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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1960
Page
12
The Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati calls a Sunday day of prayer for persecuted peoples worldwide. Archbishop Karl J Alter notes US bishops urge prayers amid increasing urgency as religious persecution worsens in Cuba new African nations and Ceylon under atheistic Communist influence.
Dedication services for Faiths Baptist Church on Manchester Road between old U S 25 and Interstate 75 are set for 1 30 p m tomorrow. The Rev Doyle Dewey missionary for the southwestern district will be guest speaker. The congregation formerly met in the A F of L Hall. The Rev James Baughman is pastor.
Francis Cardinal Spellman will spend the Christmas season visiting U.S. military bases abroad for the 16th straight year. The trip begins December 16 and will take him to Greenland, Alaska, Labrador and Newfoundland. He will celebrate Christmas midnight Mass at Thule Air Force Base in Greenland.
The sermon theme at 8:30 and 10:15 a.m. worship will be Lamp and a Light led by the Rev. H C Grunewald. Guest soloist Virs. Robert Nickell will perform at the services. Church school begins at 9:15 a.m.
The Church of Christ on Gideon Road hosts a Bible study at 9 30 a.m. Charles Rickman speaks on Ye Shall Know the Truth at 10 30 a.m. and From Fear Unto Faith at 7 30 p.m. Holy Communion is celebrated at 11 30 a.m.
The Rev Charles Selby will deliver the sermon Do We Know the Word at EFUB Church during the 8:15 a m and 10:30 a m worship services Sunday. Sunday school is scheduled for 9:30 a m.
Dr Russell Galloway will deliver the sermon Public Enemy Number One during the nine and eleven o clock worship services at First Presbyterian. The 9 30 a m Adult Bible Class will discuss Shepherd and Sheep. Church school is at 9 30 and 11 a m.
The Rev. R. F. Hans will address the 10:45 a.m. worship on Struggle For Happiness at Second Baptist. Sunday school starts at 9:30 a.m. The Rev. J. P. Outlaw and Zion Hill Baptist Church from Dayton will conduct the 4 p.m. worship.
The Rev. William Wisch will preach on The Living Word at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. worship services. Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m.
The piece traces Christmas customs to diverse origins, noting Santa Claus born from St. Nicholas myth and the Christmas tree rooted in Christian practice. It explains how Dutch immigrants brought gift folklore to New Amsterdam while English Puritans resisted saints days, and it connects the modern Santa to a North European hearth deity who enters homes via chimneys and is pulled by goats.
St Simons Island Georgia AP report notes Horace T Freeman a retired Methodist minister now 80 concentrates on law. Since January he studies law about two hours daily and expects to pass the state bar exam.
The Rev. S Hodges of Pilgrim Baptist Church Hamilton will speak at 3 30 p m service tomorrow at New Era Baptist Church 1299 Young Street. He will be accompanied by his congregation for the Pastor's Aid Club fundraiser led by president Mrs Ivory Hinton 1122 Garfield Street.
The Rev. A. Alexander will speak on For a Worthy Life Read a Worthy Book the Bible at 10 45 a m worship. Sunday choir at 9 30 a m. Called of God will be the sermon theme at 7 30 p m service.
The 2025 Logan church of Christ Bible school starts at 9 30 a m. Wanderer from lKaston will speak at 10 30 a m on There Is One Spirit. Holy Communion is at 11 30 a m. Eugene Brandenburg will deliver Lord Teach Us How to Pray at 6 p m. service.
Sunday services present the spiritual basis of true supply and abundance in the Lesson. The Scriptural selections include Matthew chapter 14, Christ Jesus feeding five thousand with five loaves and two fishes.
The 9 15 a m service will be led by guest speaker Mrs Barton Johnson whose husband serves as pastor of the Madison Avenue Christian Church Covington. The church school convenes at 10 3 am and the topic will be Birthday and Then.
The Rev Paul McCauley will deliver a sermon titled An Encounter With the Christ at the 10 30 a m worship service. Sunday school is scheduled for 9 15 am.
Sunday school begins at 9 30 a m with Rev R L Robinson delivering A Lamp Unto My Feet at 10 45 a m in worship. Evening worship follows at 7 with no further time listed.
The Rev Francis X Wever of Weston College explains the Christmas tree origins. He cites the Paradise Play and Eden apple symbol, the candle bedecked wooden pyramid in German homes, and the later fusion of symbols with the Christmas crib. Trees entered American homes after German immigration around 1700.
The Rev. Charles Foley will deliver an 11 a.m. worship service at Mayfield Presbyterian focusing on sacredotalism. Sunday school sessions begin after the service.
Special lecture by Jehovah's Witnesses at 4 p.m. followed by discussion of Marriage in Paradise and Marriage Outside Paradise at 5 15 p.m. during Watchtower Bible study at the local hall.
The Tried Stone Baptist Church Choir plans a gospel program tomorrow at 3 30 p m at the church located at 1404 Garfield Street.
