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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1918
Page
10
A. T. Haynes & Co. advertises full lines of white lined hardwood Refrigerators New Perfection Oil Ranges and 1 2 3 and 4 burner options plus Baby Carriages Strollers Brass Beds Hair Mattresses National Springs Beds Coach Hammocks and Rugs at old prices.
The West Acton Red Cross met at GA R hall on March 27 with nine members present. They completed and returned knitwear and comfort items for the week ending March 30 including sweaters helmets wristers nurses mitts a bandage eye dressings fomentations knitted squares and an afghan made from Junior Red Cross squares.
A warning to take care with burning yard debris as winds spread flames. The prior week Mr Needham of Littleton lost a henhouse and other buildings while bystanders barely saved the barn from fire.
The West Acton Baptist Church schedule includes Sunday morning sermon A Message to the Tired and Discouraged from 1045 with Communion and an evening talk What Does Loyalty as a Citizen Demand of Us Now at 7. C B Junior and CBC service occur later in the day. Friday prayer meeting at 7 30. A war driven campaign to raise 1 000 000 for missionary fields shows progress with West Acton contributing 300. Local items mention Jennie Welch recovering from an accident, Warren Hayward plans a home, and a fire truck response at S A Guilford’s home. Concord high pupils are on vacation. West or South Water district meeting notes five articles on the warrant.
Town residents report sick lists recoveries and social visits. Ruth Harrington received a kitchen shower at Irma Durkee’s home Tuesday evening. Several neighbors, including Miss Thelma McGregor and Mrs. Alice Smith, are noted visitors and travelers. Private George H. Briggs returned from Langley Field on furlough while Rev. G M Missirian and Rev. Charles L. Pierce show gradual improvements. The town notes Easter vacations and a Red Cross potato drive seeking 50 men for an October auction.
Tarpon Springs sponge fishermen led by Greek-American captains donate bundles of sponges as boats unloaded. The sponges sold at the Sponge Exchange public auction for 808 dollars, a portion sent to the American Red Cross.
A dialogue reveals a couple arguing about divorce during wartime. The husband asserts he remains married for the duration of the war, underscoring commitment amid conflict.
Mrs Waldo F Skelton died at her Maple Street home Friday after four years of illness. A native of Danvers born Sept 24 1844 she married Waldy F Skelton in 1885 and moved to South Acton. Burial followed in Burlington Mass. survive her husband a daughter Mrs Robert Gibson of Oxford a brother a niece and two nephews.
Under Miss A. M. Pierce juniors of New Bedford begin organized support for soldiers. Pupils craft gun wipers dressings eye coverings and fabric bags while weekly sessions broaden the Red Cross drive with 100 per cent South Adam participation and recent contributions include surgical dressings patch quilts and socks. Local moves note Mrs Field family leaving Maynard street and various residents changing jobs or homes as reporters record community activity.
A Service Flag with seven blue stars was placed in the Congregational church to honor boys who joined the service. Stars honor Hugh Hodgen Navy enlistee at Newport R I. Others include Corp Buchanan Nims in Texas, Corp Pliny Nims in Spar tanburg D C, Frank Greenough Lumber unit in Ardgay Scotland, Harry Heath US Infantry en route to France, Robert Christie Metropolitan Hospital Unit No 48 at Fort McHenry, and Howard Quimby Engineers Regt at Camp Devens.
Mrs David Shapley of Leominster announces the marriage of her daughter Bertha to Sergt Henry Blake Burke of South Acton on Sunday March 24 at Camp Merritt New Jersey. The ceremony was officiated by Chaplain John B Peters of the 38th Infantry.
Reed suffers right eye inflammation. Dr. Ralph C. Wiggin of Cambridge leaves with a hospital unit for Camp Dix New Jersey to mobilize for France. Miss Lizzie Bumpus heads to Westerly Rhode Island as New England representative for the California Perfume Co to recruit agents across states.
Acton Woman’s Liberty Loan committee forms to unfurl the Third Liberty loan flag. Local chairmen and captains named with an active solicitation roster. Conference at the State house features Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer urging strong wartime support. Also notices include a 50 man ex Cross auction and a trimmed hat sale at Fullenton Hat Shop Maynard.
Rev Alfred W Stone will preach at 10 45 Sunday on Starting the Christian Life and at 7 00 p m on The Joy in the Lord Christ Jesus. The vested choir will sing and the church quartet will perform. Bible reading at 12. Men invited to the men's class. En deavor society meets at 4 30 and 5 45 with Christian Duty and Privilege IV Bible Reading. Midweek family religion Tuesday at 7 80 p m. President Wilson urged church strength. N Outig joined Long Mfg Co Framingham this week.
Sudbury native Pvt. Charles Haskell writes from France about mail from home, meeting friends from Marlboro, and his daily routine with Eddie Fortin. He notes mud up to the knees, plans to buy a 20 franc silk handkerchief, and asks for Enterprises and Boston papers while requesting correct addressing for himself in France.
George N Johnston died at Concord hospital. Funeral services were held from his late home Sunday at 2 30 p m conducted by Rev George H Clarke. Interment was at Mt Pleasant. He leaves a wife and one daughter. Sympathy is expressed for his family.
The fair and supper at the M. E. church raised a good sum with booths run by local women for aprons ice cream and supper. An Easter concert featured a solo by Rev. Aaron Williamson and a duet by Miss Stone and Miss Stiles.
At the Sol diers and Sailors' Auxiliary meeting in the State armory 43 members heard that monogram quilts raised 80 dollars, 70 after expenses, with 11.87 donated to gauze for surgical dressings. Items sent home by George Hall were shown, and plans formed to keep quilts available for Hudson boys if sent to hospitals. The club voted to buy gauze, accepted Albanian concert offers, and reported 312 calls yielding 117.75 in four weeks.
The Hudson District Nursing association held its monthly meeting. Members discussed routine activities and upcoming community outreach plans.
Charles Gray Shaw argues in the North American Review that Russian fiction’s gloom stems from the writers themselves not Russia’s conditions. He centers on Dostoevsky, claiming reality wounds the author and the Russian soul is a dark place, with mystical terror clouding his mind at dusk.
A Dutch East Indies visitor in New York notes German and Austrian ships in East Indian harbors are immobile as raiders. He cites the Emma harbor Queen's Bay Panang ships like Van Kleist Rhineland Ninive Orsowa now coral covered, unable to move beyond a few knots. Also mentions Chicago store owned by a woman and California Ocean Beach lifeguard corps of five women.
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