15 Aug 1934
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1934
Page
1
Fragmentary notice indicates a sale of property connected to Sampel T involving numerous dwellings and urban redevelopment plans. Details are incomplete but imply a municipal or legal action affecting local homes and neighborhoods.
Se ill stockwell family notice states services will be held at 2 oclock in the family lot cemetery following the death of Stockwell with two sons Stockwell and Stockwell Jr associated with Scottish Welch Fe AM.
A Saturday outdoor concert series drew crowds to the town square. Merchants were pleased with past efforts and civic pride accompanied the event. The Men’s Forum of the congregations supported the project and invited further local contributions to sustain the fund drive and entertainments.
The Enterprise reports Howard W. Sheehan chosen as chairman of the Protective Order of Elks at the Grand Lodge Convention in Kansas City. He has served in many posts across Umeha Colorado Portiana San Francisco and Chicago and worked with H P Hood & Sons for 30 years as a past president of the Mutual Benefit Association with over 3000 members.
Reservations for the first reunion and banquet of the class of 1929 at Maynard High are announced with details on event timing and attendance.
The term trade last or trading last gains traction in market chatter as traders use it to signal finalizing a deal price. The phrase appears in financial commentary and rapid quotes reflecting closing order books.
Mr Pratt died in 1910 and was a Boston publishing figure. Mrs Pratt supported the Louisa May Alcott Association Club. She leaves a sister Miss Marion Wolsey Cate of Capenteena Pratt, Mrs William F Reave and Frederic Wolsey Pratt plus several grandchildren. Committal today at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
Maynard resident Maynard Charles Punch died at 70 after a long illness at his home 62 Acton Street. Born in Manchester New Hampshire he lived in town for 50 years and was a familiar figure at the Concord Maynard Acton railroad crossing where he worked as a tender. Requiem mass will be Friday at 9 am at St Bridget’s Church with burial in the parish cemetery.
A Maynard Tennis Association of about twenty members is formed. It has secured permission from Guyér Fowler to use the Brook Street court for 21 years. Membership costs are $2.00 for those over 21 and $1.00 for younger members.
Anticipation centers on Mackintosh apples ripening around September 16 with harvest two weeks later. Baldwins show delays and the overall crop is expected well short of average. Prices may rise about cents a bushel with scarce trees in Marlboro orchards. Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont face damaged trees from labor activities, with 25 to 36 workers seen in the Pines area.
Four Maynard girls were treated at Marlboro hospital after a collision on Main Street when a Maynard driver, M itii Paananen of 104 Taylor Road, rear ended a car backed into a parking spot. Other occupants from Milford and Maynard were injured or shaken. officers Boudreau and Burns investigated.
Acton farmer WiMam J Livermore drove his disabled garbage wagon off the tracks after a passing locomotive struck it. Neighbors summoned Police Chief Foley and lit red lanterns to warn oncoming trains to prevent offal spread. Breakfast was postponed for hours among nearby residents.
A passerby spotted a German World War II era machine gun at the Concord dump on Walden Street Saturday night. Local chatter surged as residents speculated it could be connected to a Lowell bank robbery probe.
Archie R Garfield long associated with South Sudbury community died last Saturday night at Peterboro New Hampshire hospital. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 p m from John C Hall home on King Puttlip road with Rev Henry Coolidge officiating. Burial will be at Mr Wadsworth cemetery. Mrs Garfield receives condolences from many friends.
A concise exchange preserves the famed reply attributed to Franklin and a coequal vow of unity. The remark emphasizes collective resolve against shared peril.
A Concord High School graduate, president of the Debating Club, and active in dramatics and academics, marries a Brockton woman who graduated from Brockton High in 1929. The couple plan to move after summer, as he accepts a director’s role at the Royal Normal College for the Blind in England.
Visitors view at night blooming plants and thrifty vegetables around the Bond home. Three Rosy Morn petunia plants yield over 100 blossoms each, showcasing the owners interest and knowledge of horticulture.
Maynard residents gather Monday August 20 at 7:30 p.m. to vote on 788 for Cemetery Department costs ARP project, 272 to reimburse Street Department, 16000 for Temporary Aid, 1000 for Old Age Assistance, purchase of Middle and Assabet House, 1200 from Water Department surplus, and related budget moves.
A Path finder Magazine note explains the sun's continuous shine on parts of the United States and its territories only near the summer solstice, with brief darkness across the entire territory during the equinoxes March 21 and September 21.
Concord State Guard Veterans gathered in front of Town Hall for their fifteenth outing. They traveled to Nahant with Commander Winthrop Hodges and Lieutenants Jewell and Douglas, fished, dined at Hotel Brenton, then held a memorial and planned a January dinner.
In a pretty home wedding on Saturday August 3 Miss Bereinece Keaneay wed R. K. Donald in the presence of immediate families. Rev Alfred W Stone of West Concord Union Church officiated as flowers and decor reflected the season. Sister of the bride Mrs Clayton Bailey served as matron of honor with Kenneth Legro as best man.
Acton scores six in a tie with Hudson in a six inning game at Jones Field Sunday. Stadleman of La Point Machine Tool Co. held a 6 3 lead, but Hudson tied it with three in the first and two more in the seventh. Morse powered Acton with two doubles, while McTeague and Risso paced Hudson hitters.
The Maynard and Acton Oil Company donated a fine score board for Jones field in South Acton. Manager J J Panning promotes community involvement as visitors praise the field and town’s sports spirit.
Islands in the Bay of Panama including Perico and Naos are described along with nearby Cu and related isles. The note outlines geographic groupings and navigation considerations for this coastal chain.
Acton signs an order for a two cylinder Rea truck with a gallon pump for the center station. Farrar Body Co. of Ville Mass will do the body work and delivery is due in about one month. A July town meeting set $3000 as the cap for the purchase price.
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