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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1916
Page
2
Marlboro Mass publishing notice lists Walter P Frye as treasurer and John H Lawton as manager with subscriptions at 1.50 per year. It notes second class matter status March 25 1903 and post office requirements. Includes in advance 2.00, single copies 10, monthly 75 cents. Regions Maynard Concord Sudbury Acton Bedford listed.
Massachusetts tops an American Medical association ranking with 745 points, ahead of New York 730 and Pennsylvania 716. The report credits state efforts in supervising local health officers fighting contagious disease, tuberculosis, health statistics, schoolchild health, food inspection, and water and sewage control, calling the state a safe place to live and a national health laboratory.
Dispatches to the Department of Agriculture warn tens of thousands of wild birds may perish due to heavy snow. Rural mail carriers will scatter grain along routes, while the National Association of Audubon Societies and state groups authorize grain distribution to aid hungry birds amid a blanket of snow. The note urges readers to share cereal scraps to help shelter wintering birds locally.
The Massachusetts footwear industry rejects Richard Harding Davis claims that U S boots and shoes bound for France and Belgium are partly paper made, shoddy, and short lived. Local firms defend honesty, value, and fair pricing, asserting no such business practice exists.
The Alku temperance society held its annual masquerade in Main Street hall on Saturday. Early in the evening masked participants competed and at 9 50 p m prizes were awarded to Rosa Haapa for manicure worth 2.00 Helmi Taival and Beda Saari for peasants 2.00 Mme Olea Nivela in Finnish costume won 1.00, followed by a dance.
Members of the 1 G I 8 club formed by the high school senior class were entertained Friday afternoon at Miss Elizabeth Sweeney’s home. The event featured music, a social hour and refreshments with Miss Miriam Kempton, Miss Sadie Mallinson, Miss Mildred Rodway, Miss Grace Wilder and Miss Ida Hendrickson among the guests.
Sup er Streets John J. Driscoll attended the annual election of officers of the Mass Highway association at the American House in Boston. John M. Keyes of Concord was chosen as vice president. A discussion on road construction and maintenance followed the banquet.
Phineas Feather of Boston sues Blanche A Gleason of Stow and Nathaniel Stevens of Andover executors of Alfred Gleason for 50000 to recover commissions he claims earned as superintendent of Gleason mills in Gleasondale. He says he was discharged after demanding an accounting and later briefly imprisoned for an assault charge before being pardoned as mentally unbalanced.
A large chapel crowd attended a Wednesday evening concert by the Ladies Benevolent Society of the Congregational church. Local artists including Miss Helen Reed and the high school orchestra performed under a capable committee, with home made candy sales supporting the event.
Under the direction of St Hilda's Guild an entertainment and supper will be held in the parish hall of St George's church this Wednesday evening. The rector Rev Arthur Bradford Papineau directs the entertainment.
Sylvia Imbimbo charged with assault with a dangerous weapon appeared in district court before Judge Prescott M Keyes. The case was continued indefinitely and Imbimbo was ordered to pay Al Smith three dollars weekly to cover loss of time and medical bills from a razor attack on February 4.
Miss Edna F. Locke and Clifford Millar filed suits in Greenfield Superior Court seeking 140000 from the Turners Falls Co. and others. The action stems from a late night car crash in Turners Falls when a vehicle driven by Locke fell 20 feet into the canal after the suspension bridge, with no railing, on Mohawk trail. The incident claimed the lives of Mr. and Mrs. R Clifford Millar of Athol.
At the Div. 44 meeting nine candidates were admitted to membership and three applications were received. Bernard Garrigan was elected as a delegate to attend a Catholic societies convention in New York City March 4 and 5. A committee was formed to plan initiation at Masonic hall Sunday afternoon February 27 and to arrange an entertainment for Friday evening March 17.
The annual concert and ball of the Charles A Welch lodge A F and A M will be held in Naylor hall Monday evening. The Salem Cadet orchestra will perform from six to nine and dancing will follow from nine to one. The event aims for a large attendance as a major social occasion of the season.
The high school senior class distributed soap orders received Saturday to raise funds for their Washington trip planned for the latter part of April.
Miss Persis Aiken of Cambridge was a weekend guest of Miss May Parkin, sharing time in social circles and calling on friends during her stay.
Cars on the C M and H railway will run half hourly on February 22 between Concord and Maynard from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. A special electric car will meet the 11 29 train from Boston at Concord.
William and John Murray were summoned to New York Thursday after the death of their aunt Sister M Eleanor of Mt. St. Vincent on the Hudson. She died Wednesday and was buried Friday morning.
Gainesville Ga customer reports relief after using Foley Kidney Pills claiming complete cure after long insomnia and nocturnal enuresis. Testimony from H M P Tuvaynges credits pills with stopping repeated night time awakenings and sleepless nights following years of trouble.
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