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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1955
Page
3
Forrest W. Ainsworth, a charter member and ruling elder of Christchurch United Presbyterian Cedar Rapids, was elected vice moderator at the Cedar Rapids presbytery annual meeting in Clarion. The presbytery covers the northern half of Iowa.
The Rev John Giles pastor of Wellman Baptist church for three years will preach his farewell sermon Sunday at 9 30 a m His subject will be There Is a Way as he accepts a Baptist church pastorate in Des Moines
Cedar Rapids church notices list multiple congregations with addresses and pastors, including First Oakland road NF Rev L N Huffman and First Second avenue SF Rev James M Webb. Services span mornings, evenings, with sermons by Langford Takahashi Wes terhoff Andersen Burt High Rosenboom Oliver Gadbow and Wipperman.
The Rev. Richard E. Grant leads Sunday Bible school at 10 with worship at 11. Sermon titled Strong and Weak Believers. Evening service at 7 45 features The Battle in the Heavens.
The listing details Mass times and clergy at Immaculate Conception St Ludmila St Patrick St Matthew St Wenceslaus and All Saints Dalewood SE, listing pastors Msgr William H Schulte Msgr Frank R Hruby and assistants Rev Cyril Engler Rev Thomas Currier Rev Clarence Frana Rev A W Chihak Rev John J Benda Rev L V McDonough Rev W J Tiedeman. Mass times range from early morning to noon.
The Covington church posts a notice for Sunday school at 10 and worship at 8 p.m led by Rev. Hugh Orchard, inviting parishioners and visitors to attend services.
The Rev M E Stombaugh leads worship at 9 30 with Sunday school at 10 30 and an evening service at 7 45 at 3302 Oakwood road NE.
The Brethren churches present service times and ministers. First-701 Twenty-fifth Street NE lists Rev Norman Swenson with Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 plus evening service at 7:30. CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN at 1057 Fourth Avenue SE lists Rev W R Burriss with Sunday school 9:45, worship 11, and evening service 7. First-1311 L Street SW lists Rev Ralph M Chandler with Sunday service at 7:45.
George Darling minister conducts Bible study at 9 30 Communion and sermon at 10 30 Evening service at 7 30 services held at Central 1500 First Avenue NW with a focus on weekly worship and study sessions.
Ellis Park and Prairie Street Chapel host morning worship and Sunday school with ministers Rev Samuel C Ritchhart and Harold D Justice, while Little Mission Temple Emanuel lists services at 12 noon and 8 pm with Pastor Elder Bassett. H Street SW site led by Rev L C Colbert offers 3 and 8 pm worship.
Sunday school begins at 11 with worship at 11. The topic for the service is probation After Death.
The Congregational church at First and Seventeenth Street SE led by Rev J Richard Wagner hosts juniors and adults at 9 45 iners and primary at 10 55 with worship at 10 55 and a sermon titled Loyalty Sunday Bethany at 1300 Sixth Street NW under Rev Milton E White conducts Sunday school at 9 30 worship at 10 30 and an evening service at 7 30
The notice lists the Christian church contact details at Cedar-526 Third Avenue SW and identifies The Rev. Frazer A. Thomason as a key figure associated with the address.
Grace Episcopal at 525 A Avenue NE offers Matins at 8, Communion at 8 15, Sunday school at 9 45, and solemn mass with sermon by Rev W R Bagby at 11. St John’s at 355 Nineteenth Street SE lists Communion at 8, church school at 10 30, morning prayer and sermon at 11, with Communion on the first Sunday each month.
The Rev William Suckow at Union Ely road SW holds worship at 9 45 with Sunday school at 10 30. Salem at 227 First Avenue SW led by Rev Leonard E Deaver offers Sunday school at 9 45 and worship at 8 30 and 7 45 with sermon Wanted Great Gamblers. Sharon 1814 Ninth Street SW led by Rev Walter M Cerka offers Sunday school at 9 45 and worship at 10 50. St Andrew 324 Seventh Street SE with Rev Hubert L Sunderman holds Sunday school at 9 30 worship at 10 50 and a Songfest at 7 30.
