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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1928
Page
1
A local listing notes layered marcel waves available for 50 cents at June Bandy in Emwooed Illinois. The compact notice highlights a small-town goods sale with a single price and shop name.
A Forest Court program presented by Grade School students on Thursday December 20 at 8 pm. The tale follows Tommy who disrupts a forest scene and is judged by Judge Owl until the Rabbit and Tortoise reveal his past kindness to Princess Silver Wings, leading to his pardon and a celebratory forest revel. The cast lists named children and elves, with detailed roles and lines, reflecting a lively school production.
The Sunday 11 am sermon titled The Physical Christ and 7:30 pm service are planned with a 6:30 pm youth meeting led by Keith Cady. Sunday school starts at 9:45 am, with junior, primary and senior departments at 10 am. Women meet at Mrs Hindle's home led by Mrs Roberts and Mrs Tucker. Christmas offerings and materials for the Christmas box are collected. Choir meets Thursday at H C Eady's home. A Christmas play by the youth is set for Sunday night the 23rd, and a Christmas Eve program under the church school direction is planned at 10 pm. A joint men’s dinner for Peoria and Stark counties is scheduled in Princeville for late January with Rev Joseph M Bready as speaker. Harvey Young is minister of Union Church.
Carrie Slayton and J Lester Kingdon of Brimfield surprised friends with a December 5 1928 wedding at Union Church rectory. Rev W Harvey Young officiated. The couple left for a weeklong honeymoon and will set up home on the Raymond Kingdon farm near Brimfield.
The church schedules Sunday School at 10 AM and Morning Worship at 11 AM with a sermon on Despising God's Goodness. Evening Worship at 7 PM features an exposition of the Parable of the Tares from Matthew 13 24 30. Choir practice Tuesday at 7 30 PM. Ladies Aid meets next Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Alice Whittaker's home for the Christmas session. Pastor Austin A Rodgers urges balancing Santa Claus with Christ in celebration.
The Lutheran Church schedules Sunday School at 10 a m and regular preaching at 7 30 p m with Matt 11 1 11 as the text. The sermon theme centers on the proper relation between pastor and congregation as a calm, plain, and sincere expression of doctrine and pastoral care. The pastor, Wihad Cowper denary Traub, is noted as a messenger of peace to guilty men.
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