Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Notices
Church schedule and parish listings include priests Msgr Elmer Holtgrave Rev Robert Dollar Rev Edmund Fitzmorris with weekday mass 630 and 815 am confessions 815 845 am Saturday 4 5 and 7 8 pm weekend masses 630 800 930 1100 am holyday mass 530 and 800 am evening mass 730 pm societies meet St Vincent DePaul Wednesday Altar Society third Thursday Holy Name Society third Tuesday Mothers and Friends Club first Tuesday in school year rectory inquiry class Monday and Friday 7 pm
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St Vincent DePaul
Altar Society
Holy Name Society
Mothers and Friends Club
Retirement program at St. Paul United Church of Christ
Rev. Dr. Gerhard A. Friz presides for the last time as pastor with two worship services and a 2:00 retirement program featuring Rev. Dr. R. Fauth. Reception on the parsonage lawn follows. Members and friends invited. Wednesday activities include sewing circle and bus to youth fellowship. Friday marks final pastorate conclusion.
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Wcbw-Fm
Friz
St. Paul
R. Fauth
Eden Seminary
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Service Schedule
St Pauls Lutheran Church invites all to Divine Services at 8:00 and 10:15 a.m. Broadcast at 8:00 a.m. on WCBW FM. Sunday School and Bible Classes for all ages at 9:05 a.m. Rev. Herman C Lebenbauer leads. Visitors welcome at all services.
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ST. Paul
Wcbw-Fm
House of Prayer Service Times and Study by Call
Church advertises Sunday services at 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. An open Bible study is held Friday at 8:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Location details require calling 281 4826.
Open House for Orville Schmidt Family Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Muench host open house at the American Legion Home Sunday July 2 from 1 to 4 for Orville J Schmidt and family. The Schmidt family plans to attend a Columbia High School 1957 reunion at Fischer's Restaurant Belleville. Reservations to Mrs Frances Swartz Nelson. Also note: Mr and Mrs Herman Bellm and children returned from a Kentucky Lake vacation.
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Walter Muench
South Metter
American Legion
Muench
Orville J. Schmidt
Anaheim
California
Legion Hut
Herman Bellm
Janie
John
Mary
Caroline
North Main Street
Columbia
Kentucky Lake
Sunday Schedule At First Baptist Church SBC
The First Baptist Church SBC at 626 Bottom Avenue lists services and activities: 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 available during services.
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First Baptist Church
Sbc
Bottom Avenue
Nednesday
Bethany Methodist Church Vacation School Ends With Picnic
Worship schedules and church events at Bethany Methodist in Columbia include Vacation Church School ending with a Waterloo park picnic Friday at noon. Parents invited. Sunday services at 9:30 with Holy Communion, Church School at 10:30. Official Board meeting July 6 at 6:30 and Junior Choir rehearsal at 1:00.
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John Wood
Main Street
West Kent
Columbia
Waterloo Park
West Kunt Church Service Times and Welcome
The West Kunt church in Columbia Illinois lists Sunday services at 9 45 a m for Sunday School 11 a m for Morning Worship and 7 30 p m for Evening Service A Wednesday Family Night Service begins at 7 30 p m Visitors are always welcome.
Dedication Attended by Rev Herman Lehenbauer in Illinois
The Rev. Herman C Lehenbauer and Mrs Lehenbauer attended the dedication of the Peace Lutheran Church and Educational Building in Thomboro Illinois on June 24. He preached the dedicatory sermon and previously served Peace Lutheran from 1944 to 1951 as his first pastorate after ordination.
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Herman C. Lehenbauer
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Columbia
Lehenbauer
New Peace Lutheran Church
Thomasboro
Illinois
Peace Lutheran
Baby boy born to Gentschs in Columbia at St Clement’s
A 7 pound 5 ounce baby boy named Michelle Linn arrived Thursday June 22 at 8 30 a.m. at St Clement's Hospital Red Bud to Mr and Mrs Dennis Gentsch. Grandparents are E H Gentsch Waterloo and W R Matthew Kirkwood Mo. Great grandparents are H W Jost Waterloo Evelyn Matthew Kirksville and Birdie Riley Macon Mo. Mrs Gentsch is the former Sandra Matthew.
