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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1908
Page
3
Maynard residents attend social events and updates. Notable items include W A Haynes Co. advertisement, new employment agency by B Loring, and civic activities from Unity Circle to Maynard basketball season and Old Home week. School enrollment climbs past high water marks while local mills report payrolls and personnel changes.
The N Y N H and H R R winter timetable begins Sunday October 4 with minor local service changes. Key edits include 8 07 am Boston Dorchester train shortened to Readville, 11 04 am Franklin to Boston discontinued, 8 30 am Boston to several destinations moved to 8 20 am, 4 07 pm Boston Dorchester truncated to Readville, 4 30 pm extended Readville to Norwood Central, 11 30 pm Marlboro Fitchburg service canceled, 9 45 am West Roxbury line and 11 24 am return skipped between Needham Junction and Bellingham Junction, 11 18 am Cohasset Boston, 7 29 pm Mattapan Boston, 8 06 pm Mattapan Boston canceled. Timetable folders issued with full details.
Concerd Junction readers are urged to see the ad by W. Robbins in this paper. He returns from the west with a fresh carload of horses and invites advertising in the Enterprise.
In Maynard voters staged the largest Republican caucus yet, with Albert Batley sweeping the town committee and representation contests. The roster shows Batley leading as 254 votes to Lawton 181 and Smith 175, while Luce delegates dominated lieutenant governor support. The winning ticket includes Batley Holmes Lawton and Ogden in key roles as town committee lines formed.
The case against Harry Clark and Lawrence Fletcher for selling liquor to minors was postponed in superior court on Friday. Defense attorneys Sweeney and Wilson obtained the postponement, while District Attorney Higgins indicated possible further delays to a later special session or the next regular session pending a Supreme Court decision on a separate Somerset hotel case.
The championship of the C M I is decided at Maynard cricket club on Saturday September 26. Worcester travels by two special cars at 10 30 am with Whitall s Wooden band while Fitchburg moves by 12 15 train to South Acton arriving 1 15 pm with their band and 200 rooters. The match awards the Nicholson silver cup and admission is free with collection on grounds.
The fifth grade under Miss Edith Rockwell moved to the Main Street building while the eighth grade moved to Nassau Street. Local insight shows 31 fifth graders live near the Main Street site. Maynard Hudson Street Ry Co directors John Robinson and Frank HiViele join the board after deaths and resignations. John W. Ogden becomes treasurer. Max Blatt’s junk purchase case slated for Thursday in superior court.
For sale a seven room house with one acre or six acres and a barn, apply to L H Maynard Summer St Maynard Mass or B H Davis Winthrop Mass. Miss Clara Singleton piano Fletcher method for children Studio 5 Oak St Maynard. Miss Elizabeth Jackson pianoforte teacher. Carl Faelton New England Conservatory methods taught at pupil homes or Garfield St.
William Sjalbon was arraigned in district court on Monday on charges of shooting William Helvin at a Summer Street tenement near the paper mill corner. The case was continued to Oct. 3 to await Helvin’s injury outcome. Dr. Daniel B. Goode arranged for Helvin’s transfer to Mass General for X rays to locate the bullet.
The Harriman Laundry Co plans to relocate to Hudson on December 1 as the contractor finishes a modern plant. Delays in construction kept the move from Maynard on hold but the facility will be among the state’s best equipped with ongoing updates. Several married workers already seek houses in Hudson to accompany the move.
The Maynard and Concord baseball clash is unlikely to open before October due to football weather, coal bills, and snow shovels in the foreground. Officials doubt enthusiasm can be roused late in the year, miring the natural town rivalry in timing.
John S. Hetherington who had been second in the weaving department at the Assabet mills resigns to become overseer of weaving at Beebe Webber Co. in Holyoke. Friends in Maynard extend best wishes for his success in the new position.
Clifford Downey of the training ship Enterprise will depart soon with cadets for a long voyage aboard the Ranger. The journey will visit South America Africa and several European ports.
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