Concord News Roundup Highlights Local Elections and Events
In Concord a village wide voting contest for a pony gift drew massive local interest with Edward Dalton winning 16,337,850 votes, followed by Ruth Edwardson and William Hill. The piece lists community happenings from church talks to a minstrel rehearsal, library stats, and upcoming lectures and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Byron
Concord
Carter & Loftus Co
Ruth Edwardson
Concord Junction
William Hill
Hubbardville
Richmond Pony Stock Farm
Masonic Ball Aids School Children With Winter Wear
The Masonic ball at the State Armory on Everett Street, Feb. 3, will feature the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and a cabaret style entertainment by the Ladies' Ensemble. Proceeds fund winter clothing for Concord schoolchildren in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Armory
Everett Street
Howard
Daniels
Elmer L. Joslin
Duncan G. Chapman
Boston Phi Monic Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Ladies
McKenney
Eee
Chester I. Campbell
SONS OF NORWAY INSTALL OFFICERS FOR 1022
SONS OF NORWAY LODGE THORDENSJOLD INSTALLS OFFICERS FOR 1922 AT HIBERNIAN HALL. EMMIL ANDERSON OF BOSTON INSTALLS OFFICERS INCLUDING HAN S L NASHE AS PRESIDENT OL E BORSTED ANDREASEN AS VICE PRESIDENT ROBERT TORTENSON TREASURER NIL S NILSVORG REgent JOHN GREENDAL MARSHAL MISS ANNIE OLSEN DOORKEEPERS MISS EVELINA EDWARDSEN TRUSTEE FOR THREE YEARS MISS MARIE OLSEN AUDITORS. FOUR NEW MEMBERS JOIN, TOTAL 62 IN GOOD STANDING. REFRESHMENTS SERVED AFTER ADDRESS BY ANDERSON.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of Norway
Thordenskjold
Hibernian
Emil Anderson
Boston
District Lodge
Hans L. Nashe
Ole Borsted
Mathias Andreasen
Robert Tortenson
Nils Nils‘vorg
John Greendahl
Annie Olsen
Carl Olsen
Arnold Westrum
Evelina Edwardsen
Marie Olsen
Herbert Hanson
Anderson
Bulger Haverty Marriage In Fitchburg
Charles Francis Haverty and Mary Elizabeth Haverty wed in Fitchburg on Monday January 9 at 9 am. After a wedding trip they will live in Concord where Bulger works at the Concord post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Charles ‘Francis Haverty
Mary Elizabeth Haverty
Concord
Bulger
Howard announces birth of son at 5 Yelock on Jan 12
Mr and Mrs Eliot R Howard of Monument Street receive congratulations on the birth of a son born Thursday morning January 12 at 5 oclock at Yelock.
Birth Announcement for Son of Mr and Mrs Eliot R Howard
Mr and Mrs Eliot R Howard of Monument Street are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son. The child was born Thursday morning January 12 at 5. GENTS WANTED live agents sought to handle city trade for Watkins Products. Write for free sample and details to J Watkins Company Dept 72 New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monument St
Geneuine Watkins
J. R. Watkins Company
Dept
New York
French lecture repeat planned at high school
Over 300 in Boston will hear Eugene Talbot Tournier repeat his free French organizing lecture at the high school Friday January 20 at 7 30 p m. Tournier is a well known French teacher with a school on Boylston street and has taught in Worcester Natick and Framingham before the war. During the war he instructed 80 000 soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Talbot-Tournier
Tournier
Boylston St
Ars Worcester
Woman's Club
Natick
Framingham
Silver Collection Show At Town Hall Concord Jan 19
At the Town Hall in Concord on Thursday Jan 19 at 7 30 o clock the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics presents seven pictures Conquest of the Forest Revelations Club Champions at Camp Vail Hitting the High Spots The Maine Coast Co operative Cow Testing in Vermont Too Much Elephant a comedy Admission is free but a silver collection will be taken. Children must be accompanied by adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and’ Home Economics
Forst
Camp Vail
Maine
Vermont
Literature Class Meeting Postponed at Concord Woman's Club
