Too Clever by Half shines at South Acton Scout play
South Acton Troop 1 presented a three act farce Too Clever by Half on Friday night. The cast included Gladys Lawrence Hope Kimball Margie Kimball Marian Gibbs Carrie Franklin and others with Miss Bertha Merriam on piano. Roy L. Duren and Crandall Forbes noted locals. John Manning’s death in Maynard and Maynard train issues were also mentioned.
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Boy Scouts
Gladys Lawrence
Hope Kimball
Margie Kimball
Marian Gibbs
Carrie Franklin
Helen
Marian Cole
Bertha Merriam
John McCrossin
Adams
Herbert Merriam
Acton Centre Enjoys Fine Y P C Entertainment
A Monday program directed by the Y P C BE featured Emma Durkee West Acton pianist Phyllis Dennison Concord reader and Mr Mallinson Maynard violinist delivering pleasing selections. Proceeds funded a new stereopticon lantern for future village entertainment with two prior lectures praised. Raymond Farrar heads the lantern project.
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Y. P. C. BE. Society
Emma ‘Durkee
West Acton
Phyllis Dennison
Concord
Mallinson
Maynard
Raymond Farrar
Lecture on The Secret Diplomacy of Russian Poland
Leonard White of Clark College Worcester speaks in town hall on the secret diplomacy of Russian Poland as revealed through the ex Czar Nicholas archives. The talk last Saturday on Alsace Lorraine drew a large audience and the proceeds support Red Cross work.
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Town Hall
Leonard White
Clark College
Worcester
Russian
Poland
Nicholas
Alsace-Lorraine
Red Cross
Ill With Pneumonia and Community News in Acton
Friends report Mr and Mrs John D Smith ill with pneumonia at Deaconess hospital Concord condition showing some improvement Little Chester Wright also ill and hospitalized Ll N Fowler buys Wheeler farm E A Phalen furnishes house near Crockers corner Estate of Dexter L Spinney W L Holden travels to Salem for relative’s funeral Carl Pickens appointed school janitor School exercises Thursday parents invited Acton Woman's Club hosts Arthur F Davis lecture Impres sions of Landscape Art Clarence W Phalen visits from North Hampton Acton Grange meeting ends with molasses candy in tower hall under John and Mrs Hollander supervision
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John D. Smith
Concord
Chester Wright
Ll. N. Fowler
Charles H
Augusta Wheeler
E. A. Phalen
Crockers Corner
Dexter L. Spinney
W. L. Holden
Salem
Carl Pickens
Acton Woman's Club
Arthur F. Davis
Dora J. Farrar
George Tucker
Clarence W. Phalen
Northampton
EB. A. Phalen
Acton Grange
Tower Hall
John Hollander
Mrs. Joseph Swan Dies at 26 After Brief Illness
Mrs. Joseph Swan of Concord Junction died Saturday at her Riverside Avenue home after a two week illness at age 26. A Bolton native, she moved to town after marriage and was beloved for her cheerful temperament. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 PM from her parents’ Bolton home. she is survived by her husband.
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E. ‘Ward
Maynard
J. S. Moore’s Market
Faling
Maynards
Joseph Swan
Riverside Ave
Bolton
Local News From SOUTH SUDBURY and Marsh Updates
Reports of heavy rain and thaw caused damage in the area including Parmenter’s upper dam out of commission and a washout near the mill requiring gravel. Residents William Goulding and the Bursells visited, while Alfred La Gouff’s condition worsened. March 1 is final for State tax filing with penalties for late returns. Cambridge Harvard Trust Co. will offer evening hours starting March 25.
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Parmenter
William Goulding
Marlin Arms Co
New London
C. F. Bursell
Waltham
Frank Deming
Mr. Deming
Asabel F. Ellins
Co. F. Goodnow
France
Marlboro Boys
John Wiseman
N. Y
N. H
Alfred la Gouff
Marlboro
State
Cambridge
Harvard Trust Co
Central Square
Union Church announces Lenten sermons and events
Reverend Alfred Wheeler Stone leads Union Church noting strong Sunday attendance and new vestments for the Aes choir. Series on The Significance of the Life of Jesus Christ begins next Sunday with a morning address on Boyhood and Youth. Choir and quartet performances planned. Various parish activities and local notices follow.
