Concord Junction Weekend Guests and Local Notices
Weekend visitors included Thomas Conney Michael McCarron and a child of Concord Junction visiting from nm. Civil Service Commission announced competitive exams on February 12 1921 for clerk and carrier posts in Cra Jet. Helen Loring returned to Attleboro after visiting her parents Mrs A O Loring. Josephine Loring recovered from appendicitis and returned to Mt St Marys Academy in Wakefield NH with sisters Mrs J K Loring Mary Theresa Macone. A minstrel show by Concord American Legion members is planned for Wednesday and Thursday with large local attendance expected.
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Thomas Conney
Michael McCarron
Civil Service Commission
Mass
Cra Jet
Helen Loring
Attle
A. O. Loring
Donald
Attleboro
Josephine Loring
Mt St Mary's Academy
Wooksett
J. K. Loring
Misses Mary
Theresa Macone
Concord
American Legion
Thursun
Birthday Surprise for Frank Emery on 75th
Frank Emery was surprised with a family gathering on Central Street in Hudson to celebrate his 75th birthday. He received a gold purse as a token, with relatives including Mrs Emery, Mr and Mrs A O Loring, and Mr and Mrs Albert Achorn attending. He remains active driving his own car and enjoys time with children and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Emery
Hudson
Albert Achorn
Central St
Emery
A. O. Loring
Social dance marks James J. Manefield Post event in Concord
Concord Junction sent a large turnout to the James J. Manefield Post social dance at the Concord Armory Friday night. A highlight was a $5 gold piece award to the couple nearest a designated spot when the orchestra paused.
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Concord Junction
James J. Manefield
Concord Armory
Bedford Notes on Social Life and Local Events
Miss Edith Cuddy of Allston visits relatives in Bedford as Charles O Dowd sells his Crescent avenue house. Ice at Bedford Springs reaches up to 19 inches thick. A Boy Scouts event and a Kewpie dance are planned in the town hall. Midyear exams held at the high school and Miss Frances Whiton marks her 15th birthday with a party in the town hall. Local water main leak leads to temporary shut off and repair plans. Several Bedford residents attended dances in Billerica Concord and Carlisle last week.
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Edith Cuddy
Allston
Charles O'Dowd
Crescent Ave
William H. Balfour
Billerica
Concord
Carlisle
Bedford Springs
Bedford
Boy Scouts
Fletcher Ave
Town Hall
Women’s Auxiliary
Anthony Hunt Hamilton
Enor
West Acton Woman's Club Guest Night Feb
West Acton Woman's Club hosts a guest night in February. Mr Arthur H Wetherbee was ill last week though active in community circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Acton Woman's Club
Arthur. H. Wetherbee
Grand concert by Starbuck family at Baptist Church
The Starbuck family presented a notable program at the Baptist Church last week under the men’s Baraca class auspices. Mr Starbuck is renowned for the xylophone with his sister on piano and wife as soloist, receiving high praise and encored by a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starbuck
Iea
Stobe
OFFICERS INSTALLED AT WINONA REBEKAH LODGE
Rebekah lodge in Winona installed officers on January 19 led by NG Mrs Caroline Taylor and WG Mrs May Sanborn RS Mrs Evangeline Halt PS Mrs Nancy Chaffin and others. Retiring noble grand Mrs Annie Smiley received a past collar. supper followed. Calendar lists monthly events from February through December with socials, initiation, parties, and the Christmas party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Rebekah
Caroline Taylor
May. Sanborn
Evangeline Halt
Nancy Chaffin
Tan Minnie Decoster
Warden
Miss Taylor
Con
Lizzie Davis
RANG
Rachel Haynes
LSNG
Ethel Goding
RSVG
Bianche
Meget
Ethel King
James A. Grimes
A. Williams
Concord
Cora McCloud
Annie Smiley
Valentine
New Officers Elected for Ladies Benevolent Society
The Ladies Benevolent Society of the Baptist church elected officers on January 12. Mrs J. B. Hoar was named president, Mrs S. F. Carlisle vice president, Miss Helen Knowlton treasurer, Mrs Minnie Decoster secretary, Mrs L. Michelson chaplain. Members will meet at each others homes the fourth Thursday monthly for sewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iadies
Acton Center Notes And Middlesex Pig Club Trip
Acton Center reports electric wiring expansion for barns by F E Parsons and Horace F Tuttle wiring a West Acton house. Grange talk by Ralph W Piper on strawberry growing. several residents improving after illness. Marion Fobes earns a two day Amherst trip for pig club work. White family return from Chicago visit. Harold Phalen hosts in Armour Institute home. Acton’s sons Henry Burke and Richard Kinsley flourish in Chicago business roles.
