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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1912
Page
9
Acton villagers report Easter social activities at the Baptist church and Woman's club while public schools close due to scarlet fever. Notable items include lodge initiations, Memorial Day flower fund, baptisms, and a 1912 water meeting notice by the Board of Health.
Over the weekend three scarlet fever cases were reported involving Mrs. Irving Duren Miss Lillian Gilmore and Miss Jennie Durkee. By Sunday night four more cases appeared in the homes of Mrs. A H Gilmore and Grace Henry Hall and Mrs. Harry Wombolt and the Wood couple’s daughter. Dr Simpson and Warren Hayward milk were linked to the spread from Clarence Braanm’s home. Additional cases include Ralph Gates Miss Dorothy Mead and Robins’s little girl. Most cases are light.
Mrs. Etta Morton visits at sister Mrs. E A Phalen's home. Charlies Smith sells his car and buys a Ford touring car. Atrin Payson and Theta Delta Chi FR fraternity members plan vacation at Annisquam. Acton Inn grounds upgrade for a busy season. A drama outing to South Acton and a larger Friday trip. Albert Jenks of Massachusetts Agricultural College leads a pruning and grafting demonstration on local orchards and Horace Tuttle's farm.
The Ladies' Church Aid Society hosted a successful supper and entertainment in the church chapel with home talent and notable solos. Rev E C Hayes preached at Cord Junction in Holy Week services. Easter services drew large crowds with refined music and school concert performances. Elections named church representatives for Middlesex Union meeting on April 17 at North Leamington. An advertisement for Jarvis Soluble Oil notes 30c per gallon in bulk.
B P rocks eggy for hatching and sells 15 eggs at 1 dollar each or 100 for 5 dollars. Contact H F Robbins in Acton Massachusetts or Concord in June at Mags. R FP D No 1 Box 55-
The notice lists upcoming auctions including Medfield town farm personal property with household goods on April 12 and 19 at 9 a.m. Also an April 15 sale at 9:30 a.m. of W A Clark herd at Carlisle. Additional auctions in West Acton and Harvard set for April 22.
The Harlows have held the property for 73 years with only one prior sale. A two day auction is set for Friday and Saturday April 26 and 27 at 9 a.m. in Kendall Green Weston Mass for Nathan 8 Fiske. The Fiskes home for 75 years hosts this sale with more auctions planned in May. Posters are out and will be mailed on application to hold above. Mr F has appraised estates in Leominster and Lincoln.
Local families welcome a baby boy to the Marion Littlefield home in Quincy. Concord high school staff return after illness. West Acton measles scare prompts absence for Acton and Boxboro scholars. A building association, Acton Associates, forms to buy land and build homes. Various residents travel, visit, or recover from illness, with events at Littleton and Westford noted.
Francis Pratt died after two months of illness at his home in Fitchburg on August 2, 1839. He moved to the area at age 18 and worked in wood and lumber, becoming a longtime, respected villager known for his quiet, kind nature. He leaves a wife Mrs. F. C. Hooper of Lynn, a daughter, and a son Edward Pratt of Fitchburg. Funeral services were held at his home on April 3 at 2 p.m. with Rev. officiating.
Rev. Mr. Willis delivered a Matthew 7 11 sermon at the Universalist Church with the Haster music quartet and a Genie Fletcher solo. New members joined after the service and the social circle plans a meeting with Mrs Geo Worster on Thursday. The Y P C U topics Denominational Loyalty and the Church Universal were announced for next Sunday. Mrs William Holt returned from a visit to Pawtucket Rhode Island.
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