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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1944
Page
3
The Rev. Andrew R. Parks pastors a Sunday school at 9 30 am and worship at 11 am. Mrs Viola Gibson is a guest speaker. A union service will be held at Mt Zion church at 7 45 pm.
The listing outlines mass times and confession hours for Immaculate Conception St on Third Avenue and Tenth Street SE, St Ludmila on Twenty First Avenue and Second Street SW, St Matthews at First Avenue and Twenty Fourth Street E, St Patricks on First Avenue at Fifth Street NW, and St Wenceslaus on Twelfth Avenue at Fifth Street SE. Each church notes pastors assistants and weekly confession availability.
The text lists church services at Second Third avenue at Sixth street SW and First-840 Third avenue SE. Rev. Marion H Williams conducts worship and communion at 10 45 with a sermon Making Up One's Mind. Rev. I E Link leads service with communion at 10 50 and sermon Family Roots with youth fellowships 5 p m and 6 30 p m.
Sunday school at 9 45 a m and service at 11 with the topic Mortals and Immortals. Wednesday testimonial meeting at 8 p m. Reading room at 318 Paramount Theater building open daily except Sunday 9 30 a m to 5 30 p m.
At 716 Eichth avenue SW the church hosts Bible study and Lora's Supper at 10 am. Evening service begins at 7 30. Midweek Bible study is on Wednesday at 7 30 p.m.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Dooty co-pastors at Ellis Park Lane Avenue and Eighth Street NW preside over a unified service at 9 45 a m honoring mothers. Christian Crusaders Vespers precede a general evening service at 7 30 with a sermon titled Praying Mothers and Their Influence. Praise and prayer follow on Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
The church under Pastor H. L. Ruthrauff holds Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. worship at 10:50 with a sermon “Mother and Father Pius Christ.” Evening services begin at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. with “The Last to See Christ.” Activities include intermediate fellowship, B Y F, boys club Monday, Bible study Wednesday, choir practice 8 p.m., and a Friday youth social.
The Rev H A Then pastor at Fourteenth avenue at K street SW announces Sunday school at 9 45 a m, a program and sermon honoring mothers at 10 45 a m, N Y P S at 6 45 p m and an evangelistic service at 7 30 p m .
Carolyn Bar bour LeGalyon leads services at Hotel Roosevelt with an 8 p.m. talk on Eternal Youth. Monday offers Lessons in Fundamental Truths at 8 p.m. Wednesday features Lessons in Fundamental Truths at 2 30 p.m. Friday presents Supplanting Loss with Gain at 8 p.m.
Worship at 10 a.m. led by Rev F O Hillman. Church school at 10 45. Edgewood Sunday School at Edgewood School No 1 Vinton Road NW with Tilson Petro as superintendent. Mother's day program at 10 15. Residents of Covington and Edgewood invited. No evening service.
The Rev Joseph B Clyde presides at Bethany Lane with school worship and sermon Son Behold Thy Brother. Pilgrim fellowship gathers 630 pm. At First Washington avenue the Rev William A Jacobs leads church school 945 am worship 1055 am sermon Is Not the Home Pilgrim fellowship 630 pm Sally Henry leads monthly trustees meeting Tuesday 730 pm
Grace Avenue at Sixth Street NE offers low mass and communion at 8 a.m. Church school at 9 45. Long mass at 11. Shrine for all in military service open daily. St John at Park Avenue and Nineteenth Street SE lists holy communion at 8 a.m. Church school at 9 45. Morning prayer and sermon at 11. Kindergarten school at 11.
In First-First avenue at Third street SW Rev George A Stauffacher leads a church with 9 45 am Bible school and 10 45 am worship, nursery during worship, and a Tuesday Board of Christian Education meeting. Gamma Delta Sigma class meets Thursday. In Eighteenth avenue at Ninth street SW Rev L T Olson conducts Bible school 9 45 am worship 10 45 am with sermon My Mother Young people service at 6 30 pm junior choir Tuesday and Wednesday 4 30 pm and 7 pm midweek service at 8 pm with child evangelism class at 4 pm.
