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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1936
Page
1
The Anglo German Fellowship hosted a London dinner for the Duke and Duchess of Brunswick as Lord Lothian urged firm, broad handling of Germany. He warned that giving back colonies won’t solve Germany's problems and urged open trade with all nations.
The Middlesex County League of Sportsmen’s Clubs Inc invites over 7 000 attendees to the Maynard Rod and Gun Club for a full day of turkey and chicken shoots skeet and trap shooting fly casting archery and a Boy Scout exhibit with bands and midway attractions. A Plymouth sedan will be awarded at 6 pm. rain date is September 27.
Maynard A testimonial dinner honored Charles 5 Johnson production superintendent of Assabet Mills. At the event in Stow Charles. Johnson received a traveling bag and briefcase from officials and overseers. Fred Lloyd acted as toastmaster and William J Brayden presented the gift. Co G Morse succeeds Johnson as production superintendent.
Maynard-Lester Cowles, chair man of the Board of Health, reports that three girls and two boys were put to work systematizing health records as a Youth project. Ten or more young people may be employed, from families on the unemployed list. Nineteen men from the WPA list are employed on a project in Acton. Parker street is being improved for a fifth of a mile to the Sudsbury town line by state, county and town. A sidewalk project is in progress on Great Road and men work at Alumni Field and Glenwood cemetery. A project to relay water mains on Parker street will give thirteen men three months of work, per Charles McCarthy.
Miss Mary L. Burke of Woburn a former Maynard high school teacher wed William A. Billings of Arlington last night at the Immaculate Conception Church in Winthrop.
Alden C. Flagg Jr. recounts a narrow escape when the 8 5 Romance was rammed by the U S New York and sank at Graves Light. He was thrown overboard, clung to a lifeboat rope, and swam to safety after aiding others aboard. Flagg, a 30 year old Boston worker and Groton alum, rode out the disaster and reached Auburndale before returning home.
Maynard report shows total pupil enrollment at 1332 across the district with 489 students in the senior high school. The figure reflects updated counts from Monday data across all schools in the system.
Concord observed the 301st anniversary of its founding with a flag display and a subdued town event. The only commemoration this year was the Antiquarian Society’s annual at home at the Antiquarian House on Lexington road, featuring tea and reception from 3 30 to 5 30 pm.
The National Band under Hugo Kajander marks its 26th anniversary with a special concert on Saturday evening September 26. The organization, a prominent civic and concert ensemble for over twenty five years, continues its dedication to music and patriotic programs.
The wife of the president of the Antiquarian Society, Mr. French, along with officers Harry W. Little vice president, Mrs. David A. Baldwin secretary, and Fred A. Tower treasurer, were on hand to welcome the townspeople.
Concord Garden Club’s annual Flower Show at the Girl Scout Community House drew large crowds from Concord and nearby towns. Mrs. Robert Bowen won the presidents cup for an artistic vegetable stand. bird bath arrangements earned top honors for Mrs. Berkeley Wheeler. The hall portrayed a garden scene with winter ready displays and featured prizes to multiple gardeners including Mrs. Sherman Hoar and Mrs. Danforth Comins.
John Pederson Jr and Anna Christine Larson united in marriage at the home of Mr and Mrs Clarence Frost in Acton Newtowne road. Rev Glenn W Douglass officiated at 8 pm with Edith Larsen as sister attendant and Alan Pederson as best man. The couple will reside on Main Street Acton after a brief wedding trip.
At a meeting of the ball committee of the James J Mansfield Post A L Monday night in the home of senior vice commander George A Landini on Highland Street it was decided the 17th annual Legion event will be held with details to follow.
Hawthorne Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held its fall meeting at the Masonic Temple in Concord on September 9 with about seventy guests. A roast beef supper was served and a reception showcased visiting officers led by Deputy Grand Matron Mildred Erur and Deputy Grand Marshal Esther Hamill.
West Concord caddy Lapham used a No 4 iron to hole out on the 155 yard ninth at Concord Country Club last Tuesday. He achieved the ace during a match with Peter McKay and Robert Felch, with the ball going in on the fly. It was the first Concord ace in many years.
A pay station is provided for Edison customers in Bedford at Walter Sheldon’s drug store on Great Road who had been appointed as an authorized agent of the Company.
In Concord and surrounding towns the primary produced wide margins and ties. Governor Curley defeated Mayor Greenwood 139 to 77 for U S Senator, with Thomas O'Brien on stickers and Lodge leading the Republican slate. Bernard Doyle won the Republican nomination for Congress, while Joseph Casey swept the Democratic nod.
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