The Concord Woman's Club literature class gathered at 15 Sudbury St with Mrs S Ripley Bartlett. Attendees included Mrs Charles R Borland Mrs Herbert Buttrick Hosmer Miss Caroline Holden Miss Hurlburt and Mrs Bartlett as they finished reading the Hungarian play Lilian. King Cole by Masefield is set for study at the January 31 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Woman's Club
S. Ripley Bartlett
Sudbury St
Charles R. Borland
Herbert Buttrick Hosmer
Caroline P. Holden
Hurlburt
Joseph H. Orendorff
Masefield
Girl Scouts Enjoy Jolly Three Mile Hike
The Concord Girl Scouts led by Miss Pollie Dumaine set out on a Saturday hike January 7 traveling about three miles. They finished at the Brewster farm cooking sausages over an open fire and singing. They saw blue jays chickadees and many squirrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts of
Concord
Pollie Dumaine
Brewster Farm
Meeting of Concord Women's Parish Association
In the Unitarian church vestry on Monday afternoon the Concord Women's Parish Association held its regular meeting. Mrs Tickett, wife of a minister with a summer pulpit in Rowe Massachusetts, spoke on the subject Outside Liberal in a most interesting and decisive manner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Parish Association
Unitarian Church
Concord Women’s Parish Association
Tickett
Rowe
Mass
Small Dancing Party Hosted by Mrs Gordon for Elea nor and Ferdinand
Mrs Gordon hosted a small dancing party Saturday evening January 14 at the Gordon residence corner of Academy lane and Sudbury road. Sixteen guests attended, with punch and refreshments including ice cream and Sieby a ee. Attendees included Virginia Betty Smith tielek Smith Esther Walcott Dorothy Whitney Dick Ap pleby Abbott Allen Vinal Cook Ralph Lapham Jack Shaw Philip Smith and Billie Tolman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson M. Gordon
Eleanor
Ferdinand
Gordon
Academy Lane
Sudbury Road
A Soney
Virginia
Betty Smith
Tielek Smith
Esther Walcott
Dorothy Whitney
Dick Appleby
Abbott Allen
Vinal
Week End House Party Draws Radcliffe Classmates
Miss Ruth Barrett hosted Radcliffe classmates on weekend in Concord with out-of-floor sports and coasting. Party attendees included Rosamond Coolidge, Margaret James, Elizabeth Jenney, Eleanor Poland, Sybil Stone, and others enjoying skating and social time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Barrett
Walden St
Concord
Radcliffe
Rosamond Coolidge
Margaret James
Elizabeth Jenney
Eleanor Poland
Auth Stone
Jun
Sybil’ Stone
Concord Woman's Club to Present Musical at Unitarian Vestry
The Concord Woman's Club will stage a musical in the vestry of the Unitarian church on Monday afternoon January 23. Performers include Miss Helen Choate soprano Miss Ruth Stickney violinist and Miss Marion Hyde pianist. It is the club’s seventh regular meeting for the 1921 1922 season. 20 Tons of Hay for Sale at P C Fenelon s farm Old Bedford road Concord 418 2t
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Church
Concord Woman's Club
Helen Choate
Ruth Stickney
Marion Hyde
P. C. Fenelon
Old Bedford Road
Concord
Eleanor Ballou
Old Concord
Chajiter
Lexington Road
MacDonalds Return After Meriden Visit
Mr and Mrs Robert MacDonald come back to Concord Junction after a two month visit with relatives in Meriden where former resident Dr William L Heureux of Boston renewed their acquaintances during the week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert MacDonald
Meriden
William L'Heureux
Boston
Unitarian campaign taps Dumaine for regional director
Frederick C. Dumaine of First Parish is named associate regional director for the national Unitarian membership drive seeking a 25 percent rise in city church memberships within the South Middlesex conference. He will work with Rev. Frank R. Gale to organize and monitor efforts across Arlington to Woburn including Cambridge Framingham Lexington Newton Melrose Waltham Wellesley and others. The Unitarian Laymen's League, active through 259 chapters, records attendance as part of the push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick C. Dumaine
