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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1928
Page
1
A list of staff and subjects appears as L Street School opens for the day with about 1700 pupils. Names include superintendents, principals Grace M. Ncipal and Keith M. principal, with teachers across mathematics science languages and commerce.
The Concord Board of Voters held a session noting 97 additions to the day’s primaries voting and a total around 2600 voters expected for the two-year period.
Estate and personal property of Mr Omy Wood Lane Maynard will be offered Saturday at 4 o'clock p m with items including a Glenwood Range sewing machine china closet bed pieces chairs carpets and divans plus dishes lamps and pictures. Real estate sale with payment terms on delivery and a 10 day fee schedule.
Hard C Burr auctioneers announce sale Friday September 7 1928 at 7 p m for Be A Bowditch 87 Prospect Street Waltham items include vestments leather goods dining tables and cradle beds plus other household goods in a neat clean lot.
Concord held a September note marking the sixty third year of Frank Pierce's shoe business in the same building. He began in 1865 at age fifteen and served many notable customers including Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Pierce's family includes two sons and a granddaughter.
John A. Finigan of Concord Massachusetts is listed as an auctioneer and sales manager and provides the telephone number 404 W for contact.
Two day sale on Sept 11 and 12 1928 starts 10 am each day at Acton Antique Shop School Street South Acton Mass. The collection from New England families includes Windsor chairs tables desks chests beds rugs china glass and many other items. No reserve cash terms and lunch service at the gate.
Philip A. Potter of 9 Church Green and his daughter escaped serious injury when his coupe collided with a sedan on Elm street near the Sudbury river bridge. Potter lost control after his front wheels hit a road hole. The sedan, driven by Miss Esther M. Hoffman of Arlington Heights, carried passengers Mrs Eugene Hoffman, Mrs George A. Brine, and Walter Brine. all were shaken but none seriously hurt.
William S. Jones died at his son Ralph’s home on Maple Street South Acton on August 7 1928 at age 89. Born in Concord New Hampshire May 16 1839 and married to Laura Drew in 1858, he worked 63 years at the American Powder Company in Maynard and trained plants in Xenia Ohio and near Parker's Crossing. He served on the Acton school board, lived 40 years in Fletcher Corner, and leaves five sons, nineteen grandchildren, and eleven great grandchildren. His funeral was led by Rev. William Boicourt and Ralph A. Parker with a large delegation from the powder company.
Sudbury reports a noon collision on State Highway near Henry Ford road injuring Antonio Delfino 98 Adeline street New Haven his wife Lina and son 1 year old. Josephine Silver 26 Parput West Roxbury and her 11 year old daughter were treated at Waltham Hospital. Police on scene. Delno car from Boston to New Haven and Silver car eastbound sustained heavy damage.
Acton Massachusetts promoters announce Acton Fair at the town hall and fair grounds for September 22 to 29 1928 with admission cut to 50 cents daily children five and ten cents on Friday and a full week of attractions and booths. President Goward thanks members and outlines expanded public effort and additional volunteers from neighboring towns.
The August 30 thunder storm broke a heat wave in Acton with heavy damage. A lightning bolt struck Roger P Townes house chimney causing brick damage and grounding a radio aerial. A bolt hit a Boy Scout tent on Faulkner hill and another struck near Frank W Moit on School Street. The Electric Light Co repaired system damage Friday.
The first annual Middlesex County Farm Bureau outing drew over 300 at the Pemberton Inn grounds Thursday. A harbor sail from Rowe's Wharf to Pemberton Pier preceded a parade and athletic program with water events, races, diving exhibitions, and a horseshoe contest won by Edward Carlson of Concord.
The Concord Board of Trade opens its Fall activities with the September meeting in E Halifax Hall High School building on Thursday September 6. Chairman Charles P. Howard will speak on Keeping Massachusetts from Spendthrift Ways.
Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 56 met in Monument hall to appoint a committee for a Middlesex County Board meeting in Concord on Sunday, September 30. The committee includes Thomas Flanigan Patrick A Smith Daniel F Hennessy Owen McPhilips and Michael J Collins.
