Local notes from Acton and surrounding towns
South Acton Henry Barker confined by illness. Universalist church service well attended. Alex Losaw of the B M R R also ill. Rev Farren to preach on bondage next Sunday. Swift Fletcher recovering from inflammatory illness. Bara Wood home for a week. will return to Malden after vacation. Webbing company has three workers and seven more en route. Darknely visited from Brockton. Bertram Popps from Francestown visited Dr Christie. Mrs Worster and daughter visited Dorchester. Leonard Willard left for the south to promote piano stool trade. Alma Stowell resting from Blaine factory work in Concord Junction. Good Friday union service planned at Congregational church. License recount shows shifting votes. Cinderella in Flowerland performed at Congregational church. Mrs Christobel Kidder impressed with King Rene's Daughter. hopes for return. Walter French mourns mother Jane A French, 76, died after brief illness. Interment Forest Hills. Friends surprised Wihaf and Georgia Griswold on trip to Kansas. Political commentary critiques caucus influence and civic duty. Richard Fitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist
Alex ‘Losaw
Grip
Mr. Farren
Swift Fletcher
R. A. Darknely
Brockton
Bertram Bppps
Francestown
Christie
George Worster
Bradish
Dorchester
Leonard Willard
J. A. Buckley
Doris
Wimnington
Fiton
Sidney Laffin
Alma Stowell
Blaine
Concord Junction
Congressionel Church
Tai
Italy
Christobel Kidder
King Rene
Walter French
Jane A. French
Forest Hills
Wihaf
Georgia Griswold
Kanvas
Bach
Mr Nash as a Citizen in town meeting debate
An unnamed self appointed instructor criticizes Mr Nash for delivering political and ethical views at a caucus in a town meeting. He claims Nash laid down principles for right conduct and accused him of misconduct during the discussion.
North Acton Community Notes Include Arrivals Departures and Fires
Miss Ruth Robbing returned from Bedford where she wintered. Clifton E. Mlagg has recovered from appendicitis. T. A. Scott came back from New Hampshire after loading wood at Roby’s. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Cullis moved to Somerville from Nagog Inn. C. B. Robbins expected at the Inn around May 1. The Spinney baby died April 38 after bronchial illness. funeral and interment at Woodlawn. Fires reappear along the railroad line with several blazes near North Acton. one fire threatened Wm. Hallowell’s buildings, about three acres burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Robbing
Bedford
Clifton E. Mlagg
T. A. Scott
New Hampshire
Roby's, N. H
C. A. Cullis
Nagog Inn
Somerville
C. B. Robbins
Gaylon Spinney
Woodlawn
New Haven
North Acton
Wm. Hallowell
Acton Centre Notes and Local Sales Roundup
John MacDonald becomes caretaker of the town farm and several listings record home improvements and visits. A license vote recount adds three votes to the license side while multiple auctions and farm sales are scheduled across Acton Centre and nearby towns with high bidding on cows, horses, and hay including a large Sterling sale and Needham cow figures.
Bingville Dance in Acton Draws Wide Local Cheer
The Bingville barn dance at the Acton Centre town hall drew strong crowds from the county seat and Bingville. Rev Samuel Moore Hank Dewberry and local notables attended. Miss Amelia Tucker and Miss Sally Hoskins led the grand march while Jed Peters led the Bingville band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Bingville
Samuel Moore
Weathersby
Poss
Hank Dewberry
Bill Hepburn
Fuller
Amelia Tucker
Sally Hoskins
Bingvilles
Jed Peters
Eph Higgins
Anne Hillyer
Cy Hoskins
Bud Hinckley
Bingville Bugle
West Acton Community News Mixed with Local Notes
Harold Norris of Tufts Dental College takes a week's vacation. Miss Emma Smiley visits relatives in New Bedford. Mrs Mead is gravely ill with pneumonia. Tennis club holds annual meeting at Miss Helen Hall's home. G C Wright visits home for a short time. Family plans May return. Mr and Mrs Alfred Dournte back in village, living in F R Knowlton tenement. C B Stone returns from Florida health improving. Thurston family occupies Knowlton block tenement vacated by Livermore. Ladies Benevolent Society meets in church vestry Thursday. Supper at usual hour. Mrs James Wheeler Lexington undergoes gallstone operation at Carney hospital. recovery rapid. John McNiff leaves Giufford business for Marlboro. 16 years with Giufford. Mr and Mrs McNiff mourn loss of baby son from pneumonia. age about 20 months. Carnival of the Flowers operetta to be staged by public school pupils Friday May 1 directed by Edwin N C Barnes. All delighted with Japanese study talk Miss Tei Ninomiya of Smith College spoke on The Manners and Customs of Japan at Baptist church service with native costume and musical voice. large audience, generous free will offering, hope to hear her again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hall
