Oratorical Contest Semi Finals Sunday At St Johns Hall
The Blue Ridge oratorical contest semifinals will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. in St John’s hall with contestants from Kelly Westminster Father Beehan and St Joseph’s College Emmitsburg. Winners advance to a broader regional final in Hagerstown to discuss What Can America Give to Europe under judge panels. Rev William F Sauer presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ridge
St. John’s Hall
Thomas Bush, Jr
Kelly
Westminster
Anthony Luiperspeck
Father Beehan
Frederick
Mr& John Gardner
Dubois
Elizabeth Pyles
W. Jerome Offutt
This City
Julia Cristie
St. Joseph's College
Emmitsburg
Baltimore
Washington
Cumberland
Dubois Unit of
Elizabeth Sherald
Realization Of Life Through Giving Of Life Is Natural Spiritual Law
In a March Sunday school lesson, Jesus teaches that true life comes through self giving. Peter rebukes Jesus, then Jesus explains mission involves suffering and death, with resurrection hinted. The core truth: life is realized by giving life, a spiritual natural law sustaining faith and purpose across communities and churches listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Peter
Christ
Garden
Gethsemane
Calvary
Missionary Mrs J Leon Hooper to Speak at Local Church
Mrs J Leon Hooper missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the Philippine Islands will speak at the local Presbyterian Church Sunday evening at 7 30 o clock. She is the wife of Dr J Leon Hooper secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in New York City and led a summer conference delegation at Hood College last year. Her talk draws on twenty five years in the Islands centered at Manila and insights from 1938 Latin American tour studying Chile and Brazil missions. She witnessed rapid change and Filipino advancement alongside MacArthur’s six years in defense work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Leon Hooper
Presbyterian Church In
Philippine Islands
Hooper
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
New York City
Hood College
Manila
Latin America
Chile
Brazil
Far East
Douglas MacArthur
Sunday School Attendance Dips Slightly in Frederick
Frederick area reported a small decline in Sunday school attendance across 11 churches totaling 2,610, down from 2,661 on March 3. Enrollments varied by church, with notable figures from All Saints Episcopal 170 126, Calvary Methodist 897 492, Evangelical Lutheran 1022 628, First Baptist 360 190, Trinity Methodist 41 25, and others. A devotional leaders list for WFMD covers March 23, and St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church announces its annual Lenten service at 8 p.m. with choirs from area churches participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Amos J. Traver
H. W. Snyder, Jr
Dr. Traver
Jesus
Confessor
Frederick County
Mr. Snyder
Sr. Luther
St. Luke's
Schol House
Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church
Adamstown
Alvill Conner
Jr and
Int
Christian Endeavor, & P.i Young People's and
C. E
William R. Barnhart
Walter Page
Frederick
All Saints Episcopal
Church of the Brethren
Calvary Methodist
Church of God
Evangelical Lutheran
Evangelical Reformed
First Baptist
Grace Evan
Reformed
Presbyterian
Trinity Methodist
United Brethren
Young Peoples’ Choir
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Woodsboro Lutheran Church
Rocky Ridge Lutheran Church
Araby Young Peoples’ Choir
St. Paul's Lutheran
Walkersville
Women’s Clubs Merryland Tract Meeting Report
The Merryland Tract Women’s Club met in Burkittsville with 23 members and one visitor. Mrs. Chick and Mrs. Mc Gaha demonstrated bread making, while a book review was given by Mrs. John Arnold, Mrs. Wirts, and Mrs. Hartman. Co hosts served refreshments. next meeting March 26 at 7:30 p.m. with Miss Williams speaking on community gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merryland Tract Club
Merryland Tract Women’s Club
Burkittsville
Chick
McGaha
John Arnold
Wirts
Hartman
C. L. Pry
Elizabeth Horine
Merryland Tract
Miss Williams
Court News Property Deeded and Licenses Listed
Court records show transfers of property from William D Lipps and wife to Ox Fibre Brush Co city for 10 funds and from Laura V Hood to Lewis T Dut trow and wife for 10. Marriage licenses issued for Gernand and Burrier both 21 and Dare and Schmidt 30 and 19 respectively. Also licenses for Thomas and Keen jer 23 and 20. Gingell 23 and Bolinger 22. Historical note recalls coffee once deemed intoxicant in Ottoman Empire with death penalty references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court News
