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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1934
Page
7
The weekly church notices highlight a Christian Science service on Spirit with Zechariah and Jeremiah readings. Sunday school at 9:45 a m and service at 11 a m. Wednesday 7 20 p m. reading room hours 2 4 p m on Tue Thu Sat. services at the Byster building. The public is invited and some have been saved.
Dr. Ire F Hawkins leads Sunday School at 9 20 a m with Pastor L A Wash preaching at 11 am on Gods Bid for Marisheart the Greatest Lover of the Universe The Epworth League gathers at 6 30 pm and the evening service moves to the tent at 7 30 pm with the congregation worshiping there.
At 9 45 a m Sunday school and regular morning worship begin. Everyone is invited to attend.
WESE Presbyterian Seventh Avenue West invites all to Sunday school at 9 45 a m led by M McCluskey superintendent. The Sunday school is growing and everyone is urged to enroll. Sunday morning and the closing revival service Sunday night with Pastor Gordon. God has worked mightily.
Sixth Ave and Ninth Street South Vv A Garden hosts worship at 11 8. m. with pastor preaching. All members urged to attend and those seeking church unity invited. Parishioners asked to join the closing tent service Sunday night.
The Oak street church led by Pastor J. KE. Berkstresser holds 9:30 Rite School and 11:00 Morning Worship with a Sermon on Confessing the Lord Jesus. Evening service canceled due to Union meeting at the tent. 6:30 PM Baptist Young People's group directed by Miss Madeline Dix.
Sunday school at 9:45 led by L B Wright with general superintendent duties. 10:45 worship with a sermon by the pastor. Baptist Young People's Union at 6:00 under Mrs Will Spanabel. No evening service. all urged to attend the tent service.
J D Wallace pastor announces revival services at 11 a m with Evangelist Rev John Cowell Jr and afternoon and evening gatherings at 3 and 7 30 pm. Visitors urged to attend and join with other churches in the final two revival services.
The Church of God at Sixth Ave and Fourth St lists services with Pastor R B Conner. Sunday school at 9 45 a m supervised by J C Conley. Worship at 11 a m with sermon and a 7 30 p m service on the topic Dividing the Word of Truth Rightly.
The Rev E T Town pastor conducts an Eleventh Sunday after Trinity devotional service at 8 30 a m with Sunday school and Bible class at 9 30 a m There will be no service or Sunday school next Sunday August 19 as the pastor attends the Southern District convention in New Orleans Everyone is welcome
Chas L Dobbs pastor leads the church with a men’s Bible class at 9 30 a m taught by G W Norwood. Sunday school at 9 45 a m with Emory Teague. Sermon by the pastor at 11 a m September 11. B Y P P hour at 6 p m directed by C L Buck. Mid week prayer service at 7 30 p m Wednesday.
Sunday at 10 45 a m the Central Baptist Church led by Dr James P Smith will baptize probably the largest number in its history. The service will attract many members and Profs who have chosen Central Baptist and will see a large influx of new members joining during the morning worship. All friends without a church home in Decatur are invited to attend.
Mr and Mrs Wohl and their children Joyce and Doris returned from a three weeks trip to New York City The journey combined a buying tour with a vacation and marked a pleasant family excursion with plans to resume usual routines at home.
Etha Mae Laughmiller five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs M D Laughmiller of Harris Station is recovering from a broken arm suffered when she fell from the porch at her home several days ago.
A notice invites all who accept Christ to attend a Sunday morning service at the church of their choice and location. Those living nearby are urged to place their letter there and join with God’s people. No evening service. all proceed to the tent for the final sermon.
The First Methodist Church on Canal at Lafayette invites visitors to Sunday School at 9 30 am and Morning Worship at 11 o clock led by Rev J H Johnson and Miss Elizabeth Wallace plays organ. Evening union service at 7 30 pm at the tent on Fourth avenue and Johnston streets with other city churches. Epworth Leagues meet 6 30 pm. Mid week prayer meetings suspended until September first.
Rev Peter M Dennis rector notes altar colors green and urges church school at 9 45 a m Bible class at 10 a m with no 11 o clock service this Sunday The theme is O Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness.
Westminster Presbyterian at Jackson Street and Eighth Avenue lists Sunday school and class times at 9:30 a.m. with Ernest N. Hart pastor. Morning worship at 11 o'clock features "God's New Man" and invites new members and transfers. Westminster League meets at 6:30 p.m. The church emphasizes a friendly welcome.
Church of Christ on Nineteenth Avenue East holds Bible study at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m on the topic Abiding In the Doctrine. Evening service at 7 30 p m features H L Kirby.
Claudette Colbert avoids a long milk bath during Cleopatra filming and endorses using powdered milk as an external face mask. The article outlines cleansing, applying a creamy paste, drying, and finishing with a skin tonic to refine texture and leave skin soft and velvety.
Readers receive hair, nail and skin care advice from Miss Grady with instructions for a side part hairstyle, nail shaping exercises, and liver spot treatment using hyposulphites of soda solution. Editor notes offer pamphlets and paid responses for further beauty guidance.
The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans will sell at public auction on September 8, 1934, in front of the Morgan County courthouse in Decatur, Alabama, the 82 acres described as parts of Sections 26 and 27 Township 6 Range 4 West. The sale proceeds from a deed of trust to secure a 1924 mortgage by A H Masterson and wife Mattie M Masterson, due to default. Attorney Oh as H Eyster represents the mortgagee.
Daily Washington Merry-Go-Round letters satirize events from antiquated literature to NRA banking orders. Topics include a Canter bury Tales exam rescue, Secretary Ickes split infinitives, nine rear admirals selecting brigadier generals, cheaper checks under NRA rules, and Morgenthau Helvering tensions. Also coverage of the Washington Monument scaffolding and labor row over Hartman Hosiery Blue Eagle.
Born to Mr and Mrs Edward Case a nine pound son named Charles Phil.
In Hollywood Mack and Kaft for the first time in years Joe Keaton 66 years old father of Buster Keaton appears in What Every Woman Knows. He and wife Myra seek fresh screen work after the vaudeville era and dream of reuniting the family on screen.
The New York actor who bought 34 baby chicks for home eggs finds 23 roosters causing chaos at home. Sammy Finn, ex-George Raft aide, is in Hollywood hospital with rheumatic illness and seeks friends. Patricia Ellis’ engagement ring sparks playful dating lore.
Carl Brisson boxed in a Stockholm stadium on the day war was declared in 1914. The crowd left en masse, leaving the fighters with no audience for the bout.
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