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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1921
Page
7
A delegation from Acton Grange No 7 of Missouri travels to Concord on Wednesday evening in January to attend the double installation of Pomona and subordinate grange officers. Mr Phillips of Somerville, a former Acton resident, is seriously ill at home.
Under County Farm Bureau direction a school poultry club begins with seven boys and girls in upper grades organized by Mrs Eri with Mr Albert W Doolittle as director and Henry Engman of Shrinan Frost as president. More pupils are expected to join as the club gains interest at a meeting held January 5 in the school.
The Nash Growers Association held its monthly meeting in January with attendees including Messrs Emer, Platita, Anderson, and Dooilttie. Mr Anderson of North Acton, a strawberry growing specialist, gave an engaging talk on his methods for cultivating fine strawberries. The audience showed keen interest in his presentation.
Thursday evening January 13 at the hall Acton Center hosts a whist party incomplete details follow with proceeds to aid European Relief Fund feeding and clothing starving children of Central Bu ns. Proceeds to be used for Acton efforts.
A Red Cross nurse named Migs Marshall visits town last Thursday to conduct a local survey. Officials hope the effort will mobilize community support for ongoing relief work and outreach.
Mr and Mrs William Bills of Sudbury marked fifty-one years since their wedding. The couple spent forty-five years in town. Mrs Bills, born on Charter street Boston, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Tobin. Mr Bills was born in New Jersey and served in a New Jersey regiment during the Civil War. They raised seven children, including Mrs Frank Jones and Miss Sadie of Brooklyn, with three grandchildren.
Benjamin son of Mr and Mrs Ben Marshall 62 Neil Street is ill with measles. Join child of Mr and Mrs Edward Rigner Belmont Street is ill with scam. A coconut in the husk is omex was sent from Miami Fld by E Dammers to a friend in Cochituate.
Clinton carpenter and YC veteran Albert E. Short marries Mary Alice Murphy at St. Michael's Church. The ceremony at 2 30 p m was followed by a reception at the bride's Lincoln Street home with guests from Kingston Brooklyn East Bridgewater Brockton and other areas. The couple will reside at 23 Water Street.
Peter N. McDermott died at his home on Summer street after several months illness. He was 58 or 59, formerly a circus stunt performer and acrobat, later a barber at the Russell House Marlboro. A native of Southbridge, he lived in Hudson about eight years and married Mary Louise Casavant Paul in Sept. 1916. His near relative is Mrs Henry Seymour.
Funeral services were conducted last week at the home of her nephew Harry S. Ross 14 Cottage Street with Rev Dudley R. Child of the First Unitarian church officiating. The burial followed at Brookside Cemetery Stow. Miss Smith taught at the little brick schoolhouse beyond Gleasondale toward Maynard and was a former secretary of the Grove School Association and on the honorary membership list at death.
The third concert in the Hudson Post series was held last Wednesday in town hall before a large audience. The Bostonia Sextette Club led by Staats showcased solos and ensembles with Louise Reynolds as soprano, encores were eagerly demanded, and the program was praised as brilliant and artistic.
Mre F A McGill is very ill at her home on Huntington Avenue. Cornelius Rafferty is employed at the Long factory in Framingham.
Massachusetts officers present a memorial to Vice President elect Coolidge in Northampton and to President Wilson and Harding urging consolidation of three agencies into a single body to fund hospitals and oversee care for World War disabled veterans. Delegation led by Leo Spillane and John Holland will present the proposal through Department Commander James T. Duane.
The First National Bank of Boston issued a companion booklet titled Cotton and Cotton Manufacture by James Paul Warburg. It explains cotton history, distribution, cultivation, selling methods, grading, and mill to finished goods processes with clear nontechnical detail and shows regional production patterns. Copies available via the bank’s Commercial Service Department.
O. O. Stillman of New Brunswick New Jersey runs a jewelers shop with three safes as a bluffing game for burglars. Recently thieves attempted the game and wasted time without finding a valuable safe as they cracked an empty one.
A special Concord meeting of the Governing Board at Monument Square will vote on selling or demolishing the Old Farm House to fund the new country club. The board, citing strong finances, seeks the most profitable or practical option, preferring demolition for lumber value if no better bid arises.
Tickets issued for the first annual ball at the state armory on Friday evening February 11. The organizing committee is chaired by Howart B. Daniels with Winslow Damon and Edward B. Carger assisting.
The Con cord Post of the Civil War veterans holds a 3 o'clock afternoon gathering at Andrew H. Makir's Thoreau Street home. Officers for the new year will be installed.
Mrs Julia Libby has returned from a Boston visit. Charles McGee repairs the Lawrence block. Mr and Mrs Iph Akroyd are parents to a boy born at Marlboro Hospital. Marlboro residents meet Friday. Miss Mabel tcomh underwent appendicitis surgery in Boston. Four new cutters join the Diamond Theaters worsine force. The weekly TEB meeting is Monday evening with Miss Albert Sumner St. Rev Dr John T Mullen hosted a church choir reception at St Michael's with a social lunch in the parochial school hall.
Cyrus Pickard 78 a notable Acton Center resident and Civil War veteran died at home after a illness with heart trouble. Survived by daughters Mae Pickard Concord Junction and Mrs Kenneth Damon Concord Junction and sons William Litteton and Dr J L Pickard Concord Junction. Funeral services were held at his home led by Isaac Davis Post G A R.
West Acton notes Mr and Mrs Clarence Johnson hosted Sunday at the Stokes home. James French, fire truck driver, has resigned. neighbors hope he resumes charge. Mrs W. B. Holt visited Belmont relatives. neuritis illness widespread in village. Doris Gardner ill. two nieces care for gravely ill Mrs Hutchins. Mrs Angie H. Knowlton rents Wetherbee home. Norris to winter with Knowltons. Dr Roscoe H. Knowlton and wife of St. Petersburg announce birth of a baby girl.
D D G M Harry N How e and suite installed officers of Ac ton lodge 203 I C O F Monday night with Noble Grand Leo Cunningham and other officers named. A roast beef supper preceded the ceremony. Raymond Perkins returns from Boston hospital after weeks of illness. Scanlon and Williams fished seven pickerel at Grassy pond. Mrs Thomas Scanlon reported quite sick at home.
Mrs Luther Morris and daughter Mary of Palmer have purchased Palmer Drug Co and turned it into an ice cream parlor with confectionery on sale. After six months the couple report a huge trade and satisfaction. Congratulations flow from Acton friends as Geo H Reed received a car of coal Monday.
Miss Irma Durkee composed a piano piece titled Daffodils, recently copyrighted and placed on sale. The work premiered when she performed at the State Armory in Concord on Saturday night, drawing applause and congratulations.
The Maynard Trust Co shows a $93,000 increase in savings deposits at year end despite local industrial conditions. Treasurer F E B Taylor expects five percent interest on deposits at the next interest date, in line with policy sharing earnings with depositors.
The January meeting of the Maynard Business Men's Association will be held at the Masonic Hall on Monday evening January 31. President P J Sullivan has invited Hon John J Mitchell, Internal Revenue collector, to be the guest and deliver an address. Rev C G Johnson of Connecticut was a recent guest of Rev and Mrs D M Aneel in Brookist.
The Union Church held its largest roll call with many passages of Scripture and a bountiful supper led by Miss Margaret Damon. Reports showed record benevolence, finances, and membership adding 40 new members, with Mary Lane recognized for cradle roll work and Deacon Bowker stepping down after 17 years.
Mr and Mr Bert Owens moved into the tenement of Mrs C. 8 Stearns. Mrs George Holton spent a few days last week with her mother at North ampton.
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