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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
3
Maynard residents report several departures and arrivals as locals take vacations and move between towns. Edward Goggin earns promotion to superintendent at Hudson Marlboro Gas Co. while many families host guests, plan trips to Montreal and Newfoundland, and prepare for summer activities. A public auction and gas pipe work update the town scene as seniors graduate and community events unfold.
Marlboro Hudson Gas Co completes over two and a half miles of mains in Maynard. Roosevelt Grant Garfield Hayes Arthur McKinley Harrison and the residential area now gain gas service for the first time. About 50 new customers already connected with many more to come before hot weather. demand rises as coal cooking becomes tiresome.
The Progressive lodge of the Knights of Pythias held memorial services for deceased members. Thirty three members traveled by electric car to West Acton at 9:30 AM and later decorated graves at Glenwood Cemetery. Grand Chancellor Frank Knight led the services with an address by Grand Tribune William F. Sinclair. A quartet sang, and the committee included W. V. Cameron Edward G. Cheney and A. G. Fairbanks.
Lillian O'Donnell two and one half years old wandered from home in Framingham on Monday. After a neighborhood search and a box alarm from the fire department prompted by Superintendent Brick, the child was found playing with other children on Main Street and returned home. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. agents Hilferty Scully and Murray will attend a staff outing in Framingham tomorrow. Rooms to let apply at 12 Brooks Street extension.
A large Music hall audience applauded the A. O. H. Ladies Auxiliary presentation of Shamrock and Rose. The cast, led by Daniel Sullivan as Barney Bray and Miss Annie Manning as Rose Fitzgerald, delivered vivid Irish life with humor and pathos. The production, directed by Mr. McCluskey, featured standout performances from Emmett Riley Captain Beck and Frank Sheridan as Shaun Carey, with music by Wright and Waine.
Edmund M Taylor died at his Great Road home on Friday afternoon at 1 30 following a six week illness from heart disease. He was 79, born in Stow and worked as a carpenter before retiring. Survived by two sisters Mrs Wallace Brown and Mrs Jeffs of Hudson and brother Lyman Taylor of Hudson. Burial from Great Road home Monday at 2. service by Rev Moulton of Stow. burial in Stow.
Plans confirm the Boston and Western street railway will be built with a main line and a South Sudbury to Maynard branch. Preliminary surveys done, but Maynard officials oppose entering via Walnut street due to its steepness and narrowness. Local enthusiasm appears limited despite the project’s advancement.
Miss Victoria Binns was honored with a linen shower hosted by about 25 friends at her home Friday evening. She is slated to marry George Thompson at her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Binns home next Thursday.
The graduating class plans to deviate from past practices by creating a scholarship fund. They will contribute yearly for a specified number of years to support future students.
B J Coughlin announces another sensational deal to be closed later this week. An agreement was signed Friday for transfer of 60 foot by 100 foot land on Nason Street occupied by a double house and adjoining millinery shop. The 6000 square foot parcel change of hands handled through A J Coughlan with money posted. For sale a Stanley steamer in good condition from Mrs Theodore Nelson of Stow Lower Village.
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