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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1934
Page
1
Disjointed OCR fragment references Hapsburgs and Goebbels praising Hitler, fears of no Kaiser, a mother jailed, Austrian questions, Bryant found shot in Louisiana, dole recipients in New York, and glimpses of evolving state plans. The text drifts through political tension, crime, and speculative technology with scattered names and places.
The report notes the start of a full session for the second grade at the Peter Bulkeley school and mentions the physical education director’s role in expanding activities for women students in Milton schools.
Mr and Mrs Adam Koch of Florida announced a wedding described as a bridal display in satin with Spanish lace and orange blossom crown veil. The bride, a Mayo High School 1932 graduate active in athletics, married to a groom employed at Middlesex Laundry. The event featured a green ice maid of honor, briarcliffe rose bouquets, and a wedding trip to New York and Mohawk Trail before settling on Florida Road.
Miss Elizabeth D Wood daughter of Mrs Judson Wood Gardner Massachusetts wed Daniel Ripley Gage of Concord in the bride's mother's home with Rev Baldwin W Callahan officiating. Attendants were Mrs Carl B Matthews of New York and E Bailey Frye of Balmont. After a wedding trip they will reside in Concord. Mrs Gage served in World War I with the 26th and 42nd Divisions and is with Estabrook & Company Boston. He is a member of Concord Players and the bride has been musical director at Concord Academy.
Mrs Olive Anderson of Acton died Monday night after a long heart illness. Born in Norway 67 years ago she lived in the United States most of her life. Survived by a son a brother and four sisters she belonged to the Evangelical Free Church in Concord. Funeral Thursday at 2 PM with Rev Olaf M Johnson officiating. Burial in Sleepy Hollow cemetery.
A brief item notes substantial soap consumption in the United States with a claim that Americans use more than a large, unspecified amount of soap, highlighting high hygiene standards.
Rates by zone list Worcester Framingham Franklin Holliston Hudson Marlborough and others. Zone 7 covers remaining central Massachusetts towns with class by weight and age showing heavy and medium rates. dock and farm equipment retain previous charges.
Rev William H Fin nick officiated the double ring ceremony. Miss Margaret M Byron wore white crepe with a garden flower corsage, brides maid in light blue crepe and pink trimmed hat. The bride, a Concord High and Higgins School alumna, worked in the New England Telephone accounting dept in Boston. The groom, Burdett College alumnus and insurance broker at John C Paige & Co, Boston, will reside on Columbus Ave Somerville after a New York wedding trip.
Murphy and two others faced Concord Court after a car crash at Kelleys Corner on August 2 injuring three people who were taken to Emerson Hospital. Cars driven by Miss Richardson and Murphy were involved in the collision.
Sudbury The All Star baseball team made up of Champions players won 64 at Sudbury Ball Park on Labor Day. Batteries included J Poole Mér cury and C Lowell for the All Stars Crowley and C Devoll. Mrs Towle Helen Moulton and Mr Moulton plan to return from Lake Sunapee tomorrow. Also present over Lanor Day were Mr and Mrs Robert Christie of Flushing New York and Gertrude Towle.
Concord notes a small wedding of Mrs. Warren King Moorehead of Andover to the groom Singleton Moorehead in a garden ceremony at the Motte estate on Musketawquid road. Rev. Stockpole officiated. After a blue crepe dress ceremony the couple planned a New York business life and residence in New Canaan following a Farmington school background and Harvard education.
An ERA health survey will start this Friday across Maynard, with young women serving as investigators to collect data for a questionnaire prepared by the local Board of Health and Dr Gaylord Anderson. Lester F. Cowles will supervise the effort without salary, praising the investigators' language skills and promising to keep records for future reference. Cleanup of river beds continues, with ERA administrator Donald A. Lent commended for cooperation with health officials.
About 35 members of the Maynard Knights of Columbus spent the holiday weekend at Camp Joyce Kilmer in Scituate. The men enjoyed land and water sports and report the outing most successful.
The piece profiles Mr. Pierce a Concord craftsman who recalls the Civil War American War and World War and whose customers included notable names. He lives with his wife Alfaretta at 8 Hubbard Street with son Frank a Boston lawyer and another son Everett a Municipal Light Department superintendent and daughter in law Mrs George W Brothers. He turns 85 on October 12 and began in the shoe business with his father in summer 1865 at about age 15.
Reverend Frank W. Clelland of the Methodist Episcopal Church preaches his farewell sermon as he completes his Concord pastorate. He and his family move to Bangor Maine where he becomes associate professor at Bangor Theological Seminary after serving as a part time instructor and commuting over 14 000 miles this year. The district superintendent has not yet announced his successor.
A special town meeting is set for Monday September 10 at 7 30 p m in the cooperative hall. Articles include transferring Alumni Field from the School Department for ERA fund use and considering taking the Assabet House for town needs. The final article asks authorization to extend the Front Street sewer and appropriate funds. Mail carrier William spent several days of the week in Bradford Inn Vermont.
Speaker Leverett Saltonstall attacked bureaucracy while urging party leaders from Sunbury Merlboro Hudson and Middlesex county communities to back liberalism. At Assabet Mill in Maynard less than half of 1800 workers reported for duty on the second day of a textile workers strike amid mass layoff and mill shutdown. a rally was planned for this afternoon.
Horace Chenery of Simon Willard Road Belfast Maine died late Saturday night at his summer home in Searsmont. He was a former insurance man and served in the Concord State Guard and the Concord Veteran Association. Survived by son Richard Chenery of the Hotel New York and others.
Maynard residents face a tax rate of 40 dollars per thousand for 1934, an increase from 1933. The total levy includes state charges of 14 663 55 dollars county charges of 11 489 17 dollars and overlay 6 402 13 dollars.
Concord patroller for over 30 years, Patrick Varley aged about 79, died at home of his daughter in Concord. Born June 16, 1861, he moved to the country at 18 and lived in Concord for 60 years. Survived by two sons Williams J Varley of San Francisco and another son in Jamaica Plain.
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