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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1910
Page
4
Concord residents gather for church, club and social events as a busy week includes illness and recoveries, a mortgagee sale postponed, teaching hires, a charity society meeting, and a royal arcanum convention. Notable names include Mrs. Honora Mullane, Bert Lang, Miss Helen Keyes, Mrs. Chas Castle, and many Concord residents.
The Concord Lyceum announces an extra February 9 lecture by Capt. Bartlett commander of Roosevelt and the Peary dash to the North Pole. Tickets at the door welcome season ticket holders and the event is free to them.
The 62d annual meeting of the Union Bible Society was held in the vestry of the First Parish church with a 2 PM business session led by President Mrs Thomas Todd. Officers were elected including Mrs George Baker as 1st vice president, Miss Jane Hosmer as vice president, Mrs George Vialle as secretary treasurer, and three directresses. Mrs Nathan Stowe became honorary vice president after 17 years as vice president. The group plans eight sewing meetings plus an annual gathering with guest invitations. Over 1100 garments have been made and sent to the south for distribution among colored people and poor whites. A supper followed at 6 PM hosted by multiple members. clergy Rev G A Tewksbury and Rev Loren B Macdonald attended.
The Concord Lyceum wrapped up its first season Wednesday with a Harvard University concert by the Glee Banjo and Mandolin clubs. A capacity town hall audience enjoyed two parts of varied selections including The Night is et in Willis Clark, Under the Double Eagle, The Old Folks at Home and Forest of Arden. ushers Samuel Hoar Clement Ford Ellis Richardson and Berkley Johnson assisted.
The Con Cord High School annual senior class dance drew about 150 attendees despite a stormy Saturday. Decorations impressed with star banners, pine hedge focal points, and green gold motifs while Supt. Hall led the grand march and Kenneth Cook, class president, oversaw arrangements.
Samuel L Welch, aged 76, died January 28 at the town farm after years of rheumatism. Born in Vergennes Vermont, he once worked at the Massachusetts reformatory but ill health forced retirement. Funeral held at Sleepy Hollow Monday at 2. Burial followed at Sleepy Hollow.
A town committee led by Wilfrid Wheeler Dr Edward Emerson Col Rehard Barrett Judge John Keyes and Thomas Hollis has chosen design options for the Ephraim Bull memorial funded with 600. The tablet will be placed on Bull cottage grounds for easy view by passersby, with final town approval expected at the late March meeting.
Twelve Concord couples attended the Lincoln Rifle and Gun Club's second annual dance in Lincoln on Thursday night. Rock and Ward's orchestra played 24 numbers with encores, and dancing ran from 8 to 1 despite a late start. A spoon shortage delayed refreshments, leading to a two mile trip for replacements and six extra servings. The 40 couples praised the event and anticipated a third annual dance.
Notice to R F D patrons says from February 15 rural letter carriers will not collect loose coins from rural mail boxes. Patrons must enclose coins or deposit them in a coin holding receptacle. Carriers will still collect coins when accompanying mail for dispatch and affix stamps as needed.
The Trinitarian Church notes a morning service on Sunday with the sermon titled The Voice and the Echo. The evening marks the 29th Christian Endeavor anniversary with Rev. B. T. Bell of Newtonville as speaker. Midweek assembly will discuss Christian Education by the Congregational Education Society. All are welcome.
A listing of advertised letters includes Henry Ayer (2), A D Dunn (2), James H Mitchell, J B Paddock, Mary J Coe, Mrs Florence Lame, Mrs Grace Leveren, Miss Anni Leary, Mrs John Mitchell, and Mrs Peter Richards.
To prevent further decay of the flag pole a box will be placed at the base. The pole showed decay about a foot and a half above and below ground. The octagonal wooden box, four feet per side and six feet high, will shield the pole and serve as a storage for ropes flags and park tools.
Dr W W Hicks a former Christian minister turned Buddhist occult studies advocate will speak at the First Parish Guild Sunday Feb 6 at 730 pm in the Unitarian vestry. He is a 32d degree Mason and a practicing psychic healer seen as an expert in occult Buddhism and religion.
The second non commissioned officers dance of Company I drew a good turnout on Wednesday night from 8 to 12 with King Cole's orchestra supplying music. Posters announce a third dance Saturday night with McNally's orchestra set to play, the final event in the series.
Classified brief lists include for sale items such as one 1 horse and one 2 horse sleds and a parlor stove with prices plus smaller stove. Wishing old pamphlets sermons and Concord related books. Requests for a general housework girl and a second hand one horse wood cutter. Contacts include Mrs Luther Franks Everett Street Mrs Henry B Coolidge Sudbury Road and H B Bigelow Concord.
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