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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1934
Page
6
A reconstructed 1935 kitchen planning piece shows efficient meal planning to save time labor and money. It outlines a multi dish menu including Spanish Sauce Potatoes Glazed Carrots Apple Dumplings and sauces with detailed preparation steps and oven timing.
Readers are invited to send cookery problems or recipe requests to Miss Fossett via this newspaper. She will answer through the column or by personal letter.
Mrs Winifred A O Connell Fewry widow of Martin J Fewry longtime Concord resident died Thursday at 1 Brook Street after about three months illness. Born in Tuam Ireland she came to America at 20 and settled in Concord known for charity church and social work. Funeral held at home with high mass at St Bernard s Church attended by town officials. Survived by son Joseph of Philadelphia and daughters Maury W Catherine Fewry Margaret Fewry, brother Darby O Connell of Concord, and many nieces and nephews. Burial in St Bernard s cemetery.
Troop 3 presented The Grumpy Santa Claus on December 18 with a playful performance for 9 percent of West Concord children. Mrs Baldwin coached the actors, Santa impressed, and a supper followed with gifts and hospital candy and jelly for trays.
In Concord at Site Armory Friday evening Sergeant Edward N Lawton led a Christmas turkey whist and cane party with Mrs John i Smith taking the first prize turkey. Additional prize recipients included Mrs Ernestine Brooks Joseph Whalen Mrs William H Dee Gus Belmont William McCarthy Mrs Jeremiah Brisman Arthur Wood Mrs Gladys Taylor Mise Theresa Fraticeli Miss Theodore Blodgett Secondo Antignoni A Macone Miss Florence Coburn and Mise Mary Bregon. Special turkey prizes went to John Hansen Mel Kelley and Enrico Venti. Miss Clark won a bean turkey.
A group discussion notes that discontent may spark progress if channeled peacefully. It urges using dissatisfaction as a stepping stone and promotes investing in Concord Co-operative Bank with 1 to 40 shares at $1 each, promising growth to $200 per share and $1000 or more with a 4 percent annual rate. We offer loans on approved real estate.
At last week’s meeting Troop 2 of West Concord Girl Scouts made Christmas ties from pine cones sang Christmas carols and used the Good Night Circle activity to close.
Trinity Church Concord Mass announces December 30 services with Holy Communion and church school. Morning prayer sermon by Rev Putte Loring in exchange with the rector. The fiftieth anniversary of consecration to be celebrated by Bishop Paddock. A Thanksgiving service is set for January 6 with Bishop Sherrill and Rev. Smith Owen Dexter expected. The annual meeting will be held Monday January 7.
A well attended Concord Lodge of Elks turkey whist party at Elks hall was led by Lovell P. George and Harold Tompkins. John Doyle won the first turkey prize with many listed winners including Nathan Blanchard Mrs Fannie Peterson Mrs A E Wood Henry Murray Mrs Carl Johnson and others. A door prize went to Mrs John Ryan a special prize to Mrs Mary Kelleher and a consolation prize to Mrs Jon Gites.
At the weekly luncheon the Concord Rotary Club held a gift exchange where each member gave a poem to another member as designated the prior week. Fines collected during the year funded several good causes, with President Eliot R. Howard presiding.
A Wednesday afternoon dance in the high school auditorium was hosted by the girls of the gymnasium class guided by Miss Eleanor Dobins. The Christmas party featured candy, games to pair partners, and a decorated tree with a volunteer orchestra providing music. Poster musicians included Mary Paterson, Josephine Sheehan, Robert Macone, Jack O’Brien, Richard Mara, Roger Royd.
The Harvey Wheeler West Concord Junior High Dramatic Club performed The House Gnomes under Miss Marian Frame at the Christmas assembly in the school hall. The glee club, directed by Miss Happlier Reynolds, performed songs as students enjoyed ice cream in their rooms. Concord public schools closed for Christmas recess Friday afternoon.
