Maynard News Roundup Highlights Local Notes And Appointments
Maynard reports visits and guests from Boston and Everett, including Mrs. Katherine Williams and Mrs. Susie Sheehan. Local transfers include Clarence Smith to the U S S Hanoii and Sergt William Coulter moving to the 4th Pioneer corps. The town plans rehearsals for a Maynard Red Cross benefit play and annual budget talks proceed with the Finance committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Bent
Summer St
Bristol
Henry Hodges
Linden St
BE. BE. Gray Co
Boston
Albert Murphy
Nason
Katherine Williams
Susie Sheehan
Pleasant St
Ann Wilkinson
Indian Harbor
James Coulter
East
Clarence Smith
Joshua A. Smith
Fairfield St
Hanoii
Lous Thomas
Watertown
Herbert Salisbury
Concord St
Maynard Red Toss
Creelman
Mass. Tax Commissioners
Board of Assessors
Emmanuel Taylor
Everett Jr
Ernest Meisterling
New London
Frank Smith
Seaman U. §. S. Pawnee
Thomas Smith
Parker Sr
S. R
William T. May
Julia May
Summer Sr
Nascn St
Selectmen’s
Joseph Parkin
The
Textile Workers of America
New York
William Coulter
6Th Mass
4Th Pioneer Corps
Raymond Jones
3D Pioneer Corps
Spartanburg
S. C
Cooperative Hall
Div
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Laura Gault
Arthur Gault, Haynes Sr
Mechanics Hall
W. O. Strout
Shedd’s Express
Maynard
Cole
Shedd Express
W. C. Strout Co
Wanted Farm Salesman for Marlboro Hudson Area
Classified ad seeking a commission based farm salesman for Marlboro and Hudson area. No experience required but must have a car health ability to learn and references. Agents may have other work if not too confining. Send age experience real estate owner status and details to B 1019 in care BARBER 838 Washington St Boston MA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboro, Hudson, and Vicinity
Care
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Wanted farmers best pop corn and wood choppers
Classified notice listing items sought and asked rates. WANTED farmers best pop corn. Names Harry Ledgard Nasonst Maynard. WOOD CHOPPERS WANTED three dollars per cord. Apply to Henry Lambert Adoard Maynard or L N Fowler Concord Junction. Also FOR SALE an eight room cottage with modern improvements and 55 rods of land connecting. Apply at 4 Hillside St Maynard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry, Ledgard
Nasonst
Maynard
Wood Choppers
Henry Lambert
Adoard. Maynard
L. N. Fowler
Concord Junction
Hillside St
Chester's Plague of Cats in Chester Legend
A tale from Our Dumb Animals recounts a Chester legend about Napoleon and St Helena. A mocked cat buying spree leads to a chaotic market scene with thousands of cats flooding the Rows of Chester and river after a ragged scramble ends with hundreds of cat deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Dee
Chester
Old Chester
Mary Hall Leonard
Waterloo
Island of
St. Helena
Plymouth
China
Water’s Passage Through Wood in Trees
The article explains how water moves through real wood as trees grow. It notes sap rises mainly in spring with new leaf growth and slows after the season’s growth ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witer
Last 15 Percent of First Draft Reported From Maynard Area
The final 15 percent of the Maynard area first draft cohort, including Maynard and 15 surrounding towns, reported at Camp Devens for National Army service. Names include Maynard men Edward Mahoney Joseph Dineen Samuel Meade and Frank Moynihan. Next draft expected in June with revised physical requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Camp Devens
National Army
Edward Mahoney
Joseph Dineen
Samuel Meade
Frank Moynihan
Everett White
Francis
May
Ayer
Exemption Board
Ayer Town Hall
Maynard Branch
Red Cross
Camp
Somtetime
Business Resumed after Garfield Order Abolished
Commercial activity returns to normal as heatless Monday rules end and stores reopen at 9 am until 5 pm Three evening openings remain on Monday Friday and Saturday Comment notes coal supply improving due to warmer weather and shipments though railroad congestion may delay deliveries
Indebted to Y M C A Edward Higens Reunited
