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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1927
Page
4
The Marlboro Massachusetts weekly paper announces publication details and subscription rates. It lists offices on Liberty Street and notes second class matter status dated 1903 with per year and single copy pricing, plus regional delivery areas and four cent newspaper pricing.
A St Petersburg letter notes pleasant parks and new docks but warns Florida has little work left and many laborers are distressed. Tourists bring money and life to hotels, stores, theatres, and churches while property values stagnate. Despite abundant sunshine and cheap living, few jobs persist, with booze joints a rare business.
South Acton Improvement Association hosts a military whist party in Quimby square rooms on Wednesday December 28 at 8 PM. Universalist church holds Christmas festival Friday December 23 at 7 PM followed by Christmas morning service December 25 at 10:30 with choir music. Congregational church December 25 service at 10:30 with music and 11:45 Sunday school. Christian Endeavor at 6:15 PM. Mrs Ida M Harris reports a West Acton Woman's Club fair leftovers sale December 19 at 2 PM on Prospect Street. Concord Female Charitable Society noted.
Society gathered at Mrs Henry P Richardson's Main street home Wednesday afternoon. The women sewed for Emerson Hospital. Hostesses were Mrs Richardson and Miss Eunice F Smith, with Mrs Smith of Dexter and Mrs Murray Ballou pouring.
Chanukah the Feast of Dedication begins Sunday evening December 18 and lasts eight days as Maynard and surrounding families observe the holiday. The article recalls the Maccabees story of Antiochus IV Epiphanes’s decree to enforce Greek worship and the Jewish response defending monotheism.
The Magdalenes Chapter C E S held its annual meeting at Masonic Hall. A bouquet was presented to Mrs. George Hart P W M, charter member and early matron, as she approaches the golden wedding anniversary next Sunday. Officers elected include Agis French as matron and Ralph Jones as worthy patron with Huldah Taylor Bertha Carmichael Nellie Smith Eva Frye Bessie McGarry and Margaret Gates in various posts.
The narrative recalls Mattaeo and Judas Maccabeus resisting Syrians, retaking Jerusalem, and rededicating the temple after three years of defilement. The rededication occurred on Kislev 25 in 168 B C, marking the origin of the Feast of Chanukah, the Festival of Dedication.
Gavin A. Taylor led the Cantete The Morn of Glory with Miss Hazel Hooper at the organ as the Methodist Episcopal and Union Congregational churches joined in the Church on the Square last Sunday evening. The candlelit, illuminated choir performed on the pulpit platform. The Teachers Club hosted the annual Christmas party at the school auditorium on Monday night with gifts, games, and carols. Mrs. Gertrude White of Great Road died this morning after a long illness. she leaves her husband, one son Richard, a sister in Rockville Conn., and a brother Ralph Casey.
Principal Typ announces Milford High will mail baseball and football calendars for next year. Baseball dates span April to June with matchups against Natickford Franklin Milford Westford Marlboro Hopkinton Maynard and others. Football opens September 29 with games against Natick Marlboro Franklin Hopkinton Westboro and Maynard before season end.
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