Maynard Social Notes and Local Movements
Marlboro guest Miss Annie Norman visits Mrs. Frank Fearns. Families return from Maine and many locals on vacation or with service duty. Sailors and military personnel reported, and residents frequent Nantasket and vacation spots while neighbors host guests and attend events in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Norman
Marlboro
Frank Fearns
Haynes St
Reland
Maine
Leo Lowney
U. S. Naval Aviation Corps
Daniel Lowney
Harrison Sr
Textile unions mark Labor Day parade and field day
Labor Day observances in 1918 saw about 300 marchers in a parade to John A Crowe park with unions such as Loom Fixers and Spinners present. Speakers included Thomas F. McMahon and Nourteva addressing patriotism and labor unity. Afternoon events featured many athletic contests and a one mile race won by A Soummer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Crowe Park
Main St
Summer
Marists
John Connors
Acquilla Reynard
Imatra
Charles Shearer
Union
James Boulden
Bernard Garrigan
Spinners’ Union
Sudbury St
John A.crowe Park
New England
Thomas F. McMahon
A. F. of Land
McMahon
Labor
Nourteva
Arthur Nurmi
Fitchburg
J. Hurley
Yowell
A. Nurmi
P. Karkkamin
J.hurley
A. Soummer
Worcester
J. Olja
J. Saaranen
C. Jacobson
Edward E. Johnson Wounded in Action Aug 7
Despatch to brother Richard Johnson reports Edward E. Johnson a mechanic in Co. G 47th Infantry wounded in action August 7 with degree undetermined. Johnson, a carpenter by trade, worked in Maynard before enlisting in the U S Regulars after war declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Johnson
Richard Johnson
Prospect
Johnson
Maynard
U. S
Autoists Respect Gasoline Conservation Sunday
Gasoline conservation orders were largely followed in Maynard on Sunday as auto owners kept cars off streets. Patrolman Harlow Green logged every passing machine from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., totaling only 33 vehicles, far below normal Sunday traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Harlow Green
Local Flour Rule Allows 80 20 Substitution This Week
Local Food Administrator George Smith announces grocers may sell white flour at 80 percent white flour and 20 percent substitute this week. A prepared warm bread flour mix with the same ratio is on sale and endorsed. Queen Marie of Romania nicknamed Carmen Sylva, impaired sight, tried a typewriter and devised a quiet machine that functioned well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Smith
Queen of
Explosion at eel Mill No 1 in powder plant shocks Maynard
An explosion at American Powder Co. plant eel Mill No 1 occurred around 1 a m on Monday. A green charge exploded with slight loss, officials say. No injuries reported as houses shook and residents woke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Powder Co
Maynard
Missing Private Dominick Laskowski of 26th Division
Private Dominick Laskowski of Company E I Inf and 26th Division is reported missing in action July 22 according to a War Department dispatch received by his uncle in Florida. He enlisted in Go I, 6th Massachusetts Infantry at Concord and later transferred to Company D 104th before going overseas. He was about 22 and worked at the Assabet mills before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominick Laskowski
Co. Ee Inf
War Department
Joseph Laskowski
Florida
Laskowski
Go. I, 6Th Mass. Inf
Concord
Co. D
Assabet Mills
Draftee Receives Watch and Money Gift at Camp Devens Day
Roy McCormick of Main Street received a wrist watch and a purse of money from fellow Peerless Motor Car Co. employees of Boston as he completed his duties with the firm Saturday before leaving with the draftees for Camp Devens today. Piano bargains offered by R W Carter of Maynard, Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy McCormick
Main St
Camp Devens
Peerless Motor Car Co
Boston
Seret Henry Simonds Re-enlists in U S Marine Corps
Seret Henry Simonds of Parker Street completed a second enlistment in August and reenlisted at once. He received a 30 day furlough to spend with his father. Simonds wears a campaign medal and bars for Nicaragua 1912 and Haiti 1915, having served in Cuba and set to report to Quantico for possible service in France.
