New Nason St School Opened After Fire Loss
The new Nason Street school building opened for public inspection Saturday with over 500 Maynard residents viewing the modern 15-room structure built at about 70000 dollars to replace the fire-destroyed facility of 1916. George Smith is janitor and architects were Edward B McGirr and Harry B Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nason St
Maynard
Millington
Nellie May
High School
Nason
George Smith
Elm St
Edward B. McGirr
Harry B. Warren
Boston
James J. Hilferty
Charles B. Keene
B. J. Coughlin
Arthur Croft
Samuel R. Garland
Maynard Raises Third Liberty Loan Target Double
Maynard doubled its Third Liberty loan quota with total bonds of over $150 800 against a $75 400 ask. The effort drew broad local support from volunteers and Assabet mills officials. Local banks contributed heavily and the Maynard Liberty bond club, set by the Public Safety committee, organized the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allie
Maynard
Assabet Mills
O. C. Dreschler
Maynard Liberty Bond Club
Maynard Public Safety Committee
Thomas F. Parker
Miss Katherine Lawton Improves After Wrist Injury
Miss Katherine Lawton of the As sabet mills weaving department is recovering from a broken wrist suffered last week. Mr. and Mrs. George Hooper and Mr. and Mrs. A W Haynes with Grace and Gertrude Hooper visited Wilford Hooper in Newport Rhode Island where he serves in the Naval Reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Lawton
Assabet Mills
George Hooper
A.W. Haynes
Grace
Gertrude
Newport
R.I
Wilford Hooper
Domestic Textile Lots Offer Comfortables and Linens
Readable items include four special lots of comfortables with silk-like fabric and cotton, assorted colors, and inserted bands. Prices range from 2.75 to 5.75 per item. Also listed are pillow cases, blankets in gray and tan, crocheted spreads, and cotton fabric by yard at 29 cents per yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossee
Red Cross Receives Local May Donations and Supplies
Maynard Red Cross acknowledges receipt of 74.76 from National Band after a Colonial hall concert. 6.75 balance from Liberty Loan lecture proceeds. Albert Bubingerdonates an inlaid checkerboard. Burlin and Sewing room workers contribute 12 and 50 scrapbooks. Surgical dressings meetings run Mon Wed and Fri afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Red Cross
National Band
Colonial Hall
Red Cross
W. S. Kenney
Albert Bubinger
Hudson
Burlin and
Nellie May
South Acton Improves Flag Program with Honor Roll
At a Wednesday Improvement Association meeting in the fire house, South Acton voted to buy a national flag and a service flag and plan a Decoration Day flag raising. A roll of honor lists residents in service, with gaps to be corrected by reports to W. B. Currier, including Henry Barker Burke and Allan C. Barnard among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Improvement Association
Fire House
South Acton
W. B. Currier
Henry Barker Burke
Allan C. Barnard
Robert 8. Christie
Donald H. Currier
Walur B. Currier Jr
John Clayton
Albert W. Evans
J. Madison Fairbanks
Crandall W. Forbes
David Foley
Michael Foley
Thomas Foley
Thomas C. Gallagher
Frank Giannoni
Frank Greenough
William T. Hayes
Harry Heath
Hugh Hodgen
William Huntoon
John Kenney
Red Cross Benefit Recital Delights Local Audience
Last Friday night Miss Margie Kimball led a benefit recital for the Red Cross assisted by Miss Carrie E Fletcher violinist Miss Gertrude Tuttle soloist and Miss Pressey reader. The Universalist church auditorium was full with an attentive audience. Decor included potted plants and Stars and Stripes and ushers wore Red Cross costumes led by Carrie Franklin Hope Kimball and Gladys Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Red Cross
Margie Kimball
Carrie E. Fletcher
Gertrude Tuttle
Pressey
Universalist Church
Red Cross
Carrie Franklin
Hope Kimball
Gladys Lawrence
Congregational Church Announces Sunday Schedule and Sales Notice
Pastor Rev Stalph A Barker leads the Congregational Church with 10 30 service and 11 45 Sunday school. A union meeting at West Acton Baptist Church features Mr Hirali of India. A 7 20 Friday prayer social on A Song of Security and Trust. L S C meet Thursday 2 30. Final May sale on the 15th urged attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalph A. Barker
Baptist Church of
West Acton
Hirali
India
C. HE
Security and Trust
Picturesque Japan lecture at Congregational church
Sunday night the Congregational church held a lecture titled Picturesque Japan with 100 color slides. Mr. Barker explained each slide while the audience in the vestry listened for about an hour.
