Local residents host guests and service members this week
Maynard households welcomed relatives and friends from Gedden, Medway, Framingham, Worcester, Dorchester, Watertown, Acton Centre, Waltham, Newton, Brockton, Hyde Park, and Marlboro. Military personnel including Héllinus at Paris Island and others in the U S Navy and Army were noted visiting or stationed away, with several families hosting during Memorial Day and the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald
Inez
Mapleville
R. I
Thomas McNally
Medway
William Scully
Dartmouth St
John Driscoll
Chandler St
James McBride
Framingham
Genevieve
Helen Coughlan
Mabel Coonan
Worcester
Lewis Thomas
Watertown
Herbert Salisbury
Florence Gustavuson
Eaton’s Market
Dorothy Smith
Dorchester
Selectman
Frank Binks
Louis Byrnés
Acton Centre
George Gove
Waltham
Gertrude Reynard
Dorothy Parmenter
Annie McDonald
Westerly
Sadie Featherston
Brockton
Keegan
Acton
John McCormack
Hyde Park
Geo. McCormack
Main
Harry Silcox
Ralph
A. T. Haynes
Brooks St
Frank Powers
Blackstone
Patrick Powers
Main St
Henry Werner
Stella
Marlboro
Daniel Connors
John Connors
U. S
Bellows
Norfolk
William Lowney
Fred Fairbanks
Medical Supply Corps
Camp Stuart
Maryland
Ralph Panton
Alice Panton
Linden Sr
U. S Army
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Fred Hanson
U. S. Marine Corps
Old Horses on Exhibition at Red Acre Farm Stow
The 12th annual field day at Red Acre farm Stow showcased 80 resident horses and 25 loaned animals with Sergt Gordon and 50 troopers from Camp Devens performing cavalry drills races and Roman riding. Ribbons went to Stow residents and nearby owners while Miss Harriet Bird presented an exhibit on modern horse care. Prominent guests from Boston Weston and surrounding towns attended a band concert and a serving of refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Acre Farm
Stow
Paradise
Sergt. Gordon
Camp Devens
Queen
A. J. Moore
Peter Larsen
Hans Olsen
Elley
W. L. Sylvester
West Acton
William Powers
Hudson
Wm. B. Franklin
South
Acton
Mutt
J. Dixon
Weston
Harriet Bird
Red Acre
Boston
Brookline
Concord
Dedham
Joseph Gay
Red Acre Farm Association
Daniel Staniford
Julia Worthington
Edward Emerson
Floral Sunday at Congregational Church Observed
Rev. Frederick N. Rutan presides over a floral Sunday with Sunday school department exercises at 7 p.m. A morning service at 10 45 includes baptism for little children. Maynard lodge I C O F and Mizpah Rebekah lodge attend the annual Memorial service, after which sessions of the primary department will be omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick N. Rutan
Maynard Lodge
Mizpah Rebekah Lodge
Concord Social Ties Highlight Holiday Visitors
Mrs Wallace Calef and daughter Edna of Waltham were guests of friends in town. Bert Joslin of Bever ly visited his parents. Mrs Mary Drawbridge of Hopkin ton stayed with Mr and Mrs George Hunt. Mrs Charles Voight of Easthampton visited her parents on Everett Street. Alcott Pratt bought a Maxwell from Macone Bros. Elizabeth Thomas of New Bedford weekend guest of Josephine Love. Mademoiselle Demarest plans a Girls French camp at Lake Thirteenth Adirondacks leaving June 8. Ralph Holdenway won best 18 holes at Concord Country Club Memorial Day with 83 net. organ K Smith 90 net second. Middlesex Cup qualifying round held as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Calef
Edna
Waltham
Bert Joslin
Beverly
Joslin
Mary Drawbridge
Hopkinton
George Hunt
Charles Voight
Easthampton
Everett St
Alcott Pratt
Macone Bros
Elizabeth Thomas
New Bedford
Josephine Love
Mademoiselle Demarest
Colonial Inn
Lake Thirteenth
Adirondacks
Ralph Holdenway
Concord Country Club
Rgan K. Smith
Holden
Letter from Joseph Keyes Reports Front-Line Life in 1918
May 5 1918 letter to his father describes travel from Repos to front near Allentown, eight kilometers from lines, and the dangers of open warfare with shells and Whiz-bangs. He notes constant travel, car breakdowns, a woodsy camp life, trench work, and observation of batteries in orchards. He mentions a diploma, receiving The Enterprise, and asks for addresses and a ribbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Keyes
Sis
Miss . Roberts
Woodward
Gus
Gwen
Repos
Allentown
Eclais
Paris
Joe
Winners take prizes at Concord Rifle Club Memorial Day
Harry Finley won the 300 yard sheet event with 24 points at Concord Rifle Club Memorial Day. Henry Martell scored 24 to win the 200 yard sheet. Francis Daley led the 3 yard sheet with 22 to finish first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Finley
Concord Rifle Club
Henry Martell
Francis Daley
Wrights and Reeds host note and Mead in France
Acton Centre notes visiting Ella F Wright with Mr and Mrs Moses Reed for a few days. Mr Kane builds a 14 by 18 garage for two cars. Friends learn Lieut Edward A Mead has arrived safely in France. Mead a former village resident, serves in Co L 4th Div 47th U S Inf A E F.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella F. Wright
Moses A. Reed
Kane
Edward A. Mead
France
Lieut. Mead
Co. L
U. S. Inf
Motorcycle Collision Near Littleton Fatality Reported
Raymond Durkee of this town collided with a touring car on the State road in Littleton. He was taken to the State hospital at Ayer after the accident Sunday. A soldier stationed at Camp Devens was involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Durkee
Camp Devens
Littleton
Ayer
Memorial services planned by Assabet aerie at Union Congregational
Holiday notices list guests from Boston Worcester Sudbury Alliston and Everett. Assabet aerie F C E holds Memorial services and grave decorations next Sunday with a parade to cemeteries and public exercises.
