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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1937
Page
3
The Personal Auto Service at 11 Francis Street, Waltham, provides full auto body and fender repair with modern equipment. They also offer radiator work including repairing, recoring, boiling out, and cleaning, promising courteous, accommodating, and efficient service with estimates on contemplated work.
The Whitney Coal and Grain firm with offices in Concord and West Concord urges residents to prepare for cold weather by securing high grade coal. The ad highlights expertise in coal grades, market knowledge, and price benefits, praising the firm as community minded and essential for homeowners and renters.
Esther A Stankard runs a refined beauty shop at 680 Main Street Waltham under personal direction using approved scientific permanent waving methods. Appointments are taken by phone Waltham 1128 W. The writer invites readers to visit for their best look and grooming.
Waltham Spring Service on Music Hall avenue in Waltham proclaims itself spring headquarters for autoists fleet and bus operators and garagemen. It stocks Iron City auto springs and offers replacements with top quality springs. The shop emphasizes dependable service, courteous staff, and welding for all classes of work. Motorists are urged to visit when in Waltham.
The proprietor Mr. Qurrie, formerly with George Lawrence Co of Cambridge, a leading New England supplier, promotes a broad selection of work boilers axles frames and farm equipment. He positions his business among the region’s top dealers.
Green River Wine and Spirits Co at 288 Moody Street Waltham advertises a complete liquor stock including imported and domestic wines liquors and cordials with electrically cooled beer. They promote popular brands at popular prices and invite customers to inspect stock and take advantage of WEBK END specials.
The spectroscope reveals comets contain gases such as nitrogen and tyanogen. When near the sun the gases appear hotter and show evidence of sodium and iron. The tail mirrors the head and always points away from the sun due to solar radiation pushing ionized gas.
With nomination papers expired at 6 p m Friday two contests were revealed for the February 23 town election. The battles are for town treasurer and collector of taxes. Incumbent Herbert S Townsend will oppose William T McDermott for both offices after their showing at the recent citizens caucus.
Rev Kenneth R Teed leads services on Feb 21 with church school at 9 30 am and worship at 10 45 am The third Lenten sermon A Thoughtful Religion follows At 6 30 pm Christian Endeavor Society led by Helen Berlied and Adult days at 7 30 pm Midweek arrangement Tuesday 7 30 pm A Cecil B De Mille sound picture The King of Kings screens Wednesday Feb 24 at 7 30 pm Tickets priced and described as moderate Everyone urged to attend.
West Concord Catholic Daughters of America marked their eighth anniversary with a dinner and program in a hall Tuesday night. Francis X. Rooney spoke on the Philippines Japan and China while Past District Deputy Mrs. Cecelia Curry of Belmont was honored as guest. District Deputy Gertrude Curry attended as an honoree.
Concord Trinitarian Congregational Church and nearby churches announce Rev. George L. Thurlow's sermons and talks. He speaks at Acton Center Congregational Church Sunday at 4 30 p m and at Lincoln First Church Young People Society Sunday at 7 p m. He preaches Feb 24 at Witertown Congregational and Feb 25 3 p m Missionary Symposium Women Union tea served. other talks in Peabody and West Somerville churches.
The text notes glassware existed as early as the fifteenth century before Christ. Egyptians used colored vessels on toilet tables and for dining, with glass appearing opaque and vividly colored, often mistaken for pottery.
Forest experts argue that lumber from dead trees is not inferior to lumber from sound live trees. They state wood from insect killed or fire damaged trees can be equally suitable for construction when properly dried and prepared.
The chukar or red legged partridge, native to India, ranges to Mongolia and rises to about 16 000 feet. It has grayish brown plumage with a black head stripe, red beak and legs, and female males resemble each other outside breeding. They feed on grains and insects, seldom harming crops, and lay ten to twelve eggs. They are swift runners, fast fliers, and can be difficult to approach.
West Concord notes the golden wedding of S Thompson Blood and Mrs Blood with an open house at Odd Fellows Hall next Tuesday evening February 23 inviting all friends to join in the celebration.
