Summer notes from Concord and surrounding towns
Frances Wheeler stays at Black Elephant camp in New York for summer. Howard Jacobson finishes studies at Northeastern and returns home for vacation. Priscilla Wheeler teaches mathematics at Devon Manor Pennsylvania and attends a Harvard summer course. Robert F. Charles Jr returns home after completing his year at Dartmouth and will be a junior next year.
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Frances Wheeler
Black Elephant Camp
New York
Howard Jacobson
Northeastern
Priscilla Wheeler
Devon Manor
Harvard
Robert F. Charles,Jr
Dartmouth
Amateur wireless operator relays Dempsey Carpentier bout
Lloyd Kenney Thoreault, an amateur wireless operator with high class rating, kept in direct touch with the ringside for the Dempsey Carpentier fight staged Saturday before last in Jersey City. About 50 friends at his home listened in and reported hearing the gong and fighters’ arrivals. They also heard preliminary bouts and enjoyed the experience.
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Lloyd Kenney
Thoreault
Dempsey-Carpentier
Jersey City
Citizens Camp at Camp Devens For Young Men and Boys
August training camp at Camp Devens offers courses in peace and war service, health, self control, discipline and teamwork. Includes athletics, machine gun and bayonet practice, plus movies concerts and games with free uniforms and transport. descriptive pamphlets available from Concord or Board of Health office.
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Fist Corps Area
Camp Devens
Concord
Board of Health Office
Concord Red Cross Faces Funding Gap in 1920 21
The Concord Massachusetts Red Cross reports a shrinking balance and reduced income after three years without a town appeal. It outlines costs for a district nurse, dental clinic, clothing for overseas children, and support for veterans, seeking about 1700 more plus potential 500 from moving pictures to carry on.
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Concord
Massachusetts
Concord Red Cross
Red Cross
Middlesex Farm Bureau
Cyrus Hosmer
Mass
Moving Picture Fund and Red Cross Support Details
The record outlines Junior Red Cross income and expenses with national and New England division contributions. It notes a balance of 575.70 cash on hand March 1 1921 and a separate moving picture account used as a community service rather than profit, maintaining a reserve for unexpected expenditures.
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Ing
Red Cross
National
New England
Concord
Maynard Elites Play At Stow And Vacation Notes
The Elite Novelty orchestra led by Burton Coughlan performs at Stow on Friday night July 15. Albert Batley relaxes at their Camp in Rindge NH for two weeks. A son was born to Lee Monahue at Deaconess hospital Friday morning. mother and child doing well. Garland family leaves for South Windham MO to summer on their farm. The Business Men's annual outing set for July 20 at Riverhurst with sports, eats from Lowell caterer, cabaret, and a 100 yard dash featuring P J Sullivan against an unknown opponent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Coughlan
Stow Onriday
Albert Batley
James
S. R. Garland
South Windham
Riverhurst
Billerica
Lowell
P. J. Sullivan
Assessors Expect Lower Tax Rate This Year
Tax news yields hopeful signs of a reduced rate this year with last year at 25.20 per thousand and a projected drop to 24.50 per thousand. State tax remains 14,280 with 673.20 as special tax. County tax rose by 1900 from 6256.58, while assessors continue to total the books.
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King
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W. A. Haynes Co
Maynard
Wilson Lumber CO
West Acton
John Coughlin
Gordon J Pleasant Street
Lloyd Maynard
America
Hamilton Beach
R. Miller, Jr
Mary B. Hoar
Helen Curtis
Josephine D. Colt
Dorothy T. Peckham
Harrison J. Barrett
American Red Cross
Board of Health
Boston
Ford Auto
Hoover
Manion Beverage
John Coyne Concord
Jersey Ice
Jersey
Jersey Ice Cream Company
Lawrence, Mass
J. Bartolmeo
Main St
J. A. Welsh
W. Acton
N. J. Cole
So. Acton
Wcreighton Shoe Store
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