Francis S Brick, a Y M C A secretary at Fort Sill, helps Edward Higens, from Co G 139th, locate his father after 25 years apart. Higens, who had searched worldwide and spent $600 advertising, reunites with his father in Cambridge, Mass., with Brick’s intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Higens
F. S. Brick
Francis S. Brick
Maynard
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Co. G
F.S. Brick
Higens
Brick
Cambridge
Mass
Flora B Smith dies after long illness at 42
Mrs Flora B Smith wife of Joshua A Smithy Dartmouth Jr died Monday at 2 am after a long general breakdown. She was 42 and had been an invalid for years. Survived by six children including Clarence a fireman in U S California. Funeral held Tuesday at home with Rev Charles F Parsons officiating. burial in Tilton New Hampshire. Profusion of floral tributes noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora B. Smith
Joshua A. Smithy
Dartmouth
Tilton
N.H
Congregational Church Announces March 3 1945 Services
Frederick N. Rutan minister leads Sunday worship with Communion and a sermon titled Food for a Hungry World. Bible school at 12 m with a Scripture lesson on Jesus Bringing Peace. Junior C E at 4 pm and Senior C H E at 6 pm. Evening services move to the church auditorium after Sunday. Easter concert and exercises planned for 7 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick N. Rutan
Church Bible School
Jesus
C. E
C. HE
Walk Alone or With Company Says Famous Authors
Robert Louis Stevenson favors solitary walks as the sole mode of enjoyment while Mark Twain argues the pleasure lies in the conversation surrounding the walk. The contrast shows differing authorities on walking alone versus walking with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
Mark Twain
Red Cross Ships Relief Supplies to Marlboro Chapter
Maynard branch of the Red Cross sent a new shipment to the Marlboro chapter including 36 helmets 24 pairs of socks 12 sweaters 36 handkerchiefs 66 linen covers 12 surgical dressings 6 pajama suits A $5 donation from St George Episcopal Sunday School and $24 25 previously given by Unity circle supported the effort Names include J C of A Maynard Carl Parsons Albert Hodges Peter Schultz Samuel Meade Boward Mahoney Frank Moynihan Dr Francis May and Joseph Dineen who received outfits and comfort bags through the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Red Cross
Marlboro
St. George’s Episcopal
Unity Circle
J. C
A. Maynard
Carl Parsons
Albert Hodges
Peter Schultz
Samuel Meade
Boward Mahoney
Frank Moynihan
Francis May
Joseph Dineen
February sale draws crowds to Haynes store
A. T. Haynes & Co reports a record February reduction sale with wide turnout from Maynard and surrounding towns. Haynes credits advertised prices in The Enterprise and notes the business was the largest yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Haynes & Co
Remembering childhood games with the toads
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes a wealthy man recalling a tester note about childhood play. He remarks on quirky tastes in youth and mentions liking to play with toads as a past memory. The exchange contrasts sentiment with a restrained reaction from the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsh
Louisville Courier-Journal
They Say Law Is a Queer Business in Courier Journal
A Louisville Courier Journal remark questions the strange nature of law and truth telling. The dialogue features sharp quips about lawyers objecting as a man attempts to testify, framing legal proceedings with wary tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier- Journal
Habsburg Spelling and Origins in German and English
The name Habsburg derives from the castle Habsburg on the Aar in the Swiss Canton of Aargau. Encyclopaedia Britannica uses that spelling, while common usage in this country often adds a P to produce Hapsburg.
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Habsburg
Hapsburg
The
Aar
Aargau
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Optimistic Thought: Light After Dark Morrow
A reflective line notes that no night is so dark that the morrow’s light cannot shine. It expresses enduring hope and resilience in challenging times.
