Rev R A Thibos Takes Post as Third Church of Christ Pastor
Rev R A Thibos, new pastor of the Third Church of Christ on East Sreighton avenue, has found promising reception after two weeks in the city. A Michigan native and Flag College graduate of 1907, he previously led Battle Creek Christian Church for two years. He spoke to Fort Wayne congregation before accepting the pastorate left vacant by H Stafford, who moved to Massillon Ohio. Thibos calls the church “vigorous” with bright prospects, a large field, and earnest, active members under his leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Thibos
Third Church of Christ
East Sreighton Avenue
Michigan
Fliat
Christian Church
Battle Creek
Third Christian Church
Fort Wayne
H. Stafford
Massillon
Fiock
Grace Church to Enjoy Thursday Picnic at Swinney Park
Grace Lutheran church holds its annual Sunday school and congregation picnic at Swinney park Thursday. Boys and girls meet at 9 am at the church for transport to the park. Morning and afternoon baseball, toy balloon ascents, ice cream stands, a candy booth, and a basket dinner and supper are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lutheran Church
Swinney Park
Allan K. Hartman
Alan K. Hartman
Grace Reformed Church
Rome City
B. Diefenbach
Allan B. Diefenbach
Grace Church
Zartman
Fort Wayne
Winona Lake
Church forms committees for Sunday school work and resources
At a West Jefferson Street Church of Christ conference a committee on Sunday school management and teacher training was appointed by the superintendent. A resources committee was named to canvass the congregation over the next two to three weeks, with Miles as chairman and other members listed, aiming for church support and member cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Jefferson ‘Street
Church of Christ
W. D. Underwood
T. H. McCormick
Farewell Party for Miss Clara Schaff Before California Move
Miss Clara Schaff vice president of the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor at Grace Reformed Church will depart Saturday for California to enter Leland Stanford University. Endeavorers plan a farewell party Wednesday evening at Irving Bittner’s home, 519 East Lewis Street, with lawn games.
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Christian Endeavor
California
Clara Schaff
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
Grace Reformed Church
Calfornia
Leland Stanford University
Great Conference of Lutherans to be Held Here
Fort Wayne hosts the anticipated joint meeting of English and German Lutheran synods with Missouri and Ohio in 1911 following the Cleveland conference. Delegates discuss union plans, language use, publication control, and district affiliations as preparations begin for St. Louis.
Paul in Athens Shows Tactful Eloquence On Mars Hill
The visit to Athens leaves Paul facing a critical, highly educated audience. He earns attention by courteous speech and citing their poets, turning the Unknown God into a message about the creator of the world. The lesson stresses tact, common ground, and nonconfrontational preaching over doctrinal barrage.
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Paul
Athens
Minerva
Jupiter
Apollo
Mercury
Apostle
Mars Hill
Moses
Synod of Missouri and Ohio Meets in Seward 1910
The synodical conference committee convenes in Seward Nebraska in August 1910 joining Missouri and Ohio synods with others. A member is re elected to the electoral college filling professorship vacancies across colleges.
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Eran Synod
Missouri
Ohio
Synodical Conference
Seward
Neb
Electoral College
Recovered from sunstroke for Nix Settlement pastor
Rev. John Beiderman of St Catherine's Nix Settlement is convalescing after sunstroke. He spent a week at Rome City sanitorium and returned this morning. Rev George Heldman C P P S filled in and will officiate next Sunday. Other clergy covered services at St Paul, Besancon, and St Mary’s in their absence.
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John Beiderman
St. Catherine’s Church
Nix Settlement
Rome City Sanitarium
Charles Thiele
St. Peter’s Church
George Heldman
C. PP. S
St. Joseph's College
Father Heldman
St. Paul’s Catholic
H. F. Joseph Kroll
Michael
Louen
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. “Loula
Besancon
Gustave Hottenroth
St. Mary's. Church
Niagara Falls Rail Schedule Notices
Train guide fragment notes fares of 6.50 for Niagara trips on Nickel Plate Road. Dates of gale listed as August 3 and 5 plus other numbers 105.14 1% .19 and 26. Unclear context but references to round trips and weather impacts on travel.
