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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1946
Page
8
A detailed listing of upcoming services, Sunday schools, choir rehearsals, sermons and special events across multiple churches. Includes dates, times, locations, pastors and topics such as The Bread of Life, Revelations series, Holy City and other hymn and Bible study sessions.
The church outlines a week of meetings and events including a Monday 8:00 p.m. planning session for the annual congregational meeting set for Sunday morning January 12. Wednesday includes a 2:30 p.m. Mission Society with new officers and talks by Mrs W Martin. Choir rehearsals are at 4:00 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday features a Brotherhood meeting with officer installations and Kurt Windt presenting the study topic. Saturday offers 9:00 a.m. Children’s Confirmation classes.
The First Church of Christ presents The Christians' Hour from WMT Waterloo Iowa and a full weekly calendar. Morning Worship features "The Imperativeness of New Testament Evangelism" with choir anthem and organ preludes. Evening service asks "Where Abidest Thou?" with Junior and Senior choirs and offertory pieces. A detailed unit meeting schedule for the Woman's Society and M Y F groups lists dates, leaders, and locations across the week.
L. W. Hauter leads Sunday activities at First Presbyterian on January 5. Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Worship and Communion at 11 a.m. featuring youth choirs and special anthems. 7 p.m. Westminster Fellowship with devotion. 8 p.m. Silver Star Mariners meet at the Jensen home. Guild meetings, executive board, choir rehearsals, and class sessions listed for January 6–8 with locations and leaders.
Grace Methodist Church plans a 10:45 a m Sunday service with Minister James W Marlin starting a 1947 Crusade for Christ sermon series on Stewardship. Sermon titled Man Worker with God. Sunday school at 9:40 a m with classes for all. music includes Praise the Name of the Lord. Senior Choir directed by Mrs Grassfield. Larry Clark, Drake University music major, assisting.
West Union news notes a busy period with Bethel church Willing Workers meeting at Leroy and Mrs Alcorns home with Elsie Smith as co host. Union Study Club plans a Jan 2 session with Mrs Jesse Grimes and a 4 o'clock lunch after the program. Skaters enjoy an ice rink on the flooded tennis court as lights enable night skating. The Order of Rainbow for Girls meets Jan 6 at the Masonic hall with officers to be elected. A Christmas dinner gathered Mr and Mrs J B Niles with daughters and husbands from Fayette and Lawler.
Lamont residents welcomed relatives for Christmas from San Antonio Ames Conrad Aurora and Bloomfield with Cronk a former Lamont superintendent visiting. The Jack Slick family departed for South Dakota to begin a new home. Cowles family moves into Slick’s vacated apartment. Omelet tips explain fluffy versus flat styles with basic ingredients.
A test last summer with range cattle used a 0.2 percent DDT spray every two weeks to control horn flies and cattle lice, yielding an average weight gain of 50 to 75 pounds per steer per season. On dairy farms, spraying cows with an effective repellent reportedly increased milk production. Try the Want Ad Column to find results.
The Register lists activities for several churches. Wesleyan Methodist holds Sunday School at 10 a.m. and services at 11 a.m. Fellowship dinner at noon, 2 p.m. Bible study and prayer meeting. First Methodist notes youth fellowship and an official board meeting Thursday evening. Bethel Presbyterian schedules Westminster fellowship and a board meeting Tuesday June 7 at 7 30. Holy Name Catholic lists Sunday Masses at 8 and 10 a.m. Confessions Saturday afternoon and evening. Zion English Lutheran reports Ladies Aid luncheon January 8 and a men s group meeting, with an annual church business meeting January 9.
Maynard churches report strong crowds for Christmas programs across Presbyterian, Methodist, and Lutheran congregations. Rev. James Wray leads services at 10 a.m. with Sunday School at 11 a.m. and praise for visiting former members. Methodist Rev. William Follmer presides over 9:30 a.m. services and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School with W.S.C.S. division meetings set for January 2 and 8. Lutheran Pastor H. F. Hein conducts Divine Worship at 10:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Sunday School.
Fayette churches outline a year starting with Sunday school at 9 30 a m and a morning worship at 10 39 a m featuring a stewardship crusade. WSCS officers will be installed during communion and a 7 p m Youth Fellowship follows. An anniversary pot luck is set for Jan 9 at 6 30 p m with Dr John D Clinton speaking. WSCS meets in the Broadroom at 2 30 p m on Jan 8.
