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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1954
Page
5
A fragment discusses hemophilia as a genetic condition, noting its presence across populations, its invisible danger, and the need for careful daily management. It mentions treatment with blood components and the goal of helping affected children lead normal lives while researchers pursue cures.
The New Jersey College for Women announces the Margaret T. Corwin and other scholarships for out of state female students at Rutgers University and related programs. Values range from $500 to $2,000 annually with renewal possibilities up to four years, based on scholarship committee judging and high school records. Applicants should contact the Admission Office for details and deadlines.
In a fragmentary note, Greenleaf Whittier is linked to a 1849 spea house project. The text is unclear but suggests a historical building or event dated 1849 with named person. Further readable details are unavailable in the fragment.
General Mark Clark, retired commander and soon to lead The Citadel, was named National Chairman of the 1954 Heart Fund. He will direct a nationwide drive to support research education and community services for heart disease, succeeding Bruce Barton. The campaign runs through February and targets reducing heart disease deaths and increasing public awareness.
Members of the Youth Group of the First Parish Unitarian Church will hold a bean supper and dance this coming Friday evening January 8 at 7 15 o'clock in the hall. Music for the dance after supper will be by Oscar Fransen of Malden.
Sudbury opens March of Dimes campaign led by Mrs Anna Wohlrab seeking donations to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The drive aims to raise 75 million dollars with 26.5 million for polio prevention through vaccine trials gamma globulin care and education.
The Woman's Association of Memorial Congregational Church and the Homemaker's Group host a chicken pie supper catered by Mr. Nims at 6 45 P M on Thursday January 14 Reservations go to Mrs Albert Tallant by January 11 A follow up program features Voices from Overseas with Miss Doris Priest presenting color slides and experiences from Europe.
St Elizabeth of Hungary Church will observe Holy Family Sunday on January 10 with Holy Name Society members receiving communion at Mass along with their families. Pastor Rev Daniel F Riordan urges all to receive Holy Communion.
The West Concord Union Church announces its annual meeting and supper for next Tuesday evening January 12 at 6 30 at the church. Tickets are handled by Mrs Leonard V Benson. The annual business session begins at 7 30.
Regular Wednesday night novena services at Our Lady Help of Christians Church in West Concord are cancelled until Wednesday March 3. Pastor Rev. John J. Scollen announces the change.
Reverend Robert B. Harper reflects on John 2 and John 4 21 describing Jesus driving out buyers and money changers from the temple. He warns against trusting professed belief and urges welcoming Jesus to cleanse inner temples.
The Maynard Union Congregational Church led by Dr. B Paul Pardy will host a Sunday service with guest speaker Baldwin W Callahan. Church School and kindergarten precede the 10 45 a m worship, with Dr Pardy conducting.
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church Hastings St Maynard Lion line Pastor Rev Edwin V Gorts leads regular Sunday Services at 10 00 AM Sunday School at 11 00 AM Worship Service at 7 30 PM with an additional Finnish worship. Communion observed on the first Sunday of each month.
Glendale Street St John’s Evangelical Church presents a bilingual Watch Night service from 10:30 to 11:00 with guest speaker Rev Dr Pardy followed by a coffee social. January 3 features Sunday School at 10 am no morning service and a bilingual 7:30 pm service with Rev Rosenberg of Fitchburg. January 4 Bethany Sisters meet at Hietanen home Concord Street at 8 pm followed by January 5 Men’s Chorus at 7:30 pm.
Sunday services at 10 45 with Sunday school and a Reading Room at 24 Main Street Concord Hours listed for week days with holiday exceptions Wednesdays and Fridays service times Reading Room open for churchgoers Nursery provided for young children The lesson sermon titled Sacrament cites Psalms 19 14 and Gospel passage Galatians 3 26 27 urging purity and faith in Christ as central to spiritual progress
The Woman's Society for Christian Service will meet January 11 at 8:00 PM in Maynard Methodist Church. A Hobby Show features old coins rugs hand work and local women collections with Mrs Eric Grimshaw as guest showing West Coast pictures. All women are invited to bring and display hobbies. Mrs Leonard McKenna chairs.
