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Newspaper

Brimfield News

Location

Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1949

Page

5

St Josephs Church Mass Schedule Published

Williamsfield Maas at 9:00. Sunday Masses at 7 30 and 10 39. Weekday Mass 8 00. Holy Days 6 00 and 8 00. Pastor Thomas G. Garrison served by Pather.

Williamsfield Maas

Lent Week Church Activities and Meetings

The Sunday School at Henrietta holds a 10:00 a m session with a 11:00 a m Morning Service for the First Sunday in Lent. A 2:00 p m Parsonage Class for Young People focuses on church membership. A March 9 6:30 p m Pat Luck supper follows. Women’s Association meets March 10 with Mrs Bert Robertson. Silent Auction during social hour. attendees asked to bring items valued at 60c. Bargreaves castor.

Pat Luck Women’s Association Bert Robertson Joe Harder Bert Knight George la Follette Joe Burder H. Jamerson H. P. Tally

Methodist Church Sale and Worship Schedule at Wood's Store

The Methodist Church announces worship at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday School after. Supt. Pac E Noland, the Brimfield Church hosts worship at 10:08 a.m. A church food drive is planned at Wood's Store on March 12 from 2:00 to 4:00 and on the second Saturday of each month afterward. Donations of gas are requested. Harper, Pastor.

Wood

Lutheran Service and Classes Schedule

Lutheran calendar lists infirmation class at 9 00 and Sunday School at 9 30 followed by a church service at 10 16 led by Pastor Walter Obermeyer.

First Grade Welcomes New Boys and Spring Signs

First grade notes two new students Fred Huber and Norman Saupe while Erma Kitterman left last week. Jimmie Goulter shared his brother's airplane drawing for reading, and Maya Jordan returned after scarlet fever. Sixth graders display hobbies and model ships as rain keeps them indoors.

Fred Huber Norman Saupe Erma Kitterman Jimmie Goulter

Archy Spencer Denied by Reluctant Bride Over Lodging Habit

Archy Spencer, famed for joining every lodge in town, asks Lucy Morgan to marry him. Lucy balks after learning he belongs to fifteen lodges and spends fifteen nights weekly socializing, refusing a husband who goes out so often.

Archy Spencer Lucy Morgan Archy Swain Lucy

Vital Statistics in Richmond Death Rate Claim

Bret Harte arrives in Richmond with a splitting headache and a Richmond native boasts the city as one of America’s healthiest with a death rate of one per day. Harte asks if today’s man has died yet as he questions the claim.

Bret Harte Richmond America Harte

Borrowing Neighbor Swears After Mower Return

A neighbor recalls returning Mr. Jacksons lawn mower with a broken blade and facing a swear in response. His wife suggests avoiding such incidents by borrowing from the preacher next time.

Meddling Preacher Provokes Silent Comic Outburst

An old lady heckles a sermon with repeated Amens and a sharp rebuke as the preacher denounces sins from murder to cheating and then suddenly shifts to snuff sniffing, prompting a dignified cry that he has quit preaching to meddle.

Meddlin

A Head for Business Two Partners Debate Theater Seats

Two partners argue how to boost theater profits. One suggests red leather seats, the other favors hairlike covering. A quiet third partner, Joe, finally proposes cutting admission and covering seats with people.

Joe

Bus Driver Seeks Secret To Moving Congregation

A preacher familiar with front-row shunning is surprised by a stranger in the first row. After the sermon the bus driver explains he sat front to learn how the preacher moves people toward the rear.

Boil Vegetables First and Knitting as a Hobby

The article notes that vegetables should be boiled before adding to preserve vitamin C. It also extols knitting as a relaxing hobby for women, with growing skill from scarf to sweater projects. It mentions joining "movie-knitters" in the dark as a social pastime.

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St. Josephs Church Pather Thomas G. Garrison Henrietta T. ©. Bargreaves Castor Lasra Methodist Church Pac E Noland Brimpieuld Ghas. Harper Pastor Lutheran Walter Obermeyer Pastor Marjene Jordan Lyle Nauman Beheol Jana Miare Peggy Johanson Brownie Diene Walker Nancy Emerick Bobby Ourtright Eugene Snyde Donald Hasnellageher War Book Club Linela Washington Louise White Janet Mills Joe Setelkopf Glen Lindsey Moo Gay Charles Kellstadt SGOD Westclox Big Ben Alarm Westclox Night Jones Rockford Chambrey U. S Iry Chevrolet
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