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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1938

Page

3

Aldersgate Celebration Highlighted by Bishop Mead Sermon

The Aldersgate anniversary unfolds across Methodism with Bishop Charles L. Mead as Sunday speaker at First Methodist Church. The 10:50 a.m. service features a Rachmaninoff prelude, a Wesleyan chorus, and Handel Messiah as the morning anthem.

John Wesley Aldersgate America United States Methodist Church Methodist Episcopal Methodist Protestant Charles L. Mead Kansas City Bishop Mead Lawrence Rachmaninoff Treva Thompson Wesleyan Chorus Dorothy Enlow Miller Handel Dudley Buck Mary Louise Béatie Ray Wricht

Religious Services and Music at Nazarene and Trinity Churches

The schedule lists services at Nazarene Church at Nineteenth and Vermont and Trinity Lutheran at Thirteenth and New Hampshire. Charles Puls and A C Reuter are named in staff roles, with music direction by Reuter and a religious instruction program for all ages at 9 45. Morning worship at 11 00 features Rev Andreas Bard D D of St Mark's Lutheran Kansas City Missouri, with organ selections by Mildred Reuter and choir pieces including In Pastures Green and The 150th Psalm. Luther League activities noted at 6 45.

Trinity Lutheran Church Thirteenth New Hampshire Charles A. Puls A. C. Reuter A. G. Sabol Ares Andreas Bard D.D. Li St. Mark's Lutheran Church Kansas City Andantino A“ Lemare Pastures Green

Local Churches Advertise Services and Programs

Pilmouth Congregational Church lists minister Joseph F King and staff with Sunday worship at 11:00 and university class at 10:60 along with organist and choir details. Salvation Army at 729 Vermont street promotes weekly services including Cadet Sunday and holiness meetings. Assembly of God at Fourteenth and Rhodesland outlines Sunday school, morning worship, and nightly revival services led by Rev Barnes.

Pilmouth Congregational Church Vermont Street Joseph F. King Roy I. Roberts Alice Moncrieff Wilma Stoner Kullak Ilyinsky Bach Salvation Army Olin Brigman Young People's Legion Corps Corps Cadet Brigade P. L Evelyn Ingersoll Assembly of God Rhodesland Pittman Mark Christ's Ambassador Brother Jackson

Community Prayer Meetings At Local Church

A notice describes children's church with Mrs Kilgore and prayer meetings at the church at 9 45 AM Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday mornings inviting participation.

Children’s Church

Christian groups schedule meetings across local churches

The Christian Institute and Valley Grove Christian Endeavor announce Monday sessions with leaders Miss Stella Langford and Lenora Zook. Bible study at several churches includes sermons on prosperity, popularity, unity, and biblical themes.

Christian Institute The C. E. Adams Maine Stella Langford Kansas City

North Lawrence church announcements on Sunday services

North Lawrence Christian Church on Seventh and Elim streets lists no evening service due to the high school baccalaureate. Minister Clark W. Comstock invites all to Bible school superintendent John Hubbell welcomes attendees from 10:00 to 11:00 with lessons on service followed by Lord's Supper and an 11:00 preaching service. The sermon is titled My Five.

Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church Fourth and Elm Streets North Lawrence J. Knox Centenary

Vinland Presbyterian Church News and Meeting Notice

Due to last week’s storm no prayer service was held. The lesson this week is The Extraordinary Power of the Holy Spirit. Worship begins at 7 45. Sunday school at 10 00. A congregational meeting follows Sunday school at 11 00 to decide pulpit supply and other business.

