29 Mar 1939
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1939
Page
1
A roundup profile notes Lemuel Parton and Scott Viren among prominent figures shaping early cinema and aviation. It mentions Fairchild aviation, camera surveys, and the rise of intelligent film tech, with Ford and Nichols cited for notable contributions.
The Concord Woman's Club posts its official ballot for the year with nominations for president and committee posts. Names include Mrs. Wallace B. Conant, Mrs. Clement Bawards, Miss Camilla Moses, Mrs. Robert N. Hudspeth, and other listed directors, secretaries, and hospitality chairs.
Concord Grange met in Ells Hall on March 21 with first and second degrees worked for a large class. Refreshments followed under Hilgabeth Dwyer supervision. Modern and old fashioned dancing delighted attendees. Next meeting is April 4 with third and fourth degrees. a lamb supper will be served at six thirty, open to the public with tickets at the door.
Concord Legion Band held a Whist Party for the New Uniform Fund at the Veterans Building. Mrs J Cerassillo of Bedford won first prize. Whist parties continue each Wednesday through April with 26 tables planned under committee heads George A Lanni and Edward Kelly.
Concord report notes Rederick R Child Jr giving a program at Barn Hill Concord Lay eventing training in First Parish ves Mrs Robert H Hatch Elm Street and Miss Margaret Garrett attended Bouve School demonstration with student Mary Hatch. Odd Fellows conferred second degree Thursday evening. Legion meeting set for April 3 at the Building.
Concord Massachusetts Hog Growers Association hosts its inaugural meeting on March 30 at 1 30 pm at the Middlesex County Extension Service office Everett Street. Loring V Tirrell UNH Animal Husbandry head addresses on creep for better hog production. H W Jakeman Boston veterinarian presents motion pictures and talks on health sanitation and hog production. First such meeting in Massachusetts. over a hundred growers expected statewide.
Concord Musical Club met at Mrs Marvin C Taylor with co hosts Mrs D Ripley Gage and Miss Antoinette Watgon. The program included Mozart trio Elizabeth Darling violin Miriam Warren clarinet Gage piano Hugo Wolf works and Debussy songs. A concert for Music Center fund is planned for April 25 at 3 PM at Mrs Russell Robb’s home with tea and ticket sales led by Mrs Lesbury Short.
Concord Americanization School will hold closing exercises on Thursday March 30 at 8 pm in the High School auditorium. Twelve pupils earned state certificates and twenty five town certificates will be issued. Six new citizens will be welcomed and presented with United States flags by Old Concord Chapter DAR. The Concord Community Orchestra led by Joseph Bartolomeo will provide the music. The public is invited to attend.
Concord committee to host the Firemen's Ball on Easter Monday April 16 at the State Armory. The program features the Famous Fenton Bros. orchestra led by George Fenton with Buddy Roy as featured vocalist and Joe Fenton on saxophone.
A garbled note indicates that the Record School Committee chair was re elected during a regular term. It references monthly meeting dates beginning on the third Thursday and ending on the first Thursday, implying a schedule for committee actions.
Brice Bartow claims business life shows a net gain of 122 billion due to President Roosevelt's absences from Washington. He notes stock market changes during 47 periods the President was away and mentions his 48th departure. A separate unrest followed a joke by Eddie Cantor about Hitler leading to a battery complaint.
Fragmentary report describes Francoist forces entering Madrid after months of shelling and siege. The city symbolized resistance as Nationalist troops moved in while defenders and civilians faced destruction and disruption.
A Marine Corps Recruiting Service representative will interview and preliminarily examine interested young men at the Navy Recruiting Station Worcester Massachusetts from 10 00 AM to 3 00 PM to save travel costs. Eligible applicants must be United States citizens aged 18 to 30 with good health and height 64 to 74 inches, and those under 21 need parental consent. There are many vacancies with no waiting list and enlistment could occur once references are complete.
Street lights will indicate no school periods from 7.30 to 7.40 am and 8.00 to 8.10 am for Concord High School and local elementary schools. Noon slot from 12.18 to 12.25 pm applies. station WNAC notes adjustments.
A Sunday program lists morning worship at 9 30 for junior church and holy communion at 10 15 with a corporate communion of the church aid society at 4 00 p m a service for boys and girls in the afternoon
Concord young people stage Dust of Ise Road by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman and a second play about religious fervor. Margaret Larkin directs a Canable company with Ed Lamb and family providing coaching and Concord Community Orchestra offering music. No admission charge. a silver offering supports costumes. The event aims to attract townspeople during Lent.
Concord D A R hosts C S Tapley at a Canton gathering on Saturday April 1 as he presents From the Rhine to the Hattie. Tapley, well known among D A R chapters, attended the State Spring Conference at the Copley Plaza with several members including Mrs George R Blin state counsellor and Mrs Virginia A Bate among others.
Dr Randall Thompson, long a Concord resident, is appointed by Mary Louise Curtis Bok to direct the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He will depart from the University of California where he taught, holding Harvard AB and AM, and Roma Academy fellowships.
The Union Church outlines a full Holy Week schedule beginning Sunday with morning services at 9:46 and 10:45 including a sermon Hope Marches On and Junior and Senior church schools. Evening service at 6:00 features the Christian Endeavor Society and other meetings. Week events include a Ten Day Lent series ending Tuesday with Teel’s sermon, special music by local singers, and Thursday communion and baptism.
Rev Edward P Daniels leads Palm Sunday services on April 2 with a 9 46 AM Sunday school and 11 AM morning service. Emerson Society meets 6 30 PM. Women’s Parish Association annual meeting April 13 with luncheon at 1 PM. Good Friday service April 4 at 7 46 PM with a brief sermon.
Fragmentary OCR notes a street event near the post by the eastern area. Limited readable details mention April 1 and a location near a post. Further context unavailable.
The WHIST awards recognize Astwood Mary Sudle Tibbetts Petersen Petersen and Greene Breaks Ellzabeth, as well as Sarah Mildred, for notable play and sportsmanship in the season.
Officers of the Sixth Regiment Veterans met at the Boston City club to arrange the 1939 reunion. Major Michael J. Dee led the meeting with Col Warren Sweene, Major Edward J. Connelly, Major Walter I. Beaman, and Francis W. Marshall present. The group decided to move the traditional April 19 Patriots Day observance to the Saturday night before and to hold the reunion at the State Armory on Everett Street.
West Anas Gative effort by the Nation of New England federation aims to place donation boxes in stores and throughout the town to collect one cent per visitor for the New York Fair. Club leader Mrs LeRoy Stroce urges citizens to contribute, hoping the campaign boosts spending and civic spirit across the region.
Leo McNamara was elected state treasurer at a Maynard event. Local members attended the convention and a dance followed the meeting.
Reported bus crash on Route 2 near Concord involving multiple WPA workers ends with injuries and a hospital transfer. A later explosion and fire at the scene prompted emergency response from Concord fire and police, with authorities investigating the wreck on the icy grade.
The Good Friday observance remains at 7 PM with Q services continuing in the evening.
Readable fragments show the junior class at a local high school naming officers including treasurer Roger Burnham and class adviser Alice Fearne. Specific roles or additional context are unclear from the available text.
Maynard and Mrs Dettenborn of Kibworth Street Hartford Connecticut announce the engagement of Mr Frank Dettenborn and Mrs. Frank Dettenborn. Confirmation of the couple’s future plans was released in local society notices.
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