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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1929
Page
3
A partial OCR fragment notes a church event linked to Frances Hollington in Vermont and a gathering at Phorean Street church on Thursday October 24. Details are unclear but indicate a local church activity tied to a recent game.
The annual Ladies Aid Society fair at the Methodist church runs from morning until 9, with food and fancy wares for sale to support welfare work. Concord residents also enjoyed a talk by Edwin Markham, titled Poetry and Meaning, at Town Hall with many poems and lively quips.
The article covers a Concord gathering where poet Markham spoke to a large audience, mingled with attendees after the talk, and signed copies of Lincoln and The Man With the Hoe. President Lincoln R. Soule of the Parent-Teacher Association introduced him and praised the evening as uplifting and memorable.
A Friday penny sale at Monument Hall benefited St Bernard's parish. The event raised a substantial sum with a women’s committee led by Annie L Brennan and including Mrs Goulding Keefe Hacorty Hutchinson Erisman Sheehan Battles Morley Gandet.
Alfred Olsen son of Mr and Mrs Christian Olsen of Lowell road Concord married Mies Hilda A Taylor of Worcester at the bride’s home in a ceremony conducted by Rev Charles J Burton of the South Baptist Church Worcester. The bride was escorted by her brother Wilfred Taylor with Cora L Heywood of Brooklyn as bridesmaid. Best man was Clarence Olsen and ring bearer William C Taylor. They will reside on Lowell road Concord after December 1. Olsen is a former Concord High School football junior and captain of its most successful eleven, graduated 1915 with scholastic honors. He belongs to Corinthian Lodge A F and A M and Walden R A Chapter.
Mr and Mrs George Hyndman and others visited the Penni man home on Central street Sunday. The South Acton Reading Club held its regular monthly meeting at Avgor on Tuesday October 22 donation day at the Harriet G Sawyer home for aged women. The club donated to the home treasury and contributed household articles. Mr and Mrs George W Larrabee occupy Callan house on Maple street. Mr and Mrs Henry Bayeur occupy a tenement in Hayward house on Liberty street.
WEST ACTON residents enjoyed a fall picnic around Mt. Monadnock. Attendees also joined an organ recital at Boxboro Congregational Church led by Hazel Hooper with Rev. Arthur Jeffries participating. Louis Levarone suffered a finger injury at work last week. Herbert Owens retired from Merriam shop due to ill health. Acton Grange plans its Annual Halloween Dance for October 30. Mrs. Lillian Hanna and officers installed at Winona Rebekah Lodge.
The article reports a successful harvest season service with an exhibit of vegetables fruit and preserves. Next Sunday Rev Mr ies will speak on aConundrum and an Enigma. A ladies Society meeting is planned for October 24 with Miss Alice Riggs as speaker on intimate glimpses of everyday Mohamad ism in costume.
Mr and Mrs Leon French traveled to Goffstown New Hampshire on Tuesday. Visitors from Manchester NH appeared at Stone Farm on Sunday. Legion Auxiliary elected officers on Monday. Inauguration planned for the third Monday in November with state officers in attendance. W Taunton and his children Caroline injured in a Wayland automobile accident last Wednesday. steering gear failure caused collision with a tree. Taunton under care while others resume work. Eleven from the national Congregational Sunday School attend religious education classes every Tuesday at Grace Congregational church Framingham.
West Concord Massachusetts announces a busy church week led by Rev Alfred Wheeler Stone. Friday features an Intermediate Christian Endeavor service at 7 PM with Kenneth Manosh, choir rehearsal at 8 PM. The Union Club holds a special meeting. Sunday services include a morning sermon on The Eternal Mystery and a second evening lecture Life of Christ with new slides from Europe. Church school and youth society activities follow. A midweek service is planned for Monday. The West Concord Parent Teacher Association reports a reorganization and upcoming officer slate after a period of inactivity.
