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Worship schedule notes no evening service on Sunday. Wednesday prayer service at 8:00. Thursday features a Men s Brotherhood outing. Invitation to worship and nourish the soul is extended.
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1936
Page
5
Worship schedule notes no evening service on Sunday. Wednesday prayer service at 8:00. Thursday features a Men s Brotherhood outing. Invitation to worship and nourish the soul is extended.
Beulah Baptist Church led by Pastor Whitescarver with an evening service at 7 30. The notice includes B. Stump as contact or related person and ends with a fragment.
Blueville Church of Christ holds 9:30 Bible study for all ages, 11:30 Communion, 1:30 for absent morning attendees, and Bible study every Sunday evening. Wednesday 7:30 features Bible study, prayer and song service. all are invited.
West: Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church lists Herbert Parks as pastor with morning worship at 10:30 and Sunday school at 9:30 led by J. Lee Evans. Epworth league 6:30 PM and evening worship 1:30 PM. Foster L. Jones serves as pastor at another service with church school at 10:00 and Ronald Knotts as superintendent. Preaching by the pastor on the third Sunday each month. cordial welcome extended.
St Matthias Episcopal invites attendance with Rector Rev A J Torrey presiding. Sunday school is at 10:00 every Sunday led by John W Von Briesen. services are held on the second and fourth Sundays each month at 11 a m.
The First Church of Christ outlines 9:30 Bible school led by Fred White with R H Bunner as assistant and Mrs W A Harrison as superintendent for primary and intermediate. John Bunner is secretary, Howard Robinson assistant, Mabel White treasurer. 10:30 Communion. COME help keep the attendance record.
The pastor Rev. H. J. Mitchell will preach his last sermon Sunday morning at 10 30. The 84th session of the Annual Conference opens in Clarksburg on Wednesday August 26. The fourth quarterly conference is set for Monday August 24 at 8 00 pm with full reports. Sunday school 9 30 with Mrs Rose Nicola, junior and senior endeavors in the evening. No Sunday night services after September 1. Pruntytown M P church will hold services Sunday at 2 30 pm.
A dense listing of radio programming across stations KKDKA WAVE WGN WSM and more detailing 6:00 PM to 12: Midnight broadcasts. Performers include Connie Gates Jerry Sears Patti Chapin Johnny Ferdi Heinemes Grenadiers and the Sons of the Pioneers with orchestras and bands across CBS NBC WLS WCPO and others.
Pruntytown M P Church lists Sunday school at 10:00 led by superintendent Joe Xeen er. Preaching on the first Sunday night at 8:00 and the third Sunday afternoon at 2:30. All are welcome to attend these services.
The church lists Sunday schedules with 9 30 Sunday school led by A R Van dergrift superintendent 10 30 preaching 1 00 Christian endeavor and 8 00 preaching. Wednesday prayer meeting and choir practice at 7 30. All who worship elsewhere are invited to attend any service.
Shaw Chapel M E Mission invites all to visit with Sabbath school at 10 30 led by E M Heaton Superintendent followed by a song service at 1 30 preaching at 8 00 and a mid week prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 all services announced for the church known as Shaw Chapel Mission seeking visitors to attend the little church.
In Blueville the 9:30 Sunday school gathering will be led by superintendent Mr. George Newcomb. The event invites local families to attend and participate in weekly instruction and activities.
Street meeting Saturday night at 7 30 p m. Sunday school at 10 30 o clock with Mrs Myr jue Wagner superintendent Morning service at 11 30 o'clock 6 15 Young People's Legion Walter Poole leader Open air gathering at 7 Salvation service in the citadel at 7 45
The church holds a sperric school at 7 00. Christian Endeavor meets on the first Sunday evening and the third Sunday morning of each month. We extend a welcome to all attendees and worshippers.
The First United Brethren Church led by Pastor Rev Lois Er Luzader invites worshipers to 10 30 a m Sunday morning service and 7 30 p m Wednesday prayer service and Bible study followed by choir rehearsal. Departmental superintendents include W Martin Frank Lusader Oren Cole Elizabeth Hoffman.
There will be no Sunday morning services at the church. Services will be held at the Watson farm near the Watson Hadix Airport with conveyance from church at 9 30 a m. Dinner on the grounds basket lunch Sunday school at 9 30 A B Kanbenshue superintendent Mrs Nellie Collums assistant. 6 45 Christ ambassadors old and young come 1 45 Evangelistic service Tuesday night 8 00 Cottage Thursday 7 45 p m Prayer meeting You are welcome to the friendly little church on Beech street.
