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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1940
Page
5
Society contributions for the society column must be received at the Journal-World office by noon on the publication day. Readers are asked to submit names events and brief notes for feature consideration.
Friday activities include W. H. Ruese Friday contract club L. D. club and pie with A. M. Hughes plus luncheons for EBA E O and Mrs L G Carter and Mrs Fe O Nielson among others. Saturday features Betty Washington chapter of the Op A R with Mrs R D Fink and a dinner bridge for Mr and Mrs R B Stevens.
Chapter AI of PEO held a luncheon at the Colonial for about forty members and guests. The Kiwanis club dinner at the Colonial featured a humorous program with debates and skits.
J F Kell chairs meeting as Mrs Mil dred Watson speaks on Trends of Welfare. George Wongwai Orchestra provides music at 2 30. Executive board meets Monday at 10. Kanwaka Farm Bureau unit to meet Tuesday March 19 at Mrs M C Elliott home with Mrs C E Stanwix assisting. Green chapter Phi Delta Phi initiates twelve at Green Hall at 5 this evening followed by dinner at Wiedemanns. Initiates listed include Philip Buzick Lawrence Arnold Gilbert and others from Wichita Ottawa Kansas City Mo Hutchinson and Fort Scott. Jayhawk 4 H club met last night with Ruth and Danny Brune hosting fourteen members. Other club meetings noted along with a Music club program on Cesar Franck and his School.
Mr and Mrs W Evert Welch of Salina announce the birth of a son William Evert Jr on March 8 at Azbury hospital in Salina.
Donald O Perry, in the navy at Shanghai and Tsing tao China for two and a half years, visits his parents Mr and Mrs F O Perry before re enlisting for two years in Norfolk Va. Mrs D C O Neal of 1334 Pennsylvania is in Lawrence Memorial hospital with no improvement reported. Mrs A M Davis returns tomorrow to Chanute after three months with her daughter Mrs A B Mitchell. Mrs Charles Osborn of Valparaiso Ind staying several days at the Eldridge Hotel while visiting Lawrence. Osborn formerly city treasurer and water office employee. Mrs Ella Longenecker and Mrs Emma Welch return from Harlingen Texas after four months with Mrs F L French.
The Wesleyan chorus of First Methodist Church under Dorothy Enlow Miller will perform the Lenten oratorio The Redemption by Bouillon at 10 45 a m on Palm Sunday. The 82 member choir includes soloists Ray Wright William Henderson Alfred Gallup Virginia Gsell and Horence Harris with others in the ensemble.
The Plymouth Congregational Church prepares a Palm Sunday program led by the senior choir under Mrs. Moncrieff with Alleluia Christ Is Risen and Dawn In the Garden performed with the junior choir led by Mrs. Bradshaw. Edgar Haage will sing The Palms, Guy Criss Simpson will play organ pieces Moonlight Sonata first movement Offertory in D Flat and Hosanna. The minister will preach Why Did Jesus Die.
The Rev. Fred C. Wiegman president of Midland College Fremont Nebraska will speak at the morning worship service Palm Sunday Midland College is supported by the Nebraska and Kansas Synods of the Lutheran United Church The Rev Charles A Puls was formerly president of Midland College Board of Education.
Christian Institute class meets Monday at 2 30 P M at 937 Maine Street for an Easter lesson The Resurrec tion led by Stella Langford of Kansas City Trinity Episcopal at Tenth and Vermont Rev John E Bowers rector Holy Week services at 8 00 Holy Communion 9 45 Church School 11 61 Morning Prayer and Sermon Evening Prayer and Meditation B S A Troop 36 holds Tuesday meetings and Holy Week observances College parish services at Church of God Eleventh and New Hampshire led by E E Kardatzke with 9 45 Sunday School 10 30 Worship Sermon on Effective Praying 6 30 Christian Crusaders gathering for youth 7 50 Evangelistic service About 150 attended last Sunday evening Public invited Dr J T Wilson founder and first
The president of Anderson College and Theological Seminary will address crowds at 7 30 each evening as part of a regional evangelistic campaign. He has built churches and colleges and will share life experiences as author lecturer teacher pastor and evangelist. About 75 attend pre service nightly with singing by an all girls choir and other specials. Tonight Kansas City Negro players present The Christian Pathway a religious drama in various Kansas City areas. Public invited. The campaign ends March 31.
