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Concord Enterprise

Location

Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1956

Page

7

Marlboro Enterprise notices and masthead details

The snippet presents the Marlboro Massachusetts Enterprise newspaper masthead with editors address and publication details. It notes the paper is published weekly on Thursdays with services for error correction and agent representatives in Boston and New York.

Matus Ronral Marlboro Massachusetts Congress Enterprise Press Inc Mass Julius Mathews Newbury Street Boston Madison Avenue New York

Subscription Rates Bingle Copies One Year

Subscription rates are listed for a one year term indicating prices for Bingle copies. The fragment notes a pricing structure but lacks full details on terms or amounts.

Standard Auto Plates Move Toward Nationwide Uniform Size

The move to standardize automobile plates to 6 by 12 inches gains traction for 1957 across states District of Columbia Mexico and Puerto Rico. L S Harris of the AAA of MVA predicts uniform plates will speed identification and deter advertising bias. Uniform regulations for vehicles are also discussed as a long term goal.

District of Columbia Mexico Puerto Rico L. S. Harris American Association of Motor Vehicles Administrators

Dear Editor Acknowledges Press Support for Education

Doris E. Almy thanks the press for extensive 1955 education coverage. She notes the value of newspaper space for reporting school needs including buildings teachers shortages and funding. Almy commends coverage of the White House Conference and Governor’s Conference in Massachusetts.

Feacher Massachusetts White House Washington Amherst Doris E. Almy

Congo Notes at Carlisle Church Services Update

Last Sunday evening Rev Richard Winchell of South Africa spoke and showed a film highlighting regional needs. This Sunday the pastor will preach on The Tongue and Mrs Irma Bearce will review a library book. Special music planned.

Carlisle Richard Winchell South Africa Irma Bearce Robert B. Dempsey New England Free _iChurch Emmet Russell Gardamner Albert Whitman

WSCS Meets at Sudbury Methodist Home For Sewing

The Sudbury Methodist WSCS held a business meeting at Mrs. Carlyle Burland's home last Thursday and plans an all day sewing session January 12 at Mrs. Charles Spiller's Concord road home. A joint senior and junior meeting is set for January 18 at 8 p m with speaker Mrs. Herbert Fulton.

Sudbury WSCS Sudbury Methodist Church Carlyle G. Burland Charles Spiller Concord Road Morgan Memorial Methodist Church Herbert Fulton Townsend L. Roy Hawes Wesley Broome

Holy Name Society hears about Alcoholism

Members attend 8:30 mass led by Rev. Thorfias B. Morgan then gather for a monthly meeting. Arthur Desmond of a North Acton rest home speaks on alcoholism. Walter R. Carew presents him. President Alexander F. MacEachern leads. Plans for a forthcoming supper are announced with a committee to be named.

West Concord Holy Name Society Thorfias B. Morgan Alexander F. MacEachern Arthur Desmond North Acton Walter R. Carew MacEachern

Minister Humorist Will Be Speaker at Union Meeting

Concord Monthly meeting of the Woman's Union at Trinitarian Congregational Church will be held Thursday morning January 19 with a coffee hour at 9 30. Co hostesses are Mrs G Sherman Blair and Mrs Christian Larsen. Mildred Beryl Palmer will be the guest speaker an inspirational humorist and minister's wife discussing How Rich Are You.

Concord Woman’s Union Congregational Church G. Sherman Blair Christian Larsen Mildred Beryl Palmer

Laymen's League and Women's Parish Unite for Talk

Concord hosts a joint meeting of the Women's Parish Association and the Laymen's League at the First Parish Church vestry on Monday January 16 with a 6 45 dinner followed by an illustrated talk by Mr and Mrs Prescott Smith of Monument Street on Europe as It Appeared in Summer 1955.

Concord Women’s Parish Association Laymen's League Prescott Smith Monument Street Europe

Concord High School Pilgrim Fellowship Meeting

The High School Pilgrim Fellowship teams with Central Middlesex Council of Churches to meet at First Parish Unitarian Church this Sunday at 7 pm. The Helping Hand Society schedules a Wednesday January 18 meeting at 2 30 p.m. The senior choir rehearses Wednesday at 7 45 p.m. and the junior choir at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Concord Pilgrim Fellowship Central Middlesex Council of Churches First Parish Unitarian Helping Hand Society

Miss Vickery to Talk Here Before School

Concord Miss Almeda Vickery of the Christian Education Department will address the church school teachers at Trinity Congregational on Tuesday January 17 at 8 p m. William Waller of Boston University School of Theology will conduct the meeting. William Smith, superintendent, will speak briefly. New Religious Education committee members James A. Butterworth and Mrs. James Crockett will be introduced.

