Nards Great White Way In Progress In Maynard
Spectric Illuminating Co begins street light upgrade in Maynard and Acton. Twenty four concrete posts installed on Main and Nager to carry modern type street lamps. Lighting expected Saturday December 3. Edison substation supplies power from Concord with a 60 cycle distribution replacing 40 cycle.
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Spectric Illuminating Com
Boston
Maynard
Main
Nagers
Edison
Concord
Concord Maynard
South Acton
Acton
Isi
Edison E
Woolen Company
Ind
Installation of Officers of Fraternal Auxiliary and Men's Division
Friday evening saw the installation of officers for the auxiliary and the men's division. New officers include Miss Fletcher as president and Mrs Susie Kelley as a listed officer. the event featured a marshal and a social collation with members Mary Galvin Fram, James Tierney, and others.
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Offlc
Offi- Tierney
Aor
Migseason
Con
Iliary
Mary Galvin
Fram
James Tierney
Susie Kelley
Alice Smith
Mary Connors
Della Moore
Mary Martin
Hael Cleary
Murray
Yden
T. Connolly
James McCarthy
Elolay Elects Its Officers at Meeting
The DeMolay court elected new officers including Robert E as junior councillor Lawrence W as senior councillor and Ralph Bay as junior counsellor Frederick Morris named scribe and George A Erik as treasurer The group will hold another dance at the High School auditorium and arrange for a Maynard lecture by Edwin Markham the Tercentenary poet.
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Lawrence W
Ralph Bay
Frederick Morris
George A Erik
Frederick R. Dr
Lexington
Concord and West Concord Union Churches Hold Thanksgiving Service
Concord Massachusetts December 3 The Protestant churches of Concord and West Concord united in a union Thanksgiving service at the Trinitarian Congregational Church Center with a large attendance. Rev George Loring Thurlow led the service and Rev Olaf M Johansen preached the sermon. Prof Elmer B Mode of Boston University sang and Miss Marguerite L Barnes played the organ. An early morning service was held at West Concord Union Church led by the Senior Christian Endeavor Society with Mrs Edith Bailey presiding.
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Concord
Mass
West Concord
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Concord Center
George Loring Thurlow
Entertaining Church
George G. Hughes
Ers
Episcopal Church
Smith Owen Ae
Alfred Wheeler Stone
West Concord Union Church
Olaf M. Joehnsen
Norwegian Evangelical Free Church
Elmer B. Mode
Boston University
Marguerite L. Barnes
West Concord Unionn
Christian Endeavor Society
Edith Bailey
Mr Stone
West Concords The Comet issues its first school paper
The Comet debuts as the present school paper with Mary Chase as editor in chief and Edward Mc Clellan as assistant editor. Staff includes Williar Elaney Chuttim and many students contributing articles and club reports from athletic, handcraft, and dramatic groups.
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West Concord
Comet
Mary Chase
Edward McClellan
Williar [Elaney
Chuttim
Derwin Eggleton
Mary Hanley
Martha Delanz2y
Jerry Sheehan
Ruth Waite
Joseph Griffin
Dorothy Jensen
Larvina Willis
Obert Eggleton
James Reed
Charles Sheehan
Ruthf Hughes
Margaret Turner
Thomas Ryan
The
Athletic Club
Virginia Locke
Handicraft Club
Mary Nelson
Dramatic Club
James F Powers Re elected President Of AOH Division 66
Concord notes the annual meeting of Division 66 Ancient Order of Hibernians held at Monument Hall. James F Powers of 17 Grant St was re elected president with Thomas Gayne as vice president and Patrick McPhillips as recording secretary among others. An entertainment followed the business session. Sudbury High School pupils invited to Old Fashioned Dancing lessons at Wayside Inn, led by Mr Varichionne, Thursdays at 7 30 P M.
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Concord
Division 66
Ancient Order of Hibernians
The
Hibernians
Monument Ha
James F. Powers
Grant St
Thomas Gayne
Patrick McPhillips
Michael J. Collins
James J Byrne
Owen McPhillips
Edward Culliame
Michael Hopkins
David Carey
Richard Hartnett
Robert Woodlock
Patrick A. Smith
Boyer
Wayside Inn
Sudbury High School
Varichionne
Memorial service and concert announced for Maynard Elks
Maynard lodge Elks plan a memorial service Sunday at High on a . um with District Attorney Robert delivering the address. The Anchor and Ark Glee Club perform. High school orchestra provides music. A moving picture show at pres. Theatre, Dec. 14, funds for the Elks Christmas Basket Fund. Members sell tickets to support welfare work.
