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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1954
Page
5
A reflective piece urging kindness to service workers in daily life. It reminds readers that clerks and waitresses are humans with feelings and can err, urging courtesy and patience in shops, stations, and stores. The author ends with a call to Christian readers to practice common courtesies and attend Sunday school.
East James Tent Meeting at East James church property between Sixth and Seventh streets begins at 7 45 p m Sunday. Evangelist Kenneth Berry of Houston leads with wife Marvin Berry and Wanda Berry assisting. Special music and Korean War slides planned. pastor Rev W J Graham invites friends.
Huffman Baptist church launches a revival from July 26 to August 1 with 10:30 am and 7:45 pm services daily except no morning service Monday and no Saturday night service. Dr. I. D. Allen of Oak Park Baptist Algiers La will preach with Mrs Allen as pianist. Special music and congregational singing led by Eugene L. Roberts.
The Rev. A. J. Martin of Highlands's Second Baptist Church will preach Sunday morning on the subject Self Deceit. He will continue a series on faith at night, drawing from Hebrews chapter eleven. Brotherhood meets at 7 15 p m Tuesday with Rev. Paul Stephens of Baytown's Second Baptist Church as West Speaker.
Wooster Baptist church plans special music for both Sunday services led by Miss Aranna Watson. Morning medley will be performed and the night program features Leave Your Gardens at the Place of Prayer. Rev. Fletcher Ervin will preach at both services with Sign of Love and Noah A Man of Faith. Sunday school starts 9 45 am with Dr A R Padgett as superintendent. Allan Raidland to direct training in the afternoon union meeting.
Rev Dennis Barnes will deliver Pharoah s Presumption at First Baptist Highlands and AS You Receive Christ Walk In Him will be the night subject. Bible school closed with 382 pupils enrolled and 300 average daily. Mission offering above 70 dollars partly aided cooperative program and Pagago Indians outreach in Sells Arizona. Mt Washington NH weather observatory began by private funds now a vital Army Navy weather lab.
A R Wells will preach at St Mark's Methodist Church in Houston in Rev Wayne McCleskey's absence on vacation. Wells, field secretary of United Texas Days, has long been active in the area and in promoting constructive approaches to alcohol issues. The 8:45 service features choir, offertory pieces, and a film-based evening program presided by H Bruce Day.
The Trinity Episcopal church choir directed by George Meagan with Mrs Ray Spear at the organ will sing Mendelssohn The Lord is a Mighty God at the 11 am Sunday service. The rector Rev P Walter Henckel and W A Scott will lead Morning Prayer with acolytes Lawrence Meeker Harry Mason Freddie Humphrey and Kenneth Cole. Holy Communion at 8 am with D C Walsh and John Sweeney as acolyte. Church school and Bible class at 630 am. Fall semaser week day Kindergarten registrations under Mrs J L Bridges and Mrs J W Dedman.
Pvt William D McRae a Duke trained civil engineer assigned to the Roads and Airfields Branch at Fort Belvoir Virginia works with the Corps of Engineers Research and Development Laboratories testing silica. He is married to Fay Slagle McRae of Baytown and expected to be released from active duty in October 1855.
Morning worship at First Christian church features a sermon titled A Revolutionary Teaching by Rev Clyde D Foltz. Church School for all ages follows at 10 am. Christ ian Women's Fellowship circles meet Tuesday, Laymen's League dinner at 6 30 pm Wednesday, film Future of America shown.
A devotional passage presents the verse about God working all things for good for those who love Him, predestination, justification, and glorification. It asserts Christ’s intercession, triumph over peril, and the inseparable love of God in Christ Jesus, praising steadfast believers amid trials.
The First Presbyterian church Baytown Texas prepares for closing Vacation Church School with an average attendance of 140 children. The sermon Expecting Results by Rev M McPhail fills the 11 am service. Junior PupPet show The History of The First Presbyterian Church. Westminster Fellowship meets 5 30 pm with choir and new church music group averaging 24. Groundwork planned for new educational building on Sunday August 45.
The St Paul Lutheran church will start its Sunday morning service at 8 20 am with Rev Karl H Bracker preaching Power To Do Our Job The semi annual congregation meeting follows with Mrs W B Killough on organ John Wayne Moerkina as acolyte Church school at 9 30 am features a movie The second week of Bible school begins Monday.
The Rev. George P. English returns to Baptisl Temple to lead both Sunday services. The 10:50 a.m. sermon is titled Confirmed Christians and the evening address Prepare Now for Eternity. Special music will be provided, with Barney Webber as choir director. Sunday School meets at 9:45 a.m. H. Hargrove is superintendent and Ding is director of the 6:45 p.m. Training union.
A 27 year old German divorcee Ursula Schmidt traveling from Canada to Bremerhaven faces arrest on arrival on charges of spying for the Soviet intelligence service. American authorities say an arrest warrant issued in Frankfurt on Oct 9 1953 will be served when her ship Columbia reaches port. Schmidt allegedly conspired with Erwin Felder and Karl Kobisch to obtain U S military secrets while employed at the U S High Commission warehouse in Bonames and as a clerk at Rhine Main air base. She has denied the accusations.
Austin notes district engineer Tom J. Kelly of San Angelo plans retirement after 35 years with the highway department. Reappointed state and district engineers Jesse A. Smith of Waco and others were announced, with service spans across Austin Pecos and San Angelo.
The Pentecostal Church of Gov located at 214 North Main will hold regular services Sunday starting at 10 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. with Reverend A Withern preaching. Midweek services are scheduled for 7:45 p.m. on Thursday.
Cedar Bayou Methodist church sends 20 youth representatives to Lakeview Methodist assembly near Palestine for the Galveston District youth camp next week. Leader Mr and Mrs J. Hayes accompany as teacher and counselor. Names span Junior Brats Cheryl Murphy Charles Lave Sharon Schulte intermediates Shirley Jean Vassar Billy Hardegree Pat Murphy Milge Hayes Patsy Har dison Virginia Jackson Ruth Reider Joanna Kilgore ale Wright Tony Seaklon Lamar Clegg Sedines Danny Harder rec Nanny Rayos Dorothy M Hardison Johnny Odom Gene Smarth. They depart Monday morning returning Saturday morning.
Memorial Baptist church will feature a Youth choir at the 8:30 a.m. service and a Sanctuary choir at the later service singing titles such as Marvelous Grace of Toss and My Louds Auhirst For God. The message Faith That Works will be preached with baptism observed, and the Intermediate choir singing God Leads Us Along. Sunday School starts at 9:30 a.m. and Training Union at 6:45 p.m. on the day.
A color animated short from the U S Department of Commerce in cooperation with DuPont and a Baytown company will be shown at local theaters for a week. It critiques the American business system with parliamentary style satire and is recommended for youths. Showings at Brannon and Dreker theaters are listed with regular features.
A trio of Mrs Jim Collier Mrs A J Allen and Mrs Paul Wack will sing Something Far Thee at Grace Methodist Church Sunday morning. Reverend W. Ta Hemsley will preach using the message Now or Never. The senior group will meet at 6 29 p.m. Sunday at the church.
Lange to direct Lutheran services at Redeemer Church on Sunday morning with Pastor Behlwissen presiding. Mrs Kubik will play the organ and lead the musical portions. Sunday school begins at 9:00 A.M. and the adult catechism class will be in session.
Spokane reporters describe Gonzaga University students borrowing priestly shoes for a dance. Priests stayed home while students wore similar shoes prompting confusion about fits and a later return cycle. The event highlights campus tradition and social etiquette at the Junier Vrain affair.
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