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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1945
Page
4
The Rev Mr Ritter, longtime pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Dothan for 14 years, has accepted a call to a church in Cynthiana Kentucky and will depart Dothan tomorrow. A Selma native, he previously served in Palmira Missouri for several years.
Geneva funeral services were held for Mrs Sallie Harper at the church with Pastor Res Uo Murua officiating. Burial followed at Cry Cemetery under Pituman Funeral Home supervision. Mrs Harper died at home in Geneva after a weeks illness and had lived in Geneva for twenty three years. Pallbearers included Hey Gilstrap and J A May of Geneva, with several Geneva residents attending.
Tro special buses carry 114 non farm boys from six counties leaving Dotton for Baldwin County to join about 509 peers for an 1800 acre Irish potato harvest. They will work six weeks on harvesting packing grading shipping and will be housed near their camp with beds provided by the State Military Department. Alabama Extension Service staff and home demonstration agents will supervise and plan meals.
Second Lieutenant Vera Mare Neely daughter of Mr. and Mrs H E Neely of Webb promoted to First Lieutenant with the Fifth Army front in Italy. She serves with the 38th Evacuation Hospital and entered service April 1, 1942. She has served at Fort Bragg England Algiers Tunisia and Italy and wears the European Theater Ribbon with four battle stars. Trained at Moody Hospital.
A dense listing of church services and schedules across numerous churches. It includes pastors, service times, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, youth groups, and special worship events at locations such as Crandview, South Side, Saint Columba, Ozark, Temple Emanuel, and First Presbyterian. Names of pastors and denominations are interspersed with dates and times for weekly activities.
A fragmented church notices page lists several congregations and pastors including CHRISTIAN HILL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH in Milland with Rev Annie R Campbell and MEV. BES: MIESIGNANY BAPTIST in Southeast of Ashford, and SHADY GROVE No. ONE in Dothan with Rev G Mines. It notes multiple Sunday School times such as 11:90 a m and services on second Sundays, plus ministerial contacts and meeting rhythms across February through early verano.
A compact list of Sunday services across several churches in Alabama detailing Sunday School times preaching services Baptist Training Union and evening worship at Bay LC Hines Adams Street Baptist Church First Baptist Church Wesley Hill Church of God in Christ Mt Sinal Church St Beulah Church Center Baptist Union Fill and other congregations with times for Sunday School devotions and sermons led by pastors including Rev G W Martin Rev C T A Rev T L Brown Rev Brown and Rev M McCrosky across Newville Enterprise and Cottonwood.
Temple Emanu-El will elect officers this afternoon at four at the temple during the annual Jewish Welfare Fund meeting. Davis Turner of Marianna chairs the nominating committee. past officers include Nathan Greenberg president Leo Bender vice president Herman Blumberg secretary and Lee Shogerman treasurer. Dr Jacob R Marcus of Hebrew Union College Cincinnati Ohio will address the meeting.
At Church of the Nazarene 410 Fast Main Street at 11 a.m. today the topic When the Heavens are Brass will be preached by Rev. Ross Sanders with a 7:20 p.m. service on The Mark of the Beast in a series of prophetic messages. The First Presbyterian Church marks Rev. Clement Futter’s last Sunday with The Greatest Good at 11 a.m.. no evening service. Foster Street Methodist Church hosts Rev. Charles Hildreth for Fatefulness Amid Difficulties in the evening. Dr. S. M. Baker preaches The Call of Evangelism in the morning.
In a busy service day, Rev A D Zbinden of Headland Avenue Baptist Church plans morning sermon If We Confess Our Sins and evening title A Great Deeds Bon. Pastor Rey Nisger of Atlantis GA opened Monday night at Christians Science church with Probation After Death. Lafayette Street Methodist lists In the Other Chair for morning and another topic for later service.
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