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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1922
Page
2
News of the week in Concord notes Miss Louise Cabot wedding to Ralph Newitt at Trinity Church with Rev Higginson Cabot and Rev Smith Owen Dexter officiating. Other items cover summer travels, family visits, teaching posts, and community gatherings across Concord and surrounding towns.
Eleanor Mara, daughter of Mr and Mrs John W Mara, curates a doll collection showcasing two characters. Doll No 1 speaks two syllables and prefers fashion and society, while Doll No 2, dubbed the “Texas Toy,” travels from the largest state to live with Eleanor and appears modest and wary of her sister.
Rev. Henry Bedder D J professor at Crozier Baptist Theological Seminary a liberal Baptist leader will preach at the First Parish Unitarian Church of Concord Sunday morning July 9. His sermon is expected to focus on anti fundamentalist views within the Baptist church.
On Friday evening July 7 the church will begin a study of the Great Songs of the Bible Worshippers will examine Songs 1 through 8. On Sunday morning July 8 Rev Cleland will preach the sermon The Man Who Overcame Himself.
A garbled ad page shows a closing July sale at Fullenton Hat Shop on Main St Maynard opposite post office, listings for hats and prices, then an offer from Watkins Co in Boston and a Concord cottage for sale with contact names. Also a farmer’s notice seeking a family to board and share meals.
Concord High School held its class day in the town hall on June 29. Seventy graduates were announced with speeches by Joseph Mullaney and Ruth Heeks among others. Awards recognized scholarship with Evelyn Farrar top in the class and Frances Curley headed to Boston Normal School.
Charles Adams 2nd and Mrs. Frances Lovering Adams announce the engagement of their daughter Catherine to Henry Sturxis Morgan, Harvard 1923 class, rower with the Yardity crew but sidelined by a minor accident. The wedding is planned for fall after Harvard class day. The Adamses have a summer home in Cohasset and winter and spring residences in Boston and near Fairhaven Bay.
In 1922 Concord High School held a class day dance on a warm June evening at the Concord Town Hall. The reception line included Mrs. M. J. Mullaney, Mrs. Mary C. Curley, Mr. and Mrs. Warren B. Goddard, and Miss Lillian Weir. Excellent music by the Waltham Colonial Orchestra powered the event with dancing starting at 5 o'clock and refreshments served during intermission.
R Miller field representative of the National Reform Association will speak at the Trinitarian Concord on Friday evening July 14. His subject will be Mormon Menace.
A leading Japanese journalist and a university professor visited the tea room on Lowell Road in Concord. Details of their names cannot be repeated for obvious reasons.
Mr and Mrs Wright of Easthampton congratulate on the birth of a son named Robert Rockwood Voight born June 22 in Springfield hospital.
Morning worship in Scandinavian language at 11 o clock with Epworth League meeting at 7 and English evening service at 8. The fragment notes a church schedule for Sunday plan and youth group activity.
The Women’s Parish Association of the Unitarian church will hold a fair in the vestry of the First Parish meeting house on Friday afternoon and evening, July 27, 1922. Proceeds aim to replace a previous stem-raising event. last fair was in 1912. Numerous committees listed with chairmen and members for gift, household, candy, food, plant, and junior tables.
The wedding of Mary Emma Wixon daughter of Orrin Wixon and Michael Dee son of J Dee took place Wednesday morning June 28 at 9 20 in St Gregorys church Milton. Rev Fr Lynch officiated at the solemn mass. The bride wore satin with Duchess lace and orange blossoms, veil held by a bouquet of white roses. The maid of honor Miss Lillian Henley wore orchid silk velvet with a pink rose bouquet. Best man was William Leo Dee. ushers were John Hopkins John Dolan Edward McKenna and Grady all Concord. A large wedding party from Concord attended, with out of town guests from Nahant Newton and Plain. The reception was at Quincy House. Former Mayor Fitzgerald and other Concord residents attended. Mr. and Mrs. Dee will reside on Bedford Street, Concord.
George Whee of Roxbury, badly injured in an automobile accident on the Lincoln turnpike near Concord, gave $500 to Deaconess Hospital for the upkeep of the institution. Whitcomb has fully recovered from injuries and left for Nebraska vacation. hospital staff praised the care given.
A twilight baseball clash saw Concord town defeat the Boston Post Office team 1 to 1 on the Playground. Batteries included Kelley and D.
Fragmentary text describes Concord celebrating in July with fireworks and a display described as a vented event. The readable content is incoherent and lacks clear individuals or organizations to name.
A Concord notice records a transfer of two tenements at 106 and Commonwealth avenue to Mie L. DeWoit with B. E. Braman Acton involved. The sale refers to the Chapin Farm and John D Wilson vicinity. Contact 364 Main street for details.
The Concord High School graduation exercises were held Friday at eight in the State Armory. Payson Smith, Boston Education Commissioner, gave the keynote urging education to prepare youth for work, not ease. The program featured music and remarks by Catherine Gill, Elizabeth Hagerty, and many graduates including Ruth Evelyn Faciey and Evelyn Mullaney.
A Fourth of July birthday celebration for Walton Tompkins, eldest grandson of Mrs H. Tompkins, featured a red white and blue procession of children, caps, fireworks, and baskets of candy at each plate.
Frederic H. Chase of Great Meadows announces his son Frederic C. Chase will ride the bus to a university summer engineering camp at Squam Lake. The family notes plans for travel and participation in the program during the summer.
Marriage announces Rev A A Mildes Horrocks of Con lord wed Ludwig Eugene Heinz of Wa with date and venue details incomplete in the brief OCR.
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