Concord Almeda Vickery Christian Education Department Congregational Christian Churches Trinitatian Congregational Church

Two Baptisms Held at St Elizabeth of Hungary Church

In West Acton two baptisms were held Sunday afternoon at St Elizabeth of Hungary with Pastor Rev Daniel F Riordan officiating. Francis Hagen, third son of Thomas and Mrs Hagen, and Brian Jeffrey Kenney, first child of Thomas and Mrs Kenney, Jr., were christened as godparents were proxy by Thomas Kenney Sr and Mrs Harvard. storm delayed others.

West Acton St. Elizabeth of Hungary Daniel F. Riordan Thomas J. Hagen Concord Street South Acton Francis John F. McLaughlin Brian Jeffrey Thomas Kenney, Jr Elmcourt Thomas Kenney Harvard

Onslow Delivers Quiet Talk at Holy Name Breakfast

About 50 Holy Name Society members attended the semi annual communion breakfast at Howard Johnson’s in West Concord after mass at St Elizabeth of Hungary Church. President Charles Spencer led the group and guest speaker Jack Onslow of West Acton, a noted Boston Red Sox scout, gave an engaging talk.

West Acton Holy Name Society Howard Johnson's West Concord St. Elizabeth of Hungary Charles Spencer Jack Onslow Boston Red Sox

Holy Name Society Meeting in Wayland

Sudbury reports a Holy Name Society gathering of St. Ann's church in Wayland on Thursday January 19. The event opens with Benediction at 8 pm in the upper church, followed by a brief meeting and an evening of entertainment. All parish men and high school aged youth are invited, with a coffee hour after.

Sudbury Holy Name Society St. Ann’s Church Wayland St. Ann’s Hall

Guild Conducts Devotion and Auction at St Elizabeth

A meeting of the Woman's Catholic Guild in St Elizabeth of Hungary Church followed devotions on Tuesday evening. An auction was held in the church hall and members were advised of the monthly communion for next Sunday January 15.

West Acton Woman’s Catholic Guild St. Elizabeth of Hungary

Unitarian talk by Rev Gounta in Concord vestry

Concord The Senior Young People's Group of the First Parish Unitarian Church hosts other youth groups this Sunday at 7 30 p m in the vestry. Rev Joseph H Gounta former Carlisle minister now at Follen Community Church East Lexington a former Navy chaplain will speak on Why I Am A Unitarian The King's Daughters meet in the church vestry Tuesday at 2 p m with Mrs Thomas Todd and Mrs Henry P Thorpe as co hosts

Concord First Parish Unitarian Church Joseph H. Gounta Carlisle Follen Community Church East Lexington Thomas Todd Henry P. Thorpe

Cussin Under 21 Draws Suspension at U Conn

The University of Connecticut adopts a policy suspending students under 21 for profanity or vulgar language. The rule targets students in Storrs Connecticut and marks a strict campus conduct standard.

Sunflower Claim: 17-Foot Tall Tree Born Footnote

Meredith New Hampshire retired Professor Carl C Colby asserts he has grown a 17 foot tall sunflower, claiming it to be the tallest on record.

Meredith N. H Carl C. Colby

Concord Trinitarian Church Youth Plans and Meetings

Members of the Senior Youth Fellowship are reminded of a Sunday meeting at 7 p.m. at First Parish Church and the first meeting at Trinitarian Congregational Church. A church school teachers meeting is set for Tuesday at 8 p.m. The Woman’s Union meets in the morning. Couples Club gathers January 10 and the parish annual meeting is January 25.

Trinitarian Church Concord First Trinitarian Congregational Church Woman’s Union Borgoes Am

The Eons of God and Fatherly Forgiveness

The passage affirms human origin in God’s love and the continuing parental love of God despite human wilfulness and selfishness. It emphasizes God’s readiness to forgive and help through prayer, portraying a spiritual view of divine mercy and kinship.

