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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1935
Page
7
Maynard H. S. heads into weekend games against top rivals in opening league play. Friday at Crowe Park the squad faces Lexington Minutemen known for heavy artillery style offense and strong hitting as the season begins.
The Maynardites aim to snap a skid and regain momentum as Ed ODonnell likely starts on the mound for the locals. Coach Sawyer hopes warm weather keeps the team active in league play while Reggie Sawyer anticipates a decisive battle against arch rival Hudson H.S led by Francis McNally.
Massachusetts probate court petitions trustee Robert Bowser to approve a compromise or arbitration regarding Ruth Cates Bowser's estate. The trust arose from Harriet Benton’s deed dating 1916 with life interest to Anginette Dean who died about 1934. Principal includes Springfield Five Cents Savings Bank deposit of 736.11 and a 2 261.55 interest in a 49 000 note secured by a mortgage on 1887 1897 Main Street Springfield.
Maynard High overcame a first inning deficit to beat Clinton League 4 0 on Coone Park. Maynard piled hits led by Al Fraser Vin Labowicz and Lou Commrs as Clinton miscued on defense. Jordan and O Toole split pitching duties with Maynard seizing six runs in the fourth and fifth frames to seal the win.
Maynard Twenty members played in the 1S hole medal play tournament last weekend. C. S. Johnson won low gross with 11-72. Paul Allen won low net 16-67. Two tied for second low net were George Tappl ey 89-20-69 and F S Kneeland 91-22-69. An 18 hole sweepstake is set for the coming weekend.
Maynard High School boys volunteered to dig a three quarter mile trench during vacation to lay a gas main from Thompson Street to Alumni Field for the new Field House. Track coach Charles Manty supervised the effort as students worked in shifts, gaining strength and teamwork for future sports.
Soko's Texaco team captured the league championship at the annual Intertown Bowling League banquet held at Nushoba Inn. Gagne shared second with prizes split among runners up as Harold Peterson led individual scoring late in the season.
Mrs Taina Walsh hosted a whist social at the Maynard Cooperative Club on Monday evening with prizes awarded to numerous members including 1s Perry Vy J Dillon Mary Servio Ann Ryen Michael Walsh and others. Eleanor Slimond and her dancing pupils will perform Wednesday May 22 at Parker street hall. Officer elections for Maynard lodge Bob O Elk to be held next Monday. West End baseball club beat South Acton in an exhibition game last weekend.
Claudette Colbert shops in New York for hats and searches Hollywood for gowns as she heads to couture. Fred MacMurray rises at dawn to play nine holes before work, a rare early golf habit. Ray Milland breaks into films after a gun scene, while George Barbier originated the Hunchback role on stage. George Raft cuts a nine month vacation short and returns to Hollywood. Kent Taylor from College Scandal once worked as a nut and bolt factory fire tender. Mae West sings two numbers in Going to Town and Gail Patrick takes up aviation after being drawn to flying clothes.
A new line of business opens in Maynard with Miss Hlazelle Trask of South Acton as hostess and manager. Trask, formerly with Tourneur Cosmetics at Jordan Marsh Boston, spent five years there and lectured at their fashion centre while conducting cosmetic shows on skin care and proper makeup use.
The Boston Consolidated Gas Company announces new employee ID badges worn by service men meter readers and other staff to identify workers and their duties for customers.
Boston Consolidated Gas Company introduces square badges for employees. Badges feature two blue gas flames beside the word Gas on a yellow background with blue lettering and the company name plus the worker's identification number, intended for visored caps.
Victor Salloway directed entertainment for the 116th anniversary celebration at Wal tham. Philip Dwinell, appointed special police officer, did traffic duty at Nason and Summer streets. Ernest Tannizzo, Wentworth Institute student, visited his parents on Rome von Grant Street. Mr and Mrs Mattson welcomed a child at Jonerson Hospital. Both mother and child are doing well.
During demolition of the Taban district in Austria, workers uncovered a cemetery from the era of Empress Marie Theresa and a revolving Roman wall. The site also yielded Gonestudded balconies and a vast oven once used to bake bread for the Turkish army about 400 years ago.
Mulberries attract the raisin bug, an insect that annually damages fruit worth thousands of dollars for dried fruit packers.
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