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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1949

Page

6

UT Baptist Church Presents University Dean as Speaker

Dean Robert G. Gordon assistant dean of student life at the University of Texas will address both morning and evening services at University Baptist Church on Sunday. He will discuss "Looking Outward" and "Looking Inward" with prior Navy chaplain service and Redlands California background noted.

UT Baptist Church University Robert G. Gordon University of Texas University Baptist Church Blake Smith First Baptist Church Ruston Louisiana Polytechnic Institute Dean Gordon Navy University of Redlands California

Armstrong To Preach On Truth or Tyranny

Grace Methodist Church presents special music by the choir under Mrs. Crow and Mrs. Overall at 11 a.m. The Rev Patrick W Armstrong will speak on Truth or Tyranny. Youth fellowships meet at 6 30 p.m. and the evening service features Christ's Answers to Life's Questions.

Grace Methodist Church E. L. Crow Lucy Overall Patrick W. Armstrong Intermediate Methodist Kenneth Wallace Malcolm Caldwell Christ

Youths to Lead First Street Vesper Service

The Rev. O E Grimes of First Street Christian Church will preach at 10 55 a m on My Body For You. Church youths will oversee the 7 p m vesper service with a sermon titled Lets Live Today. No service at 8 p m.

O. E. Grimes First Street Christian Church

New Rogerville Church To Open Dedication Service

The Rogersville Methodist Church located on Highway 29 five miles northwest of Austin will hold its formal opening and dedication at 3 p m Sunday Sept 18. Ec R C Edwards Georgetown district superintendent will deliver the dedicatory sermon. Rev R B Hooper Georgetown is pastor. Congregations from Georgetown Belton and other churches in the district are invited. Built by gifts and loans from the Central Methodist Conference Board of Extension with partial support from area congregations.

Rogersville Methodist Church Highway 29 Austin Ec. R. C. Edwards Georgetown R. B. Hooper Belton Board of Extension Central Methodist Conference

Rest and Unrest of the Soul at St Johns Lutheran

Rev. C L Bohls leads a 10 45 a m sermon at St John s Lutheran Church in Austin with services at Austin Theater 2130 South Congress. Psalms for Daily Living opens the Adult Bible Class at 9 45. Be a Missionary airs to Sunday school. Luther League meets Sunday 8 p m at George Grobowsky s 1990 Kenwood. Brotherhood gathers Monday 8 p m at C M Nauert 1703 Fredericksburg. Adult Confirmation Tuesday and Friday 8 p m and Junior Confirmation Saturdays 9 11 30 a m starting this week.

C. L. Bohls St. John’s Lutheran Church Austin Theater South Congress Avenue Sunday School Assembly Luther League George Grobowsky Kenwood Avenue Brotherhood C. M. Nauert Fredericksburg Road

Pieces for Peace sermon at All Saints Church

Reverend Joseph Harte will preach on Pieces for Peace at 11 a.m. Sunday at All Saints Episcopal Church. The service schedule includes Holy Eucharist at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. midweek, Rally Day for Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., a screening of Simon Peter in Gregg House, and Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. Ushers include Dr. Malcolm MacDonald and Captain Everett G. Smith with acolytes Kim Garrett Welborn Hudson Jr.

Joseph Harte All Saints’ Episcopal Church Simon Peter Gregg House Canterbury Club Malcolm MacDonald Everett G. Smith Kim Garrett Welborn Hudson Jr al Bandy George Carver Jr John Leo Jr Peter Oliver

St. David’s Church Plans Communion Sunday Services

St. David’s Church hosts Holy Communion at 7:30 a.m. with Bill Lester as acolyte. Church school and classes meet at 9:30 a.m. The Rev. Charles A. Sumners preaches at 11 a.m. The choir, led by Arden Whitacre, will sing the anthem The King’s Highway. A Tuesday to Thursday communion schedule and vestry meeting follow.

St. David's Church Bill Lester Charles A. Sumners Arden Whitacre

Gethsemane Lutheran District Rally Planned at Church

Divine services begin at 11 a m with Rev J E Chester delivering Gratitude. At 3 p m the annual district rally for Central District Junior Missionary Societies will be held with delegates from Round Rock Hutto New Sweden Lund Del Valle Kenedy and San Antonio attending. Lundh refreshments served by committee P A Nelson W R Dickerson Hugo Tindgren Lonnie Anderson. Mrs Eric Ericson leads the local juniors.

Gethsemane Lutheran J. E. Chester Mesdames P. A. Nelson W. R. Dickerson Hugo Tindgren Lonnie Anderson Eric Ericson

Beery to Preach on A Wide Open Door at Ward Memorial

John K. Beery pastor of Ward Memorial Methodist Church will preach at 10 50 a m on the new mission study Japan Begins Again with A Wide Open Door as the subject for this message The evening service will feature a message from the Eighth Commandment and the choir will provide special music.

John K. Beery Ward Memorial Methodist Church Japan

Bludworth To Return To Pulpit at Shettles

The Rev C E Bludworth of Shettles Methodist Church returns Sunday to preach The Christian Faces the Music. The choir will sing Arenskys Our Father which art in heaven The Evening service topic is To Each His Own.