The Rev Otto F Artopoeus and Dr Milo Filipi lead services at First-351 Eighth Avenue SW and Czech-1510 Second Street SW. Church school begins at 9 30 with worship at 10 30. Sermons titled Responsible Discipleship and The Good Shepherd in Czech follow.
The Rev. Herman Mullis conducts services with Sunday school at 9 45 and worship at 11. Evening service not listed.
Sunday school at 8:45 A.M. Worship Friday at noon. Local temple duties and meeting times announced for Moslem Temple located on Ninth Street Northwest.
The Rev A J Stokes leads services at 225 Fifth Avenue Southwest with Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 followed by an evening service at 7 30.
Public address at Kingdom Hall 1221 Center Point read NE shows 7 p.m. program Delinquency What Is the Remedy Watchtower study at 8 15 p.m. with theme Pursue the Things that Are Up Building.
Temple Judah and Beth Jacob at 1947 Washington avenue SE invites Sabbath service Friday at 8 p.m. Religious school meets Sunday at 9 45 a.m. Rabbi Walter H Plaut leads. Regular services and religious instruction announced for the week.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at Dairydale Court SE offers priesthood at 8:30 and sacrament at 6 with Sunday school at 10:30. The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Nineteenth Street NE lists D M Cassiday as minister with Sunday school at 9:50 and worship at 11.
St Marks Augustana Trinity Zion Bethany and First churches each offer Sunday school at specific times with worship services in the morning and evening. Ministers include Engstrom Widmann Krekeler Waggazer and Youngquist with sermons on God Cares A Heart to Heart Talk Christ the Shepherd of Your Souls and Bring the Books.
Free-800 avenue NW Trinity-Third avenue Fifth street SW Kenwood Thirty-third street NE Bethel AME Sixth street SE St. James Ellis boulevard NW St. Paul Third avenue SE John Huss Fourteenth avenue SW各 church lists Sunday school times worship hours and sermon titles indicating a full city-wide church service schedule with multiple pastors and sermon topics.
St John’s Hellenic at 501 A Avenue NE lists Sunday school 9:30 and Liturgy 10:30 led by Dr. Elias Georges. St George Syrian at 1202 Tenth Street SE presided by Rt. Rev. George Ghannam with Sunday school 9:45, Orthros 16, Liturgy 11. St John the Baptist Syrian at 600 Seventh Street SE under Rev. Daniel H. B. Montgomery with Saturday vespers 6 and Orthros 10, Sunday school 10:30, Liturgy 11.
The Rev. Co L Kirk leads Sunday school at 9 45 worship at 11 and evening service at 7 45 at 629 I avenue NW The notice records weekly worship times for the Fentecostal Evangelical church.
A compact schedule shows multiple churches with addresses and clergy. Services run with worship times from 8:15 to 11, Sunday schools from 9:15 to 10:30, and sermons including Educated For What and The Christian Concept of Suffering and Pain. Includes Rev. Arnold H. Marzell, Rev. D. Keith Irwin, Rev. Reuben J. Traden, Rev. Ralph Bee, Rev. Keith Taber, Rev. Z. F. Park, Dr. Theodore Lilley, and John Elliott as student pastor.
Dan and Mrs. W. Robert Wilkins host a Sunday school at 10. Holiness meeting at 11. Evening service scheduled for 8. The entry records a local church service timetable with precise times and names.
The Rev Walter A Pierce is listed with an address at 121 Second Street NE and announces nightly services at 7 30 pm. The fragment notes religious observance and regular evening gatherings led by the preacher.
The Seventh Day Adventist church at 3424 First Avenue NE lists Sabbath school on Saturday at 9 30 a m and worship at 11 00 a m led by Pastor Paul Gregoroff.
The notice mentions the Rev Waldemar Argow connected with the Peoples-600 location on Third Avenue SE, outlining a public or organizational matter requiring attention or action. Further readable details indicate involvement or reference to a specific property or entity at that address.
