Maynard News Roundup Highlights Local Happenings
George Howes visits relatives in Millers Falls and James J. Hilferty returns to work at his Main Street store. The Young People’s Socialist League plans an April 1 and 2 bazaar at Socialis hall Parker Street. Card match between Chris Wilson and Bob Jackson ends in a tie at the Masonic club rooms. Wilson’s team leads the tournament by four points with two games left. Mrs George Merrick hosts Fortnightly and Whist clubs at her Brooks Street home with guests from Lawrence. Methodist church votes to purchase a new organ, contract let to Hook Hastings of Boston. Fred Sabin and George Williams of the Massachusetts Highway Commission discuss Great Road improvements with Supt Streets Driscoll. inspection done, report to selectmen soon. The Teaser, a rural three act comedy, to be staged by Maynard Grange at Cooperative Hall March 29, with Danving to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Howes
Millers Falls
James J. Hilferty
Mainst
Young People's Socialist League
Socialis Hall
Parker, Street
Chris Wilson
Bob” Jackson
Masonic Club Rooms
Wilson
George Merrick
Brooks St
Hook
Hastings
Boston
Fred Sabin
George Williams
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Maynard Grange
Cooprative Hall
Walter Denniston
Patrick McGrath
Frank Case
John Garrick
Lillian Childs
Adelaide Sims
Mary Finn
Danving
Miss Mary J Munroe Dies at Home After Long Illness
Miss Mary J Munroe a respected resident died Monday at 8 15 am at her Main Street home after nearly a year of diabetes She was born in Saxonville but lived in town since childhood and is survived by sisters Mrs Katherine McGrath and Mrs Rope n of Cambridge Funeral services were held at St Bridget s church with a large attendance A solemn Mass of requiem was celebrated Rev Edward F Crowley officiated assisted by Rev John J Sweeney and Rev Edwin Walsh Burial followed at St Bridget s cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. ‘Munroe
Mainst
Saxonville
Katherine McGrath
Rope ‘ N
Cambridge
Thomas Rafferty
Miss Munroe
St Brigget’s Church
Rosary Society
St Bridget's Church
Edward F. Crowley
John J. Sweeney
Edwin Walsh
A. A. Hilferty
Golos
Elizabeth Cheney
Arthur J. Coughran
Frank J. McCarron
John H. Murray
Frank McCormack
St Bridget's Cemetery
Miss Lillian R Slyvert Dies at 21 After Illness
Miss Lillian Rosabelle Slyvert died Sunday afternoon in Rutland after a year with tuberculosis. She was 21, born in Maynard, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Slyvert, and had a brother and sister. The body was brought home Monday. Funeral services were held at 2 pm at the Methodist church with Rev D M Angell officiating. Miss Bertha Batley sang. burial in Glenwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa
Lillian Rosabelle
Slyvert
Henry Slyvert
Rutland
Maynard
Methodist Church
D. M. Angell
Bertha Batley
Burnl
Glenwood Cemetery
Thompson Street Gate Opens at Assabet Mill
Thompson Street gate opened for mill workers this week after Selectman Carlton urged Agent Drechsler to arrange the convenience. The Thompson Street section employees welcome the access for entrance and exit to the Assabet mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson St
Assabet Mill
Selectman
Carlton
Drechsler
Assabet Aerie FOE Admits Five Candidates in Maynard
At a Tuesday meeting Assabet Aerie FOE admitted five candidates and received fifteen applications for membership. With 315 members it is the largest society in Maynard. James Hunt opposed a parade march for the Aerie in Maynard's 50th anniversary celebration. Eagle hall will be decorated under a committee led by Joseph Chidley, Wm Hinds, and Harry Haskell. Open house set for April 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assaabet Aerie Foe
Assabet Aerie
Maynard
James Hunt
Aerie
Eagle Hall
Joseph Chidley
Wm Hinds
Harry Haskell
Maynard Council Exercises First Degree at Meeting
The Maynard Council K of C conferred the first degree on ten candidates at a Tuesday meeting. Seven applications for membership were received. Plans were made for the anniversary event on April 18 at Cooper Institute?yall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Council K. of
Lance
Cooperintivy
Saint Patrick Night Lecture and Dance for Ireland Relief
Concord's St Patrick's event at Monument Hall, organized by AOH Div 66 and Div 44, featured M. J. O'Connor of Arlington delivering a stirring address on Ireland. Rev Michael Mahon spoke on Ireland, with recitations by Mrs Ellen Keefe and William H. Dee and songs by Dr Philip T. Flavin and Edward F. Loughlin. The fundraiser supported the Irish Relief fund with dancing afterward. William H. Dee chaired the committee and thanked Irish supporters. AOH Division 56 leads the 45 tournament with the Knights of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Patricks
Monument Hall
Div 66 Aoh
Division 44
AOH
M. J. O’connor
Arlington
Ireland
America
69Th Regiment
New York
Irish Regiment
Michael Mahon
Ellen Keefe
William H. Dee
Philip T. ‘Flavin
Edward F. Loughlin
Irish Relief Fund
Dee
Big payroll cut hits highway department workers
The highway department slashed weekly pay by nearly five dollars from twenty four, shocking male staff with families who question the rationale as cost of living drops. The board chair indicated a shift to fewer road projects rather than higher wages, signaling austerity.
