Gas mains upgrade planned for August first
Boston Consolidated Gas proposes to extend gas mains to Concord Sudbury and Weston towns by a temporary line. The project includes new gas mains service, modern room heaters refrigerators and incinerators. A community briefing will explain the plans and local residents may contact the Gas Head for details.
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Ew Gas
Maine
Concord
Sudbury
Weston
Citithese
Boston
Gas Head
Anniversary party for Mrs Willian Dalia noted
A 14th anniversary gathering was held at the home of Mrs Blanchard Weaver in Edinstow Ard on Saturday night. Guests included Flora Sinphine Leard Ella Crow Lester and many others. A special anniversary cake by Tight of Worcester highlighted the event and prizes were awarded for games and whist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ard
Willian Dalia
Ing
Frank Crowleylly
Albert
Margaret
Irene Ftin Crowley
Bamford
Dorothea
Ida Henry Murphy
Short Lester
Robert
Dh Lincoln
Willis. Wright
Harold ‘Leard
Joseph Crowley
Moore
Narletrose
Local group to distribute funds from game commission
A community committee led by Carl Rnes, William, Arthur and Jurvey will distribute 2400 funds to adults nearby streams and brooks. Distribution will occur at 3 PM in Mizpah Re Odd Fellows Hall under oversight of the H and Game Commission.
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Vaynard Red & Wil
Brooks K
H.and Game Commission
Carl Rnes
William
Arthur
Jurvey
Will
Odd Féliows Hall
Concord Trade Board Meeting on Liability Insurance and Goodwill Bill
Concord Heard of Trade meets at Colonial Inn April 3 at 8 p m with Arthur W Watson of Maryland Casualty Co discussing liability and the Goodwill Bill before the Legislature. He will take questions after the talk. nonmembers may RSVP for information on liability insurance.
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Concord
Concord Heard of
Thomas ‘Sanders
West Concord
Board of ‘Trade
Winidld. Brown
Mid- Giese
Easter Sale Tables Set By South Acton Association
South Acton Improvement Association announces an Easter Sale on April 9 with tables in charge held at 2 pm. Mrs Charles Parsons and a long list of ladies and one gentleman manage booths while Mrs Herbert Thayer leads bridge and whist sessions. Refreshments include punch salads sandwiches and coffee.
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South Acton
Harold Merriam
Julia McCarthy
Emma Quimby
Ralph Barker
Leonard Wells
Mary McCarthy
Evelyn, Young
Herbert Thayer
Bedford Town Departments Form New Leadership
The Bedford board of selectmen names George Sweetman chairman and Arthur Hayden clerk with Francis Kelley as junior member. Road commissioners list Adolph Mix chairman Henry Lyons clerk and Alfred Day member, Elmer Blake road foreman. Water commissioners Frank White chairman Ste Kirkwood clerk. Health board includes Harold Woodward clerk Georg Mitchell chairman Henry Settell. Milk inspector for the year is Edwin J Jones. Bedford Athletic Club met to plan for the baseball season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Selectmen
George Sweetman
Arthur Hayden
Francis Kelley
Board of Road Commissioners
Adolph Mix
Henry ‘Lyons
Alfred Day
Elmer Blake
Water Commissioners
Frank White
Ste Kirkwood
Fred
Board of Health
Harold Woodward
Georg Mitchell
Henry Settell
Edwin J. Jones
Bedford Athletic Club
Skeet League action heats Concord Leominster shootdown
Competitive skeet matches unfold this week in Massachusetts as Concord and Leominster face off in the Red and Gun clad rounds. The divided field narrows toward a championship showdown as shooters rally for top honors.
