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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1933
Page
4
This week in Concord an advertisement urges readers to join the Concord Co operative Bank savings program as a sure and reasonable plan. The note stresses flexibility to begin or stop anytime and promises early participation benefits.
Concord First Church of Christ Scientist announces Sunday service at 11 45 with Sunday school at 10 45 and weekly testimonial meeting Wednesdays at 7 45. Reading room hours weekdays 2 05 pm. July 2 lessons focus on God with Golden Text from Exodus 15 18 and Ecclesiastes 12 13.
Concord Grange did not hold a regular meeting last Tuesday evening. Members gathered at Ellis Hall and took a mystery ride by automobile, ending at Lincoln Grange for an entertainment by the Fire side Finsters of Springfield. Mrs Helen Croft lecturer and Miss Marion Adams overseer led the event. The group will neighbor with Bedford Grangers Monday evening.
A simple informal wedding was held Sunday June 18 at Rev Olaf M Johnsons Lang street home. Miss Jennie Anderson of Bedford Court wed Anne Bolstad of Malden in a ceremony with Attendant Evelyn Monsen and Best Man Aker Clausen. The couple will reside at Davis Court after a motor trip to Maine.
A microscope valued at $90 missing from a high school three years ago was recovered by local police with state police assistance during the week. Two youths received terms in the Concord Reformatory and another was sent to the Shirley Industrial School after district court proceedings in Concord Friday.
Edward F. Loughlin Jr named captain of the Harvard Varsity baseball team for 1934 after the season’s final game. The Concord High School coach and Clerk of Court at Concord District Court starred at pitcher and third base this season, signaling a smooth leadership transition. Recognition Day on June 15 awarded Mary H. McAuley a senior certificate for shorthand skill at Burdett College in Boston.
Miss Mary Sargent Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Thompson of Fairhaven Hill earned a Bachelor of Arts at Smith College graduation exercises in Northampton. She won the Mary Adel aide Jerdah prize for the year's most original English piece.
The Helping Hand Society of West Concord Union Church voted to hold a picnic at Long Lake Littleton on July 18 with Millicent Benson as chairman. Hostesses included Hopkins Fenton Harvest and Johanson.
Mr and Mrs Alexander A Cameron won the Concord Country Club round robin mixed doubles event with 20 points. Three teams tied for second with 15 points including Mrs Charles W Cheney and F D Hart Houston Miss Denio and F Winchester Denio and Mr and Mrs Richard Eaton. Others followed with 13 and 11 and 10 points.
Everett Tompkins threw a no hitter as West Concord Country Juniors defeated Black Hawk A. A. 9 to 2 at Percy A Rideout Playground on Saturday. The game featured Tompkins on the mound with Williams, Tooley, Cowhig and Santos backing him.
Wayland Grays mount nine runs in the first inning at Emerson Playground to lead 9 0. Concord Yankees answer with 71 runs across the second to fourth before the game is called for relief. Final score 11 10.
Union Church West Concord holds morning worship on Sunday July 2 at 10 30 a m with the minister’s Independence Day themed sermon The Holy Communion will follow Mrs Edmund C Dowse Miss Bessie Judge of Sherborn will be the soloist and all are cordially invited.
The Concord Town Team withdraws from the Boston Two League in favor of Lexington after a poor season. The article praises Lowell George and the team for their contributions to Concord sports over several seasons and hopes for reorganization and better baseball next summer.
Concord Woman's Club sponsors a series of summer readings directed by Mrs. Wisner I Park. Readings include The Barretts of Wimpole Street July 10 at Mrs. Alfred Curtis's Lowell road. Both Your Houses July 24 at Mrs. Berkeley Wheeler's Musketaquid road. Dinner at Eight August 7 at Mrs. Clement Tower's Nashoba road. Another Language August 21 at Mrs. Francis Shepley's Carr road.
Waldo Chaplin 87, Concord's only living Grand Army man, was mustered into honorary membership of the Ralph P. Hosmer Camp No. 55 U S W V of Concord. The outdoor ceremony on his lawn at 8 Commonwealth Avenue featured Past Commander Walter P. Blodgett presenting him and Capt. Herbert E. Berry conducting the ritual and pinning the honorary membership insignia on Chaplin.
The Concord Summer School of Music opened for its 19th year at Concord Academy with over 180 attendees from the United States and Canada under Prof. Thomas Whitney Surette. The faculty includes Harvard’s G Wallace Woodworth and Russell Ames Cook, Smith College’s Mrs. William Belaumont Scathard, Yale’s Bruce Simmonds, and others. Norman C. Spencer Jr. becomes a West Point corporal. George E. Davis starts a new meat route with a delivery truck. William Lincoln Smith and family reside at their summer home in South Orrington Maine as Donald arrives from Bowdoin College.
