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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1921
Page
4
The Cricket Club defeated the K of C Bowling team at Maynard alleys Monday night to win the second match and the series. M. C. A. Rodway led with 115 in the singles and Jim Lent totaled 309 across three strings as the Eagles prepare for next week’s rematch.
Rost CHAPLAIN addressed Frank J. DeMars Post A L members at Riverside hall Tuesday evening. They voted to march in the parade on April 19 to celebrate Maynard’s 50th incorporation. Framed portraits of Edward Miller and Frank J. DeMars, fallen Maynard boys, were accepted as gifts from Gruber Bros. Post Commander Harold V. Sheridan chaired the meeting.
A concert for the China Relief Fund will be held Friday evening at the Congregational church under Y. P. S. C. E. auspices. An excellent program features vocal selections by Rev Alfred W. Stone and his sister Mildred of Concord Junction and an xyophone solo. Tickets are in great demand for this worthy cause.
The Maynard Firemen's Relief association will stage three showings at Colonial Hall on March 31 for the relief fund. Tickets go on sale this week as townspeople support the annual event and its charitable aim benefiting firemen and the community.
The Walnutst Finnish Congregational Church marks its fifteenth anniversary this week with gospel services Thursday and Friday and a Sunday service featuring special music. Rev John Lillback of Brooklyn New York will preach Thursday and Friday evenings and participate in Sunday service.
More than 225 was raised at a benefit concert held last week at the Glendalest 1thian church for the Up han children of Finland. The Finnish Congregational church Knights of Kaleva Alku Temperance society National and Lutheran churches joined in conducting the event.
Passengers on the C. M. and H. note relief as a long idle bridge across the Concord line is repaired. A virtually new bridge is being erected and work is expected to finish within a few weeks. Since early in the chain a change at the place has been required due to unsafe conditions.
Captain Elmer Cooks Valiants defeated John Banfortds card team by a score of 43 40 at the Odd Fellows club last night with one game remaining Cook leads the circuit by 42 points William Graham was the guest of honor at Framingham event
Dick Conley, manager of John T. Connor Co's local store, has concluded his services there and left Tuesday for Worcester. The Ladies' Auxiliary of Concord Grange met last week with Mrs Andrew Edwardson. A successful sewing meeting was followed by a social hour. A help wanted notice seeks a young lady for cashier and bookkeeper duties with reference to Mr Drapkin, meeting Thursday at 2 pm at Concord Junction Public Market.
West Acton reports a town meeting may be scheduled soon. Frank Hayward and wife, wintering in Miami, spent the early week at home. George E. Holton starts as depot station agent last week. Rev George L. Michelson to leave the Baptist church March 27 for Calvary Baptist in Salem. Mrs Payson and her mother ill. a trained nurse attends them.
The Men's Civic federation held an open meeting Tuesday night at GAR hall with a lecture and moving pictures by Waly tham Watch'Co on Time and its Measurement. C. E. Preston returned from Fair Haven to his sister Mrs Willard. James A. Grimes built a barn for George Cummings. George L. Towners recovered from a severe cold. A. B. Parker reports over 300 barred rock chicks from the first hatch. Irma Durkee played piano for Mr Pope at last week's hall moving pictures.
Rev Alfred Wheeler Stone opens a 4 Lenten series with The Kingdom of God as the morning sermon topic. Holy Week evening services at 7 o clock feature Rev Charles N. Burrows March 22, Rev Preston R. Crowell March 23, Maundy Thursday with Rev William J. Batt March 24, and Good Friday with Rev James M. Angell March 25.
Concord Grange will conduct the first degree at the regular meeting Wednesday evening. The second degree will be enacted by the men's team.
A group of seven or eight Italian immigrants arrived Monday evening including several children from two or three families. Mr and Mrs John Cappostell of Porchester were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs A D Stasio on Main Street. Local milliners plan spring millinery displays Friday and Saturday.
