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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1930
Page
5
The Weekly Enterprise appears from Marlboro Massachusetts with distribution on Wednesdays. The notice lists publication details including address at Liberty Street and the paper's incorporation and post office registration. It notes subscription areas Maynard Concord Sudbury Acton Bedford and other surrounding towns.
Marlboro auxiliary to Ibert F. Akroyd post welcomes two new members at a Grand Army hall meeting. Edith Nourse Rogers cadet team visits Watertown and Swampscott for exhibitions June 14 and 20. A food sale is planned June 6 at J J Hanley Hardware. Memorial Day dinner for Legion members and Boy Scouts designed by Mrs. Margaret ld and others at Odd Fellows hall. Whist gifts go to Mrs Mary Neher and Mrs David St Law Shee. Wreaths honor deceased members and Gold Star Mothers.
Grange members attend a regular meeting at Odd Fellows Hall on Park Street with a social whist, and an exhibition of flowers is planned. Mrs Julia Cooley Mrs Luther Evish Sarah Clark Archibald Pine and Samuel assist, while a men's chorus will perform selections under Mre Harold.
A Marlboro birthday party honors Berbara Tucker at 23 Pearl Street marking her 13th natal day. The event followed a First Baptist church meeting with attendees including Mrs Henry C Tucker and other friends. A birthday supper and cake with thirteen candles accompanied gifts and floral decorations.
Sudbury plans to plant 23 000 trees to repair damage from a wildfire that swept across the area and threatened the hillside Inn. Boy Scouts aim to reforest Nobscot Mountain with 28 000 trees on the tract burned in the blaze.
Emma Estella Jones 76 passed away at home on Main Street South Acton May 20 after long illness. Born Sept 29 1853 Acton daughter of Reuben Hayward she married Samuel Jones Dec 22 1875. Funeral May 22 conducted by Rev Andrew J Torsleff at the Universalist church. Survivors include husband, daughter Jessie Townsend Troy New Hampshire, sons Howard L Jones Karl R Jones South Acton, six grandchildren. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery Acton.
Concord Grange P of S hosted Neighbors' Night at the last Tuesday gathering in the ’s Hall drawing a large audience. Grangers from 14 different granges attended as Bolton Grangers staged a mock trail titled Cornelia Pickle Plaintiff. Mrs. Parde played piano and Mr. Murdock gave readings, both from Bolton.
Public auction planned July 2 1980 at 1 p m at 20 Second Street Cambridge for Lincoln K Soule of Concord debt. Parcel lots include 45 square rods plus adjoining Barretts Mill Road lands in Concord with buildings and specified boundaries and reserved barn rights, all titled under Porter & Kearney and Merriam heirs or Garrett heirs with dated conveyance 1925, total estate described across multiple parcels.
B C Vannah sold his home at 5 Central Street to M J Wrenn of Cambridge. L E King of 90 Commonwealth Ave leased his house to L M Lippold of Boston. James L Adams, local real estate agent, provided details. Bob Asbjornson, recently sold to the Reading Internationals by the Red Sox, started well. He drove in the winning run against Jersey City. Herb Thormahsen has just won his sixth straight victory for Montreal. A large number of boys and girls received First Communion at St Bernard's Catholic church Sunday morning. Miss Marion Pickard of Boston was at her parents' home for the weekend.
The annual lawn party by the Ladies' Union of West Concord Union Church will be held on the church grounds Thursday, June 12. Food, candy, grabs, aprons, ice cream and beverages will be sold. A supper starts at 6:15 PM and Teddy Beer's band will perform in the evening.
Robert Hawkins scores 57 points to win the HH tournament over 22 golfers at Concord Country Club. John B. Buttrick takes second with 51 points as eagle, birdie, and par points drive the event. Other notable scores include Eaton 49 Pratt 48 Wheeler 48 and Holdeh 45.
Peter Bulkeley School edged Lincoln Junior High 7 to 6 on Lincoln Center diamond. Lincoln Principal Carl F Holloran will file a protest claiming Concord players batted out of order.
The West Concord Parent-Teacher Association held its regular monthly meeting at the Harvey Wheeler School with President Richard W. McCabe presiding. Mrs Winslow J Damon chaired the program and delivered an informative stereopticon lecture on Wild Flowers.
The Ladies Union of 1 2 West Concord Union Church in the church parlors decided to hold a lawn party with musical entertainment and tea at Mrs Rodday's home 380 Main Street West Concord on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Evelna Edwardson presided and Mrs Rodday Mrs Thompson Blood and Mrs Waldo Lapham will lead arrangements.
The Catholic Daughters of America met in Odd Fellows Hall on Tuesday evening with Mrs. Cornelias Bedford presiding. Mrs. Jeremiah J. Erisman was elected Mentor.
