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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1931
Page
5
In Concord the Concorn benefit event at Edgar Ee Grange Whist on Lowell Road drew a large crowd. Arthur Adams won a prize, with Mrs. Edward Fian nd William Dee and James Mara earning consolation prizes amid social and community notes.
All the News of the Week in Concord lists Sunday Service at 10:45 and Sunday School at 33:45, with Wednesday Testimonia meetings and a Reading Room hours schedule. The May 3 Christian Science Lesson-Sermon centers on Everlasting Punishment, with citations from Matthew 18 and Proverbs 13, and selections from Science and Health.
The Concord Musical Club concluded its season Tuesday evening in the vestry of the First Parish Unitarian Church. Mrs Charles Town directed. Soloists included Mrs Ben Wilson, Mrs Sea bury T Short, and Miss Ruth Dale Ward. Piano numbers were played by Mrs Samuel Merwin and Mrs Alfred M Uhler with Mr Merwin and Mr Uhler as accompanists.
Firemen responded Tuesday to a chimney fire at N A Davis residence on Carr Road. At Abbot Allen’s Bakeray West Concord farm a bonfire sparked and burned a henhouse and shed, both 25 feet from main buildings. Lacking water, crews used chemical streams to halt spread as wind pushed flames away.
Trinity Church announces a sequence of services and activities from April 29 to May 8. Rector Rev. Smith O. Dexter leads Holy Communion, church school, and confirmation classes for all ages across multiple days. The Very Rev Henry B Washburn will preach at the 7 p.m. service on May 8, with Grace Church Providence hosting him on that date. St Mark's Day observance occurred April 25 with Holy Communion at 9 a.m.
Concord Council Knights of Columbus met in Monument Hall Tuesday evening last week. Bernard McKenna chaired the membership drive as organizers plan to enroll every eligible man in the council.
The sale will be held at the State Armory starting at 1 30 PM Saturday afternoon in May. Items may be brought to the Armory Friday and Saturday morning.
The Concord Artillery Company H 182d Infantry Mass National Guard holds its Second Annual Prize Drill and Dance on Tuesday evening May 19. Hughie Connors and his orchestra are engaged to provide music. The Prize Drill runs 8 to 9 pm with dancing until 1 am.
The second prize drill and dance of Co H 182d Infantry M N G will be held in the Concord State Armory May 19.
Mr and Mrs Herbert B Smith and Mr R Clifford Pratt enjoyed the holiday at Chatham. John M Keyes returns to Concord from Lexington Kentucky after four months. Their daughter Frances with her small son visits parents. Rev Alfred W Stone spoke on The Vision and the Real at morning service with a children's sermon Igoo. Church music featured Gertrude Rideout, Vincent, Hayden and Pflengers selections. Evening service offered an Evening Meditation in music and sermon.
The Ladies Missionary Society of the West Concord Union Church announces an open meeting on Wednesday May sixth at eight o'clock featuring Miss Florence Swan from the Madura Mission India as speaker. She teaches in Capron Staff and dresses in costume with curios. Men and women invited. Mrs Warren B Goddard hosted her bridge club Friday evening. prizes went to Mrs Albert J Hicks and Mrs George I Gardner.
The Young Peoples' Club of the Trinitarian Congregational Church met in the Chapel Sunday evening with a 6 o'clock supper. Stauros Lavrdes, a Greek student, was the speaker. The Concord sociables concluded Saturday evening at the Concord Country Club featuring dances popular with the girls of Concord Academy and Middlesex School. Patronesses were Mrs. Gordon Hut chines, Mrs. W. Locke, Mrs. Lawrence K. Lunt, Mrs. T. Mott Shaw, Mrs. Henry S. Thompson, and Mrs. Franklin H. Trumbull.
Mrs. Mary Dee McHugh of Concord died at home on Lexington Road less than five months after her husband Terence McHugh passed away. Survived by eight sons and three daughters, she lived for family, home, and their activities in athletics and music. Funeral Mass at St Bernard’s. The piece notes descendants in Concord and San Francisco and references the Emerson legacy at Old Manse. The royal party visited Concord landmarks including North Bridge and Emerson statue, with local police guiding the motor party. The visit included the Lexington battle green and Antiquarian House on Lexington Road.
Concord High School athletic stars gain recognition at Tilton Academy tryouts for the New Hampshire Interscholastic Track and Field meet. Harold McGrath stars with 100 and 220 yard dashes and shot put. At Durham, Albert Bertelsen wins high jump and places in broad jump while Bob Tompkins wins pole vault and discus. Gordon Ingham earns third base for New Hampshire State College Freshman nine.
Prince Takamatsu and his bride visited Concord with a simple friendly reception arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hutchins. The tour included Orchard House and Emerson House with greetings from Miss Alcott’s niece and Emerson’s grandsons. The Old Manse welcomed the royal party with local hosts present.
Concord residents and patrons toured the bank's remodeled bi rooms on Monday with many visitors enjoying the new open entrance. The layout features a large tellers area left and spacious officer desks right plus a rear directors room and vault desk rooms with ample light. Bank officials Prescott Rove bolleegers Payson True Joseph M Appleby and others were noted among attendees.
A 36 mph wind gust lasted five minutes in Concord on Monday. An ancient elm on Lexington Road near the McHugh residence split and fell across a street, blocking traffic. A tall pine behind the State Police Patrol Barracks at Take Walden was blown down, and wind exceeded 30 mph in the area.
Concord firemen from Central Station battled two brush fires within minutes on a Monday afternoon. At 8 45 pm they fought a large blaze on Lennox Hy say land off Lowell road that swept several acres before a 30 mile wind, taking about an hour. Earlier at 4 05 pm they tackled a brush grass fire in the Ninth Acrener section.
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