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Newspaper
Columbia Star
Location
Columbia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1967
Page
2
Pauls Lutheran Church in Missouri Synod at 227 N Good Haven Dr invites all to Divine Services at 8:00 and 10:15 am with 8:00 am broadcast on WCBW FM. Sunday School and Bible Classes for all ages begin at 9:05 am. Visitors are warmly welcome.
The church lists pastors Msgr Elmer Holtgrave Rev Robert Dollar and Rev Edmund Fitzmorris with daily masses at 6 30 and 8 15 am Confessions 8 15 8 45 am Saturday 4 5 and 7 8 pm Sunday masses at 6 30 8 00 9 30 and 11 09 am Holy days 5 30 and 8 00 am Evening Mass 7 30 pm Societies include St Vincent DePaul Altar Society Ealy Name Society Mothers and Friends Club with meeting dates and a weekly inquiry class in the rectory
The First Baptist Church at 626 Bottom Avenue lists Sunday School at 9 30 a m Morning Service at 10 45 a m Training Union at 6 30 p m and Evening Service at 7 30 p m Weekly Wednesday Prayer Meeting at 7 45 p m with nursery available during services.
Sunday services at 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Open Bible Study Friday at 8:00 p.m. Call 281-4826 for location. Everyone is welcome.
Saint Stephen's Assembly of God Church on Market and Rapp Streets invites visitors to Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning Worship at 11 a m Evening Service at 7 30 p m and Family Night Service at 7 30 p m led by Rev R H Davis all are welcome to attend the services and events on the church calendar.
Zoar United Church of Christ and St Paul United Church list weekly worship times Sunday school and broadcasts with guest organist Nyla Grosse Hensley. Pastors Biasch Friz Rahmoeller lead services and community activities including classes meetings and choir rehearsals.
Bethany Methodist Church in Columbia Illinois invites new members to Sunday worship at 9 30 A M with church school at 10 30 A M A family night pot luck is set for 6 00 P M new members will be honored and a filmstrip on John Wesley founder of Methodism will be shown Friday May 26 junior choir rehearses at 3 45 P M.
The Columbia Senior Citizens group met May 11 with 99 members present. Four new members were welcomed: Mr. and Mrs. William Schueler, Mrs. Lacey Lockhardt, and Martin Dexner. Hostesses were Mrs. Pauline Frieddich and Mrs. Frieda Hoffstetter.
The ordination of Rev. Stanley Roth at St. Henry’s Catholic Church in Belleville on May 13 drew many Columbia relatives and friends. He is the eldest of eight children of Henry A. and Mrs. Roth. His mother, the former Josephine Toenjes, is a Columbia native. Siblings here include Frank S. Toenjes Leo Toenjes Mrs. Robert Hermann and Mrs. William Leingang. Father Roth will celebrate his First Mass at St. Mary’s on May 21 at 1 p.m. A reception follows at 7 p.m. May 21 at Althoff High School.
Girl Scout Troop 721 held fly up ceremonies for ten Brownies of Troop 719. Linda Newton Donna Killian Barbara Pautler and Jean Eckert assisted as observers. The event covered phases of work and meaning of girl scouting and included a recitation of the Girl Scout laws. A cake baked by Susan Harre’s grandmother Mrs Herman Harres marked the occasion.
On Saturday May 6 the Junior American Legion Auxiliary met at the Legion Home with thirteen members nine mothers and three guests present. The meeting featured business reports poems and a play followed by a Mother’s Day party for the mothers. Kathleen Mueller reporter.
The Upper Room devotional highlights how ignoring the Holy Spirit dulls the soul like a ringing alarm that is shut off. It urges openness to God’s voice, with a prayer thanking Him and asking for wisdom, grace, and guidance, and notes the refining fire of the Spirit consuming dross in life.
Miss Rose Marie Helfrich married John Uehle Jr. at a noon Mass on May 13 at Immaculate Conception Church Columbia. The couple, both Columbia and St. Louis natives, plan to reside in St. Louis after a reception at the church hall.
The Metropolitan Opera National Company touring unit brings Verdi's La Traviata in English to Southern Illinois University Shyrock Auditorium on May 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets cost 4 to 6 dollars for the public and 1 to 3 dollars for students. ID required at the door.
The Columbia High School Glee Club directed by Joe Jackson and the Mixed Chorus performed at the school gym. Twenty five numbers from Broadway films and classics were sung by the 68 member group with pianist Cheryl Mueller and Dennis Beiermann.
Mrs Katherine Schmidt wife of Arthur C Schmidt suffered a heart attack at her home on Friday She was taken to St Elizabeths Hospital in Belleville She is slightly improved at this time.
The text notes Clara Barton forming the American Association of the Red Cross on May 21 1881 in Washington DC after years nursing Civil War patients. It also recalls Lindbergh’s 1927 solo flight, Roosevelt vetoes on veteran bonuses in 1935 and 1936, and the Brooklyn Bridge as a famed Gothic landmark over the East River.
The Columbia Jaycee Ettes held their May 11 meeting at City Hall with Mrs. Virgil Harres as president. Officers elected include Mrs. Arthur Ritter as president and Mrs. Norman Lang as vice president. The group plans Memorial Day rest stop May 29–30 and will install new officers in June.
Strawberry growers are invited to a twilight meeting at the Ralph Hartley Farm at 6 30 p m on Wednesday May 17. Fourteen strawberry varieties will be compared and tested and production potential for the year discussed. University of Illinois Extension specialists Courter Zych and Doll will discuss varieties and problems. Growers may bring samples for identification.
Fred Steinkuhle of St Louis donated two oil portraits of Mrs Helen Steinkuhle to the Columbia Public Library. The gifts included citation awards from the Missouri Federation of Women’s Clubs and the General Federation of Women’s Clubs for her work in Indian affairs and federated units. Mrs Steinkuhle, a former 8th District MFWC president, had longtime support for the library and her death memorial funded art books. The paintings and citations will adorn the library entry hall.
Mr and Mrs W E Stanhope of Gilmore Lakes hosted Sister Adorers of the Most Precious Blood from St Clement s Hospital on May 10. Guests at a noon lunch included Sister Gilberta Julia M Mathew M Christine M Damon M Victor and Sister M Julietta.
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