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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1934
Page
6
A compilation of church schedules with pastors, service times, and activities. It lists Calvary Fifth Avenue, Church of Christ, Immaculate Conception, St. Ludmila, St. Matthew's, St. Patrick's, St. Wenceslaus, and St. John’s programs. Evangelistic services by F L Baker scheduled June 29 to July 1. All welcome.
The First Church of Christ Scientist holds Sunday services at 11 am in the 1242 Second Avenue edifice with the sermon topic Is the Universe Including Man Evolved by Atomic Force. Sunday school begins 9:45 am, with a Wednesday testimonial meeting at 8 pm. reading rooms are at 518 Paramount Theater Building and open daily 9:30 am to 5 pm except Sunday.
The Rev Blaine Hyten pastors Second Third Avenue BW church at Sixth Street. Church school 945 am worship and communion 1045 am sermon The Place and Power of the Word of God. Loyalty Christian Endeavor 5 pm Young People's 630 pm Bible study 745 pm. Rev N F E Linkletter ministers another Union evening at 7 30 pm with E 5 pm activities.
The Rev. Galen T. Lehman leads Bible school at 9.45 a.m. Morning worship at 11 with Rev. Frank Meyers preaching. Evening service at 7.45 p.m. Reports from the national Brethren conference. Intermediate and young people B Y D at 6.45 p.m. Midweek Bible study and prayer Wednesday at 7.45 p.m. Church of Christ at 214 Seventh Street SW holds studies at 10.30 a.m. Communion 11.30 a.m. Preaching by W. C. Wilson at 8 p.m.
Church listings detail services across multiple denominations with times and ministers. Congregational at Washington avenue and Seventeenth Street SE includes 1055 am sermon The Price of Religion. Bethany NW lists 945 am Sunday school and morning worship. St John Episcopal SE presents 11 am service. Grace Church NE observes Nativity feast and Holy Communion at 7:30 am with 10 am mass. Evangelical First Ave at Third St SW lists 1 pm worship with sermon A Prophet in a New Country. Union services at Olivet Presbyterian 7:30 pm. Second at Ninth St SW reports 10:45 am worship and 7:15 pm Christian Endeavor. Foursquare Tabernacle First Ave NW notes 11 am worship and 6:30 pm Crusader service Is Capitalism Doomed with weeknight studies. Free Methodist G Avenue NW lists 9:45 am Sunday school and 11 am preaching. XX YY PM S etc.
A roster lists multiple churches with pastors and service times including Interdenominational Holiness Fifth Avenue and Third Street SW led by A J Stokes, Old Fashioned Methodist and Latter Day Saints notices, Lutheran Trinity Missouri Synod services and summer schedule led by P L Bornhoeft and Rev A R Kretzmann, plus First U S CA and Bethany Synod English services. Also mentions Saron and Olivet service details with picnics and organ dedication on July 1.
Methodist, Trinity and St Paul churches on SW and SE streets schedule Sunday school at 9 10 to 11 a 11 morning worship themes Divine Guidance Quest of Happiness Some Thing New and evening union services at Olivet Presbyterian featuring Rev I E Linkletter midweek prayer at St Paul 7 30 pm Epworth leagues times 6 30 to 7 30 pm Post league and Rainbow trio music noted
A listing of sermons Bible schools and services at Presbyterian and other churches including Daniels Park Hus Memorial Sinclair Memorial First Church Westminister Kenwood Park and Reformed Czech parish detailing pastors service times themes and evening activities for Sunday through midweek events with vacation Bible school and choir rehearsals noted.
Morning service at 10 with sermon on Orpah. No evening service. Sunday school at 9 45. Rev William C Feller pastor. Union service at 7 30 pm at Olivet Presbyterian. Salvation Army at 1030 Seventh Street SE led by Ensign and Mrs H M Uptegrove. Holiness service 11 am Sunday school 2 30 pm Young people 6 30 pm. Evening service 8 pm Tuesday 8 pm public service Thursday 7 30 pm Friday Bible class 7 30 pm Saturday 3 pm.
The Sunshine Misaoa church at 121 123 Second Street NE under Rev Francis K Ward and Rev Frank H Ward announces a full week of services and classes. Sunday morning Bible class at 9 15 a m Sunday school at 3 pm evangelistic services every evening at 8 pm cottage prayer meeting Monday 2 pm young girls and boys class Tuesday 4 pm women's class Thursday 1 30 pm children's class Thursday 4 pm officers teachers class Thursday 7 30 pm and Helping Hand Band Friday 2 pm.
Sabbath school starts at 9 45 a m with morning worship to follow. Sermon by the Rev H W Ward of Coe College. Y P S C E gathering at 6 30 p m. Services held at First Fourth avenue and Seventh street SE.
