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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1932
Page
23
Colonel Goodbody outlines tips for selecting fresh produce. He stresses milky corn, tender beans and lima pods, fresh green peas, bright red or pink tomatoes with smooth skin, glossy peppers, glossy eggplant, tender squash, and firm iceberg lettuce, urging buying early and using promptly.
An uptick in orders boosts the Chelsea shoe sector with over 2300 workers back full time and more recalled. Chambers report plant expansions while Gardiner Stores increases staffing to 750 as normal activity resumes. New England factories stay busy per Bradstreet data. building and shoe firms claim a turning business tide.
A proposed $1,000,000 public works program would begin in 100 Bay State cities and towns but is delayed by funding gaps. President H K Barrows of the Northeastern Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers says municipalities could borrow from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to start immediately, noting low rates and faster progress on current labor and material costs.
Congratulations go to Theron F Newton whose 86th birthday anniversary occurred on Thursday August 4. He was downtown early in the business section making his usual rounds for calla in the business district. George H Wood pastor Universalist church is at a minister conference in Ferry Beach Maine. Services in the church are discontinued until Sunday September 11.
Funeral services for George Allen Smith, born April 24 1866 in Westford Massachusetts, were held at the Congregational church in South Acton. He leaves wife Alma Wilson Forbush and daughter Eva Smith Sweet plus sister Harriet Smith and brothers Irving and Walter. interment at Woodlawn Cemetery conducted by Acton Lodge.
Sudbury educator John Labaree will teach English and French at Center school in North Attleboro. Labaree, a Wesleyan College graduate, has accepted duties and will receive a salary with the post. His wife, also from Sudbury, is noted as a product of local high school graduation.
Haverhill P Y M A defeated Maynard 4 to 2 as a midgame rainstorm halted play after a cloudburst. Key hits included Wysoki’s third inning triple and a seventh inning home run that went for naught when the game ended. Gorski and Wysoki starred in the field for the visitors, while Pozarycki booted an error to allow Haverhill’s fourth run.
Edwin Carlton Jr has qualified for the finals in the Maynard Country Club championship tourney. Edward Coughlin and Noble Morton are set for a semifinal match to determine who plays Carlton next Sunday in the final. Carlton shot 73 this week as the field plans the Massachusetts Golf Association 18 hole medal handicap at the Maynard Country Club August 26 27.
Employment in Chelsea's shoe sector has nearly recovered to normal. About 2,300 of the town's 46,000 residents are now employed in shoe work, with several factories operating at full capacity.
Walter Crotty of North Medford Club won the ten mile event at the Boston Caledonian club games in Roxbury finishing in 57 minutes 41 2 5 seconds. The 19 year old farmer andrunner led a field of notable distance runners under broiling sun, with Kelley Zamperilli Rawson and others in the pack.
Maynard Post VFW and Auxiliary held a West Pond Bolton outing last Sunday with free transport for over 150 attendees. Activities included boating swimming entertainment and a basket lunch with many contests won by local residents such as J Broderick and Mary Shymonowicz in the wheelbarrow race and Esther Johnson in the 100 yard women dash. The joint committee led by Michael Towler and Ernest Johnson organized the day, and a public whist party is planned at VFW headquarters Thursday evening.
Ely Malmi aged 44 married died on Wednesday at the State sanatorium in Walthem. He had been a resident here for Sambo and was born in an unspecified place.
Maynard will host an August 21 visit by Finnish Olympic athletes led by Lauri Lehtinen who won the 5000 meters. The contingent includes Larva 1928 1500m champion, Ville and Porhola in throws, Sjostedt Reinikka high jump and hurdles, Pentilla javelin, with a Field Day in Worcester and a gymnastic exhibition at Colonial Hall. Local organizers include Hilli, Urilla, Nokelainen, and Luosalo.
Maynard Council K of C and Marlboro Council K of C golf teams meet for the second annual tourney match at Marlboro Country Club this afternoon. Maynard won the opener at Maynard Country Club two weeks ago. Grand Knight James B Farrell P H Murphy and Frank Sheridan organized the Maynard squad of thirty players with several new members available after vacations. A supper will follow the match.
Maynard reports Mr and Mrs James Sexton of Orange visiting relatives during the week. Edward White resumes duties as a mail carrier after a week off. The blueberry crop fails with swamp foragers discouraged by poor picking. Joe King warns the crop is blighted and avoids blueberries this year. Ed White shares in the view and plans no blueberry activity until next year.
Maynard Grange opens its four part series with a whist and bridge night led by a Grange committee including Charles Shattuck and Mrs Annie Floyde. The second event will be held at Grange hall with honors awarded for bridge top honors.
Mrs McKnight wife of Edwin T McKnight president of Medford Trust faces questions as borrowers allege bank losses. She admits loans topped $100000 while claiming not to have money to repay. She says she used funds for stock market trading and cites gilt edged securities.
Professor Ralph Cheney of New York City visited his parents on Brooks street last week. Hartwell: Flood shot 273 in foursome at Maynard Country Club this week, a record for any golfer. Miss Leona Howard returned home from Providence Rhode Island after a vacation with her sister. Sidney Scott of Overbrook Pa visiting friends in town this week.
Funeral services for John Paanahen Marlboro road age 28 who died suddenly of heart trouble while pulling stumps on his father's farm were held Friday afternoon at his home. Rev. Jacob Rinta of the Finnish Congregational church conducted the services. A large number of friends and relatives attended. Interment was in Glenwood Cemetery.
Albie Booth of Yale stayed in New Haven while the so called “Mighty Atom” travelled to the coast for a football talkie. The tale centers on Booth’s secret bride and the romantic angle surrounding the film project.
Berlin Town defeated the Hudson All-Stars 5 to 1 Monday night at Sawer's Field. The game featured Berlin’s Nile Field contributing six scattered runs and steady offense throughout the match.
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