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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1937
Page
3
The priest announced that a traffic fire siren will be placed in Miller Square to aid clearing traffic when apparatus is called. The chief will leave Saturday next Sunday for Kenosha to supervise the final touches of the new fire trio to be delivered here next month.
West and daughter Annie Kinsley entertain Mrs. Richard Kinsley of Chicago. Grace Callanan returns from Newfound Lake with the Hardy and Tracy families. Ada Cram and Ida MacGregor spend days at Hampton Beach. Henry Hopkinson visits relatives in Vermont. The Schnabs move into a new Arlington Street home. Blanchard mourns a Maine death. Leonard Gould travels from Florida to Five Islands, Maine. Goulds to visit Bertram and Mrs Hall. Parsons family hosts Milton Locke at Peake's Island. William Gates attends a Worcester birthday dinner. Katherine Kinsley hosts Dorchester families for parsonage forage fund. Nathaniel Lor ing entertains his mother.
Mrs Charles F Campbell and Mrs Walter Jones of Detroit are guests in town for a few days and are stopping at the home of Mrs Frank Taylor on School street.
The Spencer Taylors of Concord Road returned from Wells Beach Maine. August Johnson of Somerville and family occupy the remodeled Noyes homestead opposite the town hall and restore it along colonial lines with modern conveniences. Harold Phalen and Carolyn visited with Mrs. Virginia Bishop. Mr. and Mrs. Iver Peterson return from two weeks at Southport Maine. The Food Sale by the Church Aid on the Common was a large success with the monthly church group gathering.
South Acton Fire Company water polo team won first prize at the Ayer muster after earlier second and third place finishes at Southboro and Hudson. Team members include captain George Hayward and players Fullenton LeClerc Priest Tuttle Soar Reynolds Merriam, who wore new Acton 2 FD sweat shirts.
Mr and Mrs Edward Cheney plan to move from River Street to the former Walsh residence on Robbins Court. The Walshes will move into the home of the late Mrs Ellen Hubbard on Main Street, the residence of Mrs Walsh’s mother.
Barbara Morton spends a week in Andover New Hampshire. John Mullin visits Three Mile Island and Lake Winnipesaukee with the Ellms family. Philip Way spends weekends with family on Candy Hill and aboard a boat off Massachusetts. Eugene Hamilton sells land to Fletcher Harrington. Jeanne Buxton returns from Niantic Connecticut. James Knox drives her home. Knox is a Hartford bank president. Josephine Knox will enter Wellesley College. Knox family summer in Niantic. Mrs Elon Clarke and Mrs George Raymond visit with Gertrude Halloran in Rye Beach and Kansas City. Sudbury Kiwanis dines at Davis Turkey Farm Inn. The Scott family plans to move into King Philip Heights home. Gordon Hunter visits town. busy with Beverly work. Dave Liebman and Harry Bennett entertain young girls at Lake Winnipesaukee. David Buxton returns to Eddy Camp Wood’s Hole after sore throat. David Baldwin moves into Maynard road house bought from James Coughlin. Tax sale scheduled Friday August 27 at Town Hall.
Maynard members attended a Night program at Boxborough with Dracut and Granges contributing. Eric Farnell and Adelaide Sims from Maynard provided music for the event in Chelmsford and Seominster while others take vacations in Vermont.
The St Casimir parish held a large family lawn fete last weekend as part of its silver anniversary celebrations. A crowd swelled for dancing, contests, sports, and entertainment for all ages, with Michael Rosko receiving a special washing machine prize amid a weeklong reunion with town visitors and parishioners.
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