Community Notes and Social Updates Then and Now
The town reports a new dancing school opening and residents installing phones electric lights and home improvements. Local injuries heal and travelers attend Civic Club talks on Mexico. A nurse cares for a patient and a boy undergoes tonsil surgery. Ice house operations and a large town hall dance signal lively civic activity with crews from nearby towns attending.
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Ing
Katherine ‘ Kelley
Michael Myers
Chas. M. Hosmer
Concord
Civic Club
Mexico
William Johanson
Whiton
John Kirkegaard
New England Nurseries
Society of United Workers of the Congregational Church
Westerly Dutton
South Billerica
E. N.rand
Town Hall
Doherty
Lexington
Arlington
Billerica
Lowell
Waltham
Ninth annual New England Fox Hunters meet at Bedford House
The ninth annual New England Fox Hunters club meet runs January 19 to 24 at Bedford House hosted by Master of Hounds Wm H Simonds. A. M. Tucker of Lexington is president and J. W. Jackson of Belchertown vice president. H. B. Osgood of Lexington serves on the board. The club numbers about 250 members across the region, with some listed as far as Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Fox Hunters’ Club
Bedford House
Wm. H. Simonds
Thistown
A. M. Tucker
Lexington
J. W. Jackson
Belchertown
H. B. Osgood
Florida
M. B. H. Simonds
New England
Middlesex
Boston
Town Hall
Hardy
Arlington
Senator Fisher
Westford
Senator McCarthy
Marlboro
Salem D. Charles
Maynard News Briefs Prompt Local Events Mix
Maynard residents welcome a baby girl to Mr and Mrs Richard Wolfe. Several locals relocate or return to work in nearby towns while others resume duties or host gatherings. St Hilda s Guild votes salad supper for Feb 14 and St Bridget s Temperance group plans a live no license campaign with rallies. Dancing events draw 35 couples as Waverly orchestra supplies music.
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Walter King
Waltham
Lauri Sokksoen
W. B. Case & Sons
George Hyndman
Roxbury
Hyndman
William Punch
Francis of
Hudson
Benjamin Brown
Main St
Claribelle, Warren
Marlboro
Marlboro Society
Bertha Lawton
Wakefield
John Lawton
Effie van Ostrand
Levi R. Cheney
Balston Spa
N. Y
Robert Crossley
Crossley
Grange
Lucy Schwartz
Ralph Case
Case Dry Goods
Jn. Oakdale
St. Bridget’s Temperance Society
James Carney
Daniel Colbert
John Horan
William Maley
James Hunt
Cannon's Hall
Waverly Orchestra
Maynard and Bedford Events Highlight Local News
Miss Mary B. White substituted in Maynard schools while Charles M. Hosmer spoke to the Bedford Civic League. The Wallace Nutting prints agent promoted. art classes, a chimney fire, a West Acton garage blaze, and Royal Arch degree conferrals in Walden. Choirs, library hours, and Odd Fellows ball plans feature town life and winter woes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Hosmer
Bedford Civic League
Eafé
Mexico
B. A. Buck
Goscord
Wallace Nutting
Wi ‘Club
Charles B. Brown
Main St
W. A. Stevens
Hove
Belknap
Catherine Downing
West Acton Sunda
Royal Arch
Walden Royal Arch
Florence Richardson
Woman's Club
Algo
King’s of Trinity Church
Lbrary
George M. Bowker
Old Concord Post
Itmac
Davis
West Acton
Town News and Society Notes Share Visits and Events
L. M. mioagett of Detroit visits town. Mrs. George Hagerty ill with neuritis. Mrs. Horace Webber and daughter Margaret return from Rutland. Mrs. H. R. Choate returns from Orange, N. J. Men’s club plans Union church banquet. Ronald McEachern opens a Worcester harness repair shop assisted by his son James. Charles King returns to work in Youngsville after three weeks with his mother. West Concord Woman’s club holds annual open meeting January 30 with a Mousehold Economics committee lecture and food sale. International Bible students worship Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Mioagett
Wetroit
Mich
George Hagerty
Horace Webber
Margaret
Rutlend
H. R. Choate
Orange
N. J
A. B. Pratley
The
Union Church
International Bible Students
Divine Worship
Hawthorne Chapter Installs Officers and Honors Members
The Hawthorne chapter held an installation with members and guests in attendance. Speeches by installing officers followed by gifts and tributes highlighted the evening, including Mrs. Waldo Lapham receiving a bouquet as she was installed and Miss Hannah Pfeiffer of Bar receiving the past matron's jewel. Charles Sylvester was honored with a watch charm for three years as Worthy Patron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Lapham
Hannah Pfeiffer
Bar
Charles Sylvester
George Jones
Citizens on a Skate on Concord Ice
An account of a skate on Concord ice ends with Mr. Pratt joking he would rather be a coal man than an ice man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Flons
Pratt
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Wall
Luther A. Lord
Arthur Gowen
Crescent Ave
Agnes Kelley
Norwood
Bedford
Sched
Ule
Boston St. Rye
Bedford Center
Maynard
Richard Wolfe
Frank Marsh
Buffalo, N. Y
la Tourgine
A. T. Haynes & Co
Arun
Mary B. White
Willse Ay Geovane
Commie
Walden
Odd Fellows
Association Hall
Cop Welldings Coke Ae
Shhoak
White's Main Street
Carace
Glenwood
Mason
Nason Street
Oliver
Concord Junction
Mase
W. J. Costello
Hawthorne CH
Bester of
Sete
Post Offic
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