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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1941
Page
6
The Scouts invite friends and neighbors to donate old magazines and pets to support the nation. They will turn items over to the government, aiding the country and the Scouts.
A clipped reflective line notes that life’s deepest sorrows lie beyond losses and fears. The author A.C. Benson is referenced in a terse citation style, though attribution appears incomplete.
Sudbury residents visited Philip Way in Ludlow Massachusetts over the weekend. Sudbury Post of the American Legion to install officers at Town Hall on Sunday afternoon October 26. James H Powers of the Boston Globe to speak to Everett Friday Club at the Masonic Temple next Friday afternoon. Richard Burches installed new lighting in his Maynard road machine shop barn. Mrs Walter B Piper and Miss Anne Moynihan were at Yar mouth for holidays. Rice Barn Raising pictured in Boston Globe drawn by Sudbury residents. Cnanel C Way in Vokes Players cast for Sparkin at Vokes Theatre Wayland October 17 18. Mrs Marion Eaton hosted Friday Afternoon Bridge Club. Town Clerk Frank Gerry and Mrs Gerry with daughter Mrs C William Wood Goodman Hill and Mr Millard Fillmore of Hudson toured New Hampshire and Vermont. Autumn coloring peak and delightful. Two horses escaped John pasture off Maynard road neighbored visiting neighbors before being driven home.
West Acton Acton Lodge No 203 and Winona Rebekah Lodge announce a joint officer installation on Monday evening October 27 at the Odd Fellows hall. Noble Grand Alice Roberts says the event is open to the public and cancels the previously planned October 16 date.
Six men from Draft Board District 64 were inducted into service today. Five are from Maynard and one from Concord. Names include Wasil J. Zaleska and Roy Gordon Lent of Maynard, Tauna J. Honkanen, Elmer W. Salenius, Charles D Agata, and Irving O. Berlied of West Concord. District totals show Maynard leading with 51 inductees since the Selective Service Act began.
The Middlesex Local Christian Endeavor Union plans a Halloween party at Groton Congregational church on October 21 at 7 45 pm with refreshments provided by the Adom Center Christian Endeavor Society. Acton Center's Miss Helen Pederson leads the union. Homer Feltus relocated from Central street to the Davis house, now vacated by the Davises who moved to the Hurley home on Kingsley road. Mrs Aryo Whitcomb rents to Mr and Mrs Smith of Boston. Pauline Mead returned to New York. Mrs Brown of Northampton visits town. Acton Grange schedules a public Halloween party and barn dance at the town hall on Friday evening October 21.
The committee of the Axton Parent Teacher association made up of parents of children from first to sixth grades will meet at Mrs Waldo Flint’s home on Church street West Acton on Thursday evening October 16 at 8 o’clock. Miss Alison of the extension service will direct a discussion period and all mothers of children in these grades are invited to attend.
Maynard native Robert J. Lester, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester, has enrolled in the U S Maritime Service. He trained on Hobson Island in New York harbor and in St Petersburg Florida, will join a merchant ship after seven months of training. He reflects on hurricane delays, high school sports, and life at the new training station in St Petersburg.
Little Tree Farms offers every variety of evergreen with fresh digging and large root balls wrapped in burlap. The farm is located along Route 30 in Framingham Centre from Worcester Pike to the Big Glass House on Pleasant Street and is open every day of the year.
Marlboro storms Milford 26 to 0 as Marlboro dominates early and holds lead through the game. Hudson beats Maynard 7 to 0 while Natick tops Wellesley 13 to 12 in another close finish.
Washington reports a U S agriculture department stock and production survey showing ample food for the next year with most stocks higher than a year ago and favorable crops. Officials warn of tight supplies for some dairy poultry pork canned vegetables and distant imports while price rises reflect stronger demand from defense reemployment and exports.
Ten year old Larry Stein sparked a city project after writing City Manager L P Cookingham about a dump site on Forty third street. A WPA crew cleaned the lot and a playground with a ball diamond teeter totter and volleyball courts now serves local kids.
In Santa Cruz California a baby sea lion repeatedly jumped aboard Capt Anthony Davi’s fishing boat after being fed. The sea lion rode with the crew to port and later roamed the wharf before returning to Davi’s vessel.
Wright Field Ohio reports identical twin lieutenants Robert Mayrath and Thomas Mayrath share a continuous record from Dodge City Kansas to the University of Oklahoma where they earned B S degrees in mechanical engineering. They worked five years as engineers in aviation before being assigned to the experimental engineering equipment laboratory at Wright Field.
Edwin Williams and Elmer and Norman Maki were driving to New York City when two armed robbers attacked their car on the Greenwich Connecticut border. The bandits broke a window with a rifle but fled as another car neared. Police found reports of similar holdups and praised the youths’ courage. The trip continued to attend a Lutheran church service in New York City.
The Sudbury unit of the State Guard Reserves reports steady progress with weekly instruction and drills held every Tuesday. The group, now close to full quota, includes professors, professionals, businesspeople, and farmers many with prior service. Last week Dr J B Bill of Wayland shared firearms history and today’s meeting ended with coffee and doughnuts. Charles Spiller presided as officers of the Confraternity of St 3 announced plans for a December breakfast.
Last Thursday evening the group convened for the opening Fall meeting. Members discussed plans for seasonal activities and welcomed new participants, marking the start of the chapter’s autumn program with a brief welcome and outline of upcoming events.
Local church plans a memorial service with a choir of twenty under the guidance of Mrs. Leslie, wife of the pastor. Activities include a program of classic selections and hopeful reception of praise from attendees as the group prepares for the October event.
A brief fragment states that the happiest man is the peasant who finds peat home, reflecting Goethe's notion on contentment and simple living.
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