Community Notes and Local Greetings in Willowbridge
William Tolman sails on the S 8 Franconia for a two week South American cruise. Doris B Graham begins nurse training at Symines Hospital Arlington. Willow Rebekah Lodge meets September 16 at Mrs Baynard J McClellan home. Harold Hall and Josephine MacLead welcome daughter Barbara Jane born at Cambridge Hospital August 30. G Hollis Blake visit family in Vermont. Fox 18 fire alarm at Mrs Albert S Graves residence. oil burner overflow caused smoke damage. West Concord Boy Scouts open season. Ronald MacKenzie named Acting Scout Master with Lauren Kingman as Junior Assistant.
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William Tolman
S. 8
Franconia
South America
Doris B. Graham
Symines Hoxpital
Arlington
Willow Rebekah Lodge
Baynard J. McClellan
Main Street
Harold Hall
Josephine MacLead
Bolton
Barbara Jane
Camridge Hospital
G. Hollis Blake
Morigan Blake
Philadelphia
Jorre
Vermont
Albert S. Graves
Middle Street
West Concord Boy Scouts
Ronald MacKenzie
John Hendershot
Reading
MacKenzie
Lauren Kingman
Passengers Arrive in New York From Seven Week Europe Trip
Among those landing aboard the S S Columbus Sunday were Miss Mary Chamberlin and Miss Charlotte Johnson returning from seven weeks in England Ireland and Scotland. Also aboard were Miss Sally Davis and Miss Sally Millett who toured the continent with a student Mr and Mrs Philip Davis. Their son Philip drove to New York to meet them.
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New York
Columbus
Mary Chamberlin
Charlotte Johnson
England
Ireland
Scotland
Sally Davis
Sally Millett
Philip Davis
Philip
Masons To Have For Tercentenary
Concord society members plan a tercentenary parade script with Masons and Indians in period dress. Key figures include Rev. Peter Bulkeley, Squaw Sachem and Tahattawan, plus descendants portraying early settlers. The event links Concord’s founding lore with local genealogy and historic sites.
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Concord
Corinthian
General Court
Middlesex Hotel
Monument Square
Peter Bulkeley
Elmer L. Joslin
Masons
Squaw Sachem
Wibbecowet
Tahattawan
Nimrod
Walter A. Kennedy
John W Woodworth
John Lawrence
Wilthacowett
John Donald
Nim
Warren
Spa Ath
Edward Bulkeley
Elizabeth Bulkeley
Edward
Joseph Emerson
Mendon
Goddard
John Goddard
Washington
Dorchester Heights
Samuel Langdon
Harvard College
Special Traffic Regulations Concord
Concord selectmen adopt a traffic curb on September 14 1935 for streets Stow Everett Thoreau Main Wood Kim Lexington road Monument Square and Heywood preventing stopping between 12 and 4 pm violators face up to twenty dollars fine and enforcement by police officers
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Concord
Cord
Stow Street
Hubbard Street
Everett Street
Thoreau Street
Wood
Monument Square
Wood Street
Kim Street
Main Street
Lexington Road
Heywood Street
Five Bids for Post Office Site Offer City Land
Five property owners submit bids to the Federal Government for a site for a new post office. Marian Baker offers land at Hubbard and Walden streets for 18000 dollars. Mrs Richard Wood and Marian Towne offer adjoining Main street properties for 18000 and 20000 dollars. Mrs Mary Cooff offers Sudbury road and Thoreau street corner for 13000 dollars. James MacManus bids 12000 dollars for land opposite the depot.
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Marian Baker
Hubbard and
Walden Street
Richard Wood
Marian Towne
Main Street
Mary Cooff
Sudbury Road
Thoreau Street
James MacManus
Catholic Daughters Court Plans Tercentenary Float
Concord Our Lady Help of Christians Court of Catholic Daughters of America held its first meeting of the season. Grand Regent Miss Sulpine Coyne presided in the basement of Help of Christians Church. The group discussed float plans for the tercentenary parade with a committee led by Miss Sebina Coyne and other members.
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Concord
Our Lady Help of Christians
Catholic Daughters of America
Help of Christians’ Church
Sulpine Coyne
Sebina Coyne
Eileen Dee
Elizabeth Eleanor Jennings
Elizabeth Mahoney
Cornelia Bedford Connell
Helen King
Descendants of Hapgood Wright in Concord Listed
Three direct descendants of Hapgood Wright are now living in Concord Edward F Wright is a plumbing inspector Joseph Wright manages Wright Cleaners with Jeannette Wright as assistant Edward and his relatives have long engaged in business since Hapgood Wright’s era in Concord.
