Acton School Notes Highlight Graduation Plans and Talks
The senior class pictures by photographer Peachy were taken and selections will be shown at graduation. The Acton Teachers Association met on Monday to elect officers. On Wednesday Professor Victor Rice of Massachusetts State College spoke on possibilities for your state college. All students in grades 9 through 12 were invited, and girls interested in nursing were to hear a speaker from Massachusetts.
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ACTON
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Victor Rice
Massachusetts State College
So Your State College
Massa
Community event and ARP meeting details at Andover area
A public gathering features Professor Elizabeth Gardner on basketball and coach Ralph Ward with Thomas McKenna and William Ambroge. Tickets limited to 85. other activities include singing and films. Also notes ARP meetings in March with speakers Chief Tom Priest and Maurice McWalter and a review planned for March 26. Beginning April 1, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie P. Wilmont of South...
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Elizabeth Gardner
Ralph Ward
Concord
Thomas McKenna
Andover
William Ambroge
A.R.P
Tom Priest
Maynard Fire Department
Maurice McWalter
M.C
Acton A.R.P
South
Mass Governor imposes 40 mph speed limit and tire checks
Governor Saltonstall, acting under war powers with Roosevelt's request, limits Massachusetts motorists to 40 miles per hour and requires periodic tire inspections. Violations face up to one year in jail or a $600 fine. The order also bars operation without safe tires and directs rules through the Registrar of Motor Vehicles. Gas stations will close Sundays from 7 AM to 7 PM to conserve fuel, with enforcement assured by police and the Motor Fuel Department.
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Boston
Roosevelt
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Saltonstaly
Commonwealth
Frank A. Goodwin
Gasoline ‘Dealers’ Association
Gasoline Dealers’ Conservation Committee
War Production Board
Moore
Massachusetts Motor Fuel Department
First Aid Course and ARP Button Promise in Acton
Acton offers a 20 hour First Aid Course led by trained Red Cross instructors for wardens and the public. First meeting is at 7 30 with further sessions on April 1 8 15 22 27 29 May 6 7 and 13. May 18 will host the examination for ARP and First Aid with state ARP buttons awarded to passers. A junior class food sale on March 21 will serve West Acton Baptist church Acton Center Town hall South Acton and nearby stores with cakes doughnuts cookies preserves beans and bread contributed by parents and friends. Committee members include Charles Boyer chairman Natacha Farley and Karolyn Wilde.
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West Acton
Baptist Church
Acton Center
Town Hall
South Acton
Charles Boyer
Natacha’ Farley
Karolyn Wilde
No Surplus of Wood Seen in Acton
A survey by Acton Fuel Committee finds no surplus wood in Acton including cut and standing timber. Supply not more than 2000 cords. dealers rely on need, farmers mostly self supplied. Shortage of wood cutters may block a coordinated cutting program unless a dire emergency arises.
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Acton
Acton Committee On Public Safety
Actons
Carl Anderson
Fashon
A.R.P. School Hears Talk on Fire Fighting
A.R.P. School heard two speakers discuss fire fighting and wardens. Aoton Chief George T Priest of Maynard Fire Dept explained reporting army alerts and duties of regular and auxiliary firemen. Maurice McWalters of Concord outlined auxiliary and allied police duties as requested by Middlesex County officials.
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Aoton
Maynard
George T. Priest
Maurice McWalters
Concord
Middlesex County
A.R.P
Auditooium
Priest
McWalters
Acton
Robert ‘Bradford
Stbcts
H Logg Association
West Acton student earns B minus in poetry course
Miss Anne Litchard of West Acton, a Gould Academy sophomore in Bethel, Maine, is on the certificate list for the poetry course with a B minus grade. Her subjects and evaluation are noted in the report.
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Anne Litchard
West Acton
Gould Academy
Bethel
Maine
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Sudbury Social Notes Include Club Meeting Guests
Mrs Bebert L Herbert entertained friends on King Philip Heights Friday afternoon. Mrs Henry E Webster and Mrs Maxwell P Raton attended the Westford Club Presidents Day meeting where Judge Emma Schofield spoke. The Sudbury Unit State Guard Reserves drilled in Concord Armory Tuesday evening, preferring the larger floor to Sudbury Lower Town Hall.
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Bebert L. Herbert
King Philip’ Heights
Henry E. Webster
Maxwell P. Raton
Westford Club
Emma Schofield
Sudbury
State Guard
Concord
Sudbury School News First Aid and College Highlights
John Caldwell teaches Red Cross First Aid to 36 high school students grades ten to twelve in Sudbury. He also conducts an evening course in Sharon. A color film of Massachusetts State College campus life was shown to high schoolers by Professor Rice, with 4-H Club leader George Erickson of Concord assisting. Vocational Guidance talk by Mr Smith from Fisher School Boston addressed juniors and seniors, aided by two films. Students collected books for soldiers to be sent to the Red Cross, and the season’s Youth Concert closes this week.
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Sudbury School News
John Caldwell
Red Cross
Caldwell
Sharon
Your State College
Massachusetts State College
Rice
George Erickson
Concord
Smith
Fisher School
Boston
Vicory
Eyeglasses as Dignity in Seventeenth Century Europe
The fragment notes that eyeglasses were seen as essential accessories to dignity in seventeenth century Europe and mentions artists painting them on portraits of St. Peter and fellow disciples.
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Europe
St. Peter
Acton Town Advances State Guard Reserve Guidance
The notice explains that any town may organize a State Guard Reserve Unit under an executive order by the Governor. Reserve units mirror regular guards in training and structure but are stationary, funded locally, and require Board of Selectmen approval. Enlistments are three years with one-year reenlistments, and units remain under the Adjutant General while overseen locally in emergencies.
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Acton
Acton State Guard
State Guard
Regular State Guard
Board of Selectmen
Adjutant General
Military Department of the State
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