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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1929
Page
4
Visiting Day at Lake Dunstable on June 20 invites members who cannot attend to use the event to engage with the Extension Service. The notice notes expected participation and provides advertisement details for the day.
West Acton Scouts held a festival at the Baptist vestry with plentiful strawberries on short cake and cream. About 100 attended supper served by committee members and wives. Edward Knapp spoke on Scout aims while Russell Sanborn and Alden Johnson provided music. Merit badges were awarded to several Scouts, the troop won a silver cup at a Lancaster rally, placed third with 96 2 3 points, and moved to sixth in the rating. The group plans to attend camp late July or August.
Miss Isabel Shaw eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Mott Shaw of Nine Acre Corner married Gideon Knapp de Forest son of Mr and Mrs Layton de Forest of Garden City Long Island at Trinity Church Concord weekend ceremony officiated by Rev Smith O Dexter. Best man was A Whitney Greswold Yale 29 New York. The couple plan summer in Concord then settle in New Haven.
In Concord on June 12 the Corinthian Lodge hosted a gathering at the Masonic Temple with about 120 guests from local and distant lodges. Mrs Duncan G Chapman directed supper for over 200 attendees. The Lyric Quartet of Lowell provided entertainment as Worshipful Master Howard B Daniels presided assisted by officers and past grand masters. Rev Smith Dexter spoke on Masonic relief work with touching incidents.
Firemen responded to an alarm at 6 o clock for a chimney fire at F. Lorenz Runbach’s home on Tabrook Road. The blaze started in the fireplace and spread to the chimney but was promptly extinguished with minimal damage using the new method.
William Conquest rapidly regains strength while finishing a three room bungalow near his father's home to begin housekeeping once complete. He hopes to return to work in a few weeks. Saturday afternoon fire sirens sounded for a woodlot blaze near the Cutler playhouse. Helena Hennessy wedding at St. Elizabeth's church occurred at 2 PM Monday. Peggy Whitcomb underwent tonsil surgery in Fitchburg last Monday.
Concord notes Mr and Mrs Martin H Whitney observed their fifty fifth wedding anniversary on Sunday while Mr Whitney turned 75. Mrs Whitney is 71 and the family includes nine children.
Mrs. Angie Knowlton visits Salem. Mrs. Robbins of Fitchburg, visiting with Mrs. Myra Cummings, grew ill Memorial Day and remains bedbound but improving. Miss Eleanor Hall takes a Fitchburg clerical post handling typewriters and adding machines. Norman Tule graduates from Lawrence Academy June 8 and plans University of Maine mechanical engineering. Mrs. Henry Hall recuperates from appendicitis at Emerson hospital. Olsen couple move to Concord. June 14 proclaimed Flag Day.
Special meeting of the church to hear the report of the ministerial committee on June 15 at 2 30 pm. Sunday school picnic at Gordon Hutchins Grove Punkatassett Hill and morning worship June 16 at 10 45 am with sermon by Rev Dr Richards.
The Middlesex School Glee Club and Mandolin and Banjo Clubs performed in Eliot Hall on Saturday evening. Arthur Motter Amb, director of music, led the Glee Club while William M Rice directed the mandolin and banjo groups. A feature was a banjo duet by Rice and Alexander Keyes from the graduating class.
Peter Reed of Worcester, age 30, who rowed No. 2 on the second crew this Spring, is chosen captain of the Middlesex School first four-ared crew for next year.
West Concord reports a Mother's Day program directed by Mrs. Lima Pageau featuring a one act play, dance by twelve children in costume, and a reading by Mrs. Mac Carron. Refreshments and a decorated banquet hall followed, with a large Mother's Day cake on display.
The West Concord Musical Club entertained listeners on Station WLEX Monday evening with vocal violin and piano selections. Performers included Waldo MacWilliams Sadie Hawley William Tuttle Albert Jertlesen Marion Fredericks Grace Day Mrs William Tut tle Nina Ruble Harold Ruble and MacLoughlin of Cambridge appointed an Officer at the Toesesachustua Reformatory.
A report from Concord notes a state trooper was involved in an accident investigation. Details are unclear due to damaged text but indicate a trooper and a location at or near Concord. Further information is not available in the readable fragments.
Trooper Fitzgerald pursues a suspicious car with New York plates after a motorcyclist was injured near a rough road spot by a machine or collision. The assailant was not clearly identified as officials investigate the vicinity of the state hospital in Waltham.
Charles B. Johnson led the field in a weekend flag tournament at Cord Country Club. He placed 250 yards from the 20th tee with John M. Eaton second on the 19th green and John Merwin third 70 yards from the 19th cup.
Concord and West Concord highlight the engagement of Claire A. Phetteplace daughter of Edward and Ella Phetteplace Brookfield and Ronald S Mackenzie son of John R S Mackenzie West Concord. Claire is a Boston University graduate and teacher while Ronald is a Concord High School and Lowell Textile Institute alumnus now with Dennison Co Framingham.
The Concord Chapter of the American Red Cross plans a motion picture show at Veterans' Building under Mrs. Robert Walker to support the summer swimming program. Division 44 Ladies' Auxiliary A H postponed its sale and roll call to a later date. Good news reports Selectman Howard J. Billings is recovering at Lowell hospital and will return home soon.
Manuel C. Yellez, ambassador to the United States, is named as a prospective Mexican presidential candidate. Supporters argue the Washington embassy is effectively Mexican soil and cite a constitutional precedent set by Obregon. Other candidates listed include Pascual Ortiz Rubio and Jose Vasconcelos.
Concord Massachusetts June 12 a meeting is scheduled to form the Massachusetts Skeet Shooting Association. The Concord Rod and Gun Club house will host next Saturday at 1 pm with delegates from state clubs invited. Officials will be elected and committees named as plans for a twilight skeet league emerge. William J Bulger Jr of Concord is temporary chairman of the committee handling the new entity with Augustine W Macone also in Concord named temporarily.
The Glass of 1929 Concerg school plans a Hall ceremony Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Salutatorian Pre Ferran Historian Daniel Class Will Donald Smith. Valedictorian Harriet Tolman and Julian Tolman feature in the program. A Class Day dance follows in the evening. Graduation will be at the State Armory on June 21 with Sheridan superintendent of schools in charge, as Glee and Insi clubs perform under Norman Hudspeth.
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