Girls Interclass Basketball Championship opens in Concord Armory
March 21 The Concord High School girls interclass basketball championship opened with the Junior Class defeating the Seniors by a small margin, followed by a Freshmen win over the Sophomores in a tight series. MacRae led scoring with five field goals and three free throws for the afternoon.
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Con- High School
Armory
Claas
MacRae
B. Claas
K. Christian
Trinitarian Church announces March events in Concord
Reverend Gail Cleland leads services on Friday March 23 at 7 30 pm with Boy Scouts Troop 2. Sukie hosts March 256 at 9 30 am Sunday school and 10 45 am pastor's Bible class. Evening 6 30 pm Young Peoples club. Fellowship week continues with a 7 30 pm illustrated drama sermon. Wednesday March 28 7 45 pm Sixth Lenten Bible Institute on The Teachings of Jesus.
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Trinitarian Church
Wongrmgational Concord
Gail Cleland
Sukie
Young Peoples Club
The
Fellowship of Mayer
Sixth Lenten Bible Institute
Jesus
Seventh and Eighth Grade Indoor Track Meet Held in Concord
The annual indoor track meet for seventh and eighth grade boys from Peter Bulkeley Emerson and Harvey Wheeler West Concord schools takes place Thursday at the Concord State Armory. Everett M. Weygant leads events split by grade with dashes sprints high jump laps and relays. close competition is expected after weeks of training.
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Peter Bulkeley-Emerson
Concord Center
Harvey Wheeler-West Concord
Concord State Armory
Everett M. Weygant
Two rooms for rent with meals in private family
Mrs. Forrest Day offers two rooms for rent with meals in a private Concord Junction, Massachusetts home at 28 Riverside Avenue. Contact details not provided.
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Forrest Day
Riverside Avenue
Concord Jct
Mass
Maynard Juvenile Break-In Sentences Suspended
Four Maynard youths appeared in Concord juvenile court charged with breaking and entering seven stores. One teen was sent to Shirley Industrial School and three to Lyman School for Boys, all suspended until March 8, 1929, with $80 restitution. Stores named include J A MacPherson Store Nellie Coughlin Farnell Jersey Butter T F Parker J J Hilferty and Seder and Gruber.
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Maynard
Concord
Shirley Industrial School
Lyman School
J. A. MacPherson
Nellie Coughlin
Farnell
West Acton society notes and upcoming event
The West Acton column reports the Mirlim Barns of eee week at Mr and Mrs B K Hall. Eleanor Hall is confined by illness. A military whist party is planned at the club house Friday evening March 23. Roger Brown, badly burned at Plymouth New Hampshire, is home recovering and undergoing skin grafting.
Freight train injures six in Mass Avenue crash
A car carrying six people was hit by a freight train at a crossing on Mass Avenue Saturday night, sending three riders to Emerson hospital and others to local doctors. Owners are Charles Richardson and son Melville 21, with passengers Louise and Dorothy Richardson Albert and Gertrude Thompson of Boxboro and a Watertown girl. Louise and the Watertown girl were among the most seriously injured and may be hospitalized for weeks. No gate tender after 10 pm. cause of the crash remains undetermined.
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Emerson Hospital
Charles Richardson
Melville
Louise
Dorothy Richardson
Albert
Gertrude Thompson
Boxboro
Watertown
Louise Richardson
Miss Frances Hall Hosts Whist Party for Sixteen Friends
Miss Frances Hall gave a St Patrick's party to sixteen friends on Friday evening in a whist game. Tables were decked with green mints and candies, followed by refreshments and a social hour. Guests included Miss Hardy of South Acton, Miss Stearns and Miss Tracy of West Acton, Miss Earls of Fitchburg, and couples Alfred Tracy, John Clayton of West Acton, plus Howard Tracy, Albert Grimes, Warren Costello of West Acton, and Samuel and Wilbur Johnson of Watertown.
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Frances Hall
St. Patrick’s
Misses Hardy
South Acton
Marjorie Stearns
Pauline Tracy
West Acton
Miriam Earls
Fitchburg
Alfred Tracy
John Clayton
Howard Tracy
Albert Grimes
Warren Costello
Samuel Smd Wilbur Johnson
Watertown
L S C Universalist Food Sale and Meetings
The L S C of the Universalist church holds a food sale in Quimby rooms on Saturday afternoon March 24. A special Improve ment association meeting in Quimby square rooms on Wednesday evening March 28 features George E Erickson on club work. The Acton High School senior class presents The Arrival of Kitty at the Women's club house April 12 and 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist Church
Quimby
Harry J. Clark
United Fruit Co
Tela
Honduras
Almirante
Panama
Improvement Association
Quimby Square
George E. Erickson
Middlesex County Extension Service
Acton High School
Kitty
West Acton
Christ and Modern Life Sermon Promoted at Unitarian Church
Universalist Church schedule lists Rev. Andrew J. Torsloff leading morning service at 10 30 with sermon on Christ and Modern Life. An illustrated lecture on Redemption by Tolstoy featuring John Barrymore follows at 7 00, with attendance noted for Revs. Torsleff and Barker at a Middlesex Union Ministers meeting in Concord Tuesday.
