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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1909
Page
4
The Concord section blends a long original Thanksgiving poem by H C Rolfe with brisk local notices. It names residents, visitors, and events from the week including inn guests, school recess, society meetings, fire calls, and a children's dance at the town hall with about 40 attendees and a figure German.
The First Parish hosts a Vesper Service on Sunday November 28 at 5 pm with organist Raymond C. Robinson and soloists Miss Viola Van Orden and Benjamin E. Berry. Music includes Grande Offertoire and other sacred pieces by Tombelle Scott Sullivan and others. The Philathea class meets at the Manse hosted by Mrs Virginia Lee Tewksbury with sewing, social chat, and Boston Blind Babies hospital drives. A Tuesday gathering features Miss Lilian Petersen and a planning committee to stage a future play.
Rev Albert Lazenby led an afternoon program in the First Parish vestry with readings from J M Barrie and Ian Maclaren. Miss Rosetta Key sang Scotch songs with Mrs Lee Macdonald on piano. The Woman's Parish Association sponsored the event and Mrs Prescott Keyes presided.
Concord players scoff at Maynard checkers boasting and tease a match. The mill town players claim they could surprise with hidden talent and even suggest blindfolded games to level the field. Both towns seek playful competition for fun or stakes like money or marbles.
Mr and Mrs George Hodgman were surprised at their Monument street home on Friday evening by 20 friends and neighbors for their 25th anniversary A silver tea service was presented as a memento The guests wished them many more happy years together
Concord Woman's club on Monday heard Miss Mary A Best relate True Stories of East side New York girls in vivid words. She described life there, praised their philosophy, and drew a clear picture for the audience. A Boston talk on savings insurance for workers and a gardening report read at the meeting complemented the afternoon.
Mr and Mrs H C Rolfe celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary with a family gathering at Middle street Concord on Sunday. Prof William M Cole and family from Cambridge and Alfred G Moose of Hills School Pottstown Pa attended. Their California son was unable to come but his daughter Olivia joined winter visitors. A dinner featured the day and flowers received included golden yellow chrysanthemums. An original Thanksgiving poem by Mr Rolfe appears in another column. The Enterprise extends best wishes for many more anniversaries.
The hotel register over the past week shows visitors from Portland to Boston and Tokyo. Balmy Sunday weather drew many sightseers by auto trolley and carriage to the tavern piazza, while western guests from the football game explored Concord's historic spots.
Sunday Mass and song service were presented by Rev. S H B Davis with gifts and pledges totaling over 97 dollars. Union Thanksgiving services are set for Thursday November 25 at 11 o clock with Rev L B Macdonald preaching. Sunday sermons focus on Paul and heroism in moral rescue work. G H Hawkey of New York was registered at the Colonial Inn.
Comrades served as bearers at the simple funeral for George F. Hall on Lexington Road Thursday afternoon at 2 15. Rev. Loren B. Macdonald conducted the service at the Unitarian church with a march from the armory to Sleepy Hollow cemetery. A detachment from Company I 6th Regiment MVM and a Harmony lodge delegation attended along with floral tributes from the Post and United Workmen. Bearers listed: Myrick Statch James Carter Cyrus Benjamin Frank E Bemis John Brown Benjamin Loring.
Enoch Garfield of Concord proposes a series of checker matches between Concord and Maynard. Each town would field a five man team with number of games and rules to be decided at a later meeting. Garfield argues Concord’s side can outplay Maynard. the aim is to settle a local controversy.
The Kings Daughters of First Parish report funds from their spring fair are aiding hospital care. One patient is being treated at Concord hospital and another will go to Waltham hospital next week. They aim to assist any deserving person needing hospital treatment who cannot pay.
A Sheffield merchant misaddressed a gentleman as Mr. Johnson the coal dealer on the street. Days later in a tram car he repeats the joke to a stranger, who confirms the likeness. The man then reveals he is the actual Mr. Johnson, joking that the merchant resembles a coal dealer.
Announcement states a dressmaking shop has opened at No 14 Walden Street Concord and is ready to take orders for thorough work and custom garments.
George Warren has pushed to stock Lake Walden with white perch and reports a favorable outcome. On Saturday E B Mecarta of the state fish and game commission released a handsome batch of white perch two and three years old, suggesting protection could turn Lake Walden into a magnet for local anglers.
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