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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1925
Page
2
Auction sale in West Acton Mass to be held Saturday March 21 at 1 pm for Mrs. Martin Baker goods from the home including furniture dishes rugs beds stove refrigerator mower garden tools and more. Benj C Brown is the auctioneer from Maynard Mass.
A Buick touring car owned by a Lawrence man crashed into a tree on Sudbury Street Friday night around 8 pm. All three occupants escaped injury and the vehicle was towed to Maynard Garage for repairs.
Preliminary work started Friday on the new school and assembly hall on Summer street with a steam shovel expected this week. Officials anticipate completion and inspection by Christmas at the latest.
Joe Shnair, a local game warden, oversees a 10 000 fingerlings shipment from the Massachusetts Fish and Game Commission to the Maynard Rod and Gun Club. The fish were released into brooks and ponds in Maynard Boxboro and Sudbury. The Rod and Gun Club also maintains twenty four pheasants raised under their supervision available to those who agree to release their young in nearby covers. Contact game warden Schnab for particulars.
Local bowling at the town alleys ends with the Carriers of the Post Office defeating the Clerks. Timothy Moynihan posts a record with 30 balls, while William Sweeney leads the Carriers with 176 across three strings. Clerks captain Frank Finucchi vows another shot. Marold Sheridan leads the victors with solid scores as the teams plan a rematch.
The Legion Auxiliary plans another popular whist party at Masonic Hall on Friday evening this week. A brief business session will precede the games as these events are noted for good attendance.
The Philathes Class held a St Patrick Day social at the Congre gonal parsonage on Monday March 16 with games led by Mrs Mary Ganderson and Miss Etta M Graves. Refreshments including green ice cream were served by Mrs Alice Brown Hows and her assistant Mr Holcourt. Flowers were donated in memory of local residents with gifts planned for upcoming Sundays and an April 5 sermon by Rev Alfred of the American Missionary Association.
Congressman W. J. Upshaw known as the Georgia Cyclone spoke at a Maynard Methodist Church meeting. He described prohibition benefits and efforts to repeal it, noting at least 42 national organizations opposed to the Amendment. He urged continued Anti-Saloon League activity and said Upshaw attracts crowds in large population centers.
Supt. of Streets John Driscoll notes records show the annual street and gutter cleanup began March 8, 1904, with favorable weather. He cites March 10, 1925, as similarly mild and pleasant, and hopes for continued good weather for the current season.
Fred Wilder, catcher for the Western league champions Oma ha team, left Thursday for spring training in Nacogdoches Texas. Under sunny skies the backstop will prepare for another season of heavy hitting and fine fielding as the opener arrives around mid April.
Miss Dorothy Bamford was entertained at a fifteenth birthday party given by her parents Mr and Mrs John Bamford at 51 McKinley Street on Wednesday evening. The event featured games music and refreshments with guests including Doris Dawson Mone and Leona Leach Marion Lester Edith Perkins Helen and Marion Kendall and Salem and Irja Tokela.
A signal honor was paid to the memory of the late James Mullin last week when his colleagues on the Board of Overseer of the Poor in conference with the Selectmen elected his son Walter Mullin as an Overseer to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father. James Mullin served the town for a quarter of a century as Overseer. The new board includes Thomas King as chairman William Beally as secretary and Walter Milia.
Mr and Mrs Louis M Marks spent last year in Concord and wintered in the South. They will return to Concord on April 1 for the summer after a three month stay in Washington DC.
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