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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1944
Page
8
A group of friends and neighbors dropped in last night to celebrate the 35th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Henry White with an informal social gathering. The event featured greetings and light refreshments in a warm, neighborly mood.
Local civic groups report December plans and year end finances. Auxiliary notes cookie sales totaling 220 dozen for Red Cross and Lepe colony donations, a Christmas party scheduled for December 20, and adjournment to January 3. WC T meeting features readings and patriotic songs, missionary society reports on National Convention, Lutherian Ladies and Ewchen, church parlor gatherings, new member welcomes and officer nominations.
Local clubs schedule a flurry of Christmas events Friday through Thursday. The Alpha Sewing Circle hosts a mystery sister gift exchange. the Lee Amm Birthday Club plans dinner and party. Jefferson Rebekah Lodge meets with lunch following. Sales Young Juniors hold an officer election. Coterie Club and Rainbow Christmas Party list times and hosts. Farm Bureau and L A O R C feature programs and lunches. D T Club plans a 1 pm luncheon. Maple Grove hosts a 12 pm luncheon with holiday gift exchange.
Walter D. Kline, director of the Des Moines OPA district, warned that reconversion prices could cause inflation if too high. He spoke at the Iowa State Exposition Grower Association meeting, saying postwar civilian prices must balance inflation control with encouraging production and employment while maintaining purchasing power.
Advertising expenditures for drugs cosmetics and pharmaceuticals have averaged about 75,000,000 dollars annually over the last six years.
A long religious column notes a Senate House joint resolution for a National Bible Reading period between Thanksgiving and Christmas. It covers church leaders debates on gossip, church unity, and the role of religion in governance, plus a Presbyterian emergency fund and Quaker anti conscription views. It ends with a church calendar of services, meetings, and Christmas events.
Sacred Heart includes Masses in English and devotions led by Father O Hagan and Father Knox with confessions Saturday afternoons and Friday Novena. December events list Confirmation School, Sunday School, Divine Service, organ selections, and choir practices. Christ centered message invites worship and notes Sunday services 9:30 Sunday School 10:45 morning worship 7:45 evangelist service. weekly choir rehearsals and Brotherhood gathering.
Christian Science Society at 135 Third Avenue Northeast invites worship at 11:00 a.m. with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and a Wednesday meeting at 8 o clock. Reading room hours are Wednesdays 3 to 5 p.m. The December 10 lesson subject is God the Preserver of Man with citations from the Bible and Science and Health. The Golden Text is II Timothy 4 18 and Ps 121 5 8.
First Baptist Church Edward Epps invites worshipers to Sunday School at 9 45 and Morning Worship at 10 45. The service features organist Mrs Sam Smyth performing pieces by Wilson Godard and Heyser, with the choir singing Follow Me directed by Russell Brant. Sermon topic Who Was Jesus Virgin Born.
Fragments note Friday activities for a church group including Bible study and prayer at 4 00 p m and a children’s program rehearsal. The message mentions a Christmas program and a rehearsal on Friday December 15 at 4 00 p m with a final practice and a 745 p m program on December 17.
The First Church of Christ broadcasts The Christians Hour from station WIT Waterloo at 600 AM each Sunday morning. Bible School at 9:30 AM. worship at 10:45 AM with the sermon The Purifying Hope and an Anthem. Evening services include Evangelistic and Personal Evangelism topics led by Mrs. Pugh, with choir and piano. Calendar lists Scouts Monday, Berean Class Tuesday, Prayer Meeting Wednesday, basket supper Thursday, and special pageant rehearsals Tuesday and Thursday evenings. East Unit Ladies Aid meets Wednesday 2:30 PM with bazaar and bake sale planned for Dec 16 at the Gas Office.
Sunday services feature worship and sermon with Christmas music by Junior and Senior Choirs and organ numbers. The Westminster Federation meets December 13 for a Christmas party and gift exchange, with choir and deacon meetings also. White Gift Sunday on December 17 invites children to bring canned goods and gifts.
A church group announces Christmas events at multiple units on 1st Avenue NW and nearby streets. Details include unit hosts, dates, and pot-luck arrangements with guests bringing table service and dishes. Music for worship features an organ Prelude, Adagio, and choir items led by LeRoy Steele and Evelyn Eck.
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