Local Notes and Short Items From Wentboro Area
Charlie at Wentboro returns home from St Petersburg after a nervous breakdown. Fire brigade fought a brush fire at North Acton Friday. B A King wired the Ac ton Motor Co garage for electric lights.
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1923
Page
7
Charlie at Wentboro returns home from St Petersburg after a nervous breakdown. Fire brigade fought a brush fire at North Acton Friday. B A King wired the Ac ton Motor Co garage for electric lights.
Concord's Art Centre at 15 Lexington Road formal opens with the Seventh Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures by the Concord Art Association. Private view Saturday May 5 and running through June 8 showcases works from New York and Philadelphia. Miss Lois L Howe led the gallery transformation.
West Acton Cathernair features Mrs Dudley painting work. John Teele recovering from arm blood poisoning. Family staying with Mr Teele and parents. Miss Carrie Wetherbee assisted at the Post Office Saturday. Mrs Guilford ill with throat abscess under nurse care. Mrs R. B. Moore improving after illness. Mrs C Cram attended uncle Oscar A. Jones funeral at Brookline. Mrs Ruggles and brother moved to Everett later to buy. Mr Howe and family moved into Downie house. Henry Hall of Hopedale visited Sunday. W. H. Davis ill and admitted to Mass General Hospital. Mr Webber of Somerville working at Teele Bros farm. Mr and Mrs F. R. Knowlton home from St Petersburg, Fla. Mr Nancy Vose returned town after wintering at Lowley and other places. A. RB. Beseh visited his brother.
Mrs Belle Meyers of Acton Street Maynard observed her 77th birthday Monday with friends, cards and candy gifts, then planned a morning walk to South Acton. Known for picking blueberries, she hopes to beat her long standing records this summer.
Progressive lodge 131 K of P marks its 25th anniversary with a May 26 parade in the afternoon and uniform rank drills. An evening public entertainment will follow with store and building decorations arranged and contracts let. Decorations to be kept for Decoration Day for Memorial Bridge ceremonies.
Court orders libellant to publish a notice in the Maynard Enterprise once weekly for three weeks, last publication at least fourteen days before May 21, 1923. It requires sending an attested copy by registered mail to the libellee at his last known residence, and appearance with six months from May 21, 1923 to show cause. Witness: George F. Lawton, First Judge, and Register F. M. Esty.
A Dart sedan owned by Fred Oates and driven by Wilfred Saxon collided with a Paige touring car owned and driven by Fre Benoit in Concord Junction near a reformatory Saturday night. Both cars were damaged and required repairs. Oates sustained only minor injuries.
A petition seeks letters of administration for Louise Kennedy also Louisa Kennedy late of Concord intestate. Prescott Keyes of Concord is named as administrator without bond. Court: Probate, Cambridge, on May 10 at nine in the morning. Notice to publish weekly for three weeks in Concord Enterprise. Signed by Judge George F. Lawton.
Louisa A Jeffrey of Maynard Middlesex seeks a divorce from Charles Jeffrey of Methuen Massachusetts. They married in Lawrence October 31 1901 and lived in Methuen and Maynard. She claims desertion by Charles since August 1915 continuing over three years before filing November 21 1922.
Probate Court in Middlesex issues notices to heirs and executors regarding wills and administrations. William Alfred Flint seeks letters testamentary for Estella D. Flint estate. Cyrus and George S. Hosmer seek administration for Anna Eliza Hosmer estate with bond and public notices required. Court dates set for May 16 1928 and May 10 1923 respectively with publications in Acton Enterprise and Concord Enterprise.
A fragment notes an application letter to the chairman Carlton and secretary David G. Sharpe in Maynard. Details are limited but indicate correspondence regarding town affairs and leadership contacts.
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