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Concord
Hapgood Wright
Edward F. Wright
Joseph
Jeannette
Edward
Wright Cleaners
Wright
Concord Knights plan float for centennial parade
Concord Council Knights of Columbus met at Monument Hall with Grand Knight John W. Whalen Jr. presiding. They discussed the float for the four day celebration of Concord's 300th anniversary and pantane attire in the town. Mrs Samuel Hoar and daughters Cynthia and Virginia Hoar arrived home from Europe aboard the S. Norman Die after Cynthia studied music in Munich and Vienna and the family attended the Festival at Salem.
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Concord Council
K. OF C. Concord Council
Knights of Columbus
Monument Hall
John W. Whalen, Jr
Concord
Samuel Hoar
Cynthia
Virginia Hoar
Europe
Boys Must Wear Dresses In Connemara Tradition
A local note recalls a Connemara custom where boys wear dresses to appease fairies and protect them from misfortune. The superstition reflects regional folklore and child safety beliefs once observed in communities.
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Connemara
First Church of Christ Concord Sunday Schedule and Lesson
Sunday service at 10 45 with Sunday School at 10 46 Reading and testimonial meeting details listed for evenings midweek Reading Room hours 2 to 5. The lesson sermon centers on compassion faith and scripture with references to Hebrews and Mark and cites Mary Baker Eddy on healing and faith.
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First Church OF Christ
Concord
Churches of Christ
Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
Miss Miriam Clark Named Physical Director in Concord
Miss Miriam Clark of Winthrop takes over as physical director for girls in Concord schools as Eleanor Dobbins leaves to pursue a doctoral degree. Clark, a Boston University Sargent School graduate, coached hockey and basketball at Winthrop High and taught freshman physical education at Keene Normal School last year. Her twin sister Catherine Clark, known in Boston for girls recreation work, will soon move to Ashbury Park New Jersey for physiotherapy at Pitkin Hospital. The sisters learned of their new appointments on their shared birthday.
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Mises
Eleanor Dobbins
Concord
Miriam Clark
Winthrop
Miss Clark
Boston University
Sargent School
Winthrop High
Keene Normal School
Mise Clark
Catherine Clark
Boston
Catherine
Ashbury Park
New Jersey
Pitkin Hospital
Concord Grange hosts Vacation Night meeting in Elks Hall
Concord Grange No 150 opened the fall season with a Vacation Night program led by Mrs Elodie Moreau Ceres Mrs Annie Armstrong Pomona and Miss Alice Fisk Flora under Master Joseph Macone. Whist games and a prize admission highlighted the event. Mystery Night is set for September 17.
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Concord Grange
Patrons of Husbandry
Elks’ Hall
Elodie Moreau
Ceres
Annie Armstrong
Pomona
Alice Fisk
Flora
Joseph Macone
the Grange
Concord Rotary Club Discusses Wool Industry Address
The Concord Rotary Club met at Colonial Inn for a noon luncheon with President E. Payson True presiding. Robert L. Studley of Boston delivered an address on the Wool Industry. The club will not have a float in the Tercentenary parade Saturday.
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Concord
Trinity Church service notices and local society updates
Trinity Church outlines services with Holy Communion at 8 45 a m and morning prayer with sermon at 11 a m. The Richardson family returns from a farm trip in Jaffrey NH to New York to meet their daughter. Ralph Hemenway returns from Lake Sunapee vacation and is named Worshipful Master of Corinthian Lodge. G Watkson and Miss Altoinette Watson return home after a month away.
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Joseph Richardson
Jaffrey
Pera Hamp
New York
Ralph Hemenway
Middlesex Motor Company
Lake Sunapee
Hemenway
Corinthian Lodge
A. F
A. M
Concord Schools Open With Large First-Day Enrolment
Concord schools opened with 1327 pupils enrolled as of January 1 1985. High school enrollment projected around 490 to 620 additional students, Wheeler-West Concord expected near 995. To ease crowding four rooms were opened in the old high school building adjoining the new complex. New bus transportation changes were introduced with stops at designated stations and larger buses for grades to accommodate the increased pupil numbers.
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Concord
Wheeler-West Concord
Schoppy
Dusea
Idren
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Greater Boston
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Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Plur
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Joseph Dee & Sons
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Concord Rotary Club
Trinity Church
O.dexter
Charles Russell Peck
Maynard, Mass
West
Wen
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