Immaculate Conception Church Schedule and Societies
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church led by Msgr Elmer Holtgrave with pastors Rev John Vogt and Rev Edmund Fitzmorris offers Masses at 6 30 and 8 15 a m on weekdays Sunday Masses at 6 30 8 00 9 30 and 11 00 a m Holyday Masses at 5 30 and 8 00 a m Evening Mass at 7 30 p m St Vincent DePaul meets Wednesdays Altar Society meets third Thursday Holy Name Society meets third Tuesday Mothers and Friends Club meets first Tuesday Rectory inquiry class weekly Monday and Friday at 7 p m
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St Vincent DePaul
Nesday Altar Society
Holy Name Society
Mothers and Friends Club
Rectory
Church Services and Sunday Schedule Listings
Bethany Methodist Church led by Rev John Wood offers worship at 930 AM and church school at 1030 AM in Columbia. St Pauls Lutheran Church Missour Synod at 227 N Good Haven Drive conducts 800 AM service, 1030 AM service with WCBW FM broadcast and 905 AM Sunday school and Bible classes for all ages. Visitors welcome.
St Paul United Church of Christ Schedule Detected
Eugene Smith pastor leads weekly schedule with Confirmation Class Saturday 10 to 11 45 Sunday School at 9 Regular Worship at 8 and 10 15 Sewing Circle Quilting Wednesday All Choirs rehearse Thursday Building Committee Meets at 7 30
First Baptist Church SBC Service Schedule
Rev. Roy W. Simpson leads Sunday School at 9 30 a m and Morning Service at 10 45 a m with Training Union at 6 30 p m and Evening Service at 7 30 p m Weekly Prayer Meeting on Wednesday at 7 45 p m Nursery available during services at 626 Bottom Avenue.
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First Baptist Church
Sbc
Bottom Avenue
Roy W. Simpson
Zoar United Church House of Prayer Services
Rev Wilbur L Biasch leads the Zoar United Church in New Hanover Illinois with Sunday services at 10 00 a m and 730 p m and an Open Bible Study Friday at 800 p m Call 281 4826 for location
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoar United Church OF Christ
New Hanover
Illinois
Wilbur L. Biasch
House OF Prayer
Second Annual Diocesan Chorale Christmas Concert Spotlight
The Belleville Diocesan Chorale and Singing Sisters Chorus present their second annual Christmas Concert at Althoff High School on Friday December 15 at 8 00 p m. Admission is 1 00 for adults 50 cents for students. The program features two choirs with 120 and 36 voices directed by Father Joseph R Schwaegel and C Dennis York with varied sacred and popular carols and two duets by Kenneth Metze and Edward Nolte. The second half unfolds with the Sisters Chorus then combined performances including the final Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's The Messiah. The Diocesan Chorale includes members from 27 parishes and the Sisters Chorus from 25 diocesan schools and institutions.
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Belleville Diocesan Chorale
Singing Sisters
Althoff High School
Diocesan Chorale
Joseph R. Schwaegel
C. Dennis York
Martin Shaw
Leo Sowerby
Harry Simeone
E. F. Soule
Robert de Cormier
J. Marks
N. Regney
G. Shayne
G. Levene
Little Drummer Boy
Simeone
Davis and Onorati
H. Simeone
M. Gardner
W. Matthews
Les Brown
The
Chorale
Kenneth Metze
Edward Nolte
Alfred Burt
Bright
Alfred
Meditation The World's Widely Used Devotional Guide
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Hosea Theme and Forgiving Love from The Upper Room
The Upper Room devotional shares Hosea 14 1 9 and I John 3 9 16 highlighting God's tender forgiving love. It uses Hosea's marriage to illustrate Israel's covenant breach and urges repentance and renewed service in a prayerful close.
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Hosea
God
Gomer
Israel
Father
Roy E. Whitehead
Iowa
Saint Stephen's Assembly of God Church Schedule
Saint Stephen's Assembly of God Church on Market and Rapp Streets lists Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning Worship at 11 00 a m and Family Night Service at 7 30 p m Visitors are welcome at all services.
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Saint Stephen's
Dinner Meeting Highlights March of Dimes in St Clair
Mr and Mrs Wm Gum mersheimer and Mrs Delbert Gummersheimer attended a St Clair County March of Dimes dinner meeting at Augustie's on Wednesday evening November 20. The event featured the new film The Only Kid On The Block and resumes by Dr J Eugene Lewis and Dr Donald Thurston on birth defect centers in St Louis. They urged early evaluation and treatment via parents contacting their family physician and local March of Dimes unit.
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Wm. C. Gummersheimer
Delbert Gummersheimer
Nelson Bequette
St. Clair Co
Augustie’s
Wed
J. Eugene Lewis
Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital
Donald Thurston
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis
March of Dimes
Baptism and a day of visits mark Columbia family news
Mr and Mrs Lewis Buettner of Columbia baptized their infant Beth Ann at St John s United Church of Christ New Athens with Rev Edward Bowers. Sponsors were Karen Buettner Freeburg and Carol Stemler Waterloo. Guests included family and church members at a day of dinners and suppers. A Colum bia resident, Mrs William Kane, was hospitalized. Fifty Columbia Senior Citizens visited Cape to honor Claude Bryant at Dashner Funeral Home and services were held at First Baptist Church Dupo.
