Local residents named in town notices and military moves
Maynard and surrounding residents are listed visiting relatives, on vacation, or stationed in military service. Private George Lawson serves at Camp Meade. Preston Blanchard with Naval Reserves at Bumpkin Island. Ralph Lingley at Camp Devens. Anthony Luker and James Hartin assigned to U S ships and camps. Several locals face furloughs or family events as August routines begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jackson
Maple St
Ware
George Lawson
Co. E
17Th Inf
Camp Meade
Charles Richardson
Parker St
Springfield
Preston Blanchard
Naval
Bumpkin Island
J . Gary Cameron
Calvin Morse
James R. Bent
Brooks
Summer Hill Rd
Summer St
Elizabeth Binks
Roy Carmichael
Waltham
Supt. of Schools
William H. Millington
Hyannis
Arthur Bariteau
Concord St
Brockton
The
Methodist Episcopal,church
Elizabeth McCarthy
Warren St
Nashua
N. H
Walter Peterson
Co. I
Tith Tae
Camp Devens
Catherine Egan
Brighton
Nicholas Driscoll
Main St
John O’levy
Front St
Alfred Manningan
John Moore
France
Agnes Richardson
Palmer School of Penmanship
Boylston St
Boston
Arthur Walker
Sidj Hk
Margaret Sullivan
Charlena Whitney
Bent Ave
Frank Smith
Thomas Smith
Parker Sr
U. S. S. Pawnee
Anthony Luker
U. S.S
Lansda Ja
Fore
Auto hits by electric car injures none in Medford
An auto owned and driven by Alton Sims and a party of relatives and friends was struck by an electric car in Medford on Sunday morning. The auto sustained damage but the occupants escaped with no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Sims
Medford
Concord Post Office workers and travelers noted in town items
Alfred Loftus works at the Concord post office while Allen Brown serves at the Officers training camp in Lancaster. The column lists locals on vacation visits from Jamaica Plain to Peak's Island Maine and Contoocook New Hampshire, plus trips to Syracuse and Philadelphia. Bathing at Lake Walden continues to draw crowds as residents and visitors travel for summers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Loftus
Concord
Allen Brown
Lancaster
George Shepherd
Forrest Whitney
Richardson’s Pharmacy
Irene Borland
Main St
Honolulu
Harry Brigham
Peak’s Island
Margaret Babbitt
North Carolina
George King
Annie Fowlow
Devens
Jamaica Plain
Charles Maguin
Edward Carlson
Syracuse
N. Y
George A. Tewksbury
Mary
Dorothy
Contoocook
N. H
Wheeler
Stoughton
Wis
M. T. Carrigan’s
Mr. Graves
Walter Davis
Swampscott
William Davis
Colrain
Apples for Sale to Reliable Picker Ad
Apples for sale to reliable picker. Apply to Miss Woodhull at the school Concord Mass. adv 7.
British subjects urged to enlist for Canadian or U S forces
British and Canadian recruiting drive in the United States offers a 60 day window from July 31 to Sept 28 for ages 20 to 44. Those enlisting join Canadian or British camps or face U S draft after the period. U S exemptions are in effect during the window. Major Wolcott and Major Hart promote recruiting across Massachusetts with a traveling team and bands touring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United
United States
W. A. White
C. B
White
London
U. S
U. S. Army
U.S
Kenneth D. Harlatt
Scruiting
Massachusetts
Canada
Roger Wolcott
Wolcott
M. C. Hart
4Th
Canadian Mounted Rifles
T. F. MacMahon M. C
Irish Guards
J. L. Breskey
Royal Engineers
Bromfield St
Boston
Medical Board
Concord Junction embraces wartime garden effort gains
The U I S and local groups praise a strong village push for kitchen gardens. Mr Prendergast is highlighted for starting with a poor area and yielding crops equal to farm wages, improving health and beauty while conserving waste. The piece ends with thanks for sympathy after a bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vv. I. S
Prendergast
Mr. Prendergast
My Dream of the U S A Hospital Verse
A Caduceus weekly clipping by Sergt John P Hunt recalls wartime scenes from Camp Greene Washington and the U S Army in World War I. It mentions Crowder Baker Pershing Sims Gorgas and Admiral Sims praising Camp Greene Hospital and Ward A 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caduceus
Camp Greene
John P. Hunt
Concord
Mass
Congress
Germany
President Wilson
Washington
Crowder
Secretary Baker
Old Camp Greene
Daniels
Uncle Sam
Admiral Sims
Pershing
Rhine
General Gorgas
United States
U. SA
South Acton Notes from a Local Visit and Updates
South Acton items record visits and travels including Alma and Jennie Stowell from Vernon, Charles Barker at Fort Pond, and Barbara Ham visiting in New Hampshire. The note list covers local moves, health, furloughs, new barber arrival, pension news, and several residents’ activities and jobs.
