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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1940
Page
4
Publication details show Concord Enterprise Press Inc distributing the paper under the Act of March 8 1879 with advertising rate schedule. The notice references per inch pricing for first and second insertions and a total single copy price.
A fragment preserves mention of Abraham Lincoln's birth day in historical records alongside a 1938 Louisiana tornado that killed thirty and a 1998 U S history item about a 6000 mile flight to Buenos Aires.
A 1940 feature notes the 30th anniversary of the Boy Scout Movement with 9,000,000 Scouts, Cubs, and Leaders and 1,330,000 active members. It lauds American civic formation, cites presidential support, and links printing from Gutenberg to modern literacy and record keeping.
The Har vard Club of Concord announces a full tuition Harvard College scholarship for a deserving boy from Acton Bedford Carlisle Concord Lincoln or Littleton. Applicants should contact the Scholarship Committee by March fifteenth for papers and details.
The family of the late William Spence thanks friends and neighbors in Stow and Maynard for kindness and sympathy during their bereavement and for the beautiful flowers.
To Concord officials police press and citizens we express gratitude for honors at the obsequies of our beloved brother the late Father Finnick signed by his brothers and sisters.
In behalf of St. Bernard's Parish we express our deep appreciation for sympathy and respect shown to the memory of our late Pastor Father Finnick by the people of Concord town Rev George F Mulcahy.
William P Cameron of Main Street serves as General Electric representative at Fore River Ship Yards Quincy supervising the air carrier Wasp and other naval vessels. He may observe trials off Rockport for three weeks. In New London and Portsmouth Navy Yard he is noted for P series submarine work. In Acton Boxboro Garden Club to hold Penny Sale Feb 18 at Town Hall chaired by Mrs Robert Aldred. aim to surpass last year’s attendance.
The Maynard Board of Health submits the 1939 annual report detailing ongoing clinics for tuberculosis and diphtheria immunization, well baby care, smallpox vaccination, school dental programs, and dog rabies clinics. It notes milk safety inspections, town swamp removal, and financials including NYA projects aiding youths and women in town offices. The report emphasizes vaccination, public health costs, and gratitude to local officials and physicians.
In an interview the Public Ways Commissioner cited several highways to be improved or rebuilt but omitted the road through South Sudbury. The piece suggests officials may shelve that plan for years, hoping higher powers intervene.
Mrs. Daniel Gillespie entered Peter Bent Brigham hospital Boston for an operation. Box 43 was sounded for a gun fire near Will Myers home on Old Billerica mornings with no damage. Mr and Mrs J H Eisenhauer celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary quietly with family. Dickie Malcolm, son of Henry and Mrs Malcolm, lost two fingers last week while cutting wood in Wendell Massachusetts.
A compact reflection on Montaigne’s claim of self as both monster and miracle. The quote frames self-perception as a paradoxical force, provoking introspection about ego, humanity, and the uncanny scale of personal existence.
Cornelius J. Prowse known as Dad in the Inter-State Motor Trucking Industry died last Friday morning at Emerson Hospital Concord after a brief illness. Born in Charlottetown P E I he was in his 73rd year and had moved to Maynard area after retirement. Surviving are his widow Florence two daughters Mrs William Cameron and Mrs Norman Parsons two sons Walter L. Prowse Roy E. Prowse and three grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the family home conducted by Rev Leonard Fowler Woodlawn Cemetery Atton Center. undertaker Warren A Twombly had charge of arrangements.
Registrars in session at South School and West Acton Firehouse registered 28 voters eligible to vote in the March 4 town election. Names listed include Casassa, Mills, Anderson, Connors, Mauro, Walsh, Cushing, Feltus, Gates, Jenks, Reed, McPhee, Rifford, Webb and others. Final registration session set for February 21 at town hall from noon to 10 PM.
Friends gathered at the Sudbury Center Methodist Church to honor Hattie Hunt Rafuse who died Friday at Framingham Union Hospital. The 79-year-old Sudbury resident, active in church work, leaves two sisters Susan Tourtellotte of Ashland and Cornal Saxonville. The Rev Elmore Brow officiated and interment followed at Wildwood Cemetery Ashland.
Sudbury residents hear from the Taxpayers Association which states it has no political affiliations and will not back any candidate. It emphasizes fiscal responsibility as the town faces a rare year without a regular state legislative session and must budget state and county taxes. Members warn against state extravagance offsetting local savings.
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