Charles M. Baggesen 80, Concord resident since 1876, was laid to rest at Sleepy Hollow after funeral at the Methodist Episcopal Church. Survived by wife Marie, son Andrew, and two grandchildren. He had worked with Whit ney Coal and Grain Co and died after a five week illness. Burial followed committal at the grave.
The Concord Council Knights of Columbus basketball team lost 26 to 25 to the Lexington Continentals at Monument Hall. Lexington led 6 to 1 after the first period, Concord was ahead 15 to 12 at halftime, then 21 to 18 after the third. Continentals Kennedy scored 12, Lawton led Concord with 8. Middlesex Independents beat the Concord Crusaders 22 to 15 in the preliminary.
West Concord Parent-Teachers Association meets this evening at 8 pm to observe Founders Day with members and guests attending.
A Literary Digest writer notes during swarming season the hive shows complex instinct. New queens are raised in circular cells and fed differently from workers as the old queen departs with her retinue.
Researchers at the American Museum of Natural History report bees detect colors beyond what humans see. Experiments show insects perceive ultraviolet light and may distinguish hues outside the human spectrum.
Mrs. Ma gone enjoys a Southern cruise while Mrs Prendergast hosts a Bridge Club. A death notice arrives from Daytona Beach for Archie Smyth. Tufts Garden Club meets at 3 p m with Mrs Pratt hosting and Mrs Sanborn assisting. John Codman to speak on house plants. Mrs Hunt to lecture on Pittsburg Gardens. Central fire crews battle a grass and brush fire off Monument Street and another near Warner Pond. Russell Smith, son of Henry and wife, displays watercolors in Washington. Engman family congratulates on birth of Edwin Taylor Engman. Parish Association hosts a talk on Unitarianism led by Rev Edward Perry Daniels. Tolman leaves for Honolulu with California stopover planned. Rafos family welcomes daughter Sigrunn Rafos.
The First Parish in Concord invites worshipers to a 9:45 am kindergarten and 11 am morning service with a sermon titled With a Quiet Mind. A second session on Congregational Music follows at 1:01 pm, then a vestry discussion on the Reformation Chorale and the German view. A Tuesday February 23 discussion class covers The Development of Unitarianism in Pennsylvania England and America.
The chrysanthemum is described as sacred in China with pilgrimages to River Kai for petal waters believed to grant long life. It notes small indicum varieties versus large ostrich feather types and contrasts ancient worship with modern use. In Japan a yearly festival features a sixteen-petaled imperial emblem and a petal crown.
A century and a half after James Boswell penned his Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides the first complete edition appeared following the discovery of his manuscript papers.
Sunday services and Sunday School scheduled at 10:45 in Concord. testimonial meeting Wednesdays at 7:45. Reading room hours 2 to 6 am except holidays. Lesson Sermon on February 21 centers on Mind with cited Bible verses from Proverbs Job and a Mary Baker Eddy text on divine Mind and creation.
A Los Angeles Times writer notes the palm family displays vast diversity from dwarf stalks to 100 foot towers. Some species flower yearly while others bloom only after a massive 30 foot flowering stem. varieties range from tiny fan leaves to massive fronds. coconuts and the rare double coconut from the Seychelles are mentioned.
The violoncello is tuned an octave below the viola with longer thicker strings and a large sound box that yields a dark sonorous tone. Its warmth and three octave range give it a singing quality that stands out in orchestral color. It uses a short heavy bow and a left hand technique distinct from violin or viola.
Mayflower women carried pins aboard the ship, and settlers at Jamestown possibly had pins as well. This note highlights small personal belongings among early colonial travelers.
Earthquakes beginning December 16 1811 shook the Mississippi bed south of the Ohio River mouth destroying several small towns and forming Reelfoot Lake.
A home service article promotes fish and seafood for health, with several recipes. Featured items include stuffed fillet of sole with oyster croquettes, fish and potato pie, broiled fish fillet with maitre dHotel butter, and crabmeat chow. Also offers baking and butterscotch sauce tips for desserts.
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