Lent Play of St. Bridget’s Portrays Sacred Drama at Colonial Hall
The Achievement, a Lenten pageant by Rev Edward F Crowley of St Bridget’s, was staged at Colonial Hall Sunday, drawing many from Children of Mary and parish families. The five act drama traced the path from Judas to Christ, praising God’s final triumph with eloquent scenes, costumes, and a large cast of named participants and musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pastor
Iwnard
Edward F. Crowley
St. Bridget’s Church
Colonial Hall
Herine Coughlin
Judas
Pontius
Christ
God
Mary
Sudbury theatre groups prepare town for spring performances
The Woman's Club and local pupils rehearse plays to be staged soon at the Hall in South Chelmsford. In a second notice, John A. Finigan announces an auction at the Perrys Farm in Wilmington for 55 Holstein Ayrshire cows and stock including a bull, with items sold by Carl Pettengill on April 2 1928 starting at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club
High Te
John A. Finigan
Mass
Ernest. Hall
Toad
South Chelmsford
Frank Arm
Nest Hall
Helmsford
Oaeer
Tel
Carl
Pettengill
Perrys
Woburn
Lowell
Wilmington
Maine
Guernsey
Ayrshire
Wedding to Take Place on April Fourteen in Maynard
Banns announced at St Bridget’s church for Fred Wilder son of Mr and Mrs Frank Wilder and Miss Gertrude Howes daughter of Mr and Mrs George Howes. The ceremony is set for April 14. Wilder catcher for Pittsfield in the Eastern League has been practicing at Fenway Park with the team. He previously played with Shreveport in the Western League and began his pro career with Pittsfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
iThe Banns
St. Bridget’s
Fred Wilder
Frank Wilder
Roosevelt Street
Gertrude Howes
George Howes
Tremont Street
Pittsfield
Fenway Park
Boston
Brick” Wilder
Shrevesport
Acton Water District Meeting Notice for April 3 1928
In Acton Water Supply District residents are called to Firemen's hall West Acton on Tuesday April 3 1928. Items include choosing a moderator and a three year water commissioner, auditing district officers and salaries, hearing reports, determining tax levies for maintenance and bonds, and authorizing temporary borrowing with water commission approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Firemen’s Hall
West Acton
Board of Water Commissioners
Winona Rebekah Lodge Hosts Grand Officers Evening
Concord reports Winona Rebekah lodge entertained Mrs Ina MacFarlane and her grand officers with 120 guests. The event included a 6:30 supper, a reception for the visitors, and the conferring of degrees on five candidates. Gifts and bouquets were presented to two organizers, with music by Mrs. Benjamin Derby and a large, joyful gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Winona Rebekah Lodge
Ina MasFarlane
P R.R
Katherine Munsey
D.D.P
Alexina Bowlby
P.R.A
Winona
Mizpah
Willow Lodges
Ida Durkee
Noble - Grand
Mabel Morrison
Cora McCloud
Concord Junction
Benjamin Derby
Concord Scouts Win Merit Badges at Court of Honor
Forty Concord boys earned 114 merit badges and First or Second Class tests at a Court of Honor led by Scoutmaster Timo McNamara in Lexstreet Wal tham. Seventy five boys attended as Troop 1 Concord Troop 2 Concord and Concord Jct. earned awards and the Standard Troop Contest began with inspections through April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timo McNamara
TROOP
Concord
Roger B. Smith
Woodward
William Auer
Elbert W. Seeckts
Richard Wheeler
Harold Bowers
R. Macone
Philip Cook
William Compton
Gordon Granstrom
Allen Grindall
Concord Jct
Earl Aldred
George Parker
Wendell Hay
Maynard Sewerage Bonds Offered For Sale Tonight
Maynard plans to sell 160000 dollars in serial sewerage bonds tonight under the published schedule. The issue matures with 5000 dollars due annually from 1929 onward for thirty years, bearing 3 percent interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
First Intergrade School Indoor Meet Held at Armory
Concord March 28 The Harvey Wheeler Concord School high grade team won 25 15 over Peter Bulkeley Emerson. Center beat West 29 6 in seventh grade. Ruggerio led eighth grade scoring with 11. DiCicco top seventh grade with 7. Weygant praised for organizing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
State Armory
Everett F. Weygant
Harvey Wheeler
DiCicco
Peter Bulkeley
Weygant
Ruggerio
Palmer
Dempsey
Denaro
McKenna
Wheeler