Vinland Presbyterian Church S. BR

First Christian Church Service Details and Music

Harold G Barr ministers at First Christian Church with Meta Clarkson organist and Joe M Williams choir director The service includes church school at 3 30 worship and communion at 10 45 and sermons Measure for Measure Organ voluntary Largo Handel offertory quartet More Love to Thee by Parker Howard Wray Rudolf Voth Joe M Williams Raymond Re nee Anthem Fierce Re gard the Tem pest Candlyn

First Christian Church Harold G. Barr Meta Clarkson Joe M. Williams Largo Handel Parker Howard Wray Rudolf Voth Raymond Renee

Local church services and events across downtown

First Methodist Church on Tenth and Vermont lists 9:45 Sunday school 10:50 worship with Handel and Buck pieces, evening services canceled. Edwin F. Price directs student activities and a sermon by Bishop Mead. Free Methodist and Wesleyan churches share schedules of worship, Sunday school, evangelistic services, and midweek prayer. Ottawa boys trio to sing. revival nightly at Wesleyan.

First Methodist Church Tenth and Vermont Streets Robert A. Hunt Edwin F. Price R. C. Laessig C. W. Pollom R. 8. Fox Mary Louise Beatie Ray Wright Charles L. Mead Kansas City Wesleyan Methodist Church Alabama A. Clark Ottawa C. O. Pringle

First Baptist Church Eighth and Kentucky features programs

The First Baptist Church at Eighth and Kentucky presents 9:45 morning church school with children’s day in lower departments and open house. At 11:00 the morning service includes organ selections Traumerei Offertory and Grand March, the choir's Give Unto the Lord, and Mrs Cortes singing The Twenty Third Psalm. Mr Koelb leads.

First Baptist Church Eighth Kentucky Howard E. Koelh Charles W. Thomas Lowell E. Bailey Paul C. Rankin Traumerei Schumann Mendelssohn Ralff Cadman

Be Still and Know That I Am God Sermon at Chapel

A 5:00 p m expression period in the high school department chapel features a sermon on Be Still and Know That I Am God 5:00 8 00 with hike picnic farewell meeting and installation of new officers for several youth organizations. The group gathers at the student center 1124 Mississippi Street at 5 00 refreshments cost fifteen cents. One Decenany leads Galen felds for the event.

Mississippi Street Galen Felds

Local church listings urge worship and events on Ascension Day

Immanuel Lutheran plans 7:45 Ascension service on May 26 after 10:00 Sunday schedule with a sermon Lord Teach Us to Pray. First Presbyterian outlines 11:00 worship with Authority vs Authorities, organ preludes, anthems, student campus open air communion and Westminster cabinet induction. Church of God lists multiple services, plays, sermons, and weekly gatherings through Friday and clean up day Saturday.

Immanuel Lutheran Church Tenth Kentucky W. W. Stoeppelworth First Presbyterian Church Ninth Vermont Streets Theodore H. Astman Donald M. Swarthout CC. W. Straffon Reinecke Parker Robert Price Earl Padfield Westminster A Vera Caruthers Westminster Church of God New Hampshire E. E. Kardatzke Smith Virgil Sales Kardatzke Luetta Adkisson Ralph McCall New York Connecticut Avola Payne

Community Church Schedule on Tenth and Delaware

Friends Church on Tenth and Delaware streets led by ministers Dillon and Pearle Wooten with A B Commons as superintendent and Mildred Commons junior. Sunday school at 7 PM and 11 AM worship with 4 PM junior meeting led by Geneva Detler. Midweek prayer at 8 PM Wednesday.

Friends Church Tenth Delaware Dillon Pearle Wooten A. B. Commons Mildred Commons Geneva Detler

Outdoor service at Unitarian Church elm grove gathering

The Unitarian Church at Twelfth and Vérmont streets will hold a special outdoor morning service in the elm grove on the Fred Heck farm five miles northwest of town. Cars depart the church at 10:30 with transportation provided. A picnic dinner follows with coffee lemonade and ice cream. The service features a chorale and University brass quartet.

