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Newspaper
Columbia Star
Location
Columbia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1966
Page
4
Saint Pauls Lutheran Church invites visitors to Divine Services at 8:00 and 10:15 am with WCBW FM broadcast. Sunday School and Bible Classes for all ages at 9:05 am. Lenten services Wednesdays at 7:30 pm. Reverend Herman C Lehenbauer leads worship at 227 N Good Haven Dr.
Sunday School begins at 9 45 a m with Morning Worship at 11 a m and Evening Service at 7 30 p m Thursday features a Midweek Service at 7 30 p m Visitors are welcome everywhere.
Immaculate Conception Church lists clergy Msgr Elmer Holtgrave Rev Robert Dollar Rev Edmund Fitzmorris and schedules for masses confessions and devotions. weekday masses 6:30 and 8:15 am weekend masses 6:30 8:00 9:30 11:00 am holyday masses 5:30 and 8:00 am evening mass 7 30 pm various church societies meet monthly including St Vincent de Paul Altar Society Holy Name Mothers and Friends Club and a inquiry class in rectory at 7 pm
The church lists services Sunday at 10 00 a m and 7 30 p m with Sunday School at 9 30 a m Morning Service at 10 45 a m and Evening Service at 7 30 p m Training Union at 6 30 p m Wednesday Prayer Meeting at 7 45 p m and nursery during services All welcome location contact 281 4826 for details Kenneth Barger interim pastor at 626 Bottom Avenue.
The St Paul United Church of Christ presents Palm Sunday schedule with 8:00 am worship, 9:00 to 9:45 am Sunday School, 10:15 am second worship service and a rite of confirmation. Pastors are Rev. Gerhard A Friz and Rev. Norman H Rahmoeller. Broadcast announced.
The Upper Room sermon centers on Romans 5 6 11 and 1 Corinthians 15 3 with a message of taking pain for others. It contrasts getting even with Christ dying for sins and highlights redemptive power inviting repentance and reconciliation. A closing prayer asks God to forgive careless thoughts and draw believers near the cross.
Over station WCBW FM the calendar lists Tuesday 8:00 Evening Guild. Wednesday 8:00 Last Lenten Service followed by a Pew Communion Service. Thursday 12:30 Women's Guild Prayer Circle and 1:00 Women's Guild meeting. World Service Feature Film and Election of officers. 8:00 Altar Communion Service for Confirmation Class. Friday 8:00 Good Friday Pew Communion Service.
Zoar United Church of Christ in New Hanover Illinois led by Rev Wilbur L Biasch hosts Sunday School at 8 45 a m and church service at 10 a m Palm Sunday Service scheduled for April 3 at 10 a m with Evang and Reformed affiliation.
Rev. Vernie Barnett pastors a worship service at Schmidt Funeral Home in Columbia at 9 30 A M with church school at 10 15 AM. the service delivers religious instruction and community gathering.
The cast rehearses with the director calling Take that scene from the top as they prepare Bubble Trouble. Dave Coats stars as Alonso Rudebaker with Tom Church as Harrod and Randy Hoffman as a Wooten company executive. Lori Heisler and Vicki Range also star. Performances run April 15 and 16 with tickets from cast or band members at 1.00 for adults and 0.50 for children under 12.
Glenn E Myers of Columbia Illinois a Elmhurst College student and bassoonist is in the college band presenting a concert at 8 p m Friday April 1 on campus The program features Bach Handel and Schubert then popular tunes The concert in Hammerschmidt Chapel auditorium is free public directed by Dale Hamilton assistant professor of music.
Fifty five members attended the Social session of the Senior Citizens Club held in the recreation rooms of St. Paul United Church of Christ last Thursday afternoon. A pleasant afternoon was shared and a light lunch was served after the meeting.
The Columbia P. T. A. will hold its April meeting at Park View School Monday evening April 4 starting at eight oclock. Harry Brinkmann will speak on Sense and Nonsense in Modern School Math. Music by Columbia High School students directed by James McHaney. Nominees for officers to be presented and voted on. Nursery service and refreshments provided.
