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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1909
Page
4
Local items include residents visiting Burlington Cranston and Bel lows Falls with brief travels. Baptisms, meetings, auctions, parties, dances and church events mark a busy week in Concord with high school football and community society updates.
Arlington second squad toppled Middlesex third team 11 to 3 with McWenney scoring two touchdowns and Trainor kicking the extra or field goal. Emerson added a field goal as officials listed Howe as umpire and Ridden as referee in 20 minute halves.
The Concord High second eleven defeated Concord School’s second team on Saturday afternoon. Neither side scored until Greer booted a field goal from the 35 yard line for the winning points. The result highlighted a tight defensive battle and a pivotal special teams play.
The body of Prof Samuel Morse Downs was brought to Concord Tuesday afternoon for brief committal services by Rev Mr Palmer of Andover and burial beside his wife in Sleepy Hollow cemetery. Downs, a renowned music instructor in the area, died Saturday morning in Andover after a long illness. He was born in Haverhill 73 years ago and taught music at Abbott and Bradford academies before retiring due to ill health. His wife Miss Sawyer, daughter of Dr Sawyer, was a noted writer of prose and poetry.
Pastor to give lecture on The Two Baptisms Friday at 7 30 pm. Reception of members to the church will precede the Lord's Supper next Sunday morning. Mr F B Sanborn gave an address on prison development at Union Prison service for Prison Sunday, noting reforms in New England and New York.
The Wright Tavern changes hands with C. C. Wellman of New York taking possession on November 1. Proprietor Busch ends eight years at the helm and will stay in Concord to manage automobiles, then head south for winter. Wellman brings prior experience from a 200 room San Francisco hotel burned in an earthquake. He also ran Surfside in Kennebunkport, Maine, this summer.
A 200 year old elm opposite O. BE Patches on the Cambridge turnpike toppled in Friday's gale. The massive tree, 80 feet long and 25 feet in circumference, fell away from houses with no damage. Despite decay on one side, roots were evenly cut and the trunk still stood impressively on the ground drawing crowds.
The largest turnout in two years, about 125 seniors attended the first high school hop of the season at Eaton Hall on Thursday afternoon. The C H S orchestra provided music and Miss Loomis and Miss Coolidge acted as matrons guiding the event.
The Middlesex club held a mostly successful fox hunt Saturday with A Henry Higginson Julian S Chamberlain R B Baker G St L Abbott and Howard Snelling participating. Start at Nine Acre corners the fox stayed ahead for nearly an hour before the pack could not catch it and Reynard was eventually hunted to Weston where breakfast was served at Mr Baker s home.
Sunday evening service at First Parish began at 5 with the Carolyn Belcher string quartet from Boston assisting and Raymond C Robinson at the organ. The pastor preached on I was in prison and ye visited me for Prison Sunday. J M Keyes remains home recovering and cannot greet customers at his Walden street store yet.
About fifty public school children and parents gathered at the Misses White on Belknap Street for a garden prize ceremony. Allen French spoke on gardens and prizes were awarded across three classes with items including books, hoes, rakes, and trowels. The event celebrated the gardening effort despite no exhibition due to harvest timing.
About 75 residents traveled to Carlisle Thursday for a traditional tea party. Roughly 20 rode in Tuttle’s barges while others went by carriage or auto. Guests enjoyed supper, dance, and drama. J W Raymond auctioned off remaining aprons, as Concord revelers returned home in the early hours.
The executive committee met at Mrs. H. Rolfe's Middles Street home Monday afternoon. Mrs. J Frederic Dutton resigned as director due to absence from town. No replacement was chosen to fill the vacancy.
Leland T. Powers of Boston stayed at the Inn for a week with M. F. Folda of Omaha. Guests included J. H. Brooks and W. H. Lee of the U S Navy and Gen Henry B. Alley of Manchester New Hampshire. A Halloween eve celebration featured decorated tea room and lanterns. Mildred C. Barnes of Waltham held an arts and crafts show at the Inn Thursday. A. A. Sill and Mrs Sill of Bolton England and Mr and Mrs J R Clynes of Oldham England were registered. Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Co directors met Friday followed by dinner at the Inn.
A roster of names appears in the advertised letters section including Arthur Ames J Brewster David Kennedy E M Lisk Whipple Parker Charles Center Nelson 5 and 10 George William Smith Irving Watts Mrs Bruce Borland May Creasy Mrs Frances Donaldson Miss Margaret Lynch Mrs A M Philbrick Miss Mamie Waters and others.
Classified items advertise in Concord Maynard Littleton Bedford Acton and Sudbury with rates five cents a line. House to let Sudbury road eight rooms modern improvements apply D Hubberd. Mrs Hattie Saunders moves to Walden Street opposite post office for dressmaking. Horse blankets from J W Raymond and carriage robes for sale. visit store for details.
A medieval monk Guido of Arezzo in 1009 first described the gamma or gamut with the syllables ut re mi fa gol las drawn from Saint John the Baptist hymn. He claimed singing mastery could be learned in a year or two with the gamut while prior teaching took ten years.
Victoria P. Wood as mortgagee will sell at public auction on November 20 1909 at 3 PM the Concord parcel on Lexington Road. The land is bounded by Michael Leahey Benjamin Clark and Francis McManus 2nd properties and lies under a first mortgage by Lowell Co-operative Bank. A $300 cash deposit and other terms apply.
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