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Newspaper
Columbia Star
Location
Columbia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1965
Page
2
Church notices from Zeor United Church of Christ New Hanover Illinois list Sunday school at 8 45 a m service at 10 a m and various events in January including men’s gatherings junior choir and choir practice weekly, a Jan 9 annual congregational meeting, Jan 16 installation of new Consistory members, and Memorial Hospital program on Jan 20 with men invited to Miller Night.
Rev Martin E Sifford pastor at 626 Bottom Avenue announces weekly services including Sunday School 9 30 morning service 10 45 evening service 7 30 Training Union 6 30 and Wednesday prayer meeting 7 45 Nursey open during services Also House of Prayer holds Sunday 10 00 and 7 30 with open Bible study Friday 8 00 Visitors welcome Phone 281 4826 for location Sunday School 9 45 Morning Worship 11 00 Thursday Midweek 7 30.
Church listing pastors and assistant pastors with mass times weekday confessions and weekend services. Holyday mass times and evening devotion noted. Societies include St Vincent DePaul Altar Society Holy Name Mothers and Friends. Inquiry class details in Rectory evenings.
Rev. Gerhardt A. Friz D D pastor and Rev. Norman H. Rahmoeller B D co pastor announce eight o clock first worship service and nine o clock Sunday school schedule for the church on Sunday morning.
The column blends scripture with reflections on renewal as mountain scars heal through new growth, likening Christian transformation to nature’s recovery. It urges living Christlike in love, peace, and harmony, with prayers and daily church events listed for the week.
St Pauls Lutheran Church announces divine services at 8:00 and 10:15 a.m. with 8:00 a.m. service broadcast over WCBW FM. Sunday School and Bible classes for all ages at 9:05 a.m. Visitors are welcome at all services.
Mary Ann Solich of Fults and Arthur Koch of Waterloo are engaged. plans for an indefinite wedding. Lynda Lee Habermehl and Ronald Sauer of Webster Groves announce engagement. she is a Southeast Missouri State College senior, he a history and social sciences senior. Miss Elaine Weis of Millstadt and James Schmidt of Columbia are engaged. she works at St. Clair National Bank and he at Monsanto.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Bergman entertained with a Christmas Eve dinner at their home. Guests included James Masters Sr and Jr, Paul Wallhaus, Ann Joy Gina Overland Park Kansas, Joe Bergman Bill Lewis Coeen Nancy Warren Bergman John Billis Sue Harriet Masters Chicago and Mathilda Becker Dupo.
Mary Beth Christ, six, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Christ near Bluffside, suffered a broken nose and facial bruises when she fell from a horse around 4 p.m. Monday at the family home. She was treated at St Elizabeths Hospital in Belleville.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bequette entertained members of the Gummersheimer family with a 2 o'clock dinner at their home in Lemay Missouri on Sunday December 26. Attending were the hon ored hosts and hostesses Mr. and Mrs. Bequette and numerous relatives from Columbia Red Bud East Carondelet and St Louis area.
Miss Linda Schmidt daughter of Mrs Josephine Schmidt of 218 S Metter Ave suffered a broken leg in an automobile accident last Friday afternoon. She was taken to St Elizabeths Hospital in Belleville and is now at home recuperating.
A column of questions and answers from the Social Security Administration covering death benefits uncashed checks and lump sum payments, dependent benefits rules, education retroactive eligibility, and health insurance for those not yet cash eligible. readers are invited to mail questions for future columns.
A reflective column by Mrs. Jonn J. Mueller looks back two decades at social events, community figures, and changing customs. The piece weaves memories with observations on local life and the era’s pace.
Freshman i Miss Delore Diehl spends holidays at home with her parents Mr and Mrs Chris Diehl. Mary Louise Tunze a Deaconess Hospital student nurse visits with her parents Mr and Mrs John Tunze. Mrs Walter Habermehl learns her husband Cpl Walter Habermehl MP duties for Japanese prisoner transfers to Japan. Elmer Rauch hosts Christmas dinner with E L Rauch Emma Rauch Adolph Rohm. Albert Josten hosts with Joseph Schneider Lawrence Schneider Jerome Schneider Marcella Schneider and Theodore Steinman attending. Jerome Schneider home from four years service two in Europe, has received his discharge.
David Lee a 35 year old Millstadt resident was shot in the left arm and robbed on Route 203 south of the Tri cities by a hitchhiker who called him a sucker for offering a ride. The assailant took $28 from Lee and fled in a parked car nearby.
Mr and Mrs Robert Schoeppel announce a baby girl born at Memorial Hospital Belleville on Tuesday December 21. Guests this week include Mr and Mrs Walter Monke and relatives from San Francisco and Denver. All Star 4 H Horsesman's Club members meet at Janet Riebeling's home with Roger Schaefer as president and Charles Todd as leader. Peggy Habermehl, First Lieutenant in Washington DC, spent holidays in Columbia and has returned to DC.
Mr and Mrs Richard Keim hosted relatives including Roger Hoffmann and children from Champaign NL Roland Keim from Carbondale Roger Keim and daughter Virgil Crook and children from Columbia. at the Lepp home guests included Miss Mary Reis Mrs William E Weber of St Louis Roy Conrad Paul Heyl Charles Lepp and Michael Conrad with families.
Guests on Christmas Eve at the Charles Lepp residence included Mr. and Mrs. George Rasp of St. Louis, Mrs. Margaret Lepp, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lepp with their families.
The fourth Columbia Co-ops meeting was held at Mrs. McConkey’s home after school on December 21. She demonstrated sewing the blouse sleeve and collar. The next meeting is set for January 4 after school at Mrs. McConkey’s house.
Bethel No 65 of Job's Daughters met December 20 at the Masonic Temple with Honored Queen Candy Hoffman presiding. Plans include selling candy December 23 and DeMolay cheerleading try-outs during Christmas holidays. Committees were named for refreshments entertainment decorations birthdays sunshine publicity. A Christmas party and gift exchange followed. Next initiation January 17 with practice January 3. A group attended Pew Communion at St Pauls UCC December 19.
One hundred ten members of the Senior Citizens Club of Columbia attended a meeting in the recreation rooms of St. Paul United Church of Christ last Thursday. Mrs. Clifford Haberl entertained with a portrayal of the Christmas story and led carols in English and German. Santa Claus distributed cookies with ice cream and coffee, a Buettner Construction Co. gift funded the ice cream, and a gift exchange followed.
Mr and Mrs W E Stanhope hosted relatives for Christmas with guests Iva Stanhope of Joliet Illinois Beulah Decker of Oak Park Illinois Homer Stanhope and son David of St Louis Missouri Dr and Mrs Stuart Stanhope and Helen Lee of Kirkwood Missouri.
A recipe titled Spanish Duck outlines cooking duck meat with butter browned mushrooms and orange rind, served amid buttered rice and sautéed tomatoes. The article suggests pairing the dish with candlelight for a romantic castle in Spain ambiance.
A series of real estate transfers are recorded, detailing buy and sell actions among numerous individuals and spouses. Transactions cover various parcels in Townships 1-10 and 2-10, including quarters, sections and sublots, with buyers and sellers including Bremser Lehr Pretzlik Leitensdorf Allard Sauget Kish Whelan Kiefer Probst Cash Eichelmann Eckert Seibert Weber Bruenig Eckert Freimuth Coleman Lewis Arras Reynolds Fortman Harsey and several others.
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