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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1931
Page
2
A school program attended by parents and friends featured student exhibits and a flag ceremony. Miss Nellie May and teachers led the program with detailed explanations of displays and honors for Elizabeth Collins and Lillian Nivola among the class participants.
The Peter Bulkeley School staged a Health Day pageant directed by nurse Mrs Howard and music supervisor Miss Reynolds. Students depicted health themes through acts like The Toy Shop and melting pot scenes while audiences learned about nutrition, hygiene, and physical fitness. After the pageant, the school team defeated West Acton Junior High 8-5 at Emerson playground, improving to five wins in six games.
Reverend Arthur Jeffries will preach on The Blessed Man during the morning service on Sunday June 7 with communion observed afterward. The evening hour will feature Stolen Gods as the subject. On June 14 he will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon to Acton High School graduates. West side of the church building shows concrete work by an Ayer contractor on new cement sidewalks.
Concord Academy held its outdoor May festival with 160 pupils performing old folk dances and a May Queen crowning. The event featured Morris and other dances, a May Pole display, and songs led by Miss Elizabeth D. Wood with assistance from Dr. Richard G. Conant.
Huldeh Mary Hill daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Hill 18 DeMars St wed Nelson at the bride home on Memorial Day afternoon. Rev Victor Kotila officiated in a floral bower before relatives and friends. Matron of honor Mrs Ralph Weckstrom and best man Walter A Nelson stood with the couple. The bride wore white chiffon with lace veil and carried white bride roses. bridesmaid wore peach chiffon with pink roses. A reception followed. the couple plan to live at 18 De Mars St after a tour of Canada. Mary Hill a Maynard high school graduate class of 1928 is active with the Young Peoples Athletic Association of Boston. Nelson is a Bentley School graduate and helps run the Oakland Pontiac agency at 9 Powder Mill Road.
The Girl Scout Community House on Walden Street will be dedicated on Sunday June 7 with ceremonies at four. About five hundred invitations have been issued and donors to the property are invited. The first rally in the new building is planned for Friday June at 7.30.
Normieg Sims named the most modest member of Holy Cross College’s graduating class per the Purple Panther 1931. He serves as captain of the Holy Cross baseball team and previously played for the Jod or Holy Name team the Petrick Jean Seabees.
A crowded St Bridget’s hosted a first communion for 52 children last Sunday morning. Rev George Brennan spoke at the ceremony and a May procession led to the rectory shrine. Blessed Virgin benediction followed on church lawn with Miss Mary Pioyart as May Queen and Bridgets cadets assisting.
Veterans and residents gathered for Memorial Day events in Maynard led by Frank J. DeMars Post A. G. and Maynard Post VFW. Processions along Nason Street to Greenwood Cemetery featured Acton Band, police platoon, firing squad, and Dignitaries. Orations by Rev Ernest Lyman Mills and Rev Charles Donhue. Lincoln Gettysburg address delivered by Leave Namara high school boy. many organizations and groups participated.
Memorial Day exercises were held in Sudbury with simple solemnity. The procession started from the American Legion Hall at 10 o clock and services were conducted at Civil War and Revolutionary monuments, Mt Pleasant and North Sudbury cemeteries, with a band concert and dinner at the M E Church.
Memorial Day events honored sailors and veterans along the Assabet River with wreaths on Walnut and Main bridges. Final exercises at Memorial Park featured Rev. Eason Cross of St. George's Episcopal Church delivering the oration. The Memorial monument was decorated and the Star Spangled Banner performed by the band. Dinner for veterans and guests was served at Odd Fellows hall by the affiliated order.
Concord resident and veteran blacksmith Fewry died at home on Brooks Street after a brief illness. He came from Ireland in 1867 and ran a shop near the Concord National Bank, known for skill and integrity. Funeral was held at St Bernard's with a high requiem mass and interment in Concord. surviving wife Winnie A O Connell and several daughters, a son, and sisters.
Maynard born Levi R Cheney and wife Mrs. Cheney marked their 60th wedding anniversary on Monday with family and town folk attending. He served as selectman and worked at Assabet Mill as a carpenter. she has long been a Methodist church worker. The couple, first married in Maynard after its 1871 incorporation, remain active and in good health at 80 plus.
Maynard Bodgé 1.0 and Mizpah Relodge will jointly conduct services on Sunday June 7. Numbers will assemble at the hall at 10 o clock and they will march to the Union Congregational church where they will attend the sermon by Rev. Mathew Vance pastor.
A school banquet for the Maynard High School class of 1931 is scheduled. Ruth Hull Mae Hulme Helvi Pietela Edith France and Sweeney are listed among attendees and honorees. Dress details accompany the event.
Concord observes Memorial Day with a Veterans Day style ceremony. Old Comcord Post G A R comrades no longer attend, but Ralph P. Hosmer Camp and United Spanish War Veterans lead the observance. Parade units from West Concord and nearby towns participate, wreaths placed on Civil War graves, and a noon repast at Masonic Temple.
Maynard-Maynard attended the Derby race today as a radio report placed the event in Down England. The horse led at the half way mark and finished first according to the initial flash, with a purse to be won by the winner.
Funeral services for Mrs. Tanna Torppa Maynard were held yesterday at Concord Hospital after a morning service. The 19 year old daughter of Mrs. Lawson is survived by her husband, her parents Lawson, one brother and a sister Miss Lawson.
A parade near the town common featured WWI and Spanish War memorials. Scouts, led in formation along the road to the Veterans Building, received a retreat and were served a tribute by the American Legion Auxiliary chaired by Mrs. J. William Byron.
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