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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1938
Page
4
A fragmented local notice from the editor at 86 Commonwealth Avenue West Concord outlines subscription rates and publication details. It references per inch pricing for inserts and Thursday weekly publication, with a dated tone and partial contact information.
Fragmented text references Morse code patent of 1838 and a 1687 mention of Connective Pompeii on oak. It notes 1870 as the first simultaneous meteorological observations and mentions tapering Sotto pact.
The obituary recalls May Irwin a storied music hall artist who drew laughter with songs like After the Ball and Seemingly endless stage life. Her humor touched audiences for forty seven years while she avoided film work and preserved a beloved stage persona.
The piece notes that many early film figures such as Harry Carey, Donald Crisp, Flora Finch, Francis X. Bushman, Charlie Chaplin, Clara Kimball Young, Wallace Beery and others continue to work in motion pictures. It emphasizes that ability and experience sustain success across decades in theatre and film.
A reader summarizes a survey on why students quit, citing funds as a major factor and personal issues. The piece then discusses President Roosevelt’s address warning against dictators and warning that no peace with dictators is possible, especially referencing Germany and Hitler, Britain and France, and U.S. policy. It notes mixed reactions among the public and travelers unsure of future plans.
Maynard Grange plans a special program Thursday evening November 10 in Grange hall to celebrate its 26th year with Rev Elden Bucklin address and a reading of an original poem by Adelaide Sims. Past Masters, headed by Linwood White and Edmund Whitney, organize the event with Adelaide Sims as chair and a Ladies Degree supper team handling refreshments.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Mikijaniec of 247 Main Street celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a family gathering at home. A turkey dinner and open house followed the ceremony led by the late Rev Fr Brown at St Bridget's church. Their daughter Gladys Mikijaniec helped.
Bedford notices report Mr and Mrs John Mansfield of Spring Road with granddaughter Patricia toured New Jersey last week. Mrs Samuel Doughty closed her Fitch Dale Avenue home for winter and went to Florida. Mrs Fannie Brewster of Maine spends winter with daughter Emma on Hartford Street. A turkey whist and bridge party in Town Hall on November 10 invites all for charity. Charles Steffanelli, local print merchant, visited the Berry summer home in Onset Massachusetts. A very successful dance, financially and socially, was held.
James H. Powers, Foreign Affairs Editor of the Boston Globe, will deliver the keynote address at the peace conference of the Middlesex Union Association of the Pilgrim Fellowship at Union Congregational Church on Sunday November 13. Powers, longtime Globe editor and author of Years of Tumult, has lectured globally and broadcast foreign affairs on WBZ WNAC and WEEI. More than 260 delegates from four churches are expected to attend.
Mr and Mrs Albert J Moynihan observed their thirteenth wedding anniversary with a family dinner and an open house from six to nine pm. Marilyn Moynihan helped as friends from Maynard and nearby towns called to congratulate the couple. Bert Moynihan, a member of the local Board of Assessors, has been in poor health recently.
Maynard high field hockey opens its home season at Crowe Park this Wednesday afternoon against Shrewsbury high. After three straight defeats coach Lyli Tervo reshuffles the lineup and aims to break Maynard’s win drought against one of its oldest rivals. The junior varsity also meets with Concord last week, while next Monday’s Crowe Park clash pits the two old foes in a rematch.
George A Richardson held an auction sale of his household furnishings on Thursday at his Hosmer Street home. The notice states Richardson will relocate his residence and liquidate personal property.
The conference opens at 9:80 and will feature the Peace play And So To Peace written by Rev. Mathew A. Vance, one of ten selected nationwide.
Action by Acton Leonora Smith contractor from Concord began Thursday with a crew and gas shovel to remove uprooted stumps from highways. Abutters may have private stumps removed at the same price. Town forest clearing progresses. about 80 miles of highway remain to be cleared.
The annual Cooperative Night hosted by the United Co-operative Society drew a full Parker Street hall audience. Massachusetts State College professor J H Frandsen spoke on Co operatives in the Scandinavian Countries with illustrated remarks. The program included performances by the Imatra Band, the DaRevelle Quartet of Fitchburg, a piano solo by Elmer Salenius, and a reading by Mrs Sirkka French.
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