Maynard News Highlights Local Celebrations and Trades
Maynard residents plan an anniversary observance as the Ladies Auxiliary holds a whist event with prizes to Agnes Dris ul Elisabeth White and others. Creighton's store on Main street in Lowell will move to a new site January 2 in a 93 year old men’s shop lineage.
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Ln Street
Ladies Auxiliary
Agnes Drisul
Elisabeth White
Sieanor
Alice Joyce
Catherine Eau
Ida Brooks
Christmas Cantata at Methodist Church Directed by Miss Hooper
The Story of Christmas cantata will be presented at the Methodist church next Sunday afternoon under the direction of Miss Hazel L Hooper. The annual Christmas League meeting for Hudson Circuit Epworth League is set for Monday night in Hudson. Midweek services are scheduled at the parsonage this evening at 7 45.
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Herbert Martin
Lincoln Street
Newton Rday
Legion Matters
Beverley ‘Denniston
Barbara Nelson
Jacob Rinta
Tanno Fingard
Dartmouth
Anchor and ‘Ark
Symphony Hall
Frank C. Sheridan
Borough Pomona
Hudson
Worcester East Pomona
Houston
Union Congregational Church
Ruby Hamlin
Concord Street
Lorraine Koch
Curry of Expression
Lea Mullin
Kitty
Mullin
Methodist
Hazell Hooper
Epworth
Maynard Post Office Extends Hours for Christmas Rush
The Maynard Post Office will be open Sunday from 1 to 6 PM to handle heavy Christmas mail. Postmaster Sheridan said staff will be increased and every effort will be made to deliver all mail on hand for Christmas Day.
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Maynard
Sheridan
Maynard Selectmen to Act on Licenses This Week
The Maynard board will act on liquor license applications at tonight's meeting. Next week's board meeting will be held on Wednesday December 23 due to the holiday.
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Maynard
Fountain of Youth tale tied to Vinellus peninsula history
The Fountain of Youth in St. Petersburg on the south waterfront near Third Avenue is linked to Vinellus Peninsula's early history and its first inhabitants. The piece recalls Hernando de Soto's Sunday May 2 landing on Weedon Island, the Espirit feast, and later Harm Santo's days at Safety Harbor with medicinal Indian uses noted.
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St. Petersburg
Third Ave Ave
Vinellus Peninsula
Hernando de Soto
Weedon's Island
Ula Landing
Santo
Safety Harbor
Fingerprint science aids individual identification
Dactyloscopia is the science that deals with identifying individuals through fingerprints, studying patterns, ridges, and minutiae to distinguish unique print features for forensic and biometric purposes.
Crusades Beckon at Sea as DeMille Breaks Records
Cable dispatches show Cecile B. DeMille’s The Crusades breaking overseas box office records set by The Sign of the Cross. The film sells out six weeks in advance in London and Stockholm. Mae West schedules a scene aboard ship for Klondike Lou. Ethel Merman returns to Anything Goes after influenza. Paramount builds Peter Ibbetson as a musical with a new exclusive score.
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Cecile B. DeMille
DeMille
London
Stockholm
Mae West
Ethel Merman
Bing Crosby
Maynard Citizens Eye 1936 Tax Rate Taut
Citizens in Maynard fear tax hikes for 1936 and urge greater cooperation among town departments. They propose interdepartmental conferences with the Selectmen school committee Assessors Street and Welfare to cut expenditures and hold the tax within reasonable bounds with Finance Committee joining to bolster budget trimming.
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Maynard
Rock Barometer Weather Stone Displayed by Collectors
A green stone barometer prized by collectors turns dirty gray with moisture, though its origin remains unidentified.
Hoopsters Prepare for Local League Opener
Basketball teams practice for a season opening in Pastime hall on Saturday nights with dancing afterward. St Casimir's plans a contest around January 1. A high school Inter-Club League will form with most youths eligible, created by Reggie Sawyer who will again supervise amid strong interest.
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St. Casimir’s
Reggie
Painless Dentistry in Zapotec History Unearthed
An archaeologist notes Zapotec Indians used a natural anesthetic from wild plants in dental practices. The finding suggests ancient pain relief methods and medical knowledge in their region.
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Misa Arlene Fries
P Blic
White Plaine
William H. ‘Priest
Wilder X. Macurda
Gavin Taylor
New York City
Witho
Bill” Frigard
Lae State College
Bill
Mel
Jeanette Graham
Gertrude Presecott
Abbie Isner
Mary Jones
Bessie Richardson
Gertrude Keen
Rainbow Girls Order
Cambridge Order
Bernard Greene
Parker Street
Duke Charles
Dey Molay
George Washington Auditorium
Johnnie Pozarycki
Boston
Johnnie
Pozie
Onyx
the Theatre
Wales
Teaster
Ee Shop
Bn Eco Steer
Maynard Post
Joe Penner
Paramount
Ethel and
Bing
Peter Bbetson
Southland
Shirley Temple
Fox
Staves
Rexall Drug Store
Main Street
Sawyer
Maynard Trust
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