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Newspaper
Columbia Star
Location
Columbia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1965
Page
4
Sunday services at First Baptist Church and St. Pauls Lutheran with morning worship times 10:45 and 8:00 and 10:15. Sunday schools at 9:30 and 9:05. Prayer and Bible study times listed. visitors welcome at all locations.
The Zoar United Church of Christ in New Hanover Illinois lists services and activities led by Rev. Wilbur L Biasch. Highlights include Fall Conference on Oct 18 in Freeburg at 9 30 a m and guest speaker event Oct 19 at 8 p m plus youth and choir events and hospital chaplaincy duties through Oct 28.
Oct 31 Youth Rally and musical revue at Christ Church Belleville with St Paul United Church listing services from 8:00 a m to 10:15 a m. Week events include pot luck dinners Brotherhood Guest Night panel speakers on law enforcement Floyd Crowder and A Macys, consistory activities and a Saturday confirmation class.
The Immaculate Conception Church lists pastors Msgr Holtgrave Rev Dollar and Rev Fitzmorris with weekday Masses at 6:30 and 8:15 a.m. Confessions on weekdays 8:15-8:45, Saturday 4-5 and 7-8 p.m. Sunday Masses 6:30 8:00 9:30 11:00 a.m. Holyday masses 5:30 and 8:00 a.m. Evening Mass 7:30 p.m. Societies meet St Vincent DePaul Wednesdays Altar Society third Thursday Holy Name Society third Tuesday Mothers and Friends Club first Tuesday during school year Prayer/inquity class Monday and Friday 7 p.m. in Rectory
Mr and Mrs Robert Riebeling of R R 2 Columbia hosted a buffet supper last Saturday in honor of Mr and Mrs Frank Riebeling of Waterloo marking their 48th wedding anniversary. All the couple’s children and grandchildren attended.
A devotional note recounts a pastor's wife inviting families for evening devotions. Each member offered a thank offering, praising God for blessings such as exam success health and birthdays. The piece urges daily witness and grateful living, closing with a prayer and a thought for the day by B. J. Ratnam of India.
Tammy Radison daughter of Mr and Mrs Pete Radison is among sixty candidates for the 1965 Dolphin Queen at the University of Illinois. Twelve contestants appear at each Dolphin Show with finalists in the final appearance. The queen will be named October 30. Tammy, a sophomore, is member of Gamma Phi Beta.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wolf and children Julie John Jill and Jack moved to South Carolina Saturday as McDonnell Aircraft Corp transfers Mr Wolf for three months. Mrs Julia Hughes of Los Angeles, formerly Julia Oerter of Columbia, arrived Tuesday to visit relatives by American Airlines.
Mr and Mrs Earl Menner announce the birth of a baby girl weighing 8 pounds 9 ounces at St Marys Hospital East St Louis on October 6. Grandparents are Adolph Dreher and Charles Menner. The family now has two girls and two boys.
The Diocesan Council of Catholic Women convention met October 7 at St. Joseph in Olney Illinois with theme The Good Samaritan Who is my Neighbor. New officers elected include President Mrs Frank Schmid and others. Awards named Mrs Ermantine Graninger Woman of the Year for Immaculate Conception Parish Columbia. Mass concluded the day.
The October meeting of the Columbia Woman's Club will be held October 21 at 1 30 p m in St Paul United Church of Christ recreation rooms. The program theme is The Pattern of Tomorrow Through International Relations with speaker Mrs Leonel Nelson formerly Frances Swartz who will discuss South American relations. Refreshments and music fit the theme. hostess chair is Mrs F W Weiner.
Fifty five members of the Senior High Fellowship toured the Weather Bureau in St Louis Monday evening guided by Albert Bertram. They visited TWA facilities at Lambert Airport and viewed a jet plane, with sponsors Gene Haller Mrs Wayne Challacombe and leader Rev Norman Rahmoeller. Lori Heisler presides. James Mahoney entered St Elizabeth's Hospital Belleville for medical treatment. he is Columbia city's maintenance supervisor. Helen Ahrens family moved into 224 North Briegel Street from vacated home of the Rippelmeyers.
