Vance, Harold Morgan treas., Harry C. Templeton, Paul Hilander, A. N. Rivers, Allan Hall. The project aims to centralize on readying individual gardens for plough. An EB. R.A. Project plans to develop the larger community.
Sixty six tables in play for a whist gathering under Maynard Fire Department auspices at Riverside Cooperative hall Monday night. Proceeds fund firefighter insurance with substantial support from attendees and donated prizes. Door prize went to William Hanna. special prizes awarded to James Farrar Frank Byron and Harry Haske. whist prizes to numerous local residents including Marion E Cleary and John Moore.
Maynard's Anchor and Ark glee clubs join Beverly club for a Thursday evening concert in the latter city and a later May performance here. They aim to attend a national songfest in New York City next Saturday, with many locals intending to travel for the event. Maynard is the sole non member invited to the festivities. Last year the local glee club won the New song fest at Symphony I.
Maynard M E Church schedules Sunday services at 10 30 with a sermon on Christian Witness the final in a series on Apostolic Gifts and Graces. Choir music under Miss Nellie Parmenter directs, church school at 9 30 and 12 00 led by Eric Farnell, Epworth League at 6 00 led by Harriet Frye on Balancing the Gains and Losses of War. Evening service at 7 features a sermon, mid week events noted for this week and next Wednesday devotional schedule.
Adolphe Menjou insists on performing the slaps in The Trumpet Blows with George Raft, rejecting a director’s plan for Raft to slap him. The scene ends up with six progressively harder blows, Raft annoyed, Menjou triumphant, and Raft finishing later after the long take. Cast notes mention Tarzan underwater footage and Franchot Tone joining Sadie McKee’s cast in 100 Per Cent Pure with Jean Harlow.
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