Church notices invite attendance at Parkview Church of the Nazarene with 9:30 Sabbath school led by G N Walters, 11:00 morning worship, 7:00 Young People, 8:00 evening worship. Cottage prayer Tuesday 8:00 and mid week prayer Thursday 8:00. A call to worship amid European distress and gospel message urging revival and salvation.
The First Presbyterian Church lists 8:30 church school with superintendent Mrs Earl Wilkinson and assistant A A Miller, 10:30 morning worship preaching Proverbs 27 1, and 7:30 choir rehearsal on Tuesday plus 7:30 trustees meeting. The Psalm I was glad when they said let us go into the house of the Lord is quoted.
St Pauls Lutheran advertises 9 15 Sunday school led by Wm H Shafferman with a song service by the orchestra and a meditation titled Man s Challenge to God The Luther League meets at 7 00 There will be no vespers You are invited to attend all services at the church
The pastor delivers a sermon titled The King's High and announces no evening services. Monday at 7 30 is the quarterly conference. The official board and one nominating committee meet with the pastor in charge. Also Monday at 7 00 the junior choir rehearses under Mrs Leonard director. A meeting and Bible study follow.
St Augustine’s Catholic Church holds 7 00 and 10 00 masses. Haymond M E Church offers 9 30 Sunday school with Arthur Poe as superintendent.
Sunday services listed include 9 30 Sunday school with Henry Kidd as superintendent 10 45 devotional 11 25 sermon. The notice invites readers to hear Rev William Miller described as a leading northern West Virginia preacher.
Warren M E church announces Pastor Reverend Edward G Carroll at 315 Thayer Street with church school at 9 30 led by L J Twitty superintendent and A Miles as assistant. Worship at 11 00 and prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 00 pm.
Superintendent Kuhn outlined plans for the upcoming school year as several new teachers join Grafton High Flemington High and Simpson. Four new faces at Grafton include Thomas Bolyard Nellie Cook Mary Thomas and Jean Murray. Flemington adds Bonnie Newcome and Avellene McDaniel. Minor staff changes and postponed full faculty meeting mark preparations as classrooms receive repairs and supplies.
Society notes report the August 15 wedding of Miss Hilton Tenney daughter of Mrs Nora Tenney Buckhannon to Lemuel Reynolds Mason Sr son of Mr and Mrs L R Mason of Wendel. The couple will live on the Mason farm near Wendel after September 1. Families and friends are invited to a September 13 family reunion at Mr and Mrs John R Shroyer home two miles from Knottsville with a basket dinner and activities including readings and a history reading. A cornh and weiner roast and a large Elks Club party with Joe Larosa’s band are also noted.
A cluster of family reunions is listed for August and September across towns and churches in West Virginia. Loughry Jackson’s Mill Linn Creek Devers Grove Poe Wickwire Reservoir Park Fairmont Seventh Day White Family to WCTU outing at Baptist church and more with various presidents secretaries and organizers named.
Miss Bertha Williams of Knottsville road spent Friday in Simpson visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lake. Miss Dorothy Crawford has returned from Harper's Ferry with her aunt Mrs. William T. Crawford who will spend a few weeks in Grafton as her guest. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lake Carl Modisett and Glenn Kelley of Simpson were business visitors in the city yesterday.
Former Preston resident, married to the late Almedia Boucklew, dies aged elder. Survived by six children including Agnes Jefferys and Carrie Craig of Whetsell, Lottie Shaver of Manheim, P. H. Felton of Graf ton, Worley Felton of Palmer Alaska, plus two maiden sisters Annie and Cassie Felton of Whetsell and 24 grandchildren. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. from Mrs Isaiah Jeffers home in Whetsell. other arrangements incomplete.
Mrs Homer A Gatrell and daughter Martha and Juanita visit Parkersburg for the weekend with Mrs Gatrells aunt Miss Ran Holbert. Frank Lynch of Denver arrives Monday to stay with Mrs John Tregalles. Mr and Mrs Orr Davis of Fairmont in Coffman recent guests. Sidney Johnson of Coffman, ill for a year, worsened last week but improving. Claud Griffiths and James L Meycue hosted in Coffman. Beatrice Abel of Coffman plans a New York trip August 29. Roseanna Kaiser undergoes a consultation at Grafton City Hospital. Mrs Howard Prancis admitted for an operation. Lillian Marshall returns from a trip.
Public auction to offer two land tracts in Fetterman District on September 15 1936 at 2 PM at the Taylor County Courthouse front door Grafton WV. Tract one 114 acres 1 rood 3 poles along Three Fork Creek with chain of title from 1919. Tract two 25 acres conveyed to Clarence A Hall in 1924. Terms require one third cash on bid acceptance, one third in one year, and one third in two years with interest.
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