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F. E. Parsons
Horace F. Tuttle
King
West Acton
Ralph W. Piper
H. W. B. Proctor
Herberg Robbins
Z. Stanley
Marion Fobes
Middlesex County Boys and Girls Pig Club
Amherst
J. Sidney White
Leonard
Chicago University
Chicago
iTarold Phalen
Armour Institute of Technology
Acton
Henry Burke
South
Richard Kinsely
Acton Man Presents Historic Cane and Gavel to Coolidge
Reuben L Reed of South Acton organized a town project to craft a cane and a gavel made from historic materials dating from the Pilgrims to recent wars. A delegation from Acton presented the items to Charles Coolidge, who thanked the donors and said he would use the gavel as presiding officer of the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben L. Reed
South Acton
Coolidge
Reed
New York
O. D. Wood
Acton Centre
Raymond Durkee
Webster Blanchard
West Acton
Bertram S. Hall
Eleanor
P. Hall
Isabel Joy
Arthur F. Blanchard
Ralph Barker
Joy
Miss Hall
United States Senate
Acton Woman's Club Plans Local League of Women Voters
A special Acton Massachusetts Woman's Club meeting is set for Monday January 3 at 2 39 pm at the Community House. The club aims to form a local League of Women Voters affiliated with the Massachusetts League with Martha Helen Eliot expected to attend and oversee steps toward charter members. The League will be nonpartisan and focus on educating women in citizenship and monitoring legislation at the state and national levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Mass
Woman's Club
Acton League of Women Voters
Massachusetts League
Martha Helen Eliot
League
Boston
Blot
State House
Washington
Miss Marshall Aids School Examinations In town visit
Red Cross nurse Miss Marshall joined Dr Meyell Tuesday January 18 for school children physicals. The preventive work aims to catch defects early, linking symptoms like digestion, teeth, tongue and adenoids to later issues, guiding parent awareness. Spectacled bear from Venezuela exhibited at New York’s American Museum.
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Marshall
Red Cross
Mayell
Dr Meyell
Marshall Willl
Venezuela
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
South America
Maynard Caucus Sets Stage for Town Officers Race
The Maynard Republican caucus at Cooperative Hall will open Tuesday evening, inviting nearly all registered voters including many women and independents. Candidates for selectman and assessor face stiff competition, with nine hopefuls for the board and several independents pressing for nominations, amid calls to end party labels in town elections.
Only Two Names Added To The Voter List
At a Registrars of Voters meeting held Tuesday evening in the Selectmen's rooms, two names were added to the voting list George Morris and James Espie. Cold weather blamed for small registration. Next sessions scheduled Wednesday evening Feb 2 and Saturday Feb 5. Women married within sixty days may vote under former names but must re register before voting after the sixty day period ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Registrars of Voters
Selectmen's Rooms
George Morris
James Espie
Annual Reunion at St George Church Highlights Parish Event
The St George's parish annual reunion and boy party drew a large crowd on Tuesday evening at the parish hall. Rev. Arthur B. Papineau welcomed guests, with Lindsey Smith performing vocal solos and Miss Alice Mcdonald and Miss Fanite e providing duets. Brief addresses followed by Mary Owens, Mrs Oliver Trees, and Charles Edney.
