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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1944
Page
3
The Sunday school at 9 45 and worship at 11 feature My New Year s Resolutions with all groups meeting at 6 30 Mrs F R McConnell speaks on What my years in the ministry have taught me about people at 7 30 The Victorious Christ layer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 with McConnell as speaker
J. T. Roberts, pastor, announces Sunday School at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. BTU service at 7 p.m. Prayer service Wednesday at 7:39.
The notice lists church services at 11 am on Sunday and 8:45 Sunday School plus an 8:00 Wednesday service and reading room hours 3 to 5 on Wednesday and Friday. The Sunday lesson subject for December 31 is Christian Science.
Rev John Brill pastor leads Sunday School at 10 a m preaching at 11 00 and 9 00 8 00 prayer meeting and Wednesday 8 00 session continues weekly with details from the church notes.
Rev. Philip Benning O S B leads services on December 31 with Mass at 10 30 a m and Luke 2 33 40 gospel. Holy Day Mass at 7 a m follows weekday masses. Weekly religious instruction times listed by group. Prayers for Peace and service members held Wednesday at 8 p m.
First Presbyterian Mitchell delivers Sabbath School at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 with the sermon The Little Roads that Lead to Life. Thelma Hokey and Barbara Hansard sing with a duet and the choir performs O Divine Redeemer by Gounod.
A WSCS event at the church includes The Shut Door and a 1:30 p m business and prayer meeting on Wednesday. The program notes indicate ministerial involvement and a 7 30 evening session titled The Reckoning of Time.
Floyd L. Pong leads services at Seventh and Hope with broadcasts on KADA from 8 30 to 9 00 a m. Sunday School at 9 45 a m preaching at 11 00 a m and 7 30 p m Christ Ambassadors meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m Bible Study Friday at 7 30 p m Radio message A New Life not a New Leaf morning sermon Forgetting the Past and Pressing Forward.
Chester L. Mason pastor leads services at Oak Avenue Baptist with Sunday School 9:30 and worship 11. Watch Night features “Vanishing Roads” jail service at 9:30 start, with singsong and recreation until 12:65, then Watch Night Service. Portland Park Mission and Homer Mission host Sunday School and preaching events led by Rev. Mason on Sunday and Monday evenings.
Broadway at Thirteenth services Sunday School at 9 40 worship at 10 50 sermon planned. State Anti-Saloon League leader speaks. Junior Endeavor 5 Pioneer club Christian Youth Fellowship 6 30 service 7 30. Women's Council meeting Monday 2 30 with Mrs O L Parker 1005 E 14th. Wim odausis executive Tuesday 7 30 with Mrs J L Rea 1315 S Stockton. Young Peoples Fun Night Wednesday 8. Board of Education Thursday 7 30 at Mrs O E Parkers home 123 E Main.
Pastor Rev L O Cooper leads Sunday School at 10 with services at 11 and 7 45. YPE occurs after morning service and prayer meeting is Thursday night.
Rev. Virgil Alexander leads services at Fourteenth and Townsend with Sunday School at 9 45 worship at 10 50 and evening service at 7 30 The New Year program features anthem With Grateful Hearts and activities by Junior League Junior High M Y F 5 30 Senior High College M Y F 6 30.
A church marks year end with a communion service and the anthem Another Year is Dawning. The program highlights sacred music and reflective prayer as the congregation gathers to close the year.
Sunday events at Broadway site led by Clyde Calhoun Morris include Sunday school 9:30 and worship 10:50 with special music. Evening service at 7:30 features Looking Backward and Forward. B T U 8:50, bus service 9:55, fellowship 10:40, and dismissal 12:05 a m. Church groups and sessions planned through week with WMA business meeting and Sunday School Workers conference.
East Tenth Street church with Pastor W. A. Pendleton conducts special 9 a.m. men in armed forces prayer and Centennial year events. Sunday School 9:30, worship 11 with The Christian Incentive, B T U 7, evangelistic service 8. Wednesday prayer 7:30, Brother hood Thursday 8.
Fittstown Methodist Church under Pastor A. W. Oliver hosts fellowship groups and worship services. Members attend a prayer meeting and Bible study Tuesday and a women’s society event led by Mrs. Wallace Wigley Wednesday evening.
Tulsa World survey records 30 new Oklahoma wells in the past week with initial output of 24,567 barrels daily and one gas well at 3.2 million cubic feet. Eleven other wells were dry, while 46 new Oklahoma wells were started in total.
Red Cross yarn is being issued for 208 olive drab sleeveless sweaters and 28 olive drab turtleneck sweaters. Knitters should bring finished garments to Mrs. W. W. Sledge, production chair, for shipment. A new yarn shipment has arrived and must be used for Army garments. If no yarn is available, contact Mrs. Sledge.
Eddie Brietz of the New York World Telegram notes the wartime climate and the New York Athletic Commission's likely indifference to hitters as the sport presses on. The remark reflects a period view on sports visibility during wartime.
Wilbert Robinson achieved seven hits in a single game at Baltimore in 1892, a feat never repeated in major league baseball. The Baltimore papers never covered it at the time, and the record only surfaced years later when Rabbit mentioned it in a chat with Heywood Broun.
At Penn State practice photographer seeks shots of ten former high school captains on the squad. Coach John Lawther scolds the request and calls players to join him on the court, noting the team’s regression despite the photographer’s plan.
The Red Cross Columbia club on Rue de l Elysee in Paris installs a boxing gym and hires Cleto Cocatelli, former European light weight champion, to run it. Cpl. Ray Murphy heads to sea with an aircraft carrier as the league remains at sea following suspended operations.
Patton organized a rapid troop shuffle to counter Von Rundstedt’s assault on Bastogne. Bulldozers cleared streets as litter squads removed the fallen. Despite heavy German forces, Bastogne held with numerous tanks destroyed and many prisoners captured.
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