Two church listings outline services at United Presbyterian on Third Avenue and Second Street SW and Grande Avenue at Sixteenth Street SE. Details include bible school at 9 45 a m morning worship 11 a m union service 7 30 p m and a sermon Remember Lot s Wife with additional activities such as prayer meeting Bible study unity center 728 Fourth Avenue SE and metaphysical reading room daily 9 to 5 featuring lectures and Truth lessons
New York guests Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson and Miss Marvel Everhart will perform at First Lutheran Church Cedar Rapids this Sunday at 9 AM and 10 AM at the school of religion. Miss Everhart daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Everhart will sing Grant Me Dear Lord Deep Peace of Mind. Mr Johnson recently returned from Paris will sing The Voice in The Wilderness. Mrs Johnson sister Ruth Morgan will accompany. A half hour sacred concert at the school of religion includes duets and instrumental pieces featuring Everhart Johnson and Ruth and Pauline Morgan Johnson.
The Sunday 10 45 morning service at First Baptist will honor married couples in the congregation including Prospe rian class members and those married by the pastor in the last five years. A special section for young married folk will be arranged with an organ recital by Mrs Lulu Engleman Welty, vocal by Miss Blanche Krebs, and a talk by Rev Russell F Judson on We Mutually Promise.
Prof W Ward of Coe College English department will preach the second in a four sermon series at First United Brethren pulpit during Sunday morning services. The first lesson covered Abraham and this week’s topic is Joseph, The Viceroy, with future talks on Moses The Servant and Ruth The Heiress. Bible students are urged to attend.
The Rainbow trio Marguerite Glime Doris Glime and Virginia DeFore with Gertrude Shoemaker will sing several selections at morning services Sunday at 9 at Trinity Methodist church. The sky features a dark violet gray appearance at thirteen miles high and turns black gray at higher elevations.
Nominations for the Queen of the Made in Cedar Rapids Exposition of Progress must reach The Gazette office or be mailed before midnight tonight to qualify for the next Thursday night crowning. The winner will begin a cruise on the Georgian Bay Line aboard the S. S. South American with stops at Mackinac Island Detroit Cleveland Buffalo Niagara Falls and return via Georgian Bay. The voyage spots include Lake Michigan Huron and the Great Lakes region with island-filled scenery and Ojibway place names.
Three Milwaukee men Phillip Schmidt 29 John Piscaine 27 and Mickey McGuire 21 were arrested at 9 20 p m Friday in Milwaukee and jailed awaiting transfer to Waterloo Their Ford coach was spotted in downtown Milwaukee by Patrolmen Moore and Walsh after Waterloo police notified Chief Ray Tapper Police found no counterfeit money on them but left open the possibility of hidden funds elsewhere.
The first Arthur-Kenwood community night drew 500 attendees at Arthur school Friday. Ninteen home talent numbers filled the program directed by Mrs. Allyn Bittner Miss Mary Wooten and Donald Belknap. Next week the event moves to Kenwood with directors Mrs. Mae Kelso and Mary Condon and will alternate each Friday. The program featured performers led by Dorothy Batchelder Joyce Engler Rose Ann Kloss Elmo Jean Batchelder Gladyce Johnson Helenae Cuyler Patricia Chord Virginia Shepherd Leona Engberg Rosemary Smythe Peggy Smythe Aileen Walton Evelyn Afflerbaugh Betty McGuire Jean Fahrney Lorraine Schil Ng Elsie Ainsworth and others with reels of movies to close.
London dispatch notes the Prince of Wales turned forty with a quiet birthday lunch at the royal palace with his parents. He received gifts from Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose, fueling ongoing debate about bachelor life and potential succession scenarios within the royal family.
New York AP reports Protestant Catholic and Jewish groups move to boycott theaters with obscene or indecent content. Federal Council of Churches urges members to pressure theaters while Catholic Legion of Decency expands to enforce clean pictures at the box office. Industry tightens safeguards under the producers and distributors board. Ohio Protestants rebuke state censors as rabbis plan action.
William Cody Kelley aged 30 became the first person executed in Colorado’s new gas chamber. Officials reported the gas method efficient, with Kelley unconscious within 30 seconds of inhalation and dead about 110 minutes after exposure. Burial set for Woodpecker Hill cemetery.
In Memphis, William Joseph Cook Jr., 24, a deaf mute, drowned in a public pool while hundreds of bathers swam nearby and no one could hear his cries for help.
Thirty nine Negro girls from Oak Hill left Cedar Rapids for Camp Conservation eleven miles north on the Center Point road. Sponsored by Jane Boyd Community House, the camp serves under privileged children and will close July 6. The group staged a Nations program before departure and a Camp Conservation Midget theater show. Additional cots mattresses and night clothing are requested, as are jams jellies and canned fruit. Miss Elizabeth Bender directed the outing.
About fifty local beer dealers and dine and dance operators met in the Chamber of Commerce with Dan Kruidenier and Chief Ray Tapper to discuss regulations. A 1 a.m. closing hour was favored by most, with no definite time set. The sanitary rules in the new ordinance were debated as final council action looms, plus concerns over fronts getting permits. Royal Dickson presided.
