Maynard High Names 1921 Captains and Preparations
Roy Marsden was chosen captain of the basketball team with Charles Lever as manager. Strucker is named captain of the 1921 football eleven, while Howard Herbert leads the hockey team and Driscoll serves as manager. A 15 man squad posed for a photo at Elson studio. The school plans a new sport and will raise $100 to cover the football deficit through a series of entertainments. Townsend H. S. challenged the basketball team for a game or series. Practice will be at Pastime hall after school, with arrangements for one school game night under Manager Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Marsden
Tee
Athletic Association
Charles Lever
Strucker
Howard Herbert
Driscoll
Elson
Townsend H
Murray
A Town School Committee Change Proposal
A reader urges returning to an unpaid school committee with five or seven members from the current three. The letter argues women should gain representation, suggesting a five member panel of three men and two women. The writer invites public views on procedure and potential changes.
Henry Larkin President of Masonic Social Club
The Masonic Social club held its annual meeting Saturday night and elected officers led by Henry Larkin as president with Orville Tucker as vice president and Wm Johnston as secretary. George Lawton's team led by 11 points after the card tournament, with the final match set for this Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Masonic Social Club
Harry Larkin
Orville Tucker
Wm Johnueton
Charles Stockbridge
Thomas Wright
Wilbur Hamlin
Frank Goettler
Mungo Pain
House
George Lawton
One Man Cars Plan Set for Monday Start
The one man tar system will go into effect Monday next according to Supt Worden of the Concord Maynard Hudson railway. Regular cars are equipped to meet Public Works Commission regulations with crews used during busy flag hours while the one man plan operates during quieter periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. Worden
Concord, Maynard & Hudson Railway
Public Works Commission
Grange Holds Successful Grange Whist Party
Grange hosted a well attended whist party after the business session at the O. O. F. hall on Tuesday evening. Organizers included Mrs Frank E. Sanderson Mrs James O. Eaton Mrs James Baldwin Mrs Irvin Howe Mrs John Sunderland Miss Irene Martin and Miss Emma Deane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Grange
Sesson
O. O. F. Hall
Frank E. Sanderson
James O. Eaton
James Baldwin
Irvin Howe
John Sunderland
Irene Martin
Emma Deane
Dr Flaherty Lectures On Sportsmanship At St Bridget’s
The Junior Holy Name Society heard Dr Edward Flaherty discuss Athletes and Good Sportsmanship at St Bridget’s church on Friday. The group, fresh off a successful football season, fields a basketball squad and eyes a hockey program with plans for a uniformed nine this summer. Fr Sweeney directs the society. A 32 member delegation rode to Haverhill by auto to attend the St James School De Paul game with Fr Sweeney, after a luncheon at the rectory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Name Society
Edward F. Flaherty
St Bridget’s Church
Fr Sweeney
Haverhill
St James School-De Paul
St James
K. of C. To Enter District League
James Mahoney, manager of the K of C basketball team, learns Marlboro Natick Southboro and Maynard will field district teams. Promoters plan a six club league with Concord and Hudson mentioned. Leaders aim for a K of C state championship tournament after tryouts this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mahoney
Thomas Salmon
Southboro
Marlboro
Natick
Maynard
Regaue
Concord
Cand
Big Game Draws Crowd At Holy Cross Bosjege
Many attend a Saturday game at Holy Cross Bosjege. Notable attendees include John Sweeney Z ue arn Morgan Fr Baalah Or ward F Planerrought Ba wrad Kane Raymond Wilder Al Peterson Aeve O' rien John Dwyer A. A. Hilférty and son Richard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Holy Cross Bos Jege
John Sweeney
Arn Morgan
Fr Baalah
Orward F. Planerrought
Ba Wrad Kane
Raymond Wilder
al. Peterson
Aeve O' Orien
John Dwyer
A. A. Hilférty
Richard
Engagement Announcement of Miss Elizbeth Claghorn Potter
The engagement is announced by Mr and Mrs Alfred Claghorn Potter of Cambridge Massachusetts for their daughter Miss Elizbeth Claghorn Potter to Stedman Buttrick Hoar of this town son of Mrs Sherman Hoar. Hoar is Harvard 1914 graduate who served in World War I including the 101st Field Artillery 26th Division front with the 77th Division and later with the 2d Division returning to the United States in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Claghorn Potter
Fayerweather St
Cambridge
Elizabeth
Claghorn Potter
Stedman Buttrick Hoar
Main St
Sherman Hoar
Hoar
Harvard University
France
101St Field Artillery
Gaumur
Germany
United States
Annual church events and services summary
A community note thanks contributors to the third Every Friend Canvess and outlines upcoming church activities. Sunday service at 10 30 with a sermon on Can the Churches Unite. Midweek meeting on Tuesday with The Value of the Loras house. Christmas sale Thursday in the vestry followed by an 8 pm pantomime and comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Council of Churches
Boston
Loras House
Ladies’ Union
Peeping Tom Sentenced After Local Arrest