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Andrew J. Torsleff
Ralph A. Barker
Middlesex Union Ministers Association
Congregational Church, Concord
Champs Score Victory in 1928 P S L Championship
Maynard March 21 The P S L basketball champions defeated Maynard Town 24 21 at Waltham Street Hall in a close opening game. Capt Kangas led the victors with nine points and Bowdlen added eight as Leithead and Duggan led Town scoring. next game set for Saturday at the same venue.
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Maynard
Mar
Maynard Town
Waltham Street Hall
Townies
Yipsels
Kiki Kafigas
Kangas
Touhlen
Veces ‘Ae
Columbo TD
FT Frigard
Eeeessnee Vast
Ojalehto Ib
Renee Bess
Ees Advanaes
Gis
Moynihan Ib
Sae OO
Leithead Rb
Eeeereeee Es Sebastian
Aut Duggan If
Es Lent
Cee Farrell
Newell
Miss Louige Bedford Celebrates Seventh Birthday
Mrs Frank Pearce spent the weekend with relatives. Miss Louige Bedford celebrated her seventh birthday on Friday afternoon March 16. Guests included June Piper, Mary Maloney, Muriel Lewis, Sonny Piper, Helen King, Mildred Harmon and James Keenan. John R MacKenzie sang two selections and Gladys Graham danced the Highland Fling at Burns Night in Concord.
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Frank Pearce
Rtes
Louige Bedford
Oscar J. Bedford
June Piper
Mary Maloney
Muriel Lewis
Sonny Piper
Helen King
Mildred Harmon
James Keenan
John R. MacKenzie
Commonwealth Avenue
Gladys Graham
Burns
Unitarian Church
Concord
Memme
Concord Junction
Luella Huntoon Hosts Sixteenth Birthday Party
Luella Huntoon daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Huntoon of 515 Main street entertained a group of friends for her 16th birthday on March 17. Guests included Helen McCabe Mildred Witherell Mabel Huntoon Dorothy Miner Maude Tompkins Enna Lawton Evelyn Huntoon Gladys Cassidy Lillian Jalbert Doris Dawson Vincent Russell Howard King George Weaver Leslie Peterson Howard Prescott Robbie McCabe Tom McCabe Robert Ferran Henry Helsher Mary Lapham and William Cassidy. Games and music followed by a dining room with refreshments.
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Luella Huntoon
Guy Huntoon
Main Street
Helen McCabe
Mildred Witherell
Mabel Huntoon
Dorothy Miner
Maude Tompkins
Enna Lawton
Evelyn Huntoon
Gladys Cassidy
Lillian Jalbert
Doris Dawson
Vincent Russell
Howard King George Weaver
Leslie Peterson
Howard Prescott
Robbie McCabe
Tom McCabe
Robert Ferran
Hawthorne Lodge Visited by Hawthorne at IOOF Hall
The Willow Reberal Lodge of Concord Junction entertained the Hawthorne Lodge of Waltham last Monday in IOOF hall. The Hawthorne supplied the program including a reader musical selections and a play titled Theodora Junior. District Deputy President and District Deputy Marshal attended and received baskets of sweet peas from lodge officers. Refreshments were served under Mrs Grace Hunter’s supervision.
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Willow Reberal
Concord Junction
Hawthorne Lodge
Waltham
Ioof Hall
Hawthorne
Theodora Junior
Grace Hunter
Frank L Garland obituary notes Elm Street burial
Frank L Garland aged 87 died Monday at his Elm street home. Born August 4, 1853 in Newburg Maine he moved to Concord Junction in 1886 and worked seven years at the Massachusetts Reformatory before retirement after an accident. Burial is set for Wednesday at two from his Elm street home with Rev William J Batt officiating. Survivors include wife Loretta A Garland and son Chauncey S Garland. Bearers named from Concord Junction Acton and nearby towns. Interment Sleepy Hollow cemetery.
