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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1936
Page
7
Blueville M E Ward Harvey pastor holds 9:30 Sunday school with George Newcomb as superintendent. Epworth league meets at 7:00 p m with Ruth Withers as president. Special Mothers day program at 1:45 worship service. Sermon topic is God and Human suffering.
The Haymond M E Church holds 9:30 Sunday school with Arthur Poe serving as superintendent guiding the program this week.
Prantytown M P Church Rev H J Mitchell pastor. Sunday school at 10 AM with Joe Keen as superintendent. Preaching at 2 30 PM by the pastor. Services held the first and third Sundays at 2 30. All are welcome to attend.
Rev G E Shahan leads 9 30 Sunday school with A R Van dergrift as superintendent. 10 30 preaching by pastor followed by 7 00 Christian Endeavor with Hazel Punk president and 8 00 preaching. Wednesday 7 30 song and prayer service. Friday 7 30 choir practice. Everyone invited to attend any service.
A dense late evening radio listings segment details 6:00 P.M. to midnight broadcasts across stations WOWO WMMN NBC CBS KDKA WLW WGN WAVE WCPO and more. Program notes include concerts, dramas, news, and comedy sketches from entities such as Amos n Andy Palmer House Ensemble Lum and Abner and Beatrice Lillie with Holm.
St Pauls M E Church schedules 9 30 Sunday School with Arn e Leonard and Merle Bailey, 10 30 morning worship on The Christian Sabbath. No evening service due to high school sermon at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. Official board meets Monday 7 30 pm. Prayer meeting and Bible study midweek. Choir rehearsal Friday 7 30 pm led by C Howard Cameron. A friendly church with a welcome.
The First Baptist Church announces 9 30 church school under G 8 Preston as superintendent and 10 30 worship with sermon Our Christian Program. No evening service due to the High School baccalaureate. Tuesday 7 30 Judson Missionary society at Mrs Luella Powell home W Wilford St joint hostesses. Wednesday 7 30 prayer service led by the pastor. Thursday 7 30 Men s Brotherhood in Baraca room. Friday 7 30 choir rehearsal. Saturday 3 00 Junior B LEU. We welcome worship.
The Beech Street church schedules Sunday school at 9 30 with A B Kna benshue as superintendent and Nellie Collums as assistant, 10 30 devotional, 6 30 Christ ambassadors, 7 30 evangelistic sermon. Tuesday prayer, Thursday preaching and prayer. All welcome.
St Matthias Episcopal Church announces 10:00 church school led by John W. Von Briesen and 11:00 morning prayer and sermon led by Rev. A J Torrey. Services are held on the second and fourth Sundays each month with a cordial welcome for attendees.
Parkview Nazarene outlines 9:30 Sabbath school with G N Walters as superintendent and 11:00 sermon by the pastor. 6:30 Young peoples service, 7:30 evangelistic message, cottage prayer Tuesday 7:30, mid week prayer Thursday 7:30. Public invited. weather praised but salvation urged.
9:30 Bible school led by Fred White with R H Bunner and Mrs W A Harrison in charge. 10:30 observance of the Lord's supper under church officials. Evening preaching on second and fourth Sundays at 10:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Homelike church invites all. road to church is a road to happiness.
Jones Chapel invites all to visit the church with Sabbath school at 10:30 led by Rev J M Shaw superintendent, song service at 7:30 and preaching at 8:00, midweek service Wednesday at 7:30.
Beulah Baptist Church lists 9:45 Sunday school led by Pastor M. B. Stump with Omar Lambert as superintendent and Hazel Zinn Bartlett as assistant. 11:00 morning worship. 6:30 B Y P U led by Edward Whitescarver. 7:30 evening service.
First M E church at South Okey holds summer Sunday school at 9 30 with J E Keen er serving as superintendent.
Sermon by Pastor Rev Lois R Luzader with church superintendents listed. No evening service due to high school baccalaureate. Prayer service and Bible study Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Choir rehearsal. You are invited to worship with us.
Wester M E Church holds a 7 00 religious program with Christian Endeavor on the first Friday evening of each month and preaching on the third Sunday morning. The church extends a welcome to all.
The notice lists St Augustine's Catholic Church with Rev M J Hannon AM conducting masses at 7:00 and 10:00 and a 7:30 evening service.
Citadel Street meeting tonight at Sunday school 10:30 a m. Morning service 11:30. Young People Legion 6:15 led by Walter Poole. Open air gathering 7 followed by Salvation service in the citadel at 1:45 led by Capt and Mrs B J James Short with Mrs Myrtle Wagner superintendent.
The church hosts 9:30 a.m. church school with Mrs Earl Wilkinson as superintendent and A A Miller as assistant, 10:30 a.m. morning worship, 1:30 p.m. choir rehearsal. On Monday at 7:30 p.m. Youth League meets at the church. The verse I was glad when they said unto me let us go into the house of the Lord is quoted.
The church announces Sunday schedule at Second Baptist Church led by Rev Wm Miller. Sunday school at 9 30 with Henry Kidd as superintendent. Devotional at 10 45. Sermon at 11 25. Evening devotional at 7 30 followed by an 8 10 sermon by the pastor Rev Wm Miller, noted as a foremost northern West Virginia preacher.
The Methodist Protestant Church lists Sunday activities with Mrs. Rose Nicola serving as superintendent for the 9:30 Sunday school. Junior Endeavor meets at 6:00 followed by Senior Endeavor at 6:30 and Evening Worship at 7:30.
St Pauls Lutheran Church led by Pastor E F K ROOF hosts 9 15 Sunday school with Wm H Shafferman as superintendent and holy communion. Luther League meets at 6 30 on the topic Our Church in Social Service. No vesper service. Parishioners urged to worship and make the church their home.
A compact study of the Lord s Supper as a bridge from old to new covenants. It traces parallels between Passover and Communion, notes Judas Iscariot s betrayal, and emphasizes fellowship, remembrance, and obedience through Christ s sacrifice across the ages.
Pruntytown M E church invites worshipers to attend Sunday services led by Ronald Notte superintendent. Pastoral preaching on the third Sunday each month welcomes all to join in worship and fellowship.
Church program at Warren M E Church lists Rev Edward G Carroll of 315 Thayer Street with L J Twitty as superintendent and A Miles as assistant. Services include 9:30 church school, 11:00 worship, 8:00 evening worship and Wednesday prayer at 8:00 p m.
West Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church lists Herbert Parks as pastor with 9:30 Sunday school led by J Lee Evans the Sunday school superintendent and 6:30 Epworth League scheduled.
The Blueville Church of Christ invites all to Bible study for all ages at 11:30 for Communion at 1:30 for those absent in the morning service. Evening study begins after the morning service, and midweek Wednesday at 7:30 features Bible study prayer and song. Everyone is invited to all services.
William H. McReynolds, longtime Treasury administrative assistant, is favored to succeed Comptroller General J. F. McCarl when McCarl leaves office on June 30. He reportedly has backing from Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. and Budget Director D. W. Bell, with potential support from key congressional and executive figures.
Glass clothes are being developed from the same material as bottles and window panes. Thread and yarn spun from this substance are being perfected, offering a new fabric breakthrough. Read more in the May 31 issue of the American Weekly, distributed with the Baltimore Sunday American.
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