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Aes
Jesus Christ
John McKenzie
Asia
Christian Endeavor
New England Red Cross Enrolls 189538 in Junior Auxiliaries
The New England division reports 189,538 enrolled in junior auxiliaries to date, about 15 percent of the pupil population across six states. Obituaries note the deaths of Maine Associate Justice George I Haley at Saco and Lewis W Moulton former sheriff and Democrat leader at Standish.
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New England
American Red Cross
George I. Haley
Supreme Court of Maine
Saco
Watertown
Mass
Watertown Arsenal
Newburyport
Lboston
Massachusetts
Boston Board of Health
Old South Meeting House
Boston
Worcester
North Shore
Horace P. Woodbury
Beverly Cove
Pocomoke
Fee
Levi W. Moore
Gratton and Upton Railways Company
Milford
Philip W. Thorpe
Taunton
Manuel Almeida
Matthew T. Cady
Rutland
Ireland
Morris Denies Low Wages for Packing House Workers
Nelson Morris of Morris & Co testifies in stockyards wage arbitration asserting workers are paid fairly against labor claims. He supports equal pay for equal work and favors the ten hour day as more suitable for the meat packing industry while war lasts. Packers note eight hour adoption would require six months for plant reconstruction.
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Chicago
Nelson Morris
Morris & Co
Todd to Conduct Inquiry into Hog Island Shipyard Funds
Washington reports Attorney General Gregory appointed G C Todd assistant to lead an inquiry into alleged extravagant spending at the Hog Island steel shipyard in Pa. Todd will be aided by Mark Hyman of New York and will use Justice Department lawyers and Bureau of Investigation agents to pursue the case.
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Washington
G. ¢. Todd
Atty
Gregory
Hog Island
Todd
Department of Justice
Department
Mark Hyman
New York
Bureau of Investigation
Made in Germany reports on excesses by American troops
A Geneva dispatch circulated by a German news agency claims American soldiers in France faced heavy policing and brutal treatment by plainclothes officers. The report alleges policemen used lead loaded rubber clubs on disorderly soldiers, prompting public sympathy for the soldiers.
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New York
France
Geneva
Paris
New trial granted in Bennington murder case
The Vermont Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Francis Ketehui of Bennington who faced electrocution for the murder of William Costello. The ruling cited disqualification of juror F H Ferguson after the trial due to involvement at the crime scene and body removal. The defendant had confessed to the shooting, but the court said a new trial was needed to reassess guilt.
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Brattleboro, Vt
Supreme Court
Francis Ketehui
Bennington
William Costello
F. H. Ferguson
Ketchutt
Costello
Recommendation to resume minting of two cent coins
Washington February 20. An executive committee of the American Newspaper Publisher Association recommends that the treasury resume minting of 2 cent coins. The measure aims to restore a small denomination used in daily transactions.
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Washington
The
Treasury
American Newspaper Publisher Association
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Gyern
MGQ
SIGCS
Main Street
A. T. Haynes
Jane Way
Carpenter
Liberty
Maynard, Mass
South Acton
Miss Burgess
Irving Smith
Nathan Dean
Roland Willis
Monsieur Gaspard
Philip Lowden
Howard Foster
Pinkerton
Halt
Lester Stiles
Joseph Smith
Arthur Cappelle
Wordy
Penrose Inn
John Crosby
Lishman
Lowden Poy
Joe Smith
Asher Cappelle
Roy JL. Duren
Crandall Forbes
John Manning
Macurda
Mansion House
Macurda’s
Macurda’s Sur
Macarda’s
Macarda’s Creonapthol Reg
Macarda’s Hair Dressing Reg
Meader
Ph.g. Prescription Pharmacist
Nason Street
Acton
Fine’ Entertainment
Russia
Concord Junction
South
Sudbury
Union Church
Alfred Wheeler Stone
Minis
W. D. Wright
Richard Connell
Woburn
Everett Cullicutt
Deaconess Hospital
Frank King
L. G. King
Walter Akers
Commonwealth Ave
Percy Rideout
F. H. Rideout
Winthrop St
Rideout
Commercial High School
Springfield
Richardson & Robbins
Old Grist Mill Hygiene Corn
L. Anderson & Son
Main
Favors
Morris
Germany
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