Maynard News Roundup of Local Visits and Notices
Maynard locals host and visit relatives across nearby towns. Boston visitor A Shuman joins friends here. Miss Alice White visits Akron. Mrs Bellows and two children travel to Newton. Local workers and students attend meetings and military service updates amid community events and ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Shuman
Boston
Alice, White
Grant Sr
Akron
John Bellows
John
Ann
Newton
John B. Rice
Walnut
Concord Junction
Alfred E. McCleary
Lincoln Sr
Gardner
Leslie W. Sims
Mass. Commission On Immion
Barney Fagleman
Maynard Upholstering Co
Mortimer Pierce
Lowell
Assabet Mills
M. A
Agnes Richardson
Powder ‘Mill Rd
Elmer Cook
Ft. Preble
Portland
Assabet Mills Plow 30 Acre Garden Plots For Workers
Officials at Assabet mills cultivate 30 acres for factory gardens to feed employees. They bought 100 bushels seed potatoes, other vegetable seeds, and 29 tons fertilizer. Land on Great Road divided into plots for gardeners, many trained in Europe. Last year’s production was large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assabet Mills
Great Rd
Neighbors' Night at Maynard Grange Brings Guests
Maynard Grange hosted Neighbors' Night at I O O F hall inviting Littleton and Boxboro Granges. Visitors performed a flag drill Japanese dance Irish breakdown violin and vocal selections while refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Grange
I. O. O. F. Hall
Littleton
Boxboro
Visiting here with wallpaper rep from New Jersey
W. B. Flavell of Jane Way and Carpenter Wall Paper Co. New Brunswick N J visits Mr and Mrs A T Haynes Brooks Street. Flavell displays a fine line of wallpaper for this year, with the A T Haynes Co. shown as liberal purchasers to guard customers against the predicted advance next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Flavell
Janeway & Carpenter Wall Paper Co
New Brunswick
N. J
A. T. Haynes
Brooks St
Flavell
A. T. Haynes Co
Marriage of Claude Haire and Eythel Birch Announced
Announced this week, the marriage of Claude Haire son of Mr and Mrs James N Haire of Albany to Miss Eythel Birch of Albany was received by friends here. Haire, a graduate of M H S, and his family have resided in Albany the past few years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Haire
James N. Haire
Albany
Eythel Birch
Haire
Public Safety urges home gardens for winter food
The Public Safety committee asks all able residents to plant home gardens. Produce is for home use or storage, not for market gardeners, to avoid oversupply. The aim is to save food for the coming winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Safety Committee
Pomona Grange Meeting Set in Acton Town Hall
Middlesex Central Pomona Grange meets in Acton Town Hall on Thursday May 23 with an afternoon session at 2 00 pm featuring Hoyt Canary and several speakers and an evening session at 7 30 pm. Con ferring the degree of Pomona with inspection. Transportation from Concord Junction to Acton Centre arranged via the car on the C M and H leaving Maynard at 1 50 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex Central
Pomona Grange
Town Hall
Acton
Hoyt Canary
Pomona
Concord Junction
Acton Centre
Maynard
Caught Finger in Spinning Frame Affects Assabet Worker
Walter Murray of Main Street, an employee in the spinning room of the Assabet bills, caught the index finger of his right hand in a spinning frame Monday afternoon. The injury severely mangled the finger and required amputation to the first joint. Dr. Edward Flaherty attended him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Murray
Main St
Edward Flaherty
Killed in Action Edward Miller with Canadian Army
Word reached George McInnes on Main Street that Private Edward Miller was killed in action in France. Miller enlisted in the Canadian army in the war’s second year and had been wounded then in a Scottish hospital. He was the first Maynard resident to enlist in British forces and had worked in the Assabet mills weave room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Miller
George McInnes
Main St
France
Miller
Scotland
Maynard
Assabet Mills
Wilson Cuttell
Assabet Lodge
M. A
St. George’s Church
Car Crash on Summer Street Ends Without Injuries
A touring car driven by E S Tobin of Melrose crashed into a fence on Summer Street near the railroad crossing Saturday afternoon. The Tobin family escaped harm though the iron railing along the sidewalk was demolished. Tobin swerved onto the sidewalk to avoid a cart child in the street. police investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose
Summer St
Red Cross Week Appeal Calls For Wide Support
