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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1936
Page
3
Fragmented OCR lists various churches and pastors including Assembly of God on Rhesiy Island, First Methodist Episcopal, Church of Christ Scientist, and Trinity Episcopal. It mentions revival campaigns, worship services, regional Christian convention plans, Sunday school, healing testimonies, and church buildings with partial addresses and dates such as March 22.
A scanned church notices page lists weekly services, sermons, and special events from multiple congregations. It notes morning worship, Sunday school, evening services, and youth meetings at First Christian, Second Church of Christ Scientist, Seventh Day Adventist, Lutheran and other churches, with topics ranging from The Apostles Message to Ancient and Modern Israel and guest speakers including Rev. Ralph Gilbert and Rev. Sylvester Ludwig.
A scrambled crossword puzzle item lists across clues with varied misspellings and stray letters from a newspaper page. It mixes garbled hints for edible tubers, metals, pronouns, and place names with odd phrases and broken words, suggesting OCR corruption. It mentions Wisconsin city, pine tree state abbreviation, and several unrelated numbers and fragments.
A roundup of services across churches. First Presbyterian lists Rev Banney leading Young People service with special music by Ben Underwood. evening service features readings and choir under D M Swarthout and Mrs C W Straffon. Westminster hosts student forum and conducts lectures by Prof Viesselian. Unitarian and M E churches hold sermons, potlucks, and choir performances.
Dr Robert A Hunt of First Methodist delivers a Sunday morning 10 50 sermon titled Why We Are Where We Are Religiously in Lawrence marking the start of a church attendance series. Wesleyan chorus under Miss Dorothy Enlow sings Lovely Appear with soloists Theo Ericsson Iden Reese Anna Lee Hagen piano Gilbert Meinhertz sings Hold Thou My Hand and organist Miss Enlow. Evening union service at 7 30 features prize winning Douglas county drama festival drama.
The final Olympic wrestling trials in Bethlehem near ended with a 14 man team to face Germany next summer. Notable upsets included 38 year old Johnny Eareckson defeating Wayne Martin of Oklahoma in the 134 pound class. Oklahoma University and Oklahoma A and M wrestlers crossed through the rounds with several upsets and decisive wins across 123 and 145 pound divisions.
Dean Swarthout of the University of Kansas school of fine arts served as cheerleader at an honors convocation. With no student leaders present, he directed the crowd in the Rock Chalk yell, a moment likened to past awkward spots he has handled with calm authority.
The Liberty Memorial high School senior class presents Mignonette tonight at 8 15 in the high school auditorium. Tickets are 25 cents and all seats are reserved. Direction is by Miss Elizabeth Shepherd. The romance is set in modern times with an ante bellum south theme in Act II.
Thieves broke into the Gueda Springs school and carried off a second floor safe containing about $20 and all school records. Superintendent M. E. Greet said the heavy safe required four men to lift. The incident was reported from Gueda Springs, Arkansas City Apr 17.
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