The notice lists services at two churches. At First-Eighth Avenue and L Street SW worship begins 10:30 with guest pastor Rev Frank Ward and Mother’s Day service with choir practice at 7 p.m. Czech-1510 Second Street SW offers English Bible school at 9:30 and worship at 10:30 with sermon The Ideal Mother and an American Home discussion at 7 p.m.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Cline Halsey preside over services at 9:45 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. worship with the sermon What I Have Written. An afternoon program includes Crusaders with Mrs. Beatrice Kramer and an orchestra at 7:15. Evening evangelistic service follows. A Tuesday 2 p.m. prayer service for armed forces and Bible study prayer meet are announced.
The Rev. C. F. Chitty presides at 6 avenida and Eighth Street NW church with Sunday school at 8 45 a m worship at 10 45 a m Y P S at 6 45 p m service at 7 30 and a midweek prayer meeting scheduled for the week.
The Rev. John E. Pallas serves St John the Baptist at 501 A Avenue NE. Matin service is at 9 15 a.m. Divine liturgy follows at 10 30 a.m.
The Rev. A. J. Stokes, pastor, calls worship at Fifth Avenue and Third Street SW. Sunday school at 10 a.m. Mothers Day service at 11 a.m. The sermon titled Honor- is announced.
Evening service at 7 45 features Mrs Everett Slaymaker and Mrs A J Stokes with a heartwarming big sing and solos by Mrs Ray Deason and others. A dramatic story sermon Adventures of a Wayfarer dramatizes Pilgrim's Progress with a prayer meeting set for Thursday at 730 PM.
The notice lists two churches with service times in Lincoln rooms at the Roosevelt hotel and Sohe hall. Mormon Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holds Sunday school at 10 a.m. and Sacrament at 11. Harold Hunt presides. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints meets at 415 Third Street SE with church school at 10 a.m. Worship at 11 led by F Henry Edwards of the Quorum of Twelve.
Saron and Trinity plus Bethany and First-Third avenues list church services Sunday school times and sermons. Ascension Thursday May 18 service at 7 45 p m. Lutheran women and Walther league events at Atkins on May 21 and May 24. church notices include confirmations offerings and league meetings.
The list covers services at John Huss, St James, St Pauls, Trinity and Kenwood Park churches. Each location notes pastors, church schools in the morning, worship times, sermon titles such as Mother s Day and The Christian Home in Wartime, and youth fellowship programs in the evening.
A Trinity Lutheran Church message on Mother's Day argues that no home succeeds without Christian faith and God's guidance. It stresses joint parental duty, warns against secular distractions, and calls for loving, scripture-centered homes led by Christ. Services at Kenwood Park and Westminster churches feature sermons on mothers and family, with activities for church groups.
A mother recounts steadfast belief in the gospel and her son's devoted spirit as she reflects on scripture and the example set by faith in daily life. Her words affirm trust in divine guidance and personal perseverance.
The Rev and Mrs DeWeese pastors with Rev and Mrs Gust Block as assistants. Sunday school at 9 45 a m worship at 11 with sermon Mother and Rev Mrs DeWeese speaker. Young people's service at 6 30 p m Mother's day program evangelistic service at 7 45 led by Surls Sisters with evangelists in charge. Surls Sisters conduct services every except Monday and Saturday.
Daniels Park at Center Point Road NE lists Rev Jean P Hay ter as pastor. Church school at 9 45 a m Worship at 11 with sermon The Home. Sunday evening fellowship at 7 Rev Robert Lit is named for the second service at Third Avenue and Fifth Street SE.
The schedule lists multiple services for two churches. Gospel and song service at 6 30, sermon Men of Faith No 3 Noah at 7 30. Midweek prayer and Bible study at Has Memorial Ninth avenue and Seventh street SE led by Rev Zdenek F Pauk. Worship in English 3 30 a m, Czech at 11, Bible classes 10 15, Mother's Day sermons, young people meetings at 7 p m, junior choir 7 p m, senior choir 8 p m, Tabitha Society Thursday 2 p m Olivet B avenue at Tenth street NW led by Rev D Keith Irwin. Church school 9 30 worship 11 Family Sunday sermon The Christian Family. Young people's societies 9 30 p m Sinclair Memorial 825 Twelfth avenue SE Rev W C Porter, pastor Bible school 9 30 worship 10 45 C E 6 30 pm evening worship 7 30.