A Textile Council gathering occurred at Bagie Hall on Tuesday evening. Local talk centers on a reported stash of intoxicating liquor found in youths’ possession this week stirring town discussion.
Charles Merrill of Concord narrowly escaped serious injuries when his Ford roadster was sideswiped by a Dodge touring car on Powder Mill road near the cartridge shop. The Ford overturned in a field after a front fender impact. Mrs. Harry Ryan, a passenger, escaped unharmed and walked home. The Dodge driver fled the scene and is unidentified. Merrill sustained cuts and bruises. car suffered severe damage including a demolished top and dented fender.
Selectman Charles Keenesa and Supt of Streets John Driscel met with state and county commissioners to discuss improvements to Great Road and the Ben Smith bridge. Massachusetts Highway Commission engineer Fred I Sabin will visit to investigate, with a report due around April. A adjourned meeting will decide on road and bridge work and a new grandstand for the baseball field.
A turkey supper will be served early Thursday evening March 17 preceding the Mizpah Rebekah Lodge meeting at the I O O F hall. Twenty candidates will be initiated and state officers will attend as guests.
Maynard Grange 34 Patrons of Husbandry incorporates under Massachusetts charter with officers Mrs Elizabeth Hodges master Charles Shattuck treasurer Mary Lutcille Sims secretary Irvin Howe A O Danham Mary Craft executive board and notes the first and second degrees exemplified on a large class of candidates last night with Frank E Sanderson leading the second degree team.
O E S Degree work presented by Magdelene Chapter at the Masonic hall with Miss Hazel Fasthope presiding as worthy matron. A reception followed under the direction of committee chair Mrs Mary Jones.
The Acton Center Committee on Acton High School has been appointed to inquire into the expediency and necessity of certain school improvements and policy changes, with a view to reporting findings and recommendations to the town meeting.
A town committee appointed by moderator Holton proposes to hold public hearings in three precincts and report on four points: whether to build a high school in Acton, where to locate it, financing methods, and the annual maintenance cost. The group includes Sidney White Charlotte Conant Horace F Tuttle Frank W Holl Madeline Howe John Cage Bertram E Hall Albertie KB Mead and A B Parker.
Two Sudbury residents mourn as Mrs Wilson dies after a stay at Waltham hospital. Born in Sudbury, she lived here all her life with husband, mother, daughter Ida and two sons Ralph and Benjamin surviving. Rev George H Clarke officiated at the home funeral with widespread floral tributes. Burial was at Mt Pleasant Cemetery.
Co F Carrington returns from Oklahoma and visits Mr and Mrs George Buchanan. Crosby and Liis sold a Ford Sedan to Miss Helen Coughlin of Maynard this week. Mrs KR Roddy returns to Boston after visiting son W A Roddy. Mrs Howard Barre leaves Thursday for Fairfield MA after a visit with Mr and Mrs William Reilly. For sale or to let cottage of six rooms near depot schools and stores inquire Le Laws Brook Rd Concord Jimetion.
Social rooms of the Congregational church host a Thursday evening event on March 31. Walter M. French returns to town after a long illness. Rev Percy Smith of Tufts Divinity School preached at the First Universalist church to favorable reviews. Mrs Emmanuel W. Silvia is at the Homeopathic hospital for continued observation of a long standing illness. Mrs Charles L. Clark reports a pleasant visit in Grand Rapids, Michigan en route to Rome via New York. Little Miss Marion Braman, daughter of Mr and Mrs J Walter Braman, is able to be outside again after a lengthy illness.
A reflective piece notes that true genius is rare and special, with many proving to be mere diligent workers. It observes that routine life can erode brilliant promise as ordinary drudgery reduces the allure of genius, and suggests many fail to sustain extraordinary gifts.
A jagged account notes miners heed signs around a shipboard inn where owls and rats roam. It claims calm depends on silence and mutual mischief, while a cave-in is avoided only by luck as firms resign to a temporary shutdown and call it an unavoidable incident.
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