The sermonette urges Universal Bible Sunday and praises the Bible as a guiding light. It highlights the Bible’s impact on American founding documents and calls readers to study authorship context and personal application. The Rev. Edwin Bobbitt presents the message.
The board of directors led by Calvin Verity declared a fourth quarterly dividend of percent cents a share. Payable Jan 5 1961 to shareholders of record Dec 20 1960. The action concludes the bank’s first year under a quarterly payment policy. Shareholders received stock subscription rights, issuing 15 000 additional shares, totaling 165 000.
Puzzle lists numerous numbered clues across and down with answers hinted by cross references and old theme entries. The page shows multiple short definitions such as energy, degrade, vitalize, apply to veins, and nautical phrases, plus references to authors and classic terms.
An astrology column warns of favorable morning cooperation but self reliance in the afternoon. It predicts modest yearly opportunities, long term financial prudence, and routine personal life with travel hints in July and August. A child born today is noted as ambitious, while Monday birthdays hint at cautious finances and delayed rapid gains.
A dense listing details Sunday through Friday programs for numerous churches. Activities include youth services, choirs, catechism, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, and confirmations led by First Baptist First Methodist St Pauls Bethlehem Zion Bethlehem Lutheran and others with times ranging from early morning to evening throughout the week.
The Rev. Preston J. Theall will speak at 10 45 a m on The Kept Ones and at 7 30 p m on Life s Supreme Version Sunday school begins at 9 30 a m
The Rev Richard Rodda will use The Word of God as his sermon theme during the 10 30 a m worship service at Mt Olivet Presbyterian in Trenton. Church school is at 9 30 a m.
Franklin First Presbyterian and Franklin First Universal will observe Bible Sunday. Carl Siegwarth Jr. will speak on One Fact in 66 Books during the 10:30 a.m. worship service. Church school is at 9:13 a.m.
The Rev. C. W. Hatfield will preach at 10:30 a.m. on The Mighty God in the morning service. The evening program features Family Fellowship Night with supper at 5:30 p.m. Mrs. C. E. Wintringham of First Methodist Church speaks at 7 p.m.
The Rev G Walter Weber will speak at 10 30 a m worship on When the World Becomes Flesh with Mrs E H McCandlish as guest violinist. Church school starts at 9 15 a m with expanded sessions in primary departments.
Bethlehem Lutheran holds Sunday School at 9 15 a m. Pastor Paul D Bergdall will use Ready For Christ as the sermon topic at the 6 and 10 30 a m worship services. Holy Communion will be celebrated at the late service.
Barnitz Bank of Middletown Ohio appointed executor in the probate of Frank J Gradolph deceased of Middletown Butler County Ohio. Creditors must file claims within four months with the executor. Dated November 26 1960 Probate Judge Harry F Walsh. Wilmer Wilmer Attorneys Middletown Ohio.
The Rev. Sandy Johnson and his church choir will be featured guests tomorrow at 4pm at Friendship Baptist Church 1319 Walnut St. The event is sponsored by the Missionary Society.
Notice announces the Old Ship of Zion choir performing tomorrow at 7 30 p m at Bethel Baptist Church in Hamilton. Also a probate notice names Louise Hunter Windsor of Middletown Ohio as Executrix of Ella Hunter deceased estate in Butler County Ohio with a four month period. dated November 25 1960 in Middletown Ohio.
A slate of programs includes Maurice Evans Lillian Gish and Julie Prowse with Mitch Miller at 7 10. Basketball games Talawanda at Fenwick and Army at Ohio State at 8 25. Leonie Rysanek performs arias with the New York Philharmonic at 8 30. The Three Musketeers film with Maximilian Schell and Vincent Price follows. A Perry Mason episode airs at 7 30. Brynner reports on UN refugee work at 8 30. Marshal Fry investigates robberies at WLW. The Nation's Future debate on Cuba policy airs at 9 39. A Dodge City wake story at 10. This Thing Called Love stars at 11 25.
Jack Falkner of 3 Valley View Drive is named president of the Middletown Real Estate Salesmen Association. He is linked with Joe Lewis Real Estate. New officers include vice president Emmett Sherron secretary Mrs Florence Cummins treasurer A R Maupin and board members Tom Morningstar and George Pryan. Morningstar had served as president since the association’s founding.
A R Edwards president of Armco International Corp will be a guest panelist on WLW TV World Front at noon Sunday. He will join the discussion American Business and the Underdeveloped Areas. World Front is sponsored by the Cincinnati Council on World Affairs with a Middletown chapter formed last summer and Brig Gen Wallace Ford USA ret as chapter president.
Clark Gable's will, filed in Los Angeles, bequeaths more than a million dollars to widow Kay Williams. The actor died November 16 at 59 from a heart attack. The probate includes a North Hollywood home left to his first wife Josephine Dillon, 75, whose dramatic coaching aided his rise. The couple wed July 11, 1955. will signed September 19, 1936.
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