Finnish Congregational Conference in Walnut Street Church
A three day Finnish Congregational conference gathered 17 churches and 39 missions with 100 delegates at Walnut Street Church from May 30 to June 2. Attendees hailed from Allston Boston Fitchburg Gardner Jersey City Quincy Staten Island Troy Worcester Milford and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western States
Walnut St
Y. P
S. C. BE
Allston
Brooklyn
N. Y
Fitchburg
Gardner
Jersey City
N. J. Quincy
Staten Island
Troy
N. H
Worcester
Milford
Wilson
McCall
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Senate
Church For God and Country
John Lillback
Anden Groop
Alex Kukko
Matti Rishimaki
Quincy
Emil Aalto
Treas
Lillback
Groop
Stenman
Theological College
John A. Crowe
United Choirs
Herbert Mallinson
Anna Holt
Walma Pickard
Hugo Kalander
America
Finland
John Vaananen
Glendale Lutheran Church to Host Thursday Address
Rev. K. E. Salonen of Monessen Pennsylvania will speak at Glendale Street Lutheran Church Thursday evening. A Y P G A conference of Eastern Lutheran churches will be held in Rockport Saturday with Glendale Lutheran members planning to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. E. Salonen
Monessen
Glendale St. Luitheran
Eastern Lutheran Churches
Rockport
Glendale St. Lutheran
Bedford residents visit, circus trips noted in town
Bedford people joined others at Barnum & Bailey performances in Boston and Lowell this week. Local residents sent greetings from Fort Benjamin Harrison and Fort Slocum as a draft quota moves some neighbors abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Bailey
Cambridge
Loomis St
Frank Malloy
Lowell
Harry Hayden
Barnum & Bailey
Edward O'Dowd
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Francis McDonald
Fort Slocum
Cambridge Officer Wins Military Cross in World War I
Lt. Francis Peabody Magoun Jr of Cambridge and formerly Bedford is awarded the Military Cross for repeated low altitude attacks on German units with bomb and machine gun fire. He is recovering in England from a severe gunshot wound received April 10. He is Harvard 1916 graduate and son of Mr. and Mrs. Magoun of 3 Concord Ave. Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Peabody Magoun Jr
Royal Aid Force
Cambridge
Bedford
England
Magoaun
Concord Ave
Harvard
France
Flying Corps
Bedford Union pupils present war pictures for Red Cross
On Tuesday evening the graduating class of Bedford Union school showed pictures of France to a large audience. Pupils explained each image while proceeds totaled 102.35 raised in five weeks by Norman E. White for the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Union School
France
Red Cross
Norman E. White
Concord Junction Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs Julia Hobart visited Roxbury on Sunday. Mrs Margaret Marshall and daughter Minnie stayed with Mr and Mrs John Collins for a holiday visit. Mr and Mrs Arthur Henigan and children from Worcester spent the holiday with Mr and Mrs Patrick Reilley. Mr and Mrs Noel Christian welcomed a baby boy born last Thursday. Mr and Mrs John O Grady visited relatives in Framingham for the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Hobart
Roxbury
Margaret Marshall
Minnie
John Collins
Arthur Henigan
Concord Teachers Club Third Meeting Features Concord Music
The Concord Teachers' Club held its third meeting of the year on May 27 in Eaton hall. Members and guests enjoyed a rich program by the Concord Musical club with piano, violin, songs, duets, and a social hour with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton Hall
Concord Teachers’ Club
Concord Musical Club
Piano Clair
Lune ‘ Debussy
Will O
MacDowell
Miss Parker
Acton News Briefs From May Events In Boston And Local