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Concord
Leominster
Massachusetts
Doctor Richardson 90 Years Old at Concord Inn
Rev. Dr Cyrus Richardson longtime Nashua pastor emeritus turned 90 in Concord on Sunday. He lives at the Colonial Inn with health frail but alert, celebrated with wife and large family including three daughters two sons and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was born in 1840 in Crecut Massachusetts and educated at Phillips Academy Andover Dartmouth Andover Theological Seminary and Dartmouth again for a DD in 1889. He served the Congregational Church from 1869 and as pastor emeritus after 1909 retirement, later assisting churches in New Hampshire and beyond.
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Concord
Mass
Cyrus Richardson
First Congregational Church
Nashua
N. H
Colonial Inn
Richardson
Orange St
Elizabeth Crombie Farley
Louis G. Neville
Wellesley Farms
Harry P. Thomas
Andover Theological Seminary
Dartmouth College
Congregational Church
Winchester
Sage
Annie Dearborn
Plymouth
Concord’s Mark Martin Loftus 96, longtime resident dies
Mark Martin Loftus of Concord dies at 96 after a life as a carpenter and former Concord Fire Department captain. He lived with his son Arthur at 24 Belknap Street and is survived by two sons, many grandchildren, and several siblings. Funeral Mass was held at St Bernard’s Church with Rev Healey. burial at St Bernard’s Cemetery.
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Concord
Mark Martin Loftus
Loftus
Arthur B. Loftus
Belknap Street
St. Bernard’s Church
Fr. Healey
Catherine M. Hagerty
James J. Loughlin
James B. Farell
Maynard
Frederick J. Loftus
David H. Sheehan
Richard Flynn
Alfred E. Loftus
Leo Sheehan
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Mr. Loftus
Sea
Peter
Winifred Loftus
Concord Fire Department
Board of Fire Engineers
Harmony Lodge
Catherine Carroll
Watertown
John H
Arthur E. Ofd
Louis
John H. Jr
Chicago
Alfred B
Richard ‘5
Erick’ J
David G. Sheehan
de Flynn
James B.ea Maynard
Helen Croft
Edward
Katherine Loftus
Concord to Celebrate Tercentenary With Historic Events
Concord announces a tercentenary program from April 19 to September 12 featuring a new Antiquarian Society building exhibition of Emerson Thoreau and Alcott artifacts. A costume ball on April 25, Founders Day events, Old Home features, and guided tours will highlight Concord history.
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Ae State
Lety
New
Antiquarian Society
Concord
Massachusetts
Hay
Coldny
Bey Colonia
Halph Waldo Emercon
Lexington
Cambridge
James ‘Op. Baxter
Lrd
Harvard
Wee Ron
England
Harvara
Antquarian Society
Relus Antiques
Emerson
Waldo
John Hancock House
Allei French
The
Hae
Thomas Hancock
Russell H Kettell
Middlesex School
Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
State Armory
Acton
Bedford
Carlisle
Lincoln
Sudbury
Concord Bridge
101St Engineers
Camp Devens
Sleepy Hollow
Rd Street
Louisa May Alcott
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Henry D Thoreau
George F
B. Farnham ~ Smith
Sulian Ballou
Miss
Break Into Buss Office At Lovell Bus Lines
Maynard April 2 Lovell Bus Lines Inc Great Road office robbed early Saturday morning, $198 and change missing. Entrance via window. Money bags had been left in a designated spot. Police and district attorney officer investigate. Fingerprint impressions found on windowsill and other areas will aid the case.
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Maynard
Lovell Bus Lines Inc
Great Road
Maynard Plans Public Improvements With Legion Support
The public service committee of the local legion in Maynard discusses funding for civic projects including a tennis Alumni field. The Maynard Players join the effort, presenting a three act comedy The Importance Henry Earnest at the high school auditorium on Tuesday April 22 at 8 pm. Tickets available from Legion members and local coordinators.