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Maynard
Lodge
Robert
Anchor and Ark Glee Club
Elks
Elke
Maynard Lodge of Elks
Universalist minister Clifford Jones dies at 59 in Concord
Clifford Ernest Jones born in Ravenna Ohio in 59th year. Tufts Divinity School grad became a minister and later insurance head for Knights of Pythias. He lived in Somerville and Concord with his wife Lilian Sargent and died after a life of religious service and community leadership. Funeral at St James Church North Cambridge with Arcadia Lodge Pythian ceremony. Buried in Silvey Hollow Cemetery Concord. Survived by mother, brother Raymond, and sister Gertrudeounge of Ravenna.
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Somerville
Ware Co
Clifford Ernest Jones
Ravenna
Ohio
Tufts Divinity School
Ldlian Sargent
Jones
Concord
Reformatory
South Middleboro
Concord Men Shoot Deer Near Northfield
Patrolman Frederick Nolan and Emil Billet of West Concord each shot a deer Monday in Northfield. They returned the game to Concord last evening with local fireman Harry Riter part of the party.
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Frederick Nolan
Emil ‘Billet
West Concord
Northfield
Concord
Harry Riter
Poverty party at Holy Trinity Guild hall
The Young People's Fellowship Society hosts a Marlboro A poverty party tonight at Holy Trinity Church Guild hall. Attendees wear old clothes for a social evening with games and dancing. Refreshments will be served under the direction of Miss Bessie Baker with assistance from Roy Tourtellot, Miss Viola Weagle, and Fred Pain.
Maynard Grange Plans Christmas Sale and Entertainment
At a December 3 meeting at Mrs Adelaide Sims home Maynard Grange outlined its December 11 Christmas sale at Cooperative hall with an entertainment and various aprons candy lunch and misc items to be sold. Members attended Middlesex Central Pomona in Waltham and Maynard Grange Cirous performed at Stow ines while Miss Ruth Hall prepared a specialty act in Westford.
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Alice Howe
Frank C. Sheridan
Adelaide Sims
Maynard Grangers
Middlesex Central Pomona
Waltham
Maynard Grange Cirous
Stow ~Ines
Westford
Ruth Hall
Cambridge man burned after lighting match near gas tank
Alfred Baptiste, 27, of the Cambridge turnpike, started a fire early Monday by striking a match to view a gasoline tank. His right hand was severely burned. A car and a paint shop on the Cambridge turnpike, operated by Martin Bulger, were damaged when the flames spread from the gasoline incident. Firefighters extinguished the blaze.
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Concord
Alfred Baptiste
Cambridge Turnpike
Baptiste
Martin Bulger
Abbott family Thanksgiving visit to Newport noted
West Concord Mrs. Allen P. Abbott and her daughter Edith M. Abbott were Thanksgiving guests of Maj Theodore K. Spencer and Mrs Spencer at Newport. They traveled by motor. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Steverson spent a few days last week with
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Allen P. Abbott
Edith M. Abbott
Theodore K. Spencer
Spencer
Ruth Abbott
Newport
Robert J. Steverson
Charge Theft of Rooster in Cambridge Superior Court
Joseph Dinsmore of Acton known as Old Black Joe faced a Cambridge Middlesex Superior Court judge on December 2 charged with stealing a rooster. After a plea of guilty the court placed him on probation and ordered disposition of the case. The rooster reportedly disappeared after being seen on a railroad track and Dinsmore denied knowledge of enticement.
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Cambridge
Joseph Adinnomer
Acton
Joe
James A
Middlesex
East Cambridge
Johnn. Rosier
Alston Johnson
Warren L. Bishop
Dinsmore
Bishop
Glee Club to Perform Freely At Community Meetings
The Maynuard The Anchor and Ar Glee Club of Charles A Welch Lodge A F and A M plans free performances. They entertained Magdalene Chapter O E S and will give a concert for the Concord Board of Trade. A memorial service at the high school auditorium is planned next Sunday under Maynard Lodge Elks.
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Maynuard
Charles A. Welch
Belmont People Add Thanksgiving Hospitality
Their son Myron R. Stevenson and family in Belmont. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Renhult entertained Mrs. Renhult's brother Emmons Coffin and Mrs. Coffin and child on Thanksgiving day.
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Myron R. Stevenson
Belmont
Walter Renhult
Maynard-Moynihan Funeral Fills Town Hall
Timothy Moynihan 48 longtime Maynard postmaster died suddenly at home Friday November 28 after visiting with friends and a day in good health. He served as first grand knight of Maynard Council K of C and a 26 year postal employee. Survived by wife Dia O Dea Moynihan and siblings, his funeral at St. Doyle and St. Bridget’s chapel drew a large crowd reflective of his community standing. Burial followed at the family lot as the long cortege passed through town.
