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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1938
Page
1
A quirky temperature note hints at local talk of Mayor Tobin and public figures amid a cheeky reference to film stars and critics. The piece notes forthcoming department changes and hints at political pressure while quoting old sayings about strength and luck.
Fire officials fought a house fire on Lexington street around four o clock. The alarm came from Chas B Davis's home and was extinguished after about 30 minutes. The well water supply used hose lines while repairs at the tub aided the response. Sixteen volunteers answered the roll.
A reader named Mrs. Hanley describes successfully obtaining cigarettes from a machine without paying by comparing it to learning piano or another skill. She frames the act as clever and witty, asking whether others can imitate the method.
The James J. Mansfield Post No 18 The American Legion will host the Middlesex County Council meeting on Sunday January 16 at a Veterans building A 6 30 dinner at the State Armory Everett Street then entertainment open to the public Attendees include Cambridge Post members Nation Commander Doherty County Commander George Flynn State Central Raymond McEvoy and a large turnout expected from local posts with a concert by the crack Concor band to aid the event
The West Concord Parent-Teacher Association will hold its monthly meeting to discuss upcoming events and classroom needs. Members are invited to share concerns and plan activities with school staff and volunteers.
Weekly calendar of Concord events lists basketball games at Wakefield and Winchester, plus meetings of the American Legion, Thoreau Group, Women's Parish Association, League of Women Voters, Kings Daughters, K of C, and more. Notable items include a joint parish dinner, lectures at Fenn School, and a Woman's Union annual meeting.
The Concord League of Women Voters holds a luncheon meeting on Tuesday January 18 at Milldam Tea Room with a report on two months of collective bargaining study led by Mrs Philbrick Cushing. Out of town speakers will discuss labor and industry views.
Miss Mary MacEachern of 78 Commonwealth Avenue West Concord died at Emerson Hospital on Thursday January 6 after a long illness. Born in Cape Breton Nova Scotia she came to Massachusetts in 1898. She leaves two sisters Mrs C L Bowie West Concord and Mrs Christina Magnin is Nova Scotia two brothers Hugh and Ronald MacEachern of Nova Scotia twelve nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at Lady Help of Christians Church Saturday January 8 with a High Mass Requiem. Burial followed in a family lot at St Bernard's Cemetery.
The executive committee of the Pee Wee Young Republican Club admitted new members Miss Virginia Parke Miss Marion Harlow Miss Sally Greenwood and Uberto P Fraticelli. Plans discussed include filming travel footage and using Arthur Beardwells music box for a dance event plus a current affairs quiz at the next meeting.
Harold Tompkins of Lowell Road took high honors at the New York Poultry Show earning a two foot high silver trophy for a bantam trio of black rose comb bantams. The trophy bore the inscription Presented by A and P Stores for this trio of bantams at the New York Poultry Show January 4 1938. Tompkins had 21 birds entered with five groups earning blue ribbons and he also showed a selection of Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds at the Boston Poultry Show and served as a judge in some classes.
The Concord note places Thoreau on Welton in a discussion of The Gean Field. A meeting is scheduled for Sunday January 16 at 8 PM at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer L Joslin, 6 Lowell Read.
A 8:20 pm blast at 151a Commonwealth Avenue West Concord Mys injures Mrs Crosby who had just delivered a son David Bays Crosby at Emerson hospital. Fire crews report a coal gas explosion hurled a boiler across the cellar demolished doors and a kitchen range while neighbors sounded the alarm. Chief Tittle estimates damage over 2000. whistle failure blamed on automatic system inoperative for three years.
Concord residents Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J Mansfield observed their fiftieth anniversary with a Mass at St Bernards Church. The couple immigrated from Ireland in 1883 and their family included children Mrs Frank Gower and Thomas Mansfield. Son James J Mansfield, a World War II officer, was killed in action, with his name given to the local American Legion post. Mrs Mansfield is noted as a living Gold Star Mother in Concord.
Concord for West Concord announces the Emerson Hospital Annual Financial Campaign leadership. Mrs. Harry I Dye, William A Nicol and A G Ziegler accepted top leadership roles as general chairman Walter K Shaw Jr outlines the drive.
The 1842 purchase by Minot Pratt transformed the Jonathan Wright estate into a PRACTICAL farm. Pratt, a Boston printer during Brook Farm times, and his wife hosted annual Brook farmers picnics with Emerson and Alcott in attendance. Their son Henry built a shrub nursery and Frederick married Anna Alcott. The house later passed to Russell Robb and is now Robb Jr.’s home.
At the January 8 Old Concord Chapter meeting D.4 Rengemoat supported a fund and welcomed the group’s work. Miss Clara B. Cutler was elected delegate to the Continental Congress in April with Virginia A. Sanderson as vice-regent and Mrs. George R. Blinn as first and second alternates. Rev. George L. Thurlow spoke on a 1937 Europe trip visiting England Scotland Norway Sweden Finland, showing postcards and Arctic Ocean water.
The board of selectmen approved seven liquor licenses including one for a retail package goods store and one inn holder. Hammond street receives a gravel surface by town road crew. Mrs. Lambert W. Sullivan, wife of Commander Sullivan, is seriously ill in a hospital since Christmas Eve. friends wish her a speedy recovery.
In 1937 Emerson Hospital treated 123 in-patients and 110 outpatients, totaling 233 individuals from West Concord.
Members of Union Church gathered in the dining room for the annual Roll Call and supper. Greetings were read from absent members and the former pastor Reverend Alfred Wheeler Stone and Mildred were noted. Kenneth R. Teed was elected moderator and church officers for the new year were chosen. Plans for organizational changes aim to improve church function and two goals, spiritual and material, were adopted.
The Trinitarian Congregational Church in Concord heard Rev. Thurlow announce his resignation after serving since 1929 to accept a call at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Leominster. Thurlow began ministry in 1914 and held multiple pastorates including Skowhegan Maine and East Haggis before Concord. His wife Mrs. Thurlow, formerly Miss Dorothy Anderson, was active locally. parishioners expressed regret at his departure.
Captain William Hagerty of 9 Pine Street West Concord has a new appointment on January 1 as Director of Physical Education at Massachusetts State Reformatory. He is commanding Officer C Company H 182nd Infantry M N G and succeeds J B Prendergast who resigned to become Attendance Officer in the Boston Public School System.
Mrs Henry Mexklesen wed Martin Snow on November 30 in Littleton New Hampshire. Mexklesen widow of Henry Mekklesen who ran a trucking business in Acton Concord and other towns. Snow worked for him about ten years and is a New Hampshire native and University of New Hampshire graduate. The couple will reside in the Mekklesen house at least until spring.
Mrs Thomas Pelton formerly Lillian Fuller, aged 82, of 82 Monument Street, is improving in health but remains unable to receive visitors.
Professor Rogers addresses students at the Academy and Middlesex School in a push toward a youth movement. He notes the emerging Statesmen in America group aims to raise moral standards and develop democracy, with leaders including Dr. May of Berkeley and organizers among clerics and educators. Roosevelt referenced as a past example. Rogers plans travel to California today January 19.
At the home of Mrs. Fredric Millet on Main Street Mrs Mail was elected chairman Mrs Fel y Wheeler vice chairman G Norman Albree treasurer and Mrs Ney Pratt seal sale treasurer. The sale of seals this year was far in excess of last year’s returns.
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