First Parish
National Committee
Unitarian Church
South Middlesex
Dumaine
Frank R. Gale
East Lexington
Arlington
Ledford
Belmont
Billerica
Cambridge
Carlisle
Concord
Service of Lights at Trinity Church Next Sunday
Next Sunday evening January 22 at 7 30 Trinity Church holds a Service of Lights. The gospel story of the calling of the twelve is read as tapers are lit from the large altar candle and passed to all present. The choir leads a recessional to the door as lights are lowered and all are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Church
Irish Question Topics Highlighted at Unitarian Meeting
A Current Events meeting at the Unitarian church vestry featured Mrs. Claude A. Gilson discussing the Irish question and India relations. She noted sparse crowds at some Prince of Wales appearances and touched on the Egyptian question as part of her remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Church
Claude A. Gilson
India
Prince of Wales
Mason lodge concert at Masonic temple on Friday
At the Masonic temple the local lodge presented a concert and entertainment on Friday evening January 13. The Mendelssohn quartet performed vocal numbers and the accompanist delivered two piano solos, the second earning an encore. An audience filled the hall and enjoyed the program. A social committee meeting of the Unitarian church follows services on Sunday morning January 22 in the vestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Masonic Lodge
Mendelssohn
Unitarian Church
Mary Flavin’s 1921 Milestones of the American Legion Auxiliary
Mary A. Flavin presents the first year’s report for the American Legion Auxiliary No. 188. Membership grew to 132. welfare and hospitalization work expanded under Mrs. Edmonds. Funds, Post support, and social events raised payroll for 1922. Memorial day and Armistice activities drew large crowds and donations. Red Cross cooperation and funeral attendances noted.
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American Legion
Jamey J
Edmonds
Groton Hospital
Sunnyside
Pepperell
Auxiliary
State Armory
Treasury
Post Treasury
Legion and Auxiliary
Whipple Parker
Gordon McKenzie
Philip H. Toomey
James J. Mansfield
John J. Crossley
Thomas McDermott
American Red Cross
Mary A. Flavin
Civic Pride poem read at D A R meet in Concord
Walter King Shaw progress noted after recent accident at a D A R meeting on Saturday January 14 Rev Ben Bulkeley presented Civic Pride. Plans for a Radio club formed at Winthrop Hodges residence Main Street discussed. Public library adds books including Wells History of World Life of Edward Bliss Perry and Mirrors of Wilson plus a Molnar play gift.
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D.A. R. Roy
Benamin R. Bulkeley
Radio Club
Winthrop T. Hodges
Main St
Well
Edward Bliss Perry
Henry Leeginson
Witon
Brary
Nz Molnar
New York City
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Richmond
Edward Dalton
A. B. Crick
State Island
Junior
William J. Lawrence
The
American. Unitarian Association
Old Concord C R. D. A. R
Dorothy Tewksbury Peckham
Concord Female Charitable Society
Major Blood
Fort Mills
United Typothetae of America
National Association
Galveston
Tower
Concord Lyceum
Concord Enterprise
Jerry
Alexander Black
Lyceum
Ashley P. How
Peter H. Bullock
John M. Keyes
Board of Directors
Concord Public Library
Reformatory
Concord Center
Central Library
Trinitarian Church
Abraham
God
Christ
the Brotherhood
Cleland
Ford Car
San Francisco
Yellowstone Park
Rockies
Haverty
Eliot R. Howard
Yelock
Guernsey Islands
L. W. Sylvester
Stow Road
West Acton
Nobscot Mt. Tea House South
Sudbury State Road
FOLEY
Main &T
Johnson's
Perkins & Wells
Hubbard
St., Concord
B. E. Megin
Commonwealth Ave
McDowell School of Baton
Waltham National Bank
U. S
United States
Federal Reserve System
Savings Department
Lexington
James F. McCarthy
Bedford
the Wilson Lumber CO
R. L. Wilson
Prop
Ry. A. Wilson, Mer
Tel
Waltham
Fred R. Jones
Walter King Shaw
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