This Week in Concord History: Shoe Store Dismantled; Liquor License Suspension

Each week, Concord Patch is hitting the history books and microfilm at in search of interesting and amusing tidbits that offer some insight into what was happening on this week in local history.

Here’s a look at what happened in Concord between March 6 and 12, as originally reported by the Concord Journal. 

75 Years Ago…

• After residents called a flood the week before worst in 50 years, officials assessed the situation and deemed damage relatively small. No considerable loss of goods or damage to property was found.
• Frank Pierce’s shoe store was dismantled and cleared of remaining stock. Among the finds in the store were 50-year-old handmade shoes and wall posters of public events.
• The grand elm tree that at the corner of Court Lane and Monument Street fell, crashing across the hood of a car.
• High school students prepared for productions of The Happy Journey by Thornton Wilder, The Violin-Maker of Cremona by Francois Coppee, and A Wedding by John Kirkpatrick.

50 Years Ago…

• Macone’s Sporting Goods Company owner Joe Macone purchased the vacant supermarket on Lowell Road.
• William A. Small of Stratford, CT was named principal of the Ripley School.

25 Years Ago…

• Spurned by a desire for acquiring more open space, the Long Range Plan Committee told town officials that they needed to further pursue a real estate sales tax.
• Selectmen voted to suspend the liquor license of A Different Drummer. The suspension came after the restaurant served alcohol to an employee after hours.
• After 10 years of municipal experience that included time as an assistant town manager in Holden, Jacquelyn Kelly was appointed acting town manager of Concord.
• Wilbur Walworth of Concord and Gene Sheftelman of Carlisle donated dental equipment, including a dentist’s chair, to sister city San Marcos.