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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1929
Page
4
Fragmentary text shows Marlboro Mass mailing details and rates for subscriptions. Mentions Second Class Matter status and Act of March 8 1879. Lists towns including Maynard Concord Sudbury Acton Bedford and various service inscriptions.
The week’s papers note other power groups ready to bid on municipal electric plants. They question selling, argue management and overhead costs shape rates, and cite Hudson where local control cut rates despite small area and industrial demand.
The Boston Globe owners rejected a large bid from power interests, stating the paper is a New England institution and not for sale. Concord electric plant is discussed, with the Concord Enterprise editor asserting editorial independence and opposing sale despite tempting offers.
South Acton reports a Memorial Sunday service at the Universalist Church with Sunday school at 12 and Christian Endeavor at 6 15. L B CU holds a salad supper May 23 in the vestry. Middlesex County Christian Endeavorers met May 17 with fifty delegates and a 6 30 supper.
Rev Alfred W Sighe leads Memorial Sunday at West Concord on May 26 1929 with a 10 40 am morning service. Sermon The Fruits of Memorial Day and Reginald DeKoven music for Kipling’s Recessional. Evening service at 1 0 pm features readings from James Weldon Johnson’s God of the Negro and choir music. Midweek and union events follow May 28 29.
Maynard High School track team under Coach Rupprecht prepares for its first meet in three years facing Leominster High at Voges Field this Saturday at 1 16 p m. The school hosts visitors week next, and a one act play contest rehearsals proceed for May 41 at Waltham Street Hall Leominster.
Union Congregational Church will observe Memorial Sunday on May 26 with a 10:45 AM service featuring the story of Damon and Pything and the sermon Memory A Sacred Trust honoring past sacrifice. Rev. William Boicourt will lead, Rev. George J. Ross will be introduced from North Dakota, and Miss Wood art directs a church program. A two scene play A Day in Kamp Kilkare will be presented Friday at 7:30 PM in the chapel by the Be Prepared Club.
Concord May 22. VonGard High announces schedule changes for the track team. The dual meet with Beverly High School moves from Saturday May 26 to Thursday May 23. On Saturday May 25 Concord will travel to Needham High School for a meet with Needham track athletes.
The West Concord Girl Scouts hosted their inaugural outdoor fair on Harvey Wheeler grounds on May 18. Tables featured handicrafts led by Mrs. Lauren Kingman and others, a flower display, a food booth, and a fortune teller, with English folk dancing and an archery demonstration. The event, chaired by Mrs. Rodney E. Pratt, drew strong enthusiasm for an annual fair.
Bernard W. Sheridan superintendent of schools in Lawrence Massachusetts will speak at Concord High School graduation exercises in the State Armory on Friday June 21.
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