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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1920
Page
3
Hyman Feld, 22, allegedly from New York, was brought to the Reformatory Friday after conviction in the Superior court for larceny and forgery. Feld served overseas and has only one arm. He was wounded nine times and bears three silver plates in six areas of his body including his head, arm, and back.
Mr and Mrs William Priest marked their 50th wedding anniversary at their Maynard home on Wa cott street. He is a Civil War veteran and longtime street department worker, while she was born in Quebec. Nine children and 22 grandchildren attended a dinner and music, with gifts including a gold purse.
The Maynard Grange committee will present a play at Cooperative Hall on Monday evening April 12 followed by a social dance. Rehearsals occur Mondays and Thursdays at the homes of Mrs Irving Dart and Mrs Wilders Macurda. Local favorites form the cast and are expected to surpass Grange standards with Stuart's Orchestra providing music.
Mrs Nasta Soroko wife of Aleck Soroko died at her home on Florida Road after two days of illness from pneumonia. She was 26 and survived by her husband and three young children. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Russian Orthodox church with Rev Ovsianitsky officiating. The body rests in the receiving tomb at Glenwood Cemetery.
William Hiltinen of the street department became briefly trapped under a moving cake of ice in the river near the Florida road bridge. Workers freed him using a rope attached to his waist and pulled him shoreward after he slipped under the ice. He was not in danger beyond a cold ducking.
John 8 Peterson and son Walter purchased a large hardware business in Nashua New Hampshire last week. Walter Peterson, a traveling salesman, took charge during the week and plans to move from Acton to Nashua. He operated a hardware stop for the post office until selling to John McPherson when called to service.
The Business Men's association will meet Tuesday evening at Masonic hall. Rodney Mciver and William Stokes will present an entertainment program. Topics planned include the Daylight Saving bill before the Massachusetts legislature and a proposal to start permanent sidewalks in town.
The board of selectmen outlines formation of a committee of 60 workers to organize a fundraising drive for a local Legion post home. A meeting tonight will review a list of names and plan to assemble volunteers Monday night of next week. The board seeks citizen support before starting the fund drive.
A meeting at I C O F hall Monday night formed a committee to prepare plans for the observance of the order’s May anniversary. At the next regular meeting one gold piece core will be made.
Captain Christopher Wilson's team defeated Frank Goettler's squad 374 to 319 after an eight game series of whist and crib at the Masonic clubrooms Saturday night. Escalloped oysters followed the game and a social hour concluded the evening. The losing team will treat the victors to a turkey supper at a later date.
A Monday report describes young children sliding on thick ice cakes jammed at the dam head while older residents moved to safety. The scene near the paper mill dam shows risk as a small boy scampered across the ice field despite danger.
Mrs Davide Scanlon learned of the death of her sister in law Mrs Thomas Mahoney at her Wayland home. The funeral was held Thursday morning with interment in Natick. Mrs Mahoney was well known locally and had often visited relatives and friends, and news of her passing caused surprise and grief among her friends.
The pastor delivers the fifth sermon in a Lent series on What Are Christians Sufferers for Christ and the second lecture in a series Phillips Brooks a Preacher Who Lives. Tuesday evening prayer meeting theme is The Lord's Supper. All invited.
Waldo P. Lapham attended the annual Mass Real Estate Exchange dinner at the Copley Plaza hotel on Wednesday March 10. About 700 sat down to the banquet where the governor and mayor were present. Leon Pageau has moved his family to the Cot e street house for occupancy. Mrs. John Wilson a
At a meeting in the State House Boston the State Grange decided the National Grange convention would be held at Mechanics Hall Boston on November 11 12 and 13. Irvin Howe of Acton represented Middlesex Central Pomona and Concord and Maynard Granges at the conference. Local Granges will be assessed 25 dollars to cover convention expenses if other funds are insufficient.
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