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Dennis Gentsch
Columbia
St. Clement’s Hospital
Red Bud
Michelle Linn
E. H. Gentsch
Waterloo
W. R. Matthew
Kirkwood
Henry W. Jost
Evelyn Matthew
Kirksville, Mo
Birdie Riley
Macon, Mo
Gentsch
Sandra Matthew
Touchettes announce birth of Dana Marie
Mr and Mrs George A Touchette 916 N Briegel announce the birth of a 6 lb 5 oz baby girl Sunday June 25 named Dana Marie They have a son Darren and grandparents Mr and Mrs George E Touchette Columbia and Mr and Mrs Jay Pankey Dupo. Steven Davis son of Mr and Mrs Leroy Davis 416 Dianne St Columbia returned home after nine days in surgical hospital at Belleville and will need ongoing physical therapy. Seventy eight Columbia Senior Citizens Club members traveled by two buses to Bagnell Dam Lake of the Ozarks and Jefferson City Mo last Thursday enjoying a high water day.
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George A. Touchette
N. Briegel
Dana Marie
Touchettes
Darren
George E. Touchette
Columbia
Jay Pankey
Dupo
Steven Davis
Leroy Davis
Dianne Street
Belleville
Senior Citizen’s Club of Columbia
Bagnell Dam
Lake of the Ozarks
Jefferson City
John T. Sheridan
Main Street
St. Louis
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Robert Lee Tunze
Alvin Tunze
Englewood
Colo
Fred Tunze
California
Mr. Tunze
Jesus as Savior and revelation calls for personal commitment
The reflection discusses Peter’s recognition of Jesus as more than a teacher, urging readers to take Jesus seriously and welcome Him into their lives. It invites prayer for guidance to know Christ as Savior and daily interpreter of faith, closing with a thought for the day about consecrating life in communion. The author is James Roger Wadsworth of Vermont.
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Simon Peter
Jesus
Peter
God
Christ
James Roger Wadsworth
Vermont
Moredock Extension Group Holds July Meeting at Columbia Home
The Moredock Unit of the Homemakers Extension Assn met at 1 30 p m July 19 at Mrs Roy Stumpf s home in Columbia. Major lesson by Mrs Justine Ebert and Mrs Henry Kettler. Minor lesson by Mrs Frank Weilbacher.
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Moredock
The
Homemakers Extension
Roy Stumpf
Columbia
Justine Ebert
Henry Kettler
Frank Weilbacher
Monro e County 4-H Club Names Gindsburg Quintet
The first meeting of the Monroe County 4-H room improvement club was held at Janet Kolmer’s home on June 14. Officers elected: President Kathy Stumpf Vice President Kathy Guebert Secretary Ellen Volk Treasurer Donna Hamilton. Next gathering set for June 20 7 30 to 10 PM at Janet Kolmer’s. Members to give individual project talks and refreshments will follow. Ellen Volk and Kathy Guebert chosen as county federation delegates.
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Monroe County
Janet Kolmer
Kathy Stumpf
Kathy Guebert
Ellen Volk
Donna Hamilton
County Federation
Gindsburg
Janet Kolmer’s
Surprise Bridal Shower For Edna Mae Grimm
A surprise shower was held Sunday June 25 for Edna Mae Grimm at Mrs. Reuben Daab’s home in Columbia. Attendees included many Columbia residents and guests from Belleville E Carondelet Millstadt, with gifts sent by others. Miss Grimm is set to wed Marine Cpl Allan Holden in a military ceremony on August 5 in Kansas City Missouri.
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Edna Mae Grimm
Reuben Daab
Florence Holden
Gloria Baltz
Frieda Daab
Vivian Daab
Shirlee Schumacher
Sharon Schaeffer
Evelyn Grueninger
Ida Oswald
Irene Holliday
Columbia
Nancy Boyd
Sharon Yuengel
Belleville
Carol Lee Kelling
E. Carondelet
Janet Mueller
Millstadt
Elmer Baltz
Helen Childress
Virginia Payne
Lavada Daab
Edd Ghent
Roy Arnold
Maie Guckes
Shirlee Wehrenberg
Ruth Ann Mitchell
Judy Yuengel
Pat Young
Hortense Speth
Rose Birch
Clara Schumacher
Vera Bartz
Miss Grimm
Marine Cpl
Allan Holden
Kansas City
Penny postcard price prompts question on 4 cent cost
The remark notes that sending two cents worth of opinion on a penny postcard now requires four cents. It frames the price change as a puzzling shift in affordable messaging.
