West Acton Church Groups Report Social and Travel News
The sewing committee of West Acton Baptist Church Ladies Aid met at Mrs Ackerman’s home with Mrs Arthur Wilde presiding. Bible Class officers met at the parsonage with Arthur Lee presiding and plans for the Sunday September 28 session. A Baptist choir group sang in Springfield for the fair and radio in a 3000 voice chorus led by Mrs Waldo Flint.
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West Acton
Arthur Lee
Baptist Church Choir
Springfield
Waldo Flint
Webb
New Hampshire
Locke
Canada
Nova Scotia
Milton
Norwich
Vermont
Minnie Decoster
Bosworth
Wymouth
Mae Holton
South Acton
Bert Clifford
Pauline Mead
Prentice Blood
Sidney J. Willis
Manchester
Hobart E. Mead
Willis
Universalist Church
Acton Wedding At Mission Church With White Theme
The ceremony at 3 o'clock featured Rev. David Welch officiating. The bride, a Acton graduate, wore white taffeta with veil and train, and a bouquet of white roses and baby's breath. The matron of honor wore blue taffeta and pink and blue flowers. Guests from New York to Concord attended. The couple, after a New York Niagara Falls trip, will live on Main Street South Acton. The bride works at F B Lothrop Co. The groom is a stock clerk.
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William Manning
Stow
New York
Niagara Falls
Main’ Street
South Acton
Malden
Groton
Ayer
Hudson
Maynard
Weston
Somerville
Concord
Acton
IF. B. Lothrop Company
Miss Ruth Gould Visits Sudbury With Friends
Mrs. William B. Prescott hosted dinner Friday evening at King Philip Heights while State Guard Reserves met for rifle distribution and numbers checking under Principal Alan Flynn. Mrs. Frederick D. Hawkins and baby Lydia Rice Hawkins returned from Emerson Hospital. State Guard Reserve drill occurred Tuesday with Lt. Arthur R. Howet enlisting new members examined by Dr. George E. Currier. ranks expected to fill soon.
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Ruth Gould
New York
William B. Prescott
King Philip Heights
Alan F. Flynn
State Guard
Frederick D. Hawkins
Emerson Hospital
Lydia Rice Hawkins
Arthur R. Howet
George E. Currier
Bedford Printer C J Abbott Dies After Illness
Charles J Abbott 75 died Monday at his niece’s home in Bedford after a long illness. Born February 9 1866 in Cambridgeport he lived in Somerville before moving to Bedford eight years ago. A retired printer he belonged to St Michael Church Holy Name Society. He leaves sister Annie G Abbott and brother John W Abbott of Cambridge. Funeral high mass at St Michael’s Church with interment at Shawsheen cemetery.
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Bedford
Charles J. Abbott
Arthur C. Wright
Springs Road
Cambridgeport
Somerville
St. Michael’s Church
Holy Name Society
Annie G Abbott
John W. Abbott
Cambridge
St. Michael's Church
Shawsheen Cemetery
Maynard David Walker Returns to Overseer Post at As sabet Mills
Maynard David Walker resumes duties as overseer of the sewing and hurling department at As sabet Mills after vacation. A warning to fans: a five cent ticket tax on all scholastic games begins October 1, per Internal Avenue office. Season tickets available at Saturday's Belmont opener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Walker
Assabet Mills
Avenue
Belmont
Maynard-Miss Edith McAuslin Guests at President’s Night
Miss McAuslin district deputy president of the Lodge of Rebekahs led a President’s Night program at Leominster lodge with the Rebekah Assembly president as guest of honor. Her suite included Eleanor Lestead Helen Lestead Abbie Isner Mary Stone Marion Butterworth Gertrude Prescott Gertrude Keene Eleanor Jones and Irma Aldrich. The Mizpah Lodge Past Noble Grands Association holds its first fall meeting Thursday evening in Odd Fellows hall with Sylvia Ine son as president. Mizpah lodge officers to be elected at a meeting Thursday October 2.
