Acton High School Staff and Enrollment Notes
Acton High School enrolls 243 students with 15 listed as Students from Roxborough. About 6 boys are on leave to work on farms and orchards. Elementary schools report 279 pupils on September 14 with Center 84 South 104 West 91. Rita O’Donnell resigns as supervisor of physical education and is training in Des Moines Iowa. John Mitchell trains at Chicago vocational School to become a navy airplane construction instructor. Three other staff in service include Lt Theodore H Ehrhardt, Robert H Perry, and Lt Roger T Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton High School
Roxborough
John Mitchell
Chicago Vocational School
Navy
Hazel C. Bundy
WAACS
O'Donnell
Mitchell
Theodore H. Ehrhardt
Army Air Corps
Robert H. Perry
Naval Reserve
Roger T. Walsh
Timber preservation boosts life when treated for ground contact
Preservation treatment can double or triple the lifespan of timber in contact with the ground. Proper methods extend durability and reduce decay risks in poorly drained soils and moisture-prone sites.
Maynard Grange Notes Ladies’ Degree Meeting and Plans
Maynard Grange notes report the Ladies Degree team meeting at Mrs Frat Case on Summer Street with hostesses and officers. The group votes to move the third Monday meeting to the third Thursday to fit members working Monday evenings. They discuss the annual gran sale for November 23 with listed chairwomen and items. Future meetings and a penny sale fundraiser for the second Bond are outlined with attendees and entertainment plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Grange
Frat Case
Summer Street
Francis Alving
Har Bumpus
Ruth Woodworth
Edmund Whitney
Mondy
William Hayward
George Holmes
Alfred Mrrazgoo
Harry Bumpus
Frank Case
Ina Edwards
Edmund Lowney
Lynch
Adelaide Sims
Veronica Creighton
Anne
Dullas
Josephine
Finocchi
Ann Dora
Grange
Dorothy Alving
Lillian ‘Ho]mes
Ina Hdwards
Anne Duclos
Ruth ‘Woodworth
Donald Jones
Bicycle outing and farm visit described in local tale
A group travels ten miles by bicycle through surrounding towns stopping at Red Acre Farm owned by Miss Bird. The outing includes tales of hares at the farm, a planned Wayside and Concord trip, ice cream treats at Erikson’s stand, and notes on future meetings with Eileen Fairbanks and a list of participants under chaperone Mrs. Charles Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waysie Trin
Arlene Erikson
Erikson
Miss Erikson
Eileen Fairbanks
Marilyn Bain
Hannah Hanson
Pthel Boulden
Gertrude Parker
Joan Donohue
Constance Martin
Anne Thomson
Paula Saisa
Carol Lee Downey
Dianne Stuart
Charles Warren
Sudbury Word Recited On Ship Convoy And Local Arrivals
The item notes Joseph B Way referenced in Scotland and mentions Miss Jo Spannhin Plow-Day arriving from England staying with Miss Helen Tilden at St Herbert's school. It covers the Wakefield liner wreck context, Mt Hermon school entry of a student, and visits by Mr and Mrs Richard Johns to Chelmsford, plus a relocation of Mrs Anne Buxton to Mt Tenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Jo Spannhin
Helen Tilden
St. Herbert’s School
Ee Menard Bard Mansfield
Wakefield
Manhattan
Las Rly
Fref
Stuart Edgeriv
Mt Hermon
Anne Buxton
Long Be
California
Mt . Tenn
N’s
Richard Johns
Chelmsford
Fragmentary Local Note on Degrees and Dates
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local notice mentioning degrees, numbers, and a reference to the first and second. It lacks clear names, places, or actions to confirm details or outcomes for a full card.
Acton 4-H Clubs Reorganized and Card Sale Planned
The Acton Town 4-H Committee reorganized local clubs for the winter with new leaders for home furnishing in west Acton and Days in South Acton. Members will sell Christmas cards to support the 4-H camp in Ashby, praised by attending children and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Acton Announce Engagement of Mary Caron
Mr and Mrs Edward Pederses of Concord Road Acton announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Mable Caron to W D Hutchinson of the U S Navy. Hutchinson is the son of Mr and Mrs Pins Hutchinson of Versailles Missouri. The wedding will occur when a furlough is granted. Miss Caron was trained in the schools of Lowell and Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Pederses
Concord Road
Acton
Cehter
Mary ‘Mable Caron
W.D. Hutchinson
U. S. Navy
Hutchinson
Pins Hutchinson
Versailles
Missouri
Caron
Duane
Lowell
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Gt. Ubuchon
Hudson
Ato Eda Een At Vai
Galieee
Poplin’s
Florence
Sudbury
Joseph
Scotland
Advertising
BEST
Loki
Great Ocean
Stronghall
Concord
Commonwealth Ave
W.' Concord
Roso
Maynard
Benjamin C. Brown
Maynard, Mass
Hace Madalthes
ST. Maynard
Thern
Kang
Harrod
Ivory Pie
Juni Ice
Iewrur
Tim
Lee
TIN
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