G. C. Wright
Alfred Dournte
F. R. Knowlton
John MecNiff
S. A. Giufford
Marlboro
Edwin N. C. Barnes
Tei Ninomiya
Smith College
Baptist Church
Japan
Very Successful Supper and Program at Acton
W R C No 62 hosted a well attended April 1 supper at the Acton Centre Baptist church parlor. A literary and musical program followed with Virginia Fay Rowell, Alfalfa male quartet, and Herbert Mallinson, aiding Memorial Day flowers funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W R. C
Virginia Fay Rowell
Revere
Acton Centre
Herbert Mallinson
Maynard
Acton
Baptist Church
Old Hearth Found Beneath Floor at Mead Property
Workmen uncover the original brick hearth of the house once owned by the late Mrs. Sally Hager in the dwelling where Capt. Isaac Davis was born. H. Mead, current owner, is installing extensive repairs including barn overhaul with three new stalls and siding, with plans for a northeast house addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Hager
Capt
Isaac Davis
H .Mead
West Acton Local Bargains in Apparel and Hatching Eggs
Miss Armstrongs offers a new spring line of ladies shirtwaists wrappers hosiery and underwear. Eggs for hatching from White Wyandotte Barred Rock and Rhode Island Red breeds priced at 50c per setting. Pure bred buff Wyandotte eggs for hatching $1 per setting. Also Barred Rock cockerels for sale. Listings for Lox Lex J L Richardson W Aidon G W Burroughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Acton
Miss Armstrongs
Lock Lex
J. L. Richardson W. Aidon
G. W. Burroughs
Massachusetts Probation Officers Hold Annual Dinner
The Massachusetts Association of Probation Officers held its annual dinner at the American House Boston Monday night with guests John P. Manning Wilfrid B Tyler and Edward F Slattery. The event featured speeches and musical selections by local officials and jurists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Association
Probation Officers of Massachusetts Association
Boston
John P. Manning
Suffolk County
Wilfred B. Tyler
Malden
Edward F. Slattery
Lowell
William A. Blossom
Roxbury
Wilfrid B. Tyler
Edward F Slattery
Frances McCormack
Superior Court of
Mary L. Crowley
William A. McDevitt Jr
Superior Civil Court
Miss Early
Theresa M. Lally
Richard J .Walsh
Anna G Richardson
Richard Keefe
Wayne W. Blossom
H. E. Warren
Frank L. Warren
Harold P. Johnson
Adolph F. A. Schneck
Mary 4. Maynard
Abram C. Paul
Stoughton
Lucy C. Hutchins
Elizabeth A. Lee
Ellen McGurty
Celia S. Lappen
Egwin Mulready
West Acton Church Talk By Smith College Student
Miss Tei Nonomiya of Smith college spoke to a large audience in the Baptist church in West Acton Sunday morning. The report notes the event as part of a busy local week of activities and church engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tei Nonomiya
Smith College
Baptist Church
West Acton
Card of Thanks for Kindness in Bereavement
We express heartfelt thanks for acts of kindness and sympathy shown during our bereavement. Gratitude to Union church and Sunday school U P 8 C B and Junior societies Mr Charles Walcott Concord lodge I O O F and Ladies union, and for flowers from friends and neighbors. Mrs Indianna Back Mrs Susam Rice Roscoe Back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Church
Charles Walcott
Concord Lodge
Ladies’ Union
Indianna
Susam Rice
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Alfred T. Haynes & CO
Maynard, Mass
Axminster
South Acton
Henry Barker
Bara Wood
Mie Webbing Company
Nash
Richard Fitzgerald
MR. Nash
A. F.prentiss
Joseph Breck & Sons
Oliver Chilled
Whitcomb
John MacDonald
E. A. Phalen
J. C. Keyes
Mrs
IC. G. Dole
M. EB. Taylor
J. E. Durkee
California
Mr. Cutter
Framingham
Charles Shea
James
Otis H. Forbush
Acton Mass
L. Sheldon
Wilmington
Mass
West Billerica
Daniel Lane
Deacon Spaulding
Mortagagee
Lexington
Kinneen
Hancock St
George Williams
Lexington Road
Carty Farm
Billerica
Tilton
Needham
P. S
J. W. Livermore
Gould
Sterling
Harold Norris
Tufts Dental College
Hmma Smiley
New Bedford
C. B. Stone
Florida
Mr. Stone
Thurston
Mr. Livermore
Ladies Benevolent Society
James Wheeler Lexington
Carney Hospital
Bay State
Albert Vanderhoof
Main St
Bay State Furnaces
Concord
B. F. Russell
W. Curtis Jr
Hudson
Willow Rebekah Lodge
Hawthorne Lodge
Waltham
Ruth Burrill
Frank H. Burrill
Hawthorne
O. KE. S
Roscoe
Stanley Autos
Chas, L. Ford
Leopold Morse
Samson Hubbard
Edison Phonographs
Money Back Store
Finney & Host
Jennie S. Deane
Main. St., Maynard
Cleary’s
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