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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1964

Page

2

Tama Catholic Centennial Celebration Planned in Tama County

A centennial observance for Tama St. Boniface in Garwin and AMA parishioners in Tama marks the centennial of Catholicism in Tama County. History compiled by Rev. J Rafael Goodman notes early priests, church builds in 1861 1864 1875 and 1900 plus the 1901 dedication when Archbishop Keane confirmed 161 and crowds filled the church. A boys chorus from Vinton Braille and Sight Saving School was featured on KCRG TV.

Ama—St. Patrick’s Tama St. Boniface Garwin J. Raphael Goodman Toledo J. J. McMahon Tama County John Joseph Keane Dubuque South Tama Catholicity Vinton Braille Sight

Ordination Set for Two Iowa Priests in 1957

Native of Cedar Rapids, Rev. Alphonse Engler, will be ordained in the Passionist order next Saturday in Louisville and celebrate his first high mass May 31 at St Matthew’s Cedar Rapids. Fellow priests Rev. Cyril Engler and Rev. Ernest Engler will assist. other clergy from St Matthew’s and the Passionists will participate. Engler plans study in Detroit before a Passionist mission in Japan after ordination. The second ordination, Rev. Ronald G. Schmitz, son of Kirkville, is set for June 6 at Sacred Heart Cathedral Davenport with his first solemn high mass June 7 at Ottumwa Heights College chapel.

Cedar Rapids Alphonse Robert C.) Engler Norbert V. Engler D Avenue Passionist Louisville St. Matthew’s Church Cyril Engler Stone City Ernest Engler James D. Kearn St. Matthew’s Campion Clifford Edward J. McNulty Father Engler Detroit Japan Immaculate Conception High School Passionist Order St. Louis St. Paul Kan Des Moines Ronald G. Schmitz George Cavanaugh Danbury Street Sacred Heart Cathedral Davenport O. H. Schmitz Kirkville scHmitz Ottmawa Heights College

Cedar Rapids Church Notices

Multiple Cedar Rapids churches list services and Sunday school times across numerable parishes including First Oaklandia Berean Calvary Cedar and Immanuel. Entries note church names, addresses and leaders such as Don L Andersen Fred Gottwald and Robert Pick along with SS times and morning evening worship slots.

Catholic parish Mass schedule across multiple churches

A list of Mass times for All Saints Dalewood Immaculate Conception St Jude St Ludmila St Matthew St Patrick St Pius X St Wenceslaus with designated church addresses and clergy names. Masses range from early dawn to early afternoon across several locations including 859 3rd Ave SE and 50th Council NE.

All Saints Dalewood Edmund J. Becker Philip C. McDermott John M. Herzog Immaculate Conception 3Rd Ave William A. Roach John J. O’connor J. David Pepper St. Jude’s Edgewood Rd S.S Masses St. Ludmila’s St. Patrick’s Ist Ave St. Pius X Council NE Msgr M. S. Sheehy Dean Walz

Emmanuel Temple and New Jerusalem Services Times

Emmanuel Temple at 1014 10th Ave SE and New Jerusalem at 1027 6th St SE list church service times. Sunday school at 10 and service at 12, with an evening service at 8 at the New Jerusalem location.

New Jerusalem 6Th St. SE H. Bassett S.S Eve

Local Churches Schedule Communion Services and Masses

Grace-525 A ave NE Reverend Thomas S Hulme leads communion eight, Sunday school, and ten o clock sung mass. St Johns-355 19th st SE Reverend D A Loferski offers communion eight, Sunday service ten thirty, first Sunday communion monthly. St Michael's-2240 40th st NE Reverend James R Gundrum conducts communion eight, Sunday school, service ten, first and third Sundays monthly.

