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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1954
Page
5
The annual spring concert organized by the Association of Church groups will be held at the parish hall on Wednesday. Jock and Peterson will lead, with Mrs. Burleigh and lively music by the Blanchard band. Officials expect a large turnout.
The Spay Parents' Association invites families to an open house on the 14th from 4 to 6 pm. Gilman, director, and Mrs. Jr. will present. Teachers will discuss programs and different age groups. Refreshments will be served.
Rev Rob, pastor, leads an evangelical Christian service at 7:30 PM at the Chapel. The program includes special music by the Men's Chorus and a remarks segment from the Service Club. Funds go to Camp Armstrong. The Woman's Club meets March 18 with slides. supper is at 7:30 PM on March 19.
In Creelman the Association of the Mid-Winter Hancock Hall selects new officers and leaders for the Nation Committee Relations. Rick, President Oman’s Association adds Addy as Vice. The meeting notes leadership shifts in Littleton and broader regional connections.
Fragmentary text references names and places with no clear event or outcome. Contents mention a person possibly named W Herrick and Massachusetts state context but lacks coherent details or dates to form a proper summary.
The piece reflects on Jesus entering Jerusalem as king, the Greek interest, and the call to share in his sufferings. It narrates Jesus praying in Gethsemane, accepting the hour, and a heavenly voice affirming God's name, with the lifted cross to draw all men.
Acton near Roxborough holds St Patrick's night at Town Hall next Wednesday March 17 at 8 pm sponsored by St Elizabeth of Hungary Chisel Honorary chairman Daniel Shea Sr Roxborough general chair James Connolly Music by Jones Boys Lowell committee members include Helen McNiff Costello John Francis McLaughlin Mary Laffin with dancing music whist and refreshments
Concord offers remaining First Edition Anniversary Plates for sale at a March 17 fashion show. Plates feature the First Parish Church on the front and a brief Meeting House history on the back, suitable as wedding or christening gifts for Concordians near and far. Call Miss Mary Chamberlain in Concord 58 to order.
In Bedford a World Day of Prayer service was held last Friday at the Church of Christ Congregational with a coffee hour beforehand. Babysitting was provided by Mrs. Frank Lindstrom and several women from local churches participated, including Mrs. Marvin L. Derby and others.
The Junior Young People's group meets at Mr Richardson's Oak Road this Sunday at 6 30. King's Daughters hold a meeting Tuesday March 16 at 2. First Parish Chapter Laymen's League supper and meeting Thursday at 6 45.
Trinity Church Concord schedules Episcopal events this week including a property and finance commission meeting at 7 43 p m social responsibility commission meeting Wednesday March 17 ten service and study program Thursday 10 a m Holy Communion.
The Woman's Guild of St Elizabeth's Church will meet at president Mrs Howard Concord Road on Wednesday March 17 at 3 pm.
In Waterbury Connecticut 15 year old Helen Fontaine was carried into a hospital with a broken ankle after attempting to imitate ballet dancers on a television program.
Lent services begin last night at St Elizabeth of Hungary church with Wednesday 7 45 pm masses. Rev Daniel Rior dan outlines sermon and benediction. Holy Name Society members to receive next Sunday. Stations of the Cross and Holy Communion on Saturdays at 3 pm. Confirmation class held at 1 30 pm.
Concord First Church of Christ Scientist in Concord offers Sunday services at 10 45 am and Sunday school at 10 45 am Reading Room hours are 10 am to 5 pm on weekdays and evenings until 7 30 pm Wednesdays and 9 pm Fridays A nursery is provided for young children An invitation note invites attendance and reading room use The Sunday lesson sermon centers on Substance with cited Bible verses and Science and Health passages by Mary Baker Eddy continuing faith healing themes
Sudbury opens the third annual University of Life series in St. Elizabeth's Parish House at 8 PM. Dr William Wolf returns from Europe to speak on Our Disunity As Churches Our Oneness In Christ with slides on European church life. A discussion and refreshments follow each talk with a small registration fee.
Concord: The Junior High Fellowship of Trinitarian Congregational Church will meet at 4 30 p m Sunday with Sidney Brown and Joan Levinson as worship leaders. The Senior High Fellowship meets at 7 34 with Hildred Snelling as worship leader on How To Make People Like Us The midweek meeting on March 17 will be held at the Manse at 8 o'clock.
