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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1920
Page
9
Local women express interest in school reform and plan to run a woman for the school board in the February election. A gathering of mothers near school age children favors forming a Parent-Teachers Association to influence policy and methods.
Edna Martha Tait and Nathan Benedict wed at the home of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Anderson in Concord Junction on November 16. The ceremony featured a single ring service under an evergreen arch with Rev Gee Tewksbury officiating. Attendants included Miss Emily Benedict and Jerry Anderson. The couple plans a New England motor trip and will reside in Allston after returning.
For the second time this school year Maynard sees honor through one of its sons. Stanley M. Wardzala, junior in WHS commercial department, won the Remington medal for typewriting. He recorded 59 words per minute net for 10 minutes with five errors, beating the 55 wpm requirement. Wardzala’s success suggests future honors for his hometown.
Mizpah Rebekah lodge entertained Mrs Mary A Williams and Mrs Cora McLeod of Concord for an official visitation at Thursday's meeting. The degree was exemplified for four candidates by the lodge degree team under visiting officers. Guests came from Concord, Hudson and the Actons with an early supper of roast beef and escalloped oysters supervised by a committee of Mrs Parker and others.
The Community Glee Club held its first meeting at the high school Wednesday afternoon and decided to organize this year under the direction of the Woman's Club. Mrs Howard A. Wilson presided at the business session as plans moved forward with the group under the club's auspices.
James A. Coughlan was chosen leader and Mrs George H Creighton treasurer. George H Woods is director of music at the public schools. Membership is open to all residents and prospective members are urged to join early. Already 32 members are enrolled.
Maynard basketball won two on the floor Saturday but lost the cash regime, with a 33 to 6 defeat by Russell A. A. of Boston and an 8 to 12 score against Roxbury A. A. in a 15 minute period. Manager Murrey Millbury cancelled a 5 pm game when players joined Holy Cross football. Sullivan of Millbury sought replacements and lined up two Boston teams. Maynard players included Connell, Bower, Waldron, Freeman, Finn, Kendall, and Clancy.
The Ladies' Auxiliary A OTI will hold a public sale of fancy articles at 1 O OF hall Monday evening December 20. The committee in charge includes Mrs William Smith, Mrs James McCarthy, Miss Rose Sullivan, Miss Mary Driscoll and Mrs Mary Flannery.
Frank FE. Taylor treasurer and John Garlick teller of Maynard Trust Co attended a conference and banquet of the Associate Savings Trust Companies of Massachusetts held at the City Club Boston Thursday evening. The Question club was entertained with Miss Irene Martin hostess at her Summer Street home Monday evening. Mr and Mrs Nelson Roeder are on a month's vacation at Somerset NH with hunting plans for part of the stay.
Truman R. Temple of the Thomas Crane library in Quincy spoke to the West Concord Woman’s club on The Library and the Home. He traced early library use, the shift with printing, and the librarian’s role in promoting access for home life, education, and youth. Mrs Henry Lane gave a biographical sketch of Henrietta Chase, with piano by Miss Marion Derby.
The Maynard Business Show Association discussed restoring credit for the Concord Sayford and Hudson road and urged state legislation to support street railways. Abercrombie projected a 10 000 annual cost for town assessments and potential fare changes to cover operating losses while noting coal supply issues and rising wages. The group also touched on a skating rink site, new organization name, playgrounds, and Open Shop and Blue Sky Law questions.
A severe storm forced school closures Tuesday with elementary grades dismissed in the morning and older students in the afternoon. The fire alarm signaled no school, cellars flooded, and fallen tree limbs littered streets. No accidents or injuries were reported.
The Congregational church hosts its annual fair December 8 and 9 under the Ladies Benevolent Society at Cooperative hall. Each night offers entertainment and booths with fancy articles and refreshments. A troupe of 21 performs Squire Judkin's Apple Bee one night and two monologues with a Mandolin club musical program the other.
The census notes France faces a birth rate deficit versus deaths amid desolation, while the United States grows through immigration and births. The piece stresses the need for intelligent study of demographics, school assimilation, and ongoing attention to children welfare and population trends.
A Paris report notes the city has become a permanent home for diverse nationalities displaced by war. Belgians, Russians, French families from devastated regions, American students, English traders, and Balkan and other unsettled groups fill the city, while Parisians seek housing, showing Paris proudly cosmopolitan but abruptly strained.
The cardinal hat is not worn generally but only on special occasions with the pope placing it to mark elevation. In death the hat is placed in the coffin and described as a deeper red than worn in life. It features heavy silken cords with fifteen tassels, and crimson robes signify the cardinal's office, dyed by a long-guarded process from a Burtscheld cloth merchant.
Trade between the country and Australia shows healthy growth according to figures supplied to the department of commerce by trade commissioner W E Rin. At Melbourne he covers the first quarter of the current year and reports imports at 27 775 000 against exports about 16 350 000. February exports nearly matched January totals and March saw exports outpacing imports while March imports were under half of March imports.
On Dolly's birthday she receives a baby bulldog and adores it. The very young puppy sleeps with her, leaving Dolly exhausted the next morning. Dolly explains she stayed awake all night to comfort her crying mother and her bulldog pup, claiming the dog was the "muvver" to comfort him.
Seventeen aerial taxicab firms are being formed in Canada with several licensed by the Board. Four commercial flying ventures have formed in Winnipeg and others in Regina Moose Jaw Saskatoon Hanna Lethbridge Banff and Vancouver. Aerodromes are to be built to support large shops and operations.
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