Concord News Highlighting Local Events and Tragic Drowning
Miss Minnie Brown visits Mrs George Brewster as Medford links to concord society pages. Brown University student William Heeks plans summer in Providence. A motor cycle spill near Main Street prompts minor injuries to two non commissioned officers from Camp Devens. Class day dance caps senior year at Concord High. Methodist picnic success with tug of war and baseball. Lake Walden draws crowds. Drowning death of John E Dwyer near Brewster's Bay underlines holiday dangers. funeral arrangements set in Somerville.
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Minnie Brown
Concord
George Brewster
Town Hall
Maey
High Gemni
Old School
Josephine A. Boynton
Robert D. Donaldon
Lilian K. Weir
Wiliam A. Rodday
Malcolm L. Donaldson
Marion Perley
Elizabeth Barrett
Charlies Alien
Facillty
J. A. Boynton
Gertrude W Vyer
Dorothy A. Hurlburt
Marion Orby
Malcolm Donaldson
John Prendergast
Daniel J. Kelley
Mary Frances Prendergast
Cecelia Williams
Helen Ferguson
Roland Flynn
M. E
Ax“Lawson
A. C. Baggesen
Fred Carla
Peter Peterson
Carlson
Herbert Peterson
Carl Anderson
Edwin Johnson
Ralph Peterson
Norman Peterson
Stgle
Benedict Orothers
Edwin’Carlson
A. \. Haggesen
Laura Allen
Wellesley College
Medford
George F. Tewksbury
Exeter
N. H
Roy Shrewsbury
John Thornton
James Hennessey
John Sullivan
St Anselm’s
Lake Walden
Josephine
Mary Loring
Frances
Williams
Mt St Mary's
James Barrett Wood
Boston University
School of Business Administration
Flora: White
Heath
Mass
David
Florence
Barbara Clafkin
Nine-Acre
Corner
Lufkin
Smith College
John Failon
Harvard
Dental School
William Fallon
Tufts
Tle
Patrick Fallon
Grant St
John E. Dwyer
Broadway Place
Somerville
Brewster's Bay
Irons
Thomas Hagerty
Howard Daniels
West Bedford
St Bernard's Church
Dwyer
Concord Police
Palmotor
Walder St
Frank McDonald
Rand
Nelligan
Sale of standing grass and hay at Mary J. Coughlin’s lot
English hay and meadow hay for sale with cord wood available. Lot cut last winter. Inquire or write Mrs Mary J. Coughlin near Kelleys Corner R F D Concord Jct. Delivery or pickup options to be arranged.
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Mary J. Coughlin
Kelley's Corner
Concord
M. C. Burbank
Monument St
Mass
Firemen Reach Lincoln Barn Fire in Record Time
The Lincoln barn of Robert B. Vonaldsen burned Sunday afternoon with six horses inside unable to be saved. Pigs hay and property losses are estimated at about 15000 dollars. The triple combination truck arrived in 12 minutes and firemen stayed until six.
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Robert B. Vonaldsen
Lincoln
McDonald
Waldenst
W Donaldson
Ayer Whitewashed by Morrell and Concord Nine
On Monday June 27 Ayer was beaten 6 to 0 by Concord. Morrell pitched for Ayer with Moshier for Concord. Morgen and Murrith stole bases while Morgen and Ayer catcher Mor gan contributed with two base hits and a three bagger. Morrill struck out eight for Concord. Cull supplied steady support. The affair drew a large crowd.
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Ayer
Morrell
Moshier
Concord
Morgan
C. Bulger
Murrith
Morgen
Morrill
Concordites
Wilson
Cantonment Town
West Newton and Concord Tie in Twilight Game
West Newton town team and the Concord team played a 4 to 4 tie on Wednesday June 22 at the grounds in a twilight contest. Loftus stole home and drove in runs by A Loftus A Duggan Mullaney F Loftus Smith McGillvary Q Ryan and Oates. Ump Call rendered a strong performance as six innings were completed due to late start with Newton totaling seven hits and Wilcomites four. Oates pitched for Newton KE Duggan for Concord also did well.