Easter Service at First Parish Promises Solemn Chorus
The First Parish holds its regular Easter service next Sunday at 10 45 with Mrs Wallace B Conant and Charles W Locke as soloists and a choir performing Easter anthems. The program includes organ pieces and religious anthems and the Messiah aria I know that Redeemer Liveth. A springtime procession and postlude by Mendelssohn cap the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace B. Conant
Charles W. Locke
Last Vesper Service at First Parish Sunday March 27
The final Vesper service of the season is set for Sunday March 27 at five o'clock. Soloists include Edith Jewell on viola Mari on Barker on violin Eleanor Lentz on cello with a program featuring Fiat Lux In Paradisum Dubois Quartette Andante Cantabile and more. Postlude in G by Smigaglia Coppenlen. Paint for screens at Vanderhoof's Concord adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Jewell
Marion Barker
Eleanor Lentz
Prean
Fiat Lux
Paradisum
Dubois
Schumann
Weekend gathering for Edward Mahan on Thompson Street
John Hughes of eee and Mr and Mrs John Roach of Jerineton joined Edward Mahan on Thompson Street for a weekend event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hughes
Eee
John ‘Roach
Jerineton
Edward Mahan
Thompson St
Missionary Carlton Lacey Preaches at Methodist Church
M E Church Rey Carlton Lacey of China, a missionary born there, son of a missionary, spoke at the evening service detailing missionary work and progress among natives. Easter Sunday services include a morning sermon, special choir music directed by Lindsey Smith, and an evening concert by the Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey Carlton Lacey
China
Lindsey Smith
Mrs Oscar Saari Dies in Framingham Hospital
Mrs Oscar Saari of Harrison Street died of pneumonia Wednesday morning at Framingham hospital. She leaves a husband and seven children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Saari
Harrison St
Framingham Hospital
Easter Services and Holy Week Notes at Concord Junction
The Concord Junction community learns of Thomas Marshall’s recovery after a serious operation. Easter Sunday features a 10 30 service and a reception, with a final Lent sermon on Our Great Fundamentals of the Christian Faith and Our Great Hope Immortality. Music includes He Lives and O Day of Love Eternal. Evening pageant Easter Dawn by the church school and vested choir. Holy Week services continue to Thursday with the Lord's Supper and Good Friday sermon by Rev Angell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Wheeler Stone
G. Waring Stebbins
Family Gathering Honors Mr and Mrs Rath
A large gathering at the Helsher home on Wobsi ford Road honors Mr James Arthur Rath and his wife Mrs Rath. Rath, superintendent of the Funama settlement in Honolulu, Hawaii, visits after nine years with no vacation and shares life stories from 16 years there. They plan to depart around April 1 after a few more visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Helsher
Wobsiford Rd
James Arthur Rath
Helsher
Rath
Funama
Aonolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Battery C Social Dance Set At State Armory
Battery C Sd Regt Field Artillery will hold its first social dance in the State Armory on Tuesday evening April 12. Tinker’s 10 Piece orchestra will furnish the music. The event aims to launch the new company with a successful gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sd Regt Field Artillery
State Armory
Tinker
270 Members Receive Communion in a Body
About 200 members of the Hibernians received holy communion in a body at Mass in St Bernards church Sunday morning. The members met at their rooms and marched in a body to the church. The procession was headed by Joseph W. Hanlon president and Michael J. Towler Vice pres. FOR SALE Manure and wood, teaming, trucking, jobbing of all kinds. Olaf Westby Concord Mass telephone connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibernians
St Bernards Church
Joseph W. Hanlon
Michael J. Towler
Olaf Westby
Concord
Mass
World War Veteran to Head Light Department
Everett Pierce named manager of the Electric Light department after years on line work and service as an electrician at the Reformatory. He served in France in the Commissary department of the Mounted Police during the war. Friends in Concord wish him success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Pierce
Electric Light Department
Reformatory
France
Mounted Police
Concord
Body of Hero Expected from France in Concord
The body of Gordon K. MacKenzie killed in action in France arrived in New York and was en route to Concord for burial at 2.15 Sunday at the State Armory. The American Legion is in charge and a sister, Mrs H. A. Bass, resides in Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon K. MacKenzie
France
New York
Concord
State Armory
American Legion
Mra H. A. Bass
Annual Guest Night at West Concord Woman's Club
