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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1937
Page
5
Lutheran church announces Sunday School at 10 a.m. preaching at 10 30 a.m. Bible Class and Christian Endeavor. First and third Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Henry Traub is pastor.
The Methodist Episcopal Church schedules 9:00 am morning services with preaching and Church School. The pastor speaks on Remember Jesus Christ. Due to crowding, services are moved to the main auditorium. The program committee thanks all helpers for a Christmas party with Santa, readings, solos, cornet, and a lunch of sandwiches, cake, and coffee.
St Josephs Church observes New Year with Saturday Masses at 8:00 AM and 10:60 AM. Sunday Masses on January 2 at 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM. Father Thomas C Harrison is the pastor.
Union Church in cooperation with Elmwood Presbyterian sponsors a New Year’s Eve roller skating party. Admission 25 cents, tickets on sale. Open to 110 Sunday School members, each person to bring a sack lunch. Watch night service planned for all who wish to see the Old Year out and the New Year in with Pastor David Todd.
Directory notes the Catholic Daughters of America hold meetings in the club room of the Community Binding on the second and fourth Thursdays monthly with Sara Recu and historian Nellie Carrall listed.
The M. W. A. Camp No. 847 meets in the club room of the Community Building on every other Tuesday evening. Vv. C. Rudolph Savage presides, with H. B. Bowmano as clerk.
Royal Neighbors Camp No. 203 R N A meets by the first and third Wednesday afternoons of each month in their club room in the Community Building. Oracle Eva Clark Recorder Carrie Arber.
The W R C will hold meetings at 2 30 PM at the home of Mrs Frank Hamilton. President Mary Sotten berger and secretary Pear Schenck are listed for the arrangement.
A long, mixed roster of 1938 actions outlines Roosevelt administration moves including a 5 billion six year public works plan, extensions of stabilization funds and RFC authorities, a push for flood relief, reorganization proposals for the judiciary, wages and labor measures, and significant staffing and budget requests. The record lists dates from January through December with actions by Congress, the President, and agencies, highlighting economic relief efforts and administrative changes.
A garbled OCR timeline outlines 1937 events from Europe to Asia. It lists growing tensions among Germany Italy and Japan, shifts in Spain and China, naval patrols, diplomatic moves, and League of Nations concerns with mentions of Mussolini Hitler and various diplomats and battles. The text preserves multiple dates places and actors, though many phrases are incomplete or distorted.
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