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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1918
Page
7
Reverend Ralph A Barker leads the South Acton church with a Sunday 10 30 a m worship and 11 15 a m Sunday school. A Christian Endeavor meeting at 6 00 p m discusses Gods and How to Reach Them. Praise and preaching at 9 00 p m. Friday prayer and social service at 7 80 p m on An Overcoming Faith citing Matt 5 13 and Rom 8 39.
Last Friday night a drunken man tried to break into the residence of Frank Holt on School Street. Officer Leach took him to the lockup. later Smith Finney and the officer transported him to Concord. In court on Saturday he received an indefinite sentence to the house of correction.
Michael Foley becomes the third of the Foley brothers to enlist joining Thomas in Texas and David at Camp Devens leaving their mother to cope with all three departures. The piece notes church sermons in West Acton and local notices including milk producers meeting and train service cuts on Marlboro Branch.
A comical yet somber Quarantine poem from Camp Devens describes measles and grippe isolation. The narrator notes guards, a doctor, and recurring line “When the old gas pipe would drop” as robed in wartime hardship. The piece ends with a foreboding that future generations will learn where grandpa died at Devens.
Physical examinations of all first class registrants are underway at the District 15 exemption board headquarters. From 2250 registrants in the district, about 125 are expected to be placed in the first class. The board plans to finish examinations next week and has not received orders to call the next quota, with a new call not earlier than February 15.
A fragmentary official list shows classification of Maynard registrants examined this week. Accepted and placed in first class include Albert Hodges John Cronin J Vincent Sweeney William Sweeney Ralph Jones John Murray John Hartin. Limited service accepted William Lowney Patrick Flynn George Stockwell. Rejected include Bradford Parker John Trench Francis McCarthy James Whalen Frank Smith John Carlson William Driscoll Arthur Ayotte. The list is not official.
The union services of the Sunday schools at the Methodist Episcopal and Congregational churches were arranged by the superintendents for Sunday January 27. Activities include doxology, prayer, foreword by Horace Bates, lesson study and song, and closing service by Immanuel Taylor. Miss Mary Hodges of Fitchburg Normal School will lead the Primary combined classes.
Esther Kalander, 11, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugo Kalander, is gravely ill at Deaconess Hospital with blood poisoning. She returned from school with a sore heel thought caused by a shoe. Blood poisoning worsened. an operation was proposed with little hope for recovery.
Mrs Jemina Baxter widow of the late James Baxter died at her Lawrence home Sunday night after a long illness. She was 63 and survived by daughter Mrs Arthur Tobey of Brookline two sons William Baxter of Stow and Alva Baxter of Lawrence. Funeral services were held at her home Tuesday afternoon with Rev. Frederick N Rutan officiating. Burial was in the Lowell family lot. Attending were Mrs Fred Sims Miss Irene Martin and Mr and Mrs Albert Haynes.
Frank G. Parsons died from pneumonia and services were held Tuesday at 2 PM from his home in Acton Centre officiated by Rev. Robertson. Born July 3, 1841 in Yarmouth Maine, he served in the Civil War and was a Mason. He leaves widow, a son Frank H. Parsons, a daughter Elizabeth Beeching, and one grandchild. He lived in Sudbury eleven years before moving to Acton in 1917, interment Woodlawn cemetery.
The W C T U met yesterday afternoon at Mrs. EB A Phalen's home. Members read aloud and one member recounted a letter from a U S S Minnesota sailor who received his Christmas comfort bag and found it timely and uplifting.
Jacob Landry formerly of Concord Junction died at his Lynn home after a two year illness. He belonged to Acton lodge C. 256 NEOP for 17 years. His beneficiaries will receive $2000 through the order.
Acts of sympathy from Acton Lodge No 256 New England Order of Protection mourning brother Jacob Landry include charter draped for thirty days and resolutions to records and family. Published in Acton Enterprise. Also local notices of Middlesex Farm Bureau meeting February 19 and Woman's Church Aid activities.
Orders from State and Federal Fuel Administrators closed the Assabet mills for Friday through Sunday to conserve coal for war orders. Workers returned Monday as government cloth production resumed. Merchants and police limited lighting and hours to save power, while fuel committee and town officials sought clear rules amid ongoing changes.
Extracts from Harold B. Coolidge letters to his aunt recount life in England and a projected move to France. He notes storms at sea, English houses, currency, trains, airships, YMCA tents, and a cozy French home with snuff taking elderly hosts. He signs as Co. I 104 U S Inf 26th Div Am Exp Forces.
Advice to consumers and grocers to avoid panic buying and hoarding. Normal turnover and competition should keep groceries affordable. speculation could push prices higher and leave retailers with excess stock.
Consul General Robert P. Skinner of London notes that coal heating preparations are widely advertised but lack solid scientific evidence. The fuel research director says these proprietary substances have existed for years and are unlikely to affect coal combustion in prescribed doses.
In a dull day on the trenches a flock of wild geese rose above No Man's Land drawing rifle and machine gun fire from both sides. The birds sailed on without a single fallen member, undisturbed by the barrage and crossing.
Major Orring Wightman reports on the Y M C A wartime mission in Russia. Secretaries travel from New York to Moscow and beyond, establishing clubs and reading rooms for soldiers, offering tea, writing facilities, arithmetic and language lessons. The effort gains praise for aiding comfort and morale despite language barriers and red tape.
The American Red Cross seeks trained nurses for home cantonments and French hospitals and urges a rapid reserve organization. New England may supply 2,500 nurses as hospitals expand training for wartime needs. Elizabeth Rose from the New England division Bureau of Nursing Service will register volunteers at 755 Boylston St. for those seeking information.
West Acton lodge 208 held its installation with D. D. G. M. Gardner B. Drew presiding. Officers named include N G W Holt V G Frank EB Tasker C S M J Handley F S A R Beach T A M Whicomb W B Holt C Lewis T Willard R B N G EB T Swift Li B N G W J Costello R V G BE R Teele L B V G Daniel McDougal R B 8 S Myron Chaffin L B 8 8 Harry Grimes 1 G Fritz Oelschlegel 0 G H B Gates. William Smiley resigned as trustee. E T Swift elected in his place. James Chandler, uncle of C H Mead, died at Atlantic City. body not identified. Electric cars may run this week.
The Concord Junction club invites the public to an open meeting at Union Church auditorium next Monday evening January 28 at 7 45. Rev Ernest Graham Guthrie of Union Congregational Boston recently returned from the French front will lecture with 150 lantern slides supplied by the French government. The talk covers his wartime service and aid to French orphan relief with possible collection for a war charity.
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