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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1909
Page
3
Maynard weekly notices report illness, visitors, and local activities. residents attend church, clubs host meetings, students plan vacations, and public gatherings include a parade of guests, sports score updates, and church services with community leaders and organizers.
Hudson residents fret about warmer weather and crowds from Marlboro and Maynard gathering near Wood Square. A proposal suggests running C M and H railroad cars to Clinton this summer to keep Maynard drinkers away from Hudsons sacred precincts. The idea aims to spare Hudson from the sight of inebriated visitors in Wood Square.
A 21 member party from Maynard High School will travel to Boston Fall River and New York with Principal J D W Chester and several teachers. The trip includes Philadelphia and New York visits and a full report will appear in a later Enterprise edition.
John Littleton Hy Littleton and family visited relatives in Rindge New Hampshire. Julia Wingto n of Lowell was guest of Miss Alice Hartwell. Myra Brown of Jackson Maine visited sister Miss Emily Brown. Edward Brotz rented Davidson home as Davidson moved to Stow. Mrs Marshall and child of Witchester visited Mrs George Brown on King Street.
New York and Palermo reports detail a broad police push against the Black Hand after Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino was killed in Palermo. Officials urge immigration crackdowns and deportation of unidentified suspects while investigators pursue leads and arrests.
At a meeting of the Mer Shidhid Association officials discuss creating a nonpartisan town framework. They argue current political pendulum swings hinder efficient officials and urge reforms to remove party designations in elections. Public sentiment could oust incompetent leaders, but town committees often influence ballots through party bias.
Fred M Varney former cashier of First National Se Portsmouth N H pleaded guilty to embezzling 8500000 from the bank. He was sentenced to five years in federal prison in Atlanta with Judge Aldrich presiding. Weston continues his walk toward the Pacific coast reaching Wappinger Falls New York to rest before resuming the trek toward Hudson.
Towns weigh replacing selectmen chair with a dedicated chief of police. Hudson Concord and Middleboro already use officer led leadership, and several residents support the change, signaling a strong movement toward formalizing a police chief role.
The upcoming selectmen meeting may feature major appointments including park superintendent cattle inspector burial agent forest warden lockup keeper street superintendent sealer weights and measures public weighers fire warden and patrol officers. Licenses including druggist and pony express licenses are expected to be granted with Max Blatt seeking a junk license ending a long dispute with the prior board.
William Clark, a long time resident born in Ireland, died Saturday after a three month illness from a paralytic shock. He leaves eight children. Funeral Tuesday was led by Rev. T. J. Judge with a quartet providing music, burial in Glenwood cemetery.
The Musical Five from Boston performed at the Friday evening event under Chas. Welch lodge. The group included Frank S. Truda Thomas J. Heffernan F Gilbert Willson Robert A. Deuel and George H. Peters. Every number drew praise and the program featured solos, a male quartet, and a grand finale.
The new board of selectmen met and elected William Jones as chairman and Arthur B Walker as secretary. They pledged to enforce the liquor laws strictly and support Jones in any action to keep the town dry, warning liquor sellers and would be revenue seekers.
Maynard residents can order fresh laid eggs and No 1 hay from The Brooks Farm at the foot of Summer Hill. Mail orders attended to. Wanted information on a stolen brown horse and open buggy taken Saturday evening. The horse weighs 1100 to 1200 pounds and the buggy has yellow running gear with an unpainted cross bar. Officer John Connors.
The appropriation committee met Tuesday evening with Abel G. Haynes as chairman and Albert Batley as secretary to draft a list for the April report. P. J. Sullivan urged extra funds for a police chief rise and church front improvements, but these were not pursued. The panel postponed action on street, schools, and incidentals for two weeks while departments respond. approved items include water sinking fund 3000, support poor 3500, street lighting 92800, fire department 3000, police 2000, interest on loans 1600, officers salaries 2260, library and bonds 175, soldiers relief 400, tree warden 100, Memorial Day 60, public park 60, state road 1500, safes 400, fire proofing 600, and band concerts 150.
The article notes a proposed state prohibition law gaining support in the legislature. Backers claim rising citizen resolve to end saloon influence. The bill faces required two thirds votes in both houses this year and next before a public referendum, with no immediate passage expected.
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