Mr and Mrs Glen A Wrinkle of Cahokia have purchased the Harold Nolte residence at 103 North Rapp Avenue Columbia. They will move in once the Noltes vacate to their new home in St Louis.
A terse remark challenges critics with a blunt line about quitting. It frames resolve amid scrutiny as the speaker signals intent to persist despite pressure.
Mr and Mrs Edward Frierdich celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a four oclock dinner in Columbia Illinois. They were married October 11 1915 in Columbia and have a daughter and four grandchildren. They spent 46 years farming before retiring to their home four years ago. Guests included Earl Langford Belleville Chester Barber Chester Herman Laura and Danny Leonard Schweickhardt Nancy Schweickhardt Morris Schweickhardt Mark Collier Philip Frierdich Mildred Frierdich D Y Horsley Todd George Gene Church and Tommie.
The New Hanover Unit Home Makers Extension Assn met October 11 at Zoar Church Hall with 31 attendees including seven new members, one transfer and five visitors. Karen Mehrtens demonstrated meat loaf while the major lesson on dried foods was given by Mrs. Alvin Rey and Mrs. Herbert Mueller Jr. Potatoes were tast tested with fresh mashed potatoes favored. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Rey and Mrs. Mueller. Attendance prize went to Mrs. Raymond Rey for best pumpkin torn from paper. Next meeting set for November 8 at 7 30 p m.
Cadet Dirk Gress of Columbia was cited for his superior scholastic work during the first grading period at Missouri Military Academy Mexico. He scored twelve honor points as announced by Lt. Col. Eugene Lamm, the high school principal.
Bob Heisler son of Mr and Mrs Paul Heisler Russ Horsley son of D Y Horsley Jim Gummersheimer son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Gummersheimer and Don Lepp son of Mr and Mrs Alvin Lepp all students at the University of Illinois spent the weekend at home with their parents.
Sandra Goeddel daughter of Clarence and Mrs Goeddel of Waterloo married Francis Feldmann son of Bernard Feldmann of Aviston in a Saturday 12 noon ceremony at Immaculate Conception Church Columbia officiated by Msgr Elmer Holtgrave. The couple resides in Highland Illinois.
Chester Schmidt of Columbia the Monroe County Tuberculosis Sanatorium Board secretary and Thelma Hess of Valmeyer attend a Regional Conference of the Illinois Association of Tuberculosis Sanitarium Boards in Carbondale on Tuesday October 5.
John Meier husband of former Mary Pearl Grueninger was discharged after two years with the 19th Artillery at Ft. Carson Colorado. His parents are Mr and Mrs Joe Meier of Waterloo.
State and local governments collected 12.5 billion dollars in taxes in the first quarter of calendar year 1965, up 523 million or 4.4 percent from the same period in 1964, the Census Bureau reports.
Mr and Mrs Alphonse Vogt of 511 N Main Street celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a family gathering. They were married October 19 1940 at All Saints Church University City Missouri and have resided in Columbia since. A Mass of Thanksgiving was held at Immaculate Conception Church and vows were renewed followed by dinner at Fischer's Restaurant in Belleville. Present were daughter JoAnn Vogt of New York City son Chester of Rolla Missouri and daughter Mary with sons Carl and Thomas at home.
Mr and Mrs Walter Naumann of 123 West Monroe Street have returned from a Washington DC tour. They visited the White House Capitol and Bureau of Engraving and viewed currency printing and engraving. They also saw Jefferson and Lincoln memorials Mt Vernon Arlington Cemetery and the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
The U S Department of Agriculture predicts a small decline in per capita food consumption in the United States this year. Americans are expected to eat fewer eggs and less pork, lamb and dairy products.
The Rev. Jim Jackson pastor of St. Andrews Church Urbana Illinois and his wife and two daughters were dinner guests at Miss Kathy Heisler's home last Friday evening. Miss Barbara Weppink from St. Charles Missouri also attended. Rev Jackson was Camp Director at East Bay Camp where the girls counseled during the past summer.
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