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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1938
Page
10
Minister J. Foster of the Church of Christ will preach at 10 35. Bible School at 9 30. Reports from the Ohio Convention of the Disciples to be given at the adult session. Special programs for youth and intermediate departments. Christian Endeavor meets at 8 30.
The Sunday after Ascension features 750 service, 930 church school and worship, and a 1045 Holy Confirmation administered by Rt Rev Warren by Rogers. It marks Bishop Roger's last Elyria visit amid coadjutor bishop election. Messages with Confirmation aim to aid members and friends. Young People's Fellowship gathers at 730.
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church invites the public to Sunday services with the sermon Sunday morning on Ascension Day. The choir will sing Stand Up For Jesus with E J Ashford as anthem. Sunday School and Bible classes meet at 9 30 with Willard Schmittgen supervising. A Pentecost Confirmation on June 5 at 10 30 will publicly examine and confirm eleven youths. June 12 they receive first Holy Communion. Young People meet at 6 45 p m. visitors welcome.
Leonard Fisk leads Sunday School with Morning Worship at 10.435 Memorial Day observed. Choir to sing Recessional and Sink and Scatter Clouds of War. Dr Hicks' German tile Blessed are The Peacemakers. Organ numbers A Joyous March and Patriotic Melodies. Epworth League meets at 6 Amy Helen Reese leads. Evening Worship at 7 30. Junior choir sings In Heavenly Love Abiding. Dr Hicks sermon A Serious Question.
Sunday morning service at the Hungarian Reformed Church starts at 9 o'clock in the absence of the pastor Rev Hela Basco will attend the 10th Anniversary Celebration in Toledo Ohio The Rev Daniel G Bodor of Lorain will preach at the local church Sunday School follows at 10 o'clock and at 5 PM the C E will hold its regular meeting
Bible School at 9 30 a m offers adult lesson Maintaining Personal Efficiency with Daniel 1 I Corinthians 9 24 27. At 10 45 a m Rev W L Thornburg of Olathe Colorado will preach representing the 80th General Assembly staff. Evening union youth meeting 7 30 p m at First United Presbyterian Cleveland. Wednesday 7 30 p m prayer Bible School Cabinet business meeting and choir practice follow.
Rev. R. W. Neighbour delivers two sermons on Ona Mediator and The Secret of Success for Serv ice at Elyria Memorial Hospital nursing school. Evening music by Flora Birdsall Choir and Orchestra. Miss Mary Ratdori Viola. Men’s Prayer Meeting Monday 7 29 pm. Young Peoples meeting Tuesday 7 30 pm. All are invited.
The Church of the Nazarene holds Sunday services with W P Clay preaching the Memorial Day message We Honor the Dead in morning worship and Do you run Away as the evening evangelistic sermon He will also lead the service Special music and a devotional period are planned Sunday 7 45 AM Sunday School at 9 45 AM The lesson is Maintaining Personal Efficiency
The First Congregational Church invites all to a Memorial Day service tomorrow at 10 45 led by Rev. William Muir Auld on the Basis and Implications of Memorial Day. The choir will sing Unfold Ye Portals by Gounod. church school departments meet at 9 30. visitors welcome.
The morning services at 10 45 will open with meditation on a unified life. The choir performs My Soul Be On My Guard. Sunday School meets at 9 30. Lesson study covers Daniel Chapter 1 and Corinthians with focus on Maintaining Personal Efficiency. Rev. Kemp will give a brief devotional for children and adults.
Nazareth Pennsylvania prepares for its bicentennial founded by Moravians who settled in early 1700s. The pacifist community will remove an old cannon in the public square before the Moravian church and replace it with statues of George Whitefield Count von Zinzendorf William Penn and John Huss.
Fourteen pacifist organizations unite to coordinate nationwide activities after a Washington’s Birthday Pacifist Conference at the Presbyterian Labour Temple in New York. Represented groups include Labour Temple War Resisters League Pax Group Student Peace Service Fellowship of Reconciliation Universal Peace League and others. The third Calvinist World Congress meets in Edinburgh July 6 to 11 chaired by Professor Donald Maclean with theme The Reformed Faith in Its Moral Effects on the Individual and the Family.
