Maynard News Notes: Births, Moves and Local Happenings
Rolfe Kilby visits Norwich while families welcome a son and a daughter. Local residents host guests from Lynn and Providence. The Textile council plans Labor Day field day. Maynard defeats Concord Junction 9 to 7 in a league game at Crowe park. Banns announced for four couples at St Bridget’s and local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Coughlin
Nason St
Henry H. Holiday
Boston Clothing
John King
McKinley St
Thomas King
Walnut Sr
Arthur Johnson
Whitinsville
Arthur Jordan
Brooks Sr
Riverside Cooperative Association
Knights of Columbus War Work Fund
Agnes Gibbons
Summer St. Maynard
Concord Junction
Crowe Park
F. O’brien
Jensen
Maynard
McBurnie
McKay
Luther Morris
Universal
High School Graduates Take Summer Mill Jobs
Walter Mullin works as storekeeper for Pittman Construction Co at the new mill site. Albert Mullin Lauri Pakaanen John Dwyer work in the mill picking room. Arthur Kataari is in the dry finish department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Mullin
Pittman Construction Co
Albert Mullin
Lauri Pakaanen
John Dwyer
Arthur Kataari
Sulphur High School Graduate Engaged in War Work
Miss Anna O'Toole, daughter of Mrs. O'Toole Grant sr., a Sulphur La. high school teacher, is active in war work this summer and will not visit her mother. At the season’s close, the graduating class presented her with a diamond ring at the commencement banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna O’toole
O’toole
Grant Sr
Sulphur
O’poole
Various Local Visitors and Events Highlight Concord Life
Concord residents enjoyed a summer of visits and outings with friends from Derry Worcester and Newton while travelers like Charles Wood and Charles Bowers ventured to New Hampshire. The town hosted lawn parties and dances at Lexington park and the Vendome, with community affairs including the Purebred Livestock Sale Co visit and a Bible society meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Wood
Washington
M. T. Carrigan
Derry
N. H
J.W. Milbury
Watertown
Loren Towle
Newton
Charles Towle
Jarvus Derby
Liberty St
Preston Rankins
Newport
Barbara Lufkin
Charles Nevin
West Somerville
Samuel Merwin
Harwich
Annie Fowlow
Jennié Campbell
Worcester
Abbie
Grace Nicholson
Leominster
Charles Bowers
New Hampshire
Lexington Park
Roger Walcott
U. S. S. Nantucket
Sudbury Rd
C. R. Parks
F. H. Tuttle
South Acton
John D. Clark
Purebred Livestock Sale
F. J. Tuttle
Laconia
Archie C. Davis
Church Green
Concord Union Bible Society
George ‘A. Tewksbury
Vendome
Isaac MacRae
Hoar Receives Commission as Second Lieutenant at Fort Monroe
Roger Sherman Hoar was commissioned as second lieutenant of artillery at the Coast Artillery training camp Fort Monroe following selection from the officers training school. He enlisted as a private months ago and earned broad congratulations from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Sherman Hoar
Coast Artillery Training Camp
Fort Monroe
Washington
Hoar
Case Continues in Boston Assault Case
Patrolman Patrick Varley remains in Deaconess Hospital after a stabbing. Mathew Moreau of Boston and Maynard was arraigned in District Court and charged with the assault. the case was continued for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Varley
Deaconess Hospital
Mathew Moreau
Boston
Maynard
Report of Inspector Results on Milk Analysis
The following are results obtained from analysis of milk. Data likely includes quality measurements such as fat content, solids not fat, somatic cell count, and adulteration screening. Findings provide baseline indicators for dairy quality and safety.
