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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1933
Page
7
A promenade event at Acton High School Auditorium is scheduled for Friday of this week. An orchestra made up of local talent has been approved as the entertainment and will perform for attendees.
Public auction on June 10 1933 at 7 a m. for two parcels totaling about 60 acres based on a 1924 mortgage to Maynard Trust Company. Parcels include lot 1 36 acres and lot 2 24 acres with road rights and subdivision boundaries described, subject to unpaid taxes and municipal liens. A $500 cash deposit required, balance within seven days.
After a long silence the Belmont bats erupted for a decisive 14-3 win over Maynard H. S. at Belmont. Polly Harris starred for Belmont, leading the blue and white to a strong home victory.
Belmont pounded Maynard 14 to 3 in a Middlesex League baseball game. Newcomb led Belmont with two homers and four hits, while Johnson and Duggan added multi hit efforts. Maynard pitchers Pieciewicz and Lehto struggled as Belmont's offense piled up seven runs by midgame.
Funeral services for Mrs Helmi Hinsta of 8 Riverbank Road were held at the Finnish Temperance Hall on Main Street. Interment followed at Glenwood Cemetery. Born in Finland she came to Maynard over twenty years ago and died at 42. She is survived by her husband Edward Hinsta and two sons Sulo and Oiva, both local athletes. A large group of relatives and friends paid silent tributes to her memory.
Mr and Mrs Alfred King of 10 Pleasant Street marked their 61st wedding anniversary at home last Saturday. Both are 79, married in Baltic Connecticut, and will have lived in Maynard 51 years this June. They were joined by five sons Fred Thomas of Maynard Louis Petersham Walter Waltham and Leander two daughters Stella Houghton Hudson and Dora Bickford New Jersey twenty one grandchildren and four great grandchildren. The Francis J King square in town center honors a son who died in World War I.
Mrs. George W. Sargent hosted the L S C of South Acton Congregational church on Thursday afternoon May 18. Rev. Arthur E. Beckett, the pastor, attended as a guest and delivered a very enjoyable address. Advance tickets for the Masonic Glee club concert at the Congregational church on Wednesday evening May 31 are selling rapidly.
Maynard Trust Company of Maynard Massachusetts reports loss of deposit book number 6407 and that payment on the book has been stopped. The notice is dated May 24 and lists 1 fare 7.
Multiple brief items report on May 24 events across the country including Mayor Curley photographed in Washington, a 11 year old suspect in a New Auburn fire deemed mentally weak, dancer Gilda Gray marrying again, militia tensions in Manchester New Hampshire, a Morgan banking inquiry list publication anticipated, New York state's push to repeal the 18th Amendment, Peiping tensions, Roosevelt’s recovery program opposition, League of Nations tariff truce endorsement, a Harvard incident with a burglar alarm and shooting, a Massachusetts Legion post misconduct hearing, a shoe plant fire in Lynn, a Sino Japanese truce in Peiping, Rum Row off Massachusetts coast, wage increases in Lowell and Uxbridge mills, Catholic Foresters convention, a warning on welfare and tax propaganda, a Boston gin robbery suspect search, and a missing West Point cadet Connor with suicide note found.
West Acton notes progress at the Boy Scouts camp site with clearing work and strong turnout. A dads versus scouts ball game is set for Friday June 2 at Blanchard's Field at 6 30 and the troop plans to continue the patrol system with Harvey Dunn as senior leader and patrol chiefs Tate and John Gomith.
The proposal calls for granting President Roosevelt authority to license or appropriate 3.3 billion dollars for a vast public works program and to regulate industry to curb price wars and labor abuses. It urges rapid repeal of the 18th Amendment by states to finance the effort, with a two year deadline to reach recovery goals.
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