Mr and Mrs William Timmons of Rural Rt 2 Columbia announce the birth of a 6 lb 14 oz baby girl named Lisa Lynn at Christian Welfare Hospital East St Louis on Friday March 18 They now have two girls and two boys Alma Koblitz of 229 Milton Avenue has returned home from Caseyville after attending the funeral of her brother Elmer Leicht aged 70 He died Thursday at Memorial Hospital Belleville Funeral services were held at Holy Cross Lutheran Church Collinsville with burial in Caseyville Cemetery He is survived by his wife one daughter four sisters and one brother
The Monroe County Unit of the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs will host a spring meeting at Parkview School Columbia on Tuesday evening April 5 with the Columbia Woman's Club as hostesses. Registration starts at 7 30 p m and the program begins at eight. Mrs Arthur Neff of Belleville speaks on Astrology and the Columbia High School Chorus directed by James McHaney will provide entertainment.
The Confirmation Class of 1966 at St Paul United Church of Christ was presented last Sunday during the 10 15 service. The class includes Gail Arnin Alice Baumer Pam Brown Nancy Cash Fred Daab Richard Eplin Dennis Franke Claudia Gebhardt Anita Gold schmidt Michael Harres Burton Harres Barbara Jehling Kurt Jehling Eric Johnson Kathleen Kendall David Koch Kerry Krueger JoAnn Loehr Connie Love Susan Polacek Judy Reichert Sandra Rey Janet Riebeling Denise Schmidt Ronnie Schmiske Donna Schnidt Kurt Smith Eric Stahlheber and Gene Stumpf. They will be confirmed in the 10 15 a m service next Sunday.
A bridal shower for Miss Coleen Conrad of Marine Illinois was held Sunday March 25 in the St Paul United Church of Christ basement in Columbia. Hostesses Ruth Ann Rodemich Mary Lou Diesel Mareda Eckert Pearl Noll and Judy Suess presided. About thirty guests attended a skit games prizes and refreshments followed. Miss Conrad will wed Robert Otten of Millstadt on Saturday April 16.
The Busy Girls 4 H Club organized at Mrs. Marvin Rodemich home on Monday March 21 with officers elected Carol Gruen president Jill Juengling vice president Debby Stanhouse secretary The resa Stanhouse treasurer and Kathy Weber reporter.
Mark Gebhardt of 317 Car Street, Columbia, tours Sarasota Jungle Gardens on Florida's Lower West Coast. The site features free roaming flamingos and other rare fowl from every continent, thousands of tropical plants, Royal Palms along jungle trails, and colorful macaws and cockatoos that pose with visitors.
Miss Mary Bellm, daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Bellm of 913 North Main Street Columbia, voted best Brownie for the first quarter of 1966. Runners up were Nancy Joe Enger and Christine Wilde. Bellm’s Promise in Action included visiting shut ins, collecting and delivering items, shopping for groceries and pharmacy prescriptions, and even depositing checks for a housebound woman. She refused money offered and cited the troop’s praise as her reward. Darius Krupnik, patient at Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St Louis for eye injuries, has returned home. Alfrieda Breidecker remains a patient at St Clements in Red Bud. William E Stumpf, patient at St Clment’s Hospital for ten days, returned home. Major and Mrs James Wittner and children from Randolph AFB Texas visited Mr and Mrs Jack Norman. Mrs Wittner is Norman’s sister-in-law.
Over 75 members and guests attended the Columbia Women's Club March meeting at St Paul United Church of Christ. Officers for the coming year were elected, a skit The Pattern of Tomorrow was performed, and talks covered Monroe County history and old-time customs.
Mrs Merle Duncan of Millstadt was installed as Worthy High Priestess and Martin Duncan as Watchman of the Shepherds at the Mission Shrine installation in the Masonic Temple Waterloo. Retiring officers are Mrs LaVerne Brinkmann and Paul Brinkmann. Local youth groups Job's Daughters and DeMolay participated.
Secretary of State Paul Powell orders license suspension for Gerald W. Elder of Columbia and Ronald F. Kaestner of Waterloo after each accrues three violations.
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