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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1917
Page
1
A string of visits and guest appearances fills the week from Boston to Concord and Springfield. Charles C. Maynard hosts friends in Boston as families welcome nieces, nephews, and relatives from Providence to Lowell, Mystic to Hudson, with several trips noted and a dividend announcement for the Maynard Trust Co.
Listings show numerous visitors from Concord to New York and nearby towns. The week includes a New Year’s Eve tennis gathering, various tea and social events, and church activities at Trinitarian and First Congregational societies.
Sunday visits and weekend travels appear across Concord Junction and nearby towns with many residents spending time in Franklin Somerville Hartford and Cambridge. Social engagements include engagements hospital stays club meetings and a junior dance drawing many local youths.
Friends gathered Friday to surprise Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. McSweeney for their tenth wedding anniversary. The couple received their guests with a royal welcome and a delightful evening ensued.
The West Concord Animal Rescue league holds its annual meeting Friday afternoon January 5 at 3 o clock in the music studio Association hall building. Reports on the year's work will be presented followed by officer elections. Members are urged to attend and join.
Earl Randall entertained Mr Proc tor of Boston over New Year s Perry Willis heard Billy Sunday on Friday afternoon at the tabernacle Prof Carl Hoar of Williams college was at home over the holiday season Miss Laura Kipple of Salem was the guest last week of Miss Ruth Foster Everett Montague of Concord Junction was a Sunday guest of Miss Bertha Cram A C Anderson and family of Nashua recently visited at the home of H B Mead Miss Pauline Mead was at home over the holiday vacation from her school at Natick Richard White of Dartmouth college was a guest of Miss Irma Durkee on New Year s day In this village has for the past two weeks been seriously ill and is still in a very critical condition Miss Thelma McGregor of the Fitchburg Normal school enjoyed the holidays at her ice Here Webster Blanchard a student at Harvard college spent the holiday vacation at his home here George C Durkee of Littleton one of the oldest residents of that town being 90 years of age and well known New Year s cards were received from Mrs F R Knowlton of St Petersburgh Fla by friends the first of the week James Coburn who it is reported suffered a slight paralytic shock on Thursday is reported to be as comfortable as possible An every member canvass of the Baptist church was made Sunday afternoon by 20 canvassers for the year 1917 same to start Jan 14 Mrs C H Mead was brought home from the Concord hospital during the week in an ambulance from Winchester and is getting along well During the past week some fine skating has pet biting by the YOURE hve dren will be the guests of the club and will be royally entertained.
Bedford reopened schools for New Year. Dwight Davis of Woburn visited. Mrs Mary Cullinane convalesces. Local skating praised. Hodgdon recovering from a condition. Elizabeth Abani weekend in South Boston. New building near completion for town machinery. New Year service at St Michael s church. Sacred Heart Society meeting Friday. Large turnout at Concord Gosford junior prom. Requiem high mass for John Prendergast. George Urquhart and Ruth Lyman engagement noted. Sunday school entertained at Catholic oil house. George Hill family welcomed a baby son. Evergreen workers report successful Christmas bulging. Hunter week notice and entertainment recapped.
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