Maynard Meeting Enthusiastic with Large Middlesex Pomona Attendance
Middlesex Central Pomona held a regular Sudbury meeting with fore noon and afternoon sessions. A large attendance, an excellent program including music and debate, and a feature dinner by Sudbury Grange highlighted the event. Rev. F A Robinson spoke on the Grange in Community Life and a discussion favored training under a good farmer with college as ideal. Maynard members traveled by auto, and the next Middlesex Central Pomona gathering is set for Maynard on March 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex Central
Pomona
Sudbury
Middlesex Central Pomona
Sudbury Grange
Maude M. Clark
Agnes Jacobsen
Waltham
James B. Tuttle
Acton
Maude M. Clarke
F. A. Robinson
West Boylston
Nellie. Raymond
Somerville
Frances Hawkes
Maynard
Irvin Howe
Elizabeth Hodges
Henry Hodges
Alex Bourke
George Whitney
Emma Deane
Edmund Whitney
Thomas Fox
Charles Richardson
Harry Bates
Mary Lawton
Harry Hull
Mizpah Rebekah Lodge Holds Regular Meeting and Installation
Mizpah Rebekah lodge held a regular meeting and officer installation at I O O F hall on Thursday evening. Guests from Hudson Concord Westboro Waltham Concord West Acton and Gleasondale attended. A turkey supper followed at 7 o clock overseen by chair Mrs Bennett Graham. Officers installed included Mrs Rhoda Smith Mary Leitheady W V G Mrs Bidle Morris Elsie McDonald Lucy Case Mary Jones Florence Dawson Sadie Phillips Bessie Richardson Sadie aell Stella Cook Ida Shaw Ada Rand and Robert Lester. Remarks were given by noble grand Mrs Rhoda Smith and visiting grand officers. A social hour concluded the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mizpah Rebekah Lodge
I. O. O. F.hall
Hudson
Concord
Westhoro Waltham
West Acton
Gleasondale
Bennett Graham
Rhoda Smith
Mary Leitheady
Bidle ‘Morris
Elsie McDonald
F. S
Lucy Case
Treas
Mary Jones
Florence Dawson
Sadie Phillips
Bessie Richardson
R. S
N. G
Sadie Aell
Stella Cook
Ida Shaw
Lys. V. G
Ada Rand
K G
Robert Lester
O. G
Noble Grand
General Committee Reports for St Bridgit Parish Silver Jubilee
The general committee met at Holy Name Society rooms to present a final report showing a sizable balance for vestments or other parish uses. Rev. Edward Crowley, P J Sullivan, and Frank J McCarron led discussions on vestment origins and significance with a list of attendees from local families and West Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bridget’s
Holy Name Society
Edward F. Crowley
P. J. Sullivan
Frank J. McCarron
Fr. Crowley
A. J. Coughlan
B. J. Coughlin
James Coughlan
James J. Hilferty
George H. Creighton
James J. Morgan
Matthew Campbell
George E. White
James B. Farrell
Edward Flaherty
Timothy Moynihan
James Kingsley
West Acton
Holy Name Whist Party At Summer Street Club
The Holy Name club held a whist party at Summer st club rooms with 18 tables in play. Prizes were won by Ladies 1st Mrs Philip Allard 2nd Mrs Arthur Bariteau and consolation Mrs Frank Brayden. Gentlemen 1st John Comeau 2nd Daniel Connell and consolation Peter Waldron. The club will hold another party Thursday evening Jan 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Name Club
Philip Allard
Arthur Bariteau
Frank Brayden
John Comeau
Daniel Connell
Peter Waldron
Stow Hosts St Bridget’s Choir Social At Home
Mr and Mrs A A Hilferty hosted St Bridget s church choir members and parish priests at their Stow home. The evening featured games music and a social hour with a collation. A chair was presented to Dr and Mrs Louis Sullivan both choir members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Hilferty
St. Bridget’s Church
St. Bridget’s
Stow
Louis Sullivan
Garney Visits Parents After Navy Transit Service
Harold Garney chief petty officer in the United States Navy transit service recently visited his parents Mr and Mrs John Garney Thompson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Garney
United States Navy
John Garney
Thompson St
Pancake Party By St. George's Episcopal Church
The Guild of St. Hilda will hold a pancake party at the parish hall on Summer Street Thursday evening February 13. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. "Hilda’s. Guild of
St. George’s Episcopal Church
Hall Op
Concord Woman Artist Donates 10000 For War Ambulance
Elizabeth Roberts, a Concord artist who studied in Paris and Rome, donated ten thousand dollars earned from selling paintings to the American Motor Transport Service. The funds paid for a motor ambulance and supported soldier Joseph B. Keyes of Concord, who served in France and earned the Croix de Guerre.
