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Newspaper

Acton Enterprise

Location

Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1919

Page

10

Annual fair by Ladies Aid society at Colonial hall

The Methodist church Ladies Aid will hold its annual fair at Colonial hall on Thursday evening November 15. Tables will feature ice cream cake candy and assorted fancy articles including mystery items and aprons. A night school opened at Maynard High School with 17 ladies attending and 45 in attendance under Principal HH Bates.

Ladies’ Aid Society Colonial Hall Maynard Wew HH. Fo Bates

Night school offers citizenship classes weekly schedule

An advanced citizenship class is popular at the school with students in their second and third years. The day teaching staff include Miss Bliss Miss Neves and Miss Toomey. Sessions run three evenings a week Monday Wednesday and Friday at 7 with large attendance anticipated at the next session.

Miss Bliss Neves Miss Toomey

Sugar price set at 18 cents a pound in city store

A bag of brown sugar from Montreal arrived this week at the First National Store on Main Street. The dealer paid 16 cents per pound including charges and will retail at 18 cents. Canada is credited with supplying sugar shipped here.

Montreal Canada First National Mainstay

Quiet wedding unites Iola Branscombe and Curtis Smith

Iola M. Branscombe registered nurse from Butler Hospital Providence and Curtis Smith of Concord Junction wed Monday at Rev. Alfred W. Stone's residence. Bride formerly of St John Nova Scotia practiced in Boston and New York the past three years. They will reside in Maynard where Smith works at the Assehet Mills.

Concord Junction Iola M. Branscombe Butler Hospital Providence Curtis Smith Alfred W. Stone St. John, NS

Malcohn Family Heads to Philadelphia for New Home

Mroo and Mrs Arthur Malcohn and family with Everett Sr left for Philadelphia Tuesday to establish their future home. Mr Malcotth is employed in the city and their household furnishings were shipped there this week.

Mroo Arthur Malcohn Everett Sr Philadephia Mr. Malcotth

Sudbury Residents Attend Meeting and Send Get Well Wishes

Myron Lawin arrives with his daughter Mrs Stone as friends greet him. The community notes the illness of former resident Rev A J Hall now in Stow and wishes him a speedy recovery. The Republican town committee and friends held a rain soaked town hall supper Friday evening.

Myron Lawin

Mrs Lauretta Bent Dies at 84 In Sudbury

Mrs Lauretta Bent widow of Lucius Bent died Oct 31 at age 84 after long illness. Born in Sudbury she lived all her life at the North Sudbury home now occupied by her son Lucius Bent. Funeral held Mon Nov 3 at her home conducted by Rev George H Clarke with many relatives and townspeople in attendance. Interment in Mt Pleasant cemetery.

Lauretta Bent Lucius Bent Bent Aaron Hunt Lois Hosmer Sudbury North Lucius Lucius PP. Bent Thomas Bent North Sudbury Reuben Moore Walter Felch Natick Unitarian Church Monde George H. Clarke Harold Webster Cutting Mt. Pleasant Cemetery

Hallowe'en Parties Draw Neighbors at Local Homes

At the schoolhouse Whitney hall and the Charles Wright farm in East Sudbury neighbors gathered for Halloween. About 85 attendees at the Wrights enjoyed stunts games dances and refreshments of apples cider and corn balls in an old-fashioned social event.

Hallowe'en Whitney Hall Charles Wright East Sudbury

Governor Eton Coolidge Family Ledger Entry

District attorney Tutts Russell entries list names and figures for towns including Stow Hudson Concord and Boxboro. The fragment records sums and long numbers tied to Coolidge Tutts and district attorney references across multiple communities.

Eton Coolidge Long Stow Coolidge Hudson Coolidge Boxboro

Concord Votes Boost Coolidge Republican Ticket Big Margin

In Concord voters favored Coolidge and the Republican slate by large margins. Significant turnout set a record as key races drew strong totals. figures include Coolidge 774 and Long 268 with other representatives listed for Concord Weston Lincoln Wayland Young Dolan and District Youn H69 383 177 157 247.

Concord Coolidge Young Dolan Youn

Red Cross Drive Seeks 1920 Members in Concord

It Takes but a Heart and a Dollar Drive runs Nov. 2 to Nov. 11. The Concord chapter including Acton Boxboro Lexington and Concord has enrolled 5600 members in the third roll call. Half of all dues stay in Concord for local Red Cross work.

United Cigar Stores Co Red Cross United States Concord Acton Boxboro Lexington

Local Chapter Ready to Meet Home Emergency Needs

Cross work, and the local chapter is prepared to meet all home emergencies. The note emphasizes readiness to handle household crises and coordinate with communities for rapid response.

MacEachern Family Trains Visit to Brighton

Mr and Mrs Alexander MacEach ern visit Brighton on Sunday to see their son John D MacEachern a student at St Johns seminary.

Alexander MacEachern Brighton John D. MacEachern St. John's Seminary

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