Acton Roll of Honor Am For Exp list includes many names
A roll of honor lists service members and units with diverse postings in Am For Exp. Forces including Ernest Berry Camp Devens France Harold Coolidge 104th Inf Am For Exp France James Madison Fairbanks American Ambulance corps Paris Harbor Harland Flagg Newport Crandall Forbes U S S Bridge David Foley Camp Devens Michael Foley Thomas Foley 105 Co 8th Regt Fort Crockett Galveston Texas multiple mentions of Depot Brigades Camp Devens and Ardgay Scotland indicates broad service across U S forces in France and the UK.
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Ernest
Allsopp
Ardgay
Scotland
Ernest Berry
Camp Devens
Webster Blanchard
Adie i Araasy
Des Moines
Jesse H. Briggs
Fort Banks
Winthrop
Edward L. Burke
Kelley Field
San Antonio
Texas
Henry Burke
Quartermaster Dept
Jacksonville
Fla
Henry Byer
France
Norman Campbell
Harold Coolidge
William Coughlin
Lowell H. Cram
Fort Andrews
Donald H. Currier
Camp Greene
N. C
W. Bryant Currier, Jr
12Th U. S. Cavalry
Army Y. M
Columbus
M. Benen ‘Daniels
Newport
John Davis
Raymond Durkee
Caisson
James Madison Fairbanks
American Ambulance
Paris
Harland Flagg
Joseph Gallant
Raymond Galant
Bat
Ralph Gates
Glenn Gould
Frank Giannoni
U. S. Marines
Boston
Walter, Gilmore
Frank Greenough
H. Wesley Hall
F. A
Camp Hogan
Houston
Harry Heath
U. 8 Inf
Carl Hoar
Hugh
Philip Litchfield
Theron’ Lowden
U. S. Inf
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Soren Mekklesen
Frank McCarthy
John D. McWayne
J. Buchanan Nims
Wagoner
Fort Oglethorpe
Pliny Nims
South Carolina
William O’connor
Devens Oscar Olsen Edward Pendergast
36Th Depot Brigade
James Quinlan
Earl Randall
U. S. S. Lenape
Everett Reed
G. Howard Reed
John P. Sisson
Ambulance. Corps
Allentown
Walter H. Welch
U. S. S. Wyoming
Charles S. West
Charlestown Navy Yard
Lyman
Wetherbee, Corp
Ernest Whitcomb
Frank Woodward
Raymond
Wright
Middlesex Probate Court Citation in Anna I Chase Estate
The Middlesex Probate Court orders Harold W. Chase to administer Anna I Chase's estate with no bond. He must appear at Cambridge Probate Court on March 4, 1918, at 9 AM to show cause why administration should not be granted. Public notice is to run weekly for three weeks in the Concord Enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Chase
Concord
Middlesex
Cambridge
Concord’ Enterprise
Charles J.’Mccintire
Esquire
I. M. Esty
County Court News Highlights Local Probate and Divorces
Acton Bedford Concord Maynard residents appear in county court notices. Furlong heir to Mrs. Furlong of Waltham. Harriman granted nisi divorce and child custody. Piscewicz sued for 1000. Jose sued for 2000 with Concord National Bank trustee. Marinho divorce and name change. Rowell executors sued for 3000. wills of Potter and Wright filed. Wright estate valued 5700 with real and personal property. Hurlburt seeks adminship for Lizzie Jones estate. Chase appeals without valuation. multiple heirs named in Concord Sudbury Sudbury notices.
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Acton
Bedford
Concord
Maynard
Joseph H. Furlong
South Sudbury
Mart Furlong
Waltham
Dea
Anna N. Harriman
Somerville
Nisi
Henry C. Harriman
Concord ‘Junction
Fox
Portsmouth
N. H
West Medford
Felix Piscewicz
Mike Libby
Atty
Edward Loughlin
Concord Junction
Libby
Eugene Jose
Andrew Co., Inc
Boston
Concord National Bank
Ar‘ion
Stanley Bishop
Tremont St
Emily Marinho
Stow
Joseph Marinho
Hudson
Kendall
Harold H. Rowell
Edith B. Rowell
Portland
Dolly 5. Brown
Mary B. Cram
Atty. J.W. McDonald
Marlboro
Clara A. Potter
Ole O. Thorpe
Walter A. Wright
Bartha M. Wright
Edward
Joseph Wright
Jeannette Wright
East Cambridge
Rufus H. Hurlburt
Sudbury
Lizzie P. Jones
Harold W. Chase
Anna’ F. Chase
Geo. H. Chase
Los Angeles
Cal
Harold’.W. Chase
Annie W. Hubbard
Ipswich
Presidenta and Lizetta Tale in Broken English
A narrator recalls his daughter Lizetta learning English and excelling in school, dreaming of a son becoming president of the United States. The tale traces decades, noting Lizetta’s growth to womanhood, her intelligent son, and the idea that the President might come from their lineage.
West Acton Woman's Club Holds Annual Guest Night
The West Acton Woman's Club met Friday evening at the Baptist church vestry with nearly 100 attendees. A Hoover era lunch ban was observed as the Perkins ladies trio opened with The Star Spangled Banner, followed by Mrs Lulu Clark welcoming guests and introducing performers. Erdine Cowlishaw read Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman in a polished presentation, while the trio performed a piano cello and violin recital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Acton
the Baptist Church
Hoover
Perkins Ladies’ Trio
Lulu Clark
Supper and Social at Baptist Vestry Features Music and Readings
The Baptist vestry supper and social drew a large crowd and offered bread varieties including beans graham whole wheat brown and rye bread pies and coffee. An entertainment followed with piano duets by H Benjamin Smith and Arthur Goding readings by Miss Laura Brown and Mrs Evelyn Reed and Vic trola selections by BE L Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Vestry
H. Benjamin Smith
Arthur Goding
Laura Brown
Evelyn Reed
BE. L. Hall
Middlesex U P S C convention at Union church Concord Junction
Members from the village plan to attend the Middlesex U P S C convention at Union church Concord Junction on Feb 22 with afternoon and evening sessions. Rev John son of Kansas who preached here recently is among the speakers.
