25 Mar 1937
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1937
Page
1
A garbled column cites plans and remarks from a town social event. It notes Gilbert and Sullivan, the Middlesex Synod, and a Laymen's League program with performances by Babe Hosmer Elmer Smith and Sam Kent. It mentions a Firemen's Ball and new soda fountain. Easter origins are briefly discussed.
Speakers push neutrality policy while Congress debates isolation versus cooperation. The Concord Firemen's Relief Base hosts its annual Fireman's Ball with Dan Mimpily and the Musical Skippers providing center-stand concert and dance music to raise funds for member insurance. The event draws a large crowd and features improved acoustics from a center-stage setup.
The Concord Board of Health reports a rising scarlet fever outbreak with six known cases in Concord and nearby areas. Patients include Joyce Wheeler, Helen DePratere, Jean Boyd, Mary Jean Jean, and other local families, while Mrs Jean has been ill at home for a week.
A Monday fire completely destroyed the William Terras residence at White Pond in Concord. No one was home. loss estimated at 7000 dollars. Firefighters arrived to find the house a blazing furnace, with the garage doors burned away. Terras is employed by Yankee Manufacturing Company of Boston.
Leo F ee of Highland street West Concord has worked six weeks painting a Boston apartment and expects future work with the Eastern Steamship Company.
The front page announces a sequence of weekly listings from Concord Enterprise Society and Trinity Church events. Notable items include the Catholic Club and K of C meetings, a Mussical lecture at Union Church, and the Peter Bulkeley School Annual Concert scheduled for April with community orchestras and a parish house venue on Friday evenings.
The Middlesex School presented Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore to mixed views but strong praise after Friday and Saturday performances at the school auditor ium. The review notes lively staging and a surprisingly strong musical tone, with nuances of the operetta’s 1887 London origins and revival history.
Concord notices a Friday evening performance featuring Joslin, Misa Mary, and a cast including Philip Davis, Harold Dole, Julian Ballou, and John Clarkson in a stylized Free Speech play about a German spy. The humorous act drew attention to makeup and costumes, with praise for acting overall.
Mr and Mrs Harry Cutter spent Sunday with Mrs Ernest W Bary mother of Mrs Cutter at King Philip Heights.
Abby Brown of 98 Main Street died Saturday at her home in Framington Center after a long life in Concord dating to 1638 arrival. She taught in private schools and was a graduate of Framingham Normal School in 1862. The obituary notes she was among Concord’s oldest living graduates and mentions a Sixth Annual Convert event and related benefit charges.
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