West Acton residents G P Littlefield and sons Burton and Donald along with Stuart McGregor attended a Boston circus on May 30. Ole W Bustad returned from Camp Devens with an honorable discharge due to rheumatism. Mrs Fred Dickerman of Wakefield visited J B Richardson's home. Mrs Ramsey, former resident and milliner, has moved into the tenement vacated by Hazelton Perkins. Earl Littlefield and wife began a summer trip to Southport Maine by auto. A minstrel show by town ladies is to be repeated in South Acton Friday night. Mrs Gertrude Holt and two Fitchburg children and Mrs Emma Evans and her mother visited Edith Watson this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. P. Littlefield
Burton
Donald
Stuart McGregor
Boston
Ole W. Bustad
Camp Devens
Fred Dickerman
Wakefield
R. I
J. B. Richardson
Ramsey
Hazelton Perkins
Earl Littlefield
Southport
South Acton
Gertrude Holt
Fitchburg
Emma Evans
Angie Knowlton
Lowell
Edith Watson
Holt Sister Dies After Sudden Illness in Lowell
Mrs. Clara E. Holt hurried to Lowell on Saturday as her sister Miss Josephine Baker grew critically ill. Baker died an hour and a half after Clara arrived. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Holt and B. S. Holt in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara E. Holt
Lowell
Josephine Baker
W. B. Holt
B. S. Holt
Miss J Katherine Richardson Weds Stanley Winter in Town
Miss J Katherine Richardson of this town married Stanley Winter Payson of Concord Junction at the bride’s mother Mrs J B Richardson's home on May 25. Reverend C L Pierce of the Baptist church officiated. Only close relatives attended. the bride and groom are well known locally. The groom departed Friday for Fort Slo Cum N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Katherine Richardson
Stanley Winter Payson
Concord Junction
J. B. Richardson
C. L. Pierce
Baptist Church
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Red Cross Weekly Report From West Acton
The Red Cross weekly tally for period ending June 1 lists donations including 2 prs socks for Mrs. Wm Stevens and Mrs. Moses Thompson plus other sock gifts, 0 hot water bottle covers, wristers and pajamas, hospital shirts and bandages. At May 28 special meeting two members recorded 580 surgical dressings. at May 29 regular meeting 21 members attended and completed 5 suit pajamas and 6 T binders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Acton
Red Cross
F. Stevens
Moses Thompson
Wood
Geo. H. Reed
Nancy Vose
Benere
Ruth
Elinor Swift
Katherine Met
Katherine Kinsley
Holt
D. H. Hall
Train vs Maynard At Crowe Park Next Saturday
Baseball at John A Crowe Park features Ammunition vs Maynard as the weekend attraction. Soldier’s team strengthens its lineup with heavy hitters and veteran players. Boyce the Boston College pitcher will start for Maynard with Harold Gan on receiving duties. Mulcahe and Bulger of Concord join Maynard in a hoped for close contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
John A. Crowe Park
Boyce
Boston College
Harold ‘ Gan
Mulcahe
Bulger
Concord
Gan
Boyce P
F. O’brien
H. O’brien
Marsden
Mulcahy
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Dance Brothers
Dodge Brothers
Detroit
Dodge
Torrey & Vialle, Inc
Main and
Walden Streets
Concord, Mass
Congregational Church
Piring
Charles Weaving
Mary Shea
Glendale Sr
Grace Weaving
Maple St
Edward Sheridan
James Sheridan Sr
Summit St
Union ‘Congregational Church
Margaret Flood
Alliston
Edward McManus
Sudbury St
Assabet Mills
Quartermaster Department
New York
National Express Co
John Dunning
Everett
Carl Stockbridge
Linden St
Herbert Comeau
John Comeau
Assabet Aerie, F. C. E
Bradford Gowans
Lake St., Arlington
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Concettina Albani
Cuddle Doon
Sidney Homer
Purcell
Roundelay
Lidney
Pavane Cowperin
Crist
Mrs. Shepard
Mrs. Brown
Gebhard
Iijinsky
Die Lorelei Liszt
Percy Brown
Page
Meyerbeer
Rose Clayton Johns
Throstle
Maude
Valerie Whyte
Mrs. Hitchcock
Merwin
Tuscat
Offenbach
Conant
Shepard
Brown
Ben J. C. Brown
Auctionsgr Tel. Con
Maynard, Mass
Lucy Clark
Acton Street
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