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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1961
Page
12
Lincoln residents head abroad for extended European trips. Mrs. Constantin Pertroff and daughter Tanya visit Greece and Italy before Paris. Ann Monks travels Japan then Florence. Tinker Jenney attends Salzburg summer school and aims for London and Edinburgh Festival. others visit Munich Paris Bonn Denmark and more.
Lincoln Mr and Mrs Arthur Witham move from Beaver Pond Road to Milton Mills New Hampshire after 30 years in town. They sell their home to Mr and Mrs Werner Williams of Cambridge and will summer with Mrs John Segedelli and three children on Old Bedford Road. the Williams will join weekends. Dr and Mrs Robert Bruneau formerly Helen Gradeski and their daughters visit Mrs Bruneau’s parents on Sandy Pond Road before relocating to Rochester New York. Mrs Edwin M Cole on Beaver Pond Road travels to England with husband Dr Cole for several weeks of continent travel. Their daughter Jennifer a Yankton College student spends summer in Austria through a student exchange.
Bedford St Pauls Mission continues a plan for a fall fair to be held October 28 at the high school gymnasium with the theme Harvest Fair. Co chairmen are Mrs Carlton E Dorman and Mrs Lawrence W Kimball. This year the fair and thrift sale have different dates.
Two parcels in Lincoln and Weston were sold for 67000 dollars by Register Edmund C Buckley at East Cambridge Wendell Dean, executor to William C Langton, sold 1.98 and 58.91 acre properties on Conant and Old Colony roads. Robert F Patterson Jr, an usher at his brother’s wedding in New Britain, attended the ceremony for Diantha Sheldon and Zera David Patterson. Lincoln Scholarship Fund accepts contributions via Frederick B Taylor Box 117. First Friday masses will be heard at St Joseph Church and Feast of the Assumption is on August 15.
Public ad urges readers to invest in U.S. Savings Bonds to support national finances and promote patriotic financial participation. The campaign highlights easy purchase processes and long term security for American households.
Extension Service advises that browning lawns in heat is usually due to insufficient moisture and semi dormant grasses. Water heavily only if soil can be thoroughly wet. otherwise let dormancy pass. Fall fertilization strengthens turf to combat weeds. avoid summer fertilizer. Support tall plants with stakes, keeping stakes slim and unobtrusive. group clumps for support where feasible.
Irene Hermanson explains how to choose and store snap beans for quality and freshness. The article notes market abundance, lower prices, and tips for selecting crisp pods, avoiding excess moisture, and using fresh beans promptly. It also highlights iron and thiamine content, with green beans offering more vitamin A than wax beans.
Staking plants is urged for well established flower gardens. The article notes starting seedlings indoors early in spring helps, and mentions direct sowing in the garden. It emphasizes proper support to prevent damage and flattening of plants as they grow.
Native vegetables progress with beans beets cabbage and squash arriving in growing volumes. Sweet corn is in heavy demand at farm stands and retailers while pest control and timely spraying protect ears. Growers aim to pick as close to market as possible and sell fresh.
Reece Bedford announces Hl S library remains open to pupils during the summer session from 9:15 am to 11:1 Aug 16. High and junior high students may use the library to read, borrow books, or obtain materials with library cards issued for the period.
Second session of the Walden Pond swimming program in Concord will run July 31 to August 18 with limited vacancies. Parents should contact Arthur McManus recreation director at the town hall between 9 a.m. and noon.
Rev Walter E Rast leads worship at Bedford High School Cafeteria with Sunday School at 9 30 a m Nursery care for children and worship service to follow at 9 30 a m
The First Baptist Church led by Rev. Arthur N. Foye lists Sunday School at 9 30 for ages 3 to adults and 10 30 for under 3 year olds plus a 9 30 morning worship. St Paul Mission Episcopal conducts Holy Communion at 8 a m and morning prayer with sermon at 10 a m with nursery provided.
Rev Harrod McDermott leads Sunday Masses at 7 and 8 15 9 30 10 45 and 12 noon with Rev Louis Duford curate Mrs Mary McDonald organist.
Acton Evangelical Congregational Church led by Rev. Eric W. Grimshaw offers 9 30 morning worship with sermon and nursery. Church of the Good Shepherd at Town Mall Acton Center led by Rev Roger W Wootton holds 9 30 morning worship and sermon with nursery and babysitting groups at local facilities.
