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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1936
Page
6
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph of 29 Summer Street celebrate their 58th wedding anniversary tomorrow Thursday. The couple, long time residents, are both aged and will observe the milestone with family.
Members of the sophomore class at Acton High School presented the play Polly Wants to in Blanchard Hall. Miss Boornazian directed the production and the audience praised the cast and the committee efforts. Cast included Jeffrey Pratt Leonard Godfrey Wayne Frances Wayne Cynthia Lucerne Neville Iris Doran Ralph Nora Marion McGuire and others with Irene Granberg Taylor Edward MacDougall John McGuire Jessie Knowlton and Harry Merriam aiding as ushers.
A Macon gathering of southern and border state Democrats urged Gov. Eugene Talmadge to run as a constitutional Democrat against Roosevelt. The platform backed state sovereignty and constitutional government while blasting the New Deal. Talmadge declined comment.
Congress debates Townsend pension racket amid claims of fraud and profiteering by promoters. Representative Jasper Bell leads a resolution with 50 to 60 votes in the Townsend bloc seen as likely to trigger a lively floor fight. In New York a jury convicts Capt Warmes and three co-defendants in the Morro Castle fire case. Italy forms a Sarraut cabinet unlikely to please the League. Flandin and Jansen-Bonconur named to key posts. British loan talks loom as Laval era ends. The Navy Mystery over the Marine Band walkout at a women’s defense conference prompts a congressional probe.
The Reichsführer addressed 26 000 stormtroopers marking three years in power. He claimed unity and military independence, promising peace while defending Nazi honor amid jubilant demonstrations. George W Wickersham, former US attorney general, dies at 77 in a taxicab from heart disease.
A historical note outlines that there are about forty species of junipers. The text discusses diversity among junipers and their ornamental uses in gardens and landscapes.
In Acton on Monday evening three precincts held contests. Precinct three saw James E B Kinsley beat Albert Noll 157 to 46, with Waldo Whitcomb earning two votes. Welfare board incumbents were re elected. Precinct two elected Carl E Backman over William Jones, and Bartram Hall led Braman and Backman with 133, 125, 97 respectively. Precinct one chose Alan Frost over Norman Perkins by three votes. Various offices remained uncontested, with Moderator nominees including Albert P Durkee.
A South Acton registration event lists new voters at South School on Thursday evening. Names include Evelyn Hamm, Barbara Go, Pred 8 Gorton, Edward Schny, Madeline Schmitz, Jane Lymberg, George H. Charter, R Bateman, L W Bateman, George Buller, and Arthur Turner.
A compact note describes orb weaver spiders near buildings. It notes common beliefs of venomous bites and fatal outcomes for birds and insects, but claims female bites are deadly only to prey, while male predation is rare. It highlights their intricate silk structures.
Town meeting results show Horace F. Tuttle elected town clerk and Alice Durkee chosen as caucus chair with Tuttle serving as clerk. William Henry treasurer Charles A. Kee collector of taxes and James J. All named tree warden each for one year. A. Merriam named Memorial Library school trustee. votes unanimously directed officers to fill vacancies by resignation or caucus next year.
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