C. E. Bludworth Shettles Methodist Church Arensky Our Father

Power of Prayer topic at Trinity Methodist service

The Rev. Lawrence Greenhaw will preach on The Power of Prayer at 11 a m Sunday at Trinity Methodist Church. The new stone annex will host the Young Couples' Friendship Class for the first time Sunday morning. Evening service is at 7 30.

Trinity Methodist Church Lawrence Greenhaw

Cornerstone Service Set At Wimberley

The First Baptist Church of Wimberley hosts a homecoming with a cornerstone ceremony Sunday at 3 p m Reverend J N Marshall the churchs oldest living former pastor will speak at the afternoon service The morning event launches a building fund drive for six thousand dollars to finish a rock veneer church and education wing begun in 1947 with plans for an auditorium and two story addition

Wimberley First Baptist Church J. N. Marshall C. W. Hawkes

Pioneer Moves Airline Headquarters to Dallas

Pioneer Airlines will relocate its headquarters from Houston to Dallas as soon as Love Field facilities are ready. The move affects more than 300 employees and their families after Texas National Guard facilities lease termination in Houston. Robert J. Smith, the president, cited space needs and construction timelines.

Dallas Pioneer Airlines Houston Robert J. Smith Pioneer Texas National Guard Love Field Smith

Retail Trade Hike Reported In Nation

New York reported Dun and Bradstreet findings that retail trade rose moderately in the week ending Wednesday but remained below year earlier levels. Cool weather and interest in fall goods helped lift dollar volumes while unit sales matched the prior year in many lines. Regional drops ranged from 1 to 8 percent with the Pacific Coast down 3 to 7.

New York Dun & Bradstreet New England Southwest East Midwest Northwest South Pacific Coast

One Killed Two Hurt In Car Truck Wreck Near Stinnett

In foggy early morning conditions a head on collision between a car and a cattle truck five miles north of Stinnett on Highway 117 left one man dead and two others critically injured. Melvin Edward Thompson 24 of Borger died. Fred Weldon 22 and Leonard Dewey Phillips were critically hurt. Claude Coney 22 of Borger was injured but not seriously. Glynn Weant 29 of Spearman, driver of the truck, was unharmed. Police cited limited visibility as a factor in swerving to avoid the other vehicle.

Borger Stinnett Melvin Edward Thompson Fred Weldon Leonard Dewey Phillips Claude Coney Glynn Weant Spearman Panhandle Stinnet

Boy Held in Shooting Of Father Released

A 16 year old boy freed from juvenile detention after District Judge Wilmer Hunt ruled him not delinquent. He said he acted in self defense after his stepfather, a 34 year old Navy veteran, beat him and his mother. The wounded man is hospitalized at Corpus Christi Navy hospital.

Houston Wilmer Hunt Corpus Christi Navy Hospital

Messiah Theme For Rev Earl Martin At St John’s

The Rev Earl Martin of St John’s Methodist Church will speak on He knew Himself to be the Messiah at the 10 50 am service Sunday. Sunday school starts at 9 45 am and the evening service at 7 30 pm The WSCS meets Wednesday at 7 45 pm at Mrs B M Wall’s home 5409 McCandless.

Earl Martin St. John’s

Hanks Trial and Six Other Trials Set for Monday

Ray mond H Hanks chief of the state comptroller's Corpus Christi office for 10 years faces four counts in the opening of the fall term in 126th District Court. Judge Jack Roberts set Monday as the first criminal day with several other trials including William Bill Winters who pled guilty to burglary and received an eight year penitentiary sentence concurrent with a prior term.

Raymond H. Hanks State Comptroller’s Corpus Christi 126Th District Court Jack Roberts William Bill Winters Fred Hooper Winters Austin Hardware Texas Roberts Georgetown Hanks Robert S. Calvert

LA Mayor Seeks Treasury Help to Fight Crime Syndicate

Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron asks President Truman and Treasury agents to combat a nationwide crime syndicate, alleging Mickey Cohen fronts for Costello. Bowron cites plans for 50 to 100 agents to target income tax evasion, while police deny sightings of Costello in the city.

Los Angeles Fletcher Bowron Truman T-men Frank Costello New York City Bowron Mickey Cohen Costello White House Treasury Depar al Capone Lynn White Police Intelligence Bureau

Elgin Christ Church to Hear Frank L Cox Sermons

Frank L Cox will fill the pulpit at Elgin Church of Christ for both Sunday services. At 10 30 a m his sermon is Visions of God continuing a Beatitudes series. At 7 30 p m he speaks The Parable of the Talents. Lectureship starts Sunday Oct 16 and runs one week with a different speaker each evening.

Frank L. Cox Elgin Church of Christ Cox Elgin

Shoal Crest Baptists Begin Revival Sunday

The Rev. L. R. Harris of Shoal Crest Baptist Church at 1310 West 34th Street announces a revival starting Sunday. The Rev. L. R. Cole of Capital Heights Baptist Church will preach with B. L. Cox leading singing as daily services begin at 8 p.m.

L. R. Harris Shoal Crest Baptist Church West 34Th Street L. R. Cole Capitol Heights Baptist Church B. L. Cox

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