Friday March 18 the West Concord Woman's Club hosted its annual guest night in Assembly hall with music by Harvey Wheeler school and the New Englanders. Anna Eckhorn Marjorie Liedbetter and Cora Gooch Brooks performed before refreshments and dancing in the basement. Also notes a substitute teacher at West Concord school and two help-wanted notices for a bicycle and a housekeeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Concord
Fiftieth Anniversary plans outlined at River side hall
The General Committee met at Riverside hall Tuesday evening to review subcommittee reports for the town wide celebration. Postmaster A J Coughlin presided as minutes were read. plans include church and school observances on April 17 to 19, a 50 gun salute, decorative efforts, a parade from Rafferty monument to the Congregational church, and a community sing at Riverside hall with a reunion program led by Amory Maynard descendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Hall
A. J. Coughlin
Presiled
Frank E. Sanderson
Albert Batley
62nd Wedding Anniversary Of Abel G Haynes
Abel G Haynes and his wife celebrated the 62nd wedding anniversary at their Summer Street home. Neighbors and friends visited, with Eva N Walker and Mildred Palmer among those aiding the observance. The couple trace descent from Pilgrim stock and local Sudbury history. Abel was born 1887 in Sudbury and built a store in Assabet village before retiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abel G. Haynes
Eva N. Walker
Arthur Walker
Assabet Institution For Savings
Mi'dred Palmer
Lloyd Walker
Haynes
Pilgrim
Walter Haynes
Boston
Hey
Watertown
Sudbury
Israel Haynes
Charles Sumner
U. S
Daniel Webster
Abel
Leander Haynes
Capt Krast Haynes
Use of Bantry School
Jones and Wetherbee
Acton Ans
ING
Assabet
Soh
Uestith
Mudeou National
Maynard couple mark 50 years of marriage in 1909
Mrs Martha A Haynes and Mr Perry Haynes celebrate their Golden Anniversary after marrying March 22 1859 at Berlin. He long served Maynard as selectman postmaster and trustee of savings bank and remains the lone survivor among Maynard’s first officials. They have two children and several grandchildren. Mrs Haynes 87 and Mr Haynes 87 are noted for their strong ages and enduring partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Slectman
Maynerd
Haynes
Congregational Church
Charles A. Welchlodge
A. F
A. M
Martha A. Howard
Rufus Howard
Heath
Resolved. White
Peregrin White
Massachusetts
Berlin
Harry H
Eva. L
Arthur Walker
Lloyd
Mildred Walker
Kenneth Palmer
Bertin
Oldest Telephone Subscriber in Concord Junction Named
T F Parker is recognized as the oldest subscriber among 445 listed in the local exchange. He was among the town’s first six subscribers and remains from that early group while others faded from the list. Rev D M Angell of the MEK church will preach at Good Friday service at Union Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Parker
D. M. Angell
MEK
Union Church
Concord Junction
Ladies Benevolent society schedules April 19 vestry dinner
The Ladies Benevolent society met Monday afternoon at the Congregational church vestry and voted to host a dinner on April 19. Choir vestments were finished and will be worn for the first time this Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
Congregational Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Mary. J. Munroe
Lillian R. Slyvert
Shadwick
Redeemer
Ivanof
March Mendelssohn
Vanderhoof
Plore
First Parish
Smigaglia
Coppenlen
Vanderhoof's
Adv
M. E. Church
Framingham
Thomas Marshall
Mrs. Rath
Main St
Lily Hurd
Monument St
Green Arbor! Tea Room
West Concord Club
Blanche Smith
Shepardson
Bay
P. O. Box
Acton
Prospect St
Wm. H. Millington
Red Cross
William Naylor
F. S. Binks
Paper Mill Bridge
Harold Sheridan
Rafferty Monument Sq
Main
Nason St
Summer St
Congregational
Old Postoffice Square
James J. Morgan
Army
John Gibbons
Navy
Thomas Foley
Marine Corps
Selena Edwin Carlton
Gette
Cox
Frederick P. Glazier
John M. Gibbs
Rogers
Drescheler
William M. Wood
American Woolen Company
P. J. Sullivan
Arthur J. Coughlan
Brooks Reed
Joseph W. Reed
Amory Maynard
Erastus Williams
Hyde Park
Assabet Village
Willian H. Gutteridge
History
Ke. Sanderson
Horan
History Committee
EB. Sanderson
Charles III
David M. Angel
E. N. Atiyeh
Arthur B. Papimeau
Francis Jablonski
Johnannes Vaananen
John Chlonis
Mary S. Brooks
George F. Brown
Georgianna Brown
Daniel Coughlin
Harry A. Chase
Levi R. Cheney
Herbert Fowler
George B. Hooper
Alfred T. Haynes
Albert W. Haynes
Abner D. Holt
Catherine Lawton
William P. Litchfield
Julia May
Eliza Morse
Margaret McPhail
Amory
Lucy A. Newton
Mary 8. Peters
Washington Parmenter
Mary J. Bede
Hannah Shea
Eliza Whitney
Coughlan
Grace Merrick
Woman's Club
New Idea
W. L. Douglas
New Idea Store
A. R. MacLeod
Everett St. Concord
the Factory Shoe Store
Main Street
Distasio
A. J. Bates Co
Webster Mass
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