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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1932
Page
4
Partial OCR fragment lists place names Meynard Colcord Sudbury Acton Bedford with note Including Postage. No clear event or action present.
West Acton shows interest in a new business venture replacing old occupants. Purdy of Seston elected class photographer as graduation nears. Acton fire department respond to two alarms near West Concord and Hexboro. Lillian Frost mourns father passing Saturday. James Kins substitutes at crossing. Mae Holton ill with blood poisoning. Durkee funeral held for Raymond Durkee. Court of Honor held. Boy Scout room exams and troop remains in third place in district standings.
Local church outlines Holy Week events with March dates. Rev. Geo L Thurlow and Rev. Oo M Pghnson preach, services begin at 7:45 pm. Easter day features two services, choir music, children sermon, cross display, candle lighting, youth choir singing, and baptism theme. Flowers and offerings invited.
Stow Grange held a whist parish event with Miss Otterson performing solos. A church service weeknight rehearsal announced by Pastor Rev. Wilburn Beach with a Sunday morning service at 10 45. Neighbors urged thanks for floral tributes and sympathies.
On March 29 Knights of Columbus in the United States Canada and other regions celebrate the orders fifty year mark. The article recounts origins 1882 and founder Reverend Michael J McGivney and notes early incorporators and expansion from Connecticut to Canada and beyond plus postwar relief and charitable efforts.
The American Legion Post aims to honor student achievements with medals and establish a Milk Fund for children. Adjutant J. T. Leon notes the contract fund will be Ruddy 4 know, as part of the program.
The West Concord Village Improvement Society sponsors The College Flapper in April at Association Hall. The comedy centers on Jerry Wetson a college football star who ends up in a sorority house in disguise as the house mother’s clothes sparking a string of humorous situations.
Press reports praise the show from coast to coast noting a wild start to finish. The Flapper Chorus of Bula Bula College led by prominent businessmen highlights the production with graceful performances, joined by the Alumni Glee Club and Girls choruses in sparkling costumes. The Baby Poseant opens as a large children’s tableau and promises further advertisement details soon.
Mrs Anna F Sage aged 83 died at the Ret Home Concord after a lengthy illness on March 19. A resident of Acton for years she cared by Ellen Mackenzie on Maple Street. Funeral held Congregational church March 22 led by Rev Ralph A Barker. Interment Woodlawn cemetery North Acton.
Maynard Collegians return home for Easter vacation including Wiho Fingard Maurice White Walter Brayden and Violet Koskela from Mass State College John Bellows Brewster Academy Wolfboro N H George Gutteridge Bucksport Academy Sam
A list mentions ael Bachrach University of Maine Tanio Fingard Worcester Academy Richard Lawson Catherine Coughlan Alice Fearns Boston University Miss Molly Glick man Springvale Me Michael Vodoklys Boston College John Flaherty BC High School Phillip Wilson Laurie Lever Dartmouth Leo McNamarra St Anselm's Academy Edward Fearns Tufts Barbara Stockbridge Catherine Bariteau Bridgewater Normal.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac S. Ford on their fifty eighth wedding anniversary observed Monday March 21 at their School Street home. Residents of the village for over fifty years they are active in social religious patriotic and fraternal life and well respected by many neighbors. Stow Grange hosted a whist party last night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hf. Geers.
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