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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1948
Page
2
Dr. W F O Kelley superintendent of home missions in Central Texas Presbyteries will preach at 10 am Sunday at First Southern Presbyterian Church. His topic is The Light That Must Not Fail.
The carol choir of seven to eleven year olds will perform for the first time at the evening service singing Canticle to the Sun by St. Francis of Assisi. Directed by Miss Rosa Bludworth with assistants Miss Videlia Barclay and Mrs. Henry Franke. The sermon topic is A Great Task at Hand.
Rev F G Roesener leads a Sunday observance marking 431 years since Luther posted the 95 theses in Wittenberg. Holy communion will be held at both morning and evening services with church groups meeting through the week and sermons titled What Would Luther Say Today and Faith in What.
At 11 a.m. reverend Walter Kerr of Central Methodist Church will speak on The Church Dollars Loyalty to World Humanity. Choir directed by Edna T. Anderson with Mary Helen Jackson at the organ. 7:30 p.m. WSCS ends week of prayer and self denial as Church Loyalty Month closes.
Reformation festival services mark the Protestant Reform at St. John’s Lutheran Church. The Rev C L Bohls delivers the theme The Reformation Heritage Today. Luther League sets a meeting for Wednesday Nov 3 at 7 30 p m at Miss Ruth Bohls’s home 1222 Bickler Road.
All Saints Episcopal Church will hold Holy Eucharist at 8 and 11 a m Sunday, 7 05 and 10 a m Monday, 10 a m Wednesday, and 7 05 a m on other weekdays. Rev Fray M will preach at 11 a m, with ushers Coleman Griffith and Allan Henry. At 9 30 a m acolyte John Lee Jr. and play The Saints God by Rev Joseph Harte will be staged. Continuous remembrance prayers occur All Saints Day. Confirmation classes run Sundays 10 a m and Wednesdays 4 p m, with Confirmation Dec 12 by Bishop Clinton Quin. Deacon Alvin Van Pelt Hart to be ordained priesthood at St Bartholomew Hempstead on All Saints Day.
St. Paul Lutheran Church plans Sunday morning services at 8:30 and 10:30 for Paul Heckman to deliver a sermon titled Preserving Our Heritage He assists pastor Rev Albert F Jesse with University student work and serves as adviser to Kappa Chapter of Gamma Delta Lutheran student group at the university In Rev G Viehweg Concordia College professor will lead the Bible class while Rev Jesse preaches in New Orleans at a mass Reformation rally Sunday morning
The PTA carnival at Lexington High School campus and football field features an elaborate coronation in the auditorium after concessions close. Queen candidates include Greta Kilpatrick Helen Weisen Marian Browder Atha Lee Rogers and the eighth grade chose Mary Bess Owens.
The Christian Church closes Loyalty Month on Oct. 31 with an 11 a.m. sermon by Rev. Grimes on the church and a 7:30 p.m. sermon titled The God Lod e. Fifteen delegates from this church attended the Seventh District Convention of Disciples at Llano on Thursday.
The Rev John Barclay will preach on The Glory of Protestantism at 10 55 am worship at Central Christian Church Sunday in observance of Reformation Day. Special music includes a solo by Mrs James R McRill and the choir anthem. Christian Youth Fellowship meets at 6 pm for supper then visits University Christian Church to hear John McCaw national director of student work.
The Rev. Jess Hall of North Side Church of Christ has returned to Austin from church meetings in Louisiana and will lead Sunday services. Morning topic is A Double Climax and evening talk is Minorities and Majorities. Congregational singing will be directed by Foy Hall.
The Rev. Earl Martin will preach on Repentance at the morning service of Rosedale Methodist Church. Sunday school meets at 9:45 and 10:50 a.m. at Rosedale Elementary School. Evening service is at 49th Street and Burnet Road with The Will to Live topic and a moving picture to follow.
Hyde Park Christian Church will hold a 10:50 a.m. service with Rev. Chester Crow preaching on Maintaining Neutrality Regarding Religion. Youth groups meet at 6 p.m. The 7:30 p.m. service features a sermon on Good Things in Bad Places followed by a baptismal ceremony.
On Saturday October 30 1948 Most Rev Louis Joseph Reicher will administer confirmation to 78 children and 20 adults at St Ignatius Martyr church in Austin Texas. Rev Clement Funke will preach the sermon and Masses for All Saints Day will follow with Father John McPhee delivering the sermon at the 9 a m high mass.
Texas will start a two year federal aid program for farm to market roads announced by Texas Highway Commission chairman John S. Radditt. He stated Texas leads in implementing the 1950 1951 program as the postwar three year program nears completion. A Johnson City to Houston route via San Marcos was discussed with designation and mapping considered.
Johnson City records several diphtheria cases in schools. Quarantine of affected students and daily checks are in place, with vaccination offered to those who require it.
Georgetown dispatch reports Roy Huckabee county agent left for College Station to join the District 10 Extension Service meeting for 18 counties. He will also attend the Ex-Students Association council meeting where he serves on the board.
Ridgetop Baptist Church will ordain Hessey Maddox as minister Sunday at 3 p.m. Maddox is currently a student at Howard Payne College in Brownwood. Rev. F. R. Dill announces Sunday morning topic Magnifying Jesus and Sunday night talk Six Reasons for Observing the Lord's Supper.
Six X ray units operated in Austin Travis County TB survey as it nears its end with 40 000 plus tests recorded. The drive offers free chest X rays to residents over 14 with confidential results and aims to hit 50 000 before closing Saturday.
An estimated 30000 new workers will join Texas non agricultural payrolls by mid November and 6500 more by December end, the Texas Employment Commission reported. The TEC noted September non agricultural employment near 2302000 and unemployment falling, with gains expected in retail trade, wholesale trade, transportation, government hiring, and a small rise in labor disputes.
The state secretary's office announced four Austin charters on Friday. Climate, Inc. received a 50 year steel and iron work charter for 10000 dollars with founders Donald F. Schuett Josephine Stallman Schuett and H E Cunningham. Formica Fabricators a 50 year manufacturing charter for 2500 dollars with Walter D. Garland K D Shoudy and Monroe W. Graham. The Perry Club a 50 year benevolent charter by Mrs J C Tirado Mrs W W Shropshire and Mrs Garnett Lewis. Travis County Society for Crippled Children Inc a 50 year hospital charter by W R Long Jr Mrs John W Burham and Mrs Herman Jones.
Georgetown October 29 Miss Pearl A Neas registrar of Southwestern University left for San Antonio to attend the Texas Association of Registrars meeting She helped organize the association and is a past president serving as chairman of the resolutions committee for the current session.
Georgetown High football team honored at a Wednesday night event at the George town Country Club. Local businessmen and football enthusiasts sponsored a weiner roast and informal dance for the players and their dates.
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