The notice urges readers to donate to the Red Cross during Red Cross Week. It emphasizes that individual sacrifices add to a global effort, converting small gifts into a powerful fund to relieve suffering and save soldiers. It frames giving as a duty to country and humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Red Cross
Memorial Day Plan At M E Church Religious Service
Regular services at the M E church featured a Red Cross and War Emergency Fund sermon. The choir performed Jesus My Savior with Elmer Cook and Jennie Naylor. Lindsey Smith sang a duet. W C T U meets Thursday. Maynard delegates expected at Middlesex County convention May 22. Memorial services planned next Sunday with G A R and Woman's Relief corps invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Parsons
M.E
Red Cross
War Emergency Fund
Methodist Church
Jesus
Savior
Jennie Naylor
Elmer Cook
Ft. Preble
Portland
Lindsey Smith
William Hooper
Powder Mill
Clara Webber
Middlesex County
Baptist Church
Ayer
Maynard
Isaac Davis Post
Woman's Relief Corps
Maynard Wins Star for Liberty Bond Drive Record
Final returns show Maynard's subscription to the third Liberty Bond sale at 162100 dollars, over eleven thousand dollars above double the allotment. The star is awarded for the honor flag, with a proposal to frame and hang it in the new public library quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Privates Transferred From Camp Gordon to Camp Mills
Privates William F Former Frank Wilder and Fred Lemoine have been transferred from Camp Gordon Atlanta Georgia to Camp Mills Hempstead New York. They were inducted into military service last fall and have been stationed at Camp Gordon except for a few weeks at Camp Devens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F
Frank Wilder
Fred Lemoine
Camp Gordon
Atlanta, Ga
Camp Mills
Hempstead
L. I
Camp Devens
Vaananen assists at Fitchburg Finnish church confirmation
Rev John A Vaananen pastor of Walnut Street Congregational helped at confirmation services at the Finnish Congregational church in Fitchburg Sunday. Confirmation classes began at Walnut Street church and the service will be held soon. The annual conference of Finnish Congregational churches and Christian Endeavor societies of the Eastern States will meet at Maynard May 30 to June 2. On June 2 a concert at Colonial Hall will feature choirs from five churches. Mr and Mrs John Sunderland and Mr and Mrs Arthur Jordan and family moved into a new home on Brooks extension last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James ‘Moynihan
Douglas Ave
American Powder Co
Assabet Mills
Prin
Horace Freeman
Bates
Schoolmasters’ Club of
Massachusetts
Hotel Bellevue
Boston
Victor Riihiluoma
New London
John Riihiluoma
Main St
Leon O. Merrill
Rockland
Prin. H. F. Bates
Summerhill
Camp Devens
Manchester Unity
William le
Maynard
John Murray
John Carlson
John Hendrickson
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Ethan Allen
John A. Vaananen
Walnut St. Congregational Church
Fitchburg
Walnut St
Finnish Congregational Churches
Christian Endeavor Societies
Colonial Hall
John Sunderland
Arthur Jordan
Brooks Extension
Plans Completed For Chautauqua Meetings In Maynard
The 60 guarantors of the Maynard Chautauqua met at the high school and completed plans for events to run June 21 to 26. Kenneth H. Damien was elected chairman with Sidney E. McCleary as treasurer and Charlotte Stockbridge as secretary. John Dunaway, Swarthmore Chautauqua representative, outlined this season’s program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Kenneth H. Damien
Sidney E. McCleary
Charlotte Stockbridge
W. X. Macurda
Gilbert Hawkes
H. A. Wilson
John Dunaway
Swathmore Chautauqua
Maynard Chautauqua
Ige D. Elson
Horace F. Bates
W. A. Haynes Co
Amory Maynard
Kenneth Damien
M. B. Church
W. F. Litchfield
W. B. Case
George Morse
Wilber Hamlin
George Hart
Ralph W. Case
Clifton Stetson
Arthur J. Sullivan
F. A. May
Wm. H. Gutteridge
S. Be.mccleary
Herbert C. Mallinson
M. H. Paine
Alfred T. Haynes
Julia L. McCarthy
Gilbert M. Hawkes
Wm. H. Millington
George A. Theodore
F. P. Flagg
Arthur B. Walker
Edmund Whitney
Irvin
B. Howe
John
Hannon
Howard B. Case
William. Naylor
Fred Proctor
Edward. C. Page
H. J. Dwinnell
Wm._B. Cole
E.W. Hooper
Preston Blanchard
John 10
Case
South. Acton
Helen H. Price
Vincent Waldron
Mark Newton
John M Bellows
C. 8. Fowler
C. A. Stockbridge
Lu ‘Gerne H. Lowell
John H. Horan
Veterans of the 104th Infantry In Front Line Again
Edward Ledgard of Company D writes home about the 104th Infantry veterans’ steady front line service. He describes gas masks, mud, nightly Salvation Army support, and shared hardships amid ongoing rest periods in trench life during World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
104Th Infantry
Maynard
Edward Ledgard
Cook
Uo. D
