Concord Bedford News Of The Week Highlights Local Events
Veterans honor dead at the Hevor Roll dedication. Bedford Grange hosts Wildmnai Grange. A Bedford picnic on Pacis road features Ari Lex orchestra. Congressman Rogers to speak at Concord High graduation June 29. Masonic and Gaelic services held with addresses by Rev. Clelland and Commander Bowker. High school track meets planned with Gloucester and Fitchburg. Memorial Day wreath plans discussed. fire damages a bridge near White Pond. Bowker and Pratt urge pennies for graves decoration in France.
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Bratch
Paus
John Jacob Rogers
Bowker
Lowell
Concord High School
State Armory
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Hibernian Hall
Suesany
James J. Byrne
Eniffr
Corinthian Lodge AF
Masonic Temple
Old Concord
G.A.R
Ralph P. Hosmer
United Spanish War Veterans
James J. Mansfield
American Legion
181St Infantry
Trinitarian
Gail Clelland
Corinthian Lodge
ALF
A.M
Galahad Commandery
Knights Templars
Trinity Church
Smith O. Dexter
Harey Hall
Concord
New York
New Haven
Hartford
White Pond
Our Boys
France
Bowker and
Pratt
Peter Bulkeley
Emerson
Death of Arthur Stuart Eldredge in Weston
Arthur Stuart Eldredge, a Concord High School alumnus class of 1915, died at his Weston home on Thursday May 24 from gas poisoning contracted while in action in the Argonne. Survived by his wife Emma Motley's son Arthur Stuart Eldredge Jr and four married sisters. Former Battery C, 101st Field Artillery member and former Lincoln American Legion vice commander. Funeral Monday at 2 PM at his home followed by military burial at Mt Auburn Cemetery at 2:45.
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Concord
Jearn
Arthur Stuart Eldredge
C.H.S
Weston
Argonne
Arthur Stuart Edredge Jr
Concord Town Team Opens Season Against Boston Tigers
The Concord Town team meets the Boston Tigers on Thursday May 31 with athletic coach Chester K Delgno in the box for Concord and McMeighan catching. Concord’s likely lineup features Fallon OLeary ins Bulger Loftus Rege Blair Duggan or Delaney against Wakefield Town Team visiting Monday June 4 for a rematch after two prior games this season.
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Concord Town
Boston Tigers
Chester K. Delgno
Concord High School
Concord
McMeighan
J. Fallon
J. O'Leary
Cousins
C. Bulger
A. Loftus
J. Rege
Blair
Duggan
Second Frost Dampens Early May Harvest
On Thursday May 24 the official thermometer at Fred A. Tuver's Weather Bureau station recorded 36 degrees. A light frost touched lowlands and asparagus tips. strawberry damage feared. May 11 brought another frost. Crops are growing slowly, signaling a backward season.
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Fred A. Tuver
Weather Bureau
Concord Town Team and Others Schedule Twilight Games
Concord Town team faces Boston Tigers at Concord Playgrounds in a twilight game on Thursday May 31. Other matches include Middlesex versus St Georges at No. Concord on an unspecified Saturday in June, Concord High School at Maynard, and Concord Town Team against Wakefield on Monday June 4, followed by Saugus High School at Concord on Wednesday June 6.
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Concord Town
Boston Tigers
Concord Playgrounds
Concord High School
Maynard
Middlesex
St. Georges
Uat
Concord
Wakefield
Saugus High School
Public School Week Promises Open Doors to Community
Superintendent Wells A Hall designates June 4 to June 8 as Public School Week inviting parents and citizens to visit schools for firsthand insight. John Finnegay buys a Dodge sedan from the Viallo Motor Co last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schooly Wells
A. Hall
John Finnegay
Viallo Motor Co
Reception to Miss Legate in Concord Schools
Miss Helen A. Legato retiring after 38 years in the Concord Schools was honored at a reception last Wednesday at Mrs Morse’s Ripley Hill Road home. About one hundred guests attended, including Concord teachers, School Committee members and spouses, and former colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen A. Legato
Peter Bulkeley
Emerson
Concord
Silas A. Bean
Smith Owen Dexter
John G. Morse
Morse
Ripley Hill Road
Narrow escape after car hits telegraph pole at busy corner
Mrs John Loring and her daughters Miss Mary and Miss Josephine escaped with minor injuries when their car plowed into a telegraph pole at the Thoreau Street Sudbury Road corner. The crash shattered the windshield and headlights, and the intersection is noted as dangerous due to diverted traffic from Main Street repairs.