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West Newton
Concord
Loftus
A. Loftus
A. Duggan
Mullaney
F. Loftus
Smith
McGillvary
Q. Ryan
Oates
Call
Wilcomites
Newton
KE. Duggan
Sixty Graduates at Concord High School
Concord High School held graduation exercises last Friday night awarding diplomas to sixty graduates. Principal Warren B. Goddard and Deputy Education Commissioner Frank W. Wright spoke as the orchestra and chorus performed works by Handel Balfe Elijah and pieces from The Bohemian Girl. The list includes graduates from College Preparatory Scientific Preparatory General Commercial and Domestic Arts courses with cum laude honors not publicly named this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord High
RN. Hudspeth
Fredrick W. Eaton
Frank W. Wright
Eaton
Alpha Ruble
Handel
Warren B. Goddard
Elijah
Balfe
Cecilia Williams
Joseph Mullaney
Cyrus Pickard
Wilbur Dot
Edmund Winslow Giles
Elizabeth Roxanna Hall
Thomas ‘James Hayes
Marian Viola Macomber
Ester
Henrietta Olson
Cyrus Warren
Mary Steinman
Mary Jeremina Ivan
Allen Hradfogl Thompson Caries
Lee Podd, Jr
Nettie
Alberta Wells
Richard Farmer Wood
Charles Willard Allen
Roland Willis Flynn
John Patrick Pender Sast
George Lewis Ziegler
Alice Dorothy Anderson
Elizabeth =rrett
Mary Frances’ Christian
Leslie Warren Crowson
Martha Mabel Decoster
Marion Louise Derby
Rebekaly Frances Dunning
Lawrence Joseph Frawley
Helen Gertrude Haley
Kenneth ‘Cooper Hamilton
Mary Margaret Hanson
Paul Rudolph Slededstedt
Muriel Anna Hewittt
John Andrew Hutchinson
John Haynes Kennedy
John Hayes Loring
Dorothy Lowden
William Theodore Magoon
Edwin Albert Martinson
Thomas Joseph McGann
Concord notables curb vacation at home in 1920
John Shepley of Harvard track returns home for vacation. Cyrus Hosmer Jr of Devonshire and a Tech student also comes home for the break. Robert Harwood, Harvard graduate AB, known as a vaulter, joined the American team for Antwerp Olympics. Edmund Giles lauds How ard Daniels of Acton about coaching Syracuse University’s last year’s football success. Madame LeNormand offers fortune telling cards by mail. Warnings and ads mix with local notices and cattle buyers in Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shepley
Harvard
Cyrus Hosmer, Jr
Devonst
Tech
Robert Harwood
Antwerp
Edmund Giles
Howard Daniels
Acton
Syracuse University
Summer help wanted for nurse girl or mother’s helper
Wanted a high school graduate to fill a nurse girl or mother’s helper role for the summer. Miss Helga Neilson of Stow Massachusetts seeks a reliable assistant. Contact Maynard at Tel 151-11. Dated June 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helga Neilson
Stow
Mass
Tel
Maynard
Picnic Day Set for Concord by Middlesex Farm Bureau
The Middlesex County Farm Bureau and the Middlesex County Board of Agriculture and Home Economics plan a large picnic on Wednesday July 20 at the Middlesex school grounds Concord. Events include moving pictures music intertown athletic contests and prizes for winners. A dental clinic a Lake Walden swim and side trips are also planned with a call to enlist as a committee of one to boost attendance.
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Middlesex County Farm Bureau
Middlesex County Bareu of Agriculture and Home Economics
Concord
Middlesex School
See
Chelmsford Band
Farm Bureaus
Price of Electricity Reduced by Light Board
The Municipal Light Board has cut electricity prices by half a cent per kilowatt hour, making coal clause charges 1.5 cents instead of 2 cents. The move aims to boost heating, cooking, and power use and attract new lighting customers. Wiring costs are lower, stock is down, and quarterly bills resume July first, October first, January first, and April first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Light Board
Merrill, Oldham & Co
Boston
Concord
Bowker Couple Unite in Concord Junction
Concord Junction Mrs George M Bowker a Concord resident married Willard of Haverhill New Hampshire son of William A Willard secretary of the Mechanics Bank and president of the Willard Family association G Sheldon Whlena Miss Hope a Concord High School and Household Arts graduate taught in Washington Alderson Alberta and Haverhill schools Willard has for years represented the Vermont New Hampshire area for a milling company and is now with Saliger Ship Salvage Corporation of New York.
