Minstrel Show Draws Crowd at Acton Congregational Church
Acton South crowd enjoys an oldtime minstrel at the Congregational church directed by Mr and Mrs Hlugh Hodgen with Har old Merriam as musical director and Mrs Frances Archer Madsen accompanist under the Ladies Social Circle. End men and chorus deliver lively acts with vocal duets and a smooth host performance by John J Dunivan as interlocutor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Acton
Hlugh Hodgen
Harold Merriam
Frances Archer Madsen
Alfred
Olga Granberg
Vy Reynolds
Reynolds
Essie
Jessie
Hugh ‘Hodgen
Don Fullenton
Male Fullenton
Red Roche
Marguerite Smith
Billie Hodgen
Hope Parsons
Euseba Reed
Virginia Gorton
Virginia Hodgen
Leo Roche
Charles Taylor
Iris Hamm
Eddie
Fragmented note hints at bronchial cough remedies
Readable fragments point to bronchial cough symptoms and a brief mention of simple remedies. No clear patient name or medical authority is present. The text preserves a general focus on cough relief with sparse, nonspecific guidance.
Com MacMillan To Lecture Here December 18th
Concord invites residents to the Grentell Night at Trinitarian Church on Friday December 18 at 8 p.m. Commander Donald B. McMillan will present an illustrated lecture Hunting Arctic Records describing his Arctic expeditions and polar journeys aboard the Bowdoin. A silver collection will be taken as a courtesy gift to Capt. MacMillan, director of the Grentell Association.
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Concord
Trinitarian Church
New England Grentell Association
Donald B. McMillan
Arctic
North Polar
Greenland
Baffin Land
Hudson Straits
Bowdoin
MacMillan
N. K E. Grenfell Association
Maynard Pupils and Health Services Report
Report by Miss Edith B Foster, school nurse, for November issued by James P King superintendent of schools. Visits to schools 85 and homes 45. pupils examined 227. first aid in schools 153. four pupils excluded for communicable disease control and 29 readmitted. Four physician visits to schools and seven pupils treated. A diphtheria clinic by Dr Edward Flaherty with toxin antitoxin given to 66 children each Monday in November. Dental clinics conducted by Dr Break May and Dr may be included.
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Edith B. Foster
James P. King
Edward Flaherty
Break. May
Flaherty Chosen Captain of Maynard Football Squad 1937
Edward J. Flaherty Jr. unanimously elected captain by 16 lettermen for Maynard High's 1937 football team. A three year backfield player with a noted 88 yard freshman run, he also excels in baseball and basketball and served as class president. Next year’s nucleus will include nine lettermen and co captains and a long list of team leaders.
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Maynard
Edward J. Flaherty, Jr
Clinton
Colombo
Koskinen
Sullivan
Maherty
D’agata
Spratt
South Acton Residents Add to Emerson Hospital Tales
Edward Nealey a High street antiques dealer is in Emerson Hospital Concord for treatment. Mrs Arthur Reynolds and her infant Arthur Whitney returned from Emerson Hospital. Lily Morison of Main street remains at Emerson Hospital with broken ankles after an auto crash two weeks ago. Phillip Lowden visits his mother in town after a busy season at his Northwood stock business. Mr and Mrs Leon Claflin are on—
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Nealey
High Street
Fletcher's Corner
Emerson Hospital
Concord
Arthur Reynolds
Arthur Whitney
Lily Morison
Mainstreet
Phillip Lowden
North Woodstock
N. H
Leon Claflin
Nurse Caring for Ave ton's Elder Aaron Jones Fletcher Ill
A nurse caring for Ave ton's oldest citizen Aaron Jones Fletcher was stricken with appendicitis last Saturday and taken to Emerson Hospital in Concord. She is recovering well after surgery.
