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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1919
Page
6
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The church lists an evening missionary program at 7 30 with a processional hymn, recitations, readings, and prayers led by various members, followed by offertory and the hymn Jesus Shall Reign. Morning sermon titled Our Knowledge of God and regular worship times are given for Methodist and Christian churches.
Free Methodist Church lists Sunday school at 10:00, morning worship 11:00, Young Peoples 6:30, evening 7:00, Tuesday prayer 7:50, with scriptural topics Romans 8 9 and Luke 16 19 31. Nar? New Chicago Mission holds Sunday school 2:20, teachers meeting 3:20, no evening service due to Union meeting at Baptist church, choir practice after Sunday school. library open Saturday and Wednesday. Bethel AME Church announces Sunday school 9:00, preaching 11:00, evening service 7:30, Wednesday prayer 7:45. all welcome.
Fairfield High School basketball completes league sweep defeating Washington 39 to 5. The girls’ game saw Ottumwa beat Fairfield 24 to 16 in a spirited doubleheader crowd despite a blizzard. Season dates show Fairfield went 9-1 in league play including wins over Burlington Mt. Pleasant Ottumwa Muscatine and Washington.
City Council struggles to fill the City Clerk post after Paul Coleson resigned. W. R. Baker was elected but declined. George Light was elected but has yet to state acceptance. A council meeting may be held late today to decide further steps.
The Southeast Iowa section reports to the Daily Journal that the state board has approved a two day basketball tournament on March 7 and 8. It will be held at Parsons College gym in Fairfield with many first time visitors, while Fairfield High School aims to defend its local success in league play.
The Moose lodge has rented the rooms formerly used by the Masonic lodge on the east side of the square. They have been cleaned and overhauled with further remodeling planned. The club rooms are commodious and the lodge expects to initiate a large class of candidates soon.
Mr and Mrs Herbert West of Mt Pleasant are spending a few days in the city as guests of J A West on North Cour street Mrs Walter Hunt who visited relatives in Washington returns to the city L E Ward of Colfax arrives for a visit with daughter Mrs Charles Fumners.
Tomorrow night a discussion titled Are You a Grass-Hopper Christian? will be held at the Baptist Church. Union meetings are listed, and tickets for the Basketball Tournament will be on sale at Gobble & Heer's.
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