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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1916
Page
4
Maynard Grange will host an educational night to collect contributions for a fund aiding state Grange members pursuing education. Loans cap at 100 dollars at 2 percent interest. Seven trustees oversee the fund, raised by members and Granges donations. last year 32 students were aided and a 10 cent per member contribution is seen as sufficient.
The M. H. 8 class plans its yearly Washington visit next year. Members anticipate the trip with eagerness as questions about making this year the final journey arise among them.
In the selectmen's room Thursday evening the board added four names to the voting list and dropped three.
Vin cent Kelley suffered a head wound from an axe rebounding during wood cutting. Mrs. Michael Driscoll is seriously ill at home on Great Road. Mildred Morgan visited friends in Marlboro. Waine Kauppi will join the Marlboro brass band for a Concord performance on April 19. Forest Howe attended a theatre party in Boston. Ex Selectman John C. Thompson has had the grippe. Nora and Esther Lowney visited relatives in Cambridge. Marty Kelley Thompson et Wollaston are noted. Arthur King, longtime Ly man school staffer, transferred to Concord Junction Reformatory.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Probate Court cites heirs and creditors of George H Peirce late of Concord to appear April 24 1916 at 9 am in Cambridge to show cause why administration should not be granted. Public notice to be printed weekly for three weeks in the Concord Enterprise. First Judge signs April 4 1916. Ww. Be Rogers Register. Maurice McWalter attorney Concord Mass.
Heirs at law are notified that a petition to grant letters of administration on Martha A. person estate is filed in Middlesex Probate Court. Walter H. Roberts of Harvard seeks administration without bond. Court in Cambridge May 1, 1916. notice to be published once. Charles J McIntire, Clerk.
In winter 1912 Acton faced a severe housing shortage. Local leaders formed a building association that expanded from one lot to multiple sites on Maple West Maynard streets and a Harrington estate purchase. The group funded through six percent shares, opened a fifth series at 52 dollars per share, and boosted town growth with new homes and improved water safety. Directors Frank Hoitt N J Cole C F Edway and B C Page guided the effort, stressing safety first and town welfare. The project draws visitors and supports tax base, inviting inquiries to the South Acton office.
George Towne sells maple syrup. Mrs. C. S. Grimes remains about the same. Harry Grimes began work on Monday for Geo. F. Meade. Peter Foley bought a new Oakland touring car on Wednesday. James E. B. Richardson seeks treatment at Mass General in Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mansir and Miss Ruth Harrington plan to stay the 19th at the latter’s home in Lunenburg. J. W. Hayward and Sumner Hayward visited their sister Mrs. S. R. Burroughs on a recent western business trip.
Fire company tested two hose wagons last week. Hose 2 proved leak free after winter, while Hose 1 had two leaking lengths.
The bag thrown from train 517 at 11 56 a m struck the gate and bound ed back under the wheels. It was ground beneath the wheels for several hundred feet. Station Agent C D Cram recovered salvageable items while Stuart McGregor’s Country Gentlemen papers were ruined leaving customers without their weekly issue.
Miss Marion Hertha Clarke of New York will present Daddy Long Legs at Exchange Hall Acton on April 26 under the auspices of the L. B. C. of the Congregational church. She will be assisted by several musical selections.
Marlboro residents tout Doan's Kidney Pills for back pain and kidney issues. Mrs. W. A. Whitman credits relief from lumbago after using six boxes, and urges neighbors to try the remedy. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY props.adv.
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