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St George's Parish
Arthur B. Papineau
Lindsey Smith
Alice Mcdonald
Fanite E
Ph Jones
Elmer Cook
Mary Owens
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Oliver Trees
Girls'Friendly Society
Charles Edney
Acton
Frank Sackers
Sidney Scott
Job Doel
John Webster
Albert Easthope
Edwin Toop
Mark Newton
Fisherman Records 23 Pickerel at Littleton Pond
Frank Williams caught 23 pickerel at Littleton mill pond recently. Ice is 10 to 12 inches thick. Sumner Hayward and wife plan wintering in St Petersburg, Florida after visiting relatives in town. Dorothy Grady of West Acton and William Jenkins of Scituate wed January 20 at the Baptist parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Williams
Littleton Mill Pond
Boston
C. H. French
The
Baptist Church
A. H. Perkins
Nagog
R. T. Barrows
Teele Brose
Sumner Hayward
St Petersburg
Florida
Waltham
G. A. R. Hall
Civic Federation
Dorothy Grady
West Acton
William Jenkins
Scituate
Baptist Parsonage
G. L. Michelson
Percy Grady
Maynard
Local Notices and Social Snippets From East Acton Area
Miss Dorothy Dusseault spent Sunday with her parents. Mr and Mrs I W Flagg of East Acton plan a trip south soon. Ernest Whitcomb of Ashby was a weekend guest at Harry Tuttle’s. Freeman Robbins harvested ice from the East Acton pond and this week serves his wholesale trade. Charles Alien is cast in one of the leading roles in As You Like It to be performed by Concord High School pupils February 4 and 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dusseault
I. W. Flagg
East Acton
Ernest Whitcomb
Ashby, R. L
Harry Tuttle
Freeman Robbins
Charles Alien
Congregational Church Seeks Permanent Pastor Amid Supplies
The Congregational Church plans to raise the pastor’s salary as it fills the pulpit weekly with supplies and candidates. It urges town families to support the church by attendance and donations to secure a man for service to church and community. A January 23 congregation of forty and a twelve member youth choir were noted. An illustrated Mission Work in Ceylon lecture followed. Miss Jennie Reed read. The Woman’s Church Aid Society meets January 27 at 2 PM in the vestry for an important gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
Celyon
Jennie Reed
Woman's Church Aid Society
Miss Gertrude Phalen Wins Fourth Prize in Beauty Contest
Miss Gertrude Phalen of Wollaston earns fourth prize, five hundred dollars, in the Boston American Beauty Contest. Employed as a stenographer by Lee Higginson Company, she was selected for her fine obisque and attractive personality as well as facial beauty.
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Gertrude Phalen
Wollaston
Nice
Edwin A. Phalen
Phalen
Lee Higginson Company
Phalen Couple Begin Florida Trip to Dunedin on Gulf
Mr and Mrs Edwin A. Phalen started their journey Monday to Florida. They plan to visit places of interest along the way and will reach Dunedin on the Gulf as their destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin A.’ Phalen
Florida
Dunedin-on-the Gulf
Sudbury Church Groups Report Hoover Fund Drive
The Memorial day Hoover fund drive collects 123000 from church groups for suffering children in Europe. Charles Brackett was chosen for the criminal court jury but later discharged. Women of the Methodist church plan a Town meeting day dinner, with women voters invited. Red Cross drive credits Sudbury with 344. Mrs Charles Brackett leads as captain with Mr Brackett as treasurer and helpers.
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Hoover Fund
Europe
Charles Brackett
Criminal Court
Methodist Church
Red Cross
Sudbury
Brackett
Breaks Reported At Two Homes In Town
Two adjoining residences the home of Miss Inez A Perry and the Kendrick summer house were entered last week with a window pane broken and articles missing. A general ransacking was observed at the Kendrick house. Police suspect a local unknown offender rather than a town visitor. Residents are urged to heighten home protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez A. Perry
Laura Kendrick
Kendrick
Universalist church to hold Thursday vestry food sale
The LLC of the Universalist church will run a food sale in the vestry on Thursday afternoon. Mrs Martha M. Harris died at her brother Solon Robbins's home Tuesday. Funeral services will be at her late home Thursday at 1 30 p m.
