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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1940
Page
2
Short OCR fragment shows Concord Massachusetts weekly Enterprise Press with editor LPH W Currier at 9 Main Street. It lists advertising rates including 75 cents per insertion and 25 cents per inch. Mentions August 25, 1903 and Marlboro location under Acts of Congress of 1879.
An unreadable OCR snippet references February and a line about roses and a polar ice context from 1919. It preserves local-paper style without clear names, dates, or events.
A fragmentary column contrasts yearning for barge and buggy days with the benefits of modern transport. It notes snow and storms disrupt winter life, compares past and present plowing and rail service, and critiques abrupt reversion to older habits while highlighting ongoing Soviet rhetoric on imperialism and power dynamics.
A Concord Massachusetts reader writes to the Concord Enterprise pledging to serve the school community without backing any person group or plan. The letter expresses a commitment to the benefit of the school and signs with the name Greenman.
Shirley Rimbach led a Bible study at Acton Congregational Church while Rev. Lynne P Tennresend led the Miteing Worhe. Rev. Paul Wilson preached at Lenten service and Mr John Stevens and Harlan Tuttle sang solos. The Was concluded with Jesus Me Near the Cross. Townend preached at regular worship with Mr Hope C Holland at organ and Dr Spencer C Taylor. C B men were prevented from a Stow rally due to driving conditions. Rehearsals for joint Ardard Acton churches held regularly.
Sudbury residents gather in Hanover and Brookline over the weekend with mention of visitors from Ridbury and Pedden Maine. Local clubs shuffle plans for events at the town hall and Memorial Congregational Church hosts International Night while students rehearse Tom Sawyer.
Marlboro reports a postponed old fashioned dance for Valentine and Georgetown couples. The event resumes Thursday at 8 15 pm at the Elks Home with the Jones Boys Orchestra of Nashua providing music and Larry Dolan as prompter.
The author compares New York to a streak of fat and lean blending together. He notes Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue evolving from mansions to busy streets with tenements. Wealth and poverty lie close, with luxury on Central Park West and Riverside Drive looming alongside rookeries. The theater season falters briefly, leaving the critic reflecting on honesty and illusion in art.
In St. Louis analyst G Myron Gwinner notes the 19 year olds are the most arrested group. The data show youths under 25 commit many crimes against property while those under 25 are below average in crimes against persons.
A St. Mark's school employee hosted a Monday night gathering at Pine Cottage on the school grounds with fifteen attendees, in Southboro.
Kenneth Damren of the state Division of Accounts will discuss the state contributory pension plan at a Maynard Town House meeting Monday night at 7. The talk precedes a warrant article to accept an act bringing town employees under the Pension Act. Damren, long employed at the State House since 1917, is a Maynard native and noted pension expert.
At a meeting at Miss Rita Foley's home, Maynard Dramatic Club fixed April 17 as the date for its annual spring production. Leo Mullin urged consideration of several plays with a Reading Committee to announce selections soon. Twenty members attended a stand and read of Thornton Wilder's Our Town performed by the Tavern Players from Lynn at Concord's Veterans Building. Tenors placed second in the Little Theatre Tournament as Concord Players awarded the 1939-1940 Trophy.
Last Sunday morning at BCE Lon Adon Congregational Church the pastor preached the second in a series titled The Character of Jesus. Next Sunday morning Hie Poise will be the topic with special music by the Young People choir. Organist is Ebert E Howard. Parishioners note the pastor Rev Arthur FH Wilde has retired from the ho and is regaining health slowly, with limited church activity for now.
A service will be held at St. Mark's church Thursday night at 7 30 o'clock with Rev. Robert F. Cheney as rector officiating.
Mrs A J Torsleff nee Henrietta Clark retires as chief operator of the Acton Exchange effective June 1 1940 after long service dating to the 1905 opening above the old Post Office Mead's Block. She witnessed fires storms and a hurricane while leading six regular operators.
The Camera Circle of Maynard holds its second annual photography exhibition on Wednesday March 6 at the Co op building Main street opening to the public at 3 pm and staying open into the evening Winners will be announced for a camera worth twenty dollars and a second prize of six dollars All club members urge attendance and invite all to attend Regular meetings of the club are noted.
Massachusetts farmers are advised that oat mill feed can substitute for grass hay in dairy rations due to similar protein and fiber levels. Raymond L. Clapp of the Middlesex County Farm Bureau notes oat feed yields 78 percent of alfalfa and 96 percent of timothy value, with some hay needed for vitamins. Molasses is sometimes added to sweeten oat mill feed.
Maynard The Walk Over Shoe Company of Gloucester, reputedly the North Shore’s strongest court club, challenges the People Theatre five in Pastime Hall Sunday afternoon. The visitors have defeated Newton A A and Rockport, aiming to break the moviemen’s undefeated home record. The Peoples lineup features Captain Fred Daley Red Kopecky Labowicz Lubin Columbo with the Tigers A. C. meeting a strong prelim opponent.
Nomination papers filed Friday by Frank Cloutier and John H. Lora for Selectman Harry Hartwell for road commissioner and Hardin L Bodkin for school committee in Bedford.
In the Maynard section a striking image shows Miss Gertrude Ferber in a Boston rotogravure. Mr and Mrs Peter Grigas J celebrate the birth of a daughter Sunday morning at Emerson Hospital.
Camera Circle holds meetings on the first and third Wednesdays each month at 6 Parker Street. The group offers a darkroom for members at all times and welcomes camera fans to join.
Britain declares it will patrol Norway's waters if Nazi ships are not banned. Premier Howe and Admiralty signaled action after a boarding party destroyed a German vessel near marked waters. Norway warned to ban Nazi forces or face patrols.
Partial OCR text references a poster or notice about tiger themes, circus acts, and sergeant related items. The readable portions suggest a public display or advert urban events involving animals and possibly personnel, but many details are missing or garbled.
In Boston, Suffolk Superior Court faces a complaint alleging Police Commissioner Joseph Timi and other department members used intimidation to coerce city businesses into supplying Walter Timilty, the complainant’s brother, with services.
Swedlish Crown faces activist pressure amid Finland intervention debates and non intervention policy. A New Haven federal judge weighs a counterfeiting case noting a WPA discharge remark, while an odd flying plane concept appears in the fragment.
The Russian army reports occupation of Koivisto town and fortress on the Mannerheim line amid air battles in which 47 enemy planes were shot down. About 800 planes participated in the raids, with Koivisto attacked for 12 weeks as Finnish towns burned. In St Louis a contract for 12 732 pairs of shoes at 3.97 per pair was awarded by the U S Army.
Former union chief Bi off resigns as chairman amid a burst of controversy in Chicago. Authorities reissuing a plan to jail him echo past legal troubles from eighteen years ago while the union seeks stability.
Cal detectives investigate a disturbing case linking a cult to the death of a 5 year old in a city park restroom. Five leukemia patients in Philadelphia receive ice pack treatments as researchers seek clues to the illness.
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