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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1919
Page
3
Rev. E N Atiyeh pastor of the Congregational church returned from two weeks treatment in New York where doctors found the operation unnecessary and diagnosed overstrain of nerves. He is now in good health and staying with Mr and Mrs Martin Dewitt at 10 Concord Street.
Morning service drew a large crowd at Congregation al church where Rev RE Atiyeh preached on An Offensive Defense. George Lawton led the choir and Christian Endeavor groups reported higher attendance and a new Men's class forming with officers elected. Next Sunday's morning sermon is Christian Giving and a union service is planned in the evening.
Rev. BK N. Attiveh resumes a continuation of his sermon series titled Christ the Reformer. The message explores themes of renewal, moral reform, and spiritual guidance for believers seeking practical change in daily life.
A reunion of Am bulance corps Section 512 veterans who served with the French Army was held Saturday evening at Marlboro at the home of Russell Frye. Attending were Fryer Fowler Hartwell Flood Frank Burke and Arthur Mulling. Mulling is a Georgia native and Harvard student. Burke and Mulling remained to visit Flood and Fowler on Sunday.
Hallowe en observed by the Busy Bee club with a party at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Archer Concord Street Friday evening. The home was decorated with jack o lanterns ghosts and goblins. Usual games were enjoyed and refreshments served. Mrs Archer was hostess and members present included Ruth Wilson Ruth Foster Helen Wilcox Phyllis Naylor Hazel Priest Frances Archer Gertrude Chandler Ruth French.
Rev. Charles F. Parsons led morning and evening services with a union service that evening. A Halloween party by the Epworth league was held Monday at the vestry. Midweek prayer meeting is set for Wednesday. The Women’s Foreign Missionary Society meets at Mrs. L. D. Wilson’s Brooks Street home Thursday afternoon. Plans advance for the Parsonage Aid Society annual fair at Colonial Hall Thursday evening November 13.
Miss Harriett Bamford daughter of Mr and Mrs John Bamford marked her seventh birthday Saturday with 25 young friends at home. Halloween decorations adorned the scene as games amusements and refreshments followed the celebration.
The theatre car on the C. M. and H. railway met the midnight Boston train on its first trip and was crowded, with double fare as workers’ wages rose. Patrons praised the convenience and urged continued operation of the arrangement.
A fair at the Alka Temperance society hall on Main Street drew a well attended crowd over Thursday to Saturday. On Saturday August Kansas, manager of the North Star Finnish language paper in Fitchburg, spoke on The Economic Features in Our Government. A one act drama titled Two Brides was presented by the society’s Dramatic club.
Mizpah Rebekah lodge schedules a regular meeting for Thursday evening with an early supper at 7 p m followed by initiatory degree work on a class of candidates. The usual social hour will follow the business session.
Richard Schnair of West Acton drove toward Maynard when a loose brake caused his car to strike and break one of the gates at the Acton street crossing. He stopped for a freight train, but the brake slipped and hit the arm of the gate as it stretched toward the road.
Sunday gatherings in Somerville and Stow are reported with residents Christopher Crumby Maynard Grangers and Mrs James Mallinson hosting or attending parties. Distant visitors Edward Taylor of Los Angeles and Peter Woodlawn lodge members join local events while selectmen draw John Wolf and Harry Clark for the Cambridge traverse jury.
Maynard officials attended a Sunday evening reception for District Attorney Nathan Tufts at Williams Tavern Merlboro. Tufts praised the Maynard Police Department led by Chief Binks and Deputy Connors for their work on cases and the recent bandit capture and conviction.
A horse driven by Hdward Kewasa toppled a barrel of sauerkraut and a cluttered load into Main Street near the Haynes block on Saturday afternoon. The sauerkraut was the only item not recovered. Honard King, a U S Marine, returned from service in Haiti and was honorably discharged, visiting his parents on McKinley Street.
Assabet Aerie P O K joins National Aerie to create a Lyceum Bureau a new department. Vocalists speakers and talented community members will be listed in the bureau. Lieut Raymond Palmer U S Dental Corps was discharged and returns home to resume practice in Creighton block.
While tending a UV. S. sailor at the Naval hospital in Brooklyn Miss Madeline Wall a nurse at the hospital learned the patient was her nephew John Wolf of Maple Street. Miss Wall is daughter of Mrs Mary Wall of Brown Street News revived years of silence between them.
Frank Keith of Powder Mill fades from work on sick list while employed at the American Powder Company.
John Vanaanen, pastor of the Finnish Union Congregational church, gave an address at the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Epworth League of the Finnish Congregational church at Quincy on Sunday. Mrs Vanaanen, his wife, is under rheumatism treatment at the community house in Fitchburg and is reported to be improving.
Walter Janvrin of Boston surveyed the American Woolen Co property on Waltham and adjoining streets to lay out 20 new houses. Construction will start promptly on the new residential project.
The Women’s self birth group will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday afternoon November 11 at the Masonic hall at the usual hour. An excellent program includes vocal solos by Genevieve Coughlin and an address by Francis S. Brick of Monson, former superintendent of schools here.
Chairman J Everett Wilson of the school committee complains that ashes and dirt dumped as fill at the Summer Street school building are often carelessly dumped on paths and walks around the property. He warns that further dumping on the property will be forbidden to offending EYSONS unless properly placed.
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