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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1940
Page
3
Maynard events cover church and school activities from Thanksgiving bazaars to parishes and reunions. Notables include tributes to Mrs. Florence M. Tuttle and community volunteers, plus bowling league formation and youth elections at Calvin Coolidge College.
The collection presents aphorisms urging purpose over talent and honest labor over easy riches. It frames work as the price of knowledge and seeds sown through study as harvest earned. It notes that instilling industry in children outvalues wealth and highlights the value of persistent effort.
The record shows E. Tourville posting 335 for the highest total while B. Tourville leads with 182 and 551 in other tallies. The event totals reach 1696 across participants.
The Maynard Massachusetts Methodist Church announces a 10 45 a m Sunday worship with a sermon on Facing Loneliness in Life. Youth groups Epworth League and intermediate class meet with leaders and a discussion follows. Certificates were awarded at Clinton Session for league members. An annual Thanksgiving Service is planned with interdenominational participation and special music.
A fragment quotes Lady M extolling reading as the cheapest entertainment, noting lasting pleasure from books. The line appears in a miscellaneous column with other aphorisms.
The Screen notes sixty extras divided evenly by sex work eight hours a day in a “Christmas in July” office sequence starring Dick Powell and Ellen Drew. It cites LaGuardia offering 40 story buildings for scenes while Hollywood lacks tall structures, and mentions Grace McDonald preparing for eight of nine specialty numbers in a film with Dan tin Dime and diverse dance forms.
Rev Leonard W Fowler announces a Pilgrim Fellowship party titled A Typical Country School with recess and lunch and fines for non costumes. A Thanksgiving service occurs November 28 at 9 am led by multiple churches. sermon on Our New England Heritage. Guest speaker Kenneth Teed speaks November 24 at 7 pm.
Maynard Grange Hall hosted a packed annual sale and entertainment despite rain. Volunteers listed include Hazel Case Hazel Bumpus Katherine Maginnis Veronica Creighton Irma Aldrich Eric Farnell Anne Duclos Edmund Lowney Dorothy Alving Eva Smith Hazel Robinson May Jones. Adelaide Sims organized the program with three one act plays by Ayer Sudbury Roxboro Granges and prizes rewarded to multiple attendees.
The annual turkey bridge and whist event for St. Michael's Parish will be hosted by Mrs. Dudley Pickman on Dudley Road Friday night. All are welcome to attend. Advertising Pays Dividends.
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