William D. Lipps
Ox Fibre Brush Co
City
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Marion J. Bowers
Laura V. Hood
Lewis T. Duttrow
G. Leicester Thomas
Allha Leah Bishop
David Gernand
Alma i Burrier
Adamstown
Eugene R. Dare
Isabel S. C. Schmidt
Washington, D. C
Curtis William Thomas
Mattie Sue Keenjer
Montgomery
Ala
Thomas R. Gingell
Fairfield
Jane R. Bolinger
Emmitsburg
Strength For Today and U S Class Meet in Calvary Observances
A devotional on Isaiah 9 6 notes God bears the government and individuals must act with duty. U S Class meets at Calvary Methodist with 13 members and six visitors, lily to be placed in church, and program items including poems and songs. Bible Class Leaders meet with attendance tallies given and Salvation Army speaker planned for Sunday with special music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Douglass
D. D
Isaiah
Babson Newspaper
U. S
Wesleyans
Calvary Methodist Sunday School
John Grove
Willard Beall
Trail Avenue
Beall
Jesus
Frank Smith
Guy Brust
Claude Hahn
Jennie
Roy Catsail
Calvary Leaders
H. B. Rittenhouse
Hesson
West Patrick Street
Glenn Stovall
Salvation Army
Also Mentioned on This Page
Samuel S. Johnston
All Saints’ Church
Mr. Johnston
St. Barnabas
St. Timothy's Chapel
Mr Johnston
Evangelical Reformed Church
H. L. G. Kieffer
Kieffer
Shipley
Dyckman
Grase Reformed
Ralph E. Hartman
Minter
Lord
Brookfield
Rheinberger
Scarmolin
Thelma Swomley
Pilate
the Coward
Harker
Stebbins
Armstrong
Christian Endeavor
Elmer Hendrickson
Altar Guild
Ira F. Ray
Carroll Parkway
Will
Fehn’s Catholic Church
Wm. F. Sauer
Arthur C. Slade
A. B
J. H. Schmitt
Bible
Worshi
Bizet
Redeemer
Buck
Harriet Shook
Int. C. E
C. E. Society
Charles Shook
Parkway Church
Church of the Nazarene
Neal Hutchinson
Young People's Meeting
Presbyterian Church
William Merval . Weaver
Charles E. Wehrer
Bible Forum
John
Mary Davis
Scott
Young People's Society
Alice Mauger
Maryland School
Japan
Leon Hooper
Girl Scouts
Westminster Club
Malcolm C. Stickney
West Second Street
West College Terrace
Calvary Methodist Church
B. W. Meeks
Raymond Crowe
Meeks
Trinity Methodist Church
F. Bailey Phelps
L. Ray Burgee
Holden
Felton
Astor
First Baptist Church
Royal
Mr. Royal
W. M. Weaver
Ralph E. Shober
Chester I. Harley
Maryland
H. Stover Kulp
Africa
Missionary Department of the Church
Mr. Kulp
Junior Aid
Carl Kintz
Young People's
Stovall
Salvation Meeting
Boy Scouts
Band of Love
Holiness
South Street
Girl Guards
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Point of Rocks
Leon P. F. Vauthier
New Market
Jefferson Evangelical and Reformed Church Church
Utica
Mt. Pleasant
Jefferson Lutheran Farish
George H. Seiler
St. Paul's
Mt. Zion
Urbana
J. W. Briscoe
Araby
Brook Hill
Tamsville
Ulica
William A. Wade
Board of Deaconess Work
US. C. A
Woodsboro Lutheran Parish
Herbert H. Schmidt
Woodsboro
Mr. Zion
Graceham
Paul J. Seltzer
A. m. Jr
A.m. Jr
YP. C. E
Myersville
Locust Valley
Pleasantville
Antietam
Churches of God
Clarence McGaha
Bethany Methodist Church
Board of Stewards
Edgar Crawford
Catoctin
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Daisy Miller
Doubs Methodist Church
Henry Lamb
Epworth League
Jefferson
A. N. Warner
Lewistown
Warner
India
Airy Calvary Methodist Church
Ralph M. Sharpe
Ridgeville
Eddy Ford
Howard Chapel
John Gardner
Mark
William E. Gilroy, D. D
Advance
Messiah
Prospect Marvin Chanel
West Falls
Thurmont Catholic Church
Edward H. Roach
Thurmont
Edwin D. Bright
Chas. H. Corbett
Sabillasville
Thurmont Methodist Circuit
Milton B. Crist
Tom's Creek
Thurmont United Brethren
Ivan G. Naugle
Deerfield
Edgewood
Wm. A. Herpich
Zittlestown
Middletown A. B
Melvin Geiman, Jr
Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church
Middletown
Philip E. Saylor
Young People’s Society
H. C. Erdman
M. Edward Thomas
Thomas
Father Hyer
Knoxville
M. A. Ashby
Burkittsville Reformed Church
Rocky Springs
Mildred Zern
Frances Putman
Oscar Schultz, Jr
Mildred Zimmerman
Dorothy
Ruby Kemp
Mary C. Remsberg
F. A. Parsons
St. John's Episcopal Church
Howard County
St Barnabas
Sykesville
Philippines
Meaning
WFMD
Henry W. Snyder, Jr
Lutheran Church
Clarence W. McGaha
Bob Meeks
Methodist Church
Ralph H. Miller
Roy K. Miller
Brownsville
John T. Myers
Brunswick
Wapuuwi
Ottoman Empire
DU Ene
HacHive
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