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John Loring
Mary
Josephine
Lothrop Delegates Social Welfare Conference Return Visit
Mrs Daniel Lothrop returns from California and stays at Colonial Inn in Concord with her daughter Miss Margaret Lothrop. Margaret, a Stanford University Economics and Sociology faculty member, is a delegate to the Social Welfare Conference in Washington DC and will return this week for a short Colonial visit.
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Daniel Lothrop
California
Colonial Inn
Concord
Margaret Lothrop
Stanford University
East
Lothrop
Washington, D. C
Middlesex County Bureau Meeting On Dairy Feed Pooling
Farmers in Middlesex County met at the Town Hall Tuesday of last week under the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics with Mr Park of Billerica in charge. Fred G. Jones, local Director, organized local details for pooling interests in dairy feed purchases.
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Middlesex County
Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics
Park
Billerica
Fred G. Jones
Bureau
Religion of Nature and John of Oxford at Concord church
Trinitarian Church Concord Massachusetts announces sermons by Rev Gail Clelland on June 3 morning and June 6 evening. Special services include Children’s Day with Bible presentations on June 10 for baptized children aged seven.
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Trinitarian Church
Concord
Mass
Gail Clelland
P.M
John of
Oxford
Trinity Church Rev Smith O Dexter to Lead Scout Service
Rector Smith O Dexter will preside at a Friday June 1 service at 7:45 PM with Boy Scouts. Sunday June 3 offers Holy Communion at 10 AM, Church School at 11 AM, and Morning Prayer with a Sermon.
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Trinity Church
Concord
Mass
Smith O. Dexter
McAllister School Purchases Iver Johnson Estate
Concord David G C McAllister headmaster buys the Iver Johnson state in Lancaster to relocate the McAllister School after the current year. The estate includes a 23 room main building with dormitory dining and assembly space, six additional rooms for classrooms and a science building, 100 acres. Commencement runs June 2 to 6 with events including The Golden Doom play, a baseball game vs the fathers, and a student faculty dinner on June 6. speeches and letters awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David GC. McAllister
McAllister
Iver Johnson
Lancaster
Lord Dunsaney
Everett H. Smith
Winsor Baldwin Medalists in Four Ball Event at Concord
Frederck Winsor and David A. Baldwin won the medal with a seventy five net in a four ball format at the Concord Country Club. Danna Bartlett and N Ellis Richardson followed with a seventy seven net. The best gross went to Winsor and Baldwin at eighty five, and the second best gross to Arthur G Brooks and John M Eaton at eighty seven.
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Concord Country Club
Frederck Winsor
David A. Baldwin
D. Danna Bartlett
N. Ellis Richardson
Winsor
Baldwin
Arthur G. Brooks
John M. Eaton
Death of Mrs Mary Pfieffer Peterson
Mrs Mary Pfieffer Peterson wife of Olaf Peterson died at home on Barrett's Mill Road just before midnight Wednesday. Born in Boston she was 238 years old and survived by her husband and a three months old baby. Funeral held Saturday at 2 PM in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Chapel.
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Mary Pfieffer Peterson
Olaf Peterson
Barrett's Mill Road
Boston
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Concord Defeats McAllister at Warner's Playgrounds
Concord Grammar School team defeated McAllister School 16 to 1 Monday afternoon. McCabe pitched for Concord allowing only two hits. Classified ads include help wanted and real estate listings from Concord Mass with wages and contact details.
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Warner's
Concord Grammar School
McAllister
McCabe
Concord
Ulowing
Maifi — Wafftedl
D A Baldwin
Nytt
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