Passover aid and mission recruiting span the globe
Jewish groups send 22 lb Passover packages to Europe and Israel. the Foreign Missions Conference of North America seeks 3,593 missionary candidates from 60+ Protestant churches for service in India, Pakistan, Japan and Korea. Recruits, aged 21 to 28, will undergo six weeks of training in New York before fall sailing.
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United States
Israel
Foreign Missions Conference of North America
Wynn C. Fairfield
Diffendorfer
Board of Missions and Church Extension
The
Methodist Church
Fifth Avenue
New York
India
Pakistan
New York City
Board of Missions
Japan
Korea
Church group seeks housing for displaced European clergy in US
The National Catholic Rural Welfare Council urges placing older Catholic priests and nuns among Europe’s displaced in American religious houses and charities. It notes many elders may not perform active ministry but have endured great hardship and burden in their homelands.
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Europe
America
National Catholic Rural Welfare Council
Council
Service for Fifty to Aid Freed People in India or Pakistan
Dr Ralph E issues Avcell calling fifty young men and women to three years of service in India or Pakistan. Roles include occasional, pastoral, medical, nursing, relief, or technical service to newly freed people. Shortages in personnel noted and selection process implied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Pakistan
Ralph E
Indian preacher John Silas buried with family roots in Oscoda
The Rev John B Silas known as Shee-Cab-Gee-Shig and pastor of the Oscoda Indian Mission in Saginaw Valley Michigan was buried December 28 after fourteen years of service. His funeral drew hundreds of friends, with Dr Frank M Field praising him as a true missionary and healer who loved the outdoors and taught his people to see God in nature.
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Shee-Cab-Gee-Shig
Hole-in the-Sky
Oscoda
Saginaw Valley
Michigan
John B. Silas
Frank M. Field
Eaginaw
Mich
Dr. Field
John Silas
Silas
Pinconning, Mich
1949 Chevrolet Models on Display at McBride Co
Detroit January 22 introduction of the 1949 Chevrolet praised as the most advanced model in company history. T. H. Keating said the car advances both body and chassis after three years of design and testing. Dealers will display it under sell-out conditions with production underwritten into 1950 and a high volume of unfilled orders remains.
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Détroit
Chevrolet
T. H. Keating
Keating
Pilot from Kansas City Lands on Arthur Zenner Ranch
Ernest Bressler of Bird City Kansas and his wife and young daughter made an emergency landing on Arthur Zenner’s ranch at 530 pm Friday due to foul weather. They stayed the night with the Zenner family, then flew to Gillespie County airport. The couple left Saturday afternoon for Del Rio praising Gillespie County air service and hospitality.
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Ernest Bressler
Bird City
Kansas
Arthur Zenner
Mr. Bressler
Bressler
Robert Zenner
Gillespie County
Auto duo offers good motors and tires in compact sale
A 1934 Ford Coupe with a solid motor and tires is paired with a 1931 Chevrolet Coupe. Both cars show remaining transportation value and are offered together as a compact deal for buyers seeking affordable mobility.
If It is Anything Catholic Ask a Catholic
Catholic Information discusses the New Testament message of Jesus as revolutionary and intense. It contrasts Christian teachings with communism and notes Jesus as God with a clear baptismal rite. A local note mentions Mr and Mrs Martin Rode shopping in Harper and visiting neighbors.
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Kingdom of God
Mrs
Martin Rode
Harper
Sam Honig
Harper's Churches Welcome Members to Sunday Services
Harper's churches extend a cordial welcome with Masses at 8 30 and 10 00 am on Sunday January 23. Activities include Monthly Communion for St Ann's Society and the Sodality, Sunday School after Mass, and March of Dimes collections. Thirteen Hour Devotion on February 6 and upcoming Sodality and Catholic Action Council meetings. Full Gospel services at Harper Tabernacle every Friday at 8 pm. Sunday School each Sunday at 10 am.
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St. Ann’s Society
Sodality
The
Catholic Action Councils of
Harper Tabernacle
Presbyterian Church Announces Supply Pastor Dr Paul Schwab
Dr Paul J Schwab will serve as supply pastor at the Presbyterian Church with a 10 am Sunday School 11 am preaching service Adult Bible Class led by Schwab at 1015 am He is noted as a Trinity University Bible teacher and a strong speaker The church extends a cordial welcome to all attendees Also reports a baby born to Mr and Mrs Elgin Esquell on January 4 in a Fredericksburg hospital Several local visits and family movements are noted including Seguin New Braunfels and Harper residents and Fredericksburg residents visiting over the weekend
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Washington
Truman
Pennsylvania Avenue
Abe Lincoln
Union
Lincoln
Illinois
William Henry Harrison
Harrison
Tippecanoe
White House
Capitol
William H. Taft
Senate
Roosevelt
Paul J. Schwab
Schwab
Trinity University
Mrs. Elgin Esquell
Jan
Fredericksburg
Church Schedules and Events in Local Faith Listings
Sunday services and activities for St James Lutheran Methodist and First Baptist churches led by Rev M C Hoermann B E Breihan and Rev Jack Minter with Sunday School English service Luther League and fellowship meals mentioned plus Baptist WMS meetings and annual subscription note for the Herald.
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First Baptist Church
Jack Minter
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