Acton Notes Include Weddings Travel and Local Moves
Miss Marion Adams and George Lee Bixby U S N A were married July 6. West Acton residents report travels and family visits including Miss Leslie Joy at Ha verhill and Mrs Whitcomb leaving Mass General Hospital for Everett home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Joy
Haverhill
Arthur Goding
Camp Devens
Jennie Durkee
Maynard
Mabel Bezanson
Waltham
R. B. Moore
Salisbury Beach
Charles Whitcomb
Mass. General Hospital
Austin Bodwell
Beebe Plains
Can
James Coburn
Local Residents Enjoy Summer Absences Travel and Visits
Concord Junction residents and visitors share vacations, weekend stays, and travels. William McCarron from Watertown visits his aunt Mrs. Lor ing while Miss Ethel Shaughnessy visits Belmont. Several residents plan summer homes and trips to Scituate, Orono, Denisonport, and France with family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McCarron
Watertown
John E. Loring
Ethel Shaughnessy
Belmont
Mary Williams
Harvey Stone
Garden City
Newton
Thomas Lane
Newtonville
Edward Sheehan
Jeremiah Sheehan
F. R. Connor
West Gloucester
Edward J. Lyons
Deaconess Hospital
Henry Delaney
John FitzPatrick
Camp Devens
Mary Coughlin
Scituate
Cliff House
Tracey Pope
Woonsocket
A. C
Moving Pictures House
Harold I. Judkins
Orono
W. D. Wright
William
Dennisport
South Shore
Percy Rideout
Rideout
Lieut. Rideout
Concord Junction Honor Roll Seeks Full Names and News
The Concord Junction honor roll invites public aid to keep a complete record of servicemen. A book kept by Rodney Pratt in the post office lists each name on a page and records updates on camp status, health, promotions, furloughs, marriages, and transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Junction
Europe
France
Rodney Pratt
Cradle Roll Festival At Union Church Highlights
The annual Cradle Roll festival for babies was held at Union church last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Mary B. Lane, organizer and caretaker, presided as mothers gathered around. Mrs. Case of South Acton and Rev. Mr. Stone spoke. Refreshments followed and attendees, both infants and adults, were made welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Church
Mary B. Lane
Case
South Acton
Mr. Stone
Auctioneer ad lists livestock sales in Massachusetts
Otis H. Forbush announces sales in Concord Junction Lynn and Harvard with 25 cows one bull two horses milk outfits milking machine cooler and related items plus cattle including 40 head at Tahanto farm Harvard many heifers and fall calvings multiple sales dates in July August and September with posters for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis H. Forbush
Concord Junction
Mass
Concord
George W. Harmon
Holyoke St
Lynn
Fiske Warren
Tahanto Farm
Harvard
Snyder
Framingham
William Batsford Weds Nettie Reynard Then Heads Abroad
William Batsford and Miss Nettie Reynard were married Friday at the Methodist church parsonage with Rev. Charles F. Parsons presiding. Batsford, of the Supply Train, 3d Field Artillery, was en route from Ft. Sill to France, took a one day furlough, waived the five day marriage law, and proceeded to Camp Mills to join his regiment. Both families and local friends know the couple. Batsford previously worked at Assabet mills and lived with Mrs. Taylor on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Batsford
Nettie Reynard
Overseas
Acaquilla Reynard
Brown St
Methodist
Charles F. Parsons
Batsford
3D Field Artillery
Ft. Sill
Okla
France
Keyes
Concord District Court
Camp Mills
Assabet Mills
Taylor
May‘nard
The
Bedford Farewell Party For Local Soldiers
A large crowd gathered in the village hall of Lexington to bid farewell to Francis Kelley Herbert Harrington and John Rudd who have enlisted in the army and left for duty Monday. Charles Dailey gave each man a travel bag stocked with toilet articles. Attendees included friends from Arlington Lexington and Bedford. The event was organized by Mrs Byron A Russell Mrs B J Harrington Miss Annie Rudd Miss Josephine Ormond Mrs John Donovan and Mrs James Whalen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Kelley
Herbert Harrington
John Rudd
Village Hall
Lexington
Charles Dailey
Arlington
Bedford
Byron A. Russell
B. J. Harrington
Annie Rudd
Josephine Ormond
John Donovan
James Whalen
Mrs Emma Caroline Skene obituary notes Bedford widow of Rev Dr Skene
Mrs Emma Caroline Pinney Skene widow of Rev Dr George Skene died at 8 Hillside Ave. She was born Chicopee April 28 1849 and married August 28 1873. The couple served in Adams Troy Pittsfield Springfield Cambridge Roxbury and South Boston before settling in Bedford in 1907. Dr Skene died in 1917. She is survived by two sons Norman Locke and Harold Vincent Skene. Funeral services were held at her residence Thursday at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Caroline
Pinney
Skene
George Skene
Hillside Ave
Chicopee
Adams
Mass
Troy
N. Y
Pittsfield
Springfield
Cambridge
Roxbury
Boston
Bedford
Popular Motorman Dead from Lexington and North Woburn
Frank Greene a Middlesex and Boston Street Railway motorman for 12 years died at Symmes Arlington hospital after an appendectomy. Born in North Woburn about 1885 he was active in the Woburn schools and a popular member of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Greene
Lexington
North Woburn
Middlesex and
