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Newspaper
Columbia Star
Location
Columbia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1966
Page
4
St Pauls Lutheran Church at 227 N Good Haven Dr offers Divine Services at 8 00 and 10 15 am with broadcast on WCBW FM Sunday School and Bible Classes start at 9 05 am Visitors are welcome at all services House of Prayer prayers at 10 00 am and 7 30 pm Open Bible Study Friday at 8 00 pm for location call 281 4826
Sunday School at 9 30 a m Morning Service 10 45 a m Training Union 6 30 p m Evening Service 7 30 p m Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 45 p m Nursery open during services on all activities and times noted.
Immaculate Conception Church led by Msgr Elmer Holtgrave with Rev Robert Dollar and Rev Edmund Fitzmorris lists weekday Masses 630 and 815 am and Confessions 815 845 am. Saturday confessions 4 5 and 7 8 pm. Sunday Masses 630 800 930 and 1100 am. Holyday Masses 530 and 800 am and 730 pm. societies include St Vincent DePaul Altar Society Holy Name Mothers and Friends Club with meeting dates. inquiry class in Rectory weekly.
Saint Stephen's Assembly of God Church on Market and Rapp Street lists services with Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning Worship 11 00 a m Evening Service 7 30 p m and Family Night Service 7 30 p m Visitors welcome. St Paul United Church of Christ led by Rev Gerhard A Friz and Rev Norman H Rahmoeller presents First Advent Sunday 8 00 First Worship Service 9 00 Sunday school 10 15 Second Worship Service broadcast on WCBW FM. Tuesday 8 00 Evening Guild meets Wednesday Sewing Circle Quilt ing 7 00 Cemetery Board of Directors.
The Daughters of Isabella Bishop Zoroweste Circle No 886 held its first memorial for deceased members on Monday November 21 Regent Thekla Kruse opened the service Past Regent Ermantine Gruninger led prayers Eulogies were delivered for Catherine Schmidt Grace Kipping Mary Ross and Irene Haberl by listed past regents Eugenia Crowe served as treasurer Father Charles Hellrung gave the sermon and led prayers Lou Koerber played organ music Thirty six guests and forty three members attended Refreshments followed immediately and plans were made for the December Dinner Meeting at Knights of Columbus Hall Waterloo with Alma Weltig as chair Reservations are due by December 5 for the December 12 dinner meeting which is held a week earlier each year.
Mr and Mrs David Stumpf hosted a Saturday evening gathering at 612 North Brieger Street for the baptism of their son Darrel and the third birthday of their daughter Brenda. Guests included Ernie Flora and family from Alton Miss Josephine Reiter of St Louis and several Stumpfs and Heintzs from Columbia.
Mr and Mrs Walter Giffhorn of 638 North Giffhorn Columbia have returned from a Florida trip. They spent a week with Mr and Mrs Robert Weilbacher and family in St Petersburg Florida. Mrs Weilbacher is a niece of Mrs Giffhorn. They also called on Mrs Bertha Goes of Sarasota.
The Columbia Woman's Club assumes sponsorship of the Red Cross Drive in Columbia City. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer W. Gummersheimer named chairmen for the Columbia Rural precinct drive. Events include 8:00 church consistory, Thursday evening choir rehearsals, and Saturday 9:00 to 11:00 confirmation class sessions.
Diane Marie Schoenhoff of 120 Carl Street, Columbia, will marry Gerald Wayne Elder, son of Mr and Mrs George Elder of 217 East Washington Street Columbia. Diane studied at Southern Illinois University majoring in elementary education. Gerald is a Columbia High School graduate and works as a lineman at Southwestern Bell Telephone. Wedding plans are indefinite. Kathleen Schoenhoff of Gilmore Lakes will wed William Gain, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Gain of Belleville. plans not completed.
Miss Barbara Strauss of Millstadt becomes engaged to Gary Ehlers of Columbia, both from local families. No wedding date is set. Miss Strauss is a Belleville Township High School and Coiffure School of Beauty Culture graduate. Mr. Ehlers attends Columbia High School. Also, Mrs. Emily Payne, after a hip fracture, moved from a Belleville hospital to Monroe County Nursing Home.
