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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1921
Page
10
Mr. Lafayette Cadman traveled to Greenfield to spend the winter. The Methodist church reported strong attendance at both services. A pageant is planned for Sunday evening following a Saturday evening event.
Mrs Charles Brackett and Mrs A N oe chaired a Red Cross gathering in Boston amid unsettled war conditions. The meeting focused on the ongoing drive, fundraising, and the urgent needs of relief efforts.
Citizens urged to donate one dollar for town needs and services. Funds support a Christmas program and junior choir, with emphasis on meeting annual quota and directing surplus funds to Sudbury.
Special Christmas sermon at Memorial Church next Sunday with carols and exercises in the evening. Seventeen slides will be shown explaining the day's significance. Morning service noted as Pied storm abating.
Auxiliary met with Alice Bradshaw Thursday evening. Officers chosen for the year are Mrs Frank Perkins president, Mrs Fred Elser vice president, Mrs Henry Eaton secretary, Mrs Li. L. Saufiders treasurer.
Cards announce the birth of a daughter to Mrs Louise Whitney Hebb. The child is the daughter of Mrs Hebb, who is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Elbridge Whiting, as reported by friends.
A resident remains in the town until her marriage and heartfelt best wishes are extended.
Vacations and family visits fill the Concord Junction scene as Worcester academy graduate Krancg Wetherbee returns home for the holidays. Charles Lombardo adds a barber to serve patrons during the season. New York visitors Mr and Mrs Sigerson and family stay with Mr and Mrs C Kingman. Mes and Mrs K T Blood host a nanny gathering. Bets 7 troice Megm completes Dressmaking course and may work from home or daily. James Early travels to Cambridge after his mother's illness ends in death from pneumonia. A White's Hall whist party under Lodge Tordenskjold proves a success. cabinet vic trolab awarded to Mr F G Williams on Lexington Road.
Rev Alfred Wheeler Stone leads a Christmas plan with a vested choir performing Behold Bring You Good Tidings and There Were Shepherds. Miss Mildred Stone directs music with Mrs J Arnold Lowery at the organ. Evening service at 7 presents It Shal Be to All. Saturday at 6 20 Christmas tree for children. Midweek meeting Tuesday at 7 30 discusses What Christmas Means to Me.
Sunday school children ages four to fourteen performed songs recitations and dramatizations in the church basement at 2 pm. Parents and friends enjoyed a varied program reflecting credit on the Sunday teachers.
A fragmented listing of holiday recitations and performances including Ruth Lyons The Christmas Caro by Edw Day O Little Town of Bethlehem Dorothy Moyni aan The Christmas Tree Mary Lawton Marie Ear ry Holiay Jew Sheehan When Santa Was Sick Gertrude Steinman Cherry It Came Upon the Midnight Air When I Was a Little Sédrick Thatcher The Christmas Tree Alice Spinney Bethlehem Dorothy Tree Louise Gagnon Thatcher Different Customs Mansur Kimball Lillian Thatcher An Oven Letter Robert O Neil Chorus Hark The Herald Angels Singing
The Men's club of St George's church met with a parish supper. Frank J DsMars Auxiliary posts to hold a Thursday meeting Dec 29 with a nominating committee presenting candidates. Priscilla club hosted at Mrs Graham Jeas home Friday evening with sewing and social hour. Selectmen request all departmental bills by Dec 31. Brick Wilder sold by Springfield to Omaha of the Western league.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Local Legion gave Christmas boxes with personal gifts to 43 service men patients at Groton hospital. Santa's visit brought smiles from patients and staff as Mrs O B Fowler and team delivered comforts and thanks to the hospital and Maynard volunteers.
The Concord Maynard and Hudson railway fell under a court appointed receiver yesterday after a friendly petition. D P Abercrombie of Greenfield, vice president and general manager of the Massachusetts Northern Connecticut Valley and C M and H, was named receiver. Local officials expect the line to continue operating with Abercrombie as the movable force behind its past three years of financial struggle.
The Starbuck Entertainers of Acton presented an excellent musical program after the business meeting. Miss Mabel Bishop was elected secretary and Miss Elizabeth Elson and Flora were noted for installations to occur December 3 with Mrs. Margaret Sarre of Lowell in charge of ceremonies. Gifts for everyone were distributed.
A battered fragment notes a social hour and games after a meeting. The program was run by the entertainment committee with Mrs. Irvin Howe as chairman.
A distorted report describes a midwife giving a baby a one percent silver acetate solution for eye treatment and the difficulties in preparing stronger solutions. The narrative cites eye destruction and mental distress as outcomes, noting that silver nitrate was tried but a stronger base proved impractical.
Frank P. Parks of New Hampshire, serving a life term in Maine State Prison, petitions for a pardon. Convicted at the May term of the Supreme Court in York County for causing the death of May Carleton, he says heavy drinking erased memory of the crime and that close confinement harms his health.
A local contest offers a free Hudson car to the entrant with the most tickets collected from Harry W. Fritz. Each ten cent vote buys a ticket, and tickets should be brought to the Fritz store by December 27. The winner will be announced at the store on Christmas Eve at Concord Junction.
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