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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1948
Page
3
A parish event in Concord hosts a Friday night dance from 8 to 11 with proceeds guiding a grand prize scheme. The gathering, organized by a local committee, invites residents for an evening of entertainment and fundraising activities.
Fragmentary OCR notes show co chairmen Mrs Clarence Ac and others drafting plans for a community quartet project at a local school. Details incomplete but indicate organizational steps and involvement of multiple parties.
Vague fragments describe campaigns and voters in Massachusetts and beyond. References to Republicans and campaign activity suggest polling and rider notes but lack clear outcomes or names.
The Boston College group plans a December meeting to discuss forming a new club. The organizers aim to include Concord area towns and will hold the first session on Wednesday December 8 at an unspecified location.
Fragmentary OCR yields a list of U N figures and alternates. Names include George …, Austin, John Foster Dulles, Franklin D Roosevelt, Philip C Jessup, with alternates Ray Atherton Willard Thorp Ernest Gross and Francis Sayre listed.
The Concord lodge will hold its next meeting on Wednesday at 8 o clock at Main Street Hall. Knight A W Parke of Maynard will be present and refreshments will be served.
The Mothers' Auxiliary at the school plans a series of sales and projects to raise money for the worship fund. One sale will be held at the school on December 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Concord Musketa quid Sportsmen plan their 10th annual turkey shoot next Sunday at 2 p.m. on Harrington Avenue grounds West Concord. A Cub Pack 33 meeting was held at Harvey Wheeler School in West Concord with den leader Arthur T present.
Sudbury residents and guests gathered to watch Mrs Hat Club ride through town on Armistice Day. Hunt members led the procession, joined by local friends who provided tea service. Attendees included Dr and Mrs B Walbach, Mr and Mrs Ed dagence Hill Toad, Charles Co in, Concord Road, and Mr and Mrs Arthur BR Howe of Concord Road.
A large Sudbury group about 10 percent of the town joined Weston and Wayland residents to donate blood at the Weston Town Hall Red Cross Mobile Unit on Armistice Day. Led by Richard C. Hill, the effort began a month earlier with Sudbury Chapter district representatives.
A list of attendees from Lexington and Maynard meetings includes Lester B. Whitemore Fred T. Boyd Ralph D. McLeary John J. Bent Sr Frank B. Esau William D. Goff G Sherman Blair Sr Jesse F. Baker Rev John E Wallace Floyd Verrill and 36 others who achieved perfect attendance in the past month among names such as Charles W. Allen W Stuart Allen Leslie O Anderson Baker Julian W Ballou Edward J Bartlett Bent Blair Boyd Carruth Benjamin F Clark Dr Cleary Wallace B Conant Kennan Damon James Hi Dee Thomas DuBerger Dr Charles H Duston George E Erickson John J Flannery Esau Goff J Malcolm Humphrey Samuel G Kent William Locke Ralph A Macone William T Magoon McLeary Gordon H Ogilvie Robert D Parks Morton R Great Chester Smethurst E Payson True Verrill Hubert M Wardwell Alden R Wheeler and Whittemore.
Roger C. Fenn is noted for Concord Players work and stars in Outward Bound. Arlés McPherson returns as Tony Fox-Collier, Ripley Gage plays Scrubby, the bartender. Anne and Henry are portrayed by Mrs Edward True and Ralph Verrill, with Mrs True a new open auditions participant. Production staff include Frederick Child as production manager and Donald Smith as stage manager.
In Sanford Maine a textile company hires a professor of ionology to lead research against insects that threaten fabric output. The move aims to strengthen pest-proofing and preserve production.
The Boston Consolidated Gas Company began a September project to lay more than six miles of eight inch steel pipe from Acton to Wayland to boost gas capacity for Concord Groton Lincoln Sudbury and Wayland. Officials say the work will improve service for current customers but not add new heating installations due to steel shortages.
The home rooms of Miss Wilder and Miss Terrasi hosted a school concert with student soloists Lois Hatch Georgia Hatch John Crotty Barlees Joanne Sweeney Qivaio Joan Cocciean Frederick Sanath Lawrence Tower and Jane Novick. The chorus accompanied by Miss St Hilaire performed The Battle Hymn and Armistice Day Leg by Lena Collura with the chorus and two sopranos.
J J Farrell, famed old time minstrel, acted as interlocutor at the West Acton Woman's Club Grand Old Show. The event featured a large local cast and included performers from nearby towns, drawing praise for Farrell's outstanding performance.
The event drew strong crowds and was well attended in the evening. The Aztec national monument in New Mexico houses an interesting cluster of pre historic ruins.
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