The Columbia T.O.P.S meeting named the 1967 officers led by Mary Ann Buechler as leader and Rosella Hosick as co leader. Doris Bauer is secretary Mary Jane Eschmann is treasurer Elean Pierce appointed weight recorder and Gustavo Alford named hospitality chairman.
Mrs. Richard Schmersahl and Mrs. Frederick Young represented the Columbia Public Library at a three day conference sponsored by the University of Illinois. The event ran November 18 to 20 at Allerton House in Monticello Illinois with speakers from the State Library in Springfield discussing library operations.
Mr and Mrs Roland Schmidt had their newly adopted son baptized at St Paul United Church of Christ in Columbia by Rev Norman H Rahmoeller on Sunday November 27. The baby was named Aaron Ray with sponsors Mr and Mrs Gilbert Pape and Andrea Wilke. The Schmidts hosted a dinner for 40 immediate family members.
Frank M. Purcell of 924 N. Rapp Avenue is listed as a patient at St Eliz a beths Hospital in Belleville undergoing medical tests.
A compact cooking note outlines potato shells with mashed stuffing, baked until brown, and tomato filled biscuits with cheese sauce. It adds a soft relish cheese mix with mayo and lemon, custards unmolded, mandarin segments, broiled chicken over rice almondine, and broccoli spears with creamed turkey and chicken for a decorative, practical pot luck menu.
Local households from Columbia and surrounding towns hosted large Thanksgiving gatherings. Names include Rohm Rauch Bequette Rahn Harres Klein Nobbe Weilbacher Descher and many extended relatives from Columbia Belleville Millstadt St. Louis Cahokia Collinsville Waterloo Ferguson and Highland with dinners at multiple homes. A communal turkey meal and family celebration marked the holiday.
Funeral services for the Rev. Gus F. Brink age 79 were conducted at Zion United Church of Christ in Hoyleton Illinois on Wednesday November 23. He had served as pastor of St. Paul E & R Church in Waterloo from 1917 to 1927 and lived in New Minden. His wife Bertha Brink died December 5 1964.
Pamela Sue Jehling four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Jehling of Waterloo returned home last Thursday from St Clement s Hospital at Red Bud where she had been since November 13 after a horse kick at her grandparents near Columbia. She suffered a double skull fracture and a deep forehead gash requiring five stitches. The incident occurred when a neighbor s horse kicked after a child appeared to pull its tail.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Toenjes of Columbia welcomed infant Donna Marie born November 14 at St Clement s Hospital Red Bud and baptized November 27 by Msgr Elmer Holtgrave at Immaculate Conception Church Her godparents are Mr and Mrs Donald Haudrich Hecker Maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Klein Paderborn paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Leo Toenjes Columbia Also Mr and Mrs George Eckert and family 504 East Cherry St and Miss Marie Kottkamp visited Mrs Eckerts brother Robert Daab and family in Glenview Illinois
Families and relatives gathered for Thanksgiving at the Leingang home in Columbia. Among those listed were Mr. and Mrs. Aurelius W. Leingang and Claralou with Frank and Clareley Leingang and Germain, plus guests from Beulahville Jennings, Missouri and East St. Louis. Also present were Roberta Becker, a Mount St. Mary student, and others including the Smith and Laurent households in Springfield. Further Thanksgiving at the Haltenhof residence included Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haltenhof, Frank Fenton Sr. and Jr. with Kelly.
Miss Mary Kay Beiermann of Columbia is among twenty two Quincy College juniors and seniors chosen for Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Selection reflects faculty nominations GPA and campus participation. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Beiermann of 404 S Metter Ave Columbia and Jersey Community High School graduate.
Boy Scout Troop 320 sponsored by the Holy Name Society of Immaculate Conception Church conducted a door to door cookie sale on November 25 26. Cookies were baked by the Mothers Auxiliary and donated. The troop reports a very successful first sale and thanks buyers for support.
Edwin H Schoening of 714 N Main Street is listed as a patient at St Elizabeths Hospital in Belleville.
A Thanksgiving gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lepp and family welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lepp and family, Mrs. Margaret Lepp, and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Conrad and family.
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