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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1934
Page
7
The notice lists Sunday school at 9 45 a m and evening services at the Tin vane building for Genesis teens 9 to 4 p m on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. All services are in the Eyster building and open to the public. Pastor's sermon title The Career of the Antichrist the Man of Sin. W M B meeting at 4 p m.
The article notes canal and Lafayette Street location with a $390 a month figure and announces the Sunday school will observe the regular annual Sunday school day with a program. E R Naylor of Pow College will deliver the main address and Epworth Leagues meet at 6 30 pm. The mid week prayer meetings are to be discontinued after September first. Miss Elizabeth Wallace to play organ for a special morning choir program. Visitors are invited to make the church their home.
ELEMONT METHODIST reports strong revival attendance under Rev. George C. Dotts and Rev. B. G. Sturdivant. W Blythe pastor leads Sunday school at 9 45 a m with Gilbert Smith, preaching at 11 a m and again morning and evening as the revival continues. several have joined the church and all invited to attend.
Oak at Lafayette church outlines a Sunday program led by Pastor B E Berkstresser including Bible School at 9:30 and Morning Worship with sermon Fins the Fig. Bee Rep 30 rth Tts Leaves 6:20. Miss Madeline Dix directs Baptist Young Peoples King with evening worship and a special program.
Willoughby Presbyterian at Sixth Ave and Ninth South, Pastor A Gordon. Sunday school 9:45 am. Last Sunday attendance exceeded the roll for the first time since December 1932. Everyone invited to attend Sunday morning worship and help break the record. 7:30 pm Evening Worship with sermon on Lot.
Morning session at Buhday School activates the day with an invitation to attend. Preaching services are scheduled for 3 p.m. and all are urged to join in worship.
Westside Presbyterian on Seventh Avenue advertises morning worship at 11:00 led by Pastor A Gordon with Sunday school at 9:45 supervised by M E McCluskey. Morning sermon topic Perfect Peace invites tent meeting supporters to unite. senior C E gathering set for 6:45 am.
The church schedules green color for altar and vestments on Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. Church school at 9 45 a m followed by Morning Service at 10 a m with Rev Comer Life delivering the sermon at the Beaufpot Holiness.
Pastor J M Holland leads Sunday school at 9 45 a m and evening worship with sermon at 730. Wednesday evening 730 for members and those seeking rededication to Christ with study on Holy Baptism and the Apostles Creed.
The Church of Christ on Nineteenth Avenue East hosts Bible study at 10 a.m and preaching at 11 a.m. The morning topic is the Work of the Holy Spirit How He Worked With the Apostles and the Church and the World. Evening service at 7 30 p.m. will cover Sin.
A preacher reflects on biblical parallels and modern peril. He contrasts Jacob's dream and David's sight with today’s life, warns about natural resource waste, dust storms, and moral neglect, and urges action grounded in Ephesians 6 while quoting Shakespeare.
H L Kirby will address the church in a positive talk focusing on two subjects that have drawn many calls. The speaker emphasizes the need for all to hear these important topics in his upcoming message.
Central Baptist led by James Allen Smith holds 8:30 Sunday school 10:45 morning worship and 7:30 evening service. Young People gather at 6:30 with a Wednesday 7:30 prayer meeting. Dr Green preaches at both services and urges attendance to keep spiritual fires burning and grow in Christian usefulness.
Westminster Presbyterian at Jackson Street and Eighth Avenue lists Sunday school at 9 30 a m with Ernest N Hart pastor Henry Norton superintendent and Men s Bible Class at 9 30 a m led by Geo D Redding Women s Bible Class 9 30 a m Miss Groenendyke teacher Morning worship at 11 o clock with Hon W R Speight preaching All members urged to attend noting outreach and the friendly welcome Laeron 6 30 p m
At 9 45 a m Sunday school and 11 a m regular morning worship will be held. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
Four stylish yet practical outfits for college freshmen describe simple smart fashion ideas. The guide notes home sewing friendly ensembles in checked wool skirts and wool crepe separates with detachable collars and versatile two piece sets. It emphasizes neat, not overelaborate, attire and age appropriate hats.
The column surveys shifts in Congress with Oklahoma’s W. W. Hastings stepping aside for Tack Nichols and notes on NRA leaders, CWA revival talk, and governance debates. It also mentions Huey Long, Florence Kahn supporters, and Lenon Henderson’s rising NRA role. A Washington tip highlights garden lore and a mint cocktail at Chevy Chase.
Mr and Mrs Marion Wooten welcomed a son on August 16 weighing 9 pounds and named Clifford Marion in a local birth notice.
Services will be held at eleven o'clock Sunday morning at the Westelde Presbyterian church. Pastor Rev. Vance A. Gordon urged all who planned to unite with the church as a result of the recent revival to attend the coming Sunday morning service.
The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans will sell at public auction for cash the described property in Morgan County Alabama including portions of Sections 26 27 along with the Northeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 27 and parts of the West side of the Northwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 26 at the courthouse door in Decatur on the scheduled sale date due to default on the mortgage dated January 2 1924 by A H Masterson and Mattie H Masterson.
A bridge hand illustrates a 2 no trump response guiding a three call choice. South gains maximum by a sequence where control and ruffs decide the outcome, with hearts and no trump failing as calls while a 3 spades bid yields success.
The Federal Land Bank announces a mortgage sale of 82 acres in Township 6 Range 4 West Morgan County Alabama to satisfy the debt and expenses. Descriptions cover 26 acres to A H Masterson and 11 acres to Masters son, with deeds recorded in specified books, sale conducted by H Eyster attorney for mortgagee between August 11 and 16 and 25.
Application will be made to the Board of Pardons for the parole of Vernon Horton convicted at the February term 1934 of Morgan County circuit court on manufacturing whiskey and sentenced to prison for not less than fourteen months nor more than twenty months. Vernon Horton. Aug. 11-18.
The revival campaign at Chapel Hill church has attracted large congregations this week. Dr Ire P Hawkins pastor of Central Methodist church will be brought close at the Sunday morning service. Rev T H Wilson is pastor.
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