Grande Avenue church led by Rev. William D. Ng holds Bible school at 9 45 and worship at 11 00. Christ Church led by Rev. Franklin T. Jones offers church school at 9 45 worship at 11 with sermon How Big Is Your God.
Mable Swanson leads the congregation at 1015 Second Avenue SE with Sunday school at 7:30 p m and worship at 11 00 a m. The sermon titled Protecting the Life Forces addresses spiritual guidance and moral protection.
The Cedar Rapids area reports multiple church events with visiting speakers. Rev W R Bagby of Durant and Davenport will speak at iGrace Episcopal in Cedar Rapids, with Rev William H Cohen of Pittsburgh also featured May 1 at the same church. Dr James B Hodgson and the Central Park Presbyterian choir appear in related events. The week includes Loyalty Sunday at First Congregational and a blessing of red paraments at First Lutheran. Revival services continue at First Assembly of God, and Dr Hugh I Evans becomes director of the Founda tion of the Presbyterian Church USA.
Taiji Takahashi of Fukushima Japan a Disciples of Christ minister and College of the Bible graduate will speak at Sunday morning service at First Baptist church Cedar Rapids He holds an engineering degree and a three year Japanese biblical seminary certificate He studies agriculture sociology and rural community agencies and church relations He is married to a Baptist minister's daughter with a daughter in Japan directing a church kindergarten They will renew acquaintance with Dr Edwin T Settle professor of religion at Coe College whom they met in 1945 while Settle was an army chaplain in Japan.
John S. Sammons of Chicago, a Christian Science board lecturer, will give a public talk Monday at 8 p m in First Church of Christ Scientist Cedar Rapids. Topic Christian Science and the Quest for Security. Sponsored by Cedar Rapids church members. Sammons, former VP GM of an engineering firm, resigned in 1931 to pursue Christian Science healing and served as a minister on military posts in World War II.
The first biennial convention of the Council of Liberal Churches Universalist Unitarian is planned for August 24 to 29 in Detroit. Rev. Raymond Hopkins of Boston, acting administrator, says about 1000 delegates are expected to attend and will vote on merger proposals.
A compact quiz curates biblical quotes from St Matthew to Proverbs and Genesis, asking for verse recall. It mentions Colossians, I John, Psalms, and more, noting numbers and phrasing while prompting memorization and confidence.
St Pauls Methodist Church Cedar Rapids announces a Sunday night organ dedication concert at 7 30 p m featuring John H Schneider of Evanston Ill as organist and choirmaster. The rebuilt St Pauls organ installed 1914 now has 37 ranks with nine new pipes and a new console. The program includes works by Couperin Bach Vierne Willan Langlais Dupre and more followed by an informal reception in the church parlors. Schneider has studied at ACM USC and Northwestern and led various Chicago and Los Angeles churches.
The University of Rosenere in California stages a campus concert featuring its a cappella choir to raise funds for student music programs and outreach activities. Faculty and guest soloists join in a program of contemporary and classic vocal works.
National Family Week to be noted May 18 marks the fifteenth observance. The 1955 theme Your Home To God emphasizes that Christian family life matters more than television. Dr Richard E Lentz says families can plan to cope with common problems by opening their home to God. Observance is organized by the National Council of Churches with 30 member communions and local councils, with parallel observances by Jewish, Catholic and social groups.
Robert Strawbridge, a Methodist preacher, first arrived in the United States in 1760 and organized the initial Methodist society in Maryland in 1763, marking a key early chapter in American Methodism.
Notice is hereby given that on April 8 1955 the undersigned was appointed and qualified as executrix of the state of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons indebted must pay promptly. Those with claims should file them in the office of the District Court Linn County Iowa. Bertha Dozois Executrix. Carl Hendrickson Attorney.
The State of Iowa Linn County administrator Bernard J Huebbe duly appointed to Louis C Huebbe estate requests all indebted persons to pay promptly and all claimants to file authenticated claims in the Linn County District Court office Edward J Dahms attorney handles the matter.
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