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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1935
Page
6
The upcoming Wednesday night game features Parker Street basketball with Finnish and Polish players facing off in a bid to revive local interest. Both teams, led by seasoned shooters, race toward the town’s championship hopes on their home floor.
The piece recalls a winter store league where Woodworth, Miter & Co. fell to the youths led by Sure Shot Johnnie Duggen. The scribe notes the “old YPSIL” held the throne and hints at ongoing warfare for the title.
The 4-H unit girls gathered to discuss upcoming projects and activities. Members shared progress on ongoing work and outlined plans for the month ahead.
The first meeting will be at Mrs Ida Gagnon's Lowell Road home next Friday afternoon March 8. The topic is The Cotton. Nursing classes in the Home maker's course were postponed due to town nurse Miss Lillian Frost's illness. The dairy farmers meeting in the Town hall lower hall drew a large crowd, part of Middlesex County Extension Service educational series.
Friends of the Boy and Girl Scouts held a Military Whist party at the West Acton Woman's Club on February 27, with forty tables. Prizes went to McGuire family and Phyllis White for first, Montague and Sander son for second, and Munn and Cambell for consolation. Refreshments were arranged by Clapp and Hopkinson. A West Acton Woman's club group plans to attend the Seventh District Health Institute in Waltham on March 15. notify Mary Laffin by March 10. George H. Reed visited his son Joseph in Roanoke, Virginia.
The report finds rural residents wed about three years sooner than those in urban areas. It highlights a trend across communities and suggests differing social or economic factors influence marriage timing.
The Maynard area reports DeMolay guests at Union Church morning worship on an obligatory day with group attendance. Fellowship of Prayer holds daily devotional meetings and the church vestry hosts a benevolent society supper. Union Church and South Acton Young People plan combined Sunday services next Sunday with two worship sessions at 9.46 and 10.45.
Rev David Fraser of West Somerville Congregational Church will speak at the opening Lenten service at Trinitarian Congregational Church at 7 46. The Concord Woman's Club executive board met Monday afternoon to discuss plans for their annual dramatic afternoon next Monday afternoon.
Rev George L Thuriow opens with Laymen's Sunday and Church School at 9 30 am. Service led by eight laymen. Evening program Religion in Action with social hour until 6 30. Younger group activities with Miss Elizabeth Hopkins and Ex Mayor Eds. Rifle league match at Concord Armory between Concord Rod and Gun Club and Norwood Rifle Club. Ash Wednesday services held at St Bernards and Our Lady Help of Christians.
The Coast and Geodetic Survey notes daily and locational changes in ocean current speeds. It cites approximate surface axis speeds near Havana and Cuba of about 2 knots, east of Cape Florida around 3 knots, with northward drops beyond.
The fourth quarterly conference of the Methodist Episcopal church was held last night. Rev. Robert M Pierce presided. Officers elected include Board of Trustees with Judge Howard A Wilson and others, Board of Stewards led by Harry Burnham and several lay members, and numerous committees covering membership, music, religious education, finance, auditing, parsonage, pastoral relations, pulpit supply, nominating, pastoral support, church records, and house committee.
Announcement that Superintendent John F Hough has tendered his resignation to the School Committee has been received with regret. A petition from teaching staff asks him to reconsider. Hough served Acton Schools since 1927 and became superintendent in 1920 after Charles R Fitchburg.
High speed bullets challenge light projectiles in velocity tests. Researchers compare performance and stability under controlled lab conditions. Experimental results indicate similar acceleration and ballistic behavior for both types.
A brief note defines water within water as a water course containing standing pools and the presence of water in depressions. The description clarifies how pools form and persist in such channels.
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