Murray
Engebertsen
Kelley
Hayes
Ryt Bulkeley
Dickie
Péter Bulkeley
Dalton
Sudbury Police Chief Reappointed After 30 Years Service
Seneca W. Hall was reappointed a chief for Sudbury police with thirty years in service including twenty as a constable. Other appointments cover Special Police Officers, Public Weighers, Surveyor of Lumber, Field Drivers, Inspector of Animals, Fence Viewers, Cemetery Superintendent, Water Meter Inspector, Sealer of Weights, Soldier’s Memorial committee, Election Officers, Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Destruction superintendent, Forest Warden and Town Agent Industrial Accident Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca W. Hall
Mr. Hall
Royal Haynes
Charles W. Rice
Alfred W. Bowker
Irving Seymour
Richard B
S. W. Hall
Soldier's Memorial Committee
H. N. Fairbanks
Chas. W.rice
Charles Barton
Fred R. Stone
Thomas F. O'Neil
Basil Oliver
William E. Davidson
John Conroy
Walter Stone
Lucy K. Brackett
Charles Brackett
Industrial Accident Board
Keep Youthful Figures Aims at Local Athletic Club
Maynard reports an emerging athletic club focused on fitness and drill to combat obesity. Coach Donald Lent will map a training plan with use of the high school gym, inviting former stars of basketball and diamond to join. Members expect to train twice weekly, with families backing the effort and a pledge to renewed youthful vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Donald
Lent
Funeral for Former Local Pastor in Sudbury Area
Sudbury March 28 The funeral of John Haarvig former pastor of the Memorial Church South Sudbury was held from Old South Church Copley Square Boston last Friday. The body was sent to Biddeford for interment. Haarvig collapsed suddenly March 2 while at a Boy Scout meeting in Fall River where he served as pastor of the Pilgrim Church. He had many friends in Sudbury who will regret this.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudbury
John Haarvig
Memorial Church
South Sudbury
Old South Church
Copley Square
Boston
Biddeford
Haarvig
Fall River
Pilgrim Church
Haaring
Weavers Protest Mill Night Work Bill Meeting
The Spin ners Union adopted a protest resolution against a bill before the Massachusetts House that would let women work in mills until 10 pm. The resolution was sent to Governor Fuller and Representative Dyson. A Sunday mass meeting at Cooperative hall organized the weavers with speakers Thomas Ogaon, Joseph Bozek, and John Hill in Polish and Finnish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Spinners Union
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Fuller
Representative Dyson
Hudson
Cooperative Hall
Thomas Ogaon
Joseph Bozek
United Textile War of
Last Rites for Mrs Annie Keyes Emerson
Mrs Annie Keyes Emerson widow of Dr Edward Waldo Emerson died at Emerson hospital last Tuesday at age eighty one. She was born in Concord May 4 1847 daughter of Hon John S Keyes and Martha Prescott Keyes. She married Dr Edward Waldo Emerson in Concord Sept 19 1876 and had seven children five surviving. Surviving are her husband and son Raymond Emerson of Estabrook Road. Private funeral at home conducted by Rev Gail Cleland. Burial Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie (Keyes) ‘ Emerson
Edward Waldo Embride
Concord
Emerson Hospital
Lowell Road
Emerson
John 8. Keyes
Martha (Prescott) Keyes
Edward Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ellen
Charles M. Davenport
Boston
Florence
Garret Forbes
William Forbes Emerson
Chicago
Raymond Emerson
Estabrook Road
Raymond
Gail Cleland
The
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sudbury Selectmen Hear Petition for Airport Filling Station
About 40 residents attended the Sudbury hearing on the petition of Sudbury Colonial Airport Inc. to build a filling station on State Road. Supporters argued aviation boosts the town, while opponents urged traffic safety and permit limits. The Board of Selectmen closed the hearing and took the matter under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Airport Inc
Sudbury
Operty
Fairbanks
Sudbury Colonial Airport Inc
State Road
L. Geul
Walter
BE. Lynch
Col. Lindbergh
W. J. Mc
Donald
Mr. Galbo
H. L. Gleason
F. D. Bradshaw
Leonard Golding
Ait
Board of Selectmen
Arco
Country Choir Dominates Maynard Grange Night
