Maynard community notes reflect moves and events
Samuel Cohen plans to move into his Glendale street home next Wednesday. George Swanton of Waltham visits his sister Mrs Julia Lynch on Elm street. George Smith begins duties as Na Gon St school janitor. Brush fire near St Bridget cemetery prompts fire department response. Parsonage Aid society hosts supper at the Methodist vestry on Saturday May 11. Mr and Mrs Jennie Poikennen buy a Powder Mill road house and lot from Philip Weaton. Deputy Chief John Connors cough keeps him home on Glendale street. Local residents Earl Foster Charles Irwin Paul Luker and David McCormack traveled to Providence RI to visit friends. Miss Bernice Stewart and Miss Gladys Rowe of Worcester guest of Mr and Mrs Joseph Downey. Miss Grate Maley of Fitchburg Normal School visiting parents on Thompson Street. Mrs G M Broughton of Port Chester NY leaving after visit with Ralph Messenger father. Mae Sawyer to be visited in Oxford. Mrs Thomas French of Douglas Avenue learns her brother John Beck arrived safely in England with the Canadian Overseas force. Maynard Overseas committee mailed 56 letters to Maynard soldiers in Europe. Mrs Annabelle Hall, housekeeper for her uncle Ralph Messenger, left for the Cape to prepare a cottage for the summer. Martin Peterson of Maynard House and Arthur Brown of Boxboro supplied horses for the Liberty parade marshal and aides. horses lent free. A social dance by the Three Johnnies at Cooperative Hall attracts many from surrounding towns. Peachy and Keane orchestra from Milford plays. Ernest Greenhalge, longtime Assabet mill worker, will become cloth examiner at Uxbridge mills starting Monday and move there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Cohen
Glendale St
George Swanton
Waltham
Julia Lynch
Elm St
George Smith
Elm Sr
Nagon St
St. Bridget’s Cemetery
Parsonage Aid Society
Methodist Church
Jennie Poikennen
Powder Mill Rd
Philip Weaton
John Connors
Earl Foster
Charles Irwin
Paul Luker
David McCormack
Providence
R. I
Bernice Stewart
Gladys Rowe
Worcester
Joseph Downey
Naylord
Grate Maley
Fitchburg Normal School
John Maley
Thompson St
G. M Broughton
Port Chester
N. Y
Ralph Messenger
Mae Sawyer
Oxford
Thomas French
Douglas Ave
John Beck
England
Maynard Overseas Committee
Maynard
Europe
Annabelle Hall
Cape
Martin Peterson
Maynard House
Arthur Brown
Boxboro
Three Johnnies
Cooperative Hall
Peachy
Keane
Milford
Ernést Greenhalge
Assabet Mills
Uxbridge Mills
Uxbridge
Garden Care Specialist Seeks Private Estate Season Work
Experienced gardener Michael Zdamoewicz offers care of private estate for the season including planting sodding and grading. Contact 31 River Street Maynard or P O Box 114.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Zdamoewicz
Riverst
Maynard
P. O
Farm for Sale Near Assabet Mills Maynard Mass
Farm listing offers 7 to 40 acres with a 9 room house 50 feet from the road barn and other outbuildings one mile to Assabet Mills in Maynard Massachusetts contact F H Prentiss telephone 148-2 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assabet Mills
Maynard
F. H. Prentiss
Mass
For Sale Hiller Cornet and Brass Set Piece
For sale Hiller on cornet brass quick change high and low Sen At set piece Complete $10. R W Carter 68 Chauncy Street Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiller
R. W. Carter
Chauncy St
Boston
Maynard flour saving rules and liberty bond drive success
Householders in Maynard receive guidance on wheat flour use limiting purchases to 24 pounds per bag and a maximum 30 days supply, plus encouragement to save and aid soldiers. Assabet mills employees alone subscribe the entire Maynard quota of 75,400 dollars in the third Liberty bond drive, totaling 130,500 dollars from 1981 subscribers through local banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assabet Mills
Maynard
O. C. Dreschler
Wallace C. Priest
Surprise Celebration for Mrs Elizabeth Smith at Powder Mill Road
Mrs Elizabeth Smith was honored with a surprise party Tuesday evening at her parents home on Powder Mill road hosted by her shopmates from the drawing-in room of Assabet mills. Miss Annie Kennedy presented a cut glass dish to the guest of honor, with music, songs, readings, and refreshments provided by local girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Smith
James Hunt
Powder Mill
Assabet Mills
Annie Kennedy
Smith
Maude Turnbull
Hazel Connors
Gertrude Connors
Esther Emmanuelson
Anna Johnson
Thomas King
Alice Kane
Gertrude Howes
Esther Larsen
Public Dedication at Assabet Aerie War Service Flag
Assabet aerie, C B, will dedicate a war service flag at Colonial hall next Sunday afternoon. Major Thomas Walsh of Clinton will be the orator, and the Ammunition Train band from Camp Devens will give a concert. Assabet aerie will march to the hall in a body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assabet Aerie
C.B
Colonial Hal
Thomas Walsh
Clinton
Camp Devens
Assabelaerie
Fuel Administrator Rules Coal Deliveries Under Written Claims
Announcement outlines mandatory statements consumers must provide before coal delivery. Details cover on hand coal, on order, 12 months to March 31 1918, and needed amounts before March 31 1919. Delivery follows law and price set by Fuel committee. Preference to cash customers. Maynard coal dealer William F. Litchfield. Also a help-wanted for a general houseworker at Town Farm Maynard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Litchfield
Main St
Maynard
Death of Mrs Charles Gallagher of South Acton
Mrs. Charles Gallagher of South Acton died at her home Saturday after giving birth to a child. Funeral services were held at St Bridget's church, with interment at St Bridget's cemetery. Her husband Charles Gallagher serves in the Aviation corps at a Georgia camp and was home for the funeral. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Patrick Callan of South Acton, longtime locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles” Gallagher