Have Honor Card for Rhode Island Soldier Parents
Mr and Mrs James Coulter received this week an honor card from Gov Beeckman of Rhode Island. The card honors Capt Sidney Coulter now serving in France, and is displayed in their home window with the state seal and governor signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Coulter
Beeckman
Rhode Island
Capt
Sidney Coulter
France
Coulter
Enlistments Reported for Merchant Marine Branch
Charles Warren, enrolling agent for the U S Merchant Marine, reports several enlistments in the past week local headquarters at P H DeLee pharmacy Nason st full details available on request from the service branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Warren
U. S. Merchant Marine
P. H- DeLee Pharmacy
Nason St
More Men Needed for Maynard Shipbuilding Service
Supt. Wm H Millington reports 35 young men from Maynard have enrolled for shipbuilding service. Enrollment centers are on Bent Ave. Both skilled and unskilled workers are in demand to fill Maynard's quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Millington
Maynard
U. S
Bent Ave
Death announced for Mrs Hilda Willama at Concord hospital
Mrs Hilda Willama of 8 Arthur Street died at Deaconess hospital Concord Tuesday afternoon after an appendicitis operation. She was 21, survived by husband John Willama and one child. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Charles Houghton Glendale this week. John Moore Sr Great id is on the road to recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda
John Willama
Arthur
Deaconess Hospital
Concord
Charles Houghton
Glendale, Sr
John Moore Sr
Boy Bitten by Dog Near Fairfield Street
An eight or nine year old boy was bitten on the upper lip by a dog near his Fairfield Street home Monday morning. The dog jumped and tore the flesh before the boy was taken to Dr. Edward Flaherty for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toivo Anela
Fairfield St
Edward ‘Flaherty
Infant Daughter of Sheehans Dies in Buffalo Lot
The three months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Timothy Sheehan of Forest Hills died Saturday morning. Buffalo was in the family lot at Concord. Mrs Sheehan is the daughter of Mr and Mrs George Howes of Tremont Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Sheehan
Forest Hills
Buffalo
Goncord
Sheehan
George Howes
Tremont St
War Savings and Thrift Stamps Campaign Endorsed by Governor
Postmaster A J Coughlan spoke at Assabet aerie meeting to promote War Savings and Thrift stamps and offered to present the program to groups. Massachusetts Governor Samuel W McCall issued a proclamation urging citizens to buy stamps, stressing thrift, economy, and national aid through the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Coughlan
Assabet Aerie
Masonic Hall
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
United States
Boston
Local businessman buys Main Street hardware store
John McPherson Parker sr purchases the R. Peterson hardware business on Main Street. Closing is expected before the weekend. McPherson, a longtime resident, ran a Glendale street blacksmith shop until last year. Peterson, a young entrepreneur, built his store through steady effort and was recently placed in Class 1 after the exemption board exam at Ayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McPherson Parker Sr
R. Peterson
Main St
Y&pers
McPherson
Glendale St
Peterson
Ayer
Sendoff For Joseph Dineen On Eve Of National Service
A sendoff was given Joseph Dineen on the eve of his departure for service in the National Army at the home of Mr and Mrs John Maley Thomson Street Tuesday evening. Twilight club members and many friends attended with singing music games and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Dineen
National Army
John Maley
Thompson St
Twilight Club
Old Concord D A R Holds Boston Reception
In Boston at the Colonig house on Newbury Street a reception was held by the Old Concord chapter with other chapters. Mrs O S Fowler Brooks J regent presided in the receiving line and Miss Pauline Bent served as usher. Attending ladies included Mrs Augusta Morse Mrs A Haynes and Mrs Helen Curtis Bent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Concord
Colonig House
Newbury
Boston
O. S. Fowler
Brooks &J
Pauline Bent
Summer St
A. © Haynes
Helen Curtis Bent
Lenten Service Sermon at St Bridget's by Rev Butler
At St Bridget's church a Lenten service featured an eloquent sermon by the Rev Fr Butler of Everett. A Mass is celebrated every Tuesday at 7 am for the Maynard men serving in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bridget’s Church
Fr. Butler of
Everett
Maynard
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Joseph Hannon
Easts
St. Maynard
Felines
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Sonday
Murray
G. Lynch
H. Hoar
Crotty
W. Lynch
Congregational Church
A. O
U.S. Shipping Board
Merchant Marine
Nason Street
DeLee’s Drug Store
Assabet Institution For Savings
Haynes
Maynard, Mass
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C.F. Baxter
Acton Center
West Acton
Pierce- Sean
W. C. Strout
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