Acton School Notes and Basketball Results
Acton school notes mention a party at School gym on February 20 with committees led by Hubert Mhoir and Mary Whit Vle for decorations and refreshments. Basketball: boys beat Chelmsford in a tight game with Fred Lawrence out, BE MacDougall stepping in. second team lost in overtime 15 to 12, Leo Thatcher scoring eight. Girls junior team won a close game versus sophomores last Friday.
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Hubert Mhoir
Mary Whitvle
Esther Dur
Alfred Gilbert
Adverse
Lucille Hayward
Iles Taylor
Chelmsford
Fred Lawrence
MacDougall
F. Roche
G. Downey
Televiseh
R MacDougall
J. R
BE. MacDougall
Leo Thatcher i
Acton
Gallagher
Briggs
J. Charter
Godfrey
Join Our Large National Org For Service Tech Roles
Men wanted for installation and service work in air conditioning and refrigeration. Earn up to 20 to 50 dollars weekly in spare time. No experience required but mechanically inclined preferred. Send coupon or letter to apply.
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Couhelow
Acton Students Tour Newton High School Facilities
Two Acton High School students Doreen Jeffries and Fred Lawrence observed Newton High School on January 22 under Horace Ridger and a Newton Student Council guide. They noted traffic, cafeteria service, gym and athletic fields, auditorium, drama room, library, and a detailed student handbook, concluding the trip valuable with plans for an elaborate report and assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlene Hayward
J. Nodine
Wiood
John Handy
William N Johnson
iActon High
Newton High School
Doreen Jeffries
Fred Lawrence
Acton High School
Horace Ridger
Pounos
Acton
Virginia creeper described as ornamental vine
The Virginia creeper Psedera ly known also as woodbine is similar to grape. It has compound leaves with five leaflets. The fruit is not poisonous but has little edible flesh. Leaves turn red and purple in autumn.
Infatuation leads to suspended sentence for Maynard man
Michael Makar, 21, of Sudbury Court Maynard, received a 10 day suspended sentence after a district court found him guilty of sending threatening letters to Ruth Finn, a Stoneham High School teacher. The W P A worker was placed on probation until April 4 after threatening to beat her if she would not marry him.
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Concord
Michael Makar
Sudbury Court
Maynard
Makar
Howard A Wilson
Ruth Finn
Stoneham High School
Culinary and Household Tips From a Historic Page
A collection of practical notes advises adding cranberry juice to lemon gelatine for a deep red color while the gelatine remains liquid. It also covers dusting a cake with cornstarch before icing, soaking washed colored handkerchiefs in cold water with turpentine, maintaining room temperatures for houseplants, and lemon cuts to remove match marks on walls.
Indiscreet Remark Cited Financial Standing
The exchange notes a young man missing someone and the speaker defends the act by explaining they had checked his finances. The line hints at social maneuvering and concerns with financial status guiding personal decisions.
American Jack Ancestry and physical traits summarized
The jack is described as the first animal domesticated for burdens bred by King David. In 1787 Spain gifted George Washington a jack and jennet. American jacks descend from five imported breeds Anda lusian Maltese Catalonian Majorca Poitou. Heights range 16 to 18 hands with weights 1 000 to 1 200 pounds. Color is black.
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David
Spain
George Washington
Malta
Pyrenees
Majorca
Poitou
France
PLAN HUGE LINES FOR U S SERVICE
New York reports banker Paul W. Chapman proposes two 100000 ton super cabin liners for transatlantic service. Each 1250 foot ship would carry 1000 cabin passengers and sail weekly in four days at 850 per passenger, with 1000 million dollars cost funded by government advance repaid by 10 annual payments of 10 million.
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New York
Paul W. Chapman
United States Lines
Chapman
England
North Atlantic
Chapman Organization
Riddle of Delphi Oracle Still Baffles Researchers
The Delphi oracle site in Greece has puzzled archaeologists for decades as theories differ on whether a chasm once released intoxicating air, if it was filled by debris after the temple’s destruction, or closed by an earthquake. Travelers seek the legendary cavern while some rely on ancient texts citing the priestess’s trance and the priest who recorded prophecies.
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Delphi
Greece
Strabo
Congress
Roosevelt
James F. Bynes
South Carolina
Unique Clock Gift from Queen Liliuokalani Found in Hawaii
A round 32 inch clock gifted by Queen Liliuokalani to a church in Hawaii’s monarchy era was rediscovered. The timepiece features a 24 inch dial with days 1 to 31, a moon phase dial, a separate hours dial using the queen’s name, and a year leap dial, all driven by a single spring.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Liliuokalani
United States
Islands
Wool smuggling crackdown hits Marine City cottage
U S customs seized 1000 pounds of scoured wool at a Breadbridge Beach cottage near Algonne and arrested a woman. The wool buys 15 cents a pound in Canada and sells for 36 cents in the Detroit market.