Joseph Schwab, Brooks Sr
Lieut. Mansfield
Salvation Army
Special Town Meeting Seeks Several Cemetery and Fund Allocations
A special town meeting at Cooperative hall Wednesday at 7 30 p m considers six articles. Proposals include 1200 for gypsy moth suppression and 50 for Memorial day observance. Funds of 100 for Cheney lot care, 100 from Sarah Feltham, 100 from Clara Binks, 50 Charles Watson fund, 100 Maurice O Connor estate for St Bridget's cemetery care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperative Hall
Charles H. Cheney
Sarah Feltham
Francis Feltham
Six Maynard Men Ordered to Report for Induction
Six Maynard men including Cornelius J. Callahan Raymond Newhouse Hannes Rahko Waine F Williams John A Hartin and Arthur B Forner are required to report at the division selection board headquarters next Monday at 10 a m for induction into military service. In total sixteen men have been called in the district and the group will proceed to Camp Devens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Selection Board
Cornelius J. Callahan
Prospect St
Raymond Newhouse
Arthur St
Hannes Rahko
Dartmouth St
Waine F
Williams
Acton St
John A. Hartin
Arthur B. Forner
Main St
Camp Devens
Maynard Soldier Reunites With Former Local Captain
Private Michael E. Lynch of the 18th U. S. Infantry in France met Captain Sidney Coulter, formerly of Maynard, who is now attached to Lynch’s regiment. Lynch reports a hearty reception from the former Maynard lad, who earned his commission early in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael E. Lynch
U. S. Inf
France
Sidney Coulter
Maynard
Lynch
Maynard Boy
War Savings Stamps Drive Highlighted in Maynard
Maynard totals lead neighboring towns in War Savings and Thrift stamps with 3933.49 raised as of May 1 while Concord and Hudson report 9034 and 8284.49 respectively. The piece urges citizens to buy stamps as a safe investment and support soldiers, noting stamps mature to five dollars on January 1, 1923 with a four percent annual yield compounded quarterly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Concord
Hudson
U. S
Moe
Fex
Massachusetts
Abel G. Haynes
Dreschler
W. H. Gutteridge
W. C. Priest
T. F. Parker
M. B. Church
Frank McCarron
W. F. Litchfield
Final Exhibit Marks Home Economics Club Awards
Tuesday the Home Economics club held its final exhibit at the high school under Miss Grace J. Bishop. Miss Fay of Middlesex City and Miss Morris of Star club led and awarded prizes for bread making with Alice Moynihan first, Helen Colombo second, and Lempi Ahead. Each member achieving 60 hours of household tasks since February received a pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace J. Bishop
Fay
Middlesex City
Morris
Star Club
Alice Moynihan
Helen Colombo
Lempi
Officers and Privates Transferred to Camp Merritt
Word arrived this week that Privates Vincent and William Sweeney William Stockwell and Charles Dyson of the Medical corps NA have been transferred from Camp Stuart Va to Camp Merritt NJ. It is also reported that Lieut Jere Lynch is at Camp Merritt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent
William Sweeney
William Stockwell
Charles Dyson
Medical Corps
N. A
Camp Stuart
Camp Merritt
N. J
Lieut
Jere Lynch
Coal Scarcity Reminder for Winter Fuel Planning
The daily papers warn that coal is scarce in New England and urge readers to plan ahead. Officials note fuel officials advise early ordering of next winter's supply to avert shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Daily Papers
Appointments Made to County Board of Assessors
Michael Mullin of Summit and John C King of Maple street were appointed to the board of assessors by the county commissioners to fill vacancies due to the resignations of James A Cleary and Albert Kin. The new members were named by the board of selectmen and approved by the county commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Mullin
Summit Sr
John C. King
Maple St
Board of Assessors
James A. Cleary
Albertkin
Board of Selectmen
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Maynard News
Robert White
Annie Roberts
Mass
W. EB. Whitcomb
West Acton
Hilleron Cornet
R. W. Carter
Chauncy St
Albert Sylvester
Maple Et
Connelley Cafe
Nason St. Rosa
F. Minhead
North Carver
John Dora
Warren St
Francis S. Brick
Batt
Concord’ Junction
Congregational Church
Edward Mahoney
Samuel Meade
Co. K
306Th Inf
Sumner Rogers
Powder Mill Rd
Haviland
Stella Moore
Bellevue Hospital
New York
John Moore
Brockton Co-Op
P. H. Murphy
Home Gardens
Maple Street
HN Edwards
M. E. Church
DeLee’s Drug Store
Nason Street
Maynard, Mass
Sidney E. McClear
Maynard Trust de
Maynard Bottling Co
Clendale Street
M. Bertha Burke
Marlboro
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