First Church of Christ Scientist Concord Service Notes

Church notices list Bible classes at 10 a.m. on Sunday for all ages and a nursery for children up to three. Sermons titled This Is The Life and Wasted Opportunities. Sunday 10:45 a.m. service with Reading Room hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekdays shorter hours. Reading on Life theme from King James Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.

Hytend Michmond First Church OF Christ, Scientist Concord Main Street Christ Jesus Mary Baker Eddy Jesus

Stow Unitarian church lists staff and service times

The First Parish Church Unitarian in Stow announces minister Paul E. Killinger and church school superintendent John Miner with Marjorie Warren as organist. Sunday worship starts at 11 o’clock with 9:45 a.m. church school for nursery and early grades.

Paul E. Killinger John Miner Marjorie Warren

Union Evangelical Church Service in Stow Details

Rev S Garlin Hall pastors the morning worship at 10 30 with Miss Jessie Lewis organist and Mrs Cyrus Tendrick choir director. Supt Gunday leads the morning service at Union Evangelical Church Stow.

West Acton Baptist Church Sunday Services and Programs

West Acton Baptist Church schedules Sunday Masses at 7 30, 9, 10 15 and 11 30. Daily mass at 7. Rev Ronald H Noble pastor with organist Mrs Allan Cameron and choir director Waldo Williams. Church school superintendent Edward Bailey. Sunday January 15 includes 9 30 am church school 10 45 am morning worship with sermon Our Relationships With Our Parents. Nursery care. Evening youth fellowship at 7 and adult mission study at 7. We invite worship and study this Sunday.

West A Baptist Church Ronald H. Noble Allan Cameron Waldo MacWilliams Church Edward Bailey

Woman's Evening Group and Parent Meeting Set

At 7 o clock the Woman's Evening Group will meet at the church. A parents meeting for Grades 1 4 5 and 7 8 is scheduled for 8 o'clock. The events are set for Thursday January 19 at 10 am.

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Sudbury Mass Stamps Baptisms by Appointment

After Sunday mass at Ann's Church Wayland Rev. 3. Carry after Sunday mass at 7 30 9 and 1 Pa Daily rivals at 7 30 am Baptisms by appointment.

St, Ann‘s Church Wayland

Our Lady of Fatima Parish Mass Schedule

Rev. Robert H. Hurley presides at Sunday masses 7:30 9 and 1 a.m. Service follows the 9 o'clock mass in the upper Town Hall.

OUR Lady OF Fatima Sudbury Robert H. Hurley Senoa Upper Town Hall

St Elizabeths Church Episcopal Service Schedule

Rev F R Stanley presides with Mrs W Burgesg Warren as organist at 10 a m family sermon 11 a m morning prayer and sermon and 6 p m junior young people's fellowship in the parish house all announcements reflect a church timetable card.

ST. Elizabeth's Church Episcopal F. R. Stanley Sora W. Burgesg Warren

First Parish Unitarian Service and Evening Discussion

Sudbury notes list Rev Alexander Szenn Ivanyi minister emeritus Rev Andrew Jensen Mrs sins Greenawalt anist Mrs Robert choir director 8 30 A M Sunday school and nursery 9 30 A M morning worship and sermon Saturday January 14 7 p m supper sponsored by 640 Club followed by discussion The Problems of Faith Reservations to be made with Mrs Kenneth Ritchie

Unitarian Sudburbury Alexander Szenn-Ivanyi Andrew Jensen Sins Greenawalt Robert Kenneth Ritchie

Memorial Congregational Church Service in South Sudbury

The Sunday schedule lists 9 30 A M Sunday School 11 A M Beginners 11 A M Church service with music by the Woman's Choral Group and a sermon by guest preacher Hugh Annette a Princeton Theological Seminary student. Pilgrim Fellowship at 7 P M led by Rev Ernest Bodenweber Jr.

Congregational Church South Sudbury Ernest Bodenweber, Jr Woman’s Choral Group Hugh Annette Princeton Theological Seminary Pilgrim

Idbury Methodist Church News and Upcoming Events

Rev Robert K Jones Jr leads services at Idbury Methodist with sermons on A Family Worships. Sunday School split by age groups meets in church and Lower Town Hall. Youth fellowships at Maynard Church. Choir meets Tuesday and occasional Wednesday. W S C S sewing day Thursday. January meeting with Mrs Herbert Fulton. Slides on Holy Land February 2. Town hall supper February 13 for church site deed with Bishop John Wesley Lord. Spring auction planned at L Roy Hawes Farm April 28. Call Mrs Lewis Greenwood with contributions.