Ernest Cooper and Mrs. Cooper visited relatives in Springfield and toured the Bosch plant on a business trip. The Nashua Benefit dance by the Legion raised about seventy five dollars. Ladies of the Relief Corps plan wreaths for graves before Decorat Day and will assist the Auxiliary with a church dinner on May 30. Pauline Tracy will graduate from Leslie Kindergarten School next week.
Acton High School notes that the senior prom and the picnic are both set for June 6. Last Wednesday an assembly at Blanchard Hall featured representatives from Mt Holyoke College Lowell Textile School Amherst Agricultural and Boston University who answered student questions about five studied paths and an intensive course of study.
Comrades of all wars Woman's Relief Corps American Legion and Auxiliary Boy and Girl scouts invited to join Friday May 30 events. Meet at G A St at 7 80 for parade to Acton Center at 8 15 A M. Ceremonies at Woodlawn cemetery 9 A M Edwards Quimby Square 10 A M. Parade to Mt Hope Cemetery 10 49 A M. Sidney J Edwards Square West Acton 11 30 A M. Dinner in Baptist church vestry.
The Boy Scout troop held memorial services in Boxboro last Sunday with twenty scouts, Scout Masters, and two assistant masters present. Jenks and Parker assisted Commander Towne in placing new frames on veterans' graves in Acton cemeteries. A court of honor met last Friday with merit badges awarded to Porter Jenks Joe Perry Earl Spinng Edwin Parker Albert McDougall Richard Howe and others for the 23d class scout. Plana facile Strawberry Festival proceeds with tickets and weather expected for June 5.
West Acton Baptist Church led by Rev. Arthur Jeffries notes Ascension Day service on June 1 with a morning sermon The Church Behind Closed Doors a memorial communion and a 7 PM program A stage play on June 8 and a June 15 Whitsunday vesper led by the First Church of Christ Congregational Lynn Mass choir Jeffries directs the local barber opens last week with strong business Martha Decoster suffers a fractured knee cap in a two week old automobile collision damaging her car
Notre Dame won the Marquette Intercollegiate track meet under floodlights with Marquette in third. The page mentions Norman Asker winning both dashes and a six mile road race, Rusty Yarnell’s injury, Maynard’s recent losses, and local figures in sports and transportation.
An invitation from Rev. Mr. Thompson led to memorial services last Sunday at Boxboro Congregational Church. A large Relief Corps G A R Auxiliary and Boy Scouts attended. the church was well filled and the sermon and music left attendees impressed and satisfied.
Maynard May 28 The Memorial Day parade ends with ice cream for the children funded by local merchants. Samuel Lever led a drive to raise money and received strong support from business owners. Legion will provide tonics and merchants supply ice cream as a community gesture showing hometown dependability and cooperation.
The group held a regular meeting in the church vestry. Miss Hendricks of New Hampshire State College presented an engaging talk on the summer Religious Training course, illustrated with moving pictures. The society plans to send one or two young ladies to attend the course this summer.
The Notaluifit Club organized May 16 under Miss Edth Taylor. Officers elected: Pres. Gladys Hagen, secretary Ira Mayell, treasurer Marguerite Taylor. Members include Laura Mayell, Evelyn Days, Gladys Hagen, Helen Knowlton, Evelyn Hagan, Louisa Wood, Sarah La Tullippe, Mary La Tullippe, Beulah Bachel dor, Esther Gies, Barbara Winn. The club plans to present a military SEATS.
Allan A. Kennedy John H. Kennedy and Donald Loring took a weekend motor trip to Scarsdale New York and visited Mr and Mrs Walter Kennedy in Reselle New York.
Maynard High School swept Lexington High School in a 56 to 26 track victory on Friday. Norman Walker led Maynard with sprint wins and Mark Kelley claimed the quarter and half mile events. Tony Kavaleski, Maynard freshman, debuted with a late surge to win the mile and finished second in the half mile.
Three Commercial Department M HS graduates from Maynard begin jobs in Boston firms. Ethel Elson 1930 starts as general office assistant at Christian Science Publishing Society. Helen Vodoklye 1930 becomes stenographer at Brewster Insurance Company. Josephine Sofka 1930 takes stenographer bookkeeper and general assistant duties at Cambridge Evening Journal.
The St Marks School tennis team defeated Middlesex School on Middlesex courts Wednesday.
Memorial Day services centered at Memorial Congregational Church South Sudbury with Rev Albert T Reynolds delivering a sermon. Legion Color Guard escorted flag presentation by Albert G Bonazzoli. Parade begins at 10 am from Legion Hall, stops at Goodnow Library monument Wadsworth cemetery Mt Pleasant, then North Sudbury and final band concert on the Common.
The report records efforts to find a site for a new Town Hall and mentions committees including Ralph Ady Charles H Way and Jett Chandler. It also covers social gatherings hosted by Mr and Mrs Charley, church activities at Ministers Memorial ME Church Center, and local updates on water mains, graves, and school matters among Sudbury residents.
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