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the Universalist Church
Martha M. Harris
Solon Robbins
Thesday
Change in Town Election Custom Urged After Women Vote
A local speaker endorses independent nomination papers as the town votes with women enfranchised for the first time. He cites businessmen Mr Sullivan and Mr Lever, citizens Mr Keene and Mr Brown, former selectman Mr Mahoney, and serviceman Mr Martin as examples in a push for electoral reform.
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Sullivan
Lever
Keene
Brown
Mahoney
Martin
Frehan resigns from Concord police. Hart to replace
David B Frehan resigns from the Concord police force with Fred Hart succeeding him. Night relief patrols will question individuals after hours but use discretion for known travelers. A hockey game between High School independents led by Arthur Duggan and Phi Alpha Delta seven led by Joseph Mullaney, postponed from Thursday, will be played at Sudbury River Meadows at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David B. Frehan
Fred Hart
Parolmen
Arthur Duggan
Phi Alpha Delta Seven
Joseph Mullaney
Sudbury River Meadows
Vesper Service Planned by First Parish
The First Parish to hold a vesper service next Sunday January 30 at 5 pm Soloists include violinist Miss Marion Barker and baritone Mr Fred Huddy Program lists Organ Pastorale Cesar Franck Song Hold Thou My Mand Gounod and others with scripture and hymns.
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Marion Barker
Fred Huddy
Cesar Franck
Referendum on Public Operation of C M H Street Railway
Voters in Concord Maynard Hudson Acton and Stow will decide at town meetings whether to adopt a plan for public operation of the C M H street railway. If approved the act would appoint five trustees from the five towns, each paid $250 yearly, to manage the road for five years with a $23 850 fund for maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Maynard
Hudson
Acton and
Stow
League planning under way for Concord and surrounding towns
Mr Bulger aims to organize a twilight league including Concord Maynard Hudson Marlboro Concord Junction Lexington and Graniteville to give teams more Saturday games. Horace G Cressinger will not coach this year due to new duties. Bulger declined an offer to umpire in the International League.
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Alt! Jr
Ganize
Concord
Maynard
Bulger
Wnpire
International League
Concord Woman's Club hears talk on Art in Massetts
The Concord Woman's Club met Monday at 3 in the First Parish meeting house. Mrs Charles E. Brown spoke on Art in Massetts and read a paper she wrote for the State Federation of Women’s Clubs art committee. Lantern slides illustrated the lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Woman's Club
Charles E. Brown
Concord
Massetts
State Federation of Woman's Clubs
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Arthur Penn
Sidney Homer
Mahree
Chauncey Olcott
Ernest Ball
Mrs Starbuck March Wind Etude MacDowell Valse
Chopin
Miss Stargues Largo
Handel Bythe
Brook
Boisdeffre
Rameau-Kreisler
Floy Bartlett
Old Virginny
Clay Smith
Shhumann
Géilywog
Paila Delibes
H. A Bower
Kreisler
Waters
Minnetonka
Lieurnace
Mrs Starbuck
Enterprise
AOS Pay
Moving Pictures
Concord State Armory
American Red Cross
Olive Thomas
Pathe News
Torchy
Acton Center
Cooperative Hall
Thomas Wright
Republican Town Committee
Board of Registrars
Selectman
P. J. Sullivan
Samuels Lever
John Higgins
Charles Keene
Herbert Martin
James Mahoney
Benjamin C. Brown
Binks
Edward Carlton
Albert Smith
Wright
Theoiies
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Maliit
Whitney Rent
Joshua Naylor
Frank J. Demars Post
Higgins
U. S. Navy
Legion
Lam
Sam
League of Nations
Hattie Northrup
Vancouver
B. C
Franklin P. Flagg
James Sheridan
Joseph Sheridan
Three Rivers
John O'Leary
Ayer Town
Ayer
Summer Hill Lodge
I. O. O. F. Hall
Walcott
Paper Mill
Hillside
Walnut Streets
Madeline Flagg
B. U
F. P. Flagg
Main St
Earl Kitchiner Lodge
Sons of St George
O. O.F. Hall
Daughters of St. George
ST George
Congregational Church
Hiller
Kandel
James J. Mansfield
Mahon-Powers Studio
Waltham, Massachusetts
State Armory
Law’s
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