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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1909
Page
4
Concord community notices list visits from Charles McKenna Philip Vanderhoof Ralph Hastings and others. Many residents suffer colds illnesses and mumps. schools close April 2 for spring break. The town hosts clubs events, plays, and lectures at Trinity church Emerson school and local halls with dances, suppers, and entertainments.
Large crowd expected Thursday night as supporters of Samuel Lufkin and Murray Ballou contend for the Concord selectman nomination. Ballou favored by many due to business ties and democratic bent, while Lufkin is praised as clean and conservative but faces alleged association with a local political faction.
Kenneth Cook, a local youth, fell from a camera equipped bicycle near the high school after a handlebars turn caused a spill on the sidewalk. He required medical attention from Dr. Henry J. Walcott for 17 knee gashes and suffered a noticeable limp during recovery, with scars expected to remain.
An informal town hall dance Tuesday night attracted about 300 invitations issued and a full hall with attendees from out of town. Effie Lowden Rachel Colston Edna Calef Maude Hunt organized with George Shepard Frederick A Waite and Charles Davis. King Cole's orchestra from the Junction played lively selections as guests danced from 8 to 12 with a 10 30 intermission. Ice cream and cake were served and the barn dance drew repeated encores before Goodnight Ladies marked the close of the season.
Large attendance at the Trinitarian church evening service last Sunday with Mrs. Shaw at the organ and a large chorus choir. The Endeavor meeting focused on Temperance and urged support for a late no license vote at March 29 town meeting.
The Unitarian Parish association met in church parlors and heard Mrs. Caroline S. Atherton of Roxbury discuss the National Unitarian Woman's Alliance of which she is vice president. Members heard of over $200 sent locally to aid the Morgan Memorial and $15 donated to a New Orleans church society for a new church home.
Concord council of the Knights of Columbus organises Charleys Aunt to be staged around April 19. Two rehearsals weekly show steady progress with a cast including Spettigrew George Byron Sir Francis Chesney Charlie Wykeham Lord Babberly and actors Miss Agnes Garvey Miss Mary C White Miss Mary Grimes Miss Josie Blanchard and Miss Ella Blanchard.
The notice lists individuals with advertised letters for pickup including Mathias Andreason Amos Blair Master Louie Flynn care Jack Flynn Mrs L AR Alden Miss F Grane Miss Mary Jackman Mrs Florence T Pratt Mrs Robert Parks Miss Ruth Wilson at 17 Prospect Street.
Auction will be held at Lower Town Hall Concord Massachusetts at 1 P M. Items include Secretaries bureaus tables chairs sofa hall clock desks mirrors wash stands beds fire frame cranes kettles trunks schoolmasters desk 150 years old china china closets lamps and other antiques from notable families. Terms cash. Safe rain or shine. Send for posters.
Local notices show Miss Clements of 60 Thoreau Street offering plain sewing at her home or on a daily basis. Also listed are asparagus roots and seeds for sale by C W Prescott.
Mrs John Whitney hosted a Hubbard Street gathering Friday night in honor of her visiting cousin Miss Margaret McQuarrie of Derry New Hampshire. The entertainment included games music and dancing with orange frappe and cake served before departure. Guests included Grace Hunt Margaret Towle Lillian Penniman Ruth Raymond Susie McLeod Edward Rockwood Kenneth Cook and Joseph Montague.
About fifty members met at Mrs. L. B. Macdonald’s home with hostesses Mrs. Philip Davis Mrs. Charles Barker and Mrs. Alonzo Tower. They sewed garments to send south and read Miss Ellen T Emerson’s last message and a memorial by Miss Jane Hosmer. A feast followed and a packing of an Easter box for Sally Holly school in Lottsburg Va is planned.
The body of Samuel Pangbone of East Boston was brought to Concord and interred in Sleepy Hollow cemetery. Services in the mortuary chapel included prayer and scripture reading by Rev. G. S. Tewksbury. He was 78, a tin smith with an office at the Border Street ferry, and survived by two daughters and a son.
Henry Helsher is promoted to a clerk role at the post office and Percy Foss moves from substitute to regular carrier. The shifts follow the post office adding another clerk. A civil service exam in Boston on the 24th will fill both clerk and carrier positions.
The D A R Old Concord chapter entertained Daughters at Dr. Tylers home in Billerica with Mrs Tyler as hostess. Dr Moses Greely Parker of Lowell delivered an engaging paper on early colonial history and a large attendance enjoyed generous refreshments and a pleasant afternoon.
Grace L Hunt invited a group of young people to her home on Thor eau Street Saturday evening. The crowd enjoyed several games before moving to the kitchen for candy making. Other refreshments followed and the group parted after a pleasant evening.
Wanted for rental with option to buy a good muk farm within 30 miles of Boston. Size not large if exceptionally good. Must provide excellent references. Address A. F. & Enterprise office Marlboro Mass.
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