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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1926
Page
1
William Fought family recently vacated 14 Highland Street and leased the house to Elinor Blackburn who operates a convalescent home there.
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America holds its annual convention June 9 to 12 at the Finnish Lutheran church in Maynard Glendale Street attracting about fifty thousand people. About 30 ministers and 60 to 70 delegates from across the United States, with leaders A Haapanen and Dr John Wargelin in attendance, plus Rev A Holmio representing Finland’s Missionary Society. A grand festival concert occurs June 12 8 pm at Colonial Hall with eight regional choirs and visiting artists Sylvia Engstrom and Sigrid Kumara. outdoor Sunday program at Glendale Street features speakers and singing.
Middlesex County League standings update lists teams and current positions in the local baseball circuit. The report identifies leading clubs and recent shifts in the standings within the county league.
A century observance opened with the ringing of a new bell cast from old metal. Rev Dr Gail Cleland led services at high moon Saturday with prayers, hymns, and readings from multiple church leaders. A dedication sermon by Rev Dr William W McLane followed, ending with benediction and a social hour hosted by Mrs E L Tuttle.
A Sunday ceremony consecrated a new stone chapel in North Sudbury with Rev. Edward F. Crowley blessing the statue of St. Mary. Nearly 200 Italians from Maynard Providence and Boston joined a parade led by Rafael Coscia and the New Italian Marine Band. The mass followed the consecration and a program of speeches and a Marine Band concert.
Isaac Pitkanen, a 62 year old Sudbury farmer long presumed dead after his home on North Road burned, was found alive. He arrived in town last night as work crews, led by Police Chief Seneca Hall, cleared the smoldering ruins and the mood shifted from sorrow to joy.
Maynard June 9 fire staff battled dense smoke from cellar to garret as flames spread through a partition to a neighboring tenement. Ansel Lahti at 14 started the blaze while Mrs. Fannie Phillips at 12 was away. Kitchen and closet and most furniture were burned.
Industrial village plan shown by Henry Ford to surround a factory on Wash Brook in Sudbury Center. A town meeting will consider pushing landowners for the brookside parcel extending a mile northwest from the state road and 500 yards each side. A rep from Ford reports fire damage at No 12 and outlines intentions. The first step is purchasing the old C O Parmenter Mill within 100 yards of the state road, a site tied to Sudbury’s early 1608 history.
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