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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1939
Page
4
Public notice from RD Enterprise describing second class matter status and post office location in Fapore Massachusetts. Advertising rate details per inch for first insertion and ongoing weekly Wednesday publication, with editor contact and office street address.
Fragmentary notes link Zi Rogers Clark and frontier land expansion to 1852 France’s empire era and mention authors Ann Evans and George Eliot. It also references the Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921 and Rawson law context.
A Massachusetts official pushes hospital reform emphasizing public health, access for moderate incomes, and standardized care. He notes historic distrust of public hospitals and the role of qualified physicians and nurses, while acknowledging improvements in facilities and transportation enabling better emergency treatment.
Special aid of some kind was given to thousands in forty two states. Highway first aid stations become familiar as reassuring sights along roads. The country did not suffer disasters in 1938 comparable to 1937 floods, but the Red Cross would have been on the job. The annual roll calls as a simple call to join the organization.
The piece notes that the song Down Mexico Way, a sentimental Tin Pan Alley ballad, has become the British troops favorite in France. It has no war content yet resonates with soldiers as they settle after hours, echoing nostalgia and yearning beyond direct references to England or war.
The essay recalls a wartime sugar panic as a passerby questions shortages. It argues alarms were baseless mass hysteria, noting half a million tons remained in refiners' stocks by late October. The piece mocks American overreaction and contrasts book learning with naval spending.
Maynard Branca Red Cross solicitors report increased interest in the annual Roll Call with returns exceeding the same period last year. The entire school staff has enrolled and support continues for relief efforts.
The Board presents the eighteenth annual report noting steady growth since 1921 with real estate loans rising by 115 610 96 and total assets up 118 068 77. Direct Reduction mortgages led by about 200 000 while farm mortgages fell about 100 000 as foreclosures decline and delinquencies shorten.
Robert Monta Montague son of Mr and Mrs Everett Montague of Somer Street purchased the old ice huts and pond on Summer Street and has extended deepened the shore line this summer. A regulation size hockey rink will be ready for winter with a club house dressing rooms and comforts for players and spectators. Enthusiasm runs high among hockey players and fans as townspeople are urged to support this outdoor activity.
Clarence Sudbury reports Baldwin and crew shingle the outer walls of a house near Concord and Old Waylane roads bought from Charles Baldwin. Rev. George H. Clark, former Methodist pastor, is wintering in Florida. Mrs. Frank B. Hadley of Cane Cord Road is seriously ill. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Walkle of South Sudbury were early Red Cross members in town.
The Sudbury Schools observe Thanksgiving recess from Wednesday noon November 29 to Monday morning 9 oclock. The Athletic Association meets Wednesday November 2% with sophomores supplying cakes and cookies. Junior and senior students may enter Tufts College six prize scholarships exam on March 4, 1940. The American Legion Massachusetts contest evaluates oratory on any aspect of the U S Constitution with local winners advancing to county competition by March 1.
An item from the South cites a proverb asserting that the father of novelty is the great parent of pleasure, reflecting a cultural or editorial note on trends and delight.
Fragmentary OCR notes list numbers and names with unclear context. The readable portion includes amounts and codes such as 1803 and 372.34 each, followed by 5.208.51 and 72,487.68, then 171,487.68, with the name Warthe and Raymond appearing amidst disjointed text.
Air lessons cover judging straight runway lines, distance, speed and glide masteries for a safe landing. After take off to 600 feet the glide is set toward the field with throttle closed and nose eased down to touch down gently.
The Trinitarian Congregational Church on Walden Street Concord invites Sunday events on November 26. Morning worship at 10 45 led by Rev Wilfrid H Bunker with sermon by the pastor Young Peoples Society at 7 pm features Hubert M Wardwell. On Monday November 27 Mothers Club meets at 8 pm in Union Church West Concord with speaker Alexander Henderson addressing Needs of the Hour in Terms of Citizenship hosted by Mrs Kenneth Teed.
Sunday service at 9 46 am with morning worship and church school for beginners at 10 45 am. Primary Junior and Senior departments plus 10 45 am morning worship. November meeting of Concord Mothers Club 8 pm features Alexander Henderson on citizenship needs. Mrs K R Teed hosts. Tuesday vestry service 7 30 pm.
Maynard Oscar A Kirkkay a well known citizen in Finnish circles died suddenly at his home 9 Fowler Street after a short illness. He is survived by his widow Anna two sons Erro and Edwin two daughters Salme and Ms Cyril Sprat and a sister. Funeral from his late home at 1 30 Monday afternoon conducted by Rev George A Koponen pastor of the Finnish Congregational church burial Glenwood cemetery.
Harold J. Field Brookline lodge district deputy will visit Maynard Lodge B P O Elks at Odd Fellows hall on Monday night November 27 to confer the initiatory degree on a class of 13 candidates. S Crowe reports growing interest in the annual Christmas Basket Fund with a Chevrolet master sedan as the main prize. Tickets available from Maynard lodge members.
Rev James W Newton of Henniker New Hampshire will preach at the morning service at 10 40 am His sermon topic will be Rare Reasons for Thanksgiving Newton preaches as a candidate for the church pastorate.
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