Robert K. Jones Edmond Beebe Philip Putnam Kenneth Mc Murtry Lower Town Hall Maynard Methodist Church Church News W.S.C.S Charles Spiller Herbert Fulton Townsend John E. Barclay Church of All Nations Holy Land John Wesley Lord L. Roy Hawes Farm Lewis Greenwood

South Acton Community Universalist Church Services

South Acton Community Universalist at Main and Central Streets holds Sunday worship at 10 45 with Rev James D Hunt. Congregational Church School Street offers worship at 9 45 and 11 with Rev David Thompson and Ellen Tuomanen directing choir and Charlotte Sivonen as organist. Communion first Sunday. Safety tip warns that passing on the wrong side causes fatal crashes. AAA urges safe overtaking with ample space.

Community Universalist Church Main and Central Streets James D. Hunt South Acton Congregational Church School Street South Acton David Thompson Ellen Tuomanen Charlotte Sivonen The AAA

First Parish in Concord service on January 15

Reverend Edward P. Daniels to lead Sunday worship at 11 a.m. with sermon titled Times of Enlightment. Sunday School gathers at 10:10 and 10:50 led by organist Philip W. Trumbull on Lexington Road.

Concord Edward P. Daniels D.D. Lexington Road Philip W. Trumbull

St Leonard’s Church Sunday Mass Times

St Leonard’s Church Monument Square lists Masses at 7 8 30 10 and 11 36 with Sunday School after the 8 30 service. Organist Miss Esther Costello. Clergy Rev John A York Rev Edmund M Higgins and Rev James H Connolly.

Gun Lady NouP of Christians Church Service Times

West Concord church listing notes Rev. Lewis F. Kearn as pastor and Rev. Thomas B. Morgan as curate with Miss Helene Donahue as organist. Masses are 7 8 30, 10 15 and 11 30 o clock with Sunday School after the 8 30 mass.

Lewis F. Kearn Thomas B. Morgan Helene Donahue

Trinity Church Service Schedule at Elm Street

Holy Communion at 8 a.m. Morning prayer and sermon at 9 15 a m. Church school offered. Morning prayer and another service listed at 10 45 a m. Rector Rev Wm H Clerk and Organist Mrs Margaret Ridcut named.

Trinity Church Episcopal Elm Street Wm. H. Clerk Margaret Ridcut Church School

West Concc 12 Union Service and School Registration

Minister Rev Edwin B Nyren welcomes 10 a m church school registration for grades 3 8 11 a m church school for beginners kindergarten and primary followed by 11 a m morning worship with sermon Possessions by the minister.

West Concc Union Church Edwin B. Nyren Nina Lind

Walden Street Service Details With Music Notes

Walden Street church advertises Sunday events with Pastor Robert H Barber and Whittredge Clark. Organist leads music for Sunday school at 9 30 a m and nursery at 11 a m. Morning worship at 11 a m features a sermon titled Bread Upon The Waters by the pastor.

Congregational Church Walden Streetev Robert H. Barber Whittredge Clark

Bedford church announces service and organist

Rev Marvin L Derby pastor at Bedford church lists residence at 27 Great Road. Mrs Leia isf serves as organist. Sunday school meets at 9 30 with Sunday service at 10 45 and a sermon by the minister.

Ghupckh OF Christ Marvin L. Derby Great Road Bedford Leia i Asf Toad Austen

St Michaels Church Service and Mass Schedule

Rev David C Pohl presides at St Michaels Church with Adelaide Newcomb as organist. Sunday school at 9 45 morning service at 11 with sermon and special music. Also notes Rev William E Kerrigan pastor at St Michaels with mass times 7 8 10 11 12 and Benediction after the 8 30 mass.

