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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1913
Page
6
Train notes show No 3038 daily westbound service and No 17 daily in the afternoon. No 301 runs daily except Sunday. No 26 daily with No 302 daily except Sunday at 115 PM. A440 p.m. No 10 daily appears as a fare reference.
The author argues that God guides leadership through a sifting process akin to fruit grading, selecting young, pliable individuals with a clean heart and strong virtues. David is highlighted as a model of God‑chosen leadership, emphasizing humility, loyalty, courage, energy, and unselfishness as essential traits for future leaders.
Last Sunday proved a good day with Rev. E. F. Mell preaching both services. Bishop Swinger to speak in Anita Friday evening November 7th. The church in a piano contest for a prize donated by Mr Hadley. Mrs Cora Fickel seeks votes for a worthy cause.
The Ladies Society holds all day sessions each Thursday and the Ladies Missionary Society meets Friday at Miss Stone's home. Bible School observes World Temperance Sunday with abstinence themes. Morning service features Christ road back to God. Junior Endeavor meets at 2:30 P M and S S Teachers at 3:30. Raymond Peterson leads Senior Endeavor at 6:30 with The Christian Home Life. Evening service to cover miracles from Old Testament study. Cordial invitation to all not worshiping elsewhere.
The Hallowe en program drew thirty visitors in the High School Assembly room. More programs are planned before moving to the new building, including one on November 21. A school entertainment scheduled for November 15 may be postponed due to events. A copper box with 1915 juniors’ names is hidden under the date stone, placed October 31, 1913. Asa Fulks joins the Juniors, bringing enrollment to 1 for that class. Most teachers will attend the state Teachers Conference in Des Moines, granting two days of vacation.
Jennie Pearl Ferguson died at Jennie Edmondson Hospital in Council Bluffs Iowa after a sixteen day illness She was born January 13 1889 and died October 27 1913 aged 24 years 9 months She married A Ferguson September 25 1910 and left two daughters Mary Jane and Dorothy Pearl She was a member of the Evangelical church and leave s husband two daughters her parents two brothers and three sisters in Council Bluffs and Lincoln Nebraska Funeral services were held in Anita Iowa and she was buried in Evergreen Cemetery Anita Iowa Reverend G L Springer unable to preside at the United Evangelical Conference replaced by Reverend Mell
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