Maynard and Local Happenings Highlight Week
Maynard residents and visitors noted with social and civic events. Townsfolk include Thomas Coughlin Jessie Bell George Hooper and local lodge memorial services. Memorial Day cemetery visits and a public auction at Harriman house accompany theater and comet viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Coughlin
Maiden
Jessie Bell
Sebattis
George Hooper
Maine
Christie
Maynard Lodge
Mixpah Rebekah Lodge
Gilroy
Moving Pictures
William Lord
Roland
Frank Harriman
Regal
Memorial Day Exercises Address Veterans and Soldiers
Memorial Day services featured Rev. D C Torrey reading the Soldiers Psalm and giving remarks. Lieut Joseph F Beale of John A Andrews post G A R spoke, followed by Mrs Temple in a patriotic song. A procession formed from town hall with Arlington brass band and Civil War veterans to Liansheen cemetery for tributes, then returned for a veterans’ collation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Torrey
Walter Teimple
Abbott Weaber
Joseph F. Beale
John A. Andrews
Lieut. Beale
Temple
Bedford Notes and Local Happenings This Week
Mrs Addie Robins has returned to Bedford from Florida. Harold Hattem arrives from Po Eng to work as gardener on Fletcher road starting June 1. Thermometer hit plus 80 in shade with high humidity. Williams of Seas Williams Boston moved to Bedford in a new home on Fletcher road. Court contest for Central Middlesex District Court justice posts heats up with Prescott Keyes and Sylvester Robertson favored. Halley's comet drew Bedford Star Savers on Thursday from 8 to 10 pm with the nucleus green and the tail visible through field glasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hattem
Po . Eng
Dedham
Bedford
Williams
Hardware Af Seas & Williams
Boston
Rotar W Brown
Fletcher Road
District Court of
Central Middlesex
Holden
Othe
Concord
Prescott Keyes
Sylvester P. Robertson
Lexington
Halley
Bedford Star Savers
Frost Garden Co forms partnership and expands farm near Lexington park
J Newton Frost who bought Belle Meade Farm with Dr Elliott partners with Oscar Lenk of Norwood to form the Frost Garden Co. The three-party venture aims to transform 165 acres including the old McGrath farm into a market garden and fruit orchard. They have set out thousands of fruit trees and vegetable crops and plan cabbage plants for sale through local provision dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Newton Frost
Belle Meade Farm
South Road
Dr. Elliott
Oscar ‘. Lenk
Norwood
Prost Garden Co
Mr. Frost
McGrath
Lexington Park
Frost Garden Co
Frost
Town News and Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits
Burleigh Pratt, William Golden, Mabel Macomber, Helen Bowker and Roy Butcher are listed as recent visitors or residents from nearby towns. The Concord hospital matron warns no one is authorized to solicit for the institution. Prescott Keyes gains support for a judgeship after his father’s death. Riverside baseball opens with wins over Acton and Maynard. Clay resigns as reformatory engineer to join a Franklin mill. W. W. Blossom relocates to Hudson to run an undertaker business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott Keyes
Riverside
Acton
Maynard
Clay
Reformatory
Franklin
W. W. Blossom
Hudson
Mr. Blossom
Bedford Dramatic Club Stages The Magistrate
The Bedford Dramatic Club presented the four act play The Magistrate in Association Hall on Friday evening under Hawthorne chapter O E S. The audience praised the acting and found the performance highly enjoyable with amusing incidents, though attendance was small. Miss Clara led the cast with notable performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Dramatic Club
Hawthorne
Clara
Diamond jewelry sale with cash or installment plans
An advertised sale promises no running expenses for a large store offering high class jewelry and diamonds of the purest kind at rock bottom cash or installment prices. It emphasizes assurance and financing options.
Old Wright's Tavern Changes Hands in Concord
New management runs Old Wright's Tavern in Concord with focus on automobilists clubs and banquets. Moderate boarder rates offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OLD
Pratt Performs Piano Solos Before Vocal Selections
Pratt rendered a number of piano solos before the performance and the enjoyment by vocal selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt
Memorial Day Exercises at West Concord School
Memorial Day program held in the West Concord school assembly hall with students and many parents in attendance. Principal Tapely spoke on the day’s origin and meaning, then Part Commander Bowker of Old Concord Post GA R told experiences under Admiral Farragut. Parents visited classrooms to view half year work and student drawings later exhibited in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Concord
F. L. ‘Tapely
Wongs
Bowker
Old Concord Post
GA. R
Admiral Farragut
Hoston
Union Church Notes Sunday Sermons and Schedule
The pastor will speak Sunday morning on Fighting the Inevitable and Sunday evening on Religious Convictions. Thursday evening services begin at 8 o'clock.
Local Society Notes and Meetings Across Town
Amherst residents spent holidays in nearby towns with families joining in church vestry gatherings and club events. Albert Rockwood returns from college while Mrs H Rolfe tailors preparations for a reception honoring J F Carr as honorary W C T U member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst Agricultural
Gertrude Towle
South Framingham
J. W. Raymond
Milford
N. Ht
Concord
Bible Society
BR. F. Wood
Albert Rockwood
J. F. Carr
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John Heffener
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Haney
Thomas Bell
Old Orchard
Brass Band
Jersey
Ferns
Hibernians
Fitchburg
Marlboro
Gertrude
Teddy
Chandler and Howard Company
Alion
Charles McGill
Bridgeton
James Claflin
Sudbury St
McGill
Katie Power
Harriman House
Arthur J. Coughlan
Main St
Harriman Court
Ads Bisbee
L. D. Wilson
Society
Congress
P. N. Dahl
Optometrist
Mass
Spencer Bros
Walden St. Concord, Mass
Tel
Daintiest Conceits
Jabote
Edith A. Buck
Main Street
A. M. Wood CO
Coal & Lumber
Southern Division
Miss Buck’s
S.& E. Jones
Commonwealth Ave
Concord Junction
Advan
W. F. Litchfield
MAIN
Mra
Addie Robins
Florida
Burleigh Pratt
William Golden
Natick
Mabel Macomber
James Adams
Helen Bowker
Lowell
Roy Butcher
Athol
Winstow D. Kingman
Mainsi
Benjamin Loring
Concord Hospital
Joshua Edwards
P. O
E. Boeske
Charles C. Wellman
West Concord School
Union Church Notes
Trinitarian Church
Charles H. Towle
Mercy
North Middlesex
Ayer
Jeanie ‘Barrett
Luther Burbanh
Tba
John M.jakeyes
Keyes
GEO. H. Watchmaker and Jeweler
Nason Street
Naylor
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