Red Cross Provides Play and Comforts for Veterans
The Red Cross organizes entertainment and visits for disabled veterans in government hospitals and camps nationwide. The program includes theater trips, picnics, dances, suppers, and hospital ward activities aided by Grey Ladies and Red Cross workers. In 1929 the national effort supported 12,104 monthly case loads and 33,857 men and families through 2,821 chapters with expenditure of about 1.963 million dollars for disabled and active service members.
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Red Cross
Veterans Service
Washington
Asapital
White House
Keat Harding
Ilihe
Lloover
Wight
National Red Cross
Seax
Community notices from South Acton page
The text lists weekend visits by Mr and Mrs George E Greenough and by others including Mrs Christie and Mrs Glines. A Baby Show is planned for December 5 at the Radio Bazaar hosted by the West Acton Woman's club. Ted Beers and his band are to perform at the Universalist church on November 14. L S C Segregational church members plan a vestry meeting October 17 to discuss fair matters and a donation party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Greenough
Wareham
Frank Greenough
Labonté
East Weare
Miss
Alford Dearborn
Hopkinton
Christie
Glines
Main Street
West Acton
Universalist Church
Ted Beers
Local nutrition demo in West Acton hosted by Extension Service
On Thursday October 22 the County Extension Service hosts a 3 p m nutrition demonstration at Mrs Eugene L Hall home focusing on children. Miss Stillman leads the program with attendees welcomed. The notice also records community moves and events including gardens and a lodge dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Extension Service
Eugene L. Hall
Miss Stillman
Bessie, Davie
John Littlefield
Massachusetts Ave
Curley
Brough
Prentice Farm
France
Prentice
Ryderwater
Joseph Marada
de Souza Fae
Boston Gardens
John’ Ducein
Roy Pores
Ernest Cooper
Fitz
William Johnson
Aliden Johnson
Pec Reton Lodge
South Acton
Fires and local life mix in Acton as repairs and plans unfold
A chaotic blaze at the Bursaw fuel tanks prompts alarms and echoes of a dangerous incident. Weekend and weekday notes cover holiday schedules, a Middlesex C. E. Union convention in Groton, home industry growth with overtime, new mill workers Charles and Jesse Briggs, visitors and movers like Miss Sadie Wetherbee and the Garceau family, Hazel Caldwell at Nashoba packing, Mrs. Slocum as housekeeper, and the West Acton Woman's Club initial meeting with speaker Mrs. Carl L. Schrader on books of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Ben
Middlesex C. E. Union
Groton
George Parker
Charles
Jesse Briggs
West Medford
Arlington Street
Joe. de Souza
Garcea
Hazel Caldwell
Apple Packing
Nashoba Assn
Boy Scouts Gather Strength as Troop Chooses Leaders
Troop meetings show steady attendance and progress on a troop rating plan. Irving Dunn leads 1st patrol, Norman Perkins 2nd, Ruoff Tompkins 3rd. Alden Johnson serves as scribe. Committees are formed and new scouts continue joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Dunn
Norman Perkins
Ruoff Tompkins
Alden Johnson
Harvest supper and musical events at local Baptist church
Rev Arthur Jeffries leads services as the parish hosts a Harvest supper with a Europe travelogue by Rey Wheeler and Dutch songs by Miss Wheeler. A later auditorium program offers a silver offering. Honest Sunday features fruit decorations and a charity sale next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Acton
Arthur Jeffries
Holy City
Carl Thompson
Stow
Rey A.’ E. Wheeler
Framingham
Europe
Hlse Wheeler
Emerson Hospital
Concord
Albert N. Leman Fatious
George Wood Anderson
Mr. Leman
Gloucester
Electrical industry outlook predicts broad prosperity ahead
W S Cousins interviews Frank A Ketcham president of Graybar Electric about the 1919- year outlook. He says rising sales at a national distributor reflect broader economic strength with home and business demand for electrical appliances surging. He sees continued expansion as both households and industries adopt more electrical equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Gousins
International News Service
New York
Frank A. Ketcham
Graybar Electric Company
Mr. Ketcham
Ketcham
Graybar
West
South
Ketchum
Antherican
Seventy Pieces of Wood Used to Craft a Violin
Early colonial notes recount Blae Ridge mountains as impassable, shaping frontier travel myths and regional exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blae Ridge Mountains
Edison Shop Opens In Maynard Massachusetts
Boston Edison Company announces a new shop and store at 8 Nason Street Maynard opening Monday October 21. The branch will handle bill payments installation orders and lamp exchanges and offer repair services and electric devices for sale to Maynard and nearby towns. Visitors will be welcomed with extended hours and service to the territory served by the Boston Edison system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison . Electric Tlluminating Company
Boston
Nason
Maynard
Office of the Companie
Wilson
Irs
E. Batson
Maygart
Murder suicides shock Wallingford business circle
Mrs Anna Bryan Ayres head of Berger Bros advertising in New Haven and William H Gaylord East Hartford bookkeeper were found shot in a Room at St. George's hotel. Police believed Gaylord killed Ayres then shot himself. Ayres 41 and Gaylord 46 were staying under assumed names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallingford
Conn
INS
Anna Bryan Ayres
Berger Bros
New Haven
William H. Gaylord
East Hartford
Buller
St. George’s Hotel
Seelege
Blaze Destroys Indian Orchard Church in Springfield
A $50,000 blaze swept the E Church in Indian Orchard near Springfield on October 16. Firefighters fought for about two hours to control the flames before the wooden church structure was destroyed. Prizes and awards were noted for a separate event with James Curley and William Hayes among winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprngfield
Maas
Indian Orchard
Springfield
Hudson
James Curley
William Hayes
J Ordway
George Hill McGrath
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George Peabody
Converse
Anita Stewart
Wdtion Picture Star
International Newsreel
Hoover
White Touze Garden
Philgas Service
Appan Cit
Dagens
In St
BOY Scouts
Concord Council
Knights of Columbus
Monument Hall
William L. Dee
W. S. Cousins
Teddy
Rete
Theodoré Roosevelt, Jr
Rhone Poath
Edison
H. Gay
Robert Hyatt
Ayres
Ae Gaylord
Humphrey
Smith
Mareborough-Hudson Gas CO
Main St
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