South Acton Community Notes Highlight July Fourth Activities
Local residents enjoyed Fourth of July events in South Acton with visits to Maine and Lowell, Church services, a Fletcher reunion in Shrewsbury, and a Quad Club social planned for Thursday night. People from Milton to Quincy visited relatives, while a car incident near Chase's corners drew cautions. A baptism and nine new church members marked a Sunday service at the Congregational Church.
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Congregational Church
Mr. Farren
West Acton Notes on Fourth of July Festivities
West Acton community reports Fourth of July visits from Lamont Harrie Boston and Arthur Slack with Cora Downie, St. Louis and Plymouth trips, local ball game West Acton defeating Walkovers Maynard 5 3, and a stock meeting for the electric road. Includes numerous social visits from Acton and nearby towns, 102 degree heat, and a church exchange sermon by Rev. Scates.
Bridge Light Outage Sparks Town Debate
Electrician Morse removed the electric light from the bridge and Exchange Square leaving the village in darkness. The Woolen Co offered to install 100 lights for 1700 but the town has not acted. The improvement association urged action. the selectmen were urged to intervene. Card of Thanks from Mrs. Alice Donnelly of South Acton thanks friends for kindness during bereavement.
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Morse
Exchange Square
The
Woolen Co
Improvement Association
Rondeglade
Alice Donnelly
South Acton, Mass
Piano Recital by Miss Marian Marshall Pupils
The annual piano concert by Miss Marian Marshall Brown pupils, assisted by Miss Laurel Zahm Wood, soprano, drew a large audience in the Baptist vestry Thursday. Miss Wood’s singing won loud applause, with special praise for the Sunbonnet Babies in pink outfits and sun bonnets. The program included Polonaise Brilliante, Pas des Amphores, Floating Song, and Polonaise selections by Lizzie Burroughs, Catherine Mead, Dorothy Mead, Gladys Sargent, and Slunicko Geibel.
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Marian Marshall
Brown
Laurel —Zahm—Wood
Baptist Vestry
Miss Wood
Dietrich
Lizzie Burroughs
Catherine _ ‘Mead
Miss Brown
Fire destroys hoop shop in North Acton. July 1 blaze total loss
Allen G. Smith’s hoop shop roof fire on July 1 at North Acton turned into a complete ruin within an hour, with no insurance to cover the loss. A severe thunder shower July 2 caused additional damage in the area. Roy Erickson, six, was killed by lightning while picking berries in So. Chelmsford. A flock of promethea moths was seen near the station, about 60 killed.
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J. S.white
Harold Phalen
Leonard White
Concord High School
Allen G. Smith
Roy Erickson
Edward Anderson
Chelmaford
Local Notes Echo Summer Visits and News
South Acton residents report visits by Mrs Christie and Mrs Keyes to Lake Boon on Tuesday. Mrs Bert Willis suffered heat exhaustion Tuesday forenoon. A baby girl weighing eight pounds was born to Mr and Mrs Mike Tobin on Tuesday afternoon. BE Baird started a new milk route delivery wagon bearing Jones Farm. About 25 Fletcher relatives gathered for a July 4 reunion at Shrewsbury. Mrs James Moynihan of Powder Mills district visited Metcalf to reconnect with friends. I heartily believe in advertising as the lifeblood of modern trade. Seelainko nt Thomas Lipton.
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Christie
Keyes
Lake Boon
Bert Willis
Mike Tobin
BE. Baird
Jones Farm
Fletcher
Shrewsbury
James Moynihan
Powder Mills
Metcalf
Seelainko
Thomas Lipton
Marlboro Names New Manager P Fitzmaurice For Nine
William P. Fitzmaurice was chosen to manage the Marlboro baseball club and opened with a game against the Maynards. He signed Delia Favreau, a St. Anselm’s student, to play in the outfield. John Smith, an ex-player, coaches St. Anselm and vouches for Favreau’s talent.
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William P. Fitsmaurice
Marlboro Baseball Club
Maynards
Milltown
Marlboro Boys
Marnard
Fitamaurice
Delia Favreau
Charles Favreau
Favreau
St. Anselm’s College
Manchester
N. H
John Smith
Fitzmaurice
St. Anselm
Acton Centre Notes and Local Sales at Maynard and Bolton
Announcements from Acton Centre include Miss Annie Lee of Malad and family ties, upcoming Sunday school picnic at Fort Pond on Wednesday July 15, and visits from George W. Tuttle, Mrs Grace Cook, and Miss Grace Farnum among others. Local sales by Otis H Forbush Auctioneer list grass on a Maynard farm sale and the East Bolton sale of Abel Whitcomb goods, with catalogued items and prices from a recent sale.