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Maynard
Public Service Committee
Legion
Legion Committee
A Maynard
The
Henry Earnest
Helee Brecht
Helen Hincliffe
H Lor
Beatrice Jordan
Tet Ieesinnet
Roderick Mclver
Walter Spesintet
William Mann
Victor Sifloway
Macurda
Concord Town Meeting Debates Road Closures and Zoning Changes
Concord citizens at Veterans Building debate the closure of a section of Town Way to White Pond and the impact on local access. The town adopts articles approving court rooms remodeling, Baker Avenue relocation, zoning amendments, and planning board bylaws while approving a $12,000 borrowing and $1,200 for Town House remodeling.
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Concord
Oratory
Fitchburg
White Pond
Pow Mill
Baker Avenue
Ohe
Mill Dam
Commonwealth Avenue
West
Association Hall
Beharrell
Dr Oscar Creeley Dies Suddenly in West Acton
West Acton April 2 Community mourns physician Dr Oscar Creeley who died at his Water Town home after ten days of pneumonia. Born August 4 1879 in Belmont he studied at Tufts 1901 and Harvard Medical School. He leaves a wife and two children. Funeral was held at St Johns Methodist with burial at Mount Auburn.
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West Acton
Oscar Creeley
Watertown
Mt. Auburn Street
Creeley
Belmont
St. John’s Methodist Church
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Pere
Concord Town Records and 1894 Edition Sale Officials
The Concord Town Committee reports births marriages and deaths up to 1850 and a 1894 edition of the records published in 1894 for sale at $5. Walter Carr is in California and Adams Tolman has died. The committee authorized adding members and setting a price while filing storage conditions in the Town Hall.
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Old North Bridge
Prescott Keyes
Concord
Judge Eyes
William D. Crogs
Edward ¥. Sheehan
Oscar E. Beckyold
John <. Macone
A. Farn
To. Posder
Concord Evening School closes with citizen ceremony
The Concord Evening School in Matonhall High School hosted a moving closing exercise for new American citizens and aspiring ones. Dignitaries from the Concord School Committee DAR and the Concord Woman's Club praised the class and presented certificates, flags, and Capitol pictures as graduates pledged allegiance and sang The Star Spangled Banner.
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Bs Wrs
Yasine Bregoli
Sabatino
Goncord
Hig
Wells
Alesse
Horton Edmands
Old Concord
Capitol
Hans W Miller
Concord Woman's Club
Eileen Griffin
Gabriele Ciervo
Fred T Boyd
Burleigh L. Pratt
Velina Bregoli
Sabatinio Finocchio
Frank Pagano
Fred T. Boyd
Warren B Goddard
Concord School Committee
Goddard
R_ Regent
Ron Edmands
Edmands
Mia Hansw Miller
Incomplete 19th Century Census Taker Wages Noted
The excerpt mentions a census taker paid four cents a name with two extra cents for each completed name. It lists names such as Maynard Mary and Grace Salloway Brown Michael Nee and Elius Han. Expectation that the taker completes in about two weeks in this town.
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Maynard
Ce Mra
Mary
Grace Salloway
Brown
Michael
Nee
Eliushan
Maynard Grange exhibit showcases historic wares
At a Maynard Grange meeting in Grange hall, officers conferred the first and second degrees. An exhibit featured items from 1685 and later, including glass and crockery pitchers. Esther Elson, Mrs Adelaide Sims, Mrs Mabel Martin, and Mrs Alice Howe displayed notable pieces. Midge Clark and Hattie Clark assisted. a collation followed.
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Maynard
Aelase
Mayne Grage
Grange’ Hall
Hight
Oem
Ae Hen
Edmund
Esther Elson
Mabel Martin
Adelaide Sims
Mahely
Alice Howe
Elson
Midge Clark
Hattie Clark
Concord
Miss Alice Wheeler Rites Held at First Parish Meeting House
Funeral services for Miss Alice A Wheeler an artist who lived in Wellesley Hills were conducted by Walter Swisher at the First Parish Meeting House. Burial followed in Sleepy Hollow She was a native of Concord and studied art in European centers.
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Concord
Alice A Wheeler
Lesley “Hills
First Parish
Walter 8. Swisher
Wellesley Hills
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