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Middlesex’ U. P
Union Church
Concord Junction
John
Kansas
Sunday activities at local Baptist church schedule
The church lists Sunday school at 10 45, Junior Endeavor at 4 p m, Y P C B preaching at 6 80 led by Rev Mr Missirjen prayer meeting Friday 7 30 Miss Mary Lane of Cambridge visited George Weaver's home Sunday.
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Mr.Missirjen
Mary Lane
Cambridge
George Weaver
Bedford Soldier Thanks for Box from Committee in France
Letter from Sergt F H Sullivan of Co D 104th Infantry, Bedford, dated December 30 1917 in France, thanks for the committee box noting American tobacco, Canadian contrasts, shore liberty, cold weather and snow, and billet village life. Also a Bedford real estate notice seeks a 6 room house for Skene Poultry Farm at £20 11.
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Canada
Sergi
F. H.’ Sullivan
Co. D
104Th Inf
Skene Poultry’Farm
Bedford
Maynard Senior Class Cancels Washington Trip
Gloom filled the Maynard High School senior class as Principal Bates announced the annual Washington trip would be canceled this year due to war conditions. The action follows a statewide trend as rail traffic congestion also prevents such excursions, with some seniors likening the decision to General Sherman’s Civil War era stance.
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F. High School
Principa Bates
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad System
General Sherman
Home Talent Day to Present Play for Red Cross Help
Plans underway to stage a home talent play in the first week of April for the Red Cross. Miss Dorothy Priest hosts a Valentine party at Brooks Street. proceeds go to the Red Cross.
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Dorothy Priest
Wallace Priest
Brooks St
Red Cross
Boys Enter Stores Steal Supplies in Sunday Break-ins
A group of boys broke into Kalor Sudbat's store and looted vanity items and supplies. Police later apprehended the same youths after they also entered S. B. McCleary’s Main St. grocer and bakery, taking a quantity of goods.
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George
Kalor
Maynard Bowling League leads with Middlesex tops in race
The Maynard Bowling League shows a tight chase as Middlesex cigar team holds first with Capt Speck White aiming to finish on top. A O H sits second, K of P third after a strong early run, Y M B C fourth, Ward 8 fifth, and West Acton at the bottom with three games remaining amid travel issues. Sunday union services followed in town.
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Maynard
Middlesex
Speck White
K. of P
Congregations Plan Regular Services After Discontinuing Union
The text notes that union services will be discontinued and that next Sunday each congregation will meet at its own church with services at the regular hours. This reflects a shift back to individual church schedules and locations.
Boxes Sent to Assabet Aerie Members in France and Camps
The Assabet aerie F O E remembered nine service members and sent each a care box with cigarettes tobacco candy chewing gum pipe and other items. Recipients include William Moynihan Joseph Chidley Michael Lesage Frank Wilder Fred Lemoine Hans Hanson David Foley John Carey Thomas Bailey and others stationed in France Camp Gordon Atlanta and Camp Devens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assabet Aerie
The
Aerie
William Moynihan
Joseph Chidley
Michael Lesage
France
Frank Wilder
Fred Lemoine
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Hans P. Hanson
David Foley
John Carey
Camp Devens
Thomas Bailey
Concord Junction
Trustees Organize Library Board and Plan Move
The public library trustees met Friday evening and organized with John Hannon as chairman and Robert Lester as secretary. They plan to relocate to the Naylor estate on Nason Street with the new quarters expected to be ready for the public around April.
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Public Library
John Hannon
B. Everett Wilson
Robert Lester
Naylor
Nason St
Early coal orders urged for next winter by official
Supt William H Millington attended a Hyannis Normal School graduates banquet in Boston. An official for James J Storrow of the Massachusetts Fuel Administration advised all schools to place next winter coal orders between April 1 and 15 regardless of price. He warned conditions next year could be worse.
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Wm. H. Millington
Hyannis Normal School
City Club
Boston
James J. Storrow
The
Mass. Fuel Administration
Store Break-In Reported on McCleary Street
Police reported a Sunday break in at the store on 8 E McCleary with groceries and supplies stolen. They traced the theft to several boys and had them under charge by evening.
Lenten Services At St Bridget's For Week Evenings
Lenten services are scheduled at St Bridget's church on Wednesday and Friday evenings at 7 30 p m Ash Wednesday opening service announced with further details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Bridget’s Church
Evening Service Sermon By Rev. John J. McHugh
On Wednesday both morning and evening services were well attended by the congregation. In the evening Rev. John J. McHugh delivered an eloquent sermon and Benediction was offered by Rev. P. D. Meagher.
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Lange
John J. McHugh
P. D. Meagher
Missionary Leaders Speak at Worcester Convention
Rev. Charles F. Parsons of the MEB church attended a convention of the Foreign and Home Missionary societies of the Methodist churches of New England at Trinity church Worcester on Monday. Speakers included Bishop Hughes of Boston and Bishop Bashford of China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Parsons
MEB
Foreign and Home
Missionary Societies
Methodist Churches of
Thousands of children urged to treat worm infections nationwide
Parents unaware of worm symptoms in children report deranged stomachs swollen lips sour stomach offensive breath and full bellies. The ad promotes Dr Trite's Elixir as the family laxative and worm killer with testimonials from Mrs Curtis of Houston Texas and offers bottles at 40c 60c and 1.00 plus information requests.
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Trite
Curtis
Houston
Texas
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