Thanksgiving visits and wartime notices fill Marlboro page
Local scenes show Gertrude Connors and Margaret Caswell guests at Marlboro gatherings for Thanksgiving. The class of 1918 reports $86 profit from a vaudeville show. Acts donate $5 to the Red Cross as Ralph Newton serves in the Naval Reserve. Numerous families host relatives in Acton Colrain Medway Dorchester and Malden. Private Ralph Lawton joins the New York Naval Reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Connors
Glendale St
Marlboro
Assabet Mills
Red Cross
Margaret Caswell
Cambridge
Calvin Morse
Acton St
Ralph Lawton
New York
Naval Reserve Force
New York City
Robert Hartin
Colrain
Hansen
Quartermaster’s Department
Camp Devens
Louis A. Thomas
Milton
Herbert Salisbury
Arthur Jordan
Dorchester
John Sunderland
Parker St
Thomas McNally
Medway
William Scully
Esther Fletcher
Malden
Margaret Ryan
Mary Pletcher
Railroad St
Holy Name Society
Nason Ets
Ralph Newton
Newport
George Newton
Thanksgiving guest lists fill town households
Local society notes show numerous residents visiting relatives over Thanksgiving weekend. Families from Worcester to Gardner hosted kin, with attendance at dances, hospital stays, and church events noted amid a long list of civic and military service mentions.
Thanksgiving Week Wanderers and Guests Across Nearby Towns
Concord Junction and surrounding towns hosted relatives and friends for Thanksgiving. Visitors included Patrick Reilley and daughter Rose in Worcester, Miss Annie Hamilton of Pepperell, Charles King from New York City, Prentiss Blood enlisting for the Aviation corps, and many others from Camp Devens Dorchester Rutland Framingham Brockton and Ayer. Local theatregoers saw Love O Mike at the Wilbur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Reilley
Rose
Worcester
John Brooks
Camp Devens
Annie Hamilton
Pepperell
L. G. King
H. L. Webber
Rutland
Ethel Dubois
Taunton
Samuel Dubois
Charles King
New York City
Prentiss Blood
Aviation Corps
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Wm. C. MacDonald
Frederick
Dorchester
Violet’ MacWilliams
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Arthur Small
Helen Lorentson
Brockton
Ever Lorentson
L. J. McCaffrey
Margaret McCarthy
Lexington
Ned McCaffrey
Somerville
Fred Sullivan
Ros
Mary
Catherine
Lawrence
John Hughes
Holiday notes and arrivals around Concord and nearby towns
Local residents share holiday visits and trips with relatives in Concord Leominster Hopkinton and Norwich University figures like Miss Helen Tow and Miss Anna Clark are mentioned along with several who traveled to New York Florida and Massachusetts for seasonal time. Milk delivery times shift earlier to daylight hours. A notice announces a 1908 Massachusetts legislative session and Book 27502 payment details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Raymond
Davis’ Market
Ruah
Cora Franks
Lexington
Anna Clark
Mt. Holyoke College
Fred William
New York
Coast Artillery
George W. Hunt
Florida
Burt Joslin
Beverly
Joslin
James Howard
Hubbard St
Dante
Maynard
Ralph Rockwood
William Stevens
Wrke
Barrett Wood
Norwich ‘University
Richard F. Wood
Mary Drawbridge
Hopkinton
Anly
Granville
Holden
Rain Gertrude
Leominster
Helen
Tow Holyoke Collége
Holiday
Mrs. Peabody
Lang
Edgar Clark
Pittsfield
Monument Af
Thanksgiving Day Updates From West Acton
West Acton notes show D H Hall hosting a family gathering on Thanksgiving Day. Visitors include George Briggs from Camp Devens and Mrs. Daniel Beach staying with her son. Ed Preston visits Nashua with Mrs. Ay Ci Anderson. Mrs. A R Beach visits Dexter Spinney in East Acton. Missing Lowell H Cram’s Sunday papers handled by Lois Moore and Bertha Cram. Edgar Harrod family from Mast Lexington visit Mrs. Harrod’s mother Mrs. Francis Whitcomb. Newell Gece refurnished. A Mitte dnnator arrives. Miss Glattys Mmoerly of town. Sawmill Units at Ardgay, Scotland, grant one week Christmas vacation for the boys to visit places of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Wilson
Concordat
