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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1934
Page
6
The article favors annuals for bright color and easy care. It lists varieties such as calendulas French marigolds nasturtiums zinnias and petunias as reliable border plantings. It notes planting timing around May with blooms by June and stresses space and sun for best results.
Maynard reports a six mile road race on Sunday at 1 30 pm starting Mem Park. Stars include Jimmie Hennigan Johnnie Kelly Walter Crotty and Lt Gov Bacon. entries close with George Luosala. A two mile race and a 10 000 meter guest entry from Abu Jaaksola of Canada accompany the event expected to draw thousands.
Forty hours devotion begins Friday at St. Bridget’s church and ends Sunday with a high mass. Masses Friday and Saturday mornings, a parish procession at the opening, and a closing service on Sunday. Maynard-Forty and St. Bridget cadets drill weekly for Memorial day. first communion class meets twice weekly and will receive first communion Sunday, May 27.
The Concord Rotary club held its weekly luncheon Thursday noon at Colonial Inn chaired by Leslie C. Dr. Cecil W. Clark, former Rotary president and governor's special guest, greeted new members.
Massachusetts farm bureaus granges and commodity associations were invited by Quentin Reynolds to attend the New England Farm Marketing Conference May 16 and 17 at Hotel Statler Boston. The meeting aims to develop ideas to improve marketing procedures with buyers and sellers and to review progress of the New England Farm Marketing program. Bevan of the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture will survey the program and a dairy products group will be chaired by Reynolds.
A large Parents Day program at Peter Bulkeley School Concord Center was held with the Parent-Teacher Association. Principal J Vey Merrill led activities starting with a school band concert and a showing of the film Free Schools the Hope of Democracy. Then teachers presented classroom demonstrations to smaller patrons.
The article notes Mothers Day observances at multiple churches including Methodist, St George's Episcopal, Congregational, Finnish Congregational, and Finnish Lutheran. It highlights concerts and special music featuring Grace Salloway, Edwin Carlton, Frances Perrin Eberlein, Harold Cattell, and the National Band led by Hugo Kalander, with sermons by Rev Matthew A Vance and Rev O A Koski among others.
The Maynard Junior Prom drew the largest junior class at the high school with 65 couples in the grand march led by class president Robert Duggan and vice president Em Nyholm. Officers organized the decorations and festivities as guests enjoyed favors, colors, and flowers.
Ford Motor Company reports world sales for January to April 1934 at 278,553 units, up 158.6 percent from 1933. Domestic U.S. sales total 214,733, up 176 percent, with substantial gains in South America, the Far East, and Canada.
Northboro farmers anticipate a robust apple season as orchards receive multiple sprays to combat scab and pests after a harsh winter. Leading growers include Everett Goodell, Cutler Bros., Frederick Franklin, L Sparrow, Elmer Valentine, Walter Carlson, and Albert Mentzer, among others.
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