A benefit baseball game is set at Emerson playground in Concord Center between the Concord Yankees and Ralph Petersons All Star Married Men to aid Captain Robert Parke who played quarterback for Concords football eleven last fall. The game begins at 6 15 PM Friday with a large crowd expected as rivals clash. Parke has been ill since after the football season and is hospitalized. The Yankees postpone their Paul Revere League game against the Wayland Grays to later in the season due to this fundraiser.
Scores from the Middlesex League events show Lowell Sportsmen's Association led by G Fox 97 96 193 J Kenefick 93 94 187 J Reilly 94 96 190 H Fox 39 99 178 R Anderson 97 ? 192 with a team total 9490. Lincoln Red and Gun Club posted 933 led by F Mann 99 97 196 E Harvey 96 98 193 D Langille 87 93 180 G R Harvey 91 94 185 L Langille 93 86 179 team 933. Waltham Rifle and Pistol Club had Andrew 96 94 190 Hays 96 96 192 Bengston 96 95 191 Allen 93 98 191 Waterman 93 97 190 team 954. Concord Rod and Gun Club — Footer 96 96 192 Ryan 97 96 193 Goodwin 92 96 189 Rankin 92 88 180 Greno 94 96 190 team 944.
Mrs. George C. Marter sang as soloist at morning worship with Miss Nina Ruble on organ. Rev. Alfred W. Stone delivered a sermon titled The Growth of the Spirit before a large summer congregation.
Concord area graduates include Katherine Goulding, Willa Hagerty, John S Whipple and Otis M Whitney. Col Robert E Goodwin to York Harbor for the summer. Jamaica Plain Court visits Concord for dinner and bridge. Concord High track to appoint no captain this season. Picnic planned at Long Lake July 18. Miss Susan Locke wedding details and related social events. Ralph Hewitt's role at McManus Ice Cream. Miss Elizabeth Brown named secretary treasurer of Philagon at UVM. Macone Brothers open auto supply store on Main Street. Selectman H Whitt emore Brown and family summering in Green River Vermont. Otis Whitney Harvard Law graduate honored with sabre by Ancient and Honorable Artillery. Flower mission delivers to Boston. Miss Mary Thompson graduates Smith College. Concord residents motor to Northampton for commencement. Beatrice Lake property on Upland Road conveyed to John C Hoben. Rev Hadley exchanges pulpits with Trinity Church. Miss Betty Brooks sails to France for summer. Local church services feature various soloists and sermons. Mr and Mrs Thomas Flint to reside at William Wheeler estate cottage after wedding trip.
The engagement is announced between Ruth Cusick of Brookline and Edward F. McManus of Wood Street. Cusick, Boston University alumna and Brookline Girls' Club former president, is secretary of BU Catholic Club and Aristos Club member. McManus, Concord High School class of 1919 and Holy Cross College graduate, works for New England Telephone.
At the last Division 44 Ladies Auxiliary to A O H meeting in Monument Hall Miss Mary Battles presiding officers and others will attend the quarterly gathering at the Working Boys Home in Newton on Sunday.
Camp Sachem at Gregg Lake Antrim New Hampshire opens its sixth season July 5 for eight weeks. Troop 33 West Concord led by Scout master John B Hendershot expects to run a troop unit at the camp this summer.
Street service of worship with sermon at 10 45 a m Sunday July 2 Rev Edward P Daniels of the First Parish will preach Subject He Who Aspires.
Blanchard Net and Cody Gross Blanchard Net topped the Concord Country Club 18 hole handicap medal play with Blanchard Net 89 71 and Michael Cody posting an 83 as the low gross. Abbott 86 72 Rabb 86 74 followed in gross and net. In Consolation Eveleth Todd beat Arthur Brooks 1 up in 19 holes and advances to face Benjamin Wilson in the semi finals with Pratt awaiting the winner.
Little Flower Court met last Thursday evening at the home of Miss Mary Hutchinson on Fairhaven Road with Chief Ranger Daniel A. Keley in charge. Mr and Mrs N Norton Safford Jr and Miss Lois Dennison celebrate birth of son Charles Dennison Safford at Wyman House Cambridge on June 15.
Concord Thursday afternoon featured Class Day exercises in the high school auditorium. Speeches by Tripoli DiCicco and Miss Ann H Tracy led the program with solos by Enog EK Held and Clare Kent. Washington Franklin medals for history were awarded to J Frederick Enebrtson. coaches Downing and Hayes to receive gold pieces. Daniel Keyes graduates from Phillips Exeter this week.
Mr and Mrs Henry Mason Cleveland of Concord announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Mary Devotion Cleveland to George Jamies Guthrie Nichol of New York and Newport. Miss Cleveland attended Concord Academy and was presented at a tea at The Country Club in 1929 1930 and is a Junior League member. Nichol attended St George's school and MIT class of 1929. Nichol's sister Mary Eliot Nicholson married last June to Philip Bourne of 202 Holden Green, Cambridge.
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