Edith Colombo daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Colombo of Waltham Street and Joseph Arena son of Augustine Arena Main Street were married at 12:30 PM at St Bridget's Church in the presence of relatives and friends. Rev Edward Crowley officiated. Attendants included Rose Colombo and John Veleno with ushers Michael Nemo and Vivian Lindzey. The bride wore white satin with Chantilly lace and orange blossoms. A reception and dinner followed at the bride's parents home with music and dancing. The couple planned a New York trip then residence in East Boston where the groom runs a wholesale fruit business.
A new Al Smith Club and a women's auxiliary were formed in Concord. Officers include Jas V Hennessey as presidentMargaret Collins as vice president James Finan as treasurer and John B Lynch as secretary in the organization news.
Funeral services for Miss Sophia Chaplin of 32 Bedford Street were held in Sleepy Hollow cemetery chapel with Rev Alfred Wheeler Stone presiding. Burial took place at Mt. Auburn cemetery in West Acton. Chaplin, born in Acton, lived in Concord most of her life and served notable residents including Louisa May Alcott as a tour guide. she is survived by brothers Waldo Chaplin and Stephen Winfield E. Chaplin and by Herbert Chaplin.
Mrs Annie J Leland widow of Francis O Leland Boston businessman died Sunday in Concord in her 76th year The funeral was held at her home Tuesday with services by William Bart of the Christian Science Church in Concord Miss Eberlein of Boston sang She was born in South Braintree November 24 1651 and lived in Concord over forty years Survived by daughter Miss Leslie Leland living with her mother Mr Leland died in 1920.
Concord reports two new staffers join the Middlesex County Extension Service in agriculture and home economics. Alma Reynolds of New Bedford starts as assistant home demonstration agent while Elsie Mudgett of Pittsford Vermont becomes assistant boys and girls club agent. Reynolds is a Russell Sage College graduate and Mudgett a Keene Normal School graduate with teaching experience in Warner New Hampshire High School.
Concord records announce Miss Bernice Everett CHS 20 daughter of Mrs. Edith Everett will wed Edgar Winifield Watts of North Easton this Saturday September 8 at Punkatasset Farm home of Mr and Mrs Joseph Smith. Watts works for Walk Over Shoe Co in Boston. After a honeymoon the couple will reside in a new North Boston house.
Miss Helen Elizabeth Mahan daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence W Mahan of West Concord wed Harold Frank Perkins of Holderness New Hampshire on a Saturday afternoon. The ceremony was by Rev Alfred Wheeler Stone at the bride’s Riverside avenue home. Bridesmaid Miss Minnie B H Merrill of Stone Vermont and best man Charles Davis Brockton attended. Marjorie Carter Somerville was ring bearer. The couple plan a Maine auto trip and then reside in Springfield Vermont where Perkins works as a draftsman.
Ruth Alden Damon daughter of the late Mrs. Ralph H. Damon wed Harry Co. Brock of Waltham at West Concord Union Church on Monday afternoon. Sister Rachel Damon was maid of honor and Everett Brock was best man. reception followed with vocal Selections by Harry Starr of Waltham. The couple will reside in Waltham after a wedding trip.
George Whitney won the weekend golf tournament at Concord Country Club with a one up margin over A Baldwin who finished even. Frank A. Pierce was two down for third, with a large field of 16 golfers and final scores listed for numerous players. The day also featured a high temperature record of 88 degrees set by Fred A Tower with many thermometers at 90 plus.
Concord schools open with strong enrollment across levels. Nearly 400 in the high school and about 500 in Peter Bulkeley Emerson schools. New teachers include Lois Woodsbury Warren mathematics and Helen C. Wilson English. second grade gains at Harvey Wheeler Welst. music supervisor Rosalind Kelsey Brookline appointed.
A roughly sixty pound turtle appeared on a new bridge during the week. Attempts to capture it with sticks failed as the animal snapped and evaded. Police or bystanders could not secure a kill, and the turtle slid back into the river.
John A. Finigand conducts a no reserve 1928 auction in Concord Massachusetts at Mutty and Tirrell's Garage Cherry street center. The sale lists braces of maple furnishings brass teawares and a City of Rockland ship relic plus numerous clocks lamps and china with cash terms and underway on September 1928.
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