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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1908
Page
4
Concord townsfolk plan a Thanksgiving golf match and school closings. Local clubs host lectures, a public tuberculosis talk, and a charity food sale to support health education. concerts and musicales highlight the Concord Musical Club with period costumes and honored guests.
Supper and entertainment followed Thursday afternoon in Trinity church with Ladies Missionary Society and Auxiliary of the Women’s Board of Missions. Mrs Wallace A Calef led the supper with a committee including Mrs Ole Thorpe and others. husbands served as waiters. Auntie entertainment featured improvised acting and Mother Goose proverbs performed by Miss Edna Calef and others, drawing hearty merriment. ADAMOWSKI TRIO
One of the finest Concord concerts, the Adamowski trio with Mme Szumoska, T Adamowski, and J Adamowski, drew a large, enthusiastic audience. The program featured Rubenstein cello pieces, Strube Berceuse and Saint Saens Allegro, Chopin nocturnes and impromptu, Liszt Rhapsody No.6, Adamowski violin and ballet airs, and Mendelssohn trio movements.
Lawrence and Lennox attended the Harvard Yale game last Saturday. Timving Armstrong visited Marlboro over the weekend as Thanksgiving break nears. Concord closed football by beating Allen of West Newton 12 to 11 in a hard fought, rivalry contest. Allen led with a first ten minutes touchdown and goal, while Concord rallied in the second half with forward passing and key runs by Baker and Lynde. The lineup lists Concord players Matthews Downey Lannigan Robb Curtis Whitney Chapman Lennox St Perkins Baker Mabry Morgan and others. Referee Goddard and officials named. The basketball squad begins preparations for a strong season with manager J. Lennox. Ashley P. Whipple elected baseball manager. Gleason spoke on track and cross country plans for Boston and future BA A games.
Harold Shaughnessy, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Shaughnessy of Lexington Road, Concord, died Saturday after a year long illness. Born in Stow, he lived in Concord and Concord Junction, where his father worked, before moving to this part of town. Survived by parents and sister Frances, funeral was at St Bernard's with a requiem mass and burial in St Bernard's cemetery. services attended by many relatives and friends.
Rev. M. J. Scanlan, formerly curate of St. Bernard's church and now at the cathedral parish in Boston, spoke to Holy Name society Sunday evening. He dwelt on Catholic unity and organization as essential to Catholicism and its interests, holding his audience's attention for about 45 minutes.
The district court, flooded with automobile cases from speed mania tied to the Groton St Mark's football game, cleared the docket and netted about $300 in fines as the dust settled on the street battles with speeding drivers.
A Rebekah banquet in Junction featured a 6 30 p m supper in the O F hall directed by Willow Rebekah lodge committee led by Mrs George Williams and others. About 50 couples attended and danced to King Cole's orchestra after a menu including chicken potato salad cold meats beans cake pies fruit and coffee.
The Concord high school paper The Voice will debut mid December with Leonard C. White as editor in chief and Marion Hoyle Geo Urquhart assisting. Richard Connorton heads business operations with Kenneth Cook and Julian Ballou as assistants. Seven issues planned this year as students pledge their best work.
Miss Mary EB McBreen and John A Brown wed at St Bernard's Church on Wednesday at 4 pm. Rev Fr Lynch officiated with Miss Katherine Gleason as organist. The bride wore white net and carried chrysanthemums. The reception followed at Monument Street home. The couple, popular in town, will reside there after a wedding journey aided by a $100 gift.
Miss Anna F Bird of Merrimac hosts a three day watercolor exhibit at the Colonial Inn under Concord Woman's Club auspices. The collection includes many foreign and New England scenes. tea served in tea room Tuesday afternoon. Exhibition runs December 1 to 3 with daily sessions 3 to 5 and 7 to 9, plus morning hours Wednesday and Thursday.
At Friday night meeting the topic will be Grounds of Praise and a new hymn book Church Hymns and Gospel Songs may be used. Next week, observed as week of prayer, with daily services except Saturday and with Scandinavian service Wednesday. Local pastors assist Monday through Friday evenings. Sunday services feature Peters Release from Prison in the morning and Elijah at the top of Mt. Carmel in the evening with Mr. Tewksbury speaking.
The Fairhaven greenhouses, rebuilt last summer, feature 7000 carnation plants, 1000 violets, potted plants, and 10 000 flowering bulbs. A new office, potting room, shed, and hot water heating with electric wiring boost operations serving Concord, Boston, and surrounding towns. Wheeler Landscape contracts extend to Bridgeport and beyond. contact The Enterprise for ads and prices via telephone 154-3 or 2.
The Scandinavian Methodist Church annual fair under Ladies' Mission auspices drew many visitors despite bad weather. Most items sold well, with guessing and egg tests as main amusements awarding gifts like a china tea set, art vase, sofa pillows, and a carriage. A prayer service is planned for Thanksgiving Day at 8 p.m.
Samuel Hoar, Harvard guard, is being named by several papers as a possible All American. His standout play has critics in gridiron circles noting his inclusion in multiple published lists. Hoar hails from his town and has already drawn attention for national recognition.
For Sale a near new Jewett piano with reasonable terms. Apply 3 Bedford Street. Wanted a girl to do nursery work apply to Mrs Theodore Chamberlin Lowell Road Concord. To Rent an eight room house on Middle Street after Nov 1 with all modern conveniences. Philip McManus.
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