Thomas S. Hulme S.S St. John’s St. SE D. A. Loferski St. Michael’s St. NE James R. Gundrum

Evangelical United Brethren Church Listings

Buffalo Blair's Ferry road in Minnetonka area Ray C Howland student S S 10 Serv 11 Faith 1000 30th street NE Elmer C Boom S S 9 30 Serv 10 30 Salem 225 1st Ave SW A F Frankhauser S S 9 45 Serv 8 30 10 50 The Rev A E Wilken Sharon 831 18th Ave SW 1A T Washington S S 9 Serv 10 Union Elyrd SW Robert Hefty S S 10 Serv 9

Trinity 1St Ave Cedar Hills Gordon Ave George Kreeze First Covenant 25Th St Elmer F. Seagren S. S Covington Hugh Orchard S.S Jack L. Hicks 5Th Ave A. J. Stokes Christ Islamic Center 9Th St. NW 13Th St Ralph James. Barron, Jr Glenn Hartong First Open Bible St. SW Neal B. Gail Pentecostal Evangelical Save O. L Seventh Day Church of God Meridian Prairie Dr W. T. MecMickin Sunshine Mission Henry Mensinger Temple Judah Washington Ave Isaac Neuman Peoples Unitarian 3Rd Ave Walter E. Kellison Faith and Healing Gustav Lo First United Pentecostal Center Point Rd C.M. Benninghoff Unity Center 2Nd Ave Mabel Swanson Buffalo Blair’s Ferry Rd Ray C. Howland Faith 30Th St Elmer C. Boom Salem Ist Ave Sharon 18Th Ave T. Washington Union—Elyrd Robert Hefty

Jehovah's Witnesses Public Talks Schedule at Center Point

East and West Unit gatherings at Center Point Road NE list public talks from Watchtower topics. Sessions include Does Your Religion Please God and related subjects with times around 6:15 and 7:15 and notes on a Christian Woman's Need For a Head Covering.

Jehovah’s Witnesses East Unit Center Point Rd Watchtower

Mormon-32nd Dairy Dale Church Services Schedule

Elder Robert Watts leads Sunday school at 9 45 followed by service at 11 O clock with the topic Church Member Responsibility Elder James Closson will speak at the session 10 30 and 6 30 p m on reorganized street 19th INE Lee M Johnson serves as superintendent with services at 8 30 a m and 10 30 a m 0

Dairy Dale Ict Lee M. Johnson S.S 19Th St. Ine Robert Watts James Closson

Church addresses and pastor notes in Bethany and Concordia

Bethany Missouri 2202 Forest Dr SE E W Waggazer S S 9 30 Serv 8 15 10 45 Concordia Missouri 4210 Johnson Ave NW W D Marth S S 9 Serv 8 10 15 First LCA 1000 3rd Ave SE Dr T A Youngquist John W Ried Dr George

3Rd Ave John M. Hardy S.S St. Andrew’s Center Point Rd James M. Lesher St. Mark’s Richard W. Engstrom St. Stephen’s Meadowbrook 31St SE N. L. Wogen John M. Jensen Bethany Forest Dr E. W. Waggazer Concordia Johnson Ave Christ Church Islave John E. Wheatley 5Th St Francis W. Pritchard Bob Alan Chaffee Hus 9Th Ave William M Harnish Kenwood 35Th St. NE Donald R. Jarrert Holy Westminster John P. Woods

Bible Study and Worship Services Account

A list of churches with Sunday school times and worship services. Central Park, Christ Church, First, Hus Memorial, Kenwood, Knox, Olivet, Sinclair Memorial, Westminster and others present their S.S. and service times, with sermon titles and leaders.

Area church schedules list service times and ministers

A compiled page shows church names and addresses with Sunday school and service times. Included are Asbury, Bethel AME, Free, Kenwood, Lovely Lane memorial chapel, St. James, St. Mark's, St. Paul's, St. Peter's, Trinity, and Wesleyan with respective ministers and lesson times.

Asbury 26Th Ave John K. Moore S.S Bethel 6Th St John I. Thomas G Ave Harrold T. Rasche Kenwood 33Rd St Bernard G. Olson S. S Lovely Lane Cedar Memorial Chapel Donald T. ‘Caspers Jessie H. Lanning St. James Ellis Blvd Ralph J. Barron St. Mark’s Johnson Ave David Powell Sons Monroe School Thomas A. Sears Trinity 5Th St Warren L. Feller Wesleyan 1St Ave G. M. Hubby

United Church Service Schedules Aired in City

Eden E&R church at 315 8th Ave SW lists S S 9 30 and service 10 30 combined choir program. First Congregational at 361 17th St SE offers S S 9 30 and 10 55 with Steps to Spiritual Health. Hiawatha church presents S S 9 15 and service 10 30.

