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Newspaper
Columbia Star
Location
Columbia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1966
Page
4
Divine services at 8 00 am and 11 00 am broadcast on WCBW FM. Sunday School and Bible classes for all ages at 9 05 am. Pastor Rev Herman C Lebenbauer extends a hearty welcome to visitors at all services.
Church listings provide service times and parish activities for Saint Stephen's Assembly of God Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and First Baptist Church in a community notice style. It includes mass times, confessions, catechesis, societies, meeting dates, and contact details.
The Zoar United Church of Christ in New Hanover Illinois lists worship times 8:45 a.m. Sunday School and 10:00 a.m. church service with Rev. Wilbur L. Biasch as pastor. An April 13 to 15 Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Book Bazaar and Bake Sale is planned in Belleville followed by April 19 Women’s and Men’s Fellowship at 7:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. respectively.
Mrs Emil Schneider heads the Afternoon Circle of the Women’s Guild at St Paul United Church of Columbia. Members elected officers including Mrs Schneider as president and approved name change to Women’s Fellowship. A June DuBois Camp trip was planned and May Golden Age program slated. Two members listed as medical patients at St Clement’s Hospital Red Bud.
Youth Fellowship on April 20 at 7:30 pm leads into an April 21 Vacation Church School Workshop at Christ United Church of Christ in Belleville with a $2 registration and 9 am start. Also on April 21 a Memorial Hospital Chaplaincy event and a Minister's Meeting in Carlyle at 11:30 am. Eden Seminary Convocation runs April 26 through 28. On April 28 ladies serve at County Nursing Home in Waterloo at 1 pm.
Rev. Vernie Barnett, pastor, leads a worship service at Schmidt Funeral Home in Columbia at 9:30 A.M. Church School follows at 10:15 A.M.
Pastor Gerhard A. Friz leads two worship services at 8:00 and 10:15 with a confirmation reunion and new member reception. Broadcast on WCBW FM. Weekly activities include a Monday junior women’s league pot luck with a book review by Mrs. Edgar Sauthoff, a Tuesday churchmen’s fellowship featuring The Long March, a Thursday pastors conference in Carlyle, Illinois, and a Friday senior high trip to Temple Israel. Choir dinner and rehearsals complete the schedule.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Dick Brucker celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with an open house and reception at the American Legion Hall in Cape on Sunday April 10. The couple wed April 13 1941 in Columbia Missouri. Attendants included Mrs. Roy Frank Mrs. Robert J. Baumann Warren and Jack Brucker. Their son William C. Brucker is their child. Mr. Brucker works as a maintenance man at Eden Seminary Webster Groves Missouri and Mrs. Brucker serves as secretary at St Paul United Church of Christ Columbia.
Mrs. Elizabeth Doerr of Macys town moved from St. Clement's Hospital Red Bud to Monroe County Nursing Home Waterloo after ten days as a patient. Jack Brucker, former St. Elizabeth's Hospital Belleville surgical patient, returned home Tuesday. Easter dinners featured many Columbia and Waterloo families celebrating confirmations and First Holy Communion with relatives visiting in Bartlesville and Brentwood.
The article outlines Peach Melba as a peach half with ice cream, topped with raspberries and optional vanilla ice cream base. It adds a chocolate peanut butter sauce, rhubarb strawberry shells with whipped cream, and a prune whip using pureed prunes with a cream sauce.
Mr and Mrs James Crowe honored their son s graduation from St Louis University Parks College as an Aeronautical Engineer with a Sunday evening gathering. Attendees included local and out of town relatives and friends. Mrs John L Schmidt has been moved to Monroe County Nursing Home for treatment after a prolonged illness.
Mr and Mrs Richard Kelling announce the birth of a seven pound 11 ounce baby boy at St Marys Hospital East St Louis on Wednesday April 6 He joins a sister and has been named Roy Richard Mrs Kelling formerly Miss Carol Lee Daab of Columbia Grandparents are Rueben Daab and Oscar Kelling Mr and Mrs Conrad entertained Easter dinner guests at their home and other relatives attended breakfast gatherings in the area
Gary Kleinschmidt the sole confirmand of Zion United Church of Christ Sugar Loaf was feted at a 5 pm dinner on Sunday April 3 hosted by his parents Milton and the late. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Edward Lewis Mr and Mrs Julius Rujawitz Mr and Mrs Raymond Rujawitz Mr and Mrs Ralph Schanuel all of Belleville with numerous relatives from Millstadt Dupo Fairview New Athens Kirkwood and Columbia plus other circles.
Barbara Heintz of Columbia joins 44 choir members under R. John Specht for an April 17 concert at 4 p.m. in Jones Little Theatre. The program features a new choral work with instrumental accompaniment and narration, a Whitman poetry setting by Foreman, a Jacksonville native teaching in Champaign while studying with Miller at Illinois.
The New Hanover Boys and Girls 4-H Club gathered April 11 with 17 members and two guests. Allan Gummersheimer spoke on building a hog house, Willis Mueller spoke on beef cattle breeds, and Glenn Stumpf led recreation. Next meeting set for May 15 at Zoar Church Hall.
The piece urges readers to examine their own civic and charitable contributions before criticizing others who seek public recognition for service. It argues that many volunteers give time to clubs and projects, often without seeking praise, and recalls how easily one may overlook needs in the community.
The fifteenth annual King's House of Retreats dinner will be May 25 at 7 15 p m at the Missouri Athletic Club St Louis. Rev Floyd Boeckman announces Ralph Stauder as general chairman with Edward Fellner as co chair. Funds will build a new chapel and convert the old into an assembly room for retreats.
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