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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1921
Page
8
The annual collection for the silent poor of Concord will be taken next Sunday November 27 at the town church. Volunteers will canvass homes and collect donations to aid the needy residents.
The Union holds Thanksgiving Day services at 11 o clock in the First Parish meeting house. A Union choir drawn from Concord church choirs will provide music.
The Rev Mr Cleland preached a noonday sermon at King’s Chapel Boston and gave a Sunday morning talk drawn from David and Goliath to path youth. A quartet including Mrs Hibbard Miss Thorpe Bodfish and Towle performed. Next Sunday evening the service moves to the auditorium with a talk on Job.
The interpretative reading on the Book of Job will be given. Thanksgiving service at First Parish Church led by Mr. Cleland causes the usual Friday evening meeting to be omitted. The pastor and wife will host parishioners at home that evening.
At the Women’s Parish association meeting on November 21 Miss Olive M. Jacques spoke about the Travelers' Aid work at the South Station. She described the broad range of services agents provide to travelers and the public, noting the impact of their stories firsthand.
A Sunday morning union Thanksgiving service at the Sudbury Methodist church featured Rev Joseph Hoyle of Memorial church delivering the sermon with special music. A vesper service followed at Memorial church in South Sudbury with Rev Mr Miller from St Mark's church in South Boston captivating the audience with spirited singing and familiar songs. Mr Miller, a divinity student, had been abroad and rejoined Mr Hoyle, leading to his invitation to Sudbury.
The Woman's club held a meeting featuring two plays. Ashes of Roses starred Harland H. Rogers Miss Gert Stone Mrs Walter Piper Miss Marie Nelson and was well received. Modes and Manners showed a millinery scene with Mrs Charles Way Miss Gertrude Helleran Mrs Bradstreet Mrs Lydia Raymond and others. parts were amusing and well acted.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Bradley of South Acton were held at St Brid get's church on Friday morning with a mass of requiem celebrated by Rev Edwin Walsh. Bearers included Daniel Hennessy Joseph McCrossin Patrick Fahey and James Sheridan. Burial details follow.
Mrs Bradley widow of the late John Bradley died at 75. She leaves a daughter Mary and a son Jeremiah Bradley, a Maynard painting contractor. Born in Ireland, she lived 40 years in South Acton and was a devout member of St Bridget’s church.
Tommie King trains the big eleven with secret drills and dummy tackling for the Concord Junction clash at Crowe Park next Saturday afternoon. A large crowd is expected in the gridiron showdown of the rival towns as managers vow to wipe out baseball defeats. Maynard lists Don Lent and Roy Lent among others from Tufts Harvard and MIT, with local standouts and league players ready for action.
Automobile bandits rob the new owner of a station in a brief, fragmented report. Limited readable facts indicate a robbery targeting a station owner, with no further details on location or timeline available in the text.
Thieves raided Thompson and Cook vulcanizing station on Great Road, stealing tubes tires chains grease and other accessories amounting to 400. A limousine was seen nearby around 12 30 Saturday night, leading locals to suspect a staged gas stop. The break links to a pattern of Middlesex county automobile thefts. Lawrence Jones recently bought the business. Thompson has been ill and the ownership changed last week. Jones, a Maynard native, begins with strong local support.
Several locals from Bedford plan to attend the football game between Lexington High School and Woburn High School at Lexington on Thanksgiving Day with kickoff set for 10.30 a m.
The Harvest party hosted by the Bedford Catholic Union drew attendees from town and nearby areas. O'Neil's orchestra of Somerville provided dancing music from eight to twelve, with an old-fashioned dauber on sale in the supper room from 9:30 to 10:30.
Bedford troop of Boy Scouts hosts entertainment from 8 to 9 and dancing from 9 to 11 30 p m in the Town Hall Murray's Orchestra will provide music for the event
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