School board re elected at St Johns Lutheran meeting
At the Sunday afternoon meeting of St John s Evangelical Lutheran church about eighty members discussed the school board election and cemetery improvements. Charles Steiss was re elected and Christian Kienzle Jr won a seat, replacing George Weil who retired. Emil Gollmer was re elected without opposition. Treasurers George Motz and George Kierspe reported strong finances. A major topic was improving the St Johns Lutheran cemetery on Bluffton road, a forty acre site with a large ditch to be tiled, but no action was taken.
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Congregation of
St. John’s _Evangelical , Lutheran church
H. P. Dannecker
Charles Steiss
Christian Kienzle, Jr
George Weil
Fort Wayne Priest Honored at Boston Convention
Fort Wayne diocesan school superintendent Rev A E Lafontaine attended the sixth annual Catholic Educational association convention in Boston. He joined the executive board of the parish school department and became vice president of the same department. He presented a paper on The Home and the School and announced two new study courses for Fort Wayne Central Catholic high school.
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A. E. Lafontaine
Fort Wayne
Boston
Catholic Educational Association
Mgr. J. H. Oechtering
V. G
Father Lafontaine
Fort Wayne Central Catholic High School
Church Outing and Hay Field Fun At West Creighton Avenue
Members of West Creighton Avenue Church enjoyed a Thursday outing at the Trick farm south of the city. The Ladies Aid served luncheon and the day featured a hay field work session led by Rev. Henry W. Schwan and the men, followed by music indoors. Seventy five lay makers attended and the event closed with musical selections. BUILDING COMMITTEE AWARDS. The English Lutheran Redeemer church removal project awarded to Barney Borkenstein with work to start immediately. The plan includes moving the old church, erecting a rear esement, boiler room, dining and bowling alleys in the basement, and a meeting hall for societies. The committee was led by Rev Theo Hahn and includes William Lindenberg, William Yergens, and Thomas Baxter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Trick
Ladies’ Aid Society
West Creighton Avenue
Church of Christ
Henry W. Schwan
Trick
English Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Barney Borkenstein
Theo. Hahn
William Lindenberg
William Yergens
Thomas Baxter
12 Day Excursion to Niagara Falls by Nickel Plate Road
12 day excursion to Niagara Falls departs at 5:00 PM in August for $6.50. Nickel Plate Road advertises a booklet with full details. Contact Mr. F. P. Parnin in Fort Wayne Indiana for information.
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Niagara Falls
Nickel Plate Road
F. P. Parnin
Te P. Ay
Fort
Wayne
Ind
Rev Dannecker to Attend Northern District Board Meeting
Rev H P Dannecker pastor of St. John s Evangelical Lutheran church will attend the semi annual meeting of the beneficiary board of the northern district of the Evangelical Lutheran joint synod of Ohio and other states in Toledo on August 2 He is president of the board which funds ministry and parochial school work There are twenty four beneficiaries with substantial spending on first year students The meeting will be at an Evangelical Lutheran church in Toledo and Rev Dannecker will be guest of Rev W E Schuette.
