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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1907
Page
3
Maynard highlights include Henry Mason ill this week, changes in shop staff at Nascnst market, and visits by James Sexton of Orange and Rev John A Crowe of Cambridge. Memorial day plans, band concerts, and school events fill the schedule, with sports, theatre, and social visits throughout town.
The Maynard School Board weighs adding a commercial course at the high school and expects a special town meeting to let voters decide. The program would require significant funds beyond the regular budget, but is already successful in many towns, producing graduates skilled in stenography and bookkeeping, with college training costing about 200 dollars per student.
Maynard M. U. baseball team opened Saturday at home against Littleton and failed to spark the offense, hampered by poor practice and lack of hustle. Adams pitched poorly yet showed potential, while the bakery ad and patent remedies are noted among local notices.
A montage of local notices describes Thomas French driving as a chauffeur in Ayer, Arthur Newsholme visiting Lawrence, and W. V. Cameron selling his fish business to J. J. Mayo of Boston. Also listed are Loyal Assabet lodge events, women’s club activities, and a reception at the Haynes home with apple blossoms and Marlboro music.
Maynard defeats Bunting 621 to 35 at the local grounds Saturday afternoon. Jones of Maynard and Clayton of Lowell starred for their sides with several key dismissals and runs in a lopsided contest.
Memorial day will be quietly observed in Maynard with veterans gathering in the square at nine o clock then marching to Glenwood and St. Bridget's cemeteries to decorate graves. They will proceed to Stow to meet Isaac Davis Post and decorate Acton Center and West Acton cemeteries before returning to Stow for dinner and memorial exercises at the Unitarian church with Daniel Eldridge of Hyde Park delivering the address.
The Rosary Society of St Bridget’s church hosted a whist party at Hibernian hall on Wednesday night drawing attendees from town Concord and Acton. Prizes went to Minnie Hilferty Lila Howe Jeremiah Sullivan and J White. Dancing followed the games with committee hosts named.
The school committee resolves that any newly elected teacher must sign a contract to remain for the year elected. This aims to prevent midyear vacancies caused by teacher turnover and to ease securing staff while maintaining steady school work.
There was to be another hearing this Wednesday on A. C. Loewe before the state board of pharmacy but it was called off. Other druggists have not yet been scheduled for hearings and await the board's issuance of the necessary permits.
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