Cottage Destroyed Near Carlisle River Fire Sparks Theories
The cottage of Thomas Unoson on the Concord river near Carlisle burned Wednesday night. Six canoes and a motor boat were saved. A man was seen leaving the cottage before the fire and an investigation is underway. Some think lightning struck during a severe electrical storm. The cottage was unoccupied. Miss Zelma Wetherbee vacationing in Maine. Horace Gowans of Arlington visited town. Mr and Mrs Paul Webber welcome a daughter. Mary Pickford in M'liss drew large crowds at Lexington theater last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binks
Rolfe Kilby
Norwich
John Lent
Puffer Jd
Anthony Carnalla
Hayes Sr
Elizabeth
Edith Elson
David Howells
Lynn
Charles Varney
Concord St
Charles Delisle
Marlboro
Mildred Morgan
Thompson St
Cambridge
Mabel’ Andrews
Providence
R. 1
Thomas Bell
Main St
Alice Coles
Reading
Nathaniel Davis
Pleasant St
Joseph Donahue
Isabella
Elson
Albert Driscoll
Vermont
Thomas Unoson
Concord River
Carlisle Ee
Zelma Wetherbee
Maine
Horace ‘Gowans
Arlington
Paul Webber
Mary Pickford
M’liss
Lexington
South Acton Sunday services and Sunday school note
Acton union services at West Acton Sunday morning at 10 30. Sunday school session omitted that day but meets next Sunday. South and West Acton Sunday schools annual picnic at Lake Whalum Fitchburg Tuesday July 23. Notify Mr Newton the superintendent by Thursday. Limit is 60 for two trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Acton
South
Lake Whalum
Fitchburg
Newton
Battle described by Pvt Elmer Mattson in France
In a letter home Pvt Elmer Mattson recounts a morning battle between a French and a German aviator over France. He details shrapnel bursts, a French plane engaging the German, and both aircraft fading into the clouds, expressing hope the German met a decisive fate. He asks for American cigars and tobacco rations and vows the foe will be punished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Mattson
France
Fritzie
Elmer
Wounded in Action Private Beavis in France
Private Joseph Beavis 23d A S Inf son of Joseph Beavis Priest was wounded on June 6 in France. He wrote home from a hospital there saying he is receiving the best treatment after being hit in the thigh while on a hilltop action against German forces. He enlisted in 1917 and is 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Beavis
A. S. Inf
France
Beavis
U. S
Rented Store for Automobile Business at Waltham and Parker
Joseph P. Schnatz and James J. Ledgard rent the corner store at Waltham and Parker streets, formerly Cuttell Bros. They plan a full line of auto supplies and tires and will install vulcanizing and battery charging equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Schnatz
James J. Ledgard
Waltham and
Parker Sts
Cuttell’ Bros
Raymond Smith Home On Fifteen Day Furlough
Seaman Raymond Smith of the U S S Naval Reserves and son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Smith is home on a fifteen day furlough. He has been assigned as a member of the torpedo boat destroyer Maury which was launched at the Fore River shipyard on July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Smith
U. SS. Naval Reserves
Thomas Smith
Parker Sr
U. S
Ministers Swap Pulpits At Local Churches
Rev Charles L Pierce of the West Acton Baptist church preached at the Methodist Episcopal church in a pulpit exchange with Rev Charles F Parsons. The Women's Foreign Missionary society meets Thursday evening at Mrs A O Dunham's home on Great Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Pierce
Baptist Church
West Acton
Methodist Biscopal
Sister Mary Gilbert to Return Thursday
Sister Mary Gilbert of St. Agnes convent South Boston will return Thursday after a week visiting at Immaculate Conception convent Marlboro. Family and many friends visited her during her stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gilbert
Rose Hannon
St. Agnes Convent
Boston
Immaculate Conception Convent
Marlboro
Enlisted as Mechanic Leo Lowney in Navy Aviation Corps
Leo Lowney enlisted during the week as a mechanic in the aviation corps of the U S navy and expects to be called soon for a school course in mechanics. He was accepted on his seventh application for enlistment in the various branches of the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo. Lowney
Aviation Corps
U. S. Navy
Leo
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George Smith
Joseph Zottoli
Squantum
Charlotte Houson
C. N. Canfield
Lowell
Charles Stockbridge
Lindenst
Textile Council
Michael Louka
Newtonville High School
Charles Irwin
Acton Sr
Rhode Island State College
Kingston
R. I
Harry Ledgard
Orangemen
Billerica
Orville Tucker
Wollaston
William Bishop
George Wihry
Benjamin
John Comeau
Linden St
Jennie Grindrod
Frank Grindrod
Pawtucket
William Holt
Bancroft St
A. T. Haynes
Clarence Bodfish
F. A. Parsons
S. H. Gooch
Portland
Brooks St
Dopce Brothers Coupe
Dodge Brothers Works
Detroit
Packard
Cadillac R
Torrey & Vialle, Inc
Main and
Walden Streets
Concord, Mass
McCarthy
Cossar
Punkanasset Farm
Higginson
Williams
Graves State
Acton
Universalist Church
M.E. Church
Hodgdon’s
M. A. Coughlan
Aquillian
Princess Mouquette
R. T
R. T. Stanhope
R. T. Moyer Stanhope
Moyer Concord
R. T. Surreys
Levy
Arelington Heights
John A. Finigan
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