Rev Dr Edward Perry Daniels of the First Parish Unitarian preached Sunday morning on Man and His Church. Music arranged by Philip W Trumbull with organist and chorus. The Senior Young People's Society attended a joint Lincoln church gathering Sunday afternoon.
The article notes pidgin English as an odd jar that has functioned as a common and southern Pacific island language for over 400 years.
Acton Church of Friends invites worship at 8:00 p m Sundays at the home of Donnell and Elizabeth Boardmat 489 Main St Acton Center Clerk Winifred Barrett Acton 34360
Acton Center Massachusetts Rev Eric W Grimshaw leads morning worship Sermon Purposeful Prayer closes Week of Prayer. Church school Tots to Teens 10 45 am Pilgrim Fellowship discussion Would I Date 29 Tue Jan 12 7 pm work project January 18 couples club January 28 bingo league woman s church aid
West Acton St Elizabeth of Hungary parish notes Masses at 7 30 9 and 11 30 daily mass at 7. West Acton Baptist lists Rev Ronald Noble pastor organist Mrs Allan Cameron choir director Sunday January 3 9 30 Sunday School 10 45 Morning Worship Sermon The Choice is Yours 12 09 Eleven Niners 7 00 Christian Endeavor and Evening service Invitation to worship this Sunday.
In South Acton the Acton Universalist Congregational Church holds morning worship at 10 30 with Rev David Thompson delivering the sermon at 8 45 A M A M. An adult discussion group follows the sermon.
The Concord group schedules a Wednesday January 13 program at Trinity Church with box lunch at 10 30. Mrs F Crawford speaks at 3 00 followed by tea. A Bible study group meets at 9 00 p m.
Reverend Robert H Barber and organist Whittredge Clark lead worship on Sunday January 10 with junior choir rehearsal and church school for grades 3 through 8. Mrs Ralph Hemenway supervises. At 11 a.m. sermon titled Renewing Your Faith by the pastor.
Trinity Church and First Parish in Concord list weekly services with times for Holy Communion Morning prayers church school and vestry meetings. Trinity presents 8 a m Communion 9 30 a m morning prayer 11 a m church school 7 p m youth fellowship 7 p m vestry. First Parish in Concord notes Lexington Road sermon subject Without These and schedule for church school nursery and worship.
Saint Bernard's Church at Monument Square lists Sunday masses at 7 8 10 and 11 30 with Sunday school after the eight o clock mass Benediction is at 430 p m The church is led by Rev John A York pastor with Rev Edmund M Higgins and Rev James H Connolly as curates Miss Esther Costello serves as organist.
West Concord parish announces Sunday Masses at 7 8:30 and 10:30 oclock with Sunday school after the 8:30 mass. Novena services have been suspended. Rev John J Scollan is pastor and Helene Donahue is organist.
Rev Hyland Richmond pastors the 10 15 a m Bible school for all ages and the 11 15 a m morning worship with a sermon. An evening gospel service is scheduled for 7 30 p m.
Reverend Edwin SsyEn presides with Mrs Nina Lind as organist. Morning worship at 10 45 a m features sermons by the minister after church school for grades 1 through 12 and a separate beginners and kindergarten class plus nursery for children of attending parents.
Stow Parish Unitarian John Miner leads Sunday school at 9 30 a m with morning worship at 11. Union Evangelical Church in Stow has Rev. Robert Dempsey as pastor with Sunday School at 9 30 and morning worship at 10 45. Daring Daniels and Christian Endeavor meet at 6 30 p m with evening service at 7 30 and a Thursday prayer meeting at 7 30.
Rev Willard L Osborn leads Gleasondale Methodist Church with Delia Newman as Sunday School teacher and Mrs Kenneth Robbilee as organist. Morning worship begins at 11 with Sunday School at 10 for parishioners and guests.
