Maynard 1165 Registered for Selective Service
Maynard reported 1165 males aged 18 to 45 registered Thursday under the Selective Service law. Registration ran 7 AM to 9 PM at Cooperative hall led by Town Clerk Frank E. Sanderson with a corps of workers. Among registrants were 504 natives or naturalized citizens and 611 declarants or non declarants, including 80 declarants awaiting citizenship. Orientals were among registrants with natives from 11 nations and Britain noted among the group.
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Maynard
Cooperative Hall
Frank E. Sanderson
Great Britain
England
Ireland
Scotland
Canada
Newfoundland
Italy
Russia
China
Denmark
Sweden
Austria
Turkey
Germany
Greece
Bedford Notes and Local Happenings
Zelma Wetherbee joins C. H. Smith Co. of Boston. John and Mrs Blake and son Warren tour Maine by car. Edna Tubmén visited Hartford Street residents. PTA plans reception at Bedford Union School Assembly Hall on Thursday. Fifteen to twenty wounded soldiers' cars pass through Sunday. Over 3500 men ages 18 to 45 registered in Div 29 on Thursday. Bedford, Concord, Billerica, Carlisle, Woburn included. Middlesex and Boston Street Railway strike forces Lexington Park to close early.
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Zelma Wetherbee
C. H. Smith Co
Boston
John Q. Blake
Warren
Maine
Edna Tubmén
East Milton
John Bowers
Hartford
Parent Teachers’ Association
Bedford Union School
Battlefront
Bedford
Concord
Billerica
Carlisle
Woburn
Middlesex & Boston Street Railway
Lexington Park
Strike Adjusted On Middlesex And Boston Car Lines
The Middlesex and Boston car lines resumed regular service after a strike adjustment. Blue uniformed workers including drivers and motormen received a 2 cent per hour raise and agreed not to strike for the war’s duration. An all day session last week produced the agreement, with men back at the barns Tuesday morning.
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Middlesex
Boston
Attended Rally in Town Draws Local Attendance
A local open air rally drew attendees from the town as residents joined the event hosted by a religious group. The report notes participation levels and community turnout at the gathering.
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Cath
West Acton Guests and Workers Take Short Breaks
West Acton Corp. Walter Peterson and Camp Dev ens were guests of Miss Helen Reed Sunday. Geo Holbrook enjoyed a four days vacation last week from Hall Bros. Co. mill work.
Rev John J McHughLaid to Rest in Maynard Funeral
The sudden death of Rev John J McHugh, pastor of St Elizabeth church here, was learned with regret by parishioners. A good number attended the funeral at Maynard Friday morning. The interment was at Lowell.
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John J. McHugh
Maynard
St. Elizabeth Church
Lowell
Acton Centre Notices and Events
Rev. Mr Barker of South Acton preached at the Congregational church on Sunday. Mrs Swift and two daughters from Boston visit Mr and Mrs E S Fobbs. Rev Mr Robertson attended a funeral in Chester New Hampshire. Mr and Mrs John Edwards and son visited Charles Edwards. Acton Agricultural Fair set for Saturday September 28. Red Cross exhibits must be registered when entered. Mrs Frank E Parsons returned from New England Hospital Boston with a baby boy named Frank Granville Parsons.
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Barker
South Acton
Congregational Church
Swift
Boston
E. S. Fobbs
Robertson
Chester
N. H
John Edwards
Charles Edwards
Acton
Red Cross
Frank E. Parsons
New ‘England’ Hospital
Frank Granville Parsons
Waltham Grange Meeting Draws Regional Members
About 140 attendees from Bedford Berlin Concord LIt tleton Maynard and Waltham gathered Tuesday evening for an Ac ton Grange meeting in Waltham. The program featured local members of Waltham Grange and a good supper was provided by the feast committee. Arthur Lane of Somerville, a former Waltham resident, visited Sunday.
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Acton
Car Crash Near Post Office Damages Studebaker
A Studebaker touring car collided with a large elm near the corner of A. L. Noyes's house by the post office. The front end was demolished but the two men and a woman from Waltham escaped injury.
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Studebaker
A. L. Noyes
Waltham
Timber in Ireland Marketable Forests Sparse
A historical note states that only about one percent of Ireland's area contains marketable timber, highlighting the scarcity of valuable forest resources.
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Ireland
Auto van visit highlighted by Goldstein and Avery
The Ocial Truth Guild hosted a Lexington Green event Monday evening featuring speakers David Goldstein and Mrs. Martha Moore Avery who have traveled to San Francisco and back during the past year on the Van.
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Olic Truth Guild
Lexington Green
David Goldstein
Martha Moore Avery
San Francisco
Paler Sunday Notes and Local Appointments
Rev L G Morris preached at Pal mer Sunday Miss Hazel Stone visited Cambridge Burton Littlefield started at a Lowell trade school Mrs Bessie Owens left for Nova Scotia to visit a ill mother Private Charles Smiley was at home Arthur Slack and family visited Thomas Downie 34 registered at Boxboro Sept 12 under the draft two from out of town Emma Cobleigh Shirley visited Ora Willis Groton fair with Middlesex North Agricultural Sept 27 28 George Holt Milford NH is new engineer at Hall Bros Co mill Mrs Holt visited her husband here several days at Alfred Downie
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L. G. Morris
Palmer
Hazel Stone
Cambridge
Burton Littlefield
Lowell
Bessie Owens
Nova Scotia
Charles Smiley
Camp Devens
Arthur Slack
Waltham
Thomas Downie
Boxboro
Emma Cobleigh
Shirley
Ora Willis
Groton
Middesex North Agricultural Society
George Holt
Milford
N. H
Hall Bros. Co. Mill
Holt
Alfred Downie
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