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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1949

Page

3

Keeping Life Salty Sunday Topic at Ward Memorial

The Ward Memorial Methodist Church announces a Sunday sermon titled Keeping Life Salty with the Rev. John K. Beery delivering The Race Set Before Us in the evening. The senior choir, with Mrs. Bryan J. Crider at the organ, will sing the anthem and the junior choir will perform a special number. Midweek prayer and Bible study are scheduled for 7 30 p m on Wednesday, with the senior choir rehearsing Thursday evening.

Ward Memorial Methodist Church Bryan J. Crider John K. Beery

Human Rights Topic Chosen At Central Methodist Church

The 11 a.m. service at Central Methodist Church features Rev. Walter K. Kerr speaking on Trifling. Music directed by Mrs. Edna T. Anderson with Miss Mary Helen Jackson at the organ. At 7:30 p.m. the sermon on The Bible and Human Rights introduces a WSCS study. Special WSCS guests urged to attend.

Central Methodist Church Walter K. Kerr Edna T. Anderson Mary Helen Jackson WSCS

First English Lutherans Will Support Concert

The First English Lutheran Church plans a post Easter program with Pastor Dr. Lewis P. Speaker preaching Must We Have Proof The Senior Luther League meets at 7 30 p m and at 8 15 p m church members join a La Capella Choir concert with other National Lutheran College affiliates in the high school auditorium

First English Lutheran Church Lewis P. Speaker Luther League National Lutheran College A la Cappella

Presbyterians Plan Dedication Of Furniture Gift

Hyde Park Presbyterian Church will hold a Sunday morning dedication for new pews and pulpit furniture donated by a friend. The pews double sanctuary seating while the pulpit set includes a pulpit a communion table and two chairs. The church has also built a new manse and an educational annex with classrooms lounges a kitchen and banquet space. Since January 1 1949 Sunday school attendance has tripled and membership increased by over 50 percent. The pastor will speak on How Jesus Takes Man's Compliments in the morning and Outgrowing Life's Sordidness at the 7 30 p m service.

Hyde Park Presbyterian Church God

St Johns Methodist Church Sets Ground Breaking Service

St Johns Methodist Church schedules a ground breaking at Burnet Road and Allandale Sunday 4 30 P M with Rev Wood H Patrick Austin district superintendent as principal speaker. Morning worship 1050 A M at Rosedale School features Rev Earl Martin on Christ and Daily Living. Evening service 730 P M at Burnet Road and 49th Street with Rev John Stullken delivering. Brotherhood meets Wednesday at 7 P M at 4515 Rosedale with Charles Jones as cook.

St. John’s Methodist Church Burnet Road Allandale Wood H. Patrick Austin Rosedale School Earl Martin 49Th Street John Stullken Brotherhood Rosedale Charles Jones Cook

St Luke's Methodist Emphasizes Youth Activities

St Luke's Methodist Church schedules a 9 45 a m Sunday church school focused on the young adult group led by president R G Keyser and teacher E M Royer. Rev Darrel Gray preaches at 11 a m on I Must See the Scars and again at 7 30 p m on Trade Winds of the Spirit with Don Mayhew directing the evening song service.

Church School of St. Luke's Methodist Church R. G. Keyser E. M. Royer Darrel Gray Stanley Peterson Charles N. Bustin Jr Methodist Youth Fellowship Connie Douglass Gray Don Mayhew S. B. Tunnell

Kinney Avenue Baptist Ends Revival Sunday

Kinney Avenue Baptist Church will conclude a weeklong revival with services Sunday at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. H C Sivells, district 15 Brotherhood president, will speak on The Call and Mission of the Average Layman. Rev Jerrel Gaddy leads the final messages The revival theme was Men for Christ in Service.

Kinney Avenue Baptist Church H. C. Sivells Brotherhood District 15 Jerrel Gaddy Kinney Avenue Baptist Church Brotherhood

Multiple Austin Christian Churches List with Schedules

A long listing of numerous Baptist, Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, Episcopal, Jewish, and other churches in Austin with addresses and weekly service times. Entries name church names, street locations, pastors, and hours for Sunday School, morning and evening services, BTU or youth services, and midweek gatherings.

Pastor Chooses Adoption Topic Sermon at Trinity Methodist

Rev. Herman Murph will preach at 7 45 pm Sunday at Trinity Methodist Church on Adoption Topic Up for Adoption. The church seeks to continue Holy Week momentum after record attendance last Sunday. The service includes gospel singing and The Ass That Saw an Angel by the pastor with Junior Choir and Herbert L Storch directing music.

Herman Murph Trinity Methodist Church Herbert L. Storch

Central Christian Pastor to Speak on God and the Individual

The Rev. John Barclay will sermonize on God and the Individual at the 10 55 a m service at Central Christian Church. Special music includes a solo by Mrs Myrna Smith Hook and a choir performance with Mrs L H Wright as soloist. The Christian Youth Fellowship plans a 6 p m supper meeting Sunday.

John Barclay Central Christian Church Myrna Smith Hook L H. Wright Christian Youth Fellowship

Hyde Park Church Sermons Set by Rev Archie K Stevenson

Hyde Park Christian Church schedules a Sunday 10:50 a.m. sermon on The Grand Strategy of the Church by Rev Archie K Stevenson. Youth groups meet at 6:30 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. the minister discusses The Sacramental Life.

Archie K. Stevenson Hyde Park Christian

St Johns Lutherans Rally Attendance Highlighted

Abiding Easter Blessings leads the 10 45 a m service at St John s Lutheran Church in Austin Theater with a filmstrip on The Second Commandment shown to Sunday school at 10 15 a m J A Neubauer supervises 9 30 a m devotional and the youth join the Austin Federation Luther League rally in Taylor in the 19th annual Texas District American Lutheran Church convention in Mason in April.

Lutheran ST. John’s Austin Theater Corness Avenue C. L. Bohis ST. Martin's Evangelical 14Th Congress F. G Roesener Pester Bible Lass C. L. Bohls St. John’s Lutheran Church Austin J. A. Neubauer Taylor Bohis Texas Americana Mason

Mighty short range machine gun effective at two hundred yards

A report notes that two hundred yards marks the practical upper limit for effective fire of a machine gun in air combat. This assessment emphasizes the constraints of early automatic weapons in aerial engagements.

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