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Concord
Paris
Rome
Elizabeth Roberts
Joseph B. Keyes
Keyes
France
Uncle Sam
Miss Robs
Italy
Boston
Annisquam
Gloucester
Sargent’s
Whistler’s
de Forest Brush
Margherita
Miss Roberts
Charles W. Pepper
Mary Abbott
Bat
Roberts
Julian Academy
Bouguerreau
Robert Fleury
Jules Lefebvre
Rue
Olivier
Merson
Mullaney Buys Thoreau Street House From Jennings
Martin Mullaney purchases the house on Thoreau Street currently owned and occupied by John Jennings. Jennings plans to move his family to Boston to be nearer work. Mason completes ice house filling reporting ice about 11 inches thick. Miss Mary Hayes recuperating at the Deaconess Hospital after a successful appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Mullaney
Thoreau St
John Jennings
Jennings
Boston
T. Mason
Mary Hayes
Deaconess Hospital
Middlesex Fights to 2–0 Victory Over Noble & Greenough
Superior team play helped Middlesex school ice hockey defeat Noble and Greenough of Boston 2 to 0 on the home rink Saturday. Both sides skated hard in a close, exciting contest as Middlesex used polished teamwork and clever spurts to secure the win on good ice.
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Middlesex School
Noble & Greenough School
Boston
Local News Briefs Include Hospital Stay and New Arrival
Mrs. Roland Bumpus of Silverhill formerly Ruth Robinson is at Deaconess hospital after appendectomy. Mr and Mrs James O Connell and daughter visited the O Connell family in Newton. Arthur Anderson welcomes a son at Deaconess hospital. Concord boys form committee to greet returning soldiers at the station and escort them to the Armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Bumpus
Silverhill
Ruth Robinson
James O’connell
Newton
Darby O’connell
Arthur Anderson
Deaconess Hospital
Concord Boys
Young Montague narrowly escapes drowning at Warner's pond
Egbert Montague, age unknown, riding a bicycle broke through ice on Warner's pond in Concord Junction Wednesday. Mrs. Thomas Chapple witnessed the accident and also fell through. Timely help from nearby boys saved both, while the bicycle sank but was later recovered.
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Egbert
George Montague
Warner’s Pond
Thomas Chapple
Local residents moving and visiting wrap week
Mr and Mrs C Duren and EB Willard, recently burned out, moved to 106 Commonwealth Ave. Previously occupied by Mrs C L Dye and William Tighe of Somta has returned from overseas and is stationed at Newport News VA. Mrs Loughlin hosts sister Ruth Sweeney of Dorchester who visited after pneumonia. Miss Katherine non of Methuen stayed with Miss Katherine Lawler.
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Duren
EB. L. Willard
Commonwealth Ave
William. Tighe
Somta
Newport. News
L. J. McCaftrey
Helen Helsher
Frank Leighton
Hopkinton
Daily Thought Quarles on worldly wisdom
A concise aphorism attributed to Quarles counsels being wise in worldly matters yet not worldly in wisdom. The line urges practical discernment without overindulgence in earthly cleverness.
Soldier Writes From Front Describing Cooties and Constant Danger
Raymond Coulter reports a Maynard comrade in France declares he never felt safer than in a German town near the Rhine. He recalls hospital days after Cantigny gas attacks and living in trenches while under heavy shelling, noting he has seen friends killed or wounded. He finds comfort in a hotel bed and reconnects with Harry Higgins in Coblenz as they struggle with money and displacement.
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Raymond Coulter
A Maynard
France
Rhine
Wwe
Cantigny
Ming
L6th
Harry Higgins
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Museum of Fine Arts
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