Berlin reports Britain invited a German delegate to London to avert a looming trade war tied to a July 1 debt moratorium. The note gives no details on who will attend or date. Britain will seek to negotiate while threatening a clearing house to seize German credits if needed. Germany may retaliate by banning imports from the British empire, risking dominion economies.
Nellie Madison, 39, was convicted of first degree murder in the March 24 killing of her husband Eric Madison, a 45 year old film studio auditor. A superior court jury of four women and eight men imposed the death penalty with no leniency recommendation, to be finalized by Judge Charles Fricke next Tuesday.
Miss Lillie Samuelson daughter of Mrs Laura Samuelson and Elmer F Cejka son of Frank Cejka and Mrs Anns Cejka were married Thursday at Saron Lutheran church with Rev O O T Engquist officiating. The church gardened with palms and daisies. Attendants included maid of honor Miss Helen Samuelson and best man William Peterson. Seventy five guests attended the reception at the bride's home. The couple will reside at 1010 Fourth Avenue SE after July 1.
The St Pauls Ladies Aid society held a Friday closing meeting before summer recess. Fifty attended a luncheon in the church dining room hosted by District No. 1. Mrs W E Warren presided over the business session in the chapel. Miss Bertha Pownall conducted the service. Installing officers included President Mrs W E Warren and vice presidents Mrs Guy Hillier Mrs Katherine G Davis and Mrs Myron Mason. secretary Mrs Guy C Rich treasurer Mrs F W Mulson and ten district chairmen led by Mrs A M Noblett and others.
A surprise miscellaneous shower was held Thursday evening in honor of Miss Frieda Maurer. Attendees included the Misses Norma Detlefs, Mary Kettler, Cordelia Theiss, Rose Theiss, Leona Schminke, Elsie Riderknecht, Mathilda Schirm, Dorothy Dawson, Dorothy Maurer and Mesdames Dawson, Hartkemeyer, Keyser, Hepker, Maurer, Payn, Cutter, Theiss, Spurgeon, Zachary, and W H Zachary. Prizes in five hundred went to Mrs. GC Cutter and Miss Cordelia Theiss.
Mr and Mrs John Farman celebrate twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a gathering of friends and relatives. Guests include the Lorencs Simons Vavras Motycka Buresh Nemecek and others with a cake by Mrs Felter as refreshments are served.
Mrs Theodore R White entertained at 1322 Fifth Street NW in honor of Mrs Alfred Schmidt, nee Frances Langer. Bridge prizes went to Mrs Ralph Redus and Mrs Jack Davis. guests included Anna Mae Snouffer Cleda Schaefer Adele Schaefer Hazel Dahl Phyllis Baldwin Irene Langer and Mesdames Lester Johnson Ralph Redus Charles Polansky and Jack Davis.
Mrs. William Paseka hosted a birthday party for her daughter Marilyn who turned five on Thursday. Guests included Patty Ann Hovorka, Lloyd Lust, Johneta Stribling, Bobby Heaton, Helen King, Mrs. Edward Hovorka, Mrs. Melvin Lust, Mrs. Frank Thomas, and Miss Verona Thomas.
Mrs Ed Cornelius of Van Horne was surprised Friday at a luncheon hosted by her daughter in law Mrs Arnold Cornelius at 911 Ninth Street SW. Attending were Mrs Will Bolsen Mrs Ed Cornelius Jr Mrs Will Morgan and her daughter Kathryn Mrs Harry Chambers George Chambers Mrs Henry Luban and her son David Mrs Ralph Owen and her son Donald Mrs George Kuba and Mrs H J Breuer.
Dorothea Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs B Wicant 816 D Avenue NW married Roy L Kessler son of Mrs Phill Martell 429 Eleventh Street NW at a Wednesday ceremony in the Foursquare Tabernacle. Rev Mrs Myron Sackett read the service before 500 guests. The couple under an arch of roses wore formal gowns. reception followed for 46 at the bride’s home. Both are Grant high school graduates and he works for the Wilson company.
Miss Ruth Shomler of 1945 Fourth Avenue SE and Miss Irma D. Garner of Davenport began a Wednesday departure for a touring trip across the eastern United States and Canada.
Printers' auxiliary members and their families will host a picnic supper at 6 Sunday evening at the Bever park pavilion.
PORT CHESTER N Y AP Ed Thorp noted football authority died Saturday at United hospital after collapsing in Winged Foot Country club locker room MamaBronack. He slipped to the floor while preparing to tee off and died from a cerebral hemorrhage with wife Mrs Thorp at his bedside.
Laura Ellis a 49 year old beauty shop operator from Decatur Ill tells from her hospital bed how she was abducted in Kansas City Missouri Wednesday night held unconscious for two days with drugs then dumped from a truck in Decatur Friday night three men seized her as she left a labor meeting and she remembered nothing until release.
In the matter of settling and partitioning the estate of Mary Alice Bonebrake deceased, Etta S Wisehart and others to Jesse J Oliphant convey lots 2 and 3 in Leverich addition Center Point as part of the settlement.
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