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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1938
Page
5
Lutheran church notes show Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. preaching 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 the pastor.
The Methodist Episcopal Church holds morning worship at 9:00 with Church School after a continuous service until 10:30. A pot luck supper is planned for Friday evening December 23, hosted by the Sunday school, followed by a program and Christmas tree. Pastor A C A Lee.
St Josephs Church announces Christmas services on Sunday December 25 with High Mass at 6 o clock and a Low Mass at 10 o clock. Williamsfield hosts Mass at 8:30. Confessions on Saturday 2:30 to 5:09 and 7:00 to 8:00 p m. Father Thomas C Harreron, Pastor.
The Brimfield Church invites families to attend Christmas Day services at 11 o clock with a special offering during the regular class offering. Pastor David Todd urges all families to gather and celebrate the birth of Christ together.
Directory note states the C D of A meets at members homes on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p m Grand Regent Mrs Anna Coe Historians Mrs Nettie Carroll Financial Secretary Mrs Bertha Marts Treasurer Mrs Charlotte Appleby listed for contact and coordination.
The M W A Camp No 847 meets at the Community Building club room every other Tuesday evening. Vv C Rudolph Savage H B Bowse Clerk.
Royal Neighbors Camp No. 203 meets on the first and third Wednesdays in Cady's Hall. Oracle Eva Clark, Recorder Carrie Archer. Women’s Relief Corps meetings move to Mrs Frank Hamilton's home at 2:00 with President Steve Miller and Secretary Mary Sollenberger.
Sunday services across Christ Scientist churches centered on the theme In the Universe Including Man Evolved by Atomic Force The Golden Text cited Isaiah 48 12 13 and the Word as God from John 1 1 8 The Lesson also quoted from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures noting Spirit created all in itself and that matter could not be made by Spirit through the logos and Word of God
Norfolk preacher Rev J Southerland Watt recalls Christmas Eve 1914 between Arras and Armentieres. British troops including Gordon Highlanders briefly lay down arms as Silent Night rang across trenches in two languages, quelling gunfire before orders restored arms.
Tokyo bans Santa Claus as home ministry orders festival decor changes. Stores will show Japanese, German, and Italian flags to symbolize anti communist nations. The change marks a shift in Christmas presentation within Japan amid rising festivities despite not being a Christian nation.
Across the nation, thousands of volunteers in November and December repair repaint and repurpose discarded toys in schools, fire stations, and clubs. Dolls get new dresses while rocking horses gain brighter glass eyes and renewed charm. Shoes stockings and mittens also find a ready market as amateurs and professionals alike help Santa prepare gifts.
A theatre fireman's confrontation with a trespasser from the East Side ends when the visitor tries to argue around a no smoking sign. The fireman points to the sign as the man, reading it, insists the sign also says positively, highlighting the cheeky exchange amid duty.
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