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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1920
Page
8
Many residents from Sudbury travel to Boston for the automobile show while Cochituate classmates stay behind. The school basement suffered several inches of water this week, disrupting classes and activities.
Misses Lois and Lissine Rogers hosted a dancing school reception on Saturday evening. Children performed an exhibition and teachers showcased fancy work, pleasing spectators. dancing continued for all later in the night.
Despite rough travel and a storm, a good crowd attended as Fred Stone provided music with piano accompaniment. Harry Rice returned from the hospital Wednesday after catching a cold and ongoing doctor visits.
Randall W. Porter, confined to the house for a week, shows slow improvement and likely to rejoin activities soon.
John Golden head of the United Textile Workers failed to arrive for a scheduled Weavers union meeting at Colonial hall Tuesday night. Thomas Rogan of Lowell filled in, with plans for a rescheduled session once Golden can explain strike benefits and dues questions amid rising tensions and amid Amalgamated Textile Workers activity in Maynard.
A hearing by county commissioners at the selectmen's office on April 15 continues the town policy to establish street lines with a ten foot sidewalk. Also an ad offers a square piano for sale from Maynard town farm with contact details.
The Fullenton Hat Shop in Maynard displays a wide variety of Easter hats. Emmett McCarthy of Hayden and Stones in Boston visited his parents on Oak Street Tuesday. George O'Brien, local agent for the Cleveland Six, attended the auto show today as a guest of the New England agency.
Principal H. F. Bates conducted a baseball practice for battery candidates in the Bancroft Street school basement last Wednesday. Players Marsden King Lowney Pascerez pitched while Manning Parkin Vodoklys served as catchers. Eva F. Dodge returned from Athol after two weeks. Nellie Teryo of Bolton visited. Bates gave a Forest Service lecture at the high school Tuesday evening. Spring signs appeared with the first purple grackle or crow blackbird spotted on Tuesday March 16.
Ira Howard 75 died Tuesday at Middlesex House Main Street after a brief illness. He had worked as a weaver at Assabet mills. The body rests in O S Fowler undertakers rooms awaiting authorities to contact a nephew said to live in New Jersey. An official check found no immediate next of kin. Insurance info on the nephew came through American Woolen Co.
A committee appointed by the town met Amory Maynard Tuesday night at his home to discuss buying his Main Street property for town purposes. Maynard is willing to sell but no price was set, as the committee plans further consideration at Thursday evening’s meeting. The panel includes Postmaster A J Coughlan as chairman O S Fowler secretary P J Sullivan Michael Lynch and William Moynihan.
A Waltham basketball challenge to Samoset was issued this week for a game or series to win a purse. Maynard defeated the aggregation twice and expects to repeat for any stake from doughnuts to the German mark.
The annual Finnish Congregational church festival at Walnut Street will be held Sunday with special gospel services on Thursday Friday and Saturday evenings. Sermons by Rev. C B Steiman of Quincy and Rev. Alexander Muhonen of Gardner. Sunday services at 10 am 4 pm and 7 pm with Rev E N Atiyeh speaking at the evening service.
St Marks and Fay schools close this week for spring vacation due to measles in town. Public schools resume next week. The Soldiers' Memorial committee will meet this week. An Americana dance on Tuesday April 6.
Mrs. H. F. Robbins resumes after a two week illness. Centre schools begin a one week vacation. Miss Florence Williams, intermediate teacher, spends vacation at her Norwell home. William Edwards of Lowell visited his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Edwards. Dora O Livermore and Ruth C Mayell were omitted from the Centre school town report roll. On Thursday evening March 18, at.
Town hall invites all to a lecture by Mrs. Margaret Deland titled Spirit of the Women of France. Everyone is welcome to attend and hear the speaker.
John Pederson returning from Lexington with a truck and tractor faced a sliding truck on an icy hill near his home. The truck struck Pederson on the face, causing a bad cut as Hason operated the truck and Pederson rode the tractor directly behind.
The Acton Mass Woman's Club held its March 1 meeting in the church vestry. Miss Dyke of The Winsor School Boston spoke on Correct English, illustrating common speech errors and noting country peoples often speak more correctly than city folk. Mrs George Webster chaired the committee and served coffee and cake during the social hour.
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