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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1930-05-09 Reading Chronicle p1 Town ForestMRS. RALPH H. BICKFORD hile the guests were assembling s Gertrude Litchfield of Reading c an organ recital of the following fibers: -ch Rogers Pilgrims Song of Hope ..Batiste tasia Mozart anus ....................Stoughton ing Song Mendelssohn dding Bells.. ........:.....Truette c voice. that breathed o'er Eden t earliest wedding day" (Melody of Van Dyke) :rs. Benjamin Hill of Winchester i-,ved in the program by singing ntuing' by Teresa del Riego. The ding ceremony was performed by Marion Franklin-Ham, using the ble ring service. Continued on page eleven ' vite Public to . Forestry Meeting. i season with the destructive forest that have been sweeping the state the constructive. efforts of state civic organizations along lines of gestation, comes the announce- A that the public is invited to at- 1 the final meeting of the year of Middlesex County Forest Fire War- ; Association in Reading on May in Securitv Hall. . he members of the association will lie guests of Fire Chief O. O. Ord- who expended much effort in the iding of the organization just a . ago. It was . organized with. 40 fibers and now has a membership ver 100. ie maid speaker of the -occasion will 'harles O. Bailey, secretary to the nlissioner of conservation. Mr. ev, holding the position he does, is to five Soule illuminating facts forestrly. Tile meeting will be held Thursday evening at eight o'clock is open to the public. )me reels of moving pictures con- ting activities of the association will shown by Roldan L. Smith of the tolite Company. A special enter- er has also been engaged to add ety to the program. ae election of officers will also take e at the meeting. The offici out this week concludes ith the melt,....."then we will ostpone cities until October, inclu ing all 11 7TERING speeding along on its r ber ialities for damage. orcibly'into contact with op- i revelation of its capacit for' I to have" in such cases, f it e at fault. HAROLD F. PARKER ARKER th Servic BOSTON OFFICE Hubbard 7880 40 Broad S of Trade Chairman Charles F. Trevor.Will Appoint Several New Sub-Committees "the meeting on'May 5, riiuch busi- s was transacted . It was voted to have one performance of the pageant, beginning at 6.30, (June 25)" and last- ing one and one half .hours. This would save money as no lighting would be"required. The pageant at present consists of 20 episodes. Mrs. Libby in her report as chair- man of, the pageant committee asked each organization to provide 15 mem- bers for the pageant seven man and eight women. Those belonging to the various organizations are asked to re- port to their representative in the Ter- centenary Committee or to Mrs. Lib- by, all others to Mrs. Libby, 88 Pros- pect st., telephone 9286. Chairman C. F. Trevor reported that the Boy Scouts were ready to furnish two first-aid tents and to have a doc- tor on the grounds ; the telephone com- pany to set up a pay station ; the Pub- lic Vvorks Department to keep the Street§ open to travel ; the American Legion to provide 20 men to serve as special officers or ushers ; Elias B. Ct'n-rell to provide stakes and rope off the grounds. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mich have vol- unteered to assist in rehearsing for the pageant. Other features of the celebration were then considered. The question of a booklet with photographs of old homes -was brought up also the mat- ter of programs. with cuts. to cover ex- penses. It was voted that a committee on programs and advertising should be appointed by the chairman. The. Legion, sent a request for the privilege of conducting refreshment stands; this matter was laid on the table. Other events proposed are a ball game, a demonstration by the fire de- partment and one by the Boy Scouts, an exhibition of antiques "at the Parker Tavern, a dance in Washington st., June 24, while there is open house at the Parker Tavern. There was much discussion over.-the question of asking prominent people to be present and the matter was.left in tine hands of an hospitality comrittee to be appointed by.the chair. Lastly; Norman Hunt suggested an information. booth to be set up in the triangle plot between Main and Wash- ington sts., to be kept open from June 1, to October 1. This question was re- ferred to the Board of Trade. -Tray I'L Work Goes Forward at New Town ; Forest Work at the town forest has been going along rapidly for the past. two weeks and by tomorrow should be prac- tically finished for this season. Chief .Ordway. has-had a group of five men on. the job daily. Several areas contiguous to the tract already planted have been burned over as a precautionary and protective measure and several water holes have been dug. In diggings these holes it was found that there was a plentiful supply of water not far from the surface of the ground. After digging through the loam and clay the workmen. found that they had to hurry to climb. out of the hole with dry clothing. Investigation discloses that' there is a large supply of water in the vicinity of the new forest which will undoubt- edly make the reservation the more valuable in future years. Several prominent people have visit- ed the reservation during the past two weeks with Chief Ordway and have been deeply impressed with the purpose and results of the work. The corps" of men that has been working there daily consists of Murray Gray, Edward O'Brien, Donald Tuttle, Olin Crow and Francis' B. Hunt. Selectmen Hold Hearing to Dis- cuss Question of Traffic on Haven St. Following the hearing on traffic re- gulations- on Haven st. in Room 19 of the Municipal Building last Friday evening, the Selectmen took the mat-, ter under advisement and ar ex- p•?;cted to make a decision shortly. The only suggestion made by the business men whose establishments line the street was to the effect that a park- ing regulation should .