The Tlow Rebekah Lodge met Monday evening in West Concord. Esther Leigh presided as newly installed foreg. Mrs. Eisie McClellan and District Deputy President attended Arlington installation of Ida F sing lodge officers. Concord Odd Fellows plan to move to recently vacated Association Hall space undergoing renovation for improved lodge rooms.
A White Elephant Sale was held Monday in a local store under the auspices of the finance committees. The event featured a fundraiser organized by community volunteers led by W. Carter with proceeds aiding the committee’s projects.
Mrs. Robert Walker chaired the West Concord Womans Club with Mrs. Murdock MacLeod Mrs. W Stuart and Allen also on the committee. Proceeds from a sale swelled the club treasury to a considerable amount.
The West Concord Woman's Club holds a fashion show from the Ichrist Co. of Boston under Mrs Beatrice Macom ber at Assort tion Hall on Friday Nov. ig. A club quartet will sing and tea will be served with Mrs Ruth Cleaves as hostess.
Wanted experienced sewer for textile mending shop in Detroit Michigan. Steady employment and transportation provided. Apply to Mrs. Howard Billings South Acton Massachusetts. 2w
In Concord Massachusetts the Scout Community Committee elected Mrs. Benjamin Armstrong secretary and Mrs. Douglas Sutter treasurer to replace resigning officers Mias Margerin and Mrs. Raymond Baldwin. Services include Sunday School at 9:30 and Morning Service at 10:45 with a sermon on Tenets of Happiness. A Veterans Building event and Woman's Union meeting are planned with an Harvest Supper on October 30 at 6:30 P.M.
Circle 4 hosts a post supper program and supper sale in the Church Vestry on Saturday from 2 to 5 pm under Circle 9 chair Mrs Fred Jones. The biennial push for the Menene 1 Pettis Sin cation edition will be held Nov 5 at the Wot Congregational Church Roxbury. Mrs Wallace B Conant offers information for participants.
At the Concord Woman's Club meeting on Monday November 4 Sybil Foster Education Secretary of the Massachusetts Society of Mental Hygiene will speak on Mental Hygiene Problems of Childhood. On November 6 the first Current Events gesture will be presented by Mrs Claude N Gilson.
The Ladies Union of the West Concord Union Church met Tuesday afternoon in the church parlors with Mrs. Allison H. Willis in charge. A considerable amount of work was accomplished by the women present. Refreshments were served with Mrs. Irving S. Durén as hostess.
Harvey Wheeler of West Concord defeated Peter Tech 2 to 0 in the opening game of a three game series for the Concord gram Mar school soccer championship. Searls Harris and Curtin starred for Wheeler while DiCo Swan and teammates contributed on defense and offense.
Score West Concord 2 Emerson 0 as Harms and Curtin score. Referee Weygant Linesman Bygrave. Time 1st period 1m. Jury note mentions Flannery Flannigan DiCicco Es forwards.
The practice session opened Wednesday afternoon on the Em ae ground with girls candidates for the High Belive team and other squads. Ruth E. Emming is coach of the teams, and captains were named for freshman sophomore junior and senior groups.
Miss Mabel C. Morison takes the mid day duties as bookkeeper replacing Miss Fetna Spinney who recently filled the post. The Acton Agricultural Association plans an event on Wednesday evening at 7 30. The annual turkey dinner is set for March at 7 o'clock. Frank A. Merriam becomes president of the South Afton Improvement Association and brings broad experience to the group. Congratulatory notes go to Sylvia and Mrs Mildred Harris who returned from a three month auto trip to Yellowstone Park and North Dakota, covering several thousand miles. Spinney, the former bookkeeper, resigned and left for Harmony Nova Scotia.
The text announces a petition for letters of administration regarding the estate of May Brosnahan late of Middlesex County. It sets a court date on the twelfth day of December 1929 at ten o'clock to show cause why administration should not be granted to the petitioner. Witness: Johnquire, First Judge, at the district court in Concord.
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