A local man found peering into home windows in the Powder Mill area was taken into custody Monday night and sentenced yesterday at the district court to the Concord Reformatory. He claimed weak mentality, gave several residences as his addresses, and pleaded not to be separated from a Bible found on him during search. Meanwhile a hunter reported seeing fourteen deer this week but he did not shoot any, and a veteran remarked the herd may have fever after several shots were fired. Also Capt John Shaw’s team beat Capt Thomas Smith’s in cribbage and pitch at the Odd Fellows club, with Smith’s group still leading by a slim margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Reformatory
Powder Mill
Fletcher Corner Road
John Shaw
Thomas Smith
Odd Fellows
Capt Smith
Ethel B Shaunnessy Conservatory Graduate Pianoforte Tutor
Ethel B Shaunnessy a New England Conservatory graduate offers piano and harmony instruction at her studio located at 2 Commonwealth Ave Lapham Block. Telephone Concord 469 M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel B. Shaunessy
New England Conservatory
Commonwealth Ave
Lapham Block
Concord
Bedford Woman Suffers Ankle Injury From Electric Car Incident
Mrs William Thompson of Bedford fell while alighting from an electric car in Boston on the evening of November 12 and injured her left ankle. Friends aided her to her home where the foot swelled and could not be set in a cast yet. Undaunted, Mrs Thompson continues to move about her house, tending stairs, beds, baking pies, and handling chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William ‘Thompson
Boston
Thompson
Bedford Grange Officers for 1921 Named
Officers-elect of Bedford Grange for 1921 include Master Herman A. Schofield Overseer Richard B Barlow Lecturer John R Comley Steward Geo H Peterson Assistant Steward Howard D Perley Chaplain Mrs Mae Wood Chase Treasurer Mrs Luella F Sweetnam Secretary Miss Lucy Jones Gatekeeper Miss Hazel McDonald Ceres Miss Elizabeth Kant Pomona Edith Hill Flora Mrs Bertha Hamison Lady Assistant Steward Mrs Grace W Connor Pianist Frank B Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Grange
Herman A. Schofield
Richard B. Barlow
John R. Comley
Geo H. Peterson
Howard D. Perley
Mae Wood Chase
Luella F. Sweetnam
Lucy Jones
Hazel McDonald
Ceres
Elizabeth Kant
Pomona
Edith Hill
Flora
Bertha Hamison
Grace W. Connor
Frank B. Davis
Marriage Of Elsie May Robbins To Edgar LeRoy Robbins
The marriage of Elsie May Robbins to Edgar LeRoy Robbins took place on November 24 1920 in Athol Massachusetts. The newlyweds will reside in Orange Massachusetts with both families participating in the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie May
Edgar LeRoy Robbins
Athol
Robbins
Orange
Mass
Miss Margaret Cummings Lectures on World Conditions
Miss Margaret Cummings delivered a second lecture on Current Events at the West Concord Woman's Club on Friday afternoon December 3, outlining destitute European children, a crime wave, business slump, and societal discontent. She analyzed the United States, noting treaty non ratification and issues like the Japanese question and the Smith Towner Shepard Towner bills as factors shaping relations with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Cummings
West Concord
Unclear fragment notes on Irish Question and Boston fund
The fragment mentions Bolshevism the unemployed minds and a discussion on the Irish Question. It notes completion of a fund for Federation and endowment of a bed in Boston Children's Hospital. A chafing dish lunch was served by the hospitality committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fund For Federation
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Akers Hosts Pool Tournament Feast For Players
At the W. C. Akers room a pool match ended with A. J. Smith's team winning by 102 points over Thomas Mac Williams' squad. Captain A. J. Smith along with Harold Smith John Lund Fred Edwardson and Edward Delaney played. opponents were William Tallon Frank Piper John Simpson and Benjamin Piper. On Wednesday Mr Akers hosted a supper of roast young pig with desserts and cigars. guests praised the host's hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Akers
A. J. Smith
Harold Smith
John Lund
Fred Edwardson
Edward Delaney
Thomas MacWilliams
William Tallon
Frank Piper
John Simpson
Benj. Piper
Mr Akers
WHIST FOR ORPHANS BENEFIT ANNOUNCED BY WEST CONCORD CLUB
The Philippic committee of the West Concord Woman's Club will host a whist party at I O O F hall on Friday evening December 10. Proceeds support War Orphans Relief. Tickets help the cause. Also notes social visits from Miss Mae of Hudson and John Kane to Miss Elizabeth Connell and the Morrell family in St Johnsbury. Mrs Gertrude Blodgett travels to Washington then Los Angeles for the winter. Frank Carr relocates his family to Brook Road house formerly occupied by Thos Chappel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Concord Woman's Club
Mae of
Hudson
John Kane
Elizabeth Connell
B. W. Morrell
Doris
St Johnsbury
Morrell
Gertrude Blodgett
Commonwealth Ave
Washington, D. C
Los Angeles
Cal
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W. A. Haynes Co. Incorporated
Pear
Naas & Polsenimal Fertilizers
Parmenter & Polsey
Parmenter & Polley Fertilizer CO
Consolidated Rendering Company
Wilson Lumber CO
Pete
Day
Monsense
Liz
Henry Larkin
Flaherty
Concore Junction
Union Church
Tom
Bedford
Rosa A. Pike
RED Cross
Assabet Institution For Savings
Mutual Savings Bank
Massachusetts Mutual Savings Banks
Maynard, Mass
Finney & Hoitt
South Acton
Main Street
Concord Junction
Akers
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