Eden E&r 8Th Ave

Religious Meetings and Services Schedule Summary

Baha i Center at 1810 Ridgewood Terrace SE holds services Tuesday at 8 p.m. Grace Brethren at 2905 C Ave NE lists Wayne Baker with Sunday school at 9:30 and service at 10:30. Eve service at 7. Christian and Missionary Alliance at 3412 Old Marion Road NE lists Milford Olson with Sunday school first at 1328 Est SW, service at 10:30, evening service at 7:30.

Baha’i Center Ridgewood Terr Grace Brethren Cave Wayne Baker S.S Christian and Missionary Alliance Old Marion Milford Olson

St Ambrose graduate and seminary student profile

A graduate of St Ambrose College in Davenport class of 1960 has since been studying at Mt. St. Bernard Seminary in Dubuque, continuing religious formation and education.

Eastern Iowa delegates named for three national church assemblies

Delegates from Eastern Iowa announced to attend major church conventions. Rev Edward V Douglass of First Baptist Cedar Rapids goes to the American Baptist Convention in Atlantic City. Rev For rest E Whitlatch of First Church Cedar Rapids attends the Nazarene assembly in Portland Oregon. Rev Walter Martin Donald Hager John P Woods James E Patton named for the United Presbyterian general assembly in Oklahoma City.

National Church Convention Iowa American Baptist Convention Atlantic City Edward V. Douglass First Baptist Cedar Rapids International Assembly The Church of the Nazarene Portland Ore Forrest E. Whitlatch First Church United Presbyterian General Assembly Oklahoma City Walter Martin Donald Hager Postville John P. Woods James E. Patton Manchester

Bible Society reports 1963 Bible distribution totals

New York Ameri can Bible Society announced at the 148th annual meeting that 34,403,825 Bibles and scripture portions were distributed in 1963. Of these, 1,431,996 were whole Bibles, 2,341,442 were Testaments, 14,489,238 were portions, and 16,141,149 were selections. United States totals included 542,718 Bibles and 1,262,460 Testaments. Scriptures exist in 1,216 languages, with 231 languages containing an entire Bible and 290 languages a complete New Testament.

New York American Bible Society United States

New Ministerial Assn President Chosen in Cedar Rapids

The Rev. Marvin W. Gee of Noelridge Christian Church in Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Marion Ministerial Assn. He succeeds the Rev. John S. Thomas of Bethel AME Church, who becomes an at large executive committee member. Other officers named include Rev. Allen Van Cleve, vice president. Rev. David Powell, secretary treasurer. and Dr. Francis Pritchard as executive committeeman. Terms run one year from now.

Marvin W. Gee Noelridge Christian Church Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids-Marion John S. Thomas Bethel ‘Ame Church

Lovely Lane Starts Drive for New Cedar Rapids Church

Members of Lovely Lane Methodist church in Cedar Rapids began a campaign to fund a new church building with a goal of 25000 and hopes for 120000 from other sources for the first unit of the long range plan. Construction could begin Oct 1 with plans by Brown Healey and Bock Cedar Rapids.

Lovely Lane Methodist Church Cedar Rapids Brown, Healey and Bock Jesse H. Lanning Department of Finance and Field Service Methodist Mission Board Mr. Lanning Cade Flesher Warren McAllister Max Fitz Lovely Lane North America H. Hughes Dill Wenng Road Forty-second Street Donald T. Caspers

Kendall Baker to Be Ordained in Decorah Church

Kendall Baker will be ordained to the ministry May 31 at 7 30 p m in First Congregational Church of the United Church of Christ. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Carleton Baker of Decorah and will receive his bachelor of divinity degree at Union Theological Seminary in New York City Tuesday. He has accepted a call as associate pastor of Kirkland United Church of Christ near Seattle starting July 1.

Decorah Kendall Baker First Congregational Church of the United Church of Christ Carleton Baker Union Theological Seminary New York City Kirkland United Church of Christ (Congregational Seattle

Missionaries Needn't Drop Western Customs

Kenosha Wisconsin AP report quotes Dr Clarence W Sorensen of the Lutheran Church in America's board of world missions saying Western missionaries in Africa or Asia need not abandon all local customs to gain rapport. He cites plain western dress while offering thoughtful concern and dedicated service as ways to build genuine ties with local people.

