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Newspaper
Columbia Star
Location
Columbia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1967
Page
4
The Missouri Synod church at 227 N Good Haven Drive lists Divine Services at 8:00 and 10:15 a.m. plus Sunday School at 9:05 a.m. and House of Prayer Sundays at 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Open Bible Study Friday 8:00 p.m. Nursery during services call 281 4826 for location.
Immaculate Conception Church lists Pastor Msgr Elmer Holtgrave and staff. Weekday Masses 6 30 and 8 15 am Confessions 8 15 8 45 am and 4 5 pm 7 8 pm Sat devotions Benediction 7 pm Sunday Masses 6 30 8 00 9 30 and 11 00 am Holyday Masses 5 30 and 8 00 am Evening Mass 7 30 pm Societies St Vincent DePaul meets Wednesdays Altar Society third Thursday Holy Name Society third Tuesday Mothers and Friends Club first Tuesday during the school year Inquiry class Mondays and Fridays 7 pm in Rectory.
Zoar United Church of Christ in New Hanover Rev Wilbur L Biasch leads annual congregational meeting Jan 8 at 1 30 pm Saint Stephen Assembly of God Market and Rapp Streets Rev R H Davis leads services Sunday School 9 45 am Morning Worship 11 00 am Evening Service 7 30 pm Family Night 7 30 pm Bethany Methodist Church West Kunt Columbia Rev John Wood leads 9 30 am worship 10 30 am church school Official Board 6 30 pm
The Upper Room devotional notes God at work transforming hearts and guiding through His plan. A reader asks for faith and wisdom as a toy project inspires patience. A Columbia house on 304 St Paul Street, once Schulz family property, is slated for razing by H J Frierdich and Sons Inc for improvements.
The weekly church timetable lists services at 8:00 and 10:15 with a 9:00 Sunday School, a 2:00 annual congregational meeting and Cemetery Association meeting, and various group meetings through the week. Pastor Rahmoeller attends a Toledo conference.
Miss Betty Politsch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Politsch of Lenzburg, to Mr. Darrell C. Ostertag of East Carondelet with plans undetermined. Betty Jane Tilley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Tilley, to Mr. Harry A. Roberts of Chicago. both graduates employed in St. Louis and Chicago areas respectively.
Miss Jean Marie Kaempfe of Columbia to wed William Lee Steibel of Waterloo in a May ceremony. Jacqueline Joyce Loosmore of Lemay engaged to Martin Gene Kaempfe, with both families announcing the plans. Jean Marie Kaempfe works as a collection clerk and Steibel is employed by E L Steibel Contractor. Loosmore is a 1961 graduate and teller at Mercantile Trust. The Kaempfes and Loosmores reside at 608 West Legion in Columbia and 604 Rochester Drive in Lemay.
Mr and Mrs Howard Riechmann of Valmeyer announce the engagement of their daughter Jane Marie to Patrick Michael McCarthy son of Mrs Hazel McCarthy and the late Daniel McCarthy of Valmeyer. Jane is a Valmeyer High School and Maryville College graduate and teaches first grade at Cedar Bluff School in Falls. Patrick, a Walmieyer High School graduate, attended SIU Edwardsville, has enlisted in the U S Army and will be stationed in New Jersey in the Electronics Air Defense Radar Division. A summer wedding is planned.
The Lutheran Women Mission Guild at Mt. Calvary Church Cahokia set its first regular meeting of the year for Monday January 9. Luncheon at 12 noon, business session at 1 pm, with Mrs. Allen DeFoe presiding. Rev. E W Blumenkamp guest speaker.
The annual retreat for the men of Immaculate Concepton Parish in Columbia is set for February 24 to 26 at the Kings House of Retreats in Belleville. 1967 Chairman Linus H. Horcher, with co chairs William Killian and Michael Conrad, coordinates contact details and locations.
New Year guests included Mr and Mrs Linus Horcher and family from Columbia, Mr and Mrs Frank A Leingang and family from Jennings Missouri, Mr and Mrs John Leingang and son from Rantoul Illinois returning from a seven day Virgin Islands visit, Miss Nancy Kneton of St Louis, Mr Patrick Hogan of Granite City, Mr Jerry Lehan of East St Louis, and Mrs Mary Ehrstein of Cahokia, all attending a New Year dinner.
The Mix and Stitch 4 H Club met December 23 at Janese Stumpf's home with Diane Wink presiding. Eleven members and leader Mrs Wilbur Gumemr Sheimer heard talks on safety, handicraft, and pastry, followed by a Christmastide party with songs, games, and gifts. Refreshments were served. next meeting set for January 20, 1967 at Diane and Dorothy Wink's home.
Miss Jeanette Fae Todd and Charles A. Evans wed at First Baptist Church Columbia in a 2:00 pm ceremony. A Navy sailor, Evans serves on USS Mosopelea in Norfolk. The couple will reside in Norfolk with both families attending the celebration and reception.
WAC Private Rebecca Steppig returns to Fort McClellan Alabama on December 29 after a leave with her parents Eugene and Christine Steppig. The family held a buffet for relatives December 18 and she hosted Linda Robinson of Sparta for four days. She plans eight weeks of Clerical Training at the U S WAC School.
The Engineers' Wives St Louis Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers will hold its January meeting at the Holiday Inn 2211 Market St on Wednesday January 11 at 12 00 noon The program It s a Woman s World will be presented by Marian O Brien Food Editor of the Globe Democrat Hostesses include Mrs Robert R Leavy Mrs Howard W Honefenger Mrs Jack Y Kiburz Mrs Charles W Oerth and Mrs Floyd P Keller.
Mr and Mrs William W Gain wed at Im maculate Conception Church in Columbia on December 26. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry R Fisher of Gilmore Lakes Estates Columbia. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs William Gain of Belleville. They reside in Caseyville Illinois. Photo by Alice Horcher.
Illinois unveils redesigned driver licenses distinguishing minors with red and gold colors and a large gold state seal while adults use blue and green with the State Capitol image. New licenses include safety paper and anti alteration features. current licenses remain valid with a three year transition.
U of I students can get morale boosting Survival Kits delivered on January 12 and 13. Each kit costs 3.25 dollars and includes soup coffee tea hot chocolate popcorn candy cookies gum and more. Order by January 10 to arrive before finals. extra dollar for parcel post outside the continental US. Call 281 5630 for details.
The Holy Name Society announces a Communion Breakfast for men and women on February 5 after the 8:00 a.m. Holy Mass at Immaculate Conception School Basement. Carl Wink chairs the event with Rev. Floyd Beeckmann as speaker. Tickets are $1.25. babysitting is available by calling William Killian at 618-281-4652.
The January meeting of the Parents and Friends Club of Immaculate Conception School was led by president Mrs Betty Grueninger. A special election elected Mrs Bessie Riebeling vice president and Mrs Catherine Linnemann secretary for the 1967 year. A $300 check was given to Principal Sister Renee by Christmas Craftshop Chairman Mrs Agnes Moll for reference books for upper grades.
Southern Illinois University completes a $4.6 million University Center funded through a $5 quarterly fee paid by each student, financing campus facilities expansion.
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