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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1926
Page
6
Maynard events cover lodge service, recitals, school closings, and community gatherings. Thompson arrives north for fish season. Ruth Murray hosts a high school shower. Legion Auxiliary meets with Flag Day plans. various clubs and students engage in sports, scouting, and charity activities.
A black and white dog is linked to an owner who may be reached at 51 Concord Street in Maynard seeking to confirm ownership and recover the pet.
Inspector James Claffin of the Boston Police Department receives a further promotion to head of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation. An expert on fingerprint systems, Claffin is recognized for his nationwide prominence in police work.
A Ford touring car driven by Antonio Numes of Hudson collided with a lathe truck at the Main and Elm street intersection in Concord Monday morning. Both vehicles were wrecked at the head end. no injuries were reported. Numes suffered a minor cut from flying glass buttons.
Last Sunday the pastor met with Mr Stane of Concord Junction and led a church delegation to the rally in the new Concord chapel. Next Sunday Mr Rolcourt will preach on The Greatest of All Games and at 6 pm the young people invite all to meet at the Church School at 9. Children’s Day will be observed in June with services at regular hours. Plans begin for the seventy fifth anniversaries of the church school and the Ladies' Benevolent Society. The parsonage will be painted this summer and funds started to paint the church within a year.
The Paria 1927 Club organized by the local Legion has twenty former service men enrolled. It aims to raise funds to send a delegation of Maynard veterans to Paris for the 1927 Legion national convention with excursions. Members contribute $500 units into the treasury for delegation eligibility.
Maynard Lodge J O O F and Mizpah Rebekah lodge held a joint memorial service at the Odd Fellows hall and Methodist church. The parade was led by Allen Howard and the service followed at 10 45 with Rev A Bell preaching. Graves were decorated Saturday in Maynard cemeteries for members William Bishop Lewis N Shaw Henry Price and Francis Johnston. Mizpah and Maynard lodge members’ relatives assisted with floral tributes. The Mizpah Rebekah lodge’s annual Children’s Night is set for Thursday June 17 with program chairs Grace Hastings Bertha Whitney Gertrude Prescott Ruth Raton and Hazel Randell coordinating activities for children of members.
Plans for the 75th anniversary of the Sunday School and Ladies Benevolent Society of the Congregational church are under way. The two oldest town organizations antedate the church and will mark October ceremonies led by Wheeler, Frye, Wilcox and Townsend among others.
The Maynard Club outing at Lake Boon was held Tuesday with games athletic events and music. A roast beef supper followed by more music and dancing. Miss Ettaraves, president of the Assoc iation, chaired the organizing committee.
Local graduates include Mildred Herbert Margaret Kane Marion Holt Ruth Cleary Eather Boyle and Helen Manty. Graduation exercises are scheduled for June 21. Teachers Florence Wilder and Caroline Herbert plan to attend Fitchburg Normal School during commencement week.
Ledgard buys an inn to develop a sporty nine hole golf course. The hotel map suggests a practical approach by Al Ledeara, drawing on years of experience in hospitality and project planning.
Mr and Mrs O Connell of Newton invite guests to celebrate the engagement and forthcoming wedding of their daughter to Herbert Martin son of Mrs Mary Martin of Concord Street Maynard. The ceremony is set for Saturday June 26 at nine o'clock at Our Lady Church. Miles O Connell a Maynard teacher and Herbert Martin a civic figure and undertaker in Newton are well known in the community.
At the high school Monday evening Mereard Cavatauqua guarantors elected officers for the Chautauqua year with William Nay lor as president, Mrs. Charlotte Stockbridge as secretary, William H. Gutteridge as treasurer, Mrs. Bertha Whitney as tickets, John Shaw as program, and announced July 10 to 15 with two plays plus the Boy Scout Band involvement.
The banns announce for Miss Dorothy Wilder and Archibald Rowse at St Bridget’s Church with ceremony planned for June 21 in a nuptial mass. A second couple Miss Helen Sullivan and Ernest Macdonald also had banns announced with ceremony set for June 14.
The town clerk’s office lists marriage intentions including James Harold Croft son of Mr and Mrs John Croft 11 Vernon Street Margu Maynard and Brenton 176 Park Avenue Arling erite ton daughter of Maxwell Brenton Also Leo Francis Rucean son of Thomas Duggan 11 Main Street Giza Rutkowski Concorde daughter of Michael Rutkowski Arthur Street Maynard.
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