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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1920
Page
4
Maynard residents attend visits and entertainments as neighbors mingle in town life. Frank Kelley visits, Miss Comeau hosts friends, and Miss Stitt returns to Hartford. Local sports see Don Lent with the Massachusetts Aggies against Tufts, while Kierstead Jr. leads Carlton’s improvements at the Summer Street store.
Mrs Johanna Morin wife of Joseph Morin died at her Marlboro home after a long illness at age 43 She was daughter of Edward Murphy Sudbury street Maynard She leaves her husband four children her father two brothers Richard and John Murphy two sisters Mia Frank Moran and Mrs John Walsh Funer al services were held Friday at Immaculate Conception church Marlboro Mass and burial planned in St Bridget's cemetery family lot in spring
The 35th annual financial report for Loyal Assabet lodge M A outlines prosperous membership and finances. Sick benefits totaling 9074.98 were paid, death claims fell compared with the prior year, and twenty wartime members returning this year were honored with a Welcome Home reception.
The pageant Building the City of God will be presented at St Ige's Episcopal church Sunday evening February 15. The event is part of a diocese wide Call campaign and will feature church and Sunday school members in the cast with additional activities planned.
William Woodman of Taylor Jd. died after a lengthy illness. He was a former resident of Maynard and married Esther Peterson. Survived by three children. Funeral attended by his brother Arthur Woodman, who left Friday for Digby to mourn his loss. He had worked for Riverside Cooperative and later C M and H Railway.
An ad for the New Idea Store highlights a shirt sale priced at 1.25 with a focus on dayward specials and new merchandise. The notice emphasizes limited-time offers and shop-wide discounts.
Miss Beatrice Symonds fifth grade teacher at Roosevelt school Lowell is home ill with scarlet fever. Six cases reported. fumigation carried out. health officials debate closing Roosevelt school for two weeks to prevent spread. Mrs. Leslie Sims substituting for Symonds. new item mentions Maynerd store offerings.
The local board of health after an investigation considers changing the present method of emptying cesspools and vaults. It is understood the board will issue one permit to a single person who has the necessary sanitary equipment to perform the service. A policy will be established at a board meeting held Wednesday or this week.
The senior class of the high school presents a dramatic reading called A Country Cousin at Colonial Hall on Thursday February 5. Proceeds aid the class fund for the annual graduation reception. Tickets are available from class members.
The Gusti Olsen trial on a Middlesex grand jury indictment for distributing radical literature was postponed from Monday to Friday at Cambridge. The raid earlier this month seized large quantities of Red literature.
Both Republican and Democratic committees adopt the phonograph to spread party doctrine. Carter's music store lists a wide selection of records including performances by Senator Longer and Hon. William McAdoo on the topic Revision of Taxation.
A fragmented, garbled line appears to report a note about men’s something. The readable text offers few clear facts, names, places, dates, or events to verify a specific item or outcome.
The Union Congregational church held its 67th annual meeting in the vestry on a Wednesday evening with large turnout. Supper at 6, then a business session and entertainment led by Rev. B E Atiyeh. Officers re-elected included Frank E. Sanderson as clerk and William H. Gutteridge as treasurer. deacons elected were Alexander Pettigrew Graham Forgie Mary McCleary Horace F Bates and a visitor for three years Mary Jannell. The deacons’ number was raised from four to seven. A list of members to serve on committees will be prepared for a future meeting. The reports showed the church flourishing with rising attendance and enthusiasm. The annual roll call, budget prep, and unfinished business will be addressed next month. Entertainment followed with a quilting bee sketch and The Kitchen Orchestra, led by Mrs Arthur Jordan, drawing praise and featuring numerous participants and a pianist. Supper was served under the direction of Mrs Archert W Haynes and others.
The 82d annual report states a 5 percent dividend on all purchases for six months ending December 31, 1919, up 2 percent from the prior period. The meeting of stockholders is set for next Monday at Cooperative hall with officer elections and reports. Dividends and interest will be paid February 5 to 7 and transferred to shares on February 13 and 14. Officers include President Albert Batley and Treasurer Gavin Taylor.
At a Friday meeting of Lady Warwick lodge Daughters of St George I O O F hall Miss Clara Mor than district deputy installed new officers for the year Mrs Joseph Brown P Mrs Millie Davis VP Miss Ethel Jamieson C Miss Laura Parkin Cond Miss Eva Jamieson AC Mrs Sadie Marsden RS Mrs Mary Cole T Mrs Mary Taylor FS Mrs Edith Coulter IG Mrs Emily Stokes OG Refreshments followed under the Beatrice Cutell Harold Butterworth Mary Taylor Fred Oates Wilson Cutell Albert Fairbanks Jr recovering from scarlet fever at Frank Fescchi Great re H railroad
Hugh Connor son of Henry Connor former Bridge Cafe proprietor Rochester New Hampshire Miss Margaret Mae Coombs graduates Rochester High School Sept 7 1919 St Mary s church Rochester N H ceremony kept secret until after graduation couple met in England during the war Connor served in the navy then worked at the Shipping Board in Portsmouth N H he played violin with Sheridan s orchestra and plans a visit to Maynard soon now residing with the bride s parents gossip and secrecy themes abound in this wartime tale.
The Macon club marked Burns Night with a supper of Scotch dishes prepared by members’ wives. Guests born in Scotland attended, followed by vocal and instrumental music and readings of Burns poems. Performers included George McGuiness, Mungo Bain, George Stockwell, Thomas Wright, and a vocal duet by Thomas Usher and Fred Hayward.
The piece notes sun soaked wealth along Florida and Cuba beaches contrasted with Massachusetts youths enjoying skis snow shoes and sliding. It calls for a skating surface to satisfy the growing appetite for healthy winter sports in town.
A new winner in the commercial department freshman writing contest is Bertha Saari with 14 credits. This is her first appearance on the winners list and she earns congratulations. Frank Ramesh is next with 13 credits and Helge Saari has 9.
Real winter grips New England as a foot of snow blankets the ground despite predictions of a mild start. Snow plows and churchgoers keep streets clear, preventing widespread closures on a Sunday.
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