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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1920
Page
1
Six hundred students and the faculty of Simmons College in Abilene Texas attended the funeral of Dammit a white bulldog mascot for four years. The dog was buried in a casket on campus with a marble headstone bearing the inscription Dammit hes dead. A band played and a student gave the funeral oration on Every Dog Has His Day.
Bedford reports no classes at the grammar school this week while high schoolers resume Monday after a week off. Harold Pease visiting the Blakes returns to Maine. Severe weather keeps townspeople in town as local commuters endure hours in Lexington depot after a locomotive divert.
The Lexington branch of the Southern division was blocked for days by deep snow drifts on the track from Bedford to Lowell. A 6:30 am Boston bound train from Lowell stalled between Bennett Hall and Billerica station with about 50 passengers aboard. Fifteen passengers, including several women, remained onboard until a relief train from Lowell rescued them after midnight, stranding travelers for over 12 hours. All inbound Boston trains were turned back to Bedford through the period.
Grace Sage presents a dramatic reading titled Romance at Bedford town hall on the evening of March 10. The Bedford branch of the O E S chairs the event.
West Acton residents share updates on travel and illness. Joseph Reed returned from the South while Julian Whitcomb travels to Mexico on business. Mrs. H J Judkins and her baby daughter returned home from Concord Hospital. The W C T U held its annual meeting at Mrs. Nancy S Vose's home. The telephone exchange moved to new quarters for better service.
South Acton notes motion through local life with Ralph Kinder doing Government work at Camp Devens Irene Merriam visiting with her brother Harold at Wollaston a newborn for Rev and Hugo Perdeiwitz and other routine changes The fire house temporary closure and shifts in service plus family news and local travels are tracked with daily actions and small events across the town
Maynard street shows huge drifts seven feet high blocking transport. Shirley Jones tipped over but unharmed as sleighs and loads failed twice. Rev. John Case J S Moore and Ed Swift cleared the drift with shovels. A grain and hay sled also tipped but was salvaged and redistributed. Selectman Warren Jones supervised efforts to prevent further accidents.
Rev. Ralph A. Barker will lead Sunday worship at 10 30 with communion after the sermon. Sunday school follows at noon with evening prayer and preaching at 7. A preparatory lecture for the Communion is also listed. Friday evening at 7 30 the L S C meets with Mrs O H Howe Thursday at 2 30 if weather permits.
The March town meeting at Cooperative hall drew more than 500 residents, with attendance swelling further. Officials raised salaries, approved general appropriations, funded Memorial Day observance, and paid 1985.74 for Concord Maynard Hudson street railway aid while forming a five member committee to consult with Amory Maynard on his estate purchase for town purposes.
Berlin reports that German textbooks will exclude images of the Kaiser and predecessors following a minister of education order. Anecdotes praising the Hohenzollerns and monarchist ideas are banned to prevent glorification among pupils.
Lena Stanley spent the holiday at her parents' home. The Instru-Lyric Trio of Boston will appear in Acton Centre Town Hall Thursday evening March 9. Leon Emerson has joined a New York firm as a mechanical draughtsman. The firm is building an $8,000,000 mining plant in Chile, South America.
The funeral for Eve lina Davis White was held at 2 pm Monday from her home with Rev. Robertson officiating. Born December 24, 1847, she taught in Winchendon, Winthrop, and Ipswich and served in church and temperance roles. Survived by nephew Dr Wendell Davis and distant relatives. burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Funeral director Fowler of Maynard led arrangements.
Boston February 27 1920 George L Barnes counsel for the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad states the firm does not oppose daylight saving in principle and would support a Massachusetts law properly worded to let railroads adjust operations to avoid time discrepancies at state borders. He says if New York daylight saving law remains and Massachusetts aligns, trains can run without confusion. if only New York and Massachusetts adopt it, local trains would still meet daylight saving times.
Moderator Bates in his first appearance in office ran the meeting in a thorough business like manner. He announced three year appointments to the finance committee: B., J. Coughlin, John H. Murray, Herbert H. Young.
The 1920 Concord town meeting drew the largest crowd yet as residents debated the Edison light contract and the fate of the municipal light plant. After hours of fiery discussion, the vote retained the current system, with 157 opposed and 108 in favor, while road department funding was trimmed to 42,000. Prescott Keyes was chosen moderator and extensive town officer appointments followed.
Sunday visitors and illnesses mark a busy week in Concord and nearby towns. Rev. Edward McLoughlin returns after illness while hospital patients David Scanlon and Mary Clerk recover from neuritis and throat abscess respectively. Maynard Marlboro basketball game draws fans as Maynard wins 101 to 26.
Neighbors gathered at Captain A B C Dakin's home to celebrate his 60th birthday with 35 attendees including children and a nurse for a baby. The event featured games music and a luncheon of oysters sandwiches olives ice cream cake coffee and candy. On Wednesday evening Miss Lucy Sturgis addressed Trinity Church on the Church's Call to Young People.
In Portsmouth Texas two lighthouse keepers report rattlesnakes swimming near Half Moon lighthouse seven miles from shore. They killed three on the platform and say nearby Rancho Grande tenants face a rattlesnake pestilence harming livestock. Farmers note fat cattle often survive a bite as venom amount is insufficient to kill them.
James Hurley of Lake Placid has purchased 1 acre of timber land near North Elba for 60000 dollars. Lumbering operations will be carried on. John Brown, the abolitionist, was executed in 1859 and buried at North Elba, where a monument now marks the grave.
At Acton Centre Monday a small turnout of about 100 voters approved selling the town farm. Elected officers include Town Clerk Horace F. Selectman Wa Jones Assessor Pr Durkee Overseers William H. Kingsley Wa Jones Chas J Holton Treasurer W Holt Tax Collector L Haynes Constables John T Niff Oliver D Wood James N ry Charles T Baxter Cemetery Commissioners Fred W Green Raymond F Trustee Memorial Library J Sidney White Tree den James O Neil Finance fee James B Tuttle Frank W Edgar H Hall Asaph Merriam Ace F Tuttle.
John E. MacGregor, a well known and respected resident of Acton, died February 24 after a year of ill health. Born in 1864, he worked for Hoar and was active in the community as a husband and father. Funeral services were held at his late home with Rev. H. A. Perdelwitz officiating. he is survived by his wife, two daughters Gladys Park and Thelman, and a son Stuart. Burial at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
The Nashoba Fruit Growers assoc held its first regular meeting at the I O O F hall on March 30 in the afternoon. Attendees heard an illustrated lecture on living from twelve apples and talks on apple growing weaknesses and farm progress.
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