Memorial services of Maynard lodge and Mizpah Rebekah lodge
Sunday joint memorial services were held by Maynard lodge I O of F and Mizpah Rebekah lodge with more than 60 Maynard and 25 Mizpah members. Rev. Charles F. Parsons preached on What Is Your Life, noting life as a vapor and urging life’s aim toward others and God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs
Maynard Lodge
Mizpah Rebekah Lodge
Mizpah Lodge
Charles F. Parsons
Allen Howard
Odd Fellows
Ada Rand
Glenwood
St. Bridget’s
Stella Cook
Roy Prescott
James Haton
Rebekahs Ag
Paul
All Seeing Eye
District 15 draft district lists towns and boards
Maynard joins District 15 for draft and exemption decisions alongside Ashby Townsend Pepperell Lunenburg Shirley Groton Westford Ayer Littleton Acton Stow Roxbury Harvard Bolton and Berlin Exemption boards appointed by Gov McCall will be announced when Washington officials approve and will decide exemption requests under the conscription act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Ashby
Townsend
Pepperell
Lunenburg
Shirley
Groton
Westford
Ayer
Littleton
Acton
Stow
Roxborough
Harvard
Bolton
Berlin
McCall
Washington
Carpenters Union Elects Officers At Friday Meeting
At a Friday evening session the Carpenters' union elected officers. Frank Prue was chosen president and A Crook vicepresident. Thomas Tierney became treasurer, Daniel Dwydy financial secretary, Daniel Colbert recording secretary, Nelson Roeder warden, and Walter Whitman conductor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenters’ Union
Frank Prue
A. Crook
Class Initiation At Assabet Aerie Dens Guests
Assabet aerie F O E held a class initiation at Masonic hall Sunday afternoon with guests from Hudson and Marlboro. A class of four candidates was exemplified by the Assabet aerie degree team led by Bernard Garrigan. A social and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assabet Aerie
Masonic Hall
Hudson and
Marlboro
Bernard Garrigan
Harvard Reserve Officers Drill At Wakefield Range
James Ledgard of the Harvard Reserve Officers corps was home for the weekend as the regiment spent last week under canvas at the Wakefield rifle range. The training emphasized tactics developed by French officers to cope with the conditions of the present war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ledgard
Harvard Reserve Officers’ Corps
Wakefield
Best Man Attends Wedding of Williams and Crowley
Postmaster T. B. Moynihan left Friday for Middletown Delaware to serve as best man at the marriage of D. Edward Williams of South Boston and Agnes B. Crowley of Middletown. The ceremony drew numerous relatives and friends in Maynard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. MoynIhan
Middletown
Del
D. Edward Williams
South
Boston
Agnes B. Crowley
Maynard
Children’s Day Concert at Methodist Church
The annual Children’s Day observance at the Methodist Episcopal church featured a full evening program by the Sunday school children and teachers. Boy Scouts led processions with flags, performances included songs, readings, and an anthem, and a collection by the Scouts benefited the Students’ Aid fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Robert Parkin
C. F. Parsons
Florence Morrison
Norman Johnson
Thelma Veiteh
Wilbur Hill
Harriet Naylor
Caroline Mosher
Philip Wilson
Ruth McCormack
Elizabeth Binks
Evelyn Mason
Irma Howard
Gertrude Chandler
Laura Gault
Eleanor Morse
Ruth Broadbent
Benjamin Taylor
Edward Carleton
Longfellow
Harry Burpham
Margaret Gates
Mary Hodges
Boy Scouts
Students’ Aid Fund
Diplomas Awarded to Grace Parkin and Margaret Hearn
Grace Parkin daughter of Mr and Mrs Hiram Parkin and Margaret Hearn of Ryseo Junction, both Maynard high school 1915 graduates, received diplomas as Fitchburg Normal school graduates. Mr and Mrs Parkin attended the Sing-out at the Normal school Sunday. Parkin will teach at Ridgewood New Jersey beginning fall session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Parkin
Hiram. Parkin
Margaret Hearn
Ryseo Junction
Maynard High School
Fitchburg Normal School
Ridgewood
N. J
Accident in Carding Dept at Assabet Mills
William Barnes of Waltham Sr. had a serious accident Friday afternoon in the carding department of the Assabet Mills. He stepped from a ladder while oiling the machinery and fell into the carding machine. Flesh was ground from his left hand but Dr. F. P. Flagg said the hand would likely be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Barnes, Waltham Sr
Assabet Mills
F. P. Flagg
Fourteen Cases of Beer Seized at Denisuk Home
The first liquor raid under the no license era targeted Andrew Denisuk on River Street, seizing fourteen beer cases and several gallons of liquor. Denisuk faces charges of keeping liquor with intent to sell and keeping a liquor nuisance. bond set at 500 dollars. His wife Annie may face two illegal sales charges. other suspected sites are under official scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Denisuk
River St
Frank Binks
John Connors
Nicholas Driscoll
Albert Smith
Concord District Court
Denisuk
Annie
Binks
Maynard Grange Jitney Ride To Boxboro Event
Maynard Grange conducted an annual jitney ride to Boxboro on a Wednesday evening. Automobiles from three groups carried attendees to the Boxboro town hall where a supper and an entertainment program were offered. Vocal solos, readings, and piano music by local performers capped the social, with a committee headed by Mrs. Gilbert M. Hawkes praised for the success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Grange
Boxboro
Boxboro Grange
Genevieve Coughlin
George Smith
Everett Toop
Albert Goettler
Reading
Mary Murray
Clemmie Sullivan
Gilbert M. Hawkes
Alice Brown Howes
Wilder X. Macurda
Henry Hodges
Hartwell Flood and Guyer Fowler Join Harvard Medical Unit
Hartwell Flood and Guyer Fowler passed exams as ambulance drivers with a Harvard medical unit. They left Friday for Allentown to enter camp and may be deployed to the front in France or Russia or await a new unit. They expect to reach Europe within six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartwell Flood
John, Flood, Walnut Sr
Guyer Fowler
O. S. Fowler
Harvard
Allentown
France
Russia
Europe
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P. H. Murphy
Alaska
Finney
J. W. Raymond
Hubbard St
Glover & Palmer
W. I. Glover
Chas. Palmer
P.O. Box
F. E. Taylor &Co
Fowler Building
Maynard, Mass
Apple
John A. Brown
Standard Oil Co. of
New York
Wilson Lumber ‘Co
Concord
Mass
Main
Asoconys
Socony
J. H. Coughlin
T. F. Parker
Maynard W. R. Peterson
G. W. Clark
North Sudbury
J. Dwinells
R. P. Harriman
WM. M. Baxter
M. P.lewis
A. Sorensen
Bedford
Hodgdon Bros
G. A. Skelton
M. E. Taylor & 60
Gert C. H. Mead
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