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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1935
Page
1
The article discusses free speech in Britain and radio censorship, notes betting markets for presidential candidates, and mentions tensions around Italy, Japan, and Britain. It references Marconi, British Broad Company, and geopolitical maneuvers, with unrelated snippets about figures like Wells and Yale scholars.
Maynard reports St. Bridget's parish annual reunion held on Thanksgiving Eve in the high school auditorium drew a capacity audience. Rev. Walter Roche of Boston officiated as guest speaker, praising the parishioners. The event featured whist, dancing, prize drawings, and turkey and cash awards to numerous attendees and donors from South Acton and surrounding communities.
About sixty taxpayers gather in Concord High School to form a local unit of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Association. Fifty join immediately and elect officers. The nine member Concord Board of Trade committee leads, naming officers and outlining aims to study and promote efficient government at state and national levels.
Peter White proprietor opens White's Diner at 50 Nason Street as successor to the Hoffman Diner. After remodeling and redecorating the old stand is ready for business with Pete bringing many years in the trade and a wide circle of friends.
The Anchor and Ark Club sponsored the second amateur show in two weeks at the Colonial theatre in Maynard. It sold out quickly with many first-night applicants. five winners received ovations. Winners included Fred Newman and his Romeos winning 25 dollars. a Hudson act took second with 10 dollars.
The All Middlesex League football selections list End MacDonnell and Winchester players dominating the first team with several stars from Winchester Maynard Stoneham and Belmont. Notable picks include Downey Aldrich Koskinen and Columbo with commentary on the season’s highs and lows.
Funeral services for Caroline M Nazro Swan 78 former Jamaica Plain resident who died Thursday at her home 2 River street were held Saturday at 2 30 pm Forest Hills crematory chapel. She was born in 1857 in New York City daughter of Henry and Eliza Nazro. She lived in Jamaica Plain for years until husband Charles H Swan Boston attorney died in 1931 and she belonged to the Garden Club of Concord.
The Maynard vestry met at St George s church Monday. Mrs Maude Copley spoke at a church school teachers supper. Choir practice is tonight at 7. Parish Aid Society meets at 8. A Young Peoples Fellowship dancing class starts Friday at 7 30. Parish hall hosts a baked bean supper and Christmas sale Saturday at 5. A whist party occurs Saturday evening at United Cooperative hall led by Mrs Fred Palmer. Rev Burdette Landsdowne chairs the Peace meeting next Tuesday at Parish hall at 7 30 with Rev Mathew A Vance presiding and outlining peace aims.
A meeting of the Maynard property tax payers is scheduled at 7:30 p m in the high school auditorium. It is called by the Maynard Tax Payers Association and will feature addresses by association officers and others.
Concord Commissioner Paul G Kirk of the State Department of Public Safety commended Patrolman Hollis Beattie of the State Police for spotting a speeding express freight train and saving the life of 23 year old Hugh Miller of West Concord who lay unconscious after a car plunged through Baker's Bridge at Lincoln last Saturday. The commissioner praised Beattie for prompt radio response and sound judgment at the scene.
The Finish Congregational church in Maynard rang its mill bell on Thanksgiving Day ending over a generation of silence. Once housed in the Assabet mill belfry it marked work shifts before the steam siren. Harry Templeton gifted the bell to the church on behalf of the mill.
Mrs Eleanor Short will entertain the Concord Woman's Club with Christmas music and customs at the First Parish Vestry next Monday afternoon.
Industrial activity in Maynard shows 2000 workers at Assabet Mill with strong winter orders. Christmas Savings Club totals 36000, up 11000 from last year as stockholders smile at market gains. Auto dealer reports rising demand and plentiful orders, while merchants note more buyers and dollars in circulation. Turkey sales were brisk for Thanksgiving and debtors begin paying without prompting. Payrolls at the mill sustain optimism and early Christmas shopping boosts buying.
Arthur H. Merritt drew a large Concord audience at Veterans Building Friday evening with his illustrated talk Going Down North based on a summer tour to the Gaspe Peninsula Newfoundland and Labrador. The Trinitarian Congregational Church and Thomas Todd sponsored the event with Merritt praised for wit vivid presentation and eye catching material.
An engine hauling a nine car milk express bound for Boston derailed at 12 25 am on the Boston and Maine line near Richardson Corner Acton. The derailment caused a car to strike an automobile driven by Charles Progin who misjudged the track. Progin was arrested for drunkenness. Injured crew received first aid as wrecking crews cleared debris. One occupant of the auto was killed.
A large fire at Horrocks Brothers box factory in Concord destroyed the one story wooden plant on Main Street with an estimated loss of 12000 dollars. Firefighters from Concord responded after a third alarm ordered by Chief Henry B. Tuttle as sparks flew from highly combustible contents. Alfred Tetreault, seven, raised the alarm by ringing the box, and the state fire marshal will investigate. The owners say insurance should cover most of the loss.
The Reverend Edward P. Daniels will preach on The Persistent Expectation at 9 45 a m with music including Praise To The Lord and Oh Sing Unto the Lord. A joint meeting of the Women's Parish Association and Concord Chapter Unitarian Women's League will be held in the Vestry on December 16.
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