Rebekah Lodge No. 132 of the I O O F holds its regular meeting Wednesday at the Unitarian Universalist Church. Hostesses are Marjorie Kennedy and Norma Smith P N G. Officers to be nominated. Past noble grands skip summer gathering and plan a September supper outing to enjoy corn on the cob at its best.
Fifteen Middlesex County 4 H poultry members entered broilers in the Broiler Wind-Up at United Cooperative Farmers garage Fitchburg. The event marks the broiler phase of the 1061 UCF Chicken of Tomorrow Contest with judging by Jack Dennison and Louis Ruggles.
Elizabeth of Hungary and West Acton Baptist list weekday and Sunday masses. The schedule includes sun services at 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 11 45 with daily mass at 6 30, plus morning worship at West Acton with a sermon titled Famous Last Words and a guest soloist from Lexington.
Luther an C A Rantala, pastor, announces worship at 9 30 a m in a new church location at Central and . Morning worship follows the announcement.
Weekly schedule lists Rev Deane Starr and Mrs June Hill at South Acton service with 11 am worship and Wednesday meetings at 8 30. Also notes Rev Robert E Burt at South Acton with 10 30 morning worship and roster including George organist Mrs Elen Burt choir director Mrs William Spencer superintendent and Charles Nixon youth director.
Acton Youth Center Inc will host a parachute drop and a clown at the upcoming Carnigras on August 4 5 and 6 at the Route 111 grounds near the Boxborough town line. Public is welcome. Summer meetings of the Unitarian Universalist Church continue Wednesdays at 8 30 through August 30.
A bulletin lists services at Our Lady Help of Christians Church with multiple Mass times and clergy including Rt Rev John A York and Rev Edmund M Higgins. First Parish in Concord shows a 9:30 a.m. Union summer service led by Rev Arthur Jellis and Philip W Trumbull as organist with Marjorie Schumacher directing the choir.
Episcopal church announces an 8 a.m. Holy Communion and sermon 10 a.m. Church School followed by 11 a.m. Holy Communion morning prayer and sermon led by Rt. Rev. Malcolm E. Peabody as interim minister with Rev. H. James Graham and organist Edward Howard assisting.
Reverend Edwin B. Nylen will lead union services with Douglas F. Reil serving as organist and choir director at Trinitarian Congregational Church in West Concord. The service brings together local congregations for shared worship and music.
Rev. Donald D. Barnes leads a full Sunday schedule with 10 a.m. Sunday School for all ages, 11 a.m. Morning worship, a message, nursery provided, and 7 p.m. Evening worship.
Sunday services at 10 45 and Sunday school at 10 45. Testimonial meeting every Wednesday at 8 p m Reading Room at 26 Main Street Milldam hours 10 a m to 5 p m weekdays holidays excepted Wednesdays 7 to 7 45 p m Fridays 7 to p m Nursery provided for younger children.
The First Parish Church Unitarian lists morning worship at 9 30 led by Rev Ronald M Mazur with Mrs Lois Marvis as organist A guest preacher is planned St Isidores Catholic Stow lists Rev Charles F Glennon as pastor masses at 9 am and 8 30 and 10 15 am at Lake Boon and the church location noted
The United Presbyterian Church lists Rev A William Simmerman and Mrs Anne Organist for a 9 30 a m service with sermon The Call to Action and Sunday School for all ages. St Elizabeths Church shows 8 00 a m Holy Communion and 10 00 a m Morning Prayer and Sermon under Rev Edwin Sunderland Jr with Organist Spencer Vocke. Memorial notes a 10 00 a m Morning Worship with guest Emil Naef Harvard Theological School and post service refreshments in Fellowship Hall. Baby feeding and story time for four to eight year olds provided in designated areas.
Mrs Edward Lemay organist and choir lead Sunday Mass times listed 7 30 8 30 10 30 and 11 30 a m with devotion to follow the 8 30 mass 40 hours July 28 offering parish schedule details and participation request.
The notice lists church leaders and roles at First Parish Unitarian. Morning worship at 9 a.m. features Rev. Carl R. Scovel as pastor and Mrs. James Greenwall on organ with choir directed by Mrs. J. Huston Westover. Rev. William Moors from First Parish of Medfield will preach “The Plow, the Rock, and Dalton's Dust” with nursery provided.
The Unitarian church led by Rev Albert oo Kaucher and Mrs Carlie with Sunday School superintendent and organist at Lapham 10:45. Summer services suspended. Congregational church under Rev Robert B Pastor Richard Page with Youth Mrs Herbert A Lee and organist William Shumway. Frances Whitman chairs Sunday School. Worship at 1048 am and noon pm on September 10.
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