Engagement of Peggy Jean Habermehl and Mel Oliverson Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Habermehl of 422 West Bottom Avenue Columbia announce the engagement of their daughter Peggy Jean to Mel Oliverson of Los Angeles California. Peggy Jean Habermehl is a Columbia High School and University of Illinois graduate who served three years as a Marine Corps officer and works for Filfilan Company Los Angeles, a subsidiary of International Telegraph. Oliverson is part of the Filfilan operation. Wedding plans are not yet set.
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Walter J. Habermehl
Bottom Ave
Columbia
Peggy Jean
Mel Oliverson
Los Angeles
Calif
Habermehl
Columbia High School
Univ. of Ill
Marine Corps
Filfilan Co
International Telephone and Telegraph
Oliverson
Filfilan
D of I Plans Modern Mass at Waterloo Church
The Bishop Zoroweste Circle 886 Daughters of Isabella held a potluck on June 19 and initiated three new members Mrs. Cornelia Bard Mrs. Mary Pearl Meier and Mrs. Evelyn Grueninger. They finalized plans for a Modern Mass at S S Peter and Paul Catholic Church Waterloo on June 29 at 7 30 p m to honor the National Day of Prayer. The mass will be led by Rev. Robert Dollar and Rev. Edwin Hustedde with Gibault High School students singing and guitar accompaniment. A book review of Over The Gate was given by Mrs. Edgar Southoff. The circle will next meet August 21 with July meeting cancelled.
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Zoroweste
Daughters of Isabella
Cornelia Bard
Mary Pearl Meier
Evelyn Grueninger
S.S. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Waterloo
Robert Dollar
Columbia
Edwin Hustedde
Gibault High School
Edgar Southoff
Miss Read
Family Reunion Sunday Brings Vogt Kin Across Regions
The William Vogt family gathered at the American Legion Memorial Park shelter for a Sunday reunion with attendees from St. Louis Waterloo Columbia Decatur Belleville and Alton. Relatives listed include multiple Vogt families and spouses alongside extended kin from Staunton and other towns.
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William Vogt
American Legion Memorial
Harry Hawkins
Olive
Eugene Vogt
Staunton
Romanus Vogt
Wayne Pruette
Decatur
John Vogt
Alton
Clara Hoffart
Fritz Hoffarth
Belleville
Waterloo
Charles Vogt
Louis P. Vogt
Eugene Jung
Wendell Schmitt
Columbia
Mike Steffenauer Sr
Mike J. Steffenauer
Harold Steffenauer
Bill Wolf
Peter Zoeller
Sylvester Zoeller
James Zoeller
Leo Shea
Charles Lepp
Robert Lepp
Clara Lepp
Margaret Lepp
Twin girls born at St Elizabeth’s Hospital Belleville
Mr and Mrs Arthur Chat tillion welcome twin daughters at St Elizabeths Hospital Belleville Sunday forming a family of three girls. The Ebels hear a radio broadcast from W I L Champaign and sixty or eighty graduates received diplomas at Paxton High School campus ceremonies.
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Arthur Chattillion
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Belleville
Charles Ebel
Champaign
Illinois
Paxton, Illinois
P.T.A
A. John McKinney
Ebels
Paxton High School
The
Academy
Miss Jeanette Vogt Graduates From Notre Dame Academy
Miss Jeanette Vogt daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Vogt graduated from the Academy of Notre Dame Belleville Illinois on June 4. She is one of the ...
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Jeanette Vogt
Alfred Vogt
The
Academy of Notre Dame
Belleville, Illinois
Sgt Ray Tunze Telegram From Garmisch Villa Germany
Mrs. Stella Tunze received a telegram from her son Sgt Ray Tunze stating he is vacationing in Garmisch Germany.
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Stella Tunze
Sgt
Ray Tunze
Garmisch
Germany
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