Local Draft Board Struggles with English Non-English Registrants
The district advisory board in Maynard handles about 600 registrants with many non English speakers advancing slowly through questionnaire duties. Sessions run nightly at Haynes block with select attendances, while the exemption board in Ayer classifies registrants and prepares for physical exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Atty
Alfred
McCleary
George Smith
James J. Ledgard
Howard A. Wilson
Leslie Sims
Joshua Naylor
F. KE. Sanderson
C. J
Lynch
A. 2. McCleary
James J. Ledgar
Robert. Lester
C. J. Lynch
A. E. McCleary
Howard A.wilson
Robert Lester
Town Hall
Ayer
Coughlin
Medical Advisory Board
Deaconess
Concord
Edward Flaherty
Howard Hamblen
Christmas Observance at St George’s Church
Christmas day services held at St George’s Church with 6 and 10 30 am worship, a 5 pm carol service, and a parish reunion. The church glowingly decorated with laurel evergreens and trees. Rev A B Papineau preached. music by the choir with organist George W Cuttell. a playlet and tree presentation followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George’s Church
A. B. Papineau
George W. Cuttell
Wainwright Offertorr
Zion
Hazel Easthope
May Waterhouse
Alice Newton
Priscilla Alden
Edith Laubenalien
Wilfred Saxon
Pauline Newton
Gladys Hellawell
Arzyle Webber
Gladys Baron
Dorothy Bamford
Chris
Leslie Webber
George Mason
Doris Dawson
Harriet Bamford
Douglas Webber
Nellie
Wilson
Beatrice Cuttell
Fred Oates
Santa Claus
Change In Schedule for C M H Railway Service
The C M and H railway posts a timetable change to take effect December 30 1917. Service to Hudson Maynard is reduced to cars every two hours until noon then hourly until 9 28 pm with Saturday half hourly service 4 to 7 28 pm. Concord service largely unchanged but 1230 noon car and 832 pm last car are cut. Aston severely affected. Branch trains run six times daily starting at 658 pm with 832 pm final car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. & H. Railway
Hudgson
Maynard
Hudson
Concord
Concordians
Aston
Satu
Public street railway service faces curtailment and questions
Acton workers must take early B and M trains amid schedules cutbacks urged by the New England fuel administrator. Heat is limited to extreme cold and evenings, reducing crews. As junkmen seize lines, stockholders warn of losses while the public laments poorer service. Public ownership and rate hikes are debated as a future remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xésabet Mili
Acton
Road
New England
Christmas services draw crowds at Concord Junction church
Union church in Concord Junction reports large attendance for Christmas services. Next Sunday the program centers on Thought of the New Year with Miss Mary Tewksbury of Concord singing in the morning and evening. The annual supper and roll call take place Tuesday at six, followed by the West Concord Religious Society meeting at eight thirty. The midweek prayer meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at seven thirty in the vestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Church
Mary Tewksbury
Conal Eord
West Concord
Coal Shortage Averts New England Industrial Shutdown
Boston faced potential disruption as coal supplies ran low and street railways cut usage. About 70 000 tons arrived from upnorth, easing fears of a forced shutdown. State and national fuel officials focus on securing ongoing supplies and future contracts to sustain New England industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Probate Hearings Over Annie Reed Estate In Concord
A probate matter in Middlesex County Massachusetts concerns Annie M Reed of Concord. Alexander Reed Jr seeks letters testamentary without bond. Court set for January 11 1948 at nine in the forenoon with public notice via the Concord Enterprise for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth of
Massachus Middlesex
Annie M. Reed
Concord
Alexander ‘Reed
Concord Enterprise
Isaid County
Wilson to Take Over Railroads to Ease Congestion
President Wilson plans to place the nation’s rail transportation under government control on December 31 as talks with railway presidents and railroad brotherhoods continue. An agreement on wages and compensation is sought, with existing labor disputes and coal transportation congestion cited as the driving issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
White ‘House
China Oosts American Editor in Peking
Gilbert Reid American editor of the Peking Post was deported to Manila for the war period after breaking his pledge not to criticize the United States entry into the war. His recent editorials were strongly pro Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Peking
Gilbert Reid
Peking Post
Manila
United States
Reid
Roosevelt urges children to donate for Belgium relief
In Oyster Bay on December 26 Theo Roosevelt spoke at a Sunday school festival about the war and urged active participation. He praised children for giving up presents to send money to Belgium. In Denver reports the estate of David Moffat owes $1,852,000 beyond assessed assets at his death per inheritance tax department examiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R
Oyster Bay
L.B
Theoore Roosevelt
Belgium
Moffat
Denver
David “Moffat
Inheritance Tax Department
Hey General's Office
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Haynes Block
Regis
Massachusetts
Pappy
Main St
Allars
Maynard, Mass
Boa
R Ilanks
H. Gutteridge
St. Jeweler
Concord Junction
Uncle Eben
Brotherhood
Manatea
Rottve
Maynard Trust
Main
S. D. Haynes
Sudbury
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