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Annie Lee
Arthus Pyson
Tip
Fort Pond
New Ams
Martha Smith
Newton
the Grange
Luther Conant, Jr
Washington, D. C
Grace Farnum
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charlotte Conant
Jessie Copp
General Hospital
Otis H. Forbush
Acton
Mass
Maynard
East Bolton
Abel Whitcomb
Owder Horn
For sale Mason and Hamline two bank organ
Acton Centre local notice offers a Mason and Hamline two bank organ in good condition or closed in a maple case suitable for lodge vestry or summer camp price 40 dollars Moses Reed Acton Center
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Mason and Hamline
Moses
Reed
Acton Center
Baseball scores from Major League and Minor League play
National League results show Boston 4 St Louis 1 and Cincinnati 4 New York 3. American League games list Boston 8 Cleveland 6, Chicago 1 Washington 0, Chicago 7 Washington 4, Detroit 8 New York 8, Detroit 11 New York 4, St Louis 8 Philadelphia 2. New England League scores Lowell 11 New Bedford 10, Haverhill 8 Brockton 5, Lynn 6 4 Worcester 1, Lynn 0, Lawrence 7 Fall River 1. Also notes a heat wave in New York with fourteen deaths and cooler weather predicted. a suicide incident involving a saloonkeeper Jones in New York on July 8.
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Boston
St.Louis
Cincinnati
New York
Cleveland
Chicago
Washington
Detroit
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Lowell
New Bedford
Haverhill
Brockton
Lynn
Worcester
Lawrence
Fall River
New -York
Guyrin
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South Acton
Helen Wood
Ruth Piper
Maine
Clarence Owens
Plano
Oan Lawrence
Littleton Station
I. C. A. Penniman
Anson Piper
Karl Jones
Harl McCormick
Quincy
Percy Sweet
Bradley
Miss Hadith Bears ‘of
Lizzie Jones
A. l. Jackman
Chicopee Falls
Congregational
Florence Tuttle
Pennsylvania
Orson Balch
Saugus
Anthony Sweet
Geo. Keyes
Farren
Providence
Concord Junction
Zeigler
Roxbury
Zelzler
Frank Tuttle
Waltham
Tuttle & Newton's
L. ©. Hastings
J. Alfred Goding
Fitchburg
Lamont Harrie
John J. McNiff
Berlin
Maud Priest
B. L. White
Sterling
Crosby
Louise Perkins
Nova Scotia
Ethel Woodward
Neponset
Vivian Reed
Arthur Armstrong
Hyde Park
Stanley Hall
Hall Bros
Henry Pangbam
B. EB. Scates of
Gardner
Baptist Church
D. W. Lovett
West Acton
Littlefield
Norris
Battery
West Actons
Ray Livingstone Herrick
Clara French
Lebanon
Ohio
Mr. Herrick
Edward Herrick
Westfield
Bertha Gardner Hall
Everett
M. B. Hosmer
Dea. M. Wood
Charles Bradford
H. E. Gates
Edwin Packer
New Britain
Conn
C. Parkin
Will Hert
Medford
A. A. Hart
C. B. Clark
H. F. Clark
Sumner Teele
West Somerville
W. H. Teele
Frank P. Richardson
J. B. Richardson
Frank McDonald
Margaret
Nellie Sullivans
I. O. O. F. Hall
Electric Road
Hatchen
Phyllis
Grieg
Ory
Wood “Ballata
Bizzarria
Twleve
Florence McNiff
Evelyn Spinney
Ethel Mead
Ruth Knowlton
Mrs. Grimes
Jaly
Geibel
North Acton
Pere
F. A. Hollowell
Alice Coolidge
Hudson
Sherman Frost
C. A. Frost
F. L. Robbins
Bangor
N. F. Patterson
Lancaster
J. Maines
A. T. Haynes & Company
Maynard, Mass
Furniture Department
Alaska
Stanley Autos
Murray Auto Tops
Stanley Cars
Chas. S. Ford
Maurice
Tiwalter
Notary Public
Main Street
Wm, P. Fitzmaurice
A. F. Kennedy
Acton Centre
F. P. Wood
George W. Tuttle
Grace Cook
Mrs. Greenwood
Jennie Reed
Billa Harris
Jones
Unray
Murray
P. T. Barnum
John M. Keyes
Walden St
Concord, Mass
Geo, S
Whitney
Concord, Junction
Boston Telephone Wakefield
Brooks Street
Whitcomb
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