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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1931
Page
1
An annual town meeting scheduled for the second Monday seeks to elect town committee members and officers. The process involves the usual local murmur as residents consider candidates like Frank S. Hinks and others whose terms are debated under national political party guidelines.
Funeral services held for Helen Roberta Pringle daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Pringle of Commonwealth avenue West Concord. Alfred W Stone led the service with remarks on her church school work and helping nature. Miss Gertrude Rideout organized notes from teachers and Mrs Wallace Conant sung hymns. burial at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with Rev. Mr. officiating.
The New Year’s dance in the territory, held by the 182d Infantry, M G, under Lieut. William A Hagerty, proved a great success. Music was by the Scarlet Troubadours and the Troubadour-tenor, delivering lively entertainment and high spirits for attendees.
A local revue filled the Theatre Ac with a capacity crowd for a New Year show. Five acts and a popular film drew cheers as the host declared the evening joyous. Audience attendance and remarks highlighted a festive kickoff.
Concord program notes updated for January with Mrs. J Walker addressing the High School auditorium on January 12 on The New Non Fiction Stranger Than Fiction. Clarence Blackall talk on Fifty Years of Progress in Architecture now January 26. The Woman's Club design series, featuring Prof Henry L Seaver, opens this afternoon at the Boston Art Museum and continues weekly at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Art Center with topics on furniture design wares glass pottery and more through February with dates for Gardens Design in Painting and Sculpture.
Moncord Corinthian Lodge A F and A M meets in Masonic Temple with Worshipful Master G Sherman Bigh presiding. Duncan G Cheau cupper will be served at 7 o clock. Robert T. Bushnell Middlesex County District Attorney will speak.
Funeral services for Mrs Catherine Culkin wife of Joseph Culkin were held Monday morning at St Bernard's High Church in Requiem Vie according to the obituary note.
Mrs Strahan of Concord passed away after living in Chelsea and Boston areas. Survivors include two daughters and a granddaughter. Funeral services conducted by pastors from Lincoln and Tristacian churches at Meadow View. Burial in Woold Lawn Cemetery in Lexington following a birth in Fredericton New Brunswick.
Two speakers will present at a local Men’s Club program. An engineer from the Department of Public Works of Massachusetts will discuss plans for new highways and unemployment. A Babson Institute official will address business depressions and remedies.
The Norwegian Evangelical Free Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church held a union Watch Night service on Lang Street led by Rev. Olaf M. Johnson. Principal speakers were Rev. George Hughes and Mrs. John Webster with musical selections by Joan Swen and John Cahill.
The annual meeting of St George's parish will be held Maynard The. A turkey supper is planned at 6 P.M. Officers including clerk and treasurer will be elected. All church members are urged to attend.
The Concord charitable society calls a meeting at the vestery of the parish meeting house on January 1 at an unspecified hour. Attendance requested. agenda not provided.
Members and guests of the West Concord Woman's Club praised a Little Shawl program presented by the Home committee in Association Hall last Friday evening. The stage featured shawl hangings with descriptions spanning from 7 to 200 years old, including items from India Egypt and China, narrated by various speakers and enhanced by songs and character sketches.
The Rainbow Auction drew a packed Monday night crowd with a Taleyt from Keith's circuit performance followed by a merchandise auction from local storeowners. Bids were spirited with time certificates contributing to the pot of gold awards, sparking a lively contest among societies. Named participants include Johnson Pharmacy, J A McPhereen, Gruber Laeseer Jersey Creamery, and W B Case Son.
Miss Alfreda Dittrich daughter of Mr and Mrs Soave Nagon Street was injured in a coasting collision on Parmen Hill during the week. She is reported doing nicely at home.
A partially damaged facility was rebuilt and upgraded, with new equipment installed and construction completed. Officials said the nitrate plant will begin operation soon, replacing the destroyed structure from the prior fire and restoring production at the site.
The Maynard man's Club at the high school auditorium will hold a program Tuesday afternoon January 13 at 3 p.m. Inspector Claflin, a native Maynard author ity, will speak on his subject. Raymond Eaton of Danvers a leading baritone will sing. Tea will be served after the meeting. Preparations for two short plays will continue under Mrs Howard A Wilson for the February meeting.
The annual Concord Town election will occur Tuesday February 24 and the town meeting for appropriations and other business will be held on Monday March.
The notice invites business men of Greater Acton to a Business Men's Night at the West Acton Women's Clubhouse on Friday at 8:30. It promises two prominent speakers, a short musical program, and a collation to foster local business contacts and town improvement.
Mrs Emme Andrews of Lowell dies at 76 after collapsing on Summer Street while en route to see Lt Bart Ryan. Born in Stow she lived in Lowell for years with two sisters Helen Bent Curtis and Miss Sarah Bent. Funeral at the Union Parish church conducted by Rev. pastor. burial in Lowell family lot. She was a longtime member of the Lowell Baptist church and well known locally.
Local students return to college after Christmas vacation with names including Maynard Bates Owensaw Wilson Lever and Fairbanks Frigard Mullin studying at Bates College Worcester Academy Dartmouth Fordham and Massachusetts Agricultural College among others.
The Junior High School presents a two act operetta The Windmills of Holland on January 8 and 9 in the school auditorium. Directed by Ethel Lovely and Miss Mary Doyle, the cast features Selen ius Elvi Nyt Helen Weck strom Vernak Joseph Min ko Robert r Robert Duggan Sylvia Katvala. A chorus of thirty five Dutch boys girls and workhands will perform with music by the high school orchestra. Proceeds fund stereoptican slides a musical instrument and athletic equipment.
West Concord 960 prisoners at the Massachusetts Reformatory enjoyed a holiday New Year's Day with a canceled regular program. Supt Charles T Judge organized activities including Catholic services, yard liberty, a moving picture show in the chapel, a special dinner, and an afternoon concert by the Reformatory Band in the guard room.
A Maynard Citizens' Committee forms to promote welfare and receive funds for relief. James Coughlan is chairman with Mathew Vance as secretary and Harold Morgan as treasurer for a rotating-term board. Funds are voluntary and administered with minimal publicity to aid unemployed and needy residents through church and district channels.
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