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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1955
Page
2
Home gatherings fill Sundays and weekdays with ice cream socials and dinners. Families from Shirley, Hondo, Mooreland, Knightstown, Muncie, Indianapolis, Greenfield, Spiceland, and Charlottesville share meals, visits, and birthday celebrations while neighbors attend races and reunions across Robinson Illinois and Mt Lawn.
A GO TO CHURCH movement spans East St Christian Church Fletcher Methodist Wesleyan Methodist Nazarene and Carthage Friends with outreach notes. The fragment references multiple congregations and a regional church effort.
Basil Stultz serves as minister and William Willey as superintendent with Mary Ann Shutt as secretary. Sunday school begins at 9 30 a m and worship with communion at 10 30 a m. Carmen Walters is pianist, organists are Mrs Harold Ruby and Mrs Clyde E Ruby, choir director is Mrs John Wagner. Lesson titled Southern Kingdom Overthrown.
The listing shows church staff including Dean McCoy as pastor and Hubert Hunt as General Superintendent with Lowell Brown as assistant. Dorothy Edwards is pianist and Marilyn Leisure secretary. Morning worship starts at 10, with organist Mrs. Hubert Hunt. The Methodist Youth Fellowship meets weekly Thursdays at 8 15 p.m. in the MYF Room.
The church invites worshippers to a July 24 service with five representatives from the National Town and Country Conference. Led by Rev. Edward Pumphrey of Ortonville Michigan, the team will discuss local church problems and solutions. A pitch-in dinner on the lawn follows the morning service, then a team led discussion airs church concerns. Other delegates come from Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Dr. Spann will speak.
Sunday School attendance rose last Sunday and the church accepted proofs for a Sunday School picture. The Fellowship Class bought a 20 inch reversible fan for church use. Nine youths spent a week at Fairmount Youth Camp with positive reports.
Louis Barrett is minister Loyall Hunt is superintendent Mildred Nigh is pianist Russell Nigh and Janet Hunt are song leaders James Gray is secretary Sunday school begins at 9:30 morning worship at 7:00 p m prayer meeting at 7:30 p m Wednesday service open to all You are welcome.
Eugene C Sommer is minister Alta Carfield is superintendent Ruth E White is assistant superintendent Janet Heim is secretary Betty Ball is chorister Alita Carr Maude Porter Bet tina Murray are pianists Sunday school starts 930 am followed by general assembly Worship begins 1030 am commemorating George Fox founder of the Quakers with the sermon When Men See Visions Prayer Meeting Thursdays 730 pm All are welcome
H M Myrick minister leads Nazare ne Church with Morning worship at 10 30 a m NYPS at 6 30 p m evangelistic service at 7 30 p m and midweek prayer at 7 30 Wednesday. Next Sunday Rev Walter Wilkinson will deliver both morning and evening messages. Everyone is welcome.
The lesson links the fall of Jerusalem and Judah to sowing what one reaps, stressing rebellion and idolatry as cause and noting Jeremiah Ezekiel and Cyrus as context. It states Zedekiah’s rejection of God’s guidance led to his death, exile, and the city’s ruin, with restoration promised under Cyrus and the coming Davidic king Jesus.
The piece recalls Isaiah’s vision of peace and notes a Niagara River landmark called Redemption Point, a metaphor for a critical turning point in life. It cites Rev. Donald J. Dunkin on fate and destiny marking glory or despair.
A personal note expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and relatives for cards flowers messages and deeds of kindness received during the hospital stay signed R Mathley pd not cc not.
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