Maynard Grange Hosts Neighbors Night Opening
Maynard Grange opened the season with a lively Neighbors Night attended by Bedford Grange members and guests from Concord and Acton. The entertainment was provided by Bedford Grange and a collection was served by Maynard Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard .Grange
Bedford Grange
Concord
Acton
A. Colation
Maynard Grange
Honor Roll Erected for Maynard Soldiers and Sons in Service
Mrs. C. B. Fowler presents a town honor roll honoring Maynard men in the war for freedom and democracy. The 18 by 7 foot panel lists 27 Polish residents plus other locals recently enlisted, with two Fowler sons in service Guy and Harry. The roll sits in the business district and will be updated as more names are added. Exercises planned. dedication date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Fowler
Brooks St
Guyer
Harry
Coast Artillery Corps
John A. Crowe
Public ‘Safety Committee
Dropped Dead Heart Trouble Claims T H Connor at Oak Bluffs
T H Connor of Clinton father of H S Connor and Bridge cafe proprietor died at his daughter's home in Oak Bluffs from heart trouble while on vacation. He was 77 and survived by eight children including Emma Peltier Leominster Henry Maynard Richard Marlboro Charles Marlboro Mary McCarthy Myrtle Hugh and William Connor. Funeral services and burial occurred in Clinton Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Connor
Oak Bluffs
Clinton
H. S. Connor
Bridge Cafe
Emma Peltier
Leominster
Henry
Maynard
Richard
Marlboro
Charles
Myrtle Connor
Hugh
William Connor
Guests Flee Fire At Revere Beach Hotel
Mr and Mrs John O Leary and son John escaped in night clothes when their Metropolitan hotel on Revere beach burned destroying about half a million dollars in property. Mr and Mrs Doel of Main street also fled as their hotel was destroyed leaving them to seek safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McSweeney
Gilbertville
James Devwire
Nasonville
R. 1
P. J. Sullivan
Maple St
William Dowd
Winthrop St
Whitinsville
George Hurd
Waltham St
Long Ond
Littleton
James J. le d
Nason St
Ella O'Day
Boston
Margaret Gibbons
Summer St
Albert Randell
Hazel Randell
Roy Prescott
Mohawk Trail
New York State
New York City
Mabel Brown
Gilbert M. Hawkes
Brown St
Swampscott
Springfield
Wm. H. Millington
Hyannis
Irvin Howe
George Brown
Thomas Wright
Wood's Hole
John O'Leary
John
Metropolitan
Revere Beach
O’leary
Job Doel
Main St
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Maynard News
Jones Farm
B. J. Kimball
Annie Roberts
Acton Centre
Mass
Brunswick
R. W. Carter
G. A. Theodore
Pineayre
Stow
Kroeger
Adolf
George E. Hack
George Needham
Albany, N.Y
Ernest Stange
California
New London
Seaman Biden Tobin
James Tobin
Concord ‘St
William Litchfield
G. W. Wood
Eva McNutt
Chelsea
Tilton
N. H
Roy Carmichael
Waltham
Isaac Binks
Bast St
Wm. Johnson
Thompson
Mass. Gen. Hospital
Annie Johnson
Thompson St
Nantasket Beach
Mark Newton
Leonard Smith
Syracuse
N. Y
315Th Guard and Fire Corps
Camp Mills
L. I
Marjorie Hoar
Deaconess Hospital
Earline Springer
Bellows Falls
Gould
James Sexton
Royalston
Maurice O’donnell
Lowell
Julia Brayden
Nellie “Crowley
Parker ' St
Elizabeth O’keefe
Sarah Morgan
Eva Tucker
Hampton Beach
Ralph Casey
France
318Th Engineer Corps
Bridget Nevens
Taunton
Cornelius Sullivan
Acton Sr
Hopkinton
Mary Gilmore
Joseph
Brockton
Rowley
Parker St
George Laubenstein
Allan Howard
Durham
Allen Howard
Elmsty
Frank Kane
Herbert Swanson
Julia Wardzala
Margaret O’brien
A. Sepola
V. Maki
A. Normi
Richard Allen
Edward McManus
Alex Tefferi
John Webster
Thomas Smith
John Croft
William Hollowell
Imatra Band
Matti Mattson
John O’leary
Thomas Farrell
William Brindley
Henry Slyvert
William Gates
George Siswick
Edward Ryan
Albert Smith
Herbert Usher
Alex Toffert
George Waterhouse
Joseph Parkin
William Buckley
Mary Driscoll
Laura Moore
Mrz
Mary Flannery
Mary Prue
Edward Reading
Bernard Gaffigan
Joseph Connors
Fannie Kane
Nellie Walcott
Selma Laaina
Hilma Werko
Katie Lindsvedt
Michael
John Cleary
Alfred Billett
Martin Kane
Michael Crotty
Thomas Fowler
S. A. Christie, M. D
Case's Block
Nason Street
Edith L. Johnson
Maynard Auto Repair
Maple Court
John Edwards
Prop
Assabet Institution
Maynard, Mass
R. ‘W. Carter
Klenzo
America
DeLee’s Drug Store
Rexall
C. W.fowler
Congregational Church
Sidney E. McCleary Rocer—Bake
Santos
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