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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1925
Page
1
Frustrated citizens packed the street as the first official tax rate spike hit 40 per thousand. Outcry grew as drivers argued a 1924 car bought for 685 dollars now valued around 200 dollars faces steep levies. Assessors faced hostile crowds and were seen fleeing the scene as the dispute lingered.
The Maynard Club will stage the play Me Xantippec in four acts on November 1. Leading performers include Mrs Beatrice, Mrs Hulda Taylor, Miss Gault, Walter Denniston Russell, Colé, Roderick Victor Salloway, and Guy.
Maynard Roma Lodge Sons of Italy plans a Columbus Day parade in Boston. Members will ride a special bus at 11 A.M. The parade begins at 2 P.M. on North Street. Alex Sopanen, local businessman, will travel to Finland next week to represent a large American granite importer. Mer Sopanen will live in Viborg.
Mizpah Rebekah Lodge held its annual installation Thursday evening with strong attendance. Mrs Amy Prescott of Framingham led ceremonies. retiring noble grand Miss Elean Laithead received a past collar. New officers include Mrs ElLane N G and others, followed by a supper chaired by Mrs Sarah Parker.
The Mozart Ladies Quartet will perform again at a 5 o’clock Vesper service on the church square in Maynard. The event coincides with Rally Month in October and Union Congregational Church activities. The article notes a birth to Mr and Mrs John Murphy and a S C A convention in Bowton.
A fragment notes the group thanks helpers and urges readers to donate surplus vegetables and fruit. It mentions a player's injury and a brief note about summer plans, with references to flowers and old sentiments. The readable text is partial but signals community charity and outreach.
The Eastern Star home at Orange Massachusetts will be dedicated Monday October 12 with a parade led by Masons of Orange Aleppo Drum Corps of Boston providing music. About 200 chapters are expected to attend the procession at 7 30 P M. Guests will review the parade and dedication ceremonies follow on the home steps. The home opens around November 15 and features furnishings donated by White Shrine Springfield Chapter and Boston Eastern Star Women.
Mrs Griffin born 1858 in St Louis daughter of Guida Lippmann and Fred Ite spent years in Concord then Kansas City and New York practicing law. She aided Kansas City Kindergarten schools and lived recently in Weston Brookline and briefly in Washington and Baltimore. Died Monday Sept 28 at New England Deaconess Hospital Boston. She is survived by three nephews, one niece and several others.
Worcester Classical School visited Concord and lost 33 to 0 as Middlesex moved mainly on straight football. Smith scored twice Junkip once Page and Hardie added others arnham kicked two goals while Middlesex added a safety after Worcester was offside The Church Aid Society of Trinity Church opened its season with a plan to hold the annual fair in the parish house October 21 with Mrs leading the committee.
Maynard residents report an amateur radio contact between Dennis White of Wal Street and a London operator. The pair exchanged coded and voiced signals from 9 30 p m to midnight with clear reception. White recently relayed a message from a North Pole coin contact via a Virginia town station.
A town bulletin lists getaways in New and Vermont weeks long, transfers of residents to a new road, and expected occupancy changes in a house. It notes a Thursday evening teachers association meeting at 7 pm in the Town hall with Lexington High and Junior teachers. Women from the O E 8 visited the lodge at Lexing ton and were hosted by the Rainbow Girls.
A church wedding united Miss Blanche K Haley and James B Laffin at the Church of Christ on Saturday evening officiated by Rev Farnk. The bride became Mrs John Laffin and the couple will reside in Bedford after a honeymoon in South Danville New Hampshire.
The sixteenth annual Bedford Grange fair ran September 29 and 30 with cooperation from the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. Exhibits covered farm products, hennery, home cooking, dressmaking, and more. Hartwell Skelton won a silver cup for riding to Concord and back, while Jack Murray led a bicycle race around the common with George Sweetnam Jr. second and Ray Sweeney third.
John Woodworth studies at Huntington School Boston. Mr and Mrs Percy McCormick return from a six week motor trip through Canada to Ick, visiting home. Miss Mary McGreth Weston guest of Mrs Pat Hewitt. Mr and Mrs Frank Hewitt and Clarence enjoy a motor trip to Niagara Falls. Grange hosts repeat minstrel show after popular local performance.
Clarence Ridley, proprietor of Resiey'e, injured in an auto accident near a new filling station at the edge of the woods in Westvale during a Tuesday incident. Ex-Ray examination to follow.
Mr Bilatt officiates as a banker and Mrs Webster is noted in transactions. Mr and Mrs Walter Tuttle hosted Mr and Mrs George Rockwood of Brookline NH. Frank Mansir joined Strong and Tracy. A J Goding takes his place at the railroad. Frank Moon of Newton and Frank Noon of Newton are mentioned visiting.
An OCR fragment shows a local advertisement with brief notes about seven new drawers, three months terms, and an address at 22 Chaudier Street Maynard. It includes a trade style line Abeie Danenm and partial phrases about coving and aes.
Mrs B Lau Kie sney a cashier and Mrs J R Comley with Lucy Pfiffer attended a meeting led by Mrs M L Wendenbough. The demonstration highlighted the girls canning club work and a room decorated with the girls own bedroom designs, earning them great credit.
A large Sunday gathering witnessed the laying of the corner stone for Wallace B. Conant’s new Trinitarian Congregational church at Walden and Hubbard streets on the site of the burned 1826 building. The procession included Deacons Towle Moody Peterson Thorpe, architect Harry B. Little, treasurer Thomas Todd, and Rev Dr Gail Cleland. A financial tally showed 296 subscribers contributing $88,212 to the building fund.
Gruber Bros purchased the Rialto theatre building known as the Deferme Block from Samuel Lerer during the week. The deal marks one of the largest local real estate transactions of the period and complements Gruber Bros furniture operations, tied to A. T. Haynes Co., making them a leading furniture firm in the country.
Miss Eliza B. will again serve as president of the Women’s Parish Association. Mrs. Albert is named secretary and Mine W. Carkin and Mrs. Albert will hold the assistant treasurer and treasurer posts respectively.
The article describes the sealing of a corner stone pledge box during a ceremony led by Dr Cleland and four deacons. Deacon Towle placed the box as readings and hymn singing accompanied the event. Dr Cleland delivered a retrospective address recalling the church’s history from 1826 to 1926, mentioning a fire and resilience, and closed with a benediction.
In Mannard on October 7, congregants and neighbors welcomed Rev Kotila home after his first term serving members away from town. The warm reunion highlighted the community’s continued support for its new pastor.
New physical education instructors listed at Union School, Miss Smith and Mink Brooknias Vass Coone, among staff changes noted in school notes.
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