This church, a branch of The Mother Church in Boston, offers Sunday service at 11:00 with the topic Substance and Sunday school at 10:00. A Wednesday evening meeting with testimonies of healing occurs at 8:00. The reading room at 92712 Massachusetts Street in the Jackson Building is open daily 2:00 to 5:00 except Sundays and holidays.
The study class in practical Christianity will meet Monday evening at 7 30 at the home of Mrs. Hattie Spaulding 412 West Ninth Street over Moll's bakery. Nettie Wyatt of Kansas City Mo is the teacher.
Barbara Zook leads Valley Grove Christian Endeavor on the theme Introduce Your Friends to Christ citing John 1 35 46. The talk emphasizes the Christian duty to persuade others to accept Jesus Christ and notes the value of serving in church roles.
A church notice lists Rev. B C Montgomery and other pastors with services on Easter Sunday evening March 24 at 7 30 including baptism reception of members and Lord s Supper. Also announces a Monday April 1 congregational meeting to elect elders and trustees and report on officers.
First Baptist and universities host Palm Sunday services with music and sermons. Union Palm Sunday service at First Presbyterian features Westminster choir and Dean J W Dagt Topeka. Wesleyan Methodist lists Sunday worship at 11 and evangelistic revival through Easter.
Robert A. Hunt served as minister with Edwin F. Price assisting Wesley Foundation. Dorothy Enlow Mitler led organ music and Sunday school at 9 45. Morning worship followed at 10 43 with preludes and offertory pieces by Faure and Schubert.
Prepared by Dr. Gaius Glennr Atkins for the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America this 1940 Lenten devotion speaks on loneliness and solitude as lessons in character. It urges prayer for the lonely and the faithful to seek strength, companionship, and the presence of God in quiet retreat.
The Wesleyan choir led by Dorothy Enlow Miller will present music at the Russell Memorial Organ event. Wesley Foundation League will not meet but will join the union student Lenten service at First Presbyterian Church. No evening services. friends invited to morning worship with music.
Sunday services and programs listed for Unitarian, First Presbyterian, Westminster, and Centenary Methodist churches. Include morning worship, special music by Bach and Gounod pieces, palm Sunday lectures, union student services, and Holy Week activities across Ninth to Twelfth streets and Vermont.
The text notes that Girl Scout Troop No. 7 led by Mrs. F. B. Dodds will attend Sunday morning worship at the church. It invites welcome from the congregation with the Scouts expected to participate in a candle lighting ceremony.
A dense schedule of services and activities across Holloway Hall at Nineteenth and Massachusetts, Zion's League at 928 Connecticut, North Lawrence Baptist, Trinity Lutheran at Thirteenth and New Hampshire, and Midland College linked events. Includes preaching, Sunday school, ladies and youth groups, choir, and Holy Week observances with multiple pastors and directors named.
The First Evangelical Church and Plymouth Congregational Church schedule Easter worship and related services. The Rev. W. J. Huscher sermons are planned as final in his series while Rev. G. W. Landis and Rev. F. C. Dissinger lead other services. Special music includes Beethoven, Salome, Faure, and Goldsworthy. The week features youth activities, union events, and a Good Friday service.
Harold G. Barr is minister with Meta M. Clarkson as organist and Joe M. Williams as choir director. Church school led by J. A. Dunham and Roy W. Browning assistant. Worship and communion at 10 45. Palm Sunday service to
The service schedule lists music including organ works and anthems, guests from Girl Scouts and a Brownie Pack, and a Communion meditation. A high school meeting at Presbyterian church features Rev. Russell Carter as speaker. Union Palm Sunday service by Student Christian Federation at Presbyterian and St Luke AME churches with Sunday school at 9 30 and Palm Sunday message at 11.00. Evening worship at 7 45. Good Friday union services at Emmanuel Temple from noon to 3:00.
The Assembly of God on Fourteenth and Rhode Island announces Sunday school at 9:45 with Miss Walker leading opening exercises on the pre Easter lesson The Crucifixion of Christ. Morning devotion at 11 with Rev Mr Logan in the pulpit and an evangelist message. Children’s church at 6 30 in the kids room with Mrs Logan and a chalk picture. Christ’s Ambassadors district official Mr Logan will speak Let all the CAs attend Evangelistic service at 7 50 The week has been helpful with the Lofans and last week’s plans for great things.
A Southern preacher bringing a fearless gospel ministry appears with Mrs Logan who leads a fine musical program featuring piano, accordion, Hawaiian guitar, and vocal numbers. Services run nightly at 7 30 except Saturdays.
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