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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1928
Page
3
A fragmentary item notes Stephen Pepper and family in Berkeley on July 18 and a Concord connection after a month on the move. The text references Mrs Pepper and a rail journey ahead, with scattered details of roads and dates.
The note highlights columnists Don and his wife and daughter visiting Grapevine Col vis for an upcoming New York designation. It mentions his prolific output of short stories poems and journalism and hints at a 5 Sea project to be presented next spring.
Readers are invited to join the Concord Enterprise circulation drive offering a rewards plan for new subscribers. A week in Washington with experienced supervision and all expenses paid awaits those who recruit fifty new subscribers, with cash prizes and a 33 1 3 percent commission if fewer subscribers are secured.
The Division 56 A H bazaar is scheduled for Friday and Saturday August 10 and 11. James J Byrne chairs the committee in charge and the affair is expected to attract wide interest and be a success. In Concord the special selectman election produced fewer than 100 votes with Col Robert E Goodwin running unopposed.
Concord finished in a triple tie for third with Billerica and Chelmsford in the first half of the Middlesex County Baseball League season.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace K. Howard have leased Mrs. James Porter’s house on Wood Street after selling their Carr Road residence. Fred E. Power of the Electric Light Department bought the former William Brown house on Lowell Road and will perform alterations. Mr. Allister McDougall, Middlesex County Extension Service superintendent, purchased the adjoining land.
Pleas in reductions will be noted in women's crepe de chine and georgette dresses at Miss Edith A K s Opp Concord National Bank.
Summer assignments fill Concord households with Dexter family at Westport Parker family at Falmouth and Brooks at Duxbury. Barker returns from Stetson University by car and Geiger visits. Local notables attend Elks convention in Miami while hospital cases and a baseball game between Concord and Ayer reflect summer activity and community updates.
The Concord Woman's Club hosted the second summer reading session at Mrs. Katherine F. Anderson’s home on Crescent road. The group discussed Willa Cather’s Death Comes for the Archbishop under Mrs. Anderson’s guidance. The series continues July 30 at Mrs. Frederick H. Chase’s Great Meadow road with E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India.
The Concord Summer School of Music presents a concert by the school chorus and orchestra with soloists Miss Mariana Lowell violin Miss Hildegarde Lowell violin Anna Golden viola Jacobus Langendorn cello and Edmond Allegra clarinet. The fourth and final concert is tomorrow Thursday at 3 oclock in the vestry of the First Parish Meeting House.
The Concord baseball champions of 1927 withdraw from the Middlesex County Baseball League due to lack of financial support after the first half of the season.
Concord Country Club posts a weekly members tournament on the links each July and August. The events run through Sunday, with each tourney staged as a two day affair for club members.
The King's Daughters of the First Parish run a weekly flower mission at the vestry of the First Parish Meeting House on Mondays 4 to 5 PM. They welcome flowers to be sent to Boston the next morning for distribution to the sick and homebound.
William Faversham Jr. won the weekend flag tournament at Concord Country Club on the 19th green with his final stroke. Close behind were James B. Baldwin and Alfred M. Uhler, Baldwin 275 yards down the 19th fairway and Uhler 55 yards back.
Rev and Mrs Ray Cook occupy The Mause while Rev Dr Gail Cleland and wife are away in Europe. Mr Cook, studying at Boston University, preached Sunday at the Union church in the First Parish Meeting House.
The parish announces at Trinity Church Concord Massachusetts with Rev Smith O Dexter rector July 22 services at 8 AM Holy Communion and 11 AM Morning Prayer and Sermon.
First Church of Christ Scientist in Monument Square Concord hosts a 10:45 AM Sunday service with lesson subject Truth. Sunday school also at 10:45 AM. Wednesday testimonial meeting at 7:45 PM. Reading room open weekdays 2 to 5 PM.
A $50,000 stock of quality clothing and furnishings for men women and children offered at reductions from one quarter to one half off. Hart Shaffner and Marx suits and Smithson clothing included in the stock for present and future purchases.
The First Parish in Concord holds a morning worship at 10 45 with Rev H W Kimball from Needham delivering the sermon at the Meeting House. Rev Francis L Cooper of Newton Centre will fill the pulpit on July 29 and in August Rev Dr Auer will preach with the union service in the Chapel.
The Concord baseball team withdraws from the Middlesex County League due to financial issues yet shows creditable effort. Composed mainly of young players, with Bill Morrill handling pitching and catching, they are in a triple tie for third place with Billerica and Chelmsford after sharing top performances despite subpar home games.
John Merwin of Concord advances to the semi finals of the Massachusetts amateur championship at Essex County Club Manchester by the Sea. He defeats Ralph Stuart 2 up, B P Stratton 2 up, Arthur Jorgensen 4 and three, then loses to Fred J Wright Jr 2-1 and 1 to play in a tense semi final. Walter Shaw sails yacht Andiamo with the Bayt ern Yacht Club cruising nearby.
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