Fire during celebration disrupts town events
An outbreak was reported Tuesday during a public celebration at Annie J. Davis Court and nearby streets. Firefighters contained a chimney fire and a separate blaze near Redward Street with tents and early morning efforts including coffee provisions for volunteers. Multiple scouts and officials attended, including local leaders and council members.
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Gentral Sua
Annie J
Davis Court
Thomas Whitney Surette
Slattery Simon Frazer
Fitchy
Hugh BF
Igelow
Asparagus Bargain Draws Shoppers, Patrick Varley Noted
Shoppers crowded a market stall offering bunched asparagus at cents a bunch. Patrick Varley was observed among the crowd as the sale drew neighbors and onlookers.
Theatre Trips Reservations and June Concord White Moon Stops
Theatre trips list reservations by telephone in May and note stops at Concord. Trips to the White Moon occur on inning June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
White Moon
Concord Public Schools Reopen After Week Absence
Sessions resumed Monday as the district addresses age eligibility for school entry. The policy states a child must be five years four months by August end to enroll in September, contrasting with the 1925 rule of five years eight months.
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Concord Public Schools
Alice Jones
Assessor
Mira
George BE. Jones
Hubbard Street
Union Society to Meet at Mrs W Lee Home
The Union Society will hold its next meeting on Thursday the 30th at 2 pm at the home of Mrs W Lee. The notice specifies the location and time for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umion Bible Society
Union Society
Mra. W. Lee
Concord High Glee Club to perform Il Trovatore miniature
A Concord Public Library exhibition features a miniature and stage setting for Il Trovatore created by Concord High School pupils under Miss Alma de Mier. Hall designed scenery, Olsen and Helen Bodley Teele drafted lines, producing an intense, well done display drawing attention ahead of next week's performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord High School
Glee Club
Concord Public Library
Dlaw
Alma de Mier
Hall
Olsen
Helen Bodley Teele
Pratt wins flag tournament at Concord Country Club
F Woolsey Pratt won the flag tournament opening spring golf at Concord Country Club on Saturday afternoon. Burleigh Pratt and John M Eaton finished on the seventeenth green with no cards, close behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Pratt
F. Woolsey Pratt
Concord Country Club
Burleigh L. Pratt
John M. Eaton
F. A Woolsey Pratt
Burleigh Pratt
Incubator for sale request from Concord
Classified note offers a Saile 220 incubator with two parents, price five dollars. Contact Box 126, Concord.
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SAILE
Concord
Oh Doctor! Film At Veterans Building Starring Reginald Denny
Oh Doctor! a well received comedy starring Reginald Denny appears at the Veterans Building on May 2. The film closely follows Harry Leon Wilson’s novel and features Mary Astor in the leading female role with a strong supporting cast. Denny displays true comedy timing and athletic flair amid a witty, fast paced plot highlighted by a surreal dream sequence.
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Reg Denny
Uni Jewel
Reginald Denny
Veterans Building
Harry Leon Wilson
Saturday Evening Post
Denny
Rufus
Harry Pollard
Doctor
Mary Astor
Otis Harlan
William Mong
Tom Ricketts
Lucille Ward
Mike Donlin
Clarence Geldert
Blanche Payson
George Kuwa
Martha Mattox
Helen Lynch
Dorchester High Dominates Middlesex With Errors
Dorchester High School Baseball team collected ten hits led by Hardie Fav ersham and Stover and benefited from five Middlesex errors to score fourteen runs. Middlesex offered little resistance with eleven errors charged to both sides as Dorchester stole five bases and Middlesex pitchers miscued twice with a wild pitch. Final score shown with Dorchester ahead and Middlesex struggling in a ragged game.
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Dorchester High School
Hardie
Faversham
Stover
Middlesex
Dorchester High
Dorchester
Marlboro Church Hosts Free Christian Science Lecture
Judge Samuel W. Greene of Louisville Kentucky will speak at Community House Hudson Friday May 1 at 8 oclock. He serves on the Mother Church lectureship board in Boston and the Marlboro Christian Science Church sponsors the event inviting the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboro Church
Hudson
Samuel W. Greene
C.S
Lou'sville, Kys
Local Notices Update on Residents and Health
The article notes Frank E. Cutler the grocer is convalescing at Emerson hospital after surgery. Mrs Frederick P. Holden returns to Concord from New Orleans and stays with the Stedman Buttricks. The Buttricks and Mrs Sherman have returned from Coronado Beach California with Helen Van Dyke visiting parents for months.
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Frank E. Cutler
Emerson Hospital
Frederick P. Holden
Woodstreet
Concord
New Orleans
Stedman Buttrick
Liberty Street
Buttrick
Sherman
Main Street
Coronado Beach
California
Helen van Dyke
Helen Buttrick
Scouts Win Eighteen Merit Badges
Scouts Otis Whitney Lewis Dexter R D Willard SJr Gilbert Lawrence John Whipple and Edward P Chase appeared before the Scout Court of Honor on Wednesday April 16 and passed examinations for a total of eighteen merit badges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Whitney
Lewis Dexter
R. D. Willard
Sjr
Gilbert Lawrence
John Whipple
Edward P.chase
Scout Court of Honor
Trinity Church May Schedule Massachusetts
Mass timetable for Trinity Church lists Rev. Smith C. Dexter rector. Friday May 1 at 7:30 PM Junior Boy Scouts meet. Sunday May 3 at 9 AM Holy Communion and address, 10 AM Church School. 11 AM Holy Communion and Sermon. May 4 Girls Preadle Society meeting. May 8 activities noted.
