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Newspaper
Columbia Star
Location
Columbia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1967
Page
2
Diviner Herman C Lebenbauer leads Divine Services at 8:00 and 10:15 am with a radio broadcast on WCBW FM Visitors are welcome at Sunday School and Bible classes for all ages at 9:05 am.
Rev. Gerhard A. Friz presides with services at 8:00 and 10:15 AM. Sunday school at 9:00 AM. Broadcast on WCBW-FM Sundays at 7:00 PM. Activities include Junior and Senior High Fellowships, Hayride Monday 7:00, Sewing Circle Wednesday, and a Church Men’s Chicken Fry reservations by office. Pastor attends Board meeting Friday at Highland.
Parish schedule lists weekday Masses 6:30 and 8:15 an hour before Confessions 8:15 8:45. Saturday Confessions 4 5 and 7 8 p.m. Sunday Masses 6:30 8:00 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. Holyday Masses 5:30 and 8:00 a.m. Evening Mass 7 30 p.m. Society meeting dates St Vincent DePaul Wednesdays Altar Society third Thursday Holy Name Society third Tuesday Mothers and Friends Club first Tuesday Inquiry class Mondays and Fridays 7 p.m. Rectory
The listing shows First Baptist Church SBC at 626 Bottom Avenue with schedules for Sunday School 9 30 a m Morning Service 10 45 a m Training Union 6 30 p m Evening Service 7 30 p m and Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 45 p m Nursery available during services.
The House of Prayer advertises weekly worship at 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday services and a Friday open Bible study at 8:00 p.m. All are welcome. location available by calling 281-4826.
Rev. John Wood leads Bethesda Methodist Church in Columbia Illinois inviting church members to worship and attend Sunday school at 10 30 a m The Official Board will meet at the church location on West Kunt near Main Street as announced in the church notice
Miss Linda L. Woodcock and Donald R. Harrison wed in a 7:30 p.m. ceremony May 27 at St. Paul United Church of Christ Columbia. Attendants wore powder blue gowns. flowers included Boston daisies. The organist was Mrs. Gene Mehrens and soloist David Riebeling sang I Love You Truly and the Wedding Prayer.
Mr and Mrs John L Hert of Columbia announce the engagement of their daughter Carol L Hert to Lon Ludwig son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Ludwig of 1042 North Main Street Columbia The bride elect is a 1967 Columbia High School graduate and works as a stenographer in the Missouri Pacific Railroad office in St Louis The bridegroom elect is a 1963 Columbia High School graduate and a civil engineering senior at the University of Missouri at Rolla set to graduate in 1968 Wedding plans are indefinite
A three piece suit with a white net headpiece and white accessories complemented a wedding held in the St. Paul United Church of Christ recreation rooms. The bride, Columbia High School and Business Institute of St. Louis alumna, works as a secretary at Edison Bros. Stores. the groom, Walmart High School graduate, calibrates electronics at Emerson Electric. They will reside at 305A West Third Street, Waterloo.
Arthur Herrmann of 303 West Washington Street Columbia has been a patient at St Elizabeths Hospital Belleville for weeks after injuries from a motor vehicle accident near Farmers Inn Columbia. He will be operated on his leg to treat the injuries.
The Upper Room Nashville urges worship as central to church strength and witness. It highlights gathering for praise confession and forgiveness, then sending believers into the community with renewed mission and light. A Thought For The Day credits Laurina F Matthews from Texas.
Miss Betty Jane Tilley and Harry A. Roberts wed in a 5:30 p.m. ceremony in Columbia on May 27. The Rev. Norman H. Rahmoeller officiated at Christ Church. The couple and families reside in Columbia after a Denver wedding trip.
Mr and Mrs Roy Stumpf announce the birth of a daughter at St Elizabeths Hospital Belleville on May 7. The child has been named Ellen Clara.
Ruth Bruenig and Mrs. Dorothy Christopher returned Sunday from a two week air trip to Honolulu starting at Lambert Air Field at 9 15 a m Sunday May 21. They flew via Los Angeles and described Honolulu as cosmopolitan with lush foliage and a Polynesian feast followed by a floor show. The itinerary included circle tours of Oahu with visits to a Buddhist temple Nuuanu Pali view points Ir intact Palace National Cemetery and stops in Kaneohe Hilo Kona Kauai and Maui with historical sites and movie locations.
The Rev and Mrs Norman H Rahmoeller were honored with a farewell reception after the 1015 am service on June 4 in Columbia. Congregation president Robert Dehn spoke and presented a tape recorder. About 500 members attended as Rahmoeller and family were escorted to recreation rooms. He departed Columbia on June 6 to take a new post at Friedens United Church of Christ Warrenton Missouri.
William Groennert of Eden Seminary begins work at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Columbia. He will establish his study in the parsonage by week’s end.
The Rev Dr G A Friz of Columbia participated in Eden Seminary commencement in Webster Groves Missouri on Friday evening. The Rev Robert Baumann of Granite City Illinois received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. Baumann, a Columbia native, was ordained in 1946 at St Paul United Church of Christ in Columbia.
The Columbia Public Library schedules an 11 a.m. Saturday matinee featuring Donoughts Madeline's Rescue The Horse and its Relatives and Mother Cat and Her Baby Skunks for children from kindergarten through fourth grade.
Mrs. Caroline Gummersheim er, 96, formerly of Columbia, now resides at Monroe County Nursing Home in Waterloo after years with her children. A catamaran trip to Pearl Harbor framed by a guiding narrative rekindled memories of the 1941 attack as she headed home from a memorable vacation.
A new collection of prepasted vinyl wall cloths features bamboo greenery patterns, a Mexican motif, delicate small florals, and a bright Saturday Night bathroom design with whimsical bath tub vignettes. Most patterns have matching fabrics.
Sunday School and services were led by First Baptist Church Waterloo with Bagwill directing. Residents attended a chapel program and a community sing was held with Mrs. Lou Etta Franke and Mrs. Viola Rueck at the piano. The week featured games, treats, and gifts supported by the American Legion Auxiliary and local church ladies. Church groups from St. John United Church of Christ Macystown and SS Peter and Paul Waterloo contributed film strips and transport. Mary and Martha Sodality hosted card games, with many Monroe County churches represented in mend and patchwork tasks.
Arthur Rueck Jr. of Westminster College Fulton Missouri with fellow students Dick Alexander Festus Missouri and Harry Petequin St Genevieve Missouri spent the weekend at home with his parents.
Fifty members visited Kinder Cottage for Children in East St. Louis on June 1 then gathered at St. Paul United Church of Christ for a potluck and afternoon meeting. Mrs. Emil Schneider presided for the last time and passed the gavel to new president Mrs. Theodore Klein. The program honored Rev. Gerhard Friz and Rev. Norman Rahmoeller and featured road of life drawings by Mrs. Walter W. Giffhorn. Quilts donated by church groups were presented to both couples. Friz retires July 1 and Rahmoeller will join Freidens United Church of Christ in Warrenton, Missouri after June 6.
The Sunshine Girls 4-H held a May 23 meeting at Betty Gummer sheimer’s home. Mary Taake presided. Cheri Stumpf read minutes. Taake spoke on safety. Baltz and Kinzinger presented health topics. Bahtr discussed poisons. Range covered height and weight. Weston demonstrated bicycle safety and oatmeal cookies. Reporter Susan Baltz.
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