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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1938
Page
8
Lutheran Church announces Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Worship at 7:30 p.m. Bible Class and Christian Endeavor meet on the first and third Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. Genry Traub is pastor.
The Methodist Episcopal Church holds morning worship at 9:00 with church school after a continuous service from 9:00 to 10:30. In the Christmas season, members feel pressure to fit all duties and engagements while honoring Christ through worship services. The ladies will meet with Mrs Otto Schmitt Thursday December 25 at 2 o'clock. Pastor C A Lee.
St Josephs Church lists Masses on Sunday December 18 at 8 00 and 10 00 with catechism classes and choir practice on Saturday at 2 30 p m Pastor Pathor Thomas C Harrison oversees the services and activities.
Union Church schedules 10:00 church school and 11:00 worship with a sermon titled Christmas In The Home. The Men's Brotherhood meets Thursday evening December 15 with Guitt Blundy hosting waffles and sausages for dinner and a general social evening in the spirit of Christmas. David Todd, a stor
Directory notes the Catholic Daughters of America hold meetings at members homes on the second Thursday of each month at p.m. with officers listed including Grand Regent Mrs Anna Conn Historian Mrs Nellie Carroll Financial Secretary Mrs Bertha Marka Treasurer Mrs Charlotte Appleby.
The M. W. A. Cacp No. 847 holds its meeting in the club room of the Community Building every other Tuesday evening. Officers include Vv. C. Rudolph Savage and H. B. Bowza, Clerk.
Royal Neighbors Camp No 203 meets on the first and third Wednesday afternoons at Cady's Hall. Oracle Eva Clark Recorder Carrie Archer. Women's Relief Corps meetings move to Mrs Frank Hamilton home at 2 00 with Irene Miller president and Mary Sollenberger secretary.
Sunday December 11 featured Christian Science Lesson Sermon on God as preserver of man and animal. Golden Text from Psalms 40 11 urges mercy and preservation, while Psalms 36 6 praises God preserving humanity and beasts. Science and Health cites God as Life that forms and preserves individuality.
In Penasse Minnesota youngsters expect Santa Claus to visit this isolated village as his first U S stop. Penasse lies at the nation’s far north point with snow hampering reindeer travel so he arrives by ski plane from Warroad twice weekly. The postmistress Miss Helen Arnold notes Christmas business is slow.
A US native shrub yields the spikeward ointment named in the Bible for anointing Jesus’ feet. The plant, abundant in Minnesota’s north woods, links American flora with the Holy Land and the first Christmas story.
In Edmonton Alberta residents of Canada's remote north territories await planes bringing Christmas parcels. The yearly celebration hinges on good weather and timely deliveries to these far flung outposts, ensuring festive gifts reach isolated communities.
In December many American communities erect civic Christmas trees in main squares or at local centers and adorn streets with festive lights. The lighting ceremonies mark the start of the holiday shopping season, with decorations removed after New Year’s Day.
Washington dispatch notes that typists in the U S Justice Department fingerprint division will provide a Christmas dinner for three adopted Washington families on December 25. The G men staff annually distribute food clothing and toys to orphans hospital patients and other needy residents of the capital.
Washington Christmas greetings from President Roosevelt and Navy officials will be aired Christmas Eve from Arlington towers to the fleet and naval ships worldwide. The annual message is awaited by officers aboard iron clad battleships far from home.
A fragment from Irvin S Cobb reflects on attitudes toward Manhattan Island, noting some people show little interest or claim indifference while a resident reader finds such detachment unfathomable. The passage hints at pride in the city and contrasts outsider attitudes with local sentiment.
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