Acton church society announces a meeting at the home ofDonnell and Elizabeth Boardman 48 Main St Acton Center on Wednesday at 7 p m Winifred Barrett clerk Acton 24360
The Acton Center Congregational Church announces events from March 14 to March 18. Highlights include morning worship at 10 45 with a sermon by Rev Eric Grimshaw and a Pilgrim Fellowship at 7 00 with a UW trip report by Priscilla Steeves and Bette Putnam.
The Rev Daniel F Riordan leads Sunday mass and services at 7 30 am 9 am and 1130 am with organist Mrs Ruth Kennedy and choir director Betty Sexton Also daily mass at 7 am at the West Acton church.
Reverend Ronald Nosle pastor and Mrs Allan Cameron organist direct a Sunday program with Sunday School at 9 30 am moving worship at 10 45 am featuring the sermon As For Me and My House Twelve Niners at 12 09 pm A special church business meeting is set for Wednesday at 8 00 pm Worship and study invitations extended by the church in West Acton
Pastor Hugh Weston leads Sunday worship at 10 30 AM with a sermon by minister Rindsell at 4 AM and an 8 PM Adult Discussion Group.
At Maynard URION Congregational Church Dr B Paul Pardy and Rev Louis G Hudson share pulpits with special Lenten services announced. Evening rehearsals, junior groups, choir rehearsals, Boy Scouts and Couries Club events scheduled through March 13 with a special Easter music program.
Rev Hobert K Jones Jr leads morning services at Maynard Methodist with Sunday School at 9:45 and worship at 11. Choir feature with evening programs, youth group meetings, and church improvement efforts noted. Community clubs and scouts schedule events through the week as pledge drive totals reach 4 000 of 11 000 goals.
Carlisle Tat records show Congregational temple events with Rev W Walter Hall as minister. Sunday School at 9 40 a m and 10 45 a m sermon by the minister. Christian Endeavor at 6 p m. Evening Service at 7 p m with Mrs Herbert A Lee as organist and William Shumway assisting.
Rev Fr York presides at morning Mass at 9 30. The bulletin notes that about 65 percent of trip families own automobiles and mentions purchase options for U S savings bonds.
Monument Square church schedules Sunday mass at 7 8 10 and 11 46 with a Sunday school after the 8 o clock mass. Benediction at 4 30 pm and Friday services at 3 30 pm and 7 45 pm. Evening mass during the tent each Wednesday at 7 45 pm.
Rev Lewis F. Kearn conducts Sunday Masses at 7 8 30 and 10 30 oclock with Miss Helene Vonahue as organist. Sunday school follows the 8 30 mass. Novena services suspended Fridays at 2 45 pm and 5 45 pm. Evening Mass during Lent held Wednesdays at 7 45 pm.
The notice lists church events at Thinitfarian Walden Street with Rev. Robert H. Barber as pastor and Whitredge Clark as organist. Junior choir rehearsal and church school for grades 3-8 run at 9 a.m. Mrs. Ralph Hemenway oversees the Sunday school. Morning worship at 11 a.m. features a sermon on The Grandeur of God, second in a Lenten series, followed by Youth Fellowship at 7:30 p.m.
Trinity Church on Elm Street lists Wm H Clare rector and Mrs Margaret Rideout organist. Service times include 8 a.m. Holy Communion 9 30 a.m. Morning prayer and church school and 1 p.m. Morning prayer with vestry meeting at 7 p.m.
Rev Edward P Daniels of the First Parish in Concord leads morning worship on Sunday March 14 at 11 with organist Philip W Trumbull and church school for grades 8 and 9 at 10 15 nursery at 10 50. Sermon titled Where Religion Begins.
Rev. Hylend Richmond leads Bible school for all ages at 10 15 a m Worship at 11 15 a m with sermon by the pastor Evening gospel service at 7 30 p m all in one Sunday schedule format for the Evangelical Free Church.
Rev Edwin B Nylen presides with Mrs Nina Lind at 9 30 am church school spans first grade to high school Henry W Harmon supervises 4 45 pm church school for beginners and kindergarten nursery for tots whose parents attend service 10 45 am morning worship led by the minister
The Bedford Church of Christ lists Pastor Marvin L. Derby at 27 Great Road and organist Lena Blake at 52 Great Road. Sunday School starts at 9 30 and Sunday worship at 10 45 with the sermon by the minister.
The church announces Rev. Dr. Oscar Hawey as interim minister and Adelaide Newcomb leading. Sunday school meets at 9 45 with the morning service at 11 featuring a sermon and special music.
