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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1958
Page
8
Concord teachers and Brooks school families gathered last Friday for the annual Christmas pageant. The program opened with a Bible passage and featured seven tableaux set to carols, with kindergartners observing a dress rehearsal and first graders presenting a simplified version.
Concord Country Club hosted a hospital party sponsored by Emerson Hospital Auxiliary. Girl Scouts and Brownies from Acton Bedford Concord and West Concord visited with gifts and carols. Decorations brightened the nurses home and patient areas through staff and auxiliary effort.
A U.S. cargo ship rescued 24 Japanese fishermen from a standing room only raft after they drifted for 29 hours. They were transferred to a sister fishing boat. The announcement was made today.
Christmas Eve carol service at Evangelical Congregational Church starts 7 pm with candlelighting. West Acton Baptist Church also hosts 7 pm candlelight and Christmas story in scripture music and light. Christmas Day 9 40 am sung eucharist and sermon at Church of Good Shepherd and an 8 am Holy Communion service. Nashoba Valley Court members attend monthly meeting and Christmas party at Masonic Temple Friday. Past noble grands of Winona Rebekah Lodge meet next week. next lodge regular on January 7. Baptism of Karen Elaine McBreen at St Elizabeth of Hungary Church with godparents John C McBreen and Margaret Wanberg.
Christmas musicale at Carlisle Congregational Church was well attended with Willem Shumway Sr director and Mrs. Marcia Hugman organist. Intermediate and senior choirs participated. Senior Christian Endeavor held a skating party at Conant's pond then returned for games and refreshments.
Mrs Lyle L Grant of Bedford road finished 12th in the New England Sled Dog Club race at Stoddard New Hampshire. The 12 mile event was won by Dr Belford of Deerfield with Dr Lombard of Wayland second.
Concord Henry Kingman announces Charles S. Putnam of 36 Ripley Hill Road will manage the Wheeler Reflector Company Division of Franklin Research Corp effective January 1. Putnam previously headed W R Grace Dewey and Army Chemical Cambridge plant and replaces Winthrop W. Sargent who becomes a Franklin Research vice president.
Weekly church activities pause as Christmas vacation runs two Sundays. A parish supper and Christmas party filled the hall, while the annual pageant was staged Sunday. A public hearing on a zoning variance petition was held at the new school auditorium. Unity Club hosted a Christmas party with a business session and gift exchange at Acton Street residence.
Boston artist Lincoln Achi Sullo completes a four week showing at deCordova Museum on December 28. A new exhibit Danish Design featuring contemporary architecture and furniture opens January 4 and runs through February 8.
The New England Council notes that Connecticut issued the nation’s first reflective automobile registration plates in 1948 marking a milestone in vehicle identification and highway safety.
Rally chaired by Dean Powers and four area representatives highlights Middlesex County spending against polio. They note since 1938 the March of Dimes raised about 300 million dollars in the U S with over 300000 victims aided and 3000 chapters formed and detail the Salk vaccine and future disease targets. The address also criticizes the President for inflation policy and Reserve Board actions.
Sudbury residents are urged to answer Christmas seal letters as TB control relies on these funds. The Sudbury Public Health Nursing Association offers a Cook Book with local recipes and art, sold at multiple shops to support public health work.
Congratulations pour in for multiple Sudbury families. Amy Elizabeth Thurston, born December 12 at Emerson Hospital, daughter of Roger Thurston and a Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School chemistry instructor. grandparents Mr and Mrs Horace Nye and Mr and Mrs C Harold Thurston. Kenneth Peter Higgins born December 8 to Walter Higgins and wife on Greenwood Road. siblings James Charles David John and Stephen Walter. grandparents Mr and Mrs John McCree and Mr and Mrs James MacDonald. Robert Frederic Hatch born December 10 to John Hatch and wife. siblings Janet Lee and Douglas Austin. grandparents Mr and Mrs Sydney Maxwell and Mr and Mrs Frederic A Hatch. Donald Porter daughter born December 16. Porter is owner of Tuckers Inn Boston Post Road. Kathy Munsey born to Henry Munsey and wife Wagonwheel Road. Kenneth Porter.
Congratulations pour in for Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gerry on the birth of their child. The couple from Stub Toe Lane celebrate the arrival of a newborn, with well wishers sharing joy and warm greetings.
The notice records the birth of a daughter named Jane on December 13 with a sister Susan. Proud grandparents include Dr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Moulton of Me and Mr. and Mrs. Gerry of Portland Me, with further references to Joseph Smith founder of Mormonism born in Sharon Vermont in 1805.
Fragmentary notes mention a small house in Richford New York tied to a person named J Feller, with phrases about standing but rod in weeds pushing floorboards, and a reference to a millionaire’s merry Christmas, indicating a historic or personal property context from the area.
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