Unitarian Church Vérmont H. Lee Jones Elm Grove Fred Heck University Brass Quartet

Summer Concert and Public Picnic at Potter’s Lake

A program opens with a quartet and recitative led by Miss Libbie Botone featuring an Indian version of the 23rd Psalm with sign language. Vernon Landon leads brass quintet in a postlude. Edna St Vincent Millay reading by Robert Calderwood. Lawrence Town Hall hosts a talk on Karl Marx and Roosevelt's bump priming program with professors Ise and Baker.

Betty Lou Meechem Mary Jean Hall Carl Rupenthal Richard White Libbie Botone Miss Botone Bliss Carmen Vernon Landon Renascence Edna St. Vincent Millay Robert Calderwood University Brass Quartet Louis Moser Paul Smart Dean Brooks Hal Dellinger Prometheans Potter's Lake Mr. Jones Karl Marx Lawrence Town Hall Roosevelt John Ise Kansas University Don Baker Washburn College

Obituary: Charles McCurdy Dies in San Diego

Charles McCurdy youngest of nine children born in Lawrence, died last Monday in San Diego. He operated The Leader grocery and later The Spot Cash Grocery. Survived by sister Mella Kane and brother Lyman McCurdy in San Diego. widow May Sullivan and two sons Charles and Jack, who have families.

Charles McCurdy San Diego Calif John A. McCurdy Lawrence Pennsylvania Mella Harry) Kane Lyman McCurdy Kane Leader Spot Cash Grocery John J. Frank Wilder Reuter Organ Company May Sullivan Mary Barnes Charles Jack Sam H Varsity Theatre Henry McCurdy Millie McCurdy Oscar Dahlene Tuscaloosa Ala Reese W. McCurdy Kansas City John McCurdy Lyman Chuck

McCurdy Funeral Held in San Diego After Sudden Death

The McCurdy family mourns after the death of Mr. McCurdy, formerly of Kansas University and a Phi Psi member. He died unexpectedly. his funeral was held Thursday in San Diego, surprising many friends.

Kansas University Phi Psi McCurdys McCurdy San Diego

Fawn Saved by Caesarean at Plummer Clinic

Dr. Charles Weinberg performed a Caesarean to save a injured mother deer struck by a train. Twin fawns were born. one died. The surviving fawn is thriving on a bottle under veterinary care.

Ida Charles Weinberg Weinberg

Lawrence Business College Summer School Rates and Dates

The Lawrence Business College offers summer school for high school students starting June 6 and lasting 12 weeks. Tuition for 12 weeks is $20 while six weeks cost $10 with credits applicable to the high school program through the school principal.

Lawrence Business College Our

Yacob the hippo marks twenty five years at Milwaukee Zoo

Yacob the hippo at Washington Park Zoo in Milwaukee has reached 25 years, outliving the average hippo lifespan. Imported from Germany for 2200 dollars after public subscriptions, he once sulked in his tank before German trainer Carl Hagenbeck coaxed him out and gave him his name.

Milwaukee Yacob Washington Park Zoo Germany Carl Hagenbeck Komn ‘Raus Hagenbeck

Port Isabel Plants Palm Landscaping Amid Hurricane Sprout

A coconut palm sprout washed ashore during the 1933 hurricane led Port Isabel to begin a landscaping project. The town has since planted about 60 palms and aims to extend plantings along the bay front and roads to the city limits if they flourish.

Port Isabel Tex Port Isael Bay Front

Evidence of early humans living in trees says scientist

Dr. Franz Weidenreich, honorary director in Peiping, says definite evidence exists that early humans lived in trees. He notes a pivotal shift when humans abandoned arboreal life for ground dwelling during evolution, in Berkeley lectures.

Berkeley, Calif Franz Weidenreich Peiping China Weidenreich

Fishermen Urged to Tell Truth About Catches

Newport Beach chamber of commerce fishing committee urges anglers to avoid exaggeration as the surf and sea fishing season opens. Officials say the area offers such fine fishing that no embellishment is needed.

Newport Beach Calif Chamber of Commerce Fishing Committee

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