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Lewis Buettner
Columbia
Beth Ann
St. John’s United Church of Christ At
New Athens
Edward Bowers
Karen Buettner
Freeburg
Carol Stemler
Waterloo
Buettner
Herman Stemler
Charles Buettner
Floyd Hursey
East St. Louis
Myrtle Buettner
St. Louis
Arthur Gummersheimer
Delvinia
Wilmer Steinheimer
Lillian Krupp
Senior Citizens Club of Columbia
Cape
Claude Bryant
Dashner
First Baptist Church
Dupo
Mrs Hazel Crawford Visits Gra nite City Family
Mrs Hazel Crawford of Granite City Illinois visited with her son LaVerne Crawford and family for a week. Mrs Crawford was a former resident of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Crawford
Granite City
Illinois
LaVerne Crawford
Crawford
Columbia
Dr August Swanson Visits Weinel Family in Columbia
Dr. August Swanson of Seattle Washington attends a medical conference at Washington University in St Louis and spends part of his time visiting the Weinel families in Columbia He is married to the former Miss Ellyn Weinel of here.
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August Swanson
Seattle
Washington
Washington University
St. Louis
Wth
Weinel
Columbia
Ellyn Weinel
Here
Father Schwagel Releases Stereo LP Shalom
The Recorder Publications Company in Camden releases Father Joseph R. Schwaegel’s stereo LP titled Shalom. It features twelve selections with organ accompaniment and is available in Belleville and Metro-East, through the Diocesan Music Office, Catholic high schools, and the Belleville Diocesan Chorale. The record sells for $5.00, includes six songs per side, and can be ordered by mail or phone. Father Schwaegel, a 1959 University of Illinois music education graduate, serves as Diocesan Music Director and pastor, also directing the Belleville Diocesan Chorale and Singing Sisters Chorus.
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Joseph R. Schwaegel
Shalom
Recorded Publications Company
Camden
New Jersey
Belleville
Metro-East
Diocesan
South Illinois St
Ill
Shalom Chaverim
Father Schwaegel
University of Illinois
Albert R. Zuroweste
Academy of Notre Dame
Concrete road opens Columbia to Millstadt forty years ago
Fortieth anniversary note recalls the concrete road from Columbia to Millstadt opening for travel, marking a milestone in local transportation. The detail highlights the significance of the new route for residents and commerce.
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Millstadt
Columbia
Vickee Lynn Kazee Installed as Honored Queen
Vickee Lynn Kazee of Dupo was installed as honored queen of Bethel 65 International Order of Job's Daughters at the Columbia Masonic Temple on Sunday December 3. The ceremony included officers, choir members, past honored queens, DeMolay interpolation, and reflections by local clergy.
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Vickee Lynn Kazee
Job
Dupo
Bethel
Columbia Masonic Temple
Sharon Byers
Kathy Snider
Bernice Bess
Brenda Pelate
Vicki Bean
Emalie Burks
Martha Notmeier
Denise Schmidt
Betsy Burgess
Debbie Chandler
Mary Taake
Belinda Blessing
Beverly Winters
Laural Mundinger
Celia Dehn
Sue Smith
Linda Smith
Colleen Hubbard
Carol Hubbard
Linda Gummersheimer
Joyce Morton
Charlotte Evans
Jean Crook
Joan Crook
Debbie Hacker
Teddy Lant
Nancy Ramsey
Betty Byers
Kay Lynn Ralston
Cheryl Riebeling
Marlene Wilde
Jacklyn Koderhandt
Clara Lienesch
Susan Patterson
William Holmes
E. A. Weiner
DeMolay
P.M.C
David Burks
John Wood
Bethany Methodist Church
Columbia
Charlene Raitt
Remember by the Old Timer recalls a Mississippi river basket maker
Mary Neubauer of Chicago writes of a neighbor who wove baskets and ran a small family business. He fished raised chickens tended a garden and gathered willow twigs for weaving as his children stripped bark and earned a few cents per bundle.
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Mary Neubauer
Chicago
Ilinois
Oh Pewee
Mississippi
Frankfort
Kentucky
Mrs Young Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Mrs Fred Young of 109 East Walnut Street Columbia recently discharged from St Clement s Hospital Red Bud after a ten day stay and has returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Young
East Walnut St
Columbia
St. Clement’s Hospital
Red Bud
Answer Day Declared for TB Drive in Monroe County
December 7 is set as Answer Day by Arthur Koch, chairman, urging Monroe County residents to respond to Christmas Seal letters. He stresses the seriousness of tuberculosis and other chest diseases and thanks local doctors, the Law Board, and the Public Health Nurse office for leadership while inviting immediate contributions to expand the program.
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Arthur Koch
Monroe County
Koch
Law Board
Public Health
T.B. Ass’n
Mr. Koch
Returns Home Of Stroh Boy From Hospital
Steven Stroh six year old son of Mr and Mrs Oliver Stroh 524 South Columbia Ave Columbiawas released from Children s Hospital St Louis after ten days treatment for pneumonia and brought home on Monday.
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Steven Stroh
Oliver Stroh
Columbia Ave
Columbia
Children’s Hospital
St. Louis
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N. Rapp Ave
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
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Columbia, Illinois
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