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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1918
Page
10
Local society notices list George Hooper Bradford Parker and Edward Archer returning from a fishing trip to Sebago Lake Maine. Several residents visit relatives in Vermont New Hampshire and Massachusetts as Dr Carl Persons receives a wartime commission and many move households.
Miss Lizzie Gates daughter of Mr and Mrs William Gates of Parker Jr and Edmund Hooper son of Mr and Mrs William D Hooper of Powder Mill were married this afternoon at 4 o clock at the Methodist parsonage Brooks street by Rev Charles F Parsons. Bride and bridesmaid wore blue silk, best man Raymond Hooper. After a wedding tour to Albany and New York City they will live with the groom's parents. They receive gold silver china and linen among gifts. Mrs Hooper active in Methodist church Epworth league and Magdalen chapter O E S. Mr Hooper from Maynard trained at Bryant and Stratton and belongs to M E church and A F and A M.
Miss Lee of Lexington visited Miss Sarah Walsh over the weekend. Oakdale and Riverhurst camps fill with summer residents and weekend visitors. Mr and Mrs MacNamee move to Hartford Street. Lexington Park welcomed many visitors Sunday for an evening concert in the park.
Memorial day services honored two Bedford youths fallen in the war with Lincoln Drum corps and Home Guard escorting veterans to Shaw Sheen cemetery. Parade led by 2d Lieut. Samuel Loomis from Fortress Monroe, son of Judge Elihu G. Loomis. Impressive services followed at the cemetery and town hall refreshments concluded the day.
A bag of clothes left between Bedford Centre and Brookshield on Tuesday May 21 is requested for pickup. The finder should leave the items at Ghelton's grocery store for collection by Arlington Wet Wash.
A pen extractor device is described to save officers from manually extracting old pens. It features a metal loop that can be pressed to lift the pen firmly, allowing removal by pulling the holder.
Wyman Rogers arrives home on sick leave May 30 and plans to return to his ship June 5. Charles Goodnow, once reported wounded in France, has recovered and returned to the trenches. Mr. Davis of Framingham hires Mrs Bradford's Yo Yo factory to produce a new beverage.
Sudbury Centre beat South Sudbury 14 to 3 and 3 to 0 on May 30. The Baldwin brothers pitched well for Centre, limiting hits while Frank Burr pitched well for South Sudbury. L Burr’s line drive into a group of about 20 girls stood out amid the mainly practice games.
Miss Mary Armstrong closes her ladies dry goods store after several years in business. The move comes as a surprise to friends and ends the shop’s operations.
Mrs George L Towne hosted a Tuesday afternoon surprise party for her husband on his 75th birthday. Guests helped celebrate with meals and cheerful greetings.
A checker board given to the Maynard Red Cross is on display in the Smoke Shop window. Tickets go on sale this week with the board to be awarded to a ticket holder later. Frank Lawton, ex Enterprise reporter and Westfield Journal staffer, joined the Waltham Evening News as advertising agent and reporter this week.
The American Woolen Co plans to construct eight residences on Ben Smith Hill and Reardonville property to ease the local housing shortage. Four will be cottages and four will be double houses. construction will start as soon as possible.
The Poverty party at I. O. O. F. hall followed the regular meeting drawing a large crowd in costume. A poverty lunch was served and a program featured readings by Miss Laura Woodart and K. H. Damien, with quartet selections and dances by Miss Laura Gault. Costume prizes went to Miss Grace, Mal Hinson and Harry Hull.
Ernest Howard Maynard Butterworth and Ethel Richardson were married at the bride's Winchester home. The groom, a Winchester jeweler, will reside there. Attendees included both families and H. H. Young's family. Watson Connor enrolled Tuesday as a fourth class cook in the Naval Reserves.
Miss Celia Sherr wins the Thrift Stamp prize for Commercial department freshmen with 60 credits in typewriting. Reino Keto and Lillian Haninnen follow with 59 and 47 credits respectively, marking the first time a girl takes the award after prior male winners.
Today is the final day for all men who turned 21 since June 5 of last year to register under the Selective Draft Law. Town Clerk Frank E. Sanderson and staff remain on duty all day and until 9 PM to complete the registrations.
The Philathea class of the Methodist Episcopal church will show a moving picture titled Amarilla of Clothesline Alley at Colonial Hall on Tuesday evening June 11. Tickets are on sale through class members.
Ernest Reynard of American Express says consolidation of express companies under Director General McAdoo will form a new company capitalized at 30 million dollars.
The incorporators are summoned to meet at the Banking Rooms Maynard Massachusetts on Wednesday June 12 at eight o clock P M. The meeting will hear reports elect officers for the ensuing year and transact other business per order of President Howard A Wilson Clerk
Mr and Mrs A B Smith of Marlboro were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Edward Wooldridge on Bent Avenue.
Samuel Ineson Jr. suffered a painful hand injury when a trace chain hook snagged the fleshy area of his left palm while hitching a horse. The wound extended nearly two inches to the second joint and was dressed by a doctor.
A discussion on lightning behavior notes that strikes can recur in the same area and even the same structure. Citing a Harvard President’s tale, it highlights a belt in the White Mountains where many trees are blasted along a 200 to 300 foot wide strip, suggesting iron in soil or rock as a factor.
The Long Island Herald reports a vivid example of Red Cross fellowship among fighting men. Two brothers in British service tied to Italian Expeditionary Forces and a Malta convalescent received socks and articles from the American Red Cross. The brothers belong to Mrs. Mary Edmonds’s family, niece of Mrs. William Morris of Lincoln Street, a family with 36 men in the British army, six of them her brothers.
The White Cross Guild met at Riverside hall on Sunday afternoon with Rev. John J. McHugh of St. Bridget's church as guest speaker. He gave an address on Charity from early times to now. The event featured a children’s entertainment and raised 103 dollars for Maynard Red Cross and Maynard Soldiers' fund, with receipts split between the two groups.
The War Savings contest standings through June 1 show totals for LO, OA, KA and other groups with LO at 396.03, M A 126.85, AO H 103.86, and K of P 80.82. The A O H recorded the greatest gain for the month as a rally to boost stamp sales is planned for Monday with Postmaster Coughlan to supply details later in the week.
A group of Lowell Naval recruiting officers held a public square meeting on Saturday to urge young men to join. Attendees included Chief Yeoman Tucker Chief Electrician Samuel Curtis Chief Steward Robert C Cann and Chief Steward Charles T Cavanaugh. Headquarters at 7 Merrimacst. They cited pay from 32.50 to 147.67 per month with enlistment ages 18 to 35 for regular service and 18 to 58 for Naval Reserves.
Jeremiah Moynihan and his daughter Cecelia of Cambridge visited Memorial Day with friends. Miss Moynihan offered a large parcel on Main Street for a public library. A town meeting formed a committee to study the proposal, but no report was ever submitted.
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