Emma Halliday Leaves School for Natick
Emma Halliday, four years a valued teacher at our school, accepts a new position in Natick. Her pupils and colleagues praise her fairness, good judgment, and willingness to help causes. She will be missed by the Congregational church where she has been a faithful worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
Halliday
Natick
Congregational Church
Congregational Church August Services Announced
The church will suspend services through August except the C WH meeting on Sunday night at 7. August 4 topic is All for Christ I Our Ambitions taken from Phil 3 4 11. Everyone is invited to the single village Sunday service this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Willis and Roland Return From Warren Visit
Mrs. H. B. Willis and Roland returned Sunday from Warren Rhode Island where they had visited a week at the home of her daughter Mrs. Walter Taylor. The return was by auto. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tuttle and Mrs. A. A. Jones rode in the Maxwell on Saturday afternoon, returning Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Lawton
Burlington News
Burlington
Catherine Lawton
Great Rd
Daniel Reardon
E. E. Schumaker
Cambridge
Congregational Church
Esther Moore
Philadelphia
Mary McGarthy
Warren St
Joseph Moore
Milford
H. B. Willis
Roland
Warren, R. I
Walter Taylor
Auto
Walter Tuttle
A. A. Jones
Maxwell
Mrs Susie Weeks Dies After Illness in West Medford
Mrs Susie Caroline Weeks wife of Walter S Weeks died at her home in West Medford Saturday after a long illness from tuberculosis They had lived in South Acton for years where Mr Weeks was a bookkeeper at Faulkner Mills Funeral service was held at her home and burial followed in Berwick Maine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Caroline Weeks
Walter S. Weeks
West Medford
South Acton
Weeks
Faulkner Mills
Faneral
Berwick, Me
Residents Gather for Friend’s Funeral in Gardner
William Reilley attended the funeral of a friend in Gardner on Saturday. Other notices include Mrs. Charles Noll visiting her mother in West Gloucester, Hazel and Helen Pyles formerly of the town visiting friends, Mrs. J. W. Colby and daughter Gladya returning from Wailtham and Dorchester, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Parker’s family from a two week visit in Winchen don. H. L. Webber bought a new 1918 Oldsmobile and heads with Mrs. Webber to Maine. Banns of marriage read at Help of Christians church for Ellen Reilley and Frank Sheridan of Maynard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Jennie Stowell
Vernon
Charles Barker
Malden
Fort Pond
Fred Burke
Barbara Ham
Ayer
Valentine Perry
Swanzey
N. H
Norman McCrossin
Amasa Hudson
St. Johnsbury
Miases Alma
Adams
Coles Block
N. J. Cole
Cora Whitney
Northfield
Frank Duffany
Ralph A. Barker
Calais
Harry Clark
Concord High School
U. S. Navy
Ament’ Radio School
Nea
Usure
Ruth 7
Tottle
Worcester
Paul Tuttle
Amherst
Congregational Churches
Amherst College
Alma Stowell
West Medford
Walter I. Weeks
J. B. Case
White Ribbon
Moore
Food Commissioners
Katherine Fletcher
Goyi Eiantent
Washesington
D. C
Civil Service
Panama
Washington
Harold Reynolds
George Gorton
Brookline
William Reilley
Gardner
Charles Noll
West Gloucester
Hazel
Helen Pyles
Waltham
J. W. Colby
Gladya
Wailtham
Dorchester
Harry Parker
Winchendon
H. L. Webber
Narrow Escape At Lake Walden Ends In Fatality
An accident at Lake Walden last week left two young women unable to swim and drowning claims. M M ten, brother of B F Howe, fought to rescue them but was pulled under twice. Archie Simpson freed a swimmer and Edson saved the other, preventing more deaths. The near tragedy warns bathers about the lake's treacherous slope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Walden
M. M
B. F Howe
Archie Simpson
Mr. Edson
Union Church Announces Vacation Pulpit Plan
Pastor Rev Alfred W Stone goes on annual vacation starting August first. Pulpit to be filled by capable ministers. Sunday August 4 guest preacher Rev Joseph C Lyman of Orono Maine. Special invitation to Maine residents to hear this educator and preacher. Singing by noted soloists. Prelude services as usual. Enedition meetings. Endeavor members lead Sunday evenings. New residents in town welcome to join Union Church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred “W. Stone
Joseph C. Lyman
Orono
Maine
Pine Tree
Endeavor Society
Union Church
Small Town Notes From West Acton Community
West Acton residents share Sunday visits and travels. Nashua’s Fred Gilmore, local residents, and families are cited with trips to Hampden beach Cape Cod Swampscott Hampton Point Allerton. wartime danger touches local lives as John J. Manning is wounded in France and a Melrose fisherman reports submarine danger off Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gilmore
Nashua
Gertrude Benere
C. C. Ramsay
Cape
George Weaver
Hampden Beach
George Blume
Olga
Hazel Granberg
Olga Monson
Swampscott
Edward Nealy
Ice Company
John J. Manning
Raymond B. Wright
France
Hall Bros. Co
Bridgeport
Fritz Oelschjever
Gilmore
Henrietta Clark
The
Telephone Exchange
Point Allerton
E. W. Clark
Tobin
Melrose
Maine
Y M C A Supplies for Troops in France Reach Vast Totals
Paris July 28. Y M C A has placed enormous orders for American troops in France. The scale includes 840 million cookies, 1.35 billion cigarettes, 93 million sticks of gum, 112.5 million chocolate bars, 7.5 million jars of jam, and about 350 million cigarettes fully contracted to be exhausted before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Red Triangle Organization
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Maynard
Russell Stone
Scotland
U. 58
Charles Courtney
Freeport
Raymond Kitchin
Moosup
Hazel Nelson
A T. Haynes
Roland Andrews
Rockville
Donse Brothers
Dodge Brothers
Detroit
Dodge
Stevens
Torrey & Vialle, Inc
Main and
Walden Streets
Concord, Mass
Goncord
Concord Junction
West Acton