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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1946

Page

12

Local Church Notices and Farewells

Grant Street Church to day hosts farewell sermon by Minister K M Kelly before his move to Tampa Florida. Bible study at 9 45 worship 10 45 morning and 7 30 evening. First Christian East Moulton at Fourth Avenue lists services and youth fellowship. St Pauls Lutheran Sherman Street invites 10 30 service with what Jesus teaches about religion. St Johns Episcopal First Sunday after Trinity with Holy Communion at 7 30 and church school at 9 45. rector sermons. Services at nearby St Timothys Athens St Peters Wilder Place and Epiphany Guntersville listed for 7 30 p m.

Grant Street Church First Christian East ST. Paul's Lutheran Sherman Street Fourth Avenue W. F. Schoech A. mi Jesus Eighth Ave. E ST. John’s Episcopal St. Timothy's Athens St. Peter's Wilder Place Church of the Epiphany Guntersville

Central Methodists and Baptists Schedule Services and Meetings

Central Methodist D Davenport pastor leads 9:30 a m Sunday School and 11:00 a m worship with sermon Money Talks. 6:30 p m Youth Fellowship. 7:30 p m sermon Summer Devils. men sponsor attendance. choir sings. W S C S circles meet at church and Courtland on various days. prayer meeting Wednesday and Evangelium group Friday night at Leonard McCulloch, 301 Ninth Ave West. young people recreation Saturday. Central Baptist Paul Roberts pastor. Pleas Manley and Edmond D Keith as sociates. Mrs S B Burr organist. 9:30 a m Sunday School. 10:45 a m morning worship. 6:30 p m Training Union. 7:30 p m evening services. 7:30 p m Wednesday prayer meeting. men invited to leave coats at home.

G. M. Davenport W. F. Rauschenberg E. C. Powell Courtland Methodist Fellowship of Evangelium Leonard McCulloch Ninth Ave. West Central Baptist Fourth Avenue Grant Street Paul Roberts Pleas Manley Edmond D. Keith Associates S. B. Burr

Willoughby Presbyterian and Local Churches Schedule

Foy Short leads Bible study at 10:00 a.m. and worship with sermon by Hollis Roberson at 11:00 a.m. Evening services at 7:30 p.m. Willoughby Presbyterian at Sixth Avenue and Ninth Street with pastor William B. Strong. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Westminster Fellowship 7:00 p.m. Wednesday prayer service 7:45 p.m. Visitors welcome. Sixteenth Avenue Baptist at Wadsworth Street corner. Miss Cora Feild Training Union director. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning worship 11:00 a.m. Training Union 6:15 p.m. Evening worship 7:30 p.m. Sunbeams 3:00 p.m. Junior G. A. 3:15 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting noted. attendance urged.

Foy Short Hollis Roberson Town Creek Willoughby Presbyterian Sixth Avenue Ninth Street William B. Strong Westminster Fellowship ADD Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Wadsworth Street Church of

Is The Universe Evolved By Atomic Force Sermon Topic

The First Church of Christ Scientist in Decatur hosts a Sunday lesson titled Is The Universe Including Man Evolved By Atomic Force with Golden Text from Proverbs and selections from Revelation. Services include 11:00 am worship, 9:45 am Sunday School, 7:30 pm Wednesday meetings, and a reading room 2–4 pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays at Johnston Street rear entrance.

Church of Christ Scientist Decatur First Church of Christ, Scientist Boston Massachusetts God Johnston Street

Morgan County Florette Visits Among Local Families

Local residents and visitors from California Alabama and Tennessee gathered for family visits and reunions. J E Peck and R C Ryan announced plans to leave for the U S Army while others including Mr and Mrs G C Vincent and Mr and Mrs Harold Waugh hosted relatives at their homes in Falkville Hartsel Hartselle and Courtland.

Cullen McCarley California Bloyd Jones Tommy Falkville Arnold Palmer Herbert Huntsville Otto McCarley Hartselle J. Eral Peck J. A. Henderson Russellville Mable Gatlin Dorothy Ann Hendon Decatur Winnie Winnie. Faye Robertson TahGreeet Bipminanham Eral Peck J. E. Peck R. C. Ryan U.S. Army Harold Waugh Courtland G. C. Vincent Charlie Vice

Forrest Chapel and Morgan County Social Notes

Little Bertha Mae Speakman of Decatur General Hospital is seriously ill. Peggy Battles visits Birmingham relatives. Jack Allen recently stayed with cousin Jimmie Stephenson near Hartselle. W D Bullard family spent Sunday with Lola Mae Nola Dae and Wilma Sparkman. Ben Roberts and W P Roberts families attended Basham Chapel program. G H Battles visited Morris and family near Hopewell. Calvin Long Otto Glasgo families visiting Luther Glasgo home. Bevis Ward family spent Sunday with R G Sybert near Oak Ridge. Bill Stephenson of near Hartselle visited Bert Allen family. Olen Battles of Birmingham visited G H Battles family last week.

Bertha Mae Speakman Ernest Speakman Decatur General Hospital Peggy Battles Birmingham Jack Allen Jimmie Stephenson Hartselle W. D. Bullard Lola Mae Nola Dae Wilma Sparkman Ben Roberts W. P. Roberts Basham Chapel G. H. Battles H. E. Morris Hopewell Calvin Long Otto Glasgo Luther Glasgo Bevis Ward Guin and Justin Wayne

Minister Preaching Farewell Sermon Before Tampa Move

K. M. Kelly associate minister at Grant Street Church of Christ leaves Decatur for Tampa Florida with his family. He helped plant three new congregations in Morgan county and oversaw two church buildings with a third nearing completion. He seeks to bolster Christian college studies for his two daughters and pursue broader work. Kelly preaches farewell sermon Sunday morning at Grant Street Church of Christ.

K. M. Kelly Grant Street Church & Christ Tampa Florida Kelly Grant Street Church of Christ Decatur Morgan County Tampa Christian College

Davis memorial singing draws large crowd in Evergreen

Several singers from Morgan County attended the Davis memorial singing at Evergreen Sunday. A large crowd gathered Sunday night for the event. Various residents, including Billy Freeman and son John E, recovered from recent illnesses and joined neighbors in social visits and outings.

Davis Evergreen Billy Freeman John E Vera Athaleen Freeman Woodrow Guthrie Festus Kilpatrick Louie Partain Baugh’s Infirmary

Public Forum Letter Defends Americanism Against Dictatorship

A reader urges readers to study American history and philosophy to resist Soviet and fascist influences. The letter criticizes John L. Lewis, Philip Murray, Sidney Hillman, Mrs. Draper, and Chester Bryant, praising patriotism and suggesting Bryant for U.S. Senate if healthy.

Handy Ellis Decatur Daily United States Henry E Chambers CIO John L. Lewis Philip Murray Sidney Hillman Russia Cio-Pac New York City U.sad Wise Lovelady Draper Germany Italy Mrs. Draper Joe Stalin Chester Bryant Stalin The America Mr. Wise Mr. Lovelady

Women’s Society to Meet in Joint Session Monday

Education has asked Mrs. E. N. Price Mrs. Paul Robinson and Mrs. Murray King to serve as a committee on arrangement. Circles of the Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet in joint session on Monday at the home of Mrs. J. B. Bradford at 10 o'clock. The concluding chapters of the book The Cross Over Africa will be reviewed and the members will enjoy luncheon together at noon.

Education E. N. Price Paul Robinson Murray King Woman's Society of Christian Service J. B. Bradford

Moulton Heights Churches Revival and Vacation Bible School

Rev J A Gomes presides with Sunday School at 10 and services at 11 and 7 45 with topics The Grace of Jesus Christ and The Good News Revival begins Sunday June 23 Rev Carl Green starts preaching Monday June 24 vacation Bible school runs from that day Mrs Charles Williams directs all welcome

J. A. Gomes Jesus Christ Horace Fielding Carl Green Charles Williams

HARTSELLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Hartselle Christians church notes Sunday Bible School at 10 00 a m Worship service and Communion at 11 00 a m Laymen s League meets Friday at 730 p m All men invited The weekly thought is Patience is a virtue most desirable and well worth time spent in cultivating Minister Thomas V Hatchett invites all to visit the friendly church

W. A. McClanahan Thomas V. Hatchett

American values and old age pension debate amid Arizona dams

Wesley Curry voices sympathy for the elderly while demanding a practical pension based on solid rationale not vague promises. He criticizes unAmerican leadership and urges a turn toward American concepts as he notes Arizona's grand reclamation projects including Boulder, Roosevelt, Coolidge, Bartlett dams.

Sharp unAmerican America Wesley Curry Arizona Boulder Roosevelt Coolidge Bartlett

No 6 Cold Plate Sandwiches Offer An Assorted Lunch

A cafeteria item lists a cold plate with assorted cold cuts and sides. The menu includes potato salad liver cheese cottage cheese crackers cold baked ham chicken salad toasted cheese banana sandwich and various sandwiches.

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