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Frank L. Garland
Elm Street
Mr. Garland
Newburg
Maine
Concord Junction
Massachusetts’ Reformatory
William J. Batt
Spinney Sister Joins A Merriam Co as Clerk
Miss Ferna M Spinney of Harmony Nova Scotia comes to live with her brother Seward S Spinney at Charles H Miles residence on Main Street. On Monday she entered the employ of A Merriam Co as clerk and stenographer replacing Mrs Bernadette Driscoll who resigned.
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Ferna M. Spinney
Harmony
Nova Scotia
Seward S. Spinney
Charles H. Miles
Main Street
A. Merriam & Co
Bernadette Driscoll
Valenciennes to Erect Monument for Nungessor
Valenciennes, the childhood home of Charles Nungessor, will erect a monument in his memory at the Aviation Club funded by public subscription.
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Valencienni
Valenciennes
Charles Nungessor
Atlantic
Aviation Club
Mrs Fllen Ryder Dies After Long Illness in Concord
Mrs Ryder aged 72 née Sims died at the home of Mrs Irvine Dart 15 Concord Estate after a long illness. Born in Trowbridge England she was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Benaiah Sims. Funeral at Mrs Dart’s home officiated by Rev. William Boicourt with hymns by Mrs Benjamin Derby. Bearers were Irving Dart Leslie W Sims Vincent Sims and Alton Sims. Interment Glenwood cemetery mourners included Mizpah Rebekah Lodge members.
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Fllen
Irving Dart
Leslie W. Sims
Vincent Sims
Alton Sims
Glenwood Cemetery
Mizpah Rebekah
Unclear fragment on Nason street resident return
Fragments describe a person named Nason and a street scene with a home return. Details about who returned and why are missing, making context and outcome uncertain.
St Georges Church Schedule Filled With Services
St George’s Church on Summer Street and Florida Road lists Holy Communion at 5 a m and 9 30 a m, Sunday School at 10 45 a m, morning prayer and sermon. Friday offerings include Children’s Service at 4 p m and Prayers and Little Sermon at 7 p m under Rector Magna Rev Eason Cross D D.
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ST. George's Church
Episcopal
Summer Street
Florida Road
Magna
Eason Cross
D. D
Middlesex County Baseball League Holds Meeting at Forge Village
A Middlesex County Baseball League meeting at Abbott Club House Forge Village elected Capt John Bordman Concord president with Desmond Shirley vice president Wall Westford secretary and McCarthy Forge Village treasurer. Agenda covered club admissions rules and April 2 follow up meeting.
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Maynard
Middlesex County Baseball League
Abbott
Forge Village
Joe White
Harold Morgan
Harold Peterson
al Cowles
Concord
Lowell
John Bordman
Desmond
Shirley
Albert R. Wall
Westford
Robert McCarthy
Kelley
Billerica
Haley
West Groton
Tompkins
Lent
Maynard Hunt
Littleton
Rice
Townsend
McGuan
Ayer
Zollinger
Chelmsford
Joseph McGuan
Hunt
Condon
Maynard Town
Intentions of marriage filed at Maynard Town Clerk
Miss Josephine Julia Grigas of Glendale Street and George E. Morris of this town filed intentions of marriage at the Maynard office of the Town Clerk. The couple are listed as issue of Peter Grigas.
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Maynard
Josephine Julia Grigas
Peter Grigas
Glendale Street
George E. ‘Morris
Job Wanted to Help On Roadside Stand
Over 18 sought for work at a roadside stand in Concord. Call Concord 724 to apply.
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Roy
Concord
Marriage of Longtime High School Sweethearts Revealed
Miss Beather Boyle and Wilbur Croft, once school friends in Maynard, wed secretly in New Hampshire on December 12, 1927. Boyle taught in Troy New Hampshire while Croft studied in a Boston college, ending their secrecy as families learn the news this week. The bride’s mother is Mrs. Margaret Boyle formerly of Maynard now Hudson, and Croft is son of Mr. and Mrs. John Croft of Vernon Street.
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Maynard
Beather Boyle
Wilbur Croft
New Hampshire
Troy
N. H
Boston
Margaret Boyle
Hudson
Croft
John Croft
Vernon Street
Final Rehearsal For Passion Play At Colonial Hall
A final dress rehearsal is scheduled for Saturday for the Passion Play The Great Achievement presented by the Children of Mary of St. Bridget's Church. The Sunday performance at Colonial Hall on March 26 features a large cast including Emma OBrien Helen Bakue Julia Lynch Dorothy Sheridan and many others.
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Julia Kasciukonis
Catherine Crowley
Alice
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