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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1936
Page
4
Concord readers confront the meaning of sane amid Geneva actions and the use of sanctions. The piece links moral law to divine principle, citing Jesus and Paul to argue that divine sanctions are corrective and harmonizing, yielding forgiveness, peace, and liberating effect.
Enterprise extends best wishes to Mrs Mary van Amringe Lane on her 79th birthday. The Lane family, longtime residents of the town, mark the milestone with congratulations and happiness for many more years.
Mrs Lane born in Boston January 4 1397 was a niece of Prof van Amringe of Columbus University. She and Mr Lane celebrated their glassedding anniversary last month. She serves as Senior Deaconess of West Concord Union Church and formerly supervised the church school’s Cradle Roll.
Mrs Robert Hickey of Roseville California credits Kruuschen Salts with a 17 pound loss in six weeks after following her doctor's advice. She dismisses gossip about unsafe weight loss and recommends starting a jar today.
A Saturday morning blaze at 6 30 damaged a Whitney Coal and Grain barn at 15 Charelf Street West Concord almost completely. Fertilizer straw and hay stored inside were lost and damage was about 1200 dollars. Fire Chief Harry B Tuttle reported the incident to the State Fire Marshal for investigation.
Sunday services at 10 45 Sunday School at 10 45 Testimonial meeting Wednesdays 7 46 Reading Room hours 2 to 6 weekdays. Sacrament is the lesson topic for January 12. Golden Text from John 16 33 and references from Corinthians and Eddy.
The Concord Rotary Club held its weekly lunch meeting at the Colonial Inn on Thursday noon with President EB Payson presiding. Charter member Thomas Hollis discussed sand and dust storms ravaging the West in recent years.
Percy Rideout of Cushing Academy Ashburnham won the official novice ski race sanctioned by the United States Amateur Association at the Brodie Mountain meet conducted by Mt Greylock Ski Club. The event took place at the trail in Lanesboro and New Ashford on New Year’s Day afternoon.
Concord The Jades Missionary Society of the West Concord Union Church invites all to a meeting in the church parlors on Thursday January 7 at 7 30 p.m. Rev Mr and Mrs Jacques of Albania will be guests of honor and describe that country. Mrs Dorothy Santora is president and welcomes attendance.
A group of Concord women sponsored a New Year's Eve dance at the Girl Scout House on December 31. Hostesses included Mrs. Philip A. Davis Mrs. Henry H. Fay Mrs. Edward Harlow Mrs. Eliot R. Howard Mrs. William O. Ellis Mrs. Ralph Piper Mrs. William A. Rodday Mrs. George F. Root Mrs. Charles E. Schueler and Mrs. Theodore L. Smith.
Concord notices announce Miss Mary Gertrude Patterson engagement to Carlton R. Walker of Goodman Hill Road South Sudbury. Mr. and Mrs A Patterson of Fairhaven share the news.
Chief Harry E. Tuttle reports 146 fire alarms in Concord last year versus 174 the prior year. Mrs John B. Hannon hosted her bridge club on Monday afternoon. Prizes went to Mrs Warren B. Goddard and Mrs Irving T. Fetch. Firemen answered a grass fire at 7 40 p m Monday on Wilfrid Wheeler land near Fairburn Road. West Concord firemen tackled a grass fire at Warner Pond Thursday evening, believed started by ice skaters.
The West Concord Woman's Club met in Warnerhall with President Mrs Roger Conant presiding. Miss Ann Root of Concord presented playground activity pictures and explained summer needs. Miss Isabelle Taylor of Brookline read two one act plays to a large audience. Ten guests were served by hostess Mrs Leonard V Benson.
Rev. Smith Gwen Dexter, Rector Emeritus Rev. Charles Russell Peck, Rector preside. Sunday activities include 8 a.m. Holy Communion 9:30 a.m. Church School and 11 a.m. Holy Communion with sermon.
Belmont educator Marian Whitney daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert S Whitney will wed Ralph Hemenway of Concord. Miss Whitney a graduate of Miss Wheelock's School teaches in Belmont public schools. Hemenway a Concord High School and Bentley School of Accounting graduate, Master of Corinthian Lodge, works as an accountant for Middlesex Motor Company.
Local police opened an investigation after children skating on White Pond found several sticks of dynamite on the pond bottom. Authorities did not recover the charges, noting they will dissolve.
The Concord church announces a morning service at 11 with a 9 45 Sunday school. Rev Edward Perry Daniels will begin a four part sermon series on A Common Faith with Passive or Creative Faith as the first topic. The next topics cover Freedom Moral Responsibility and Truth on January 12 and The Supremacy of the Kingdom of Ideal Ends on January 19 and The New Age of Resolute Faith on January 26. The Emerson Society meets in the vestry at 5 30.
Members of St Bernard’s Concord Center and Our Lady Help of Christians West Concord joined Holy Name Societies of Maynard and South Acton for an annual union service at St Leo in Maynard. Rev. curate of St Bernard’s delivered the sermon.
A humorous, old newspaper piece argues mules outperform dogs horses and chimps in wartime tasks. It notes mule endurance hauling cannons in swamps and charging mountains while other animals hesitate, praising their reliability and judgment.
A 1986 farewell event honors Mr Stone for nearly two decades of growth at the church. Membership rose from 169 to 453, baptisms reached 261, and weddings reached 1188, with strong finances and a fully funded mortgage. The choir under Miss Stone and C Waldo Mac Williams is praised, and the church school surpasses 200 members.
The text contrasts English and American terms for footwear care. An English reader uses shoeblack for the boy who blacks boots while an American uses bootblack for the shoeshine boy.
Mrs Edgar Francis Viles hosts an engagement tea on Lexington Road to announce the betrothal of Miss Catherine Viles to Robert Denny Watt son of Mr and Mrs Paul Harris Watt of Seattle Washington. Attending were Misses Louise Bernstorff Elizabeth Craven Helen Lewis and others from Kendall Hall and Kendall Hall alumni. Watt recently graduated from the University of Washington and is pursuing graduate work at MIT as a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
Concord and Acton 4-H Garden Club members Caleb Wheeler and Victor Clapp win a trip to Massachusetts State College next July. Nearly one hundred Middlesex County 4-H members will share the award with an overnight tent stay off campus and exposure to the college.
In the wild state elephants live in family groups that may number up to forty. Herds of hundreds have been known but are rare. Elephants stay together years with strong friendship. Rogue elephants are driven out and become danger to people and crops. African elephants become solitary as tusks grow heavy with age.
In China near the Yangtze region villagers rely on a ritual led by Tombas priests to expel illness. A chicken is offered, a red heated plow share is danced upon, and burning oil is spread while a demon of disease is chased from the home lasting about three hours.
A peanut is known in England by the nickname monkeynut or monkey nut. The term appears in discussions of regional language and snack naming.
A compilation of hearty meals and step by step recipes including flank steak with vegetables salmon chowder beef with tomato and beans cabbage bake and dessert ideas. It lists ingredients quantities and oven times and offers guidance on serving sizes and menu planning for cold days.
Readers are invited to send questions to Miss Fossett via the newspaper column or by letter. The editor will answer in the next issue or respond directly.
Paris reports the League of Nations has effectively abandoned private oil embargoes against Italy. Circles in Southern France say discussions show normal talks between two friendly nations as French and British experts note ongoing diplomacy.
A brief item notes Canton financier Jan O invests in the Plesowth Rubber Company, signaling a potential shift in regional industry and stock activity for the period.
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