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Japan
Ieee
Miss Westwood Reports Brother’s Panama Return and Furlough
Miss Westwood, a primary school teacher, received a call Wednesday afternoon directing her to Lowell home. Her brother had just returned from two years in Panama and was granted a 24 hour furlough before possible service reassignment.
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Miss Westwood
Lowell
Panama
Diphtheria Ward Move Delays Robert Christie at Fort McHenry
Robert Christie reports from Fort McHenry hospital that he was moved from the diphtheria ward to the scarlet fever ward for quarantine several weeks longer. Sergt. T. C. Gallagher departed for camp life in Jacksonville Florida. Grace Holland returns from Salem to care for a patient in Maynard. Mrs. George Hodgen hosts her aunt Mary Cairns from Canada. Mrs. Craig Sweet fills in at the primary school. David Foley of Camp Devens visits with family. Miss Mabel Hastings of Reading visits Maplest with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Christie
Fort McHenry
T. C. Gallagher
Jacksonville
Fla
Grace Holland
Salem
Maynard
George Hodgen
Mary Cairns
Canada
Craig Sweet
Miss Westwood
David Foley
Soldier
Camp Devens
Mabel Hastings
Reading
Misses Stowell
Maplest
Red Cross Spirit Shines From Two Bay City Girls
In Bay City Michigan two young sisters aged ten and twelve joined local volunteers to sew urgently needed dunnage bags for soldiers. They rose before dawn to finish the work after promising to return, proving their dedication to the Red Cross relief effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Bay City
Mich
Red Cross Hospital Supply Service in France
The Red Cross hospital supply service in France operates 16 warehouses stocked with drugs medicines surgical instruments and dressings. It serves 3 423 French military hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
France
Start Every Day in Good Humor with a Smile
The text urges readers to cultivate happiness from within by forcing and then genuine laughter. It recommends reading joyful columns in papers and magazines, sharing uplifting comedies with friends, and not dismissing lighthearted plays. A daily smile is advised to brighten others' days.
Made in Germany by Alice Williams Brotherton
A wartime poem condemns Germany's actions in World War I. It calls made in Germany a brand of fiendish hate and lists arson rape murder lies typhoid plots U boats Krupp guns and Zeppelin raids. The speaker urges Cast off the Prussian yoke press and people to end German persecution and seek expiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Williams Brotherton
The
Vigilantes
Germany
Earth
Mars
U-boat
Krupp
Zeppelin
Air Raid Victims Helped by Red Cross
War reports note the Red Cross increasing role as air raids over London Paris and other cities cause casualties. A French letter recalls shelters ambu lance drivers and nurses escaping unharmed and urges Americans to wake up and oppose the aggressor with decisive action.
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RED Cross
London
Paris
Squadrillas
United States
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Guaanvinee
A. T. Haynes G CO
New Nason ST
George H. Creighton
Harry T. Bates
O. S. Fowler
Augustus Morse
Harriet Naylor
Boy Scouts
Hugo Kajander
Samuel ‘Lerer
Joseph Wasuik
Charles H. Persons
Liberty Loan Committee
Denholm & McKay Co
Ratenhone Park
Worcester
Pretty Gingham
New Spring
Kopsan
Congregational Church
Excelixivi
H. E. Willis
Albert Evans
Howard K. Tuttle
Post Hospital
Garden City
L. L
New York
Reuben L. Reed
Martin St
Jesse Livermore
Hiram Livermore
EB. C. Page
Ayer
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