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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1940
Page
3
The Forty Mule Team saga recounts the famed Borax Bill Parkinson era and the team that hauled ore across the desert. Early legends describe the mules and drivers in a rugged cavalry of pack and perseverance.
The Maynard Public Library received Finnish Polish and Russian books from the State Library for use by people of those nationalities. Orrel Croft son of Mr and Mrs Harryroft won first prize in the 4 H Clubs handicraft contest in Concord. S.S. Maria Indulgence Society holds a Sunday service on Mossman Road Sudbury with a chapel mass and field day activities. Homemakers Day at Carey Memorial Hall Lexington featured Impi Rivers Lempi Elslund Saimi Korsman Julia Wekoja Mary Mitzeavitch Val Ruotsala. A Monday whist party awarded prizes to Mrs Graham Lena Franklin Ida Gruber Elizabeth Kopp Margaret McCarthy Jerot Perkins Mrs Alice Murphy Mrs Annie Scully Sarah Greene Mrs J Seder and Minnie Lynch.
Dora Bickford and family from Bergen New Jersey visit Mr and Mrs Thomas King on Uedermill Road Seth Johnson completes sophomore year at Ston University Vid Hubbard of Maine recently left Acton Maynard friends report he is taking a woolen job in St Paul Minnesota The St Casimir s YMCa to open the baseball season The squad is practicing under Conca and Kamesh Mrs Georg mn Jr of Natick welcomes a husky nine pound son born last Saturday at Leonard hospital in Natick Ruth Cleary and Mildred Herbert teachers in Franklin visited their parents Masses at St Casimir s Church summer schedule eight and ten o clock Mr and Mrs James Jones move from Acton Court to Harrison Street Ladies Golf Club Maynard Country Club opens season Tea served under Mrs Clara Grieve Mary Sienkiewicz elected president of Children of Mary Sodality at St Casimir s Parish plans social and dance June 8 in parish hall
The annal summer festival of the Cooperative League district will be staged at Saima Park Fitchburg on Sunday June 9. It features a sports program and entertainment. Dr. James P Warbase will be the principal speaker for the event.
Charles R. Gwillow, former Maynard resident, died Wednesday May 21 at his daughter Mrs. Emma Lambert's home in Hudson. The funeral was held Friday afternoon with services at the Union Congregational church in Maynard conducted by Rev. William Boicourt and Rev. L. W. Fowler. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery.
The Sewang So Club closed its season with a surprise party hosted for Miss Ellen Wareham of the Middlesex Extension Service at Mrs. John Korsman's home during the week. George Gutteridge Jr. will graduate from Columbus University Law School in Washington on June 6. Tolman's orchestra is engaged to play for Wayland High School Prom on Friday May 31. Finnish Farmers district members plan a dance to benefit the Finnish Relief fund.
We express appreciation to all who offered sympathy mass cards and floral pieces after the bereavement for Percy Grade and family.
Acton Boy Scout troop was entertained by the Acton Men's Club on Fathe and Son Night May 21 at the Woman's club house. Walter Hall George Horton Kenneth Jewell and W Bur ton Harvey led the event with Earl Boardman and William Saunders presenting moving pictures of a Canadian hunting trip. Refreshments followed and social time concluded the evening. Weekend guests were Mr and Mrs Burton Clemens of Pittsfield with Mr and Mrs George E White of Great Road.
Sudbury residents expect the Boston Post Road reconstruction to begin around the first of June starting at Henry Ford Road. The Ashland Sand and Gravel Company will carry out the work removing dangerous curves near Davis Turkey Farm Inn. Sudbury selectmen may be invited to turn the first shovelful.
The Senior Class of Sudbury High School sails from Boston tonight through the Cape Cod Canal to New York City. They will spend Thursday Friday and Saturday at the fair and sightseeing in the big city, returning home Sunday.
The Sudbury Massachusetts Board of Appeal schedules hearings for Newton M. Bent to increase poultry business, Lawrence Bobery to conduct poultry on his Richard Ave property, and Pedro A. Silva to start a fee and keep 500 hens at Allene and Allen Avenues. Clerk W. Cutting notes the sessions for May 31, 1940 at 8 P.M. in the Sudbury Town Hall.
The Class of 1941 Junior Prom at Maynard High School lit the George Washington auditorium Friday evening with spring flowers novel decorations and colored lights. Baron Hugo and his orchestra provided music as class officers led the grand march and patronesses and committee members assisted under the guidance of Miss Ruth Bradley.
Sudbury Scouts dedicated a cabin near the Good now Public Library despite bad weather. Scoutmaster Haley led indoor ceremonies with troops from neighboring towns and a jamboree planned. FE Norman Bowny received a pipe as a token of esteem for leading the cabin project. About a dozen scouts slept in the cabin with bed rolls overnight.
Memorial Day observances took place today in grade schools with patriotic exercises. A poem titled A Prayer for Peace by John Hannon was read at the junior high ceremony, while the senior high program occurred in the school auditorium.
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