-i:'e . made and. rigidly enforced. One way traffic, abo- lition of parking and one-side parking were unanimously opposed. Dr. M. E. Brande " advocated taking 0 feet from each side and making a 'parking area in the middle of the street, and restricting parking to half an hour. He pointed out that trucks unloaded in front of stores causes a great deal of congestion. The question of trucks was dis- cussed at length and it seemed the general opinion that some restrictions should be placed on these vehicles. -It was stated that when the back up to the curb they generally turn the front epd to the left which makes the situa- tion more acute. The manager of the E~ E. Gray Store said that he did ~fiot wish to have anybody get the impression that (trucks stopped in front of his store to make deliveries. He explained that all deliveries were made at the rear door and that the delivery trucks were park- ed in the driveway; . It was also declared that. many of the private automobiles which park on Haven st. do not draw close to the curb and that drivers leave the rear end of the cas extended out into the street. Others declared .that when ( riv- ers' can not find a parking spac ' to their liking they park in double line. Iii response to a demand for the police to enforce proper parking on the street Chief Cullinane replied that it was all well and good for people to ask for police regulation but they are the first to complain if they get a tag. Selectman Mollie O. Sweetser corro- borated the. Chief's remark declaring that the citizens of the town object strenuously to having their cars tagged or even being spoken- to regarding parking regulation and if the police do try to enforce the rulings the Board of Selectmen it at once deluged with complaints. . . It was'finally suggested that cars be made to park parallel. and close to the curb, that a time' limit be set on all parking and that the police enforce the ruling in every case. Patricia Littlefield Awarded Gold (Medal Antiquarian Society : Gives Prizes in Parker Essay Contest The. gold medal presented by Fan- euil, Hall . Chapter, D. A. R., to the school pupil in Reading writing the best essay on the Parker.Tavern goes to Miss Patricia Littlefield of Reading High School. %e announcement iof the award was made last Wednesday evening by Mrs. Eliza B. F. Coburn, regent of Faneuil Hall Chapter, at-the meeting of the Antiquarian Society" held in High School Hall. The other awards were announuced by Hon. Charles F. Brown as follows : High School: Walter Ingalls, first; Rita Ainsworth,. second. Junior High : Phyllis Chapman, first; Herbert Ol- sen, second; Highland School: Mary Foster, first; Irene Norton, second. These pupils will receive cash prizes. The high school orchestra contri- buted several selections to the pro- gram. A group of pupils of Donna Soule Mich presented a dance. The group included Patricia Cort, Betty 'Merrill, Dorothy Parker, Doris Steele, Priscilla Veazie, Shirley Lumsden and 'Helen Connelly. The meeting was presided over by Charles F. Trevor, chairman of the Tercentenary -Committee' who gave a talk on the tercentenary pageant. STANLEY R. STEMBRII The new flag presented to t by the Rotary-Anus was displa Elias B. Currell and Henry R. were appointed to arrange for raising in the near future. Stanley Stembridge and f White were appointed delegate Spring conference at Worcest week Wednesdav and Thursdav of thanks was.extended to F Torre for the gift of six doze dessert dishes. Norman Hunt st that a fine be.levied on the r who do not wear their badges. '1 gestion goes into effect nex day. H. Raymond. Johnson spok interest of the dental clinic. Visiting Ratarians included Peterson, Robert M. Grey of V Paul R. Guillow, Harris M. Dol Wakefield; Daniel Murdock c sea. Junior High Pupils Will Stage Ope Present "The Sunbonnet G. Friday, May 23 The annual operetta of the High School Musical Clubs presented on Friday evening, in Shepardson Hall by a large young singers. ; The operetta is "The Su Girl" and has been in reheat several weeks. All seats are s and go on sale at Torre's on I May 12. The cast is as follows: Miranda, Hiram and Mrs. M daughter-Margaret Quint. Mrs. Meadows, President of t music club-Claramond B. I Luella Lumpton, a village maid, berta J. Raley. Hiram Meadows, a kindly farme man Bogle. Evalina Abijah and Mrs. daughter-Viola M. Hasty. Reuben M. Sparin, the constab -Alexander Williamson. Ezra McSparin, the villiage con Sumner Weeks. Mrs. Coleman, a wealthy pa music-Ethel Woods. Bob Coleman, her son-William Barbara Coleman, her daughter- thy G. Bacheller. Jerry Jackson, Bob's chum-I Winship. Susan Clifton, the Sunbonnet Evelyn M. Meuse. Mrs. Scroggs, Abijah Scrogg ter half-Marion E. Crooker. Abijah "Scroggs, the Sunbonne guardian-Irving Snyder. Sadie Simpkins, another village -Doris Demars. Reading High Schoa Names Honor P- The Honor List for the third has just been published on the' board at R. H. S. It is as follows Maximum Honors-Katherine ce-, Mary Riley. Honors-Betty Allard, Startle Ina Bergquist, Barbara Bo: Mary Devaney, Marie Gormlie, Hodson, Patricia Littlefield, I Marsh, Jean Rossman, Elsie Celia Kinley, Gennaro, Scollo, Southwick. Commendations-Marguerite Gladys Dyer, Edith Pratt, Olive Lois Weigmann, Richard Frank Cate, Ruth Chesley, F Englund, Flora Harriman, Lau_ Robert Coolidge, Kenneth Horto and Merritt, Patricia Sussmani aid Westcott. GUILD SPREADS CHEI The members of the Junior, nes' Guild made 216 May which were sent to the children State Sanatorium at North Re;