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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1911
Page
8
Mis George Gates, grandmother of George Clapp, died at Mrs John Davis home in West Acton last Wednesday evening at age 88. A longtime resident with many friends, she had declined health for years and waited bravely for rest. Burial took place Saturday at Mt Hope Cemetery.
Miss Etta Clark sails Monday for Jersey City for a ten day vacation with her brother C B Clark. The West Acton Improvement society meets Thursday at the I O O F hall with music, last meeting before October. Mrs W H Rudolph visits Wilmington Delaware to relatives for weeks. Loyal Temperance Legion division held an enthusiastic meeting at South Acton Congregational church with many delegates from Ayer West Acton and South Acton. Miss Leslie Joy won the gold medal. Officers elected Elliot Preble, Mary Smiley, and Mary Damon. Miss Katherine Richardson named superintendent of the Baptist Sunday school primary department.
Notice states burial charges for George F Smith charged to the town of Acton have been paid from the estate of Mr. Smith and received by the town as of January 1909. I. F. DUREN.
A Grange and Ladies' Aid benefit staged a South Acton comedy "A Regiment of Two" last Thursday in the town hall. Noted for Mrs Wilton the young lord and Uncle Jimmy Tex as, the performance drew praise and raised about 45 dollars for church shed repairs. Otis H. Forbush to auction the Charles Cutler estate in Arlington Mass on June 1 at 30 am and June 2 at 9 30 am listing house shed stable 146 acres and household goods from a 70 year residence.
South Acton residents visit friends and attend a May sale at the Congregational church. Abel Farrar suffers a severe blood poisoning attack at his farm. Gleason dale game previews with Acton lineup. Church services May 28 include sermons on Saul and Africa. A May sale at the vestry proves successful with entertainment by Ladies' Social Circle and West Acton Orchestra. A poster fire threat near the mill is contained by Frank Stiles. Carmen lulano of B M construction sustains a neck injury from a flying steel fragment.
Local notes report sale items for West Acton including lead sulfur and spraying supplies. Public works update mentions new stone curbing and a cement walk around a brick building, crews led by Thomas Scanlon and Daniel Beach. Community events include Universalist strawberry festival set for June and a remaining attendance at Grange degree work in Acton Centre.
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