Strawberry Festival Planned by Sudbury Memorial Church
Sudbury Memorial Church members plan a Lawn Party Strawberry Festival on June 4 from 3:00 to 8:00 PM on the church lawn and in the vestry. The event features old fashioned strawberry cakes, grilled foods, ice cream, and beverages with games like square dancing, horseshoes, and a fish pond. Music by Dave Bently’s and a 90s Barber Shop Quartet will join a professional caller guiding dances. Mrs Dixon Copp leads the effort with church and parish volunteers coordinating refreshments and activities.
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Sudbury
Dave Bently
Yesteryear
Dixon Copp
C. Hall
Arvid Ison
Marian Eaton
Albert Tallant
Theodore Harng
Fire engulfs Bedford home. loss near fifty thousand dollars
Boston attorney Richard E. Keating awoke to flames in the kitchen Saturday at 2 am and fled with his sister in night clothes. The Pine Ridge Farm residence on Old Billerica Road, recently made permanent by Keating, housed valuable antiques and a low library destroyed in the blaze. Fire Chief Dodge led efforts. the blaze raged until 7:30 am with an all out signal issued. The home, part of the former Rowse estate, suffered about fifty thousand dollars in losses.
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Bedford
Richard E. Keating
Boston
Pine Ridge Farm
Billerica Road
Richard S. Dodge
Rowse
Keating
Town Hall Night Features Grange Leadership and Plans
A Bedford town hall gathering listed William Dean as master and Richard Powderly as lecturer with a full executive committee and helpers from Lincoln Acton Sudbury and Lexington. Announcement covered a June 18 Weston horse show and barbecue for the State Grange Youth Camp, with a June 14 meeting and children's party planned.
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Bedford
Town Hall
William Dean
Lincoln
Richard D. Powderly
Acton
Pomona
Maude Clarl
Sudbury
Irene Parsons
Pinehurst
Claton Morse
Lexington
Nettie Talbot
Waltham
George Ewing
Norman Streeter
Fred Woos
Elizabeth Britts
Ceres
Mary Kuper
Anna Stebner
the Grange
Judith Swanson
Larry Webber
Alice Damery Joanee
He Son
Eddie van Joan Wannamaker
Seawee Ments
Harold S. Wellington
James D. Smith
Charlies S. Hume
John J. McGrath
Gordon Mahony
Herbert Thurber
Boll Weevils Threaten Billion-Dollar Cotton Loss
The article notes boll weevils devastate cotton crops annually, causing approximately 2 billion dollars in damage and prompting agricultural research and control efforts.
Mrs Hill hosts guest over holiday weekend
Mr and Mrs Richard C Hill of Wayland road welcomed Mrs William B Montgomery of Pachang Conn as a house guest over the holiday weekend. Shirley L Cutting was accepted at Boston University Physical Education for Women. Stuart Edgerly spent the weekend with his parents in Jamaica NY where he is employed. Mr and Mrs Francis Bacon and family visited Five Islands Maine enjoying good weather on their motor trip.
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Richard C. Hill
Wayland Road
Hill
William B. Montgomery
Pachang
Conn
Shirley L. Cutting
Boston University
Sargent
Stuart Edgerly
Professor
Edgerly
Jamaica
New York
Francis Bacon
Five Islands
Maine
Young Peoples Group to Hear John C Hall
Sudbury church group invites all to attend a talk by John C Hall on The History of Sudbury next Sunday at 7 p m in the church vestry. He has researched the subject and gathered facts to enlighten both old and young. The note adds a stray line about the word vanilla meaning little pod.
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Sudbury
Memorial Congregational Church
John C. Hall
Sympathy Offered After Death of Miss Gladys Winn Foster
Sympathy is expressed to Mrs. J Warren Blake of 20 Crescent avenue on the death of her sister Miss Gladys Winn Foster of Burlington who died Saturday May 28. Whittredge Clark of Davis road is a patient at Emerson Hospital after a reemergency operation for appendicitis. Mrs. William Pfeiffer of Montclair N J visits with Misses Hannah and Alice Pfeiffer of 238 Great road. Miss Hannay Pfeiffer had been visiting in Montclair and returned with Mrs. Pfeiffer.