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Marine City
Mich
United States
Breadbridge Beach
Algonne
Canada
Detroit
Stone in Palestine Abundant in Jerusalem
A report notes large supplies of stone in Palestine with notable abundance in Jerusalem and surrounding land. The article highlights the material’s availability and regional significance for construction and trade.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
Veteran Bonus Money and Spending Projections
Senator Byrnes discusses adjusted service compensation and the expected spending patterns of veterans on bonds and purchases. He cites a survey of 42,500 veterans showing many plan to pay old bills, buy homes, furniture, clothing, and insurance, with implications for industry and jobs.
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Byrnes
Byrnss
American Legion
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Cate
Savings Bank
Mrs Gertrude Choate Dies in Phoenixville After Pneumonia
Mrs Gertrude McNeil Choate widow of Edward Choate of Southboro and Framingham died yesterday afternoon at her home in Phoenixville Pennsylvania from pneumonia. Survived by four sons. Funeral likely in Phoenixville with interment at Rural Cemetery in this town, probably on Saturday.
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Southboro
Gertrude (McNeil) Choate
Edward Choate
Framingham
Phoenixville
Pennsylvania
Choate
Pheonixvile
Legislative conference on immigration and policing at Bedford
The Bedford Unitarian Church hosts a Federated Clubs conference for the 10th and 11th districts on Monday February 3 at 1 30 pm. Speakers include Miss Josephine Donahue from the Federal Department of Immigration and Naturalization arguing for the Kerr bill on deportation of criminal aliens and Mrs Mark T deSilva opposing it. Timothy Murphy of the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety discusses Interstate Compacts and the Police Training School Bill, with Richard Comerford of Leominster opposing biennials. An officer of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Association presents the positive side.
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Bedford
Police Training School
Richard Comerford
Leominster
Massachusetts Taxpayers’ Association
Memorial Congregational Church Receives Brass Cross
The Memorial Congregational church received a brass cross for the communion table donated by two parishioners. A painting titled Christ Bearing His Cross, created and given by R. C. Woodbury last year, enhances the chapel's winter services ambiance.
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Memorial Congregational Church
Christ
R. C. Woodbury
Loomis couple stopping at Hotel New Weston in NYC
Mr and Mrs Ralph L Loomis of Bedford Massachusetts are stopping for a few days at the Hotel New Weston in New York City, a brief social note from local society column.
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Ralph L. Loomis
Bedford, Mass
New Weston
New York City
Early Known Islands of the Solomons Discovered in 1767
The Solomons, remote Pacific islands about 900 miles northeast of Australia, were among the earliest found by Europeans after rumors from Peru of a nearby continent. They were lost for 200 years and rediscovered in 1767, with Ladrones and possibly Marshals as other early points of contact.
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Solomons
Australia
Ladrones
Marshals
Peru
Red Danish milk cattle dominate Danish dairy herds
Red Danish milk cattle constitute about 95 percent of Denmark’s dairy cow population on the Danish Islands and most of the southeast Jutland coast. Nearly half are under control associations that maintain production records, similar to dairy herd improvement groups here.
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Danish Islands
Jutland
Laundrymen Win Top Form In Intertown Bowling Matches
In Lynch alleys week action Kase Gas beat Smith Produce to take three points while Maddlesex Laundry defeated Gagne to sweep all four points.
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Kase Gas
Smith Produce
Maddlesex Laundry
Gagne
Lynch
Miss Rose Appointed New Teacher Inlocal School
Mise Lucia Rose a Pease-Niseon graduate has been appointed to fill a vacancy caused by Miss Ethel Drake leaving. Rose will continue instruction of girls in grades as interclass games feature week with seniors juniors and sophomores. first game won by seniors 7 to 16. Friday games led by Miss Mary Stolte.
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Mise Lucia Rose
Pease-Niseon School
Ceed Education
Ethel Drake
Miss Rose
Giet
Mary Stolte
Acton Townsend Club Reaches Hundred Members Milestone
The Acton Townsend Club reached its goal of 100 members and will soon receive support from Washington Townsend head Albert Pattern, who is represented in the effort.
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Acton Townsend Club
Washington Townsend
Pattern
Albert
Reverend Regardid Speaks on Church Attendance and Business
Rev. B Regardid former chaplain at Rabson Institute in Wellesley spoke to the Men’s Fellowship class at theist church at 9:16 Sunday morning. His address discussed the principles of business and their relation to the church and drew a large crowd.
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B. Regardid
Te Rabson Institute
Wellesley
Thetist Church
Mr. Id
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