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Maynard
Timothy
B. Moynihan
Spring Lane
Moynihan
Boston College
Council
K. of C
Dia (O'Dea) Moynihan
Sylvester Sullivan
Minnie
Lena
Margaret Moynihan
John Moynihan
Brockton
Waites Ea
Joan Duck
Peatoe
St. Cas
Boetics
A. A. HiMerty
James B. Farr
William P. Scully
Fourth Degree
Knights’ of Columbus
Jo Harmon
John Sheridan
Patrick H. McGrath
John Zagiewski
Robert Sheridan
Terrence Mehon
St. Bridget
Maynard Finance Plans Add Funds and Land Payment
Town meeting committee discussed articles for a warrant at an upcoming special town meeting. Welfare department requests extra funds due to higher projected expenditures this year. A proposed appropriation would compensate Summer Street property owners for land taken. Also considered is a $1200 payment to architect McGirr for Junior High School construction work.
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iMaynard
Joshua Naylor
Finance Committee
Welfare’ Department
Ite
McGirr
False alarm boxes ring as winds whip town
Maynard box 54 and box 26 were sounded midnight alarms with no fire found. Box 54 led to Thompson Street and Box 26 Papermill Corner, both left open with no signs of danger. Officials suspect prank triggering a “bug” on the alarm system as repeated late night alarms concern residents. Concord National Bank opens savings department service to the public.
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Maynaird
Thompson Etreét
Tony Collins
Papermill Corner
Solemn High Mass Held for Mrs McCarthy in South Acton
In South Acton on November 29 a solemn high Mass was offered at St Elizabeths for Mrs Mary A McCarthy who died at home on School Street. Surviving daughters Julia and Mary McCarthy. Margaret Byrne. Dorothy McCormack. granddaughers Julia Byrne Barbara McCormack and Margaret McHilligott. Interment followed in Concord.
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South Acton
Deanne Far
McCarthy
School Street
Mary A. McCarthy
Mra McCarthy
Lowell
St. Elizabeth’s Church
West Actor
Father Roche
Maynard
Julia
Mary McCarthy
Margaret Byrne
Dennisport
Dorothy McCormack
Fyannis
Julia Byrne
Barbara MacCormack
Margaret McHilligott
Concord
Maynard Santa Claus Leads Holiday Spirit Tour
Maynard Santa Claus leads a joyous annual pilgrimage to spread Christmas tidings. Stores glow with toys and gifts reflecting the season of goodwill. Mr Harry B Morse Miss Bleamy and Merie Morse traveled to Ellsworth Maine last week to spend Thanksgiving at her mother's home.
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Maynard
Santa Claus
Harry B. Morse
Miss Bleamy
Merie Morse
Ellsworth
Maine
Concord High School Star Weds in Connecticut
The wedding joins Miss [name illegible] of West Concord and Mr. Cooper of Hartford. She graduated from Concord High School in 1928 and was captain of the girls field hockey team. She studied at Forsyth Dental School and became a dental hygienist in Putnam, Connecticut. The couple will reside at 6 Washington Street after a wedding trip, home to friends after January 1, 1931.
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Stammck
Forsyth Dental School
Putnam, Conn
Cooper
Hartford
Mr. Cooper
Washington ‘Street
Rainbow Money Auction Draws Capacity Crowd Again
Rainbow Auctions at William Street Hall drew a full house as merchants sponsor sales each month. The event featured added interest with occasional prizes up to 10 cents to organizations and a spotlight on Rainbow Merchants such as Johnson Primacy, Gruber Bros, Bee Loe, Jersey Creamery, and J MacPherson Hardware.
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Maynard
Waltiam Street
Onyoay
Do En Merchandise
T Titulonarn
Johnnson Primacy
Gruber Bros. W
Bee Lo
Jersey Creamery
MacPherson Hardware Store
Hunters Out Early Monday in Local Deer Season
Hunters were out before daylight Monday to be on the deer at sunrise. Several groups searched the local woods while others moved toward the western district near Watergate, with names including Dr. Clifford King Selé Yoseph Sehnatz William Holley Herbert Carl Swanson Ralph and O C Drechsler appearing in the report.
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Maynaré
Northfield
Clifford , King
Selé Yoseph
Sehnatz
William’ Holley
Herbert
Carl Swanson
Ralph Anc
O. C. Drechsler
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Conoord Citizens
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Atty, Bushnell
Maynard ‘Ellis
Concord Kill
Seahan
Freedman
Main St
William N. Doak
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Hoever
Sec
Iety
Washington
Theabinet
Glee Club
Maynard Methodist Church
Ernest Lyman Mills
Timothy B. Moynihan
Concord National Bank
Savings’ Department
Maynard and Concord
Parish
St. Oes
St. Bridget’s
Walter Roche
Edward F. Crowley
Hyde Park
Leo McCabe
Jamaica Plain
Albert Crowley
Plymouth
A. A. Hilferty
James B. Farrell
John Johnson
Jeremiah Lynch
Richard Hilferty
Phyllis Guilfoyle
Needham
Fradk Peated
O'Brien
Joyce Kilmer
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Hilferty
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Gembe
Mi Trust. Co
Maynard Trust Co
Middlesex Institution
Norma Smith
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