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J. Warren Blake
Crescent Avenue
Gladys Winn Foster
Bulington
Whittredge Clark
Davis Road
Emerson Hospital
William Pfeiffer
Montclair
N. J
Hannah and
Alice Pfeiffer
Great Road
Hannay Pfeiffer Haseen
Pfeiffer
Paul Revere Chapter Meets in Town Hall
The Paul Revere Chapter O E S held its monthly gathering in Bedford Town Hall led by Matron Ruth R. Echols and Worthy Patron Edmund L. French. Attendees included Ruth M. Livermore Evelyn Wannamaker and others. Janice Hopkinson won the Afghan prize. The Jewel Club organized the entertainments and refreshments. The next meeting is slated for June 16 to mark the 33rd anniversary of the chapter.
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Janice Hopkinson
Jewel Club
Pre nuptial Shower for Patricia Hughes Ahead of Lexington Wedding
Bedford hosts Mrs William Coolidge and Mrs Clifford Wallace for a pre nuptial shower at the Coolidge home on Fletcher road. Cousin Patricia Hughes of Lexington will wed Charles McDonald of Lexington on 12. Seventeen guests from Lexington Wakefield Melrose Medford and Bedford attended. Hughes received many miscellaneous gifts.
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Bedford
William Coolidge
Clifford Wallace
Coolidge
Fletcher Road
Patricia Hughes
Lex
Hughes
Charles McDonald
Lexington
Oliver N. Clark
School Avenue
Wakefield
Melrose
Medford
Miss Hughes
En One in This Country Year Any Other Vegetable
A brief note discusses the phrase ee en one in the country year and compares it to other vegetables mentioned in the same context. The text reads as a fragmented reference without clear event or attribution.
Acton Reading Awards Honor Local Students at Clubhouse
Acton reading certificates were presented at the Town Woman’s Clubhouse by Mary Lothrop, librarian, naming 30 readers from second and third grades including Char lene Newman, Curtis Gregor Prentice, Janice Hill, John Russell, and Elizabeth Hartwell. A film program featuring sport travel and comic reels followed, shown by Mr. Russell of Chelsea.
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Miss Lothrop
Charlene Newman
Curtis Gregor Prentice
Janice Hill
John Russell
Philip Sked
Elizabeth Hartwell
Rolland Farrar
Robin Thomas Cloud
Irene Enneguess
Laura Turner
Mr. Russell
Chelsea
Leaders To Hear Lowell Girl Scout Meeting
Leaders troop committees and others will meet next Monday at 8 p m in the Acton Woman's Club house to hear Mrs Jefferson Mansfield a longtime Lowell Girl Scout leader. She will share practical hints on indoor and outdoor scouting with proceeds aiding Pins for the Girl Scouts. Cookies will be sold to support troops with deliveries June 18.
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Acton
Cub Scouts Promote At Pack Meeting In Kangas
Acton Cub Scouts received advancement awards at a pack meeting held Wednesday night. Richard O'Neil Terence Janericco and Jackson earned bear badges. Langille Baker Nylander and J Cub master Dewey Boatman announced details. The next total lunar eclipse will be visible across North Amelia from 9:20 to 10:33 p.m. and another eclipse is expected in September.
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Acton
Kangas
Richard O'Neil
Terence Janericco
Jackson
Im Langille
Wesley Baker
Russell Nylander
Charles J
Dewey E
North
Amelia
Uae
Local Senior Plans June Wedding at Bedford Field
Miss Wannamak er, a Lexington High School senior and local graduate, is engaged and plans a wedding for the latter part of June near Bedford Air Field.
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Cently
Bedford Air Field
Wannamaker
Lexington High School
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