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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1946
Page
1
Traditional Christmas parties were held by South Acton and nearby churches for Sunday school pupils with trees programs and Santa gifts. Center and West Acton activities included concerts care drives and a 4:30 Christmas program by the United Nations chorus.
Concord CYO fell 46 32 to Fitchburg Collegians in a rough game at Huydt Gym. Vic Cioffi led Concord with 15 points as the team rallied late but could not overtake the visitors.
Concord High rallied from an 8 point first quarter deficit to beat Wayland 25 to 22 at Wayland last Friday. Led by Dukie Stefanelli and Joe Callahan with Dee, Concord held Wayland to four points in the final period and blocked a prior overtime loss. Charlie Bowers scored 11 for Concord while Tom Egan was stifled and Nelson Putnam added nine in the second game victory.
Concord High School undefeated and high scoring after 10 wins and 420 points, among five state champions to be feted by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Sportswriters Assoc iation next Monday at the Lenox Hotel in Boston. Coach Ernie Megin will take 15 players: Eddie Dee co captain Walt Remo Palmucci and Georgie Fenton along with Joe Callahan. assistants Jack Donovan and Eddie Horne will join the trip.
The Middlesex Concord-Middlesex School will again field an informal baseball team this season though action is scheduled after the school vacation. Games are arranged with Sambridge School of Kendall, and other schools, most away due to no home field. Several team members and other students who do not play hockey are seen as candidates for baseball.
Concord High School in 1947 named McElroy its captain after a standout fall season. He scored the second touchdown against a powerful local rival and led in scoring during the season, while also playing basketball. Other school leaders include Mariani Spurrell and Tadiele with McElroy cited as a recent Concord Enterprise standout.
The Concord Red and Gun Club will hold its annual meeting and officer election at the Elks Hall on Main Street this Friday evening by 8 o'clock. President Elmer D Rankin will preside and refreshments will be served. Entertainment includes several motion pictures.
Concord Secretary Martin Diskin latest Mill Dam Bowling League records show Depot leading Lincoln by four pins with Tony Delsie atop individual averages and high single 135 and high triple 347. Post-holiday matches postponed.
Jimmy Dee tops the Knights of Columbus scoring with 27 points across three games, while Bob Antognoni trails with 16. The Concord team list follows.
Concord High School veteran forward Charles Stefanelli leads the CHS five with 45 points through four games. Jack Skewes has 21 and Joe Callahan 18, as the scoring chart shows.
The century old Bodaibo gold fields in eastern Siberia are expanded with new deposits opened this year. Deposits already show about 21 percent more precious metal than during the comparable period of 1945, according to News reports.
Reverend Henning Danielson preached on the gospel text Oh Little Town of Bethlehem during the morning service. The adult choir performed special music and the evening program featured The Choir of Bethlehem a Christmas cantata with 35 voices and soloists Eleanor Wilson Doris Gameren Beryl Silva Myrtle Smith and Paul Richardson.
Parishioners gather at St Elizabeths Church for Christmas carols at 9 30 pm on Christmas Eve and a midnight high mass conducted by Rev Francis Egan with a program including Kyne Gloria Adeste Fidelis and O Holy Night followed by the recessional.
Rev. Gilbert S. Zimmerman delivered a Christmas Message sermon Sunday at the Center Congregational Church morning service. The junior Christian Endeavor met at 2 30 in the parsonage to discuss A New Leaf for the New Year. At 7 30 the senior choir met for evening devotions and refreshments.
Mr and Mrs Charles Ls Merrill North road announce the birth of a granddaughter Deborah born to Mr and Mrs Paul R Dunn of Concord on December 12 Dominick Genetti US Navy visits home on Hartwell road for Christmas holiday season.
Miss Alice Parmenter leaves Friday December 20 for Norfolk to spend the holidays with Mr and Mrs Ralph Bennett and family. Mrs Bennett is Miss Parmenter’s sister and Mr Bennett served in the Navy in the South Pacific. Mr and Mrs William Tufts and Mrs Hazel Rollins leave December 23 for Shaker Heights to spend the holidays with Mr and Mrs J Dipple and family. Mrs Dipple is Mrs Tufts’ daughter. Dorothy Cutting, student at University, attended the Mistletoe Ball recently hosted by the house reception rooms. The Salvation Army operates in nearly 1,000 cities and towns in the United States and its territories.
Concord resident Robert W. Parke aged 77 died Sunday after a brief illness at his home. Born in Germany he came to this country as a boy and served as a commander in the Spanish War Veterans post led by Cpl Ralph Hosmer. He leaves four sons Phalon and Katherine and four brothers Frank Walter Benjamin and Frederik. Funeral will be Thursday at 10 a.m. with a solemn high mass at St Bernard's Church.
A historical note lists over 2000 materials used in heating control manufacture. Among the unusual items are spaghetti, proph et, beeswax, blonde human hair and ether, illustrating varied sourcing practices in early industry.
The Young People’s Society of Evangelical Free Church plans its annual Christmas party at the church this Friday at 8 pm with an interesting program. Miss Mary Lou Hills, Concord High School graduate, is home from Holyoke College for the holidays, and Miss Margaret Lawrence returns from Westbrook Junior College. Mark Mullaney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mullaney of 105 Main Street, will celebrate his first birthday this Friday, December 28.
Miss Constance Duane daughter of Mr and Mrs J M Duane of Bedford returns home for the Christmas recess from Northampton School for Girls Northampton. She serves as vice president of the French Club at The college.
The Church of Christ Study Group 41 held a Christmas party on Wednesday evening at Mrs. Ed Waid Bradford's Hartford Street home. Members were presented with gifts from a handsome Christmas tree.
The Concord community gathers for a youth Christmas event with carols and a speaker. Bernard E. Megin of the local high school will present photographs of Concord’s past fall at the next Wednesday evening meeting.
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