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Maynard
Edith McAuslin
Lodge of
Rebekahs
Leominster
Rebekah Assembly
McAuslin
Eleanor
Helen Lestead
Abbie Isner
Mary Stone
Marion Butterworth
Gertrude Prescott
Gertrude Keene
Eleanor Jones
Irma Aldrich
Noble Grands Association of
Noble Grands Association of Mizpah Lodge
Rebekah
Odd Fellows Hall
Sylvia Ineson
Mizpah Lodge
Youth Fellowship to Meet at 6 Tonight and Convention in October
The Methodist Church announces a Youth Fellowship gathering at 6 p m in the chapel to discuss What is Religion. Church school meets at 9 30 a m with classes for all ages and new literature. On October 18 the Youth Fellowship attends a district convention in Oxford with delegations from each church.
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Methodist Church
Herbert F. Fulton
Youth Fellowship
Youths Fellowship
Oxford
Finnish Congregational Church Salad Supper Planned
The Finnish Congregational Church will serve a salad supper Thursday from 4 to 8 p m with committee in charge including Mrs Edna Kansanoja and several other named members. Christian Endeavor Society plans a Fall Rally trip to Worcester next Sunday. Sunday services include 10 a m Sunday School and 7 p m Evening Worship followed by a brief business meeting. An ad seeks an experienced drug clerk via P O Box 1025 Maynard Mass.
Hidden patterns in perception quote from Ruskin
The text attributes a Ruskin quote about perception to choose whether to see crooked or straight in people and events. It frames judgment as a matter of perspective rather than objective truth.
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John Ruskin
Board of Selectmen Meet Weekly in Town House
The regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen will be held on Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9 at the Selectmen's Room in the Town House. Applications for licenses or permits should be presented at that time to the secretary of the Board. Donald A. Lent chairman Alten W. Sims secretary Walter A Cheslak
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Board of Selectmen
Selectmen
Donald A. Lent
Alten W. Sims
Walter. A. Cheslak
Not in Offices
Sally Brent works in an editorial office and aims to marry David Lister from the art department. After pursuing him at Pine Lake and on a terrace ending in a plan to marry, David confesses office romances rarely lead to marriage. Sally acknowledges the social trap and accepts the outcome with quiet resolve.
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Ally
Brent
David Lister
Sally
David
Long Island
Art Department
Lister
Pine Lake
New Jersey
Hester Stanhope
Sally Brent
Stanhopes
Petgola
Fruit of Labor Not by Honey in the Mouth
Fragmentary line suggests a proverb-like remark on effort and taste. No clear event, people, or place. text appears incomplete and lacks identifiable entities or context.
Acton Man To Train for US Air Corps Cadet Program
Acton-Stanley Bondelevitch of Parker Street South Acton has qualified for a aviation cadet appointment after completing a month of preliminary flight training at Naval Air Station Squantum Massachusetts. He will proceed to Jacksonville Florida for seven months of advanced flight instruction under Navy and Marine Corps officers and graduate as a cadet.
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Acton
Stanley Bondelevitch
Walter Bondelevitch
Parker Street
South Acton
Naval Air Station
Squantum
Massachusetts
Navy
Jacksonville
Florida
Marine Corps
Commissioned Wings of a Navy Vessel in Wartime
Fragmentary OCR mentions a commissioned naval asset and a tenant in service, with phrases pointing to plans for gold wings and wartime deployment. The readable terms suggest a naval commission, air components, and potential assignment, but the text is incomplete and lacks concrete details.
Damaged snippet evokes a local honors gathering
Fragmentary text references a farewells or guest of honor event at a home in Acton with names like Helen Javerico Florence Hays Sylvia Meld Schnai Polly Whitman and others, but many words are garbled leaving unclear specifics.
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South Acton
M Burn
Farey
Homence Hays
West
Helen Javerico
Florence Hays
Sylvia Meld Schnai
Polly’ Dol Whitman
Easing the That lad becon is cheerfully borne
A fragmentary line hints at a cheerful bearing of a lad’s beacon or signal, reflecting a period style not fully legible. The readable phrase suggests a lighthearted or festive mood without clear event or context.
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