The Door Confronted by a Drunken Intruder
Brooklyn girl Helen Meyers 13 survives a violent midnight assault when a drunken intruder pounds on her apartment door. She climbs a ledge to escape, seeks police help, and witnesses a fierce fight as officers drag the assailant away. The home is left damaged and the family shaken by the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ello
Ebody
Helen Meyer
Brooklyn
Helen
Madana
Meyers
Ges
Len
WNU
Codwards In Tie Score At Jones Community Field
Jones Community tied the Middlesex after a late inning rally to stay even. Phyllis Anne Reynolds joins the family of Mr and Mrs Arthur Reynolds at High Street. Labor Day carnival planned at Jones Community Field sponsored by South Acton Boy Scouts Troop Committee and Middlesex Laundry and Cleaners baseball team to aid the Troop fund. Pick Loftus and his men pledge cooperation for the event and a high caliber baseball attraction planned for Labor Day. Mrs Ora Graves of Maple Street heads to Goffstown NH for a two week vacation with her daughter Ruby.
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Phyllis Anne
Arthur Reynolds
High Street
Jones Community Field
South Acton
Middlesex Laundry and Cleaners
Pick Loftus
Labor Day
Ora Graves
Maplestreet
Sane
Goffstown
New Hampshire
Ruby
North Shore visitor with Mr Tooness sister in Beverly
A fragment mentions a visit by a party to Beverly to stay with Mr Tooness sister during last week. Details are incomplete and no dates or full names are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Shore
Mr. Tooness
Beverly
Water main extension plan for Acton district proposal
Petition signed by 150 water takers seeks a special West Acton meeting August 31 at West Acton Woman's Club House. Article one calls for 100000 in town funds plus 45 percent federal grant to extend mains, repayable by bonds by 1942, opening the district to unserved areas and boosting property values.
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Acton
Water Commissioners
West Acton
West
South
Board of Water Commissioners
Public Works Administration
Local Social Notes From Sudbury And Nearby Towns
Mrs Kenneth Paunce of Dedham and Joseph Tufts of Reston visited their aunt Mrs F Rankine Goodman on Thursday. Miss Gertrude Halleran and Miss Anne Moynihan returned Friday from six weeks in Continental Europe. Harry L Gleason on Maynard road takes his annual vacation in South Westport Maine. Mr and Mrs Harry Cutter of Pokonoket avenue spent last weekend on the Cape. Mr and Mrs Charles H Way were in Torrington Conn where Way is supervising architect on McDaniel estate improvements. Mr and Mrs Edwin J Sedgwick of Dorchester visited town Saturday.
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Kenneth Paunce
Dedham
Joseph Tufts
Reston
F. Rankine
Goodman Bill
Nathaniel
Loring
Framingham Road
Gertrude M. Halleran
Anne M. Moynihan
Europe
Harry L. ‘Gleason
Maynard Road
South Westport
Maine
Harry Cutter
Pokonoket Avenue
King Philip Heights
Cape
Charles H. Way
Torrington
Conn
Way
McDaniel
Edwin J. Sedgewick
Dorchester
Republicans Rally in Acton Ayer and Littleton
Republican voters gathered at Littleton town hall for a joint supper with Acton and Ayer supporters. Over three hundred attendees heard speeches from candidates for the September primary nomina tions and expressed strong enthusiasm for November success.
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Acton
Littleton Town Hall
Wheen Acton
Ayer
Littleton
Bedford Meeting Highlights WPA Plans for Bedford Future
A meeting at Pown Hall featured Mr Hopkins of the Engineering Service of the Works Progress Administration who explained using WPA funds for future Bedford projects. Mr Morgan of PW4 discussed public building funding and fire station plans. The event prompted questions and lively discussion.