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Aveton
Aaron Jones Fletcher
Emerson Hospital
Concord
Laphams Mark 35th Anniversary in Concord Family Gathering
Concord Chronicle notes belated but hearty congratulations to Mr and Mrs Waldo P Lapham on their Thanksgiving Day 35th wedding anniversary. Family from New York joined their son Ralph and Ruth Lapham at the gathering. Ruth is West Concord Librarian. The couple married in Acton 85 years ago by Rev Bernard Copping and have remained in Concord. Mr Lapham is a prominent realtor and community figure, while Mrs Lapham is active in clubs and church work.
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Concord
Waldo P. Lapham
Ralph P. Lapham
Lapham
Gail Lapham
New York
Ruth Lapham
West Concord
Mother Goose Weds Santa Claus At Union Church
A Mother Goose Fair at West Concord Union Church featured tea in Mistress Mary's garden and a turkey supper. An afternoon program and evening entertainment culminated in the play Mother Goose Marries Santa Claus staged by Mrs Claire MacKenzie and assisted by Mrs Henry Harmon.
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West Concord
West Concord Union
The
Ladies Union
Mary
Harold Galee
Frank A Cleaves
Helen Lawrence
Virginia Robus
Dorothy Montague
Tufts
Warren
Rice
Florence Mullen
Santa Claus
Claire MacKenzie
Henry. Harmon
Little People Stage a Charming Christmas Play
A charity event featured children in Mother Goose costumes performing a lively pageant. The show included numerous named participants and volunteers handling tables for land kerchief, aprons, candy, books, white elephant, grabs, and food, with music by Frances Leighton, Sibyl Gales, and Dorthea Bertelsen.
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Geret Damon
Eleanor McCabe
Dick Jewitt
Mary
Marjorie Harmon
Jack Torner
Edward Damon
Bo Peep
Janice Adams
Jack and
Gill
Charles Harmon
Marion Derby
Robert Leighton
Norman Cousins
Raymond Lloyd
Charles Hopkins
Patricia Leahton
Simon
Teddy Hawkes
George Hopkins
Bertha Mullen
Tommy Tucker
Stanley Teed
Frances Leighton
Mildred Harmon
Sibyl Gales
Dorthea Bertelsen
John G. Leighton
Landkerchief
Frank 5. Walker
Silas A Bean
Ernest Pringle
Frank HH. Hewitt
George Carter
Thomas KH. Pilling
Winfield Chaplin
Andrew Dwardson
William A. Rodday
Elmer D. Wethenbee
Alice Tufts
Roger Derby
Herbert L. Day
James S. Maguire
Warren B. Goddard
H. Marie Holden
Paul U Barnes
Murdock Maclood
Warren A. Rice
Jamesl. Adams
Albert J. Hicks
Frank C. Leighton
Clarence W. Mahan
A. Laura Batt
Imitating Others Quote from Hi Ho the Sage
The quote from Hi Ho of Chinatown says imitation invites attention to a person whose shadow allows idlers to seek repose. It frames imitation as exposure of a notable figure whose influence offers rest or refuge from vanity. The remark carries a compact, aphoristic view of social mimicry.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Textiles in Rush as Mill Orders Pile Up Across New York
New York reports a textiles rush with prices rising and mills at capacity since last summer. Demand driven by depleted stocks and higher prices prompts projected retail increases while dry goods remain strong. Cotton, wool, and rayon markets show firm to rising prices amid record October consumption and backlogs into 1937. Some mills in Fall River are even refusing orders due to being booked.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange Service
Arthur Detfe
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
United States
Ray Bell
Association of Cotton Textile Merchants
Fall River
Mase
Prominent Fall River Largely criticizes market boom
A noted Fall River Saoker, who declined to be named, said the market is "far out of hand" since the last loom boom. Chapter notes indicate DeMolay activity on Monday night. Mrs. Robert P. Lawson of Concord was elected president as the majority maintains a comfortable lead in the bowk ing league.
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Fall River
Saoker
Robert P. Lawson
Concord
Bowking League
Maynard Mothers Circle Organizes Meeting
Maynard Mothers Circle was organized for a meeting led by Lt. 1D. Wilsea, addressing community concerns and plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers Circle
Wilsea
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