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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1949
Page
4
The civil service commission reported 2,052,400 paid federal employees at the end of September, down 32,532 from August. The figures reflect changes in government payrolls and staffing levels across agencies.
A detailed roll lists Reena as minister and Edwin Fo Price as visiting pastor with G H Woestermey as music director and Gerald McCarney as organist. It notes Choir director John Wiclewert and others, along with sermons, services, and planned programs including Loyalty initiatives and ordination of deacons. Community groups and Sunday schedules are outlined with multiple worship and study sessions across weekdays.
The Free Methodist Church at twelfth and Commeethoul presents morning service at 11 with Lester Hanmifsten as pastor and Clarence Grothaus as superintendent. Evening service at 7 45, prayer meeting Wednesday 7 48, Christmas choir Friday. Subjects: There Things Were Written.
The Weetside Presbyterian Church at Sixth and Maine lists Denis Knox Ford as minister. Bible study at 36 minutes with evening worship at 11 69. Special music and a story sermon titled The Supreme Tert in Stewardship. Youth meet at 7 and an evening hymn sing precedes gospel message. Prayer and Bible study Saturday session includes First Thessalonians chapter six.
A church branch of The Mother Church operates in Beaton Massachusetts offering Sunday services at 5 PM. A nursery provides infant care during services. The Reading Room houses Mary Baker Eddy writings and authorized Christian Science literature, open daily 2:00 to 5:00 PM, except Sundays and holidays.
The church lists morning prayer and litany services with communion readings. A weekly meeting is planned Wednesday for a Holy Feast of St Andrew and a Trinity Guild lunch, plus a Friday evening intercessions guild session.
Sunday school su perintendent Mrs Hill leads morning worship with pastor sermon and choir music. Evening worship features pastor sermon and youth meeting. church board meets Wednesday evening. Missionary Society and youth fellowship noted with names and roles.
The Church of God on Eleventh and New Hampshire lists unified service at 9:48 a.m. pastor Ravanedad St Mitler delivers a sermon. Youth fellowship at 7:00 p.m. evangelistic service at 7:36 p.m. Midweek Bible study 7:30 p.m. Wednesday family fellowship 7:30 p.m. Conference Monday 7:30 p.m. Also Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall at 601 North Second presents public address Why the Bible Has Endured by R Burnett at 2:36 p.m., Watchtower topic The Word’s Time of the End at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday. Bible study The New World 7:30 p.m. Friday. Service meeting and Theocratic Ministry planned.
The Firet Gaption Church lists minister George Cy Fetter and sitter Mrs. Paul C. Rankin with organist duties. Nursery for young children during Church school and classes led by Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Virginia Wilder. Morning worship at 11 with Rev. Coral D. Walker as guest speaker and themed service Praise and Give Thanks. High School and Haskell Youth Fellowships appear with various leaders and activities.
1500 Kentucky HM Sippel minister presides at morning worship with communion and sermon "Can We Love Our Enemies" led by Rev Sippel. Mrs Reginald Strait choirmaster. Mabel Ann Richardson directs. Nursery care provided. CYF meetings held in church.
Trinity Lutheran Church holds services at 9:45 and 11:00 with pastor RK W Albert. John Vogel Krueral superintendent leads worship and the sermon is The Song of Salvation. Special music includes How Beautiful Upon the Mountains. Dagmar Hasansa provides a solo. Luther League meets Sunday evening and Lutheran Student Association gathers at 6. A nursery is available.
The Centenary Methodist Church at Fourth and Elm lists Noah Gilbert as minister with Charles Gable as church school superintendent and Herbert Nehrbass as lay leader. Sunday school for all at 945, morning worship with anthem The Heavens Are Tell ing and sermon A Mighty Fortress at 630. Evening service features sermon Battles of Faith. Wednesday fellowship supper at 630. Bazaar and sale details at First Baptist, Lincoln block. Parker minister, Sunday school 930, morning worship 700, Bible study 700 with choir program. South Side and North Side Mission Circles meet Tuesday and Wednesday with Thursday choir rehearsal.
The notice lists Sunday school and worship times for the Church of the Nazarene and Church of St John the Evangelist, with Rev. E. E. Reep and Rev. R. S. Winans delivering messages. It also notes Mass times at St John and Bible school and services at Lawrence Friends Church, plus details of prayer meetings and Christian Endeavor activities.
On the University of Orgea campus Benterth Chapel hosts Sunday meditation and a 11 a.m. service led by Lyle Colburn. Bible school sessions occur at 9 a.m. Tuesday and an officers and teachers meeting plus practice run Wednesday evening.
Garbagemen heard a baby cry from a refuse can behind the station and notified police Sgt. Glenn Stickles. An 18 year old unwed mother, from Richland, admitted giving birth in a taxi and leaving the infant in the can before returning home. The baby is alive in hospital and the mother faces possible charges.
The coiled rattlesnake emblem was popular among colonists before the American Revolution and appeared on several flags, signaling warning and vigilance.
Washington reports the Townsend old age pension plan gains momentum as supporters claim 179 signatures to force a House floor vote. Debate centers on a universal federal pension, with Taft warning of cost and feasibility. The plan proposes $100 monthly pensions from age 60 for all adults and coverage for the totally disabled.
Dr. E. B. Stouffer dean of K U and professor of mathematics and Prof. G B Price of the mathematics department attended a meeting of the American Mathematical Society in Chicago. Stouffer edits the society bulletin and plans to return to Lawrence tomorrow.
In Philadelphia on Thanksgiving day 12 year old Elsie Henry is found dead beside the body of her sister Jannie Betty Henry after both fell from a 100 foot trestle during an evening hours search. Betty is hospitalized in Chester in serious condition with shock and internal bleeding.
In McKeesport Pennsylvania on November 25 a young mother Mrs Helen Swarm aged 33 leaped from a bridge over the Youghiogheny river after Thanksgiving dinner worries for her husband and four children. Her body was recovered four hours later. Police quoted her husband John saying she was nervous about baking a 20 pound holiday turkey and lacked a roasting pan.
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