The National Christian Council of China organized several Flying Squads to survey towns and villages, note civilian distress, and provide help by arranging hospitalization, securing food, and other relief efforts described as a chariot of God in the field.
The Osservator Romano reports German authorities altered Handel and Bach works to fit National Socialism. It notes a controversial revision reflecting Nazi philosophy alongside the church's cultural conflicts. The piece also states U S religious education enrollment stands near 24 million.
The questions ask for biblical connections: completing verses about the rock and the fear of the Lord, identifying Zerah and the Malachi quotation, and naming an Old Testament event Jesus cited to rebuke heedlessness of his generation.
The lines mix biblical motifs from Jonah in the great fish and the queen of Sheba seeking Solomon’s wisdom with scattered references to Asa’s defeated Ethiopian general and repeated exchanges. The garbled form suggests a transcription artifact rather than a cohesive narrative.
A church invites worshippers to recall sacrifices of servicemen and to commit to living sacrifices for good, urging voting influence and prayer to hasten Christ-like peace. D Carl Yoder appeals for church attendance on Memorial Sunday to honor heroes and seek enduring harmony.
A commemorative piece urges Memorial Day to be both memory and action. It honors those who gave their lives, condemns savage war methods, and calls for renewed dedication to peace and enduring Union ideals rooted in the dead.
Memorial Day honors defenders beyond battlefields. The list includes Julia Lathrop for aiding the poor and insane, Warden William Lawes expanding Sing Sing work, George W. Norris shaping national resources, Henry Ford spreading mechanical progress, Lillian Wald aiding city children, and Milton Hershey building worker welfare and funding a school for orphan boys.
The Memorial Day tradition began in 1868 when General John A. Logan ordered May 30 to be set aside for decorating Civil War graves. State legislatures adopted the practice and it spread to Union burial sites, with Confederate Memorial Day observed on May 30 in Virginia and April 26 in Alabama.
The note lists dates May 10 in Kentucky and North Carolina and June 3 in Louisiana and Tennessee for events affecting Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi. It implies coordinated scheduling across multiple states and regions but provides no further details on the nature of the events or participating groups.
Rev. Thomas Hughes will preach the memorial sermon at 11 30 a m at LaPorte M E Church with Grafton Oddfellows and Rebekahs as guests. Young People choir to sing Beneath the Cross of Jesus. Sunday School meets at 10 15 a m with C F Whitney in charge. Special music by the Sunday School orchestra directed by Miss Eleanor Robson.
Collier's Magazine criticizes liquor traffic amid repeal era shifts. Local option votes in Pennsylvania rise as many communities go dry. Iowa debates a new prohibition movement. Ex-bootleggers run clubs. temperance groups gain renewed influence as public sentiment tilts toward restricting alcohol.
North Ridgeville events list Memorial Day services at Town Hall with guest speaker Attorney Harvey C Cheney of Elyria at 10 A M. Other items include Ladies Benevolent Society luncheon meeting, Sewing Circle all day session, Home Nursing class, Knights of St John meeting, and social visits among residents.
Rev John J McAlpine urges loyal service to nation in peace and war. He warns against apathy, voting neglect, and tax dodging while stressing obedience to law, support for public schools, and welcoming immigrants as essential to a strong democracy in Elyria Ohio. He invokes duty from president to citizen and cites biblical, colonial, and civic ideals.
Clarence Bartter and Mrs. Howard Taft are visiting Toledo and are staying with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Watson. Miss Nell Maddock of California, former Ridgeville postmistress, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Albert Maddock.
Rochester residents report numerous visits and trips. James Williams and family attended commencement in Congress with John Emmil graduating. Several relatives and friends from Lorain Collins and Ann Arbor visited others in Red Haw and Amherst. Continual church services and local gatherings are noted.
A concise reflective note quoting Ovid on patriotism: the love of country can surpass rational argument and influence actions beyond logic. The line emphasizes fervent national loyalty over reasoning.
A brief reflection questions the idea of true patriotism and its visible measures. It argues that loyalty and civic virtue resist simple quantification or a single chart, urging readers to consider everyday acts