Sunday service at 10 46 and Sunday School at 10 4. Wednesday testimonial meeting at 7 46. Reading Room hours 2 to 5 except holidays. Lesson Sermon on December 30 based on Isaiah 62 10 and John 12 44 49 with cited passages from Science and Health. Christmas visits noted and a Christmas party by the Dancing Class at the Veteran's Building with names of attendees.
The Concord Academy cast performed The Miracle of the Clock in the school gymnasium under the direction of Mrs R Ripley Gage with help from Miss Elizabeth Lord Miss Frances Gere Miss Elizabeth Hall and Mrs Josephine Cole. Cast included Ann Tarbell Lincoln Martha Sabine Groton Joan Pratt West Concord Josephine Kidder Concord Eleanor Gooding Concord Marla Reynolds Concord Judith Taylor Concord Barbara Wardwell Concord Alice Smith Lincoln Helen Conant Lincoln and Joan Trumbell Concord. The academy closed Friday morning for Christmas vacation.
Concord reports the annual Christmas entertainment at the Fenn School featured a Dickens Christmas Carol dramatization coached by headmaster Roger C. Fenn. The school closed for Christmas vacation Thursday.
The West Concord Parent Teacher Association met last evening at Harvey Wheeler School hall for a Christmas party led by Harold W. Chase. Eleanor Dobbins directed games while Edward F. Loughlin led carols with Dorothy Miner at the piano. Julia Dee and Tom Tombeno supplied music for dancing. Harold D. Chittim was thanked for his service as principal, as he resigns to become Marion public schools superintendent. A father son initiation by Concord Lodge I O F featured Robert L. McAuley of West Concord in the instutory degree guided by a Past Grand’s degree team.
A holiday gathering was held at the Harvey Wheeler School for seventh and eighth graders and for last year’s eighth grade who are now Concord High freshmen. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin L. Tuttle on their anniversary.
For the third straight week the Minute Men top the Concord Cord 46 play Friday at Monument Hall. They pass Concord Council and Knights of Columbus, trailing division leaders AOH by six points. Minute Men score 38 to 34 for the Hibernians and 28 for the K of C. season totals show Hibernians 308, Minute Men 298, K of C 294.
About 460 children from Concord and West Concord attended the second annual Christmas party at the Veterans' Building hosted by James J Mansfied AL. The Concord American Legion Band performed a concert while Chin Lu Fu of Boston entertained. Santa Claus spoke and distributed ice cream candy and oranges as the group enjoyed the afternoon. George A Liandini chaired the committee with members including Past Commander George W Clankson Percy Sweet Murdoch MacLeod James Janvrin Winslow J Danron and John Macone.
G R Turner notes in the Kansas City Times that the word sinology derives from Sinai, the Greek Latin label ancient writers used for China. He explains the preference for sing in Sino-Japanese and similar terms is phonetically smoother and etymologically grounded.
The text describes postwar division of Syria within Asia Minor, occupied by French troops, then mandated to France. It notes three divisions under women, Lebanon, Alaouites and Syria, with Lebanon becoming a republic and Alaouites renamed Latakia.
The name prairies traces to early French explorers who called the northern part of the Miasisaipp Valley a vast fertile plain. The French term came from a Latin root meaning meadow.
Mrs Maria Carroll widow of Thomas Carroll a well known West Concord resident died of a heart attack at 23 Highland Street. Born in Kilgarney Ireland she came to America as a child and lived in Holliston before moving to West Concord in 1909. Funeral services were held at Our Lady Help of Christians Church with large attendance and burial in St Marys Cemetery Holliston. She leaves a daughter Miss Marietta Carroll and four sons Harry Charles Ernest and Thomas Carroll.
A fragmented note recalls Alexandria Egypt as a major port with its Pharos lighthouse on an island in the bay. The Oldest Fort and harbor links to Cairo and distant New York are hinted at in scattered text.
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