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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1934
Page
5
A town group formed in January 1933 under Rev Edward P Daniels to sing and enjoy good music. The society grew to about seventy members with fifty regular singers at weekly gatherings. The first concert was held a year ago to a large enthusiastic audience.
Harvard baseball captain éwerd F Laughlin Jr held the University of Pennsylvania to nine to three hits in a Cambridge game Saturday.
Maynard action notes that William Scully of the Board of Public Welfare reports the State ERA administrator will provide Kentucky blue grass and red top grass seed to needy farmers upon Welfare Board application.
Second of a five council series held in Concord Council chambers with about 200 attendees. Belmont Council won with 22 12 points, Needham second with 18, Concord third with 17 1 2, Maynard fourth with 16 1 2, Watertown last with 15 1 2. Six sports competed. bowling at Maynard. Watertown won pool and cribbage went to Needham. Maynard led bridge. Concord led a 45. Grand Knight Whalen oversaw the event with aides. next tourney to be in Belmont. Community events notes on clubs, meetings, and religious groups follow.
Miss Dorothy Hendrickson, engaged to Frederick Roberts of Cleveland Ohio, received a surprise shower at the home of Mrs Howard Ed dardson Wednesday evening. Guests presented a May basket containing enough stockings for a lifetime as part of the celebration.
Hawthorne Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold a luncheon and bridge at the Masonic Temple in Concord on Friday afternoon May 25 at 1 o'clock. Mrs Helen P Loring chairs the luncheon and Worthy Matron Mrs Cora M MacLeod oversees the bridge.
Concord Independents substitute for Newton High and beat Middlesex 5 to 2 on the Middlesex school courts. Saturday afternoon singles led with Wyeth of Middlesex defeating Downing 6-2 7-6, Clahane 6-2 6-2, and Tibbetts and Torssen (C) defeated Farley and Harris 6-3 7-6.
A rough Sunday game at Emerson Playground sees the Lincoln nine lose 9-6 to the Mohawks amid few hits and many errors. The 7-7 hits tally belies the sloppy play with pitching by Langille Cunningham and Donaldson for Lincoln and McKenna John McCarthy for Mohawks.
Mr and Mrs Alexander A Cameron won the round robin tennis event defeating opponents and claiming the title in a close competition.
An advertisement promotes Concord Co-operative Bank as a go as you please bank with withdrawable deposits any time and loans on request. It claims higher dividends and insured deposits under the Insurance Fund of the Co-operative Central Bank. Interest begins May 16th.
The Girl Scouts presented a varied program filled with dances and sketches. Katherine Delaney as a comic colored maid drew laughs, while Sybil Bamford and Linnda Per reflected solid performances in other roles. The ensemble included Elmer and the Collier family sketches and a musical interlude by The Harvey Wheeler School orchestra with students Dorotia Bertensen, Robert Carter, Raymond Spinelli, Robert Hawkes, and others enhancing the event.
Mrs H B Smith of West Concord becomes Regent with Mrs John H Lord of Bedford treasurer and Miss Clara B Cutter of Bedford as treasurer. New directors include Mrs Wallace B Conant and others. A chaplain election selects Mrs Ant R Blinn. an outing is set for Thursday June 14 at Stow Country Club with luncheon.
Concord defeats Maynard 7 to 2 at Emerson playground to extend its lead in the Middlesex League. Everett Tompkins pitched six and seven innings with 9 strikeouts and only two Maynard runs came in the first inning on Duggin’s double and Flaherty’s single. Concord’s seventh inning produced five runs as Tompkins, Dee, Macone, Cunningham, DiCicco, Cullinane, and Loughlin contributed multiple hits to secure the win and the league lead.
The Concord Lodge of Odd Fellows and Willow Lodge of Rebekahs will attend a morning service at Union Church Weat. Noble Grand Edwin Edwardson of the Odd Fellows and Noble Grand Mrs Edith et bn Se conduct a service for de omena of their lodges.
Mrs Merton J Leighton of West street was taken to Emerson hospital for an emergency appendicitis operation. Able May Par of the Woman's Union will host a tea with Miss Edna Chapman on Wood street on Thursday May 17 at 3 00 p m. Mrs Catherine Tracy Akana of Kobe Japan will speak. Corinthian Lodge details and a church address given by Rev Stephen Webster at Anne's church Lincoln.
Rev. G. O. Dexter rector emeritus leads Holy Communion at 8.45 am with church school at 9.30 am and morning prayer with sermon at 11 am. A Confirmation Class is scheduled for 5.15 pm.
Town residents listened to a 4 pm broadcast on Station WBSO featuring a short play by three girls from Room 8 Grade 8 of Peter Bulkeley School. The Junior Literary Guild of 3 Soy Street Boston sponsored the weekly feature.
Westell Gordon of New York alto tenor and composer served as soloist at the Mother's Day service. Gordon, known for Major Powes Capitol Theatre Family broadcasts over WEAF, moved the congregation with his voice as Rev. Alfred W led the service.
The West Concord Town Team defeated Ayer Town 3-0 at Bongoo Manor with Batteriee Flannery Wiggin s Cote and Picard contributing to the win.
Concord High defeated Tech Cambridge 7 to 2 at Jam erson Playground Wednesday. Key hits came from Kinuge in the second and fifth innings and Kane with Loughlin on a rally in the first. Flanagan pitched well for Concord, allowing six hits and tallying 12 strikeouts as Rindge Tech managed sporadic scoring.
The Harvard Club in Concord will hold its annual meeting and dinner at the Concord club on Thursday evening May 24. Frederick Vinson headmaster Middlesex School and Harvard board member recently toured Kent Conant and University and will speak on Concord and the Clubs. Attendees from Acton Bedford Carlisle Concord Lincoln and Littleton Harvard clubs are urged to attend.
Very Rev Henry B Dean of the Episcopal School Cambridge preached at the 11 o'clock service. The parish women presented the united bank offering.
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