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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1914
Page
6
Subscriptions and rates listed for the Marlboro Enterprise Company at 151 Main Street Marlboro Massachusetts. Advertisement cites mailing address Marlboro Mass and references Congress act of March 8 1879 with prices 1 year 1 and 50 cents six months 50 cents three months 25 cents.
Concord and Concord Junction children and instructors will take an all day trip to Lexington Park on Friday August 21. A special car departs Concord Square at 9 30 AM returning from the park at 4 PM. Parents may join, lunches to be brought, and arrangements can be made by notifying instructors.
Mice Mary B White visits New Hampshire. Rev G A Tewksbury to preach in Fitchburg. Agnes Tooney visits Concord. Mrs H W McCaffrey and Dorothy of Somerville are guests. Rev Dr James DeNormandie supplies First Parish. Patrick Gull, R F P D carrier, buys a new Ford. Richard Boynton of New York to preach at First Parish Sunday. John Watson on vacation from pharmacy duties at H S Richardson. Roger Allen resumes work at Municipal Electric Light Plant. Eugene Jose of Lincoln begins garbage collection duties. Emma Ryan on vacation at York Beach. Horace Tuttle's new blacksmith shop under construction. Emerson school partition removal for commercial work. Manual training addition nearing completion. G A Tewksbury returns from Northfield conferences. occupies Leominster pulpit. Grace L Hunt returns to town treasurer office. Capt A N Payne arranges Co F Marlboro members may qualify at Concord range. Flowers for shut-ins arranged by King’s Daughters. Kenneth Clark and family move to Katahdin, Maine. Educator shoe advertised by J M Bulger Concord agent. Maynard Junction game draws fans. Junction news covers plays. C G Russell declines Concord offer to accept Washington agricultural post. Officer Varley suspects Rexall Pharmacy burglary. thief mentions bicycle. Sixth Regiment Officers Reunion at Lincoln. officers elected, dinner hosted by Major Hart. Camped on Capt Schuyler farm. officers enjoy reunion. Detail led by Capt Schuyler assists in setting up miniature camp for visitors.
Obituary notes Edw. 8. Wheeler born 1844 in Concord son of William Wheeler a farmer. Enlisted first for three months then joined Concord Company nine months serving as corporal. Prisoner at Bull Run held in Libby Prison and other jails over a year. Credited with care from Henry L. Wheeler while ill. After war moved to Lowell and later joined Concord Post. Funeral August 17 at Sleepy Hollow cemetery with G A R escort. Also a notice on W C T U activities for September 1 meeting.
Miss Rood, a Concord teacher for 32 years with a Wellesley College background, has announced her withdrawal from teaching. She has guided thousands of students and their families, earning a reputation for untiring service and personal guidance. Her departure leaves the Concord schools with a distinct loss after decades of influence.
Edward Wheeler, who died at his Lowell home, received a military burial in Sleepy Hollow cemetery Monday. A G A R delegation led by Commander George F. Wheeler joined the funeral procession after services in Lowell. Wheeler served in Co G 5th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, endured Libby and Parish prisons, and later held as corporal in Co G 47th Massachusetts.
L Filene presents a respondent view arguing public misunderstanding over Thursday afternoon closings. He asserts eight stores were open, disputes claims about a single storekeeper, and states signs and partial closings caused confusion while urging readers to accept the article's facts.
The fiftieth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Myrick L Hatch is celebrated on Tuesday August 25 with a reception at their Old Bedford Road home from 3 to 5 and 8 to 10 pm. No formal invitation is required.
The road commissioners and Supt Worcester will meet with the officers of the Massachusetts Consolidated Railways controlling the Convore Maynard Hudson Street Ry on August 20 to press for immediate track repairs on Sudbury road to allow the road department to finish early and avoid pavement gaps 18 inches from the rail.
About 60 Knights and ladies enjoyed the K of C picnic at the Lowell Council camp in Tynsboro along the Merrimac Sunday. A special car carried them to and from Concord, lunch featured a basket meal with ice cream. Grand Knight T. J. McGann and Lecturer R. W. Worcester organized the event.
The opera Patience by Gilbert and Sullivan will open Concord Lyceum's season during the first week of November with Mrs. A B Hitch cock directing. Out of town soloists are expected along with a top local chorus, promising a first class production. Major Joseph Hart of Lincoln will audition seven recruits for Company on Friday. Jesse Potter visited his brother at Ayer Junction over the weekend.
Concord friends learn Capt Philip L. Schuyler will be retained as regimental adjutant by Col Warren E. Sweetzer who was elected colonel of the Sixth Regiment to succeed the late Col Cyrus H. Cook. Schuyler is praised for his conscientious work and competence. The Mass State Grange field day in Lincoln will attract many Concord Grangers with a solid program and expectation of a banner crowd if weather holds.
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