B. F. Townsend
Leo Lowney
Ace of Clubs
Marlboro
Mary A. Moore
Walcott St
Lowell
Joseph Dineen
Boston
Daniel Dineen
Oliver Trees
Som
Lawrence
Norman McAllister
Newport Naval Resherves
Sarah Barker
Haverhill
Martin Mosher
Acton St
Weaving
Maplest
Howard Hamblen
Evelyn
Bedford
Elmer Clark
Jefferson
George ‘N. Haynes
Gardner
A. B. McCleary
Lincoln St
Raymond Veitch
Providence
R. I
Charles Courtney
Linden St
Stephen Beaton
Millbury
Charles Keané
Great Rd
Frank Underwood
Keene
N.H
James Sheridan
Summitt St
Margaret ‘O'Neil
Peter Lynch
Woonsocket
Owen’ Duggan
Parker St. Edmund Hooper
Parker St
Arlington Hospital
Sarah Shaw
Plainfield, N. J
Louis Shaw
West St
Mary A. Supple
Hopkinton High School
Cornelius Sullivan
Acton
Charles
Stockbridge
W. A. Canfield
C. M. Hewson
Arthur Millington
Wm. H. Millington
Camp Greene
Elizabeth Sweeney
College of Assumption
Wellesley Hills
Charles Sweeney
Main St
George H. Gutteridge
Mass
Victory
Squantum
Fore River
Quincy
Dorothea Chester
Nahant
John Chester
Ruby Hamlin
Concord St
Willis Henderson
Marshfield
Edward Henderson
Waltham
Dan, Connors, Grendale ,Sr
Spedman Albert Smith
Verne
Hawes
Helen
West Lynn
Everett
Marchant
Brown St
David“Sharpe
David
Mounted Military Police
France
Bill” Moynihan
101St
Methodist Episcopal Church
Howard A. Wilson
Brooks St
Robert W
George Hack
General Electric Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Naval’ Reserve
D. H Hall
George Briggs
Camp Devens
Daniel Beach
Preston
Thanh
Ay’ Ci Anderson
Nashua
A. R. Beach
Dexter Spinney
East Acton
Lowell. H. Cram
Misséa Lois, Moore
Bertha Cram
Edgar Harrod
Mast
Automobile registrations in Massachusetts rise in first seven months
The Mass Highway Commission reports 106 425 pleasure car registrations from January 1 to July 34 1917, up 19 913 from 1916. Conspicuous among the losses of car registrations in the period were:
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Mass. Highway Commission
Gale and Wetherbee Bride in Main Street Wedding
Miss Margaret I. Gale and Elmer Dana Wetherbee wed Saturday evening at Fred Gale's Main street residence. Rev. Wim J. Batt performed the ceremony at 8 o'clock before relatives and friends. The bride wore white satin with duchess lace and orange blossoms. maid of honor Marion T. Viets wore yellow taffeta. Reception followed with green and yellow decor, gifts included china, cut glass, silver, and money. The couple will reside with the bride's father while honeymoon plans are finalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gale
Main St
Margaret I. Gale
Elmer Dana Wetherbee
Eilis Wetherbee
Billerica
Wim. J. Batt
Marion T. Viets
Newton
Ellow
Misa Bess Snyder
George Park
Clarence Hart
Walter. Upham
Carrie Wetherbee
Thanksgiving Home Visit by Bowker Family in Springfield
Miss Ross Bowker from Springfield hosted Thanksgiving with her family and friends. The Bowkers entertained Mr and Mrs J T Hope and son Albert of Fitchburg, plus Miss Carrie Cadwell of Norwood, Mildred Dearborn of Philadelphia, and Charles H Lewis of Newburyport, with Civil War veteran Mr Sy a longtime Bowker comrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Bowker
Springfield
May
Norwood
Florence
Dedham
Bowker
Farragut
Hen Thieves Strike Farm Near Town in Week
In the week before Ten Ame, thieves visited B R Teele’s hen house and stole about a dozen hens. Several birds were found killed with heads removed, some taken through a bag hole or frightened away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R.teele
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Earl Brierly
Killinglyte
Concord Junction
Concord
Charles B. Brown
Masc
West Acton
Kirwin
Mags
Ttaker
Burley
Fred H. Kirwin
Mase
J. A. Finigan
A. Magurn Main St. Concoro
Tel
M. A. Armstrong
Dodge Bros
Massachusetts
Dodge Brothers
Main and
Walden Streets
Concord, Mass
The
Actons
Boxbor
Stow
Chrysanthemums
A. L. Silloway
Great Road
Assabet Institution For Savings Incorporated
Maynard, Mass
Sidney E. McCleary
Hershey's
Best
Santos
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