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George M. Bowker
Concord
Albeberta Hope
M Wits
Willard
H Jard
Liam A Willard
Ae Mechanics’ Prone
Bank of
Ee Willard Pamly Association
G. (Sheldon) Whlena
Hope
Concord Tia Pehoelo
Household Arts
Fram School
Washington
N. C
Alderson
Alberta
Haverhill
N. H
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rone Milling Company
Mich
Saliger Ship Salvage Corporation of
New York
Prize winners named in eighth and seventh grade penmanship contest
Miss Dorothy B. Stoney and Miss Irene Halberg won prizes in the second penmanship contest. All eighth grade graduates plan to enter Concord High School in September. Helen Howe, principal, will attend summer sessions at Simmons College in Boston for junior high work. Blanche Millard, art supervisor, has left Acton for a new position nearby. Mrs Mabel Howd, music supervisor, concluded her service here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy B. Stoney
Irene Halberg
Hae
Concord
Helen Howe Ptrigars
Simmons College
Hoston
Blanche Millard
Acton
Hue
Mabel Howd
Fourth of July Celebrated at Reformatory With Prisoner Unity
Independence Day observed at the reformatory with yard liberty for prisoners, races and a baseball game pitting a reformatory team against Concord Junction players, a noon dinner, band concert in the guardroom, and Superintendent Charles T. Judge in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformatory
Concord Junction
Charles T. Judge
Nor Ricnard Deo at Their Home
Fragmentary entry notes Nor Ricnard Deo at their home during a referenced week, with unclear surrounding context and missing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ne Ling
Nor
Ricnard Deo
Concord Junction social notes and upcoming sales
Local residents and visitors are listed with weekend and holiday plans including Allen family trip to Europe, Bissonet family in Hudson, King households in Crest Street, Nantasket summer home, and John Sullivan on furlough from Newport. Also notices of new employment, move ins, and summer activities appear along with two auction announcements for July 11 in Concord Junction and Acton.
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U.S
Newport
R. I
P. J. Shear
C. BE. Judge
Harold
Bangor
Uniel J. Kelley
Concorda
Haa
Stone & Webster
Elizabeth Bumpus
Green Mountains
Lake Champlain
California Perfume Co
Mirs
Richard Hatch
Watertown
William Chaplin
William Reilly
Agnes Murray
Gardner
Whitehorse Beach
Plymouth
Reilly
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Alice Jones
Cross
A. W. Crosby
Lexington
Dodge
Torrey & Vialle
John
Howard McManus
Frank McManus
Holy Cross College
Worcester
John M. Dwyer
Jeremiah J
Frank D
Herbiert B
Charlestown
Charles Moran
Charles DeNicola
Elliot R. Howard
The
Middlesex Mutual Insurator
Christmas Cove, Me
Federal Reserve
Sytem
Tham
Savings Department
Concord High School
Florence Crowe
Beulah Hazel French
Daniel Joseph Kelley
Jennie Eliza “Kingston
Fredrick Joseph Loftus
Bertha Wheeler Poland
John Bdward Smith
Dorothy Frances Collins
Susan Adeliza Fletcher
Mildred Harriet Hurt
Elizabeth Agnes Manion
Marion Frazier Spinney
Lenormand's
J. S. Williams Book Co
Montana
Chas. Davis
Sudbury Rd
Jiy
United States
Unitarian Church
Richardson’s
Kinox Red
William A. Curley
Perkins & Wells
Light Board
Robert Donaldson
Andover
Lloyd Howe
Hollis “Howe
Worcester Academy
Roger Cutting
C. H
John Clahane
Walden St
Northeastern College
Thomas J. McGann, Jr
Boston College
Chestnut Hill
Helen Dexter
Rev Smith Dexter
Lillian Schumacher
Frances Loughlin
Dick Loftus
Bridgeport
Arthur Duggan
Byroast
E. A. Martinson
John P. Prendergast
George L. Zeigler
P. C. Fenelon
Bedford Road
R. . J. Rodday CO
Harrison
Tel- Beach
L. Anderson & Son
Concord, Mass
Congregational Church
Commonwealth Ave
Otis H. Forbush
So. Acton
Lucy K. Staples
West Acton
Jones Place
Eaton Hall
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