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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1933
Page
13
Story of the Nativity will be told in music and recitation in pageant cantata and children's programs at Cedar Rapids churches tomorrow. Detailed programs for these events as submitted for publication today are as follows.
Sunday 10 45 a m Organ program titled A Christmas Meditation led by Mrs Hees Little Hickman includes hymns It Came Upon the Midst Great Anthem Hark What Music Fills the Sky and Angels From the Realms of Glory with Edna Barrett Jackson Zahriel Ancz assisting in a liturgical invitation and organ selections by Mrs Hickman
The Thea choir at Third avenue and Sixth street SW presents The Christmas Kids by Fred B Hoton Sunday at 7 30 P M with candle processional Joy in the World and a full chorus lineup led by Rev I E Linkietter. The program features choirs and soloists including Gladys Bush Charles Bush Nadine Schmidt Kathrine Berry and Lois Wooden with L Concannon directing.
The Church of the Nazarene presents a Christmas program with a Star of Hope choir and multiple recitations. Performers include Elvena Peal Lucile Keyez Jane Powers Frances Johnson Milton inner Made line Waddle Ruth Colson and Kenneth Life with songs such as O Christmas Tree Merry Christmas Time and a pantomime by young people.
Sunday at 11 P M Christmas Eve service at St John’s Episcopal Park Avenue Nineteenth Street SE features an organ prelude by Max Daehler with Joy To The World and Christmas themes. Soloists include contralto Mrs William H Nolan and soprano Mariam Dirman with hymns Silent Night and O Come All Ye Faithful.
Bethany Lutheran hosts a Sunday 6 p.m. Children's Christmas service featuring hymn singing by the congregation, Luther's From Heaven Above Liturgy, and Scripture readings. Mrs H Bryam- Ber, Pastor Mark J Breere, and a Sunday choir perform solos and recitations, including O Holy Night and Silent Night.
On Sunday evening at 7 30 the First United Presbyterian church on Third avenue and Second street SW will host a program of Christmas songs and tableaux. Prelude invocation congregational singing and readings followed by carols and nativity scenes presented by the choir and readers.
The Intermediate gifts chair at First Lutheran on Third Avenue and Tenth Street SE plans a candle light service Sunday at 8 o clock led by Rev. John J Gert with Lor raine A Dieman organist and Mariam L Dieman director. The program features carols by the intermediate girls choir and soloists, with readings and hymns including O Come All Ye Faithful and What Child Is This. Members of both junior and young people choirs participate in the event.
A lengthy list details a 1810 style Christmas program with hymns and readings by children and a Glee Club. Performers include Duane Hartkemeyer Betty Allard Irene Andes and many others with songs such as Come Hither Ye Faithful O Little Town of Bethlehem and Silent Night.
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled names and stray phrases on Grande Ave with unclear event details. No identifiable persons, organizations, places, dates, or concrete facts emerge to form a coherent news item or notice.
The service features readings from Luke and Matthew with choir and soloists led by Dr Brooks and Mary Preston Beaven. Music includes The First Noel Adeste Fideles Hark the Herald Angels Sing and Hallelujah Chorus with Mary Preston Beaven soprano and Marvin Gard baritone.
Sunday evening program at Olivet Presbyterian features the Rev F E J Wykie theme Christmas joy. Students and choirs perform carols and recitations including Joy to the World Hark the Herald Angels It Came Upon the Midnight Clear and O Little Town of Bethlehem.
Sunday service at 10 55 a m includes a Christmas Prelude by Emmanuel Roestal and Dexo ademonstration of carols. The program features shepherds angels choir pieces and arrangements with responses by Meredith Mey Roberts and Crovas.
The readable phrases reference a sermon by the Reverend F E H Ward and mention names like Ber and Berg Mes eer Pea te Mees Chratmar Rees Depe. The OCR yields garbled lines but signals a church or sermon notice with dates and attendees.
A Sunday 7 30 p m program by Second Evangelical features children voices and a cantata. The reading includes Christmas carols and a Bethlehem scene with rehearsed performances by the church choir and visiting conductor Lou Eckenberry.
Robert Harkness a Pasadena born pianist composer world traveler and editor of The Sacred Musician will appear at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening December 27 at 7 45. The concert features sacred music improvisation community singing and his own hymns and instrumental works with an offering to cover expenses.
Leo P Rider will speak at 9 45 a m Sunday preliminary services in St Pauls Methodist main church sucitorium audience invited. The topic is The Jew. Coggan receives Civil Works money for boiler fireproof roof wiring and redecorating during Christmas vacation.