Pastor A. O. Nesset lists services at West Clermont at 9 30 a m and East Clermont at 11 a m on Sunday January 5 with confirmands not meeting. Events include adult class January 6 Priscilla Working Band January 8 2 15 p m hosted by Arnold Stumme Swen Swenson Carmen Swenson Clarence Johnson W B Miller and Nesset. Highland Societies meet January 9 with Mrs Oscar Benson and assistants Leonard Moore Marmi Larson Adolph Larson and H Larson. A Happy New Year to all.
Sunday services listed for St Sebald Lutheran and Congregational Christian churches with pastors H E Hahn and Benjamin Shaw. Meantime St Marys Catholic Masses at 8:30 and 10. Emanuel Lutheran schedules confirmed, choir practice and confirmation instruction noted. Womens Missionary Society meets Tuesday Jan 7 at 8 pm and church bus, meeting details included.
January church schedule includes the Ladies meet on Wednesday and Youth Fellowship on Wednesday evening. The annual voting members meeting is planned for Sunday at 1 30 pm with R Park Anderson as pastor. The Crusade for Christ enters the Year of Stewardship aiming to raise active workers by 500 000 and boost regular attendance by 50 percent with statewide and conference mass meetings in Des Moines Grace Methodist and Feb 11 respectively. Local church programs feature W S C S hostesses on Thursday, January 9 at 3 pm and Young Adults gathering January 9 at 6 45 pm with Dr James W Marlin of Oelwein delivering the post potluck address after a brief program. Sunday services include Morning Worship at 10 am and Church School at 11 am.
St Paul Lutheran announces no services or Sunday School on Sunday January 5. The next service is Sunday January 17 at 10 o clock, followed by the annual church meeting. You are invited to worship with us.
Morning worship at 9 30 a m and evening service at 7 45 p m at Garden Prairie United Brethren Church in Wadena hosting the United Brethren congregation with two services listed for the day.
Mr and Mrs Robert Williams of Cedar Falls spent the week with his parents Mr and Mrs J H Williams. Mrs Philip Schmitt returns to work in Berry store after illness. W S C S of the Methodist church met to install officers with lunch served by Mrs Lee Benham. Guests include Mr and Mrs Ray Berry and family and Mrs Harold Schmitt and Mrs Tressa Hickey. Card club held at Mrs Dem Mersch. prizes awarded to Claude Paine traveling prize to Mrs Elmer Lehmkuhl and low to Mrs Gertrude Dietz. Charlotte O Daniels resumes school after vacation. Robert Dotzauer of Chicago visits locals. St John Lutheran church annual meeting held. School resumes after Christmas break. Donald Steggall, once in auto crash, now back at work.
A government rust control program reports destruction of 323,762,546 barberry bushes and seedlings on 129,962 properties nationwide. The effort, conducted with cooperation from the agriculture department, aims to halt rust spread by removing host plants.
Educational note compares eyelid coverage across species noting that humans and most animals have the upper lid dominant while elephants camels and mice show the lower lid covering most of the eye. This highlights anatomical variation in eyelid function among species.
Loren ven Seambing hosted five ORs in Monticello for New Year celebrations at Ken Shepherd’s. George Corcoran and family welcomed Ellsworth James as a Tuesday visitor. Mr Corcoran, home of his parents, and Mr Oakley from Mond Bros. store were among attendees. Guests included Forest Parker, A C Henthorn, W L Short, Leone, and S G Corcoran. New Year’s day hosts were W L Short’s guests Eugene McCright and Raymond McCright Rowley.
Tap watermelons to judge ripeness. Hollow sound indicates ripeness while overripe ones are dull and springy to pressure. Immature melons appear greenish with a pale underside. Store in a cool dry location.
Agriculture department findings show 88 percent of farm gardens grew tomatoes and 72 percent radishes while 70 percent grew peas and cabbage. Nearby nonfarm plots revealed 80 percent tomatoes, 0 percent lettuce and potatoes.
Air, water and heat destroy cabbage vitamins, so minimal storage preserves nutrients. Fresh young green cabbage eaten raw from the garden provides the best flavor and food value for your money.
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