Missionary priests open trailer church in North Carolina mountains
Two NC Missionary Fathers conduct a new trailer church named The Madonna of the Highways to minister in rural villages. The mobile church includes an altar pulpit confessional stations of the cross beds refrigerator stove and bath. They plan to draw locals with music over a loudspeaker then offer worship and instruction and may show religious films.
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America
North Carolina Missionary Fathers
Protestant groups urge holy city protection and unity events
Leaders from Christian, Jewish, and Arab communities seek a neutral Jerusalem to shield sacred shrines amid tensions. The Federal Council plans to observe Reformation Day with multi city missions, while evangelistic efforts expand in Brazil and Mozambique. A Seventh Day Adventist drive in Cayenne promotes religious liberty amid colonial oversight.
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Jerusalem
Charles K. Gilbert
Protestant Episcopal Church
New York City
United Nations
Canterbury
England
French Guinea
Cayenne
C.J. Ritchie
The
Adventis
Caribbean Union
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad
Feastdays and work in Catholic tradition explained
A teacher reflects on Catholic feast days as sacred holidays briefly observed in the Middle Ages to aid workers, contrasts them with modern labor norms, and notes the church’s lingering insistence on Mass attendance even today amidst contemporary schedules. The piece drolly links the name McKierman to the day’s confusion.
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Washington
Church
Last Rites for World War II Gillespie Soldier
Funeral services were held for Pvt. Ernest Knoll, a Gillespie County serviceman killed in World War II. He is the 19th Gillespie County man to make the supreme sacrifice. Interment with military honors followed at Albert Lutheran Church cemetery. He was born February 6, 1925, and survived by his mother Willie Schumann, stepfather Willie Schumann, five brothers and three sisters.
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Gillespie Co
Gillespie County
Rubin Althaus
Wilburn Durst
Alton Griffin
Beckmann
G. A. Poehlmann
Bethany Lutheran Church
Albert Lutheran Church
Ernest Knoll
Ernst Knoll
Emma Fischer Knoll
Willie Schumann
Willie
Johnson City
Alvin
Blanco
Walter
Spring Branch
Victor
Fredeicksburg
Hilmar Knoll
Harper
Erna
Leonard Peiser
van Court
Texas
Dora
Grady ,Streicher
Wall
Alma McDougall
Educate for Christ in the Christian home and church
A sermon stresses the Church’s duty to impart Jesus Christ as personal Lord and Savior and to educate every generation for Christian life. It highlights parents and teachers shaping a child’s faith, urging homes and churches to partner, and notes local attendance at Full Gospel services in Kerrville and nearby towns.
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Jesus Christ
God
Lewis Mumford
Elmer Homiighausen
Princeton Seminary
Christ
Carlos Parker
Roy Roberts
Narife Carett
Son A
Full Gospel Church
Kerrville
F K A Rodeo Contested At Harper Park In Summer Plans
The F K A rodeo results list winners in girls and boys grease pig races, cigarette race, goat roping, and barrel race with participants Antoinette Parker Jackie Johnson Aubrey Carter Ray Carter Rudey Staudt Fred Whitewood Jr and Helen Kuykendall. The Harper Community Park Association plans a large rodeo at the park this summer.
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Douglass
Aubrey Carter
Antoinette Parker
Jackie Johnson
Ray Carter
Johnnie Bierschwab
Rudey Staudt
Jack Hoggett
Fred Whitewood
Polio Appeals Site Near San Antonio Advices Admission Process
Polio appeals east of San Antonio outline easy admissions to Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation treatment center. Doctors assess children, then Foundation notifies when to bring patient. capacity will rise to 111 at once, about 300 annually. Foundation founded ten years ago with 70 volunteers directing efforts without pay.
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San Antonio
Houston
Foundation
Gonzales
Texas
Gonzales Warm
Gonzalso Warm Springs Foundation
Catholic Church Mothers Day Schedule and Gathering
On Sunday May 9 Masses at 8:30 and 10. Mothers Day observances invite men and Youth to receive Holy Communion and pray for wives and mothers. St Ann Society meets after the 10 o’clock Mass. At 2:30 Sodality crowns Mary statue, then Rosary and Benediction. Tea and entertainment follow in the parish hall. Meals planned for May 23 district meeting in Harper.
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St. Ann’s Society
Sodality
Mary
Jesus
Catholic State League
Harper
Abe
Mother's Day Service Promised at St James Lutheran
Sunday service at 10 30 a m honors Mother's Day. Sunday School and Bible Class start at 9 30 a m. Church School Teacher's Association of Fredericksburg Pastor al Conference meets at Llano at 2 45 p m.
Mother's Day Program and Ordination at Local Church
Sunday May 9 features a Mother's Day program in the morning and an ordination service at 3 p.m. for dea cons with visiting preachers. A basket lunch will be served at noon. The Young People lead the opening program and prayer meeting is weekly on Wednesdays. Members invite all to attend.
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A.B. Barker
Elmo Lumpkins
Junior Russell
Worth Howe
Brotherhood
WMS
Methodist Church observes Mothers Day at Sunday service
The Methodists invite all to Sunday School at 10 am led by Carl Oehler, with worship at 11 am. A 1:30 pm official board meeting follows. Visitors welcome. Notes praise mothers and discuss Mother's Day as Festival of the Christian Home and a call to worship.
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Carl Oehler
Ezra
James
Jerusalem
Becaus
J. R. Peril
In Memory of Herbert Jones
In loving memory of my brother Herbert Jones who died May 8 1947. A remembrance is a golden chain death cannot break the memory of those happy days when we were all together. From sister Mrs E H Plummer Houston Texas.
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Herbert Jones
E. H. Plummer
Houston
Texas
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Department of Evangelism
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Pedro Alvez Machado
Mineiros
Brazil
Robert E. Lodwick
Don Pedro
Rio Verde
Mr. Lodwick
Pfiester Appliance Co
Fredericksburg, Texas
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Portuguese East Africa
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M. C. Hoermann
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Jack Minter
Herald
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Inez @Whitewood
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Harper and Fredericksburg
Roy Coker
Junction
Allen Gibson
Pete Kramer
Brownwood
Cowside Po
AM - Wen
Hudson & Witlon
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Gay Gibson
Trudy Hall
Bobbie Brooks
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Jantner
Vogue
the Vogue
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