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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1931
Page
2
Maynard residents swap holiday stories attend church services and host social gatherings. Local officers and volunteers from Concord and Maynard report on Legion Auxiliary events, whist parties, and Circle meetings while students and faculty resume duties at the region’s schools and universities.
A Happy New Year party will feature a Maynard Grange meeting at Grange Hall tomorrow night. The Grange Circle met yesterday afternoon with Mrs P H Murphy hosting at her Brooks Street home. New officers will be installed at a January 22 meeting.
Miss Mary Ward reports December activity for Maynard Public Health Association. 28 patients visited, 7 carried forward, 21 new cases admitted, 21 discharged, 7 on hand. 8 association calls, 24 free nursing calls, 365 John Hancock Insurance calls, 98 Metropolitan Insurance calls, total 166 calls. A well baby conference weighed 22 babies.
We express appreciation to all who were kind to us during our recent bereavement for Arthur Vinas and Christopher Theodore.
Veterans Hall welcomed film fans with Charles Farrell and Maureen O Sullivan in The Princeess and the Plumber and Part Time Wife playing over the New Year holiday. Concord Public School opened Monday after Christmas vacation.
Belair Maryland and surrounding areas report teachers returning to duty after holidays. Supervisors Etta Mirs Jane Naylor Ruth Smith and others at Lynn High Brighton High and local schools resume posts. Notables include Professor Walter Mullin Fordham and Loretta Mullin.
The new town basketball league starts this week with All Stars versus Boys Club at Wal tham St hall and Hosen Club against Steamrollers at Iastime hall. Five clubs are entered and a close race is anticipated. Sudbury quintet seeks admission to the circuit as schedule is being arranged.
Maynard's ideal location and robust modernizations mark a bright future for industry and business. The appeal targets home buyers and investors, urging support for local merchants like Byron Lumber Co and Maynard Trust Co to sustain schools, churches, and regional prosperity.
An unnamed businessman quoted by the Brownsville Times laments a shattered finances state due to a maze of laws taxes and societal demands. He complains these burdens squeeze him from all sides and leave him unable to donate while facing relentless scrutiny and public censure.
A sport night event Wednesday January 14 at K of G Club rooms organized by Maynard Connell K of C features invited coaches Swede Nelson Harvard Joe McKenney Boston College and Ralph Gilroy broadcaster. Committee includes John Hannon John Gibbons William Smith Charles Irwin. Maynard Council to host whist parties with valuable prizes awarded tonight.
Egg seller Whitney of Maynard offers strictly fresh eggs for late poster at 111 Concord street with contact by telephone 112-4 adv.
Gardner High girls beat Maynard 24 to 15 in a fast paced opener in chair city. Stella Bank led Gardner with ten points, Belair added seven, Maynard saw Catherine Coughlan and Alice Kitowicz as top scorers with five each as Ellie Lawson fouled out. Capt. Dot Marsden missed Maynard’s lineup. Gardner's defense and early 18-5 lead sealed the win.
Local readers get a collage of gym tales and player quirks from Gardner and Marlboro. Mentions include Ellie Laween and Reginald Sawyer shaping workouts for Hudson VFW, plus scattered quips about Tufts and Dartmouth athletes and a tongue in cheek look at college sports culture.
The annual senior close play The Gypsy Trail is in rehearsal with cast including Sirkka Hulme Catherine Coughlan Harriet Frye Walter Wainio Philip Wison Denis Farnell Margaret Linton Leo McNamara and Alphonse Paul. It will be shown Friday February 13 at Waltham St.hal.
A New Year’s Eve farewell at Grangehall honored Missea Dorothy Allen and Wini Fred Tobin. Miss Allen departs to study as a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital and Miss Tobin to train at St Elizabeth’s Hospital. Each received a gold piece.
A. W. Bursaw of Maynard and Acton Oil Co. is praised as a trusted advisor in gasoline kerosene lubricants and fuel oils. The firm operates tank wagons serving the region with high quality goods and fair prices while emphasizing expert lubrication guidance.
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