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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1927
Page
10
A historic church bulletin lists a sermon by the pastor for the evening service. It notes Boy Scouts and Ladies' Union activities on Monday December 19 and December 20, with the midweek service scheduled for the afternoon.
On Friday December 23 events include 4:00 P.M. junior society meeting and 7:00 P.M. Christmas Tree and Entertainment of the Church School. The Christmas Play The Christmas Pudding by Rev. Shepherd Knapp will be presented.
Christmas vacation in the Concord Schools ends with the close of school Friday December 23 and sessions resume Monday January 2 according to the Concord Town Report. The brief break likely makes it the shortest Christmas recess of any school in the country.
Six boys from the Young Peoples Club of the Unitarian Congregational Church attended the Order Boys Conference in Malden on December 2 3 and 4. Norman Scherer and Robert Cleland reported on the event at the morning church service. The conference, organized by the Y M C A, drew over 800 older boys from Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Miss Edith Everett of Concord announces the engagement of her daughter Bernice H. Everett to Edgar W. Watts of North East. Watts is in business in Brockton and Bernice is a graduate of C. H. 8 1920. The chapter honored the memory of two members, Mrs. Alice Reynolds Keyes and Miss Julia Colburn Silent. First Sergeant William A. Hagerty was chosen for the Massachusetts National Guard Training School. Children of the American Revolution guests enjoyed entertainment by Miss Nelson violinist Mrs. Charles E E Brown and Miss Margaret Plummer with refreshments served by hostesses.
First Class Private Thomas J. McGrath of Co. H. 182nd Infantry Massachusetts National Guard passed the preliminary exam to select two guardsmen for the United States Military Academy at West Point. The final examination will be held in March.
A dense store ad from Grayco at 17 Walden Street Concord lists evaporated milk, vegetables, fruits, meats, and canned goods with low per can prices from 15 to 95 cents. The text urges bulk orders and promotes turkeys geese and chickens for order ahead pickup.
The closing meeting of the Missionary Institute was held last Wednesday evening in the Chapel of the Trinitarian Congregational Church. Secretary Ernest W. Riggs of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions led the first section and Arthur Hummel, a Christian leader in the Orient, led the second. The sessions drew strong attendance and interest.
Unitari an Congregational Church in Concord Mass announces December services led by Rev Gail Cleland Ph D The Sunday program includes Sunday School Men’s Pastors Class at 9 30 and 10 45 A M morning service with the sermon The Junior Partner The Young People’s Club meets at 7 P M on Sunday December 18 The Celson present a Christmas music program on Wednesday December 21 at 7 45 P M
Rev. Smith O Dexter rector announces a schedule of church services for December 16 to December 24 including Friday evening Boy Scouts, Sunday Holy Communion, Church School, Bible class, Morning Prayer and Sermon, Confirmation by Rt Rev Charles L Slattery, Christmas Eve carol service and pageant. Presents for sale at Rickles Shoe Store near 5 and 10 with slippers and overshoes.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 44 Ladies' Auxiliary hosted a whist party at Monument Hall after their regular meeting. Prizes went to Miss Hannah Morley Mrs Eva Dee and Mrs James Powers for top scores while Miss O Malley received the consolation token.
Wednesday afternoon and evening the annual motion picture entertainment was presented by Concord Chapter American Red Cross in the Veterans Building. The program featured moving pictures from the Concord Open House Day of the Concord Antiquarian Society, with Miss Irma Durkee of West Acton presiding at the piano.
Firemen from Central Station were dispatched to William Allen Smith at 81 Main Street shortly before midnight on Tuesday night last week. The activity was triggered by burning papers in the fireplace, causing illumination and mistaken fire presence.
The Men’s Club of the Trinitarian Congregational Church met in the Chapel on Thursday evening. A supper prepared by a committee chaired by Frank Price preceded the literary program. Col. Albert W. Foreman spoke on “Some of the Peace Time Activities in the United States Army.”
The annual meeting of Corporal Ralph P. Hosmer Camp 55 United Spanish War Veterans was postponed from last Thursday to next Thursday, with members urged to mark the new date and attend.
Middlesex Central Pomona Grange met in Bemis Hall Lincoln for an afternoon business session led by Master Raymond B. Dent of Waltham and an evening degree ceremony. Delegates Dent and Silva were named for the State Grange convention. A roast beef supper preceded the 3-candidate fifth degree, staged by past Pomona masters with officers from Waltham Lexington Bedford Concord Acton Sudbury and Sudbury in chairs and staff roles.
A proposed Congress measure to adopt metric units as the legal standard for weights and measures would obsolete current state and federal container sizes for apples, grapes, and other farm products. The transition could take ten years, creating dual markets and hardship for farmers and dealers, who should oppose the change. December 9, 1927.
Sunday service at 10 45 A M with lesson sermon Is the Universe Including Man Evolved by Atomic Force Reading room hours 2 to 5 P M weekdays Testimonial Meeting Wednesday 7 45 P M Sunday school at 10 45 A M Monument Square Concord Massachusetts
A Wednesday whist party by J Edward Mahoney and Russell F Parsons at Elks Hall awarded prizes to Mrs B L Sullivan Miss Joselin Gaudet Miss Cora Flannery F J Burke John Grendall and Joseph Gaudet. Consolation tro phes went to Miss Mary Powers and Fred Mason. A wrist watch was the special prize won by Miss Angelo Lombardo. John Grendall leads the grand total to date.
Under the Men's Brotherhood the Cambridge Community Four gave a concert at the Methodist Episcopal Church on Thursday evening. Eleanor Trent Wallace was the reader, Dorothy Richardson the contralto, Ethel Hardy Smith the soprano, and Dorothy Wood the pianist and accompanist.
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