Church notices listing Sunday service times and topics will appear on a special page tomorrow. Publica tion of notices on Saturdays will resume next week.
Grace Episcopal church at A avenue and Sixth street hosts special services from Christmas Eve through Thursday with multiple daily rites. The schedule includes First vespers at 3 p m Sunday and a midnight procession at 11 15 p m. Matins and mass are listed for 8 a m on feast days, with second vespers at 5 p m Tuesday.
Dear Miss Manners, I seek guidance on office men who date single girls to keep jobs. Should I risk my job by joining them or refuse and risk dismissal? The answer urges avoiding such advances and maintaining personal integrity.
Jan Day faces a high wire night as she prepares to debut in a dance show with a role engineered to rescue the production. A sensational press setup promises buzz and future prominence, as manager Collins and critics weigh a breakthrough that could catapult Jan to stardom.
The excerpt counsels declining social invitations with polite aloofness. It argues that focusing on business and maintaining a respectful, distant stance will deter bothersome men, who typically recognize a well mannered, firm woman and avoid intruding.
A letter from a reader explains doubts about an old fiancé and confirms happiness with her husband. She urges women to forget past loves and value current marriages, praising her own outcome and hoping to guide others.
Hollywood re paints The Barker as Hoopla starring Clara Bow on the Paramount screen through Sunday. Bow plays a carnival tease dancer who loses her heart while trying to dupe the show manager, with Preston Foster and Richard Cromwell delivering strong turns. Col Gowdy the show owner and a melodramatic father son finale cap the tale, plus a musical comedy act and Ted Healy troupe complete the bill.
Theatergoers note striking similarity to The World Changes, yet performances by Edward G. Robinson Kay Francis and Genevieve Tobin elevate a tragic tale of a Chicago meat packer who aims to aid workers, faces bankruptcy with his wife, and dies abroad. The program also offers a news reel a Mickey Mouse cartoon and Olive Borden in Mild West.
Paramount's Alice in Wonderland debuts Sunday at the State theater. Norman McLeod replicates every incident and line from the originals, with Tenniel drawings in costumes and more than forty star appearances including Gary Cooper Cary Grant and WC Fields.
Marjorie Miller and Andrew Erickson were married in a candlelight ceremony at the Le Claire hotel in the bride’s parents’ apartment. The Rev. Force officiated with attendants Marion Buck and Gerald McGillucudy. Witnesses included Mrs. Louise Erickson and the Miller parents. The couple plans to live in Cedar Rapids after January 1.
Mercy division No. 51 G I A and B O G L E gathered in Odd Fellows hall on Tuesday for a luncheon and their regular meeting. Installation of officers includes President Josephine Marsh and others led by Christyne Cameron as installing chaplain. Laura Rutan received a gold pendant pin.
Members of the M. C. C. club entertained their husbands and guests at Mrs. Nettie Sisam's 1012 First Avenue West residence. A picnic supper for twenty-one preceded a music program by Nettie Sisam and Opal Evans, with Bunco prizes awarded to H. L. Coats and W. E. Evans.
A pre nuptial shower was given for Miss Marie Spina at her mother’s home Thursday evening. A luncheon followed with many relatives and friends present. Miss Spina is set to marry Fred C. Kirchner at Trinity Lutheran Church at noon Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo W. Larson of 1825 Higley avenue SE host many visitors for Christmas weekend. Attendees include Mrs. Larson’s mother Mrs. B. D. Carter of Antigo Wisconsin, James B. Carter of Minneapolis, Mrs. Mary E. Larson of Cedar Falls, Ralph McCague and wife Gwendolyn of Marshalltown, and Wesley Boyd with his wife of Waterloo.
The Lowaka Camp Fire group enjoyed a Christmas party at guardian Mrs. Frank Wheeler’s home on 1715 C avenue NE Thursday afternoon. Guests included Shirley and Betty Larson Evelyn Virginia or Mil dred Broulck Eleanor Mitter Jane Ellen Speltz Marie Mally Dols Blake Dorothy Palmer Muriel Lowe and out-of-town guest Katherine Marie Hastings of Coggan. Assistant guardian Miss Lillian Schindler attended.
A surprise party recently honored Mrs. Alice Schoonmaker of 528 C avenue NE. Guests included Vere Johnson, Donald Kilts, Frank McNulty, Lute Kilts, Bert Leonard, John Welbes, Clarence Kilts, Howard McNulty, Gladys Kilts, Ethel Studer, Agnes Mann, and Leo Kilts.
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