The Universal Brotherhood of Light announces services at 7 30 p m in K P hall 430 First avenue NE with lectures by Dr E C McDonald and Dr Etta Clark A ladies auxiliary meeting is scheduled Friday at 2 30 p m in the parlor with Dr Clark in charge
The Rev. Francis K. Ward founded the church with the Rev. Frank H. Ward as superintendent. Services include Sunday 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Mothers day program led by Alfred Mefferd. Sermon on A Mother's Place in Home and National Affairs. Bible classes and prayer services run Monday to Thursday with various times.
Fred J. Kluss, principal of Roosevelt High School, speaks on The Background of Our War in the Pacific at a worship event on Peoples Third Avenue at Sixth Street SE. The gathering features the 11 o clock worship service and a presentation by the school leader.
The Rev. Lyle K. Anderson is pastor. Church school begins at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 with Rev. Alex Samp son as guest speaker. Fellowship meeting is Thursday at 6 30 p m.
The Rev H K Galloway leads Grande Avenue church with Bible school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m. Sermon Praying Mothers. The Rev George W Bryant acts as pastor at First Third avenue Second street SW with Bible school at 9 45 a m and Mother's Day service at 10 30 a m. Note change in hour. Topic,
At 1015 Second Avenue SE Mabel Swanson leads a Sunday broadcast at 8 am with Sunday school at 9 30 and worship at 11 The 8 pm service features Memory House on Melody Hill presented by the Woman's Club music department A Wednesday program includes a What Are You class at 2 30 pm and evening sessions on Truth and Prosperity with Miss Swanson delivering the third Prosperity talk on Application of Consciousness.
The Rev. Lyle K. Anderson, pastor of the United Brethren church, will receive a bachelor of divinity at Bonebrake Theological Seminary in Dayton Ohio. He completed the courses in 1943 and earlier earned a BA in classical languages in 1940 at York College York Nebraska. His wife Mrs. Anderson also earned a BA in music at the same commencement.
A state Crusader rally is set for Saturday May 20 at the Foursquare Gospel Tabernacle. Dr and Mrs Herman D Mitzner district supervisors of the Great Lakes area and Rev Mr and Mrs A E Dennison of Urbana Illinois Crusader commanders will attend. The Rev Mrs Mitzner will speak at 2 30 p m service where motion pictures will be shown Luncheon for visiting ministers is at 11 30 a m at the Y M C A Dr Mitzner will speak then and in the 7 30 p m evening service.
Youth fellowship at John Huss Methodist will show moving pictures at 7 30 p m Sunday. Interdenominational church hosts lantern slides a dramatization of The Pilgrims Progress at 7 45 p m Sunday. Surls Sisters evangelists from Waterloo begin Open Bible church meetings at 8 p m Sunday through the week. Ellis Park Church of God honors mothers at 9 45 a m Sunday with Dorris Elerton Don Yura Vivian Phelps and Joyce Cole taking part. gifts and recognitions follow including oldest youngest and largest families.
Beverly Andrews Joyce Nelson Patricia Nandell Anita Morey Dorothy Buffington JoAnn Caviness participate in the church school Mother's day program at 9 45 a m Sunday at the Trinit Mist church. The program includes devotional and musical exercises along with presentations.
Mr and Mrs Earl F Miller celebrate their golden wedding with open house at their Anamosa home. Married in Olin, they moved to Anamosa in 1990 and lived later in Austin Minnesota and Mitchelville. He teaches at the mens reformatory and she is a past matron of the Eastern Star. They have a son Chester E Miller of Cedar Rapids and a grandson.
Paired biblical passages describe Paul's preaching in Thessalonica after journeys through Amphipolis and Apollonia, noting a synagogue, debates on Christ's suffering and resurrection, and mixed reception among Jews and devout Greeks. The Thessalonian letters urge steadfast gospel witness and holy conduct.
Des Moines AP Iowa's Civil Air Patrol is praised as having the best setup in the nation with five groups 34 squadrons 29 flights and a membership over 4000. Col Don C Johnston says the War Department uses Iowa methods as a model for CAP units in other states. The wing operates 200 planes 220 private and company pilots and 250 students.
Miss Mercjan Long, 48, editor of the Manson weekly in Fort Dodge hospital after an operation. She had edited the weekly here for many years and was well known in state circles. Funeral services will be held here Monday afternoon.
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