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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1940
Page
2
The article reviews ptomaine poisoning sources from protein foods and canned goods, noting revised safety views due to better canning and refrigeration. It explains detection by ammonia measurement in ground food samples and recalls early misconceptions about canning and illness, emphasizing kitchen ready detection.
A terse fragment reflects a judge or authority contemplating swift action amid upheaval. The line hints at impatience with lengthy, careful deliberation and suggests a push toward rapid or decisive justice in a chaotic context.
Augustus Norwood, lawyer and head of The Committees on Publication for the Christian Science Church, died at his home on Hawes Street Brookline after a brief illness. Born 1880 in Hamilton he studied at Harvard, practiced law in Boston, served as special justice and Massachusetts legislator, and held church leadership roles. Funeral at Forest Hills chapel Boston.
The Maynard Young Men’s Republican Club organized a softball team and will play the Boston Young Republicans Sunday afternoon at Alumni Field per President Richard D. Wilson. Howard F. Tucker captains and chairs the softball committee. The club played employers of American Cyanamid Company last Monday and other games are planned as state Republican clubs form a league.
Maynard high school nine faces a tight Middlesex League race with only three regular games left. A Midland League tilt against Hudson tops the slate at Riverside Park Saturday. Reading visits Crowe Park next Tuesday for a crucial run at Belmont, then Marlboro comes to Crowe Park on June 8 for the finale.
Milford High School routed Maynard High 11 to 3 at Milford Town Park on Wednesday. BALian pitched effectively. Julian and Vitlini each doubled, Peewee Smith led the offense with two hits as Milford blew open the game in the third inning backing a strong effort for the unbeaten run toward the Midland League title.
Miss Mise Piovence Lawson of Hayward Road is chosen to attend the Young People's Summer Conference at Amherst Tone from June 30 to July 7. Miss Phyllis Johnson visits friends in Providence Rhode Island.
A Monday evening shower for Miss Alice Fearns was hosted at Miss Katherine Baritean's home. Fearns, a Maynard high school faculty member, will soon marry an agency employee and received numerous beautiful gifts from friends.
Maynard plans designate Sunday June 2 as Maynard Day at the U S Veterans Hospital in Bedford. Commander William I Baron says the Maynard High School Band will give a concert that afternoon after a 40 n 8 invitation. Veterans are invited to march in memorial services and participate in Memorial Day exercises amid the wartime context.
Three Acton grammar schools staged their annual exhibition of pupil work on May 21. Acton Center showcased crafts and a wool project. West Acton presented maps, a farm frieze, a safety project and bird houses. South Acton displayed a Pioneer life exhibit, Mother Goose Village and a safety village. Prizes for Kindness to Dumb Animals posters went to Douglas Groslin, Jo Heres and Dorothy Pendergast. Certificates of Merit went to Richard Flint, Robert French and Stewart Kennedy for an international poster contest entry.
Open house week in Maynard showcased WPA efforts with town residents touring facilities and a sewing project buffet luncheon hosted by local women. Guests included WPA leaders James Coughlan and James King who praised the work while attendees toured the Nursery School and discussed WPA benefits to the community.
The address urges Americans to defend democracy against Hitler and warn youth against war hawks. It emphasizes responsibility of teachers and parents to instill true democratic principles and to honor fallen soldiers by avoiding wars of conquest.
Mr and Mrs Felix Kulevich of 9 McKinley street marked their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a morning mass at St Casimir church and a turkey dinner for guests from Roxbury Boston Waltham and Maynard. Their three children Mrs Albert Cowles Charles and Phyliss assisted in planning the event and gifts and messages poured in.
The Board of Health will run a smallpox vaccination clinic at the Health Centre next Tuesday afternoon from 3 to 4 30. Dr Edward J Faherty will lead the clinic with nurse Edith Foster assisting. The service aids students entering the first grade this fall and is open to other youths whose parents deem it necessary though a charge will be made.
Marynerd The Mayford Branch of the Red Cross will hold a canvass to raise emergency relief funds for war sufferers. Next Tuesday 108 students from the Senior and Junior High School will go house to house to solicit donations. Support the effort and welcome the young solicitors. Mrs Jo Mahoney is president and Sidney McCleary is treasurer. Donations may be given to either of them.
Maynard relatives and townspeople praised the pupils for excellent work at the annual exhibition in the high school auditorium held last Thursday afternoon and evening. The junior high classrooms also displayed notable projects and received positive attention from attendees.
Rev. Herbert B. Fulton takes charge as pastor of the Maynard Methodist Church after serving in Spencer and West Brookfield. A native of Westfield he was educated at Boston University and ordained in 1921. He and his wife Hannah Fulton observe her 80th birthday and have three children Beverly Dorothy and Mrs. Trene Kenward.
In a cold driving rain on Sunday, Wasnik-Cummings and Thompson-Arhy pairs led the locals in a 6 45 percent loss at Maynard Riverside. The finals remain in the first division of the circuit as the day’s conditions tested teams and players across the course.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a donation involving Sh i aesca Cross the student school, but content is unclear. No concrete names, dates, or institutions are fully readable to confirm scope or impact.
Francis Darrah of NYMA Roxbury won the 12th annual six mile road race from Maynard to Acton in 32.18 percent, besting Ted Carpenter and Fred McGlone among a field of 44 starters despite heavy rain. The NYMA dominated team prizes while Harlan Woods won the two mile cross country in 10.35 minutes.
Middlesex varsity crew lost to Pomfret by three quarters length at the local half mile course. Pomfret also won the second boat race but it was ruled a no contest for route infringement. Middlesex won the third race by more than three quarters of a length in a comeback.
Mr. and Mrs. George Worster are both confined to their home with illness and are being cared for by a nurse.
Mrs. Mary Magnyra widow of Josep and one of the oldest residents of the community died after a lingering illness at her daughter Turner’s home on Butler Avenue Way afternoon. She was born in Mrs. Perry and had lived in the vicinity most of her life. Survived by two sons in Maplewood New Jersey and three daughters Delphine Dragon of Field Maine Ola Jamieson of Field Maine and two brothers Rainville of Maynard and Rainville of Innsville. Funeral held on day morning with a requiem at St Bridget’s at nine. Burial in a cemetery Holden Massachusetts. A profusion of floral offerings accompanied by sympathy from relatives and friends.
Sunday meeting led by Rev. J Anthop Wilde with sixteen staff members outlines a June 17 to July 2 session for West Acton Acton Boxboro area youth. Boston plans include further study on June 9 and an annual Firemen’s Service led by Fire Department chaplain H Wilde. Six new members join during morning Communion at 10 45 with Memorial Day observances at Mt Hope Cemetery.
Delegates from the Finnish Congregational Churches arrive for a conference in Fitchburg Massachusetts. Rev George A Koponen serves as local coordinator and will be present at sessions. Delegates include Mr Karhumag Mrs Ansel Mikko Kaattari Miss Mary Kotildinen Reino and Miss Trene.
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