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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1922
Page
3
Concord weekly social notes list a Teachers Club supper hosted by Hazel A Fairfield with student help, cap decorations, and singing. Announcements include births, travels, weddings, church events, harvest supper, temperance rally, Concord Players rehearsals, and local visits plus a wedding announced for Elizabeth Sand and Henry Brigham Walcott.
The first set of the 45 tournament was played Thursday October 19 in the K of C rooms. Firemen led with 39 points, AOH 32, and K of C 29. The padnon team led by Capt Michael Mullaney and homemaking Dick Hartnett had top score 13. Each club entered 5 teams of 3 men, totaling 15 players. The second set will be October 26 at the AOH rooms. Refreshments were provided by Michael Collins of the AOH.
Trinity Church choir led by Miss Bertha Graves held a Tuesday evening rehearsal on October 24 with a supper in the Parish House at seven o clock. Herbert Smith organized the arrangements and guests enjoyed the event.
Vesper services at the Unitarian Church begin on October 28 at 4 30 PM. The event invites congregants and the community to join in afternoon prayer and reflection.
Concord area field day set for Saturday October 28 at 2 30 P M with Scouts from Lexington and nearby towns. Participants will perform stunts and the team with the most points wins a silk banner currently held by Lexington.
Albert M. Harlow, age thirty eight, died at his Crescent Road residence in Concord on Wednesday afternoon October 18. A Harvard graduate of 1907 he was active in tennis and later worked in Boston brokerage James A. Hutchinson & Co. He belonged to Concord Country Club and college clubs Phoenix D K E Institute of 1770 and Hasty Pudding. he sang in the University Glee Club. Survived by wife Mary Bennett Lord, three children, two sisters and his father. Funeral held at his home Friday October 20 with Rev Karen B. MacDonald officiating.
Trinity Church Concord Mass lists weekly events led by Rev. Smith O Dexter including Holy Communion Prayers for the Sick and church services. The schedule covers October 26 to November 3 with meetings for the Church Aid Society Boy Scouts Girls Friendly Society and All Saints Day activities.
About twenty youths gathered at J H Whitney’s Thoreau street home hosted by Peggy Whitney. They played games danced and sang into a Victrola with “All by Myself” drawing the best response. Refreshments of ice cream oak and cookies were served and a second event is hoped for.
The Ladies Auxiliary A O H announces a Whist Party and Dance at Monument Hall with Peerless Orchestra of Concord Junction providing music. Refreshments will be served. Committee: Mrs C R Meagher chair, Mrs Alice Dempsey secretary, Mrs Harriet Morley treasurer, Mrs David Hayes and Miss Katherine Fewry.
October sale highlights New York models showcasing hats blouses and sweaters at 70 Monument Street with featured discounts and limited offerings. The event emphasizes style variety and seasonal arrivals.
The October meeting of the Women’s Parish Association convened in the Unitarian Church vestry on Monday at 3 PM. Attendees learned of the New England Alliance meeting in Portland on October 18–19, noted host Miss Lucy Lowell’s alliance address, and planned a November parish fair with a caf ete ria supper. Rev. Benjamin R. Bulkeley gave an inspiring talk on optimism.
Mrs. Mary W. Cook of 5 Sudbury Road raised about a dozen large sweet potatoes and several smaller ones this flat season. The potatoes averaged four inches long and three inches in diameter, with good flavor and color, rivaling the best New Jersey variety. The crop started from a milk bottle in midwinter, moved to the kitchen, then transplanted to the garden where it thrived.
Elizabeth R Simmons longtime Cambridge resident died Tuesday morning October 17 at Charlesgate Hospital. She was 76, daughter of Rev George F Simmons and Mary Emerson Ripley, granddaughter of Rev Samuel Ripley of Concord who owned the Old Manse. She was educated at Franklin School and taught at several private schools.
On a Wednesday evening October 2, Dr. Oakley R. Miter formerly a Mormon priest spoke on Mormonism Exposed at the Congregational Church. The talk was held under the National Reform Association and a silver offering was taken. Mr. Miller, now a Baptist minister, described his conversion from Dorchester and praised the address as interesting and convincing.
On a Wednesday morning in October a disturbance at a Chinese laundry drew a large crowd after reports of a strongman assaulting a smaller Chinese man. Authorities did not intervene and peace was restored soon after.
Mrs. W. D. Lovell of Cambridge announced the engagement of her daughter Faith to Robert Ward son of Professor Ward and Mrs. Ward of Harvard. The announcement came at a tea at Mrs. Lovell’s home Sunday October 15.
Delegates from the Unitarian Church attend the 165th session at the Winchester church on October 12 1922 with a new communion service led by Rev. Chester A Drummond and Rev. Paul S Phalen. A mahogany parlor set and a round oak dining table are for sale at 44 Central St Concord Junction.
Help wanted for a middle aged woman to fill a position as housekeeper in a small family. Furnished accommodations, references required. Address Elm Street Concord Massachusetts. O 18 11
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