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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1950
Page
7
A Sunday church round up includes Christian Science lessons on Life with readings from Luke and Leviticus, plus schedules from Southside Baptist on Ninth Street with nursery day, worship times, and revival notes. Also listed are services and activities at Moulton Street, Ainslie Wyle’s Bible study, and parish events at St Timothy’s Athens and Grace Cullman with choir practice and confirmations.
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church lists Sunday school at 9 45 a m taught by Eugene Lamon with morning message A Prayer Hearing God. Evening service at 7 pm features There Is A Great Danger Of Drifting. Various church groups meet Mon Tue Wed Thu and Fri with programs, socials, and choir practice. Visitors welcome.
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Chapel announces Sunday school at 10 00 a m with Mr Van Hill as superintendent The morning message at 11 00 a m will be given by Brother Jack Coke The Training Union starts at 6 00 p m directed by Mr C L Buck Sr The evening service at 7 00 p m features the pastor Speakers for Sunbeams Royal Ambassadors and prayer services are scheduled Jan and weekly at the Chapel A cordial invitation is extended to all visitors Gum Springs Baptist led by Rev Paul McClusky offers Sunday school at 10 00 a m morning message at 11 00 a m and a 7 00 p m sermon with Thursday prayer meeting Visitors welcome.
Malcolm G. Fielfis pastor of Flint Baptist Church invites all to Sunday school at 9 45 a m with theme The Basis of Christian Fellowship and slogan Take Your Family to Sunday School Morning sermon at 10 55 a m on The Debt We Owe Society by Robert Ryan Training Union at 6 30 p m Theme Was Christs Death Necessary For Our Death Evening service at 7 35 p m Meeting The Judge with Fred Hitt Choir practice Wednesday at 7 00 p m Bernice Nelson and Lois Chunn to lead prayer devotional Bible study in Acts chapter 3 attend and pray for regional revival March 26 through April 5 and for Baptist churches in Morgan and Limestone counties.
St John’s Episcopal East Gordon Drive and Jackson Street hosts Rev E M Chapman rector with Jan 15 the second Sunday after Epiphany service times Holy Communion 7 30 church school 9 30 under William Chenault superintendent 9 40 adult Bible class and confirmation instruction 11 00Convenience
Charles R. Brewer minister. Bible classes Sunday 9 45. Morning worship 10 45. Evening service 6 30. Ladies class Tuesday 9 30. Mid week service and Bible classes Wednesday 7 00 p m.
Coroner’s Fourth Avenue and Sherman Street invites parishioners to Sunday school at 9:30 a m and worship at 10:30 a m The Sand Springs service is at 7:00 p m The pastor Robert O Maschke urges families and friends to attend for Christ the Savior of all sinners.
Westside Presbyterian on Seventh Avenue lists Sunday school and Bible classes at 9:45 a m with classes for all grades, morning worship at 11 a m featuring The Call And Training Of The Ministry, evening worship by the Women’s Missionary Society, and Youth Fellowship at 6:30 p m with new 1950 officers. Memorial Drive Methodist page follows with 9:45 a m church school and 10:50 a m sermon Building The Kingdom. First Baptist at Lafayette and Oak notes 9:30 a m Sunday school 11 a m worship and 7 p m training union with midweek activities. Central Baptist on Fourth Ave and Grant St lists 9:45 a m Sunday school and 11 a m morning service.
Sunday school begins at 9:49 a.m. Superintendent Berford Sharp urges punctual attendance. Morning worship at 10:45. Sermon continues last Sunday evening. Crusaders meet at 6:00 p.m. Evening evangelistic service at 7:00 p.m. Prayer service at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday choir practice at 8:00 p.m.
Jackson Street at Eighth Avenue hosts morning worship at 9:30 and 11:00 with sermon O Be Joyful In The Lord. Officers meet at 4 PM Sunday. Auxiliary circles meet Monday afternoon. senior choir practices continue.
The notice lists services and activities at First Presbyterian Corner Oak and East Vine including Sunday school at 9 45 with Mr Wed Frazier, morning worship at 11, and evening services at 7 30. Midweek prayer on Wednesday at 7 30 pm. Choirs schedule covers Carol Monday 3 30, St Cecelia Tuesday 3 30, Cherub Thursday 3 30, Vesper Thursday 7 00, Chancel Thursday 7 30, and Boys choir Saturday 9 00 am. Additional meetings of W S C S circles and youth groups are noted.
The Central Methodist Church at Sixth Avenue East and Jackson Street hosts a church school at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship with the sermon The Living Church and the anthem Praise My Soul at 10:50 a.m. An MYF Fellowship supper is at 5:45 p.m. in the church dining room followed by Children’s Bible hour at 6:30 p.m. Evening activities continue after 7:30 p.m. led by Dr W Nelson Guthrie.
Bangkok papers report four large opium smuggling cases in a month. The opium division of the excise department accepts applications from opium resorts to purchase the drug. There are 107 legal opium outlets in Bangkok and Chonburi with higher fees for new divans in 1950.
At closing time a man entered Samuel R Thar ket demanding money and produced a revolver. Employee Arthur Mansfield intercepted from the back room with a milk bottle, missing but startling the robber who fired a shot and fled.
Sherman Stovall, 46, died after being struck by a car two miles west of Anniston. Police said he stepped into the path of James Moore’s vehicle. No charges were filed. He was Calhoun county’s first traffic fatality of the year.
AEC sponsored civil service conference in Athens announces sweeping reforms for about 75 000 Greek civil servants. American government specialists helped push through the new law aimed at streamlining civil service selection and government methods.
Fragmentary note titled The Long Arm of the Church appears in Sunday issue. Text is incomplete with stray letters and broken words hindering context or figures. No clear events, dates, or names are readable from the fragment.
A fragment notes Alabama entities Alabama Brick and Tile Co Pryor Motor Co and Home Oil Mill in a red 46 context suggesting regional business activity and market signals.
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