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Trinity Church
Smith C. Dexter
Schoo
Fire Crews Battle Grass and Woodland Blazes
Central Station firemen answered two alarms Thursday. A 2.46 pm grass fire burned half an acre on Francis R. Gourgas land on Monument street. At 4.20 pm a larger 15 acre woodland fire swept Estabrook Board lands owned by Raymond Emerson and Stedman Buttrick before crews with shovels and chemicals contained the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Station
Francis R. Gourgas
Monument Street
Estabrook Board
Raymond Emerson
Stedman Buttrick
May 3 Services at First Church of Christ, Scientist
The First Church of Christ, Scientist announces Sunday morning services at 10 45 with the lesson sermon Everlasting Punishment and Wednesday evening testimonies of Christian Science healing. Sunday School for ages up to twenty meets at 10 45. A reading room in the church offers Bible and authorized Christian Science literature daily 2 to 5 except Sundays and holidays.
Keefe son of Mrs Keefe in U S Consular Service in Sydney
John Keefe, son of Mrs. Eilen M. Keefe of Williams Street, serves in the United States Consular Service in Sydney. He traveled from Concord to Sydney with stops at Honolulu and Pago Pago, Samoa. He heads the Shipping Department and praises the Arun Consulate social life and facilities.
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Sydney
John Keefe
Eilen M. Keefe
Williams Street
United States
Keefe
Concord
Honolulu
Pago-Pago
Samoa
New
Keege
Arun
Trinitarian Church Schedule and First Parish Meeting
May 3 to May 9 features First Parish Sunday School at 9:46 a.m. and 12 p.m. Trinitarian Morning Service at 10:46 a.m. with Rev. Dr. Cleland on Love's Labor Not Lost. Evening Young People's Club at 7 p.m. led by Charlies H. Towle. Annual Meeting May 4 and Midweek Service May 6 at 7:45 p.m.
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Trinitarian Congregational Church
First Parish
Cleland Wil
Young People's Club
Charlies H. Towle
First
McGehee Delivers Tenth Inning Victory For Groton Over Middlesex
Groton School defeats Middlesex 2 to 1 in ten innings at North Concord as McGehee hits a decisive homer in the tenth. Hardie supurred with 14 strikeouts for Middlesex, Adams fanned 11 for Groton, and both squads stranded base runners amid a tight pitchers’ duel. Middlesex outfield play noted, but Groton’s timely hit sealed the win.
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McGehee
Middlesex
McGee
Groton
North Concord
Hardie
Adams
Kelley
Brewster
Gierasch
Jersey Joins Select Class
Lucy a senior three year old Jersey cow from River Road Farm Concord joins the select class. Owned by River Road Farm Lucy resides at River Road Concord and carries identification 486791.
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Jersey
Lucy
River Road
River Road Farm
Concord
Scouts Hike to Fairhaven Camp Over Weekend
Whig Troop and Penloon scouts hiked to the Fairhaven Boys Camp Friday and planned return Sunday morning. Participants included Tibbetts John Martinson Marvin Martinson Harold Hansen Walter Hansen Robert Cleland Chester Whitmore David Soran sen Clifford Oliver and Prescott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whig Troop
Fairhaven
Wi Tibbetts
John Martinson
Marvin Martinson
Harold Hansen
Walter Hansen
Robert Cleland
Chester Whitmore
David Soransen
Clifford Oliver
Prescott
Keefe Suffers Fractured Leg in Oil Truck Accident
Keefe son of Mrs Ellen Keefe sustained a compound fracture of his leg while helping unload an oil truck in Cambridge. He works at the Cambridge Laundry office and received expert medical treatment with hope for a complete recovery.
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Supfers
Keefe
Ellen
Cambridge
Scouts as Orderlies Help Gen Edwards Troop 1 Concord
Scouts acted as orderlies for Gen Edwards and his companions including Jr Robert Snyder Raymond dr Richar Chenery Richard Wiles Edward Johnson and Henry Helsher among others from Troop 1 Concord and Troop 2 Concord with Arnold Hay Donald Loring John Martinson and Rob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Lord, Jr
Robert Snyder
Raymond
Richar Chenery
Richard Wiles
Edward Johnson
Henry Helsher
Henry Murray
John Myers
George Lae
Concord
Arnold Hay
Donald Loring
Concord Junction
John Martinson
Scouts Parade Leader Guides South Adam Group in Division 5
Assistant Scout Master Lowden led 16 South Adam Scouts at the head of the Boy Scout section in Division 5 of the parade on April 20. Out of town units joined in with Rig as Scout Master. Wheeler, 32 Littleton Scouts under James P. King, and eight Woburn and Fitchburg units participated along with Hugh E. King, Scout Executive, and eight Eagle Scouts from Old Colony Council of Weymouth.
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Lowden
South Adam
Ford Scouts
Rig
Mr. Wheeler
Littleton
James P. King
Elfit Stow
Assabet Club Wins Most Events in Inter-Club Races
Sudbury Superior reports the Assabet Club won four-oared shell events in the Middlesex School inter-club races held Wednesday afternoon, with Sudbury taking only the junior four-oared event.
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Sudbury Superior
Assabet
Sudbury
Middlesex School
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Bradley's Fertilizers
Eee Agricultural Chemical Company
State Street
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
BAY State Paints
New Exocanoer
Wadsworth, Howland &Co. Inc
E. E. Gray Co
Walden Street
W. G. White
Mgr
Firestone
Maine
Tor
Christian Science Menior
Sherwin-Williams
Vanderhoof Hardware Co
Trovatore
Verdi
Monument Hall
Essex
Mutty & Tirrell
Walden St., Concord
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