Rev William E Kerrigan pastor at St Michael's Church Bedford lists residence 154 Great Road and Mrs John Fitzgerald and Bernard Flannery as organists. Masses held at 7:30 8:30 11:30 and 16:30 with benediction after the 8:36 service.
Sudbury St Ann s URCM parish lists Sunday masses at 7 30, 9 and 11 with daily mass at 7 20 am Baptisms by appointment Rev Alexander Szenilvanyi D D minister Mrs James Greenawalt Zanist 5 pm church service and Sunday school Memorial South Sudbury Ernest Bodenweber Jr pastor announces March 14 service at 9 30 am with 10 30 am to 12 nursery at parsonage 11 am church served by Woman s Choral Group music includes Holy Holy Holy and Tchaikovsky sermon The Danger of Growing Up Too Much Pilgrim Fellowship Bible Study Group omitted membership classes 5 30 pm.
Rev. Robert K Jores Jr Youth Minister Rev W Hazarah Williams Minister of Music Philip C Putnam Organist Mrs Kenneth Murtry sermon Judges 9 45 Sunday School 10 45 K Roy Hawes Supt New pupils welcome Methodist Youth Fellowship 7 00 p m Countes Club meets Saturday March 20th 7 00 p m at church Bowling Sunday Couples Club Sunday University of Life St Elizabeth s Parish House Thursday 8 00 a m Dr Wolfe speaker Annual Church meeting Monday March 29
The Rev Rollin J. Fairbanks is Minister in Charge with Richard Shacklett as Student Intern Assistant and Elizabeth H. Warren as organist. Morning family services at 10 11 o clock and 6 pm Young People’s Fellowship listed.
Rev. Robert Dempsey leads Sunday morning worship at 10 45 with Sunday School at 9 30. Evening service at 7 30 and prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30. Capt O C Gevedon is pastor and S S Supt. Dan Daring, Daniels, and Christian Endeavor participate.
West Concord mid-week Tenten service at West Concord Union Church 7 45 PM with a film on Turkey. Square dances by Santa Chiaraa Guild start March 18 at 8. Shifters bowl March 9 at 7 45. Junior and senior high students meet at the church Sunday night.
The First Parish Church Unitarian presents Mr. Paul E. Killinger as minister and Mrs. George Smith as organist. John Miner is Church School Superintendent. Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 11 00 will feature the pastor’s first sermon in a series titled What is Unitarianism.
Reverend Willard L. OsBorn minister Delia Newman and Mrs Kenneth Robblee led services last Sunday at 11 a.m. in Concord New Hampshire. The report notes a law restricting railroad ticket sales on Sundays unless traveling.
A pre Lent dinner will be held at the Parish Hell following Divine Liturgy on Sunday March 7.
Episcopal church announces Sunday worship times with Rector David Cuvel and organist Edward Athy. Services include Holy Communion on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 9:00 AM and a sermon, church school at 10:45 AM, nursery at 10:45, and morning prayer at 10:45 on non 4th Sundays.
At St Casimin s Chuvkch Rev F 8 Minskieéwics DCL and St Bridget s Church Rev William J O Re ten list daily masses at 7 and weekend schedule with confessions in late afternoons. Novena services and Miraculous hat devotion noted with midweek observances.
Congregation Rodoffs Sholom hosts a children's Sunday program at 34 Acton Street Maynard from 9 to 12 with activities and lessons for youngsters.
Rév. Eine Mamaleinen announces a pastors devotional Thursday March 4 at 7 30 pm with Coffee Table sponsored by Mrs Hannah Perttyia. On Saturday March 6 regular church meeting at 7 30 pm. Sunday March 7 Sunday School at 9 30 am service in English at noon and a 7 30 pm concert by Muté Chorus Lavli Veiket with classical selections by composers Boagvist Abt and Berg followed by a Coffee hour hosted by the Marthe Society.
The Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Hastings invites all to regular Sunday services at 1000 AM Sunday School 1100 AM worship 730 PM Finnish worship with communion on the first Sunday each month Midweek meditations begin at 730 PM on Wednesdays March topics include Father forgive them Today with me in Paradise Why hast thou forsaken me I thirst It is finished Into thy hands I commend my spirit All are welcome to attend.
Glendale street services run weekly with Finnish and English Lenten services on Thursday and Sunday. Pastor Gust Wuorinen leads as readers note offerings and the Lord’s Supper with English and Finnish messages and a congregation spread.
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