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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1921
Page
6
Local residents share visits with friends and relatives from Stow Brookline Milton and Acton. Events include a May party at Cooperative hall a theater outing and church and club meetings with plans for entertainment and fundraising.
Heavy weekend rain sent the Assabet river to unprecedented levels. Cellars flooded while roofs leaked across town. A culvert on Florida road overflowed causing a washout and the road was closed until repairs could be completed.
David Stone Kelsey of Springfield spoke on Community Betterment before a large Maynard Grange audience at Odd Fellows hall. The program featured readings by Mr Stone and performances by Harlan Powers and Miss Mary Sheridan, ending with community singing.
Timothy B. Moynihan, BC graduate, chairs the local Boston College Fund drive opening this week to raise 2 million dollars for a building fund. He plans to form a committee to canvass this week while voluntary contributions may be left with Moynihan.
The annual meeting of the members of the Assabet Institution for Savings will be held at the Banking Rooms in Maynard Massachusetts on Wednesday May 11 1921 at eight o clock p m The agenda includes reports from officers and committees election of officers for the ensuing year and other business. Ideal lighting expert praises soft room radiance from ceiling diffusers and 100 watt lamps.
Rev Charles B E Spaulding D a Worcester district superintendent preached. Next Sunday is Mother Day with music and sermon and a drive to bring aged mothers to worship. Epworth League officers will be installed at 7 p.m. Maynard youths won the circuit league banner at Hud son banquet. A Hook Hastings draftsman develops plans for a new pipe organ with blueprints to be posted soon.
The People's Theatre opened with two daily shows and thronged crowds for matinees and evening performances. The new venue seats 750 with 250 in the gallery, and staff include manager B. J. Cramalee, assistant Hector Roberts, ticket sellers Walter Denniston and William Coulter, operator Michael Maley, and janitor Charles Barlow.
The Magdelene Chapter C E S observed its 31st anniversary with a Tuesday evening meeting at Masonic Hall. A 6 30 salad and cold meat supper preceded an entertainment by Miss Florance King of Boston featuring readings and songs. Arrangements were led by Miss Hazel Easthope with a list of officers and guests.
Dr Edward J. Flaherty has installed modern X-Ray apparatus in his office. The machine will aid in diagnosing a wide range of cases and is already used on several patients.
Pond lilies are reported in bloom up river near the exhaust at the C M and H railroad power station. Lilacs also bloom in the uptown district as warm water nurtures them. Both are rushing the season. A Maynard Mass farm ad offers a 50 acre property twenty minutes from Asabet Mills. The Alka Temperance Society plans a bazaar at its hall on Main Street May 26 27 28.
On Wednesday evening, April 27, night school pupils and friends met for the last time before summer. Eleven received state certificates for faithful attendance. Anton Koskell earned one for perfect attendance three nights weekly since Nov 1. The program included music by a trio, talks, dialogue, songs in Italian and English, and an Italian dance. The event forecasts a strong 1921-22 season with continued English classes and community involvement.
In a drenching morning rain around 4 o clock Patrolman Driscoll searched Great Road and the Stow cemetery for two five year old boys missing from Gleasondale. The youths, thought to be visiting friends in Maynard, were found en route to Hudson exhausted and frightened but safe.
The Cleary property at 28 Main St opens Friday with a full line of furnishings hats and trousers for men. Pickets along the front will attract attention as this Massachu setts chain introduces low rent district cash sales and low prices by cutting overhead. Ledoux of Marlboro will supervise the local outlet and promote the opening.
The Irish Relief Fund committee reports $880 on hand and seeks to hit the $1000 target by Sunday end of drive. Ladies' Auxiliary AOH plans a 10th anniversary celebration on Monday evening.
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