Armistice Day Observed With Impressive Maynard Ceremonies
Armistice Day observances on November 13 in Maynard marked by extensive ceremonies led by Frank J. De Post American Legion. Memorial park services featured a sermon by Rey Bason Cross, taps and firing squad volleys, two minutes of silence at eleven, and a march by Legion Ladies. The day also included storefront and home observances, a Colonial hall gathering, Venetian music, and a large attendance. Historic notes recall Armistice Day 1918 with parades, bells, and community unity across Maynard and surrounding towns.
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Ayward
Gnard
Frank J. de Post
American Legion
Orial Park
Rey Bason Cross
Min- Downey
Bet Mill
Iion
Ngat
Rprise
Acton Agricultural Association Holds Thirteenth Annual Meeting
South Acton November 13 The thirteenth annual meeting at Acton Town Hall after a turkey dinner by Chas R Willett and ladies. President Richardson presided at dinner with Miss Ruth E Flint and Miss Louisa Wood as guests. Special prizes awarded for best acton fair submission and a scrap book gifted to Conant Library. Directors increased to 12 to 15, by laws allow officers to act with directors. Hazel J Moore remembered. sympathy to ex president Go ward family. Speakers included Capt George A Parker A W Lombard L B Boston and A F MacDou gall. Financial report shows 1929 fair weather hurt but association strong and optimistic.
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South Acton
Acton Agricultural Association
Acton
Chas, R. Willett
Ruth E. Flint
Louisa Wood
Richardson
Miss Flint
Acton Fair
Wace
Pres. Richardson
Davis
Boston
Iher
Conant Library
Hazel J. Moore
Clarence N. Goward
George A. Parker
A.W. Lombard
L. B. Boston
State Board of Agriculture
A. F. MacDougall
Farm Bureau
Margaret Hathaway Rites Held at Congregational Church
Services were held for Margaret Hathaway at 2 PM in the Congregational church. The deceased, aged 73, was the widow of Ernest Hathaway and was laid to rest in the local cemetery.
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Argaret Hathaway l
Yesternoon
Congregational Church
Learearee Hathaway
Ernest Hathe
Medford
Lodge Hosts Grocery Whist Party at Odd Fellows Hall
MAYNARD Nov 13 Harl Kitchiner Lodge Sons of St George held a successful grocery whist party Monday night at Odd Fellows hall. Mrs Joe Brown won first prize with Nathaniel Davis taking second. Other prizewinners included Mrs Katherine White Mrs Mary Puffer and several others from Maynard West Acton and Gonco.
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Maynard
Harl Kitchiner Lodge
Sons of St. George
Odd Fellows Hall
Joe Brown
Nathaniel Davis
Katherine White
Mary Puffer
Arthur Bariteau
Daniel Coughlin
Ida Brooks
John Webster
George Webster
Walter France
Fred Stokes
Nathan Crowther
John Trench
Charles Newan
Henry Hi
Annual Roll Call Drive In Maynard Area
The annual Red Cross membership roll call opened Armistice Day and will run through Thanksgiving Day. Mary Mahoney chairs the committee with local members and mill officials aiding the drive directed by George Merrick and Wallace Priest. Headquarters are at P J Sullivan’s store on Main Street. Send in a dollar or more to the local committee. solicitors are welcomed.
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Maynard
Red Cross
Mary Mahoney
Mary. Puffer
Charles H. Walker
A T Haynes
Robert Archer
Wm. Boicourt
Alfred E McCleary
Howard B Case
Charles Keene
Mary Jones
Lyman Priest
Annie Young
Ella Price
Beatrice Jorday
Hilda Kotila
Harold Cut’tell
Grace Salloway
Ethlyn Whitney
Mary Doyle
Elizabeth Teehan
Hazel Burns
Catherine Murray
Alice Heatey
Carolyn Herbert
Assabet Mill
George Merrick
Wallace Priest
P J Sullivan
Main Street
Moonlight Minstrels Benefit in Concord for Education Aid
The Moonlight Cabaret Minstrels performed Tuesday night at the Elks Hall for Concord Grange No 16 education aid fund. Visitors from Annusnac West Concord Acton Maynard Watertown and Providence joined a large audience. The program featured Mrs Nettie J Wells as overseer and Mrs Mary B King as interlocutor with songs dances and sketches.
