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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1911
Page
4
A garbled stream of notices and jokes references New Year greetings and social curiosities. It mentions Armour & Company executives, financial bonds, and random vignettes about fashion, weather, and etiquette. The piece blends political and cultural quips with scattered personal names and places.
South Acton residents celebrate birthdays and visiting friends at Mrs. Morente’s home while Mrs Christie and Vinny Mas attend. The Acton club hosts Christmas night dance with lively crowds. Fort Pond camping party includes Madison Fairbanks and others. The XN. & O. PL lodge relocates meeting to the Contreptional church vestry. Aetonian club plans a January performance of The Time of This Life.
The Sunday service featured a sermon on Light and Peace from the tender mercy of God with a vivid account of the Holy Land. Frank Merriam led a rich choir program with Herbert Mallinson assisting and Rose and Thorald Merria delivering pleasing duet numbers. The Ladies' Social Circle meets Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Frank Merriam’s and a prayer meeting is planned for Friday at 7 30. The Sunday school held a Christmas concert emphasizing community concerns.
A Saturday Christmas party hosted by Mrs. John Brown at the old farmhouse entertained five children and four grandchildren, some arriving from the West, with music and games. The gathering featured Harold Phalen, Geo Tuttle of New York, and others visiting from nearby towns, creating a warm community celebration.
A Sunday school bhus will be shown next Sunday by the Women’s Relief Corpse with Mrs Nel lie Morris as president. The Mid Week prayer meeting meets Friday at 7. The Christmas tree and concert Saturday night drew a large audience. Ebbao Fredrickia and Dorothy Prisseault stood out in the program. Harold Pialen dressed as Santa Claus distributed candy. The pastor was ill and Rev. W. J. Batt filled the pulpit. Aurin Payson sang and the choir offered three anthems.
A large auction sale is planned at the Nahum Littlefield farm Friday morning featuring 5 cows, 3 horses, heifers and dressers plus working horses and hay. Livestock dealers should attend. Edwin Waldo Littlefield and Otis Forbush, auctioneers. Residents of West Acton and nearby towns are preparing for a busy market day and holiday observances follow.
A group from South Acton and West Acton clashed over uniting with the west village on water work. The Trot Som Acton committee, including William Rachter Nelson Cole, Lyman Taylor, Cole Fairbanks and FLW Holt, was chosen to aid road efforts while a petition circulated to block a water district from forming between the two villages.
London physician visiting Bedford home on Sunday evening amid a gathering of England's famed literary figures and distinguished noble families. The event featured several prominent writers and social leaders of the era.
Charles Taylor known as Steeple Charley visited Marlboro on his Christmas trip to Leominster. He gilded the Immaculate Conception church cross and painted the Union Congregational church steeple, among other repairs. Mr and Mrs Pierre Pelletier of Spencer and Miss Emma Davis hosted Christmas visits, with other local guests noted.
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