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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1926
Page
6
Public notice from Marlboro Massachusetts indicating newspaper mailing status and postage details under the 1879 act. Includes pricing and post office classification information for the Enterprise publication dated August 1908.
A fragmentary item mentions Agnes Fitzgerald Lynch and Dr J J identified as lodge physician in an office context. No further details or actions are provided.
The American Merchant Marine Library Association started in 1921 to sustain shipboard libraries. It operates a permanent board with stations at key ports and collaborates with schools churches and civic groups nationwide. Readily usable books of all kinds are welcomed including old discarded volumes.
A 4300000 expenditure plan by counties and municipalities funds 29000 miles of new roads and preserves 234000 miles of existing roads. The move, praised as a unifying national project, aims to boost travel, commerce, and prosperity through expanded highways.
A federal superintendent of prisons urges daily work in every facility except Sunday to avoid idleness. He promotes tasks that require skill such as oakum picking, noting that simple tasks like dull routines fail to reform inmates and should be replaced by meaningful labor.
An article urges expanding Marlboro playgrounds from two to four sites,Including Hildreth School, Wash ington and Pleasant School grounds, and Stevens Playground. It details funding from private subscriptions Kiwanis and local events, notes need for $1200 this year, and calls for city support to provide safe children’s play spaces and curb juvenile troubles.
Mayor Beal of Waltham and company representatives promise operation changes on the Waltham Watertown line with five minute rush hour service and ten minute off peak service. Waltham grants right of way to B & W and Rowe Bus. officials say Marlboro to Boston line may be ready to operate within a week.
John Ranta and several party members faced fines in District Court yesterday amid drunkenness charges. John Ranta was fined 100 dollars for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. the charge of drunkenness was filed.
Five new open-air cabins near completion on the Belton Camp Reso lute high plateau. A heavy oak table and large dumb-waiter are being installed in the kitchen alongside a modern dining hall prep. Chef Fletcher Irish, director Harry Lawson, and Scout executive Ralph Whitman led an inspection as ten auto loads of Needham parents and scouts visited to consider enrollment this summer.
Mrs Lottie R Josephson and her husband were divorced after a 1905 marriage and 1923 separation. The court awarded custody to the mother for Lorette and Lester Josephson, ordered child support at 14 dollars weekly and alimony of 6 dollars weekly to the wife. John EB Rice served as counsel for Josephson.
Marlboro's Salvation Army launches its Home Service appeal with Captain Werner and assistants urging local support. Pledges may be paid in cash or quarterly, with hundreds of letters sent to solicit subscriptions. The effort aims to sustain the branch's devotion to serving people in need.
A partial OCR line lists multiple individuals with initials and surnames such as Harris Drake, BE. P. Carr, Ar Pan Curtis, Rev. J. Cinn, EF. T. te, B. H. Bills, C. E. Jama, vy. H. M. Gesner, R. a. Jameson, W. H. Arnold, but no clear event, role, or context is given.
Eugene Raymond 45 native of the city died at home after treatment in Rutland. Funeral at Immaculate Conception Church tomorrow at 9 a.m. Interment in parish cemetery. He studied in Marlboro schools and worked at Armour Co. He leaves sisters Elizabeth Anson of Brockton and Hannah and Mary Raymond of Marlboro and brother Michael Raymond of Worcester.
Milford May 19 Milford Boy Scouts extend invitation to all council boys to join an Intertroop track meet in Milford on Saturday afternoon May 2. Troops assemble on Congress street near the New Eng Jeweller’s Institute and march to Sacred Heart church then to Town park for events. Two weight classes contest 75 yard dash 190 yard dash and a four man relay. Each boy may enter one event per class and troops should select teams accordingly.
Residents report moves and visits across town including John Kelly relocating his family to Lawin Street. Mr and Mrs Charles Spearal return from Springfield to Witherbee Terrace. The W N T Club meets tonight at Henry and Mary Hanson’s Highland home. Raymond Simonds of Boston revisits Pickering Street as soloist at a church event. Mr and Mrs Chester Richardson purchase Percy Goggin’s estate on Church Street. Mrs E Baraglio and daughter Rita return from Quincy. The W T G Club prepares for an upcoming meeting.
A notice announces a meeting at the home of Mrs Er nest on Highland Street scheduled for Monday evening, May 24th. The read includes details of attendance and time.
Miss Katherine Winn a Red Cross nurse in Augusta Maine spent the week at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Winn Ringold street Clifton Collins and Frank Hilman who had been visiting Mr and Mrs Herbei Carpenter Harries township returned to their home in Long Island New York Mrs James Hanson Mechanic street underwent an appendicitis operation at Marlboro hospital performed by Dr C H Merrill and Dr C W Smith Donald McKenzie who had been visiting at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Frankle urch street returned to his studies at Hebron college
Fiends of Mrs Planche Whitman Yeagley will be pleased to hear she is recovering from an attack of scarlet fever in her home at College, Pa. Yeagley was formerly of this city.
The Highland City Lodge J C A marked its 25th anniversary with a banquet at A O H hall attended by members and guests. Mrs Emma Peltier chaired a business session and toast master. A floral tribute honored the president. The program featured lodge history by Mary Crotty and addresses by Nellie Hamilton Margaret Meir and others. The event closed with The Star Spangled Banner and inductive lodge activities led by Mary Ey Ty Bumstier Alice Moyrihan and others.
The Marlboro class of 1927 will stage the comedy So None of the Author’s Manner at Hall on May 20 and 21. A six week rehearsal under Morton L. Stevens has formed a strong cast led by Craig Margaret McMahon Browning Clarence Jo seph McCook and Josephine Marion Allen with Paul Phelps Hunter Kenneth Post Charlotte Drake and J davas.
L. G. Fairchild from the Office School spoke at the weekly Kiwanis luncheon held at the Elks Home yesterday. Harris Drake led the session and discussed methods for guiding boys and girls in preparation for business.
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