Village Improvement Society to Meet Wednesday October 13
The fourth meeting of citizens seeking an athletic field for the village will be held in Exchange Hall. Attendees and members are urged to attend the adjourned Vil lage Improvement Association meeting on Wednesday evening October 13 to approve over fifty membership applications and elect officers and committees.
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Village Improvement Society
Vilage
Villinge Improvement Association
Exchange Hall
Elizabeth Jones Celebrates 91st Birthday
Passed 91st birthday observed Friday October 6 with celebratory cards and joy. Family and friends shared greetings and a birthday cake along with other gifts in a festive personal celebration.
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Elizabeth Jones
Acton Agricultural Association Plans Special Meeting
The Acton Agricultural Association fair managers meet in the town hall on Friday October 5 at 8 pm to render reports from all committees. All members are invited. Mrs Goward, supper committee chair, thanks members for support. Mr and Mrs L Bishop visited Mrs Whitney at Faulkner House on Sunday.
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Acton
Meg ́ L. Bishop
Baldwineville
F. 4. ‘Whitney
Faulkner House
Carnival of Joy in Constantinople Under Allied Occupation
A vivid, if sensational, portrait of Constantinople under Allied control after World War I. The piece describes bustling cosmopolitan nightlife, both legal and illegal, with diverse crowds, music, and dance. It contrasts Western entertainments with Turkish civic disorder and tensions between locals and foreign troops.
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Constantinople
Suez
Patt Evertbolly
Wellers
Leadville
Goldfield
Coloniais
Petrograd Opera
Montmartre
Rue Grand Peru
Multilingual New York Audience Reflects Language Diversity
The Interchureh World movement notes thirty two languages besides English spoken in New York City by about 1 700 000 people. The piece contrasts American linguistic scarcity among native speakers with Europe's boundary proximity and social mobility.
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New York City
America
Europe
Gathering Up the Wreckage Curiosity of Postwar Wrecking Firms
Wrecking companies have grown by purchasing discarded items from war to repurpose for new uses. They buy small shacks, parts from ships, locomotives, and even entire railroads. These firms operate on large scales and rely on the thin margin between salvage value and costs to secure profits, treating junk as a resource.
West Acton Woman's Club 1920 21 Calendar
Program for the 1920 21 season lists monthly events hosted by West Acton Woman's Club with speakers, readings, music, tea, and annual meeting. Notable participants include Mrs Evan geline P Hall Miss Margaret Cummings Miss Margarette Penick Roland J Tapley and Mrs Lena F Witherbee. Events span October through April with roles for officers and civic talks.
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West Acton Woman's Club
Evangeline P. Hall
Milicent Stanger
Margaret Cummings
Acton Woman's Club
Acton Center
True Worthy White
Mass League of Women Voters
Maisle
Margarette Penick
Roland J. Tapley
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charlotte 8S. Blanchard
Clarence Bartlett
Op. Halt
Virgin Sanderson
Mig Lena F. Witherbee
Alice H. Cartiate
Laura
West Acton Notes and Community Happenings
R A Reid family spent Sunday at Newton. Bert Owens began work for A Merrian Co. George Burroughs has a road ster. Baptist church supper and social set for Thursday night. R O Littlefield and family visited relatives. Mrs Earl Littlefield and Lillian Spinney back from Seattle. Cold storage plant completed with elevator and electric wiring. Apples arrive for West Acton Woman's club which met at the Baptist church and enjoyed a short program with tea and crackers.
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Baptist Church
R. O. J.ittlefield
Sheron
Elatives
Earl Littlefield
Lillian Spinney
Seattle
Wash
Une
West Acton
Baptist
Married in Maynard Ernest Allsopp weds Margaret McDonald
Ernest Allsopp and Margaret McDonald united in marriage in Maynard on September 29. Rev Crowley officiated at his home. witnesses included Migs Nellis Healy of Littleton and Frank McDonald of West Acton. The bride wore a brown crepe dress with matching hat. the couple left by auto for a trip to the White Mountains.
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Ernest Allsopp
Mice Margaret McDonald
Maynard
Revatvire Crowley
Migs Nellis, Healy
Littleton
Frank McDonald
West Acton
Miss Healy
Hera
Iteirele
White Mountains
Local Notes From Ast burnham and Nearby Homes
Asher Capélie begins study at Cushing academy Ast burnham. Sergi Lester Stiles USA visited his parents Mr and Mrs Prank L Stiles on furlough this week. Mrs Julia Maker of Washington DC spent the past week with Mrs Karl R Jones in Maynard. Ruh Tuttle Amden and son of Worcester spent the week with Mr and Mrs George Wor ster ora Lawrence enjoys a free vacation from duties with her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur F Lawrence Maple Street.
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Asher Capélie
Cushing Academy
Astburnham
Sergi Lester Stiles
USA
Prank L. Stiles
Julia
Washington, DC
Karl R. Jones
Maynard
Ruh Tuttle Ameden
Worcester
George Wor’ster
Ora Lawrence
Arthur F
Lewrence
Maple St
Local Social News Highlights and Births
Mrs George W Burroughs base A attended the fair last week. Mrs Minnie Decoster was on the alch Alati the past week. Mr and Mrs H Wesley Hall of Boston are parents of a baby daughter born Sept 2. Mrs F R Knowlton is at Concord hospital where she had an operation last week.
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George. W. Burroughs
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S. Realigma
Betsy
Lane Shepherd
Edison
Tub UU
Rdison
Dlee’s Drug Store
Rexall Store
Nason St
Want Athletic
South Acton
Woman's Club
R. A. Reid
Newton
Bert Owens
A. Merrian Co
George W. Burroughs
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