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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1917
Page
1
Maynard social activity includes Miss Viola Binks visiting Lawrence and relatives in Arlington. Several residents travel to Pawtucket Fall River and Concord. Reports cover ill neighbors returning to work, high school trip plans, club meetings, and upcoming amateur night. Community life includes theater outings and railway strike preparations.
Local residents and visitors are listed with towns including Roslindale Ashland Somerville Waltham Carlisle Mt. Holyoke and Newton. Notables attend church events move into new homes and a wedding invitation is issued for Maud Rockwood and Charles Rudolph Voigt. A fire crew responds to a chimney blaze and a school fair raises funds.
Bedford report notes fair sex attending town meeting Friday evening. Monroe and William Brian brudspot from this town play hockey with Concord high team this winter. Local friends mourn Capt John Gilooly of Somerville fire dept death. Some residents attend Irish Night at Lexington Theatre featuring St Patrick lecture and Ireland scenes plus Irish song concert.
William N Crug of Brookline gave an informative Bedford Grange talk to a receptive audience. March 22 brings Bedford Grange and Billerica Grange with supper at 7. March 26 features Charles M Gardner of Springfield, High Priest of Demeter, lecturing. public by invitation.
A piston rod broke aboard a craft approaching Lake Street, Bedford, causing a scare among residents and crew. The craft slowed but suffered only minor delays as feed was reduced and the grade was slight, delaying the 6 05 schedule by about 20 minutes.
Audiences packed the hall for two performances of Cranberry Corners presented by the Bedford Grange under Miss Ina F Cutter. Cast members Leila Blake Hezekiah F B Lydiard and Herman A Schofield with Helen C Robb Tom Dexter Carlotta Bannister kept the action lively while Mabel Louise Kirkegaarde and Frank Davis supplied the music. A third local show is being considered with invitations from neighboring towns.
Tuesday April 24 1917 at 9 30 A M I will sell for George E Macomber administrator to settle the estate of his mother Clara J Macomber Jats of Hudson Massachusetts This sale includes household goods of all descriptions and several antiques farm tools 30 tons hay in fact everything used on the farm
West Acton reports Wesley Hall of Fitchburg visiting. A W Davis received a two ton White auto truck. Public schools close for spring vacation. Red Cross meets at G A R hall. Ruth Harrington vacationing in Lunenburg. Jerry family to move to C K Knowlton’s tenement by April 1. Florence Hubbard and mother visited J A Goding. Mr and Mrs S B Hagar welcome baby boy weighing 10% pounds. Helen Bezanson left Allen Chair factory. Electric car line off schedule with hope of improvement. Death of George McCarthy North Acton noted. A H Gilmore bought Walter Tuttle’s horse. Wi nona Rebekah lodge to confer degree on five. supper served. Rebekah party at G A R hall well attended. ice cream and cake served. James A Grimes cutting wood behind Hall Bros mill yard. Coburn land sold. James Berry and James Burke aid Grimes. Kinsley resolution at town meeting March 12 to support president in peace efforts endorsed.
Herbert Dexter of Orange visited friends here. Joshua Edwards was housed with grippe. Gertrude Howes guest of friends at Boston. Joseph Dahl weekend guest at Fitchburg. Joseph Mnissewski organizer of the AFL visited here. Mrs Mary Ward of Waltham weekend guest of Mrs Lena Sheridan. Miss Grace Parkin named soprano scholar of Leominster First Baptist. Mrs Gilbert Hawkes and Mrs Mabel Brown attended Model show at Keith's theatre Boston. George Smith couple enjoyed performance of A Daughter of Eve Gods at Majestic Boston. St Hilda's Guild of St George Episcopal held a successful food sale at William Litchfield store. Hon Charles F. McCarthy of Marlboro to address White Cross Guild. Supt Wm H Millington visited Marlboro and Hudson schools. Monday was teachers’ visiting day. those in first four grades excused. Mary Wheeler ill with diphtheria. home quarantined by health board. Epworth league food sale at W X Macurda store led by Martha Parker’s team very successful. Thomas Smith returned from Mass General hospital after operation. Rev A Morrill Smee of M B Church unable to attend services due to a cold. Rev Mr Clark of Sudbury substituted.
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