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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1954
Page
27
A listing of church names and addresses in Elyria with pastors and weekly services. Includes schedules for Sunday school morning worship evening services midweek activities and organists or choir directors for each listed congregation. Names include Rev. Robert Graber J B Monk Ernest Dayka W M Hale C L Brown Rev T S Zekany Rev B K Anthony and Rev A Downs. Locations span East Bridge Street West River Street Court Street and surrounding streets.
A compact newspaper card noting Hale's Finer Foods at 715 Middle Ave invites shoppers with the slogan Where Shopping Is A Pleasure and a daily schedule including morning worship at 284 Washington Avenue and a 6:45 p m youth gathering with Clare Short as organist, plus contact phone 2112.
A concise local advertisement for General Tires and Appliances located at 365 East Bridge Street. Contact number appears as 2148 for inquiries and purchases. Includes no additional details beyond the storefront and phone reference.
Listings for Saint Mary Saint Agnes Holy Cross and St Jude churches include pastors and mass times on Sundays weekdays holy days and signatory notes such as confessions and special devotions. Detailed schedules cover First Fridays Fatima novena Immaculate Conception and church unity months with altar rosary and school activities. Reflected are services at multiple locations on Middle Avenue Fourth Street Lake Avenue West Avenue 15th Street and Poplar Street with varied mass times.
The Washington Avenue Church of Christ at 301 Washington Avenue lists the Rev. H. K. Shaw as minister. Youth Fellowship meets at 6:15 p.m. Oliver Shubert serves as choir director and Mrs. Frederick H. Meng as organist.
The Rev. G R Hargate rector presides at Holy Communion at 9 a.m. Family worship at 9:30 a.m. Morning prayer and sermon at 11 a.m. First Sunday Holy Communion also at 11 a.m. Preschool held at parish house at 11. J Martin Beck choirmaster and Mrs. Robert Fountain organist. Located on Middle Avenue at Third Street.
The Evangelical Reformed church at 19 West River Street and 250 Third Street lists pastors Rev Louis G Novak and Dr Walter F Reif. Sunday school at 9:00 a.m. English worship at 10, Magyar worship at 11, young people at 5 p.m. Nelson Miller is organist. music director Russell Dunford. Mrs F C Ruth organist.
Church listings show Grace Princeton on East River Street with 7 30 p m Holy Communion and Bible Forum led by Rev W W Walker. Garford Avenue church led by Rev James Lumadue offers 10 a m Divine worship with nursery. Broad Street West Avenue church under Rev Henry L Leiske features 9 15 kindergar ten Sunday School and 10 15 morning service with weekly confirmation and adult classes and organist F A Nitschke.
The church at 1611 Middle Avenue lists Dr James H Sivard pastor and Rev C D Nitschke associate with extended session at 1030 Intermediate MYF 700 pm Senior MYF 730 pm Farley K Hutchins music director Mrs Carlton Squires organist Church school 945 am Morning worship Methodist Men 230 pm Vespers 400 pm Wednesday service 800 pm and music by Mrs E T Collins Tom Gayters Mrs Mose Jones 837 Seventeenth Street Rev A H Baxter pastor
Monday evening board meeting at 7 30 with junior choir at 6 30 and senior choir at 7 30 Tuesday. Stewardess board meets on the 2nd and 4th at 2 p m. Douglas Mitchell serves as music director with Delphinia D Thomas as organist.
The United Presbyterian Church on East Avenue at Second Street lists Bible school at 9:30 a.m. Youth meetings at 6:15 p.m. The Rev. T. M. Gilliland is minister. Hildreth Hanks directs the choir and John Heckrote is the organist.
A long listing of multiple denominational houses of worship with addresses and weekly programs. Includes Apostolic Squires Street, Christian and Missionary Alliance Chapel, Church of the Nazarene, Open Door Church, Foursquare Gospel, Ninth Street Church of God, Latter-day Saints, Church of God in Christ, First Church of Christ Scientists, Original Church of God, Salvation Army, and Jehovahs Witnesses with service times, prayer meetings, youth groups, and musical directions.
Elyrians from three congregational churches travel to Newport Kentucky for the Ohio Conference of Congregational Christian Churches annual meeting. Sessions run Tuesday to Thursday at St John Church with committee meetings Laymen and Women’s Fellowships worship services and conference business led by Rev Robert F R Peters. Notables include Prof Halford E Luccock and Dr Ray M Gibsons with Dr John A Realing and C R Dewey. rural ministry tours Thursday afternoon visit Hamersville District.
A fragmented sale notice lists Ryan Radio and Appliance in Flyria Ohio offering RCA Dumont Philco Apex Zenith and Easy-ironite televisions and radios along with washers and ironers. The ad provides a street address 402-4 EK Avenue and phone line 2091 Sales and Service.
The Rev D Carl Yoder urges attendance, citing the love of God as the cure for social, moral, and religious ills. He references a Dallas chief of police note that jail crowdedness stems from lack of God’s love planted in hearts and frames the invitation as transformative.
Dr Ralph W Sockman argues courage is contagious and must be shared, not kept private. He recounts experiences from aviation to the New York University Hall of Fame, urging Americans and Canadians to recall brave figures and to support others to sustain courage in tough times.
The Korean Children's Choir organized by Rev. D. B. Chung tours major US cities under the American Korean Foundation. Chung, a Korean Methodist minister and navy chaplain, trains orphans and needy children in hymns. He hopes to gain further leave to study at Drew Theological Seminary after the tour and to raise relief for Korea.
The Rev. D. A. Ross, pastor of the Oberlin Assembly of God Church, leaves to establish a church in Portsmouth. An annex dedication marks his project of extra Sunday school space, with a 24 by 40 foot building and transport by bus for distant riders. Guest speaker Rev. E. J. Hance. The event follows years of growth since 1947 and the 1952 arrival of Ross.
A Nashville committee named Business men for Religious Action aims to boost church attendance during the year. They adopt the slogan Worship God More in 54 and push local congregations to encourage regular worship through outreach and programs.
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