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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1917
Page
7
The event titled Lecture Ang Food Sale raised funds under Mrs Webster of the Economics department with a total of 31.66 added to the treasury. Candy tables were managed by Mrs Carl Pickins and Miss Bite Picking.
Acton Centre’s W C T unit met at Mrs Horace Tuttle’s home on Wednesday afternoon. After business, refreshments were served. Several plan to attend the Marlboro county meeting on May 22. Items include house occupancy and repairs by local residents. A Ladies’ Aid meeting is slated Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Mrs E S Fobes’s home.
Town meeting committee aimed to remove an ash tree to widen Main Street access to Mi Piat House, but a petition signed by about 15 locals halted progress. The piece recalls a 15 year delay under past tree wardens and a long debated project now funded. Nearby social notes cover visitors, summer homes, and local illnesses.
West Acton reports James Iy started work at the garage Monday. Harvard students are through for the school year and graduates will return in June for their diplomas. Webster Blanchard is among them. J Richardson of Boxboro had good luck fishing during a brief Hast Alberg Vermont visit, bringing home a fine box of pike and other fish. TO LET tenement on Arl t Land for garden FR Know est Acton meat
Saturday afternoon warning to all autos and drivers to obey the silent auto sign at Central Ave. The sharp curve and hill make the area dangerous with near misses and narrow escapes reported, urging slower speeds and caution despite no recent accidents.
Sunday at 10 30 ex positions of the Books of the Bible resume with Numbers as focus. Sunday night 7 30 missionary topic The Panama Canal Its Construction and Place in World commerce with maps. Friday 7 Christian Fellowship. Jesse Briggs wed Adelaide Womboldt at Boxboro parsonage. North Acton grass fire threatened depot and homes.
Several members of Company I 6th Regiment Infantry 1st Brigade Massachusetts National Guard at Attleboro are expected to attend the social dance in the State Armory Concord on Thursday evening May 17.
A high officer arriving from Europe says German submarines were trapped or destroyed before reaching U S shores after a swift wartime deployment. Authorities alerted the British navy which destroyed or towed the raiders to port. The move aimed to disrupt shipping and hinder U S support.
An old advertisement extols Maxwell cars with claims of climbing any hill and delivering 30 miles per gallon. It touts power and light care while promising speed and reliability, urging readers to seek a car that conquers terrain where other cars struggle.
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