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Pown Hall
Hopkins
Engineering Service
Works Progress Administration
Bedford
WPA
Morgan
PW4
PWIA
St. Michael’s Club
Rye Beach
New Hampshire
DeWitt C. Fox
Great Road
Bedford Progressive Club
Minute Man Club
Ethel Powderly
South Street
Hather Sullivan
Elm Street
Littleton
Herbert Littlefield
Elsie Hart
The
Rudderman Dry Goods
Registration Dates Held for Acton Voters
Acton town committees push new voters toward registration dates. The Board of Registrars will meet at South School on Aug 17 and West Acton Fire House on Aug 24 from 7 to 9 pm, then at Town Hall on Aug 31 from 1 pm to 10 pm. Young Republican Club reorganized and eyes a September 12 meeting with Republican candidates expected to speak.
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Acton
Republican and
Democratic Committees
Young Republican Lub
Board of Registrars
South School
West Acton
Town Hall
Young Republican Club
South Acton
William Robertson Reported Seriously Ill at Home
Miss Adelaide Staplin returns home after several weeks at Milford Beach Connecticut. The report states William Robertson is seriously ill at his Church Street residence in Northboro.
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William Robertson
Church Street
Adelaide Staplin
Mrs
Wil "Staplin
Ohurch Street
Milford Beach
Connecticut
Vermont man 85 rides bike over 300 miles
Acton report notes W K Bailey aged 85 rode a bicycle from Underhill Vermont to East Acton on a weekend, traveling over 300 miles. He stopped at Dell Dale Farm in Littleton to rest and visit Carlton Mead and the Engman family before resuming his journey to visit an old friend.
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Acton
W. K
Bailey
Underhill
Vermont
East Acton
Great Road
Engman
Mr. Mead
Moulton Reunion At Summer Cottage In Acton
At Charles Moulton’s summer cottage a family reunion was held on Sunday August 14 with assistance from his three sisters. Attendees hailed from Concord Acton Bedford Billerica Cambridge Arlington and Newark New Jersey including Parker Vanderhof Davis and Moulton family members. The gathering noted the property’s barn origin tied to Richard Moulton and Johanna Whose five sons all served in the Civil War from Acton.
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George M. Parker
Billerica
George “A. Parker
Harold Newport
Robert
Florence Parker
Harriet Vanderhof
Parker Vanderhof
Phillip Vanderhof Sr
Phillip Vanderhof Jr
Harriett Davis
Sugay Moulton
Alonzo Moulton
Delia Moulton Horslin
Pearl
Horglin
Waldo A. Hackett
Audrey- June Hacket
Frank Defley
Ann Derby
Gerald Davis
Richard Moulton
Johanna
Charles
Sam
James
Alberti
Acton
West Acton Residents Attend Relative’s Funeral
Mr and Mrs Harry French of South Acton and several West Acton couples attended the funeral of William Pike, a relative, in Bedford last week. Accompanying them were Mrs Marion Clark and daughter Jan et from West Acton who had just returned from a motor trip through Vermont visiting Wyndham and Plymouth the birthplace of Calvin Coolidge. The return trip went via New Hampshire with stops at points of interest.
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Harry French
South Acton
Mathew Freeman
Maynard
Jesse Briggs
Harry Wampholdt
James French
Albert Gravlin
West Acton
William Pike
Ew. Bedford
Andrew J .Tors
Acton-Federal funds for road project approval
Acton town officials seek approval for federal funds totaling 45 700 dollars to support a wide road project including walks and cemetery access at Woodlawn. Funds are expected to benefit a large community group and improve local infrastructure.
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Acton
Woodlawn
Local Residents Attend Social Events and Visit Relatives
Thursday a war he officiated at a ritual in Vmerville and a ceremony on Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Paul Duncan formerly of this town visited old friends on Saturday afternoon and evening. Mr and Mrs Mdger T Webb camp at night during a trip to the home of relatives not seen in seven years.
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Vmerville
Paul Duncan
Mdger T. Webb
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Sudbury
Northboro
W. K. Bailey
Massachusetts
Corey
Romeo R. Moreau
Mgr
Madame du Barry
Bers
Edwards Quimby Poe Heetien Legion
Olg Reed
Ee Peter and
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