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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1940
Page
5
Air News reports hangar notes and lessons at the Acton airport with private pilots instructors and new students. Mentions accidents near propellers, busy spring turnout, discounts for April sign ups, and awards at Acton school plus a tourney attendance and fruit donations from state welfare program.
A Maynard benefit concert at the High School Auditorium March 10 at 7 30 pm supports the Finland Relief Fund. Conductor Hugo Kajander leads national program including Maamme Porilaisten and Finlandia with soloists and a national band. Tickets at local shops. ushers in Finnish costumes.
The line notes a Spanish proverb about vanity producing lasting consequences. It reflects on pride's transient bloom and the enduring results it seeds.
Male students may register now for a spring lesson with a limited time offer. An attendant is at the hangar offices daily. Age limit is 16 and dual time required but varies. average 9 to 14 hours. Instructors ensure competence before soloing with a test flight and check out.
Maynard Johnson Pharmacy, founded in 1865 as one of the oldest drug stores in Middlesex County, marks a 75th anniversary. Windows display historic pharmaceutical equipment and prescription ledgers, featuring Dr. Earl F. Ryan library items dating to 1725 and patrons from long-ago families.
South Acton members gathered at Mrs Henry Capelle on Martin Street for a small turnout amid illness. A business meeting accompanied an evening of current events. The venue shift from Mrs Lessie Laird's Fletcher Court due to illness. Mrs Harriet Barker on Main Street recovers from a sprained ankle and can move with help. Mrs Walter Cook on Main Street remains homebound due to illness.
The West Acton church announces Rev Arthur H Wilde resumes pulpit duties after absence. Sunday 10 45 am service with Wilde. 9 45 am junior Sunday school. 12 noon senior. evening Lenten service led by Rev Henry Bree. Evening activity details and March events listed with organizers and rehearsal plans for upcoming play.
Sudbury residents hear of a church supper planned by the Methodist men in the Center to be cooked and served in the vestry on Friday night. The Sudbury board of appeals will hold a public hearing at town hall next Friday at 7 30 on Catherine Bancroft’s bakery business permit for her Ola Sudbury road home. Mayor Paul M Goddard of Newton will address the Sudbury Women’s Club this afternoon. Recent meetings by the Grange the Men’s Club Forum and the Taxpayers’ Association discussed items on the town warrant. Ladies of the Methodist church prepared for a spring church fair. Finnish Relief Fund contributors include Webster Cutting Everett Haynes and W A Davis.
Lloyd B. Bancroft has purchased the old Harrington estate from the Concord Cooperative Bank. The property lies on Old Sudbury Road opposite Center School.
Nearly 200000 acres were added to Olympic National Park in Washington state expanding the rain forest region and wilderness. The new lands bring mountains streams hot springs and diverse flora and fauna while legend and history tie to the dragons tears at the hot springs and Mount Olympus as the park’s iconic peak.
Lawrence Kansas coeds at the University of Kansas favor tall dark and handsome men but are less particular than before. A university poll shows looks not essential to many with some preferring a clean looking boy or even a short fat man as long as he is their man. Most favor marrying professional men with one seeking a farmer.
The Hen named Her Majesty R. V. P. 318 has tied the national record by laying 1,000 eggs in five years. The achievement is noted at Daniel H. Mahar's poultry farm in Cranbury New Jersey.
In Charlestown West Virginia two 93 year old women queued for birth certificates before a regulatory deadline. They aimed to register under the old law requiring sworn statements from physicians or attendants at birth rather than the newer rule referencing baptismal records.
Fragmentary note mentions corruption and the influence of flattery on both receiver and giver Burke.
Sudbury residents gather at the Town Hall this evening to discuss 24 articles in the town warrant. A $500 cut by the Finance Committee from the School Committee's appropriation will fund lighting at Center School and $500 will be shifted to WPA projects by the Board of Public Welfare, with limited debate expected. The Finance Committee budget totals $83,445.17, down from the $91,819.20 requested by departments, and school funds bear a prior $1,000 cut along with a $400 reduction in street light aid.
Concord teams posted mixed results across facilities in the Greater Boston league. The Women’s B beat Badminton Club 2 1 while the Men’s team defaulted to Old South Reading due to talent shortage. The Women’s D triumphed 3 0 with L Smith and Ward leading, and the Women’s A lost 8 1 to Old Orchard Brookline. The Men’s A fell 3 2 to Wellesley Uni Club as Bodfish and partners earned Concord’s only points.
Mr and Mrs Amile La Flamme of 499 Moody street Lowell announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Simone Odile Boutin to Arthur Garthe son of Mr and Mrs Thorwold Garthe of Carlisle. Miss Boutin is a graduate of St Josephs Lowell. Mr Garthe attended Carlisle schools and was a member of Concord High class of 1933. No wedding plans yet.
The Catholic Daughters of America Court St John Eudes in Hudson held a social meeting moved to two weeks later due to Holy Week. Worcester’s Court Bishop O Leary attended, presenting the play A Bachelor’s Dream. Ruth Douglas performed two solos with Ruth Gill at piano. other songs were offered. A St Patrick luncheon followed. Miss Mary Tierney, to be married in April, received a maple chair and lamp from Mrs Gillis as the floor lamp from Worcester Court was also given. Sixteen Worcester Court members attended.
Marlboro social items report Miss Marion Hawks of South Orange New Jersey visiting for the weekend. Various civic and church meetings are noted including Hospital Board session chaired by John Frye and a Ladies Aid gathering at Mrs Irene Dorchester’s Bolton street home.
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