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Concord
Concord Grange
Elks’ Hall
Annusnac Grange
West
Acton
Maynard
Watertown
Providence
Benjamin Clark
Everett Grange
Concord Grangers
Nettie J. Wells
Mary B. King
Mary Hanlon
Sadie Wilson
Sylvia Moreau
Nettie E. Wells
Albert Croft
Sleepy Valley
Mary E. King
Phyllis Dee
Nettie E. ‘Wells
Nettie A. Wells
Arthur F.adams
Fred Moreau
Arthur Jamin Clark
Albert ‘Croft
Oves Moreau
Philip 2
Sudden Death of Miss Hazel I Morehouse in Acton
Miss Hazel I Morehouse died suddenly at Swastika Villa North Acton on Sunday November 2 at 6 30 p m She was born in Sandy Cove Digby Nova Scotia and was a niece of Mrs Goward She lived summers in Acton winters in Florida and New York Her funeral was held at Swastika Villa North Acton with Rev Hy Robert Smith and Apollo male quartet Boston Interment followed at Woodlawn cemetery
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South
Acton
Hazel I. Morehouse
Swastika Villa
Sandy Cove
Digby
Nova Scotia
Clarence N. Goward
Gow
Florida
New York
Grange Holds Public Whist at West Concord
West Concord November 13 patrons of Husban dry Grange held a pure whist party in Association Hall. Mrs Edith Bailey chaired the committee assisted by Mrs Anna Christian and other officers. Women prizes went to Mrs Brodie Moreau and Mrs George Hefty. Beatrice Elme won the consolation. A man’s side prize went to Madeline De Mats with Herbert Ray second and Mrs Louis Wright consolation. The event drew a good crowd and was enjoyed.
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West Concord
Anna Isaac’ Grange
Edith Bailey
Anna Christian
Josephine Pearce
Margaret Alexander
Elizabeth Connell
Brodie Moreau
George Hefty
Beatrice Elme
Madeline ‘de ‘Mats
Herbert Ray
Louis Wright
Old Concord Chapter Dedicates New Quarters
The Old Concord Chapter dedicates its new quarters adjoining the old Chapter House with a formal gathering. National and state officers, regents, and members from Boston and nearby areas attend the ceremony. A string quartet performs as 140 attendees tour the refined rooms and socialize after the program.
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Concord
Revo Y Paiek
Boston
George Minot Baker
T Chapter
Shapter House
Howard B. Daniels
George Richard Blinn
Bedford
Maynard
S. ‘Thompson Blood
West Concord
Charles H. Towle
George Loring Thur’low
The
Trini
Concord Board Debates Gas Proposition at Meeting
The Concord Board of Trade held a Thursday evening session in the West Concord School with President Thomas Hollis Jr. presiding. A nominating committee was set to prepare officers for the December 5 annual meeting and banquet as gas officials outlined plans to pipe gas into Concord pending permission.
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Concord Board of Trade
West Concord
Thomas Hollis Jr
Wallace B. Conant
T. Alfred Wilson
Kennan Damon
Frank D. Cadwallader
Ton Consolidate’ Gas Company
Fred M. Goodrick
Mr. Cunningham
Concord
Concord Selectmen
Weston
Men’s Fraternal League Marks 25th Anniversary
Maynard November 13 The Men’s Fraternal League of the Union Congregational church marked its 25th anniversary with a banquet at the church banquet hall attended by many members and guests. Rev Clarence W Dunham of Boston spoke the event's history noted the league's early formation in 1904 with charter members including George H Gutteridge and Frank E Sanderson.
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C. W. Dunham
Boston
Maynard Organization
League
Maynard
Union Congregational Church
Boy Scouts Orchestra
Clarencee W. Dunham
Pilgrim ‘Church
Pilgrim Church
Maynard League
Frank ©. Sanderson
Leeague
William Boicourt
Harry Larkin
Clifford C. Cheney
George H. Suenage
Albert
Bay Pbesene Hunt
William H. Gutteridge
Men’s Fraternal League
Eugene F. Hunt
Union Congregarational Church
Clifford Cheney
Albright
Dorchester
Atia
G Care Frank E. Sanderson
George H. Gutteridge
C. B. Bliss
C. C. Cheney
Neil Andrews
Joel Butterworth
West Concord Hosts Installation of Our Lady Help Court
Mrs Cornelia M Seaford installed as Grand Regent of Our Lady Help of Christians Court in West Concord in a ceremony attended by guests from Lexington Hudson Southeston and Belmont. Officers inducted include Margaret Alexander vice regent and Anna Ryan prophetess with a banquet for Fr Edward Ryan and Rev James Somers.
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West Concord
Cornelia M. Seaford
Oscar J. Hetford
Commonwealth Avenue
Our Lady Help of Christians Court
A. Luesaay
Marge
Lexington
Hudson
Southeston
Belmont
William L. Fitzatrick
Lorence King
Monitor
Esther Reilly
Sentinel
Loretta Carr
J. Edward Mahoney
Merton J. Leighton
M J. Mullaney
Elizabeth Connell
Edward F. Ryan
Our Lady Help of Christians, Church
James M. Somers
Ryan
Bedford
Mary F
Meiers
FitaPatricks
Henness
Edward F.longhain
Daniel F. Nagle
Edward W. Sheehan
Edward Mahoney
Philip Y. Mulvey
Hugh J. Keenan
John B. Lynch
Patrick Disken
George Mty
Salmon
Hennessey
Miss McCarthy
Engagement Announced in Concord Circle
Mr and Mrs W Arthur Rayner announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy Adamling Rayner to Carl Gordon Johanson Jr son of Mr and Mrs Karl G Johanson of West Concord The couple comes from Concord High Burdett College Northeastern University and New England Power Construction Company backgrounds No wedding date set.