Kenosha Wis Africa Asia Lutheran Church In America Board of World Missions Clarence W. Sorensen

Benevolence Gifts Rise Across Six Canadian Churches

Members of six Canadian churches gave a total of 22,216,463 dollars for benevolences during 1960.

Modern Church Music by Moe Recorded for Christus Records

University of Iowa music professor Daniel Moe pushes contemporary styles in church music. His Christus Nunc a 16 minute antiphony for three choirs and winds is performed by Augsburg College Choir and others, recorded in March 1963 and to be performed in Detroit in August at the American Lutheran Church youth convention. Six shorter Moe works appear on the album with First Methodist Church choir Iowa City directed by Herald Stark.

Iowa City Daniel Moe University of Iown Moe Christus Records Augsburg College Dr. Moe Minneapolis College United States Detroit American Lutheran Church Capital University Columbus Ohio First Methodist Church Choir IowaCity SUI Herald Stark Eunice Hanlin

West Union Man Wins Chicago Seminary Fellowship

Robert Hoover, formerly of West Union, earned one of six 1964 entrance fellowships at Chicago Theological Seminary. The awards provide up to $2,000 based on need. Hoover, a 1961 Carleton College graduate, is finishing two years with the Methodist mission in the Congo.

West Union Robert Hoover Chicago Theological Seminary R. W. Hoover Rudd Hoover Carleton College Congo Methodist Mission Board

Easy Way to Open Credit Accounts via Gazette Want Ads

A reader notes it is simple to arrange a credit account when placing Gazette Want Ads. The remark highlights the ease of credit options for local classified advertisements and the process associated with placing ads on credit.

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Tama Catholic Centennial Owwu William Emonds William Roderick William and Valeria A. Blodget Marshall and South Main Streets George Rosenberger Charles McCabe John and Mary Coyle Ireland Father McCabe St. Patrick’s Church Sixth and Oswego Streets Irish Church Chicago Cedar Rapids Church Assembly OF God Central Fave B. P. Bell Oaklandia Fred R. Gottwald Berean Center Point Glen V. High Calvary CBA Don L. Andersen G. David Rivers Jesus Said Fellowship Cedar BBF Old Marion Rd Robert Pick Dairy Dale Mt. Vernon Rd Winston Sherwick Harold Justice Edgewood Fred T. Miller ABC Galilee GARB 28Th Ronald G. Mintke Jesus Immanuel F Ave Lewis A. Miller Mt. Zion NBC 8Th St. SE Percy Burt Noelridge Golf Clifton Robert E. Shackelford Christian Barton G. Murray Regal Ave Mary A. White Fair Oaks Apache Trail Edward O’neal W. Forelt Gloria Dei ALC Cherry Hill St K. F. Pohlmann Good Shepherd Donald A.seifert Holy Redeemer LCA Eave NW. S.S Carter Lindberg Hope Bowling St Richmond Anderson Our Savior F. William Hiller Rest E. Whitlatch Oakland 29Th St. NE Charles F. Byers St. George Nicholas Laikley Alexandros George Orthros Gust E. Hatzidakis St. SE. S.S Christian Science Church of the Brethren 4Th Ave David ‘Hykes Central Church of Christ Bill J. Humble G. Ellis Park Church of God Lave Earl Osnes Theodore Clemmens St. Wenceslaus A. W. Chihak Frank Benda R. A. Ludwig Church OF God IN Christ Episcopal Evangelical United Brethren Lutheran Calvin Alfred A. Kelsey God Central Park Bave Allen S. van Cleve J. Keith Trembath Mission of the Christian Family Grant Price Robert Livin Methodist United Church OF Christ Bible Report Lanning Trinity Lutheran 1St Avenue 14Th Street Education and Youth Center Pastor E, Koberg Prof Christus Lowan Chicago Seminary Unitarians the Peoples Church, Unitarian St. St Seem Forum & Church School Healing Christ Keith A. Plimmer C.S. OF London England Christian Science Board of First Church OF Christ, Scientist Second Avenue
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