Broadway Presbyterian Church in Columbia area steady, well-attended
New York report describes Broadway Presbyterian Church at 114th Street facing Broadway as a flourishing neighborhood church. Dr John Hess McComb, pastor since 1935 from Lancaster PA, leads crowded Sunday services and midweek gatherings. Nearby commuters and summer Columbia teachers fill pews, with a friendly, familiar ministry ambience.
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New York
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Columbia University
Broadway
114Th Street
Columbia
Manhattan
First Presbyterian Church
America
John Hess McComb
McComb
Baltimore
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Joel Parker
Fourth Avenue
22D Street
Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Parker
Memorial Tablet Church Traceable In New York History
The church began on Bleecker Street from 1825 to 1853 then stood on Fourth Avenue from 1854 to 1910. The present Gothic edifice, erected in 1912, features native stone, a square bell tower, dark pews, and green glass windows. It seats about 1500 and honors notable members with memorial tablets including a verse from Isaiah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bleecker Street
Fourth Avenue
New York
W. D. Buchanan
Bleecker Street Presbyterian Church
Bowery
Matthias Bruen
Neighborhood business and church precinct noted
Business has again caught up. The neighborhood remains safeguarded as a church area by Columbia and the surrounding miles of large apartment houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
McNaught Syndicate
Composer to Write Alma Mater Song for Heidelberg
Oleg Speaks, composer of Sylvia and On the Road to Mandalay, informed Heidelberg College officials that he will compose a new alma mater. Speaks previously taught at the Heidelberg Conservatory of Music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffin. O
Oleg Speaks
Sylvia
Mandalay
Heidelberg College
Speaks
Heidelberg Conservatory of Music
Budapest police to speak multiple languages at traffic centers
Policemen stationed at traffic centers in Budapest must speak several foreign languages with fluency. The regulation aims to help visitors feel at home and facilitate general operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
The Unseen Wish at Jules Sanford's Hilltop Home
Peter Day vacationing in a hilltop cabin falls for Sibyl Aldrich while Jules Sanford courts her. Jealousy, misunderstandings, and a hidden affair complicate loyalties as Peter encounters a dangerous confrontation and a mysterious well that grants wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Day
Siby Aldrich
Jules Sanford
Jules
Peter
Sibyl
Frank Marston
Lora
Claude Eliot
Elliot
Henrietta Fellowship tureen dinner and social at school
A fellowship tureen dinner will be held at the school building on Wednesday evening, December 28 at 6 30 under the Ladies Aid Society of the Evangelical church. Friends invited. rolls and coffee provided. each family to bring own table service. After dinner a program games and social time follow. Various local visitors are noted visiting families in Oberlin and Ridgeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta
Ladies Aid Society
The
Evangelical Church
Local visits noted in Elyria area social notices
Saturday and Monday social calls are recorded among Elyria residents. Mrs Frank Kelble and Mrs Edna Unger spent time with a Mrs Gegenheimer. Mrs Milton Parrish and her daughter June visited Elyria area relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kelble
Edna Unger
Milton Parrish
June
Elyria
Lena Gegenheimer
Pinochle Games Highlight Dover Center Club Meet
Two tables of pinochle were in play Tuesday afternoon as Mrs. June Traxler hosted the Goodtime club at Center Ridge. Mrs. Arthur James and Mrs. Joe Walsh earned scores, while Mrs. Bud Fauver received consolation. The Neighborly Club Christmas party is set for Mrs. Helen Stroud’s home on December 28. Helen Delarey, recently at St Luke's Hospital, expects to return home Saturday. Jack Eberling was taken to Lakewood Hospital Tuesday. Chas Glendenning remains under a doctor's care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover Center
June Traxler
Center Ridge
Arthur James
Joe Walsh
Bud Fauver
Helen Stroud
Jack Eberling
Lakewood Hospital
Chas. Glendenning
Hyde and Rook Families Tour Florida to Key West
Wellington Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Hyde with their son Junior and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rook of Spencer left yvester Gay for a Florida tour ending in Key West. They expect to return home January 1. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cohagan of Elyria at Lodi hospital on Thursday. Mrs. Cohagan is a niece of Mrs. Charles Shepard of here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Hyde
Junior
Here
Walter Rook
Spencer
Yvester Gay
Florida
Key West
Earl Cohagan
Elyria
Lodi Hospital
Scientists study cosmic rays atop Mount Elbruz
Scientists have left Moscow for the Caucasus to study comic rays at 17 000 feet on Europe’s highest peak Mount Elbruz. They aim to learn more about the nature of rays from outer space that approach Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Caucasus
Europe
Mount
Elbruz
Earth
Elyria Welding Supplies and Gas Repair Shop
Repairing and recharging gas oxygen welding supplies at 501 East River St. John Streicher offers Linde Oxygen Prestolite gas and related welding equipment. Phone contact 2619 for service and supplies.
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Elyria
John Streicher
East River St
Elks Host Christmas Party For 250 Local Children
Elyria Elks welcomed more than 250 children and accompanying adults to the lodge for the second annual Christmas party. Exalted ruler Gerald Nau opened the event with entertainment featuring Mickey Mouse reels and The Toy Shop color film. Santa Claus distributed gifts and candy, aided by Jim Armitage and R. R. Ritter, the committee chair, plus other committee members.
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Elyria Elks
Gerald Nau
Santa Claus
Jim Armitage
R. R. Ritter
Budge Flings Back At Town After Speeding Fine
In Plattsanton California tennis star J Donald Budge paid a 15 fine for speeding at 70 mph. He told the court that next time through town the only charge he would face would be obstructing traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platsanton
Cal
J. Donald Budge
Manitoba Plow Land Decline Since 1921 Reported
Manitoba soil study by Prof. J H Ellis of the University of Manitoba shows over one million acres left uncultivated since 1921. The 1936 figure of 7,789,920 acres under cultivation contrasts with 9,022,738 acres in 1921, highlighting a sharp drop in arable land.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
J. H. Ellis
University of Manitoba
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Charles B. Driscoll
Chas, Driscoll
Altman & Ackerman
Broad Street
Madison Square Garden
Buchanan
C. W. Barrel
Middle Avenue
Anna C. Sprague
East Ave
East Avenue
Charlot Mason
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Satan
Eter
Sanford
Hey
Saunders
Libyl
Miss Aldrich
Clance Elliot
Flectitgus
Wallace Wood
Cleveland
Wallace Court
Paul Court
Oberlin
Frank Cook
Ted Gilder
Katie Weidman
Chauncey Currier
Ernest Lamvermyer
Aubrey Kremser
Ridgeville
Albert Reusser
Carl
Nelson Reusser
Fields
Adam Horn
Lester Husted
John Ives
Twilah
Alice Buchs
H. E. Culbertson
Margaret
Ashland
Joe Gorlich
New York City
Ella Kendeigh
NUT
Mutual Clothing CO
Wilma Baard
Park Avenue
Chez Firehouse
Wilma
George Balanchin
Jaro Fabry
Rudolf Montgelas
Acme Telephoto
Wellington
Gay
Alfred Alten
Second Street
Elyria Plating Corp
Karl, Myrtle
Elks
Budge
Merry Christmas
Rudy Moc
Lorain
Ohio
Sibley & Sprague
Kennedy Koal KO
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