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Concord
W. Arthur Rayner
Acton
Dorothy Adamling Rayner
Carl Gordon Johanson, Jr
Karl G. Johanson
West Concord
Rass
Concord School
Burdett College
American Glue Company of
Boyton
Johanson
West Concord Union Club to Meet in Church Vestry
The West Concord Union Club holds its regular meeting Friday in the church vestry. After the business session a Thanksgiving social will follow and young men are invited to attend.
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Union Club Concord
West Concord Union Club
Town Memorials Mention Sick Benefit and Doctor’s Plea
Fragmentary notes indicate a $1200 sick benefit and death benefit, with a reference to a League address and a 1910 remark by Dr Hamlem urging the town to address a needed system. The wording suggests early 20th century civic efforts and local discussion.
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Iaw
Hamlem W
Marlboro leaders push Boston Post road upgrade
Councillor-at-Large Charles A. Cook reports unanimous support for a city wide campaign to have the Boston Post road receive first consideration by the State Highway Dept. He, with Sudbury officials led by Henry N. Fairbanks, calls for road widening along the current route to benefit Marlboro and neighboring towns. The effort, backed by local business figures, aims to keep costs lower and protect town interests.
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Charles A. Cook
Marlboro
Cook
State Highway Dept
Sudbury
Boston
Henry N. Fairbanks
Thomas
O'Neil
Aubrey W. Borden
Boston Post
Tere : Ae
Sudbury Centre
Wayland
Bradshaw
Board of Selectmen
Highway Commission
Fairbanks
Soipermen
Ciller
Solect
Thenterprise
Agen
Hibernians Lead Triangular 45 Tourney In Concord
In Concord the Ancient Order of Hibernians lead the 45 tournament by seven points in Division 56 with Concord Council 287 Knights of Columbus second and the Rod and Gun Club third. The event opened Friday in Monument Hall for a 20 week run with Hibernians at 42 games, K of C at 35, and Rod and Gun at 24. Captain Thomas Healy’s Knights of Columbus No 1 team had the high 13 wins, followed by William Dene’s Hibernians No 1 with 12. The next round is set for Friday November 15 in Monument Hall.
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Concord
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Concord Council
Knights of Columbus
Concord Rod and Gun Club
Hibernians
Monument Hall
Rod and Gun Club
Thomas Healy
William D&e
K. of Co
Thomas J. McGann
Thomas
J. Byron
McGann
Mr.Byron
Martin Bulger
Concord Girls Hockey Invades Maynard In Afternoon Return
The Concord High School girls hockey team travels to Maynard High School for a return game this afternoon as both squads seek to rebalance standings and gain momentum.
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Concord High School
Maynard High School
Maynard
Mark Silver Anniversary Observed with Family, Church Ties
Mr and Mrs Michael F Cleary of 50 Derio Street celebrated fifty years of marriage with family and friends. Margaret May served as bridesmaid at their 1904 St Bridget's ceremony led by Rev John A Crowe. Cleary has held local roles in Maynard while his wife participates in church groups. Armistice Day events were held at Peter Bulkeley Emerson School. The West Concord branch library roof is being installed this week.
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Maynard
Michael F Cleary
Rerio
Margaret May
St. Bridget’s Churc
John A Crowe
St. Bridget’s Parish
Raie Cleary
Fomer Depu Eyer
Boston
Helen Eae
Cleary
AO HH
Maynard Fire de Partent
White Cross Guild
Rosary Society
Bridget’s Church
Peter Bulkeley Emerson
Peter Bulkeley
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Iaynard Legion
Ommander
Joseph Dineen
Memorial Park
Columbus Lle
Arthur J. Coughlan
Mar
Harry T. Bates
Horace Rev. Francis Jablonski
Mullin
Thomas F. Par
Lish Society
Rade
Manchesity
St. Bridget’s
Edward Ley
St. George’s
iRev
Arthur B. Papineau
Acton Association
Lodge
Moonlight Minstrels
C. N. Goward
Grange
Tarian Congregational Church
Horton Edmands
House Committee
Stephen P. Hurd
Nancy Harris
Allston
Frank Warren
Grafton
Mra
S. Ernest Griffin
Winthrop
Isabelle Gordon
Worcester
Nellie Rice Fiske
Wayside Inn
South Sudbury
Marian A. Barker
Hdmands
Albert B. Black
Herbert E. Smith
S. Thompson Blood
Gardner K. Houghton
Littleton
Elwyn W. Harris
Virginia Sanderson
Arthur F. Blanchard
Alfred E. McClearyland
Augustus L. Morse
Concord Board
Boston Gas Company
Cornelia M. Bedford
Concord Edge
Sudbury Selectmen
Mem
Cour Cook
Selectman
Siete
Ae Views
Marroorg
Mark Silver
F. Cleary
Entertaine Family Party
Bran’crie
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