Maynard Grange hosts a competitive night featuring a Country Choir of Ye Olden Time with Miss Eva Smith and Adelaide Sims leading a large cast from Concord Acton Weathorp Rochester and Annursnac. Charles Shattuck directs a praised performance earning top honors from judges Arthur Adams William Edmonde and Barclay Tuntler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Maynard Grang
Cooperative
Concord
Bury
Acton
Weathorp
Rochester
Annursnac
Ican
Eva Smith
Louise Cotheau
Lucille Sims
Frederica Wade
Helen
Wade
Helen Hird
Charles Shattuck
Edmund Whitney
Nellie’ Sunderland
Annie Floyd
Grace ‘Ucker
Iriving Howe
Annie Thompson
Adelaide Sims
Alton White
Irving Frewe
William Hayward
Thompson
Smith
Mabel Palmer
Alice Howe
Elizabeth Morrill
Maynard Grange
Concord Grange
Trout Released By Concord Rod and Gun Club Leader
Policeman Frederick Nolan as chairman of the fish distribution committee led a Monday afternoon release of 600 young trout into the brooks of Concord and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Nolan
Concord Rod and Gun Club
Concord
Bedford Hospital Additions Funded in Bill Report
Mrs Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts will report favorably a 15 million dollar hospitalization bill. The measure provides 300000 for additions to the Government hospital at Bedford and 1000000 for a new veterans hospital in Southern New England. Location of the new hospital to be decided. Rogers, ranking Republican, becomes the first woman member of Congress to lead a major bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
House
Veterans’ Committee
Rogers
Bedford
Mais
Veterans’ Hospital
New England
Six taken to hospital after Concord crash
Donald J Grant of Somerville and Walter J Kennedy of Washington DC were arrested after a motor car crash on Main Street Concord Junction. The Blodgett car with 11 passengers, six hospitalized at Emerson hospital, injuries include broken collarbone and scalp wounds. Police charged Grant with driving while intoxicated and driving negligently. Involved riders include Edmund Corbett William Carpenter Robert Ryan Arthur Webber John Casey and Blodgett. Sudbury reports church ladies’ fundraiser at town hall after gas station hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald J.grant
Hudson Street
Somerville
Walter J. Kennedy
Wisconsin Avenue
Washington, D. C
Concord
John L. Blodgett
Werren Street
Arlington
Main Street
Harington Avenue
Soncord Junction
Emerson Hospital
Lexington
Edmund Corbett
Woburn Street
William Carpenter
Shirley Street
Robert Ryan
Bedford Street
Arthur Webber
John Casey
Blodgett
Mere
Marshall J. Witherell
John Simpson
Grant
Bebe
May Grant
Kongeageon
Judge Keyes Celebrates Seventieth Birthday in Concord
Prescott Keyes, presiding justice of the District Court of Central Middlesex at Concord, turned seventy. The judge, in good health, received congratulatory messages and has long been prominent in Concord town affairs, with leadership roles in local insurance and other firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott Keyes
District Court of Central Middlesex
Concord
Boston
Draper Fines
Concord National
Agablesex Insurance, Co
Palace Ship
Concord Woman's Club hears Brigham reminiscences on Gridiron Club
Samuel L. Powers was announced to speak on Political Reminiscences but could not attend. William E. B. Brigham, Boston newspaper man and former Gridiron Club president, gave vivid reminiscences. Mrs. Arthur G. Robbins described the Benevolent Fruit and Flower Mission work in Boston. The club voted to fund a seated tear at Emerson Hospital porch on the second floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel L. Powers
Boston
William EB. Brigham
Washington
Gridiron Club
Brigham
Benevolent Fruit and Flower Mission
Arthur G. Robbins
Mission
Emerson Hospital
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Cnet
Catherine Coughlin
Annas
Emma O‘brien
Caiaphas
Helen Bakum
Pontius Pilate
Judea
Julia Lynch John
Dorothy Sheridan
Julias Iscariot
Mary Cheney
Joseph of
Arimathea
Great Council of the Jews
Christ Mary Earle First Scribe
Mary Sexton
Mildred Duggan Cuard
Julia Wardzala
Helen Carbone
Margaret Duggan
Laura Fava
Esther Hardy Hileen Mahoney
Delfina Mariani
Mary Paul
Florence Lenzi
Beatrice Smith
Josephine Sofka
Josephone Stu
Rebekahs
Harvey ‘Wheeler School
Center School
Seneca ‘Hall
Sudbury Police
Annie K. Emerson
Bedford Hospital
M. E. Churcher
Judge Keyes
Birt
Concord Woman's Club
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