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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1920
Page
7
A motherly essay urges guiding children to speak about world matters, restrain idle words, and learn truth and kindness. It recalls college dining talk, self control, and the value of thoughtful speech, with verses praising a mother's gentle influence.
Marlboro trustees will hold an evening meeting. Mr and Mrs Ralph Brigham plan to leave Lake Worth Florida for home March 3. I D Marshall camp will meet Sunday afternoon. Marlboro hospital reports Daniel O Kee fe on the dangerous list. New Jersey senate approves 3 50 percent beer. City sidewalks were sanded by the highway department. Mrs F H Josephson and four children recover from grippe. Supt E P Carr returns from Cleveland National convention. Curton Sowerby to attend Framingham apple school. Marlboro lodge Odd Fellows opened eight candidates. Charles Barnes to remodel the Dudley place this spring. P M Slattery reports men breaking out back roads yesterday.
Mr and Mrs James Dunphy of Groton have purchased the Dr Knight place on Main Street near Fairbanks corner from Mr and Mrs H W Shipman. They plan it as a home and Mr Dunphy is foreman in a U S Machinery Corp department.
A crew of 150 from the Asabet mills labored Saturday and Sunday to dig out switches and yards of the Boston and Maine railroad at Maynard and South Acton. Six hundred men worked Monday to finish the job and restore traffic as extreme weather caused widespread delays and shortages across New England. The mill officials will cover the railroad bill, coal and merchandise were released from South Acton, and the company hoped for early delivery of acids to resume wet finishing.
Rehearsals for the Antlers club minstrel show resumed Sunday afternoon with Robert W. Carter directing. The production, postponed due to labor trouble, will open after the Lenten season. Attendance at Monday's town meeting was not hindered by snow. The note adds regional quirks about New England weather and meetings.
A temporary council organized at Riverside hall with Richard McSweeney in charge. Applications on file for 102 members, drive to push membership beyond 200. Committee members named to secure quarters and arrange the charter as a Sunday meeting plans to close the charter and forward applications to national headquarters.
Town clerk Frank IW Sanderson notes three Leap Year babies born February 20 have been recorded since the town’s 1871 incorporation. The siblings include Margaret Greeley born 1880, John A. Moynihan born 1896 of Douglas Avenue, and Delene Lehto born 1016.
Frank Archer's team defeated Arthur Champagne's team by two points in the Odd Fellows' Social club card tournament rubber game to break the tie. The finish marked the closest fought event in town record.
Deputy Chief John Connors reports a Concord district court appearance tied to a single Maynard case since before New Year’s Day. The case involves larceny of cloth from the Aseabet mills, establishing a Maynard arrest record.
The St Brid parish annual reunion is set for Thursday April 8. A circular outlines committee duties for general reception entertainment refreshments printing and membership with names including James J Morgan A A Hilferty Michael Murray and more. Monthly meetings will discuss improvements and campaign aims.
The Magdelene KB SS Whist club members were guests of Mrs William McGarry on Brooks Street Thursday. Prizes went to 1st Mrs George H Gutteridge 2d Mrs Robert E Harting consolation Mrs Charles Wilcoy. Refreshments followed the game.
The membership committee appointed last week began an active campaign to reach every Maynard resident. Invitations will go to local labor unions fraternal orders social groups and business and professional men to increase membership on a large scale.
Maynard reports a thriving clean slate with only one larceny case from Assabet mills in February. A five year comparison shows arrests in Jan Feb 1918 20. Jan Feb 1917 18. Jan Feb 1918 11. Jan Feb 1919 28. Jan Feb 1920 1. Dry advocates cite the record as support for prohibition.
President Sullivan of the Maynard Business Men's Association is in contact with Converse Rubber Co to locate a no stitching and sewing branch in town. A Concord site already employs several women at good wages. The move hinges on finding suitable space, with local optimism space can be found if the company decides to locate here.
Transportation difficulties and sickness prevented five teachers from reporting for fog duty. The absence impacted the planned coverage and duties, with administration noting the disruption to the schedule.
Grace Perley, principal, delayed. Kath erine Finn absent due to illness. Frances W Quinlan at home in Danvers due to sister’s death. Mildred Barstow’s mother seriously ill. Eva Dodge absent from Summer st school. Substitutes listed. Maynard Business Men’s association executive committee to meet Monday evening at Creighton block water office.
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