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Jacob Miller
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
German Synod
Missouri Synod
German Lutheran Synod of Missouri
Ohio
United States
Canada
English Lutheran Synod of Missouri
Synod of Missouri
Mississippi
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Indiana
Florida
German Lutheran Synod
St. Louis
Fort Wayne
Cleveland
Synod
F. Bente
J. W. Miller
St. ‘Louis
Wim. Dallman
Buchhelage
H. P. Dannecker
St. John's
Toledo
Dannecker
W. E. Schuette
Social Afternoons Hostesses Announced by Ladies Aid
The Ladies Aid society of Third Presbyterian church lists hostess details for Social Afternoons through April 1910. August 5 is Section Six with Mrs John S S Blakesley at 2335 Lafayette. September 2 Section One with Mrs Harriet Riblet at 2409 South Harrison. October 7 Section 2 with Mrs Wm N Barden at 206 West Creighton. November 4 with Mrs Charles E McKeehan at 2517 South Calhoun. December 2 Section Four with Mrs Stephen A Gunther at 2728 Hanna. January 1910 Section Five with Mrs Frank W Kelsey at 827 West DeWald. February Section Six with Mrs William Dexter at 464 East Creighton. March Section One with Mrs Thomas Sinclair at 409 West DeWald. April Section Two with Mrs Fred J Thieme at 2445 Fairfield.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Third Presbyterian Church
John S&s. Blakesley
Lafayette Street
Harriet Riblet
South
Harrison Street
Wm. N. Barden
West Creighton Avenue
Charles E. McKeehan
South Calhoun
Car Builder H D Miller Suffers Fall From Ladder
H D Miller of 2119 Nelson Street sustained a broken rib back bruises and other injuries Tuesday morning when a heavy sack of feed caused him to topple from a ladder to a haymow wall. The Pennsylvania shop car builder will miss work for several weeks after the accident.
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H. D. Miller
Nelson Street
Underwood
Miller
Pennsylvania
Engineer Maloney Injured When Water Glass Explodes
Engineer George Maloney of the Wabash sustained an eye injury when a water glass burst as his train No 9 exited Montpelier Ohio. Glass splinters entered his eye. He received first aid from the Montpelier surgeon and was sent to Peru hospital for further treatment. He is a known figure in Fort Wayne railway circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Maloney
Wabash
No. 9
Montpelier
Ohio
Fort Wayne
Painter Injured After Jump From Freight Train Near Wabash Shops
William Leammele a painter at the Wabash shops residing at 2134 Miner street had a knee broken and other injuries after leaping from a fast moving freight train near closing hours yesterday afternoon. He went to the Peru hospital this morning for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Leammele
Miner Street
Peru Hospital
Leammele
Pennsylvania man endures fishbone lodged in throat
H Rohrbach of the Pennsylvania erecting shop had a serious incident when a fishbone lodged in his throat during dinner. It became deeply embedded and required medical removal. He is still suffering from the wound days after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. ‘Rohrbach
Pennsylvania
Rohrbach
Fire Rages Across Nern Home. Family of Nine Escapes
Early Tuesday morning flames engulfed John Nern's one and a half story frame house on Fox avenue near rural route 12. Neighbors fought with cistern water as the structure burned, with no water mains nearby. Seven children and the parents escaped with only what they could grab. The fire spread to the adjacent roof, damaging Mrs. Catherine Braun's home, saved by onlookers. The Nern residence, valued about $900, was owned on installments to a trustees company and insured. The family sought shelter with neighbors while the father searches for new housing.
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John Nern
Fox Avenue
Nern
Pennsylvania East Yards
Catherine Braun
Braun
Poe News notes family reunions and visits across Indiana
Poe Indiana July 20 Mr and Mrs Gert Somers attended an Egge man family reunion in Huntington about 50 relatives were present and had a good time. Guests include Mr and Mrs John Hadley of Fort Wayne Mrs A O Hadley and daughter Gladys Ossian at the Spangler home. Several other relatives visited Munson Chapel Fort Wayne Chicago and Crooked Lake for gatherings and fishing during the week with pallbearers at a Somers funeral.
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Marion Smith
P. H. Snider
J. W. Fenner
C. M. Gardner
Vandale
J. J. Bollinger
Princedale, Ark
H. E. Smitley
Munson Chapel
Will Delong
Two Park Cars Bump Near Robison Park
A collision occurred on a curve near Rodant Park when one parked car at Robison Park was awaiting repairs and another vehicle struck it from a short distance away.
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Robison
Rod
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