South Acton
St. Bridgets’ Church
St. Bridgets
Charles Gallagher
Aviation Corps
Georgia
Gallagher
Patrick Callan
Danvers Inspection Visits Danvers High School by Knight
Frederick T. Knight of Danvers visited Maynard high school and invited our instructor to inspect Danvers High School. George A. Kennedy led the visit on Wednesday April 17 to review the commercial department, course, equipment, and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick T. Knight
Danvers
Maynard High School
Knight
George A. Kennedy
Vof
Danvers High School
Freshman Typewriting Prize Won by Reino Keto
Reino Keto of the Maynard High School commercial department wins the weekly typewriting prize of a War Savings stamp for the second time in three weeks. He earned 74 credits for the week, ahead of Morris Feinburg with 48 and Lillian Hinnen with 35 credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reino
Keto
Maynard High School
Morris Feinburg
Lillian Hanninen
Maynard Red Cross to Meet Three Times Weekly
The Maynard Red Cross increases May surgical dressings allotment. With more men in France, hospital equipment demand rises and few workers bear the burden. All women are urged to join. Meetings move to Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoons at the Summer Street school building. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Red Cross
France
Summer St. School
Severe burns at restaurant injure Alice Murphy
Alice Murphy daughter of Mr and Mrs John Murphy sustained severe scalding to both legs from the knees down when a hot tea pot she carried was overturned after a patron collided with her at a restaurant near the corner of Summer and Nascent Streets. Dr Edward Flaherty attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Murphy
John Murphy
Summer and
Nascnsts
Edward Flaherty
Service flag raised at Assabet mills to honor five in service
A service flag with five stars and a large American flag was raised Saturday by the Assabet mills shipping department. The stars commemorate James Sweeney, William Sweeney, Charles Dugan, Patrick Pyne, and James Carney in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Assabet Mills
Emaed
James
William Sweeney
Charles Dugon
Patrick Pyne
James Carney
Local Auto Sales Report From Maynard Area
The W. A. Haynes Co. sold a two ton Dearborn truck and Over land touring car to Thomas O Neil of Sudbury and a Studebaker touring car to C B Flagg of Acton during the week. Miss Prim's Kindergarten a 20 character sketch will be given by Maynard Grange after the regular I O O F meeting next Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Haynes Co
C. D. Fletcher
Stow
Dearborn
Thomas O’neil
Sudbury
Studebaker
C.B. Flagg
Acton
Welcome Girls and Easter Eggs From War France
Letters from George Binns and Private Guyer Fowler recount life with the AEF in France during Easter 1918. They describe Allied entertainments in camp with the Hello Girls, aid drives, Salvation Army doughnuts, and letters from home, plus daily hardships and parish services on Palm Sunday and Easter. They note nightly German air visits, Red Cross sleeve insignia, service stripes, and meals amid shifting front lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Thomson
Wall
Spring Wedding in Hudson Unites Miss Margaret Murphy and John Curley
Miss Margaret Murphy daughter of Mrs Honora Murphy and John H Curley son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Curley were married at St Bridget's church in Hudson Sunday afternoon. The ceremony was performed by Rev P D Meagher with Elizabeth Carpenter as bridesmaid and Eugene Curley as groomsman. The couple left for a wedding tour to New York City and Eastern points and will reside in a new bungalow on Maple Street Hudson. The bride is a Maynard native active in parish and auxiliary groups. the groom is a Hudson carpenter and K of C member. They receivedmany presents including gold and silver items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Murphy
John Curley
Hudson
Margaret I. Murphy
Honora, Murphy
High St
John H. Curley
Thomeas Curley
St. Bridget’s Church
P. D. Meagher
Elizabeth Carpenter
Eugene Curley
New York City
East
Curley
Council
K. of C
Nena
Maynard Proud as Harold Hanson Receives French War Cross
Private Harold K Hanson of Company I and the 104th Infantry earned France’s Cross of the War for gallantry in action. His parents Mr and Mrs Peter Hanson of Bancroft praise his bravery. The report notes his enlistment in Concord and transfer to the 104th Infantry, with his mother hoping for his safe return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Harold Hanson
France
Harold K
Hanson, Co
104Th Inf
Peter Hanson
Bancroft ‘St
Hanson
6Th Regiment
Co. I
Concord
Harold
Holy Name Club Whist Party Prize Winners
The Holy Name club staged a whist party at Summer street rooms on Tuesday evening. Prizes were awarded to ladies and other top performers in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Name Club
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Quality Footwear
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Maynard Food Administrator
Washington
Massachusetts
Great Rd
George Binns
Pershing
Mens
Uncle Sam
A. E. F. Society For
Hans
Theatre de Guerre
Union
Kaiser’s
Salvation Army
Waldorf Astoria
Henry Connors
America
Q. M
Stew Carroll
Stars and Stripes
Army
Wim
Mae
Minnie
Rue Puccini
G V. B
Frank Downey
Harry Croft
Mike Lynch
George V. Binns
Becker
Somme
Hartwell
Guyer W. Fowler
Ss. S. A
Convais Automobiles Par B. C
DeLee’s Drug Store
Nason Street
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Maynard Bottling Co
Clendaile Street
Tel
Glendale Street
Waltham Street
Sidney E. McCleary
Howard Jamieson
Alexander Espie
Frank McCarron
Patrick McGrath
Frank Goettler
Linden St
Bent Pve
James R. Bent
A AS Hilferty
H. Hartford
Maple
Job Doel
Manila
Cambridge
Bostom
Fanny Rodman
Titcomb
Middlesex
Geo
Aden
Sudbury Road
Whist Party
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