AHISN Onuarian Church David C. Pohl Adelaide Newcomb ST. Michaels Church Catholic William E Kerrigan Great Road Bedford John Fitzgerald Bernard Flannery

Religious Services in Carlisle and St Elizabeth's

Carlisle St Elizabeths Catholic Mission led by Rev Fr York holds Sunday Mass at 9:30. Unitarian Sunday School with Rev Albert N Kaucher Ph D and organist Donald Lapham. Church services in Carlisle include 9:30 Sunday School, 10:45 morning worship, 6:00 Christian Endeavor, 7:00 Evening service, and Thursday 7:45 Midweek service.

1St Religious Society Unitarian Albert N. Kaucher Donald Lapham Frances Whitman Christian Endeavor

Church-Goer Cat Stays Through Baptism Sermon

In Rosidlare Illinois a tabby cat wandered into the First Baptist Church platform during a Sunday night service, inspected the room and remained for the entire sermon, surprising attendees.

Rosidlare Ill First Baptist Church

Maynard St Bridget's Church Parish Schedule Card

Rev William J O'Brien pastor and Rev Michael D Sullivan assistant list daily mass times 7 9 10 15 with two locations upstairs and chapel Confessions 3 5 and 7 8 30 p m Novena to Miraculous Medal Wednesdays at 7 30 p m parish mass schedule readable from OCR fragment

ST. Bridget's Church William J. O’brien Michael D. Sullivan Gerard Cre

Church Schedule and Annual Meeting Events

Rev Orville D Ullom and church staff lead a weekly program including Sunday worship at 10 45 with sermon by the pastor and church school sessions at 9 30 and 10 35 for various grades Young People Bible class at 9 30 Junior High Pilgrim Fellowship at 5 45 Senior High at 7 30 plus Girl Scouts Boy Scouts Cub Scouts Explorer Post and choir rehearsals. The annual meeting with officer and committee reports and elections is set for Wednesday at 7 30.

Orville D. Ullom J. Russell Hite Harold F. Nordberg Harold A. Merriam Marion L. Jones Pilgrim Fellowship

Maynard Methodist Church Service and Activities

Rev Robert K Jones Jr leads Maynard Methodist with youth directors Edmund and Mrs Beebe and music director Edwin Carlton Jr. Morning worship at 11 includes sermons and anthems by junior and senior choirs. Fellowship at 5, study group 6, choir rehearsals midweek, and a couples supper Saturday at 8.00. Reservations via Philip Wilson or Rev Jones.

Robert K. Jones, Jr Pasta Edmund Beebe Edwin Carlton, Jr Robert Anderson Robert K. Jones Jr Kenneth Meister Beethoven Bortnianski Mendelssohn Haydn and Nicolai Bach Intermediate Methodist Clarence McAuslin Edith McAuslin Philip Wilson Rev. Jones

Acton Meeting for Worship Schedules Sunday Evening

Acton meeting for worship set Sundays at 8 00 p m at 489 Main St Acton home of Donnell and Elizabeth Soard man Clerks Winifred Barratt contact 3 4360 for details

Donnell Elizabeth Soardman Main St Acton Ter Winifred Barratt Acton

Congregational Church Announcements Access January 15 Schedule

Rev Eric v Ae preaches Sunday January 15 at 9 30 with Church School for Grade 5 and Nursery theatre Morning sermon on Personality An Interpretation of the 7th Command Junior Pilgrim Fellowship and Senior Pilgrim Fellowship meet at 7 00.

Eric v. Ae Sermor Pilgrim

Lost Sheep Reported Near Hazen North Dakota

Jacob Benz reported 76 head of sheep strayed from his Hazen farm, the Lost Sheep note notes the herd’s disappearance. The incident arises as farmers cope with livestock losses in the area.

Sunday Worship and Devotional Notices Remain Open

A series of church notices lists services at Mayn Russian Church and St Cas Sunday schedule with confessions at 3 and 7, and a 2:50 p.m. Powder Mill event followed by a 3:30 p.m. requiem. Additional items include English services, a 9:30 morning school, a Gordon College speaker, and Tuesday night Martha Church meeting.

Gordon Shedd Powder Mill Englis Gordon College Endeavor The Martha Church

Calvary Lutheran and St. George church schedules and services

The notices list weekly church activities across Calvary Lutheran Hastings Street and St. George on Summer Street. It includes committee meetings, vestry gatherings, Sunday worship at 9:30 to 10:45 with communion on first Sundays, choir and organist arrangements, and Bible discussions on Mondays.

MT. Calvary Lutheran Hastings St Rev. Martin

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