Acton Briefs Report Snow Disruption and Illness
South Acton residents endure a heavy storm with about one foot of snow. Local people including Hiram Livermore Edson Baird and Rev. John Case suffer bronchitis grippe and other illnesses. A new baby joins Frank and Mrs Roche while Elma Leavitt returns to work at the post office. The storm forces afternoon school closure and 30 absences. Mike Dentino is injured near a section site and Dr Staples transported him to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Livermore
Edson Baird
John Case
Maynard St
F. A. Merriam
B. Ineson
Elanor /Tuttler
Frank Roche
Webster
Bellows Falls
Tucker
Elma Leavitt
Harry Clark
Actonst
Concord High School
Mike Dentino
Staples
Boston
Turkeys Served and Blizzards Beset Local Events
Universalist church ladies plan their annual turkey supper for February 22 Washington’s birthday. Mrs. E. E. Miles shows steady improvement after a shock last week she’s under care of a trained nurse. N E O P lodge postponed a Monday meeting and banquet due to daytime blizzard. A Monday blizzard brought thunder and lightning. Paper carrier Lester Stiles kept ears unprotected and suffered frostbite. Village fraternity members attended Charles Welch Masonic lodge reception for District Deputy Grand Master George Gutteridge Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Stiles
Charles Welch Masonic Lodge
George Gutteridge
Family Night at Acton Council Opens With Entertainment
Acton council held a family night with Miss Helen Reed and Miss Hlanor Weeks delivering the entertainment. A turkey supper followed featuring mixed nuts olives crackers sage pimento cheese hot mashed potatoes brown gravy onions Hubbard squash cranberries pies coffee and rolls. A good number attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Council
Helen Reed
Hlanor Weeks
Family Notes and Health Updates from Acton Centre
Local items report several families in Acton Centre dealing with illness and travel. Notable mentions include George Tucker away from town, W C Robbins recovering from grippe, E C Wood confined at home, Joseph Welch with serious heart trouble, and Sylvia Robbins visiting from Framingham. Page also notes Miss Charlotte Conant improving after illness and Lutter Conant 3d suffering head abscess. A Mass Income Tax representative will visit Concord Friday evening for tax return filing. returns due by March 1, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Robbins
E. C. Wood
Joseph Welch
Sylvia Robbins
Framingham
H.F. Robbins
George L. Noyes
Francis Davis
Weymouth
Charlotte Conant
Lutter Conant 3d
Boston
Shaw
Concord
Turkey Supper In Town Hall At Acton Centre
The February 15 turkey supper at Acton Centre town hall becomes a key seasonal feature. Managed by Precinct 1 men, each is expected to contribute to the supper and entertainment to ensure its success. Interest grows as ticket sales rise with about 150 sold so far. In charge are Charles E. Smith B. F. Conant J. Sidney White Howard B. Daniels and S. D. Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
Acton Centre
Precinct 1
Charles E. Smith
B. F. Conant
J. Sidney White
Howard B. Daniels
S. D. Taylor
West Acton Community News Notes and Events
West Acton column lists Frank McDonald visiting from Boston over Sunday and locals visiting friends in Ashland New Hampshire. Several social and church events including Ladies Benevolent Society supper, Methodist church observance in Maynard, and Eaton hall social in Concord. Fire, ice house work, film showings of The Unwritten Law, and local trades like Blanchard Gould installing a new oil engine at Princeton mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcomb
Maynard
Irma Durkee
Dartmouth College
Richard White
Roland Joy
Apsley Rubber
Hudson
Ladies” Benevolent Society of the Baptist Church
Jennie Durkee
Eaton* Hall
Concord
Concord High School Alumni Association
Aston
The
Baptist Church
Harbour
Blanchard & Gould
Princeton
I. Porter Morse
Acton
W. E. Whitcomb
Grassy Pond
Otto Geers
Stow
Town Meeting in Bokboro Chooses New Officers
The Bokboro annual town meeting met Monday at noon with 87 articles on the warrant. Charles E. Sherry served as moderator as business stretched into the afternoon. The session was adjourned to continue next Monday to finish town affairs with Albert Littlefield S D Salmon 3d and George W Burroughs elected selectmen W H Furbush to school committee and Simon B Hagar as town clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bokboro
Charles E. Sherry
Board of Selectmen
Albert Littlefield
S. D. Salmon
George W. Burroughs
W. H. Furbush
Simon B. Hagar
Church Annex Nears Completion With Modern Additions
The Baptist church announces near completion of a new annex featuring a painting finish and hot and cold water now installed. A stone sink, new closets, table and shelf room, plus a modern lavatory are among the additions enhancing the facility.
Roosevelt Curse Meroz Sermon Promises Timely Pastoral Address
West Acton reports Pastor C L Pierce will preach on Meroz Curse from Judges 6 23 in morning services. An evening program on The Gospel in Latin Lands includes Ruth Pierce Jennie Durkee and Lowell Cram discussing France and Huguenots. Series continues with youth series second event and weekly prayer meeting Friday at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Roosevelt
Meroz
Rev
C. L. Pierce
Roosevelt
Ruth Pierce
Jennie Durkee
Lowell Cram
Preaching Schedule From Rev Ralph Barker This Sunday
The service outline lists Rev Ralph Barker preaching Sunday at 10 30 on Fundamentals of Christian Faith II The Person of Christ. Sunday school follows at 11 45 Christian Endeavor meets at 6 with Confession Luke 19 1 10. Evening service at 7 on The Sixth Commandment and Friday prayer social at 7 on The Christian As a Sympathizer Matt 9 36 38. A business meeting is set for 8 30. The L S C met with Mrs Emma Quimby. ladies plan an entertainment at month end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Barker
Emma Quimby
Universalist Church Sunday Activities and Turkey Supper
The Universalist Church lists a Sunday morning service at 10 30 led by the pastor, Sunday school and Men's Forum at 11 45, Y P C U at 6 15 on the theme Good Citizenship. Arrangements are under way for the annual turkey supper on February 22 promising the usual good time.
Leak inquiry stalls as witnesses grilled on peace note forecast
Washington February seven. The congressional leak inquiry committee argued in executive session over closing hearings and public disclosures while probing how a forecast of President Wilsons peace note moved from J A Connolly Co Washington to Hut ton Co in New York. Some Democrats seek a house report declaring a leak proven from admissions by two Washington newsmen, while others push to continue the investigation and question Mrs Ruth T Visconti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
Wilson
J. A. Connolly & Co
E. F. Hutton & Co
New York
House
Chicago
Ruth T. Visconti
French Take Trenches Near Grandecourt In Britain Gain
London reports the British occupation of about 1090 yards of German trenches near Grandecourt France marking the largest advance by any belligerent on this front. Elsewhere front lines show artillery duels, failed German attacks on Russians in Galicia, and Turkish losses near Kut le Amara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Grandecourt
France
Galicia
Petrograd
Roumania
Macedonia
Constantinople
Kutle-Amara
Plead Not Guilty In Poison Plot Case
Four defendants pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges in a case alleging a poison plot against George Derby and Minister Henderson Mrs. Alice Wheeldon, Richelieu Wheild and Alfred Mason and his wife. Formal commitment ordered by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby, Enz
Fer George
Henderret
Alice Wheeldon
Riche ‘Wheeltce
Alfred Mason
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Main St
George Tucker
Marie Walcamp
Jack Holt
Eddie Polo
Liberty Horton
Mexico
Ree
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Frank McDonald
Arthur Goding
Ashland, N. H
Krank Mansir
Beverly of
Waltham
Mildred McClenathan
Pauline Mead
Natick
H. E. Mead
Town Meeting
Boxboro
Congregational Church
Universalist Church
George
Marlboro-Hudson Gas Go
Main Street
Wood Square
Marlboro Hudson Maynard
Glover & Palmer
P. O. Box
George E. Hack
Arthur J. Coughlan Co
Maynard Block
J. W. Raymond
Hubbard St
Tolonsione
L. Anders
N & Son
Concord, Mass
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