The Junior Youth Fellowsn are to meet at 4 30 p m Sunday at Trinitarian Congregational Church with Nancy Teft and Paul Lawton as worship leaders The speaker will be Rev Robert H Barber minister on Experiences in a Mental Health Health Experiences and refreshments and recreation will follow Laymen s Sunday will be observed at the church January 17 to be conducted by the men
Sudbury St Ann s Church led by Rev William J Carty offers Sunday masses at 730 am 930 am and 1 pm with daily mass at 730 am Baptisms by appointment The First Church Unitarian Rev Alexander Szent Ivanyi D D hosts 5 pm church service and 3 pm Sunday School led by Mrs James Greenawalt organist
The Sudbury Methodist Church lists Rev. Robert K. Jones Jr as pastor and Rev. W Hazarah Williams as associate. Morning worship at 9 30, sermon The Ideal Home, Sunday School at 10 45, Methodist Youth Fellowship at 7 00 at Maynard Church with program A Time For Greatness. Altar flowers memorial for Mrs Alfred Thompson given by Miss Emily Thompson. Woman's Society For Christian Service meets Thursday at 2 P M at Mrs Granville Haley's home.
The Rev Rollins Fairbanks is minister in charge with Richard Shacklett student assistant and J F Greenawayt organist. Sunday services include morning prayer and church school at 10 a.m. On Tuesday January 12 at 8 p.m. the annual meeting in the parish house will be followed by desert and coffee.
Memorial service in South Sudbury for Rev Ernest Bodenweber Jr includes Sunday School at 9 30 am, church service at 11 am with the Woman's Choir, sermon The Bible Is It Fact or Fiction, evening Pilgrim Fellowship at 7 15 pm and study at 8 pm. Nursery available at the parsonage.
Congregational Rev. Marvin L. Derby pastor at 27 Great Road Bedford. Mrs Lenxn Biake at 52 Great Road. Sunday school 9:30. worship 10:45 with sermon by minister. St Theresa structure at 154 Link Road. Mrs John Fitzgerald organist Flannery listed. services 7:30 8:30 10:30 with Benediction after 8:30.
The Carlisle Unitarian Religious Society lists morning worship at 10:45 A.M. with Rev W Walter Hell as minister. Sunday school runs 12 noon, Christian Endeavor at 6 P.M., evening service at 7 P.M. Organist Mrs Herbert A Lee. Morning service directed by William Shumway.
Rev Fr York pastor leads Sunday mass at 9 30 am at St Elizabeth’s Catholic Mission. October 1953 purchasing value of the dollar is shown as 55 cents versus 100 cents for 1939, illustrating inflation.
Rev. F S Minskiewics DGL pastor presides. Sunday masses at 2 and 1% o'clock. Weekday masses at 8 a m. Confessions heard at 3 and 7 o'clock Saturday.
Rev. William J. O'Brien pastor and Rev. Michael D Sullivan assistant pastor lead daily 7 am masses. Confessions Saturday 8 to 9 pm and 7 to 8 39 pm. Sunday masses at 7 00 9 00 and 11 00 am. Novena to Miraculous Medal every Wednesday at 7 20 pm.
Sunday services list a Holy Communion schedule at 8 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. with variations by Sunday. Jacob Viverette serves as organist and chair while Edward Att directs. Church school and nursery classes occur at 9:45 and 10:45 respectively with morning prayer and sermon on most Sundays.
The Russian Orthodox Church in Maynard announces Christmas Day Divine Liturgy at 9 a.m. on Thursday January 7 and a Sunday liturgy in English at 10 a.m. on January 10. After the liturgy, the annual Volk event with a children's divine party will be held in the parish hall. All are welcome.
Rev Eino Hamalsinen leads a Thursday devotional at 7 20 pm with a social hour to follow The Martha Society hosts a coffee table and business meeting at 7 30 pm on Saturday Jan 9 All parishioners are urged to attend the important meeting Sunday Jan 10 worship at 11 am with a 9 30 am book study
Rev Robert K Jones Jr pastor ushers youth minister Hazdiah Williams music minister Mrs Victor Salloway organist Sunday School Intermediates seniors at 9 45 am primary dept 10 00 am supt Kenneth Meister youth dept 11 00 am morning worship service sermon The Ideal ie Anthems Mozart and Bless This House programs and events listed including youth meetings at parsonage Thursday 5 30 pm Fine Arts Theatre Martin Luther viewing official board election night Scouts and Girl Scouts schedules couples club program Hobby Show guest speaker Mrs Grimshaw Acton Center visitors welcome Philathea and confirmation classes weekly choir Wednesdays 7 30 pm attention to flowers in memory of Harry Prescott given by Prescott family
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