WEST ACTON
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G. E. Holton was at his father's Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Williams spent Memorial day at Brookline.
Mrs. Rufus Hall of Everett was in town over Sunday.
Miss Gertrude Webster spent Sunday at Leominster.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gould spent Memorial Day at Leominster and Princeton.
Miss Grace Webber of Ware, a former teacher here, was in town over Sunday.
Miss Florence Libbey of South Boston was the guest of Miss Mabel Parker over Sunday.
Mrs. F. W. Eddy of Greenwich, N. Y., is a guest of her former school mate, Miss Mattie Houghton.
E. M. Parker and Will Latham of New Britain, Conn., were at E. C. Parker's over the Memorial season.
George Hutchins and family of Stoneham came up Saturday and remained at the home of his mother over Sunday.
Mrs. Lidian Whitcomb is about to move her household goods to Oxford. Frank Williams has applied for the tenement thus vacated.
Miss Clara Stone has returned from a visit at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Tewksbury, Boston. Mrs. Tewksbury was a former classmate of Miss Stone.
Mrs. Anna Dodge entertained the W. C. T. U.¹ at her home Tuesday. It being the annual “Neighborhood Day,” there was a large attendance.
James Richardson went to Rindge, N. H., to participate in Memorial Day exercises, he having served on that town's quota during the Civil war.
Monday being Bird or Audubon day the pupils and teachers of the various grades in our schools had a field day, taking their lunches and spending the day with the birds.
Bertram Holt, Miss Maria Donavan and others attended the races at Charles River park Memorial day and witnessed the terrible accident whereby Harry Elkes was
killed.²
Women's Relief Corps No. 62, has voted to observe “Flag Day,” June 15, by public exercises, with the schoolchildren throughout the town as their guests. |
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PRESENTED PICTURE. |
At the close of the last regular meeting of Isaac Davis Post 138 G. A. R. Wednesday evening, May 27, the comrades were pleasantly surprised by a visitation from W. R. C. No. 62 accompanied by E. C. Parker, whom the Corps president, Mrs. S. R. Richardson, introduced as their guest of honor and said that he would explain the object of the visit.
Mr. Parker then stepped forward and in words expressive of deep ragard for the Post and as a memorial tribute presented a beautiful and life like picture of his brother, the late Chas. W. Parker, who was the first commander of the Post during its existence and later should an annex for the preservation of memorials be added to Memorial hall, Acton Center, it should be placed therein, or should no such provision be made it shall revert to his heirs. The picture was received by Mr. Clark in behalf of the Post and the different members present called upon for remarks each of whom paid a personal tribute to their late commander.
Comrade Parker was a member of the 16th Regt. Conn. Vols. and was incarcerated in Andersonville prison about a year and which undoubtedly was the primary cause of his early demise.
After the formalities the meeting was thrown open and the time spent socially. Refreshments of cake and ice cream were served.
The picture presented is done in India ink and was made by R. B. Lewis of Hudson. It has been hung in G. A. R. hall and will be cherished by the comrades as long as one remains. |
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WEST ACTON LOCAL. |
| Mrs. G. B. Parker is selling trimmed and untrimmed hats at reduced prices to close out. |
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SOUTH ACTON LOCAL. |
| Harnesses, boot and show repairing at reasonable prices by C. H. Clark.
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| MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES. |
Memorial day was quietly celebrated in town. The exercises by the Post were carried out according to the program. At Mt. Hope cemetery the order of the exercises was music by the band, prayer by Rev. Mr. Easterbrook, recitation by a pupil from each school in charge of Miss Sewall of the Intermediate grade, singing by the children, Miss Marion Brown conducting, and the decoration of 23 graves.
Dinner was served by the W. R. C. at G. A. R. hall at noon after which barges were taken for Woodlawn where appropriate exercises were rendered by the school children in charge of their teachers and the graves of 47 veterans were decorated. At Memorial hall wreaths were placed on the tablets and this concluded the decoration services.
The exercises in the town hall were of an unusually interesting character, consisting of music by the band, singing by the Weber quartet of Boston, prayer by Rev. Mr. Miles, remarks by S. V. Commander Clark, reading of a selection from Lincoln's address at Gettysburg by Evelyn Knowlton, address by Rev. S. Smith Ford of Lowell. This closed another day sacred to the memory of our Nation's dead. |
SOUTH ACTON |
Bicycles don't care who ride them. Two hobos helped themselves to bicycles Monday night about 8 o'clock. They must have been expert riders for they haven't been seen since. In the meantime, Jack Caverly and John Lee will walk.
The services at Acton Decoration day afternoon were well attended from all parts of the town, and the G. A. R. are to be congratulated on their choice of speakers for the day. Is is seldom we hear as able a man as the Rev. Smith Ford.
Among the visitors in town Saturday and Sunday were noticed Clarence Hosmer and family of Waltham. Herbert Robbins of Lynn, C. H. Hoit of Portland, Clifford Robbins and mother of Waltham, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Jones of Springfield.
It must have been very pleasant for Commander Clough and his family, when at the close of the exercises Memorial day, a large delegation of members of Post 138 of West Acton called at his residence and entering each one in his turn gave to their commander a warm hand shake and afterward formed in line in front of the house and gave the G. A. R. salute to which he responded. Mr. Clough had been feeling the disappointment keenly that he could not be with “The Boys” during the day but that kindly act cheered him as it manifested to him the strength of the bond of fraternity, charity and loyalty which so firmly unites the hearts of all comrades. “All Hail” to the surviving veterans of '61. |
ACTON CENTRE |
Edwin Fletcher of Lawrence is the guest of Mrs. Julian Tuttle.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Parker of Stoneham were in town Memorial day.
George Tuttle of New York is staying at his father's home for a few days.
Miss Etta Parsons of Waltham was the guest of Miss Lizzie Taylor last week.
Mr. and Mrs. William Richardson of South Framingham were in town over Sunday.
Mr. and mrs. Luther Conant jr. of New York are visiting the former's father, Luther Conant.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bellville of Concord Junction have moved into the upper tenement of the house now occupied by Mr. Foster.
Otis H. Forbush, auctioneer, Acton, Mass., has these sales to mention. Large sale in Bridgewater, Mass., to settle the estate of John M. Stetson, deceased, of 38 head of registered jersey cows, Heifers and Bulls, horses, wagons, carts, harnesses, all the tools, etc. Sale on Thursday, June 11, 1903 at 8.30 a. m. Farm is on Plymouth st. On Saturday June 20th at 1.30 p. m. mortgagee sale in Southboro Mass. of horses, wagons, carts, harnesses and farming tools, etc., the property to be sold will be removed to the stable of G. L. Hawkins near the station and electric cars. It was used on the farm occupied by Allan D. Howe, and assigned to J. S. Henry of Watertown, Mass., who forecloses for a settlement. |
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