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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1964
Page
4
Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 00 a m. Sunbeams and ICes at 7 30 p m. GA and RA groups meet midweek. Intermediate GA’s Thursday at 3 30 p m at 415 8th Ave S W. Christ ambassadors gather Wednesday at 7 30 p m. M E Furber is pastor.
St Pauls Lutheran Church Sherman Street at 4th Avenue lists Rev R A Reinhardt as pastor. Sunday school begins at 9 30 a m with worship services at 8 15 and 10 45 a m.
The Church of God at 716 6th Ave SE invites all to a Sunday service led by Rev. W. A. Day at 7:30 PM. Youth programs and fellowship to follow. attendees welcome.
The Nazarene church at 210 7th Ave SW lists Rev. W. R. Sessions as pastor. Sunday school at 9 40 am and morning worship at 11 am. Evening worship at 7 30 pm with NY PS at 6 30 pm. Mid week service and caravans Wednesday at 7 30 pm and Friday prayer band night at 7 30 pm.
The notice lists activities at Methodist at 6th Ave and Jackson St SE. Church school at 9:30 a.m. fellowship at 10:50 a.m. Bible study at 7 p.m. Wednesday evening services and 7 p.m. study sessions are planned for the day.
Readings note Westside Presbyterian Church 415 7th Ave SW holds 9:45 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. worship. Willoughby at 6th Ave and 9th St offers 10:30 a.m. Sunday school and 9:30 a.m. worship with a Bible study at 7 p.m. Wednesday services. Arthur L a and Arthur Nix lead.
At St John’s Corner Gordon Drive and Jackson Street Rector Rev James C Bodley presides. Holy communion at 7 30 a m. Family services and classes at 9 15 a m. Sermon at 11 a m. Healing service at 5 p m.
Christian Fourth Ave and Moulton St E list minister Jerry C Smith with church school 9 45 a m worship 10 50 a m Youth Fellowship 5 45 p m worship 7 p m at Central 1009 Main St W Hartselle Rev Melvin pastor Bible hour 10 a m worship 11 a m gospel hour 7 p m Bible study Wednesday 7 p m
Dewey Landru left a $200 weekly job to serve as a carpenter in South Madagascar with his wife. They volunteered for two years through the World Brotherhood Exchange and funded a water project for the mission. Landru bore travel costs, found a pure water source, and with Trinity Lutheran Church donors raised $2,000 to pipe water to the community.
A Sunday morning radio schedule notes Program The Search For Love airing on Station WHOS at 800 kilocycles from 10:00 a.m. The listing mentions day and night times 7:00 to 8:30 with unspecified fee.
The page lists multiple churches with addresses and service times. Baptist Corner Wadsworth and Sis teenth Ave offers morning worship at 10 55 a.m and evening services. Brookhaven at Memorial Dr SW shows Sunday School 9 45 a.m worship 11 a.m and evening 7 p.m. other locations on Fifth Ave SE Fourth Ave and Grant St and Pleasant Valley with ministers and midweek prayers also noted. Emmanuel at Kooken Ave SW provides Sunday School 10 a.m worship 11 a.m and midweek prayer times.
Lawrence County Church of Christ at 311 Memorial Dr NW lists services: Sunday school 9 45 worship 11 am training union 6 pm evening service 7 pm. Kyle McWhorter minister. Bible study 10 am preaching communion 11 am.
Minister James Toone leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. Evening service at 7 p.m. Mid week service at 7 30 p.m. Reed at 3 p.m. Herald of Truth airs 1 30 p.m. on WMSL TV.
Sermon excerpt opens mid-para on avoiding pretended godliness for wealth. Paul urges contentment after basic needs are met, not a denial of wealth. earthly desires pale beside spiritual devotion, and Timothy is urged to flee love of money while fighting for the gospel and church.
A compact proclamation presents I Timothy 6 17 as a moral reminder to the wealthy. It urges humility and warns against placing trust in uncertain riches while praising the living God who richly provides for enjoyment.
Rev J W Myers notes Thomason as treasurer and lists delegates on pages four and five of the annual minutes. Page one shows church names with Cooperative Program contributions and executive committee reps. Pages 10 and 11 cover WMU and Youth facts, Christmas debt, and Alabama union figures. Baptisms and losses are tallied. total church membership dips from 5555 to 5413. Ambiguities arise from 139 losses not explained.
A homecoming and mortgage burning will be held Sunday at the Southside Church of the Nazarene in Decatur. All-day services with Rev. Reeford Chaney district superintendent of the Alabama district speaking at 2 30 pm followed by the mortgage burning. The church plans to secure property in east Decatur and build a brick church in the future.
In Mexico City customs officials wage their annual pre Christmas battle against smuggling of toys from the United States into Mexico during the holiday season.
A Wednesday church bulletin notes Bible study at 7:30 p.m. followed by an evening service at 7:30 p.m. Weekly activities include morning study at 10 a.m. and a 7:30 p.m. service, with additional references to Tinaieht’s cashier and Lanke Day.
Flint City reports its Flint Baptist Church, founded May 8 1824 with 16 charter members, plans a new $50,000 building on U S 31 including a 400 seat auditorium and 17 classrooms. The current pastor is Rev Howard L Smallwood serving eight years. Notable donations include a $1,000 gift from Kansas City owner Charles O Finley during a building fund drive.
The U S Justice Department challenges a federal referee's report that 125 Perry County voter applicants should be rejected. Referee Ally Burke of Greensboro Alabama said 110 were not presently qualified to vote while 60 were denied court orders to register, 13 failed hearings and two were not Perry County residents. The remaining 24 as qualified under state law were ordered onto the rolls by U S District Judge Thomas.
The Grant St Church of Christ opens a gospel meeting with J W Falkner from Hohenwald Tenn speaking. Sunday services at 10 45 a m and 6 p m with weekday sessions at 10 a m and 7 30 p m. A list of daily topics follows. The Sherman St Church of God aims to enlarge Sunday school to 300 by year end with services at 9 45 a m.
The Sixteenth Ave Baptist Church launches an attendance drive aiming to reach 490 in Sunday schools by month end. The effort focuses on expanding enrollment and boosting participation across programs.
In Embu district Kenya the assistant agriculture minister Julius Osogo told Parliament that government loans meant for land improvement to African farmers were diverted to buy wives. This disclosure highlights misuse of rural development funds.
Police warned of increased presence and arrests ahead of Decatur’s largest 16 to 20 page Christmas edition. Twenty five years ago Halloween was among the quietest in years per Police Chief W P Moore. Ten years ago Dr Cole J Young returned to veterinary practice in Decatur.
Athens officials sealed the final merger of the city and rural electric systems on Thursday and the combined entity began operation Friday. Mayor Robert Allen Tinnon said the deal was finalized in Birmingham and the merger is expected to save money for the city and county.
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