News of the Week in Concord DAR Activities
A bustling Concord update notes Old Concord chapter DAR host Mrs George Minot Baker on Elm Street. Mrs William Rand spoke on Devastated France with insights from her summer in France. Other items include society events, theater plans for Jim the Penman, Armistice Day observations, fundraising drives, and local school substitutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Rand
France
George Minot Baker
Old Concord
Dar
Elmst
Old Blake House
Rand
Benjamin Derby
George B. Walcott
Caroline P. Holden
Peenent
Edith Copperman
Medford
Edward Coppelman
City Club
Kelley Co
T. R. Bates
Philadelphia
Gov. Russell
Massachusetts
Russell Robb
Concord
Simmons College Drive
Chase's
Jewett
Mt. Ida School For Girls
Newton
Colonial Inn
Trinity Church
Mass
Samuel Merwin
Jim
Penman
Monument Hall
David W. Simpson
F. E. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
H G. Ingersoll
J. H. Ingersoll
Exeter
N. H
Inn
Co. H
George A. Mulcahy
Massachusetts Reformatory
Coast Artillery
94Th Division
Bazaar for Benefit of Willard Settlement Nov 15 atopley Plaza
G Walter Vialle offers to carry in to Boston for the grand bazaar atopley Plaza on Nov 15 all jams and jellies donated by Concord people. The event benefits the Frances Willard Settlement to fund a home for incurables on land belonging to Lewsac Lodge in Bedford. Mrs George Minot Baker chairs arrangements and inquiries may be directed to her.
Portrait of Louis A Sohier at Students' Art League
At the Students' Art League gallery on Newbury Street Boston this summer a fine portrait of Louis A Sohier is on display. The work by Mrs Sohier is praised for its exact likeness and the model's easy pose and rich coloring, earning warm congratulations from Concord and vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Students’ Art League
Newbury St
Boston
Louis A. Sohier
Miss Brown Owl Invites Concord Girls to New Club
Miss Brown Owl resides in Concord for the winter and invites girls ages 6 to 10 to visit her home at Concord Academy on Belknap Street at 3 30 p m Monday November 21. She seeks membership in the Concord Girl Scouts but has formed the Brown Packer Junior Girl Scouts offering a fun, friendly club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Owl
Concord
Concord Academy
Miss Harriman
Belknap St
Concord Girl Scouts
Brown Packer Junior Girl Scouts
Brown Packer
Aged Concord Woman Found Dead in Bed
One of Concord’s oldest residents, Mrs Anna Megquire Sweet, was found dead in her bed on Nov 7 at her son Elwood Pet-Sweet’s home. Death attributed to old age. Born in West Poland, Me, she married James Harvey Sweet fifty five years ago, lived in Roxbury before moving to Concord, and was a member of the Advent Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah L. Nazarian
Concord
Conant
Nazarian
R. F. Parsons
Thoreau
Theresa’ Winsor
Frederick Winsor
Hugh Bancroft
Mary Bancroft
Thomas P. Brooks
Mary Abbe Hartwell
Alfred Townsend Hartwell
Chestnut Hill
Reed Pierce Anthony
Randolph Frothingham
S. Reed Anthony
Church of the Redeemer
Cheztnut Hill
Jim the Penman
the Concord
Everett K. Taylor
Aire
East Orange
N. J
Berkshires
Elwood Pet— Sweet
Anna Megquire (Perkins) Sweet
West Poland
Hiram
Ruth Perkins
James Harvey Sweet
Roxbury
Sweet
Bachelor Dinner at Ritz Carlton precedes wedding plans
Neal Wainwright Harvard ’19 son of Mr and Mrs Wainwright formerly of Concord hosted a bachelor dinner in New York. His engagement to Mona Crozer is set for December in Palm Beach Florida. Wainwright, a World War I ambulance unit veteran, will reside in New York at 638 Lexington Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riton
New York
Neal
Harvard
Wain- Wright
Concord
Mona Crozer
Palm Beach
Florida
Wainwright
Ophia
Lexington Avenue
Gifts Left With Leslie Anderson at L Anderson & Son Store
A Saturday Evening story notes four miscellaneous gifts left with Leslie Anderson of the L Anderson & Son Store on Main Street in Concord. The item likely reflects a local exchange or delivery arrangement noted in the period commerce column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Anderson
L. Anderson & Son
Main St
Concord
Women’s Auxiliary A L meets at Legion HQ
The Women’s Auxiliary A L met last Wednesday at the Legion headquarters with Miss Mary A Flavin presiding. Delegates Helen Byron and Margaret Craig were chosen for the state convention. A Christmas box fund for soldiers in convalescent hospitals was planned. Armistice Day observed at the Reformatory with a morning basketball game and chapel program. Supt Charles T Judge arranged the program. Wanted a nice white girl to help with two little girls and upstairs work good home and wages references required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Auxiliary
A. L
The
Legion
Mary A. Flavin
Red Cross
Helen Byron
Margaret Craig
Supt
Charles T. Judge
Cactus Blossoms Highlight Dorchester Wedding Decor
A home wedding at 8 Hubba Street Concord features Frank Pierce Jr and his bride, formerly in Washington war work, with pink cactus displaying hundreds of blossoms and maiden hair ferns and palms in the living room. The groom is a Boston lawyer and the couple will reside in Dorchester after a wedding journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pierce
Huba St
Frank
Washington
Mr. Pierce
Boston
Mrs. Pierce
Dorchester
Literature Class Announced for Wednesdays at 3 P M
The Literature committee announces a class every alternate Wednesday at 3 PM starting November 23 at Mrs Ripley Bartlett 8 Buddy Road. Committee includes Mrs Herbert Hosmer chair, Miss Caroline Molden, Miss Sarah Ripley, and Mrs Thomas Todd Jr. Open to all Concord Woman's Club members. prospective members asked to give names to a committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunningcat
Bessie Cutter
Eleanor Ballou
Jeanette Dunning
Rex
Ripley ‘Bartlett
Buddy Road
Herbert * Hosmer
Caroline Molden
Sarah Ripley Co
Thomas Todd, Jr
Frans Meiner
Concord Woman's Club
Armistice Day at the Orchard House
Armistice Day observed at the Orchard House marking the close of a most successful season with events noted for November 12th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchard House
Trinitarian Posters Featured In Downtown Window Exhibit
Dorothy Whitney Ida Jacobs Mr Hanna and Leif Nash credited for seared fale fair artistic posters on display in downtown windows as part of a community exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Whitney
Ida Jacobs
Mr. Hanna
Leif Nash
Concord Woman Dies After Long Illness
Orne Davis of Concord widow of Nathan Augustus Davis passed away after a decade of neuritis. Born in Boston October 22 1854 she was the daughter of Carrie Elizabeth Chamberlain and Lieut. George W Orne. She leaves nine children and many grandchildren. Her husband died in the Civil War at Antietam September 17 1862. She lived in Concord over 40 years and would have marked 50 years married next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Orne Davis
Nathan Augustus Davis
Boston
Carrie Elizabeth Chamberlain
George W. Orne
Fletcher Webster
14Th
Massachusetts
Antietam
Davis
Trinity Church Calendar 1921 Two Week Schedule
Calendar for Trinity Church covering November 18 to 26, 1921 lists services, Sunday schools, vestry and class meetings, plus a girls' friendly society event and a Boy Scouts meeting. Also notes church attendance: cities 70 percent, rural 63 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith O. Dexter
Elm St
Gordon Hutchins
Monument St
Rectory
Girls’ Friendly Society
Boy Scouts
Unitarian Church
Gail Cleland
Congregational Church
Theron Johnson Damon Returns to Constantinople as Chamber Secretary
Theron Johnson Damon, Harvard 05, has returned to Constantinople with his family after years in the Near East. He serves as executive secretary of the chamber, bringing American ideas and renewed energy to the Levant Trade Review and chamber operations. His family ties to Concord date to 1835 through his grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theron Johnson Damon
Harvard
Constantinople
Near East
Mr. Damon
Old Concord
Concord
New York
Chamber
Levant Trade Review
Chamber of Commerce
Oman
Middlesex and St George's Close Season With Victory
The Middlesex School football team defeated St George's Newport 14 0 in the bi annual contest. Captain Pratt and Knowlton scored for Middlesex while Slayton added a second TD. Middlesex finished 6 wins 1 loss. Referee Gordon and other officials noted the strong play. Basketball at Bedford aims for first match in Watertown next Tuesday November 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eters
Isncenenen
North Concord
St. George's
Newport
R. SE
Middlesex
Knowlton
Slayton
Capt
Pratt
MSU. George's
Middlesex ST. George's
Renerd Pratt
L Ig
Porter
D. Milne Stearns
Taylor
Mith
Bailey
Howard
Oo. H
Bedford
Concord Red Cross activities detailed in annual report
The Concord Red Cross chapter outlines ongoing regional work including nursing clinics dental care and public health efforts. It highlights postwar service for veterans families and school programs with volunteers from Concord Lexington Acton and Boxboro and notes financial reliance on local support and memberships.
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Lip
Concens
E American Ross
Ington
Lincoln
Bedford
Acton
West
South Acton
Boxboro
Main St
New England
Boston
Washington
Concord
Red Cross
Homes’ Service Committee
American Legion
Concord Red Cross
Red Cross Motor Corps
Ford
Red Cross Norse
Dental
Peter Bulkeley
Uth
Board of Health
Europe
Lexington
Actons
State Armory
The
Bude
Burgess Speaks at Concord Woman's Club Children’s Day
The Concord Woman's Club met November 14 in the Unitarian vestry with Mrs George R Blinn presiding. Thornton W Burgess spoke to a hall filled with children noting his unity of writing and persona and the screen presentations of his stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Woman's Club
Unitarian Church
George R. Blinn
Thornton W. Burgess
Mr Burgess
Concord Women’s Club Day Noted for 1921
To Mr Burgess' many questions and altogether, Children's Day of the Woman's club of Concord for 1921 will long be remembered.
Laymen's Sunday at Unitarian Church in Concord
B Farnham Smith chairs a Laymen's Sunday service at the Unitarian church next Sunday November 19 conducted entirely by lay members. The event aims to unite the parish and draw a large congregation following precedents from a Vancouver BC church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Farnham Smith
H. R. Bygrave
Edward B. Caiger
Unitarian Church
Unitarian
Concord
Vancouver
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Miss Brown Owl
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
D. T. Hasti
Ware, Mass
Colontad
Daniel Lothrop
Lothropie
California
Margaret Lothrop
Stamford University
G. B. Caldwell
O. D
Mary Elizabeth Orne Davis
Theron Johnson
Damon
Helen Bent Curtis
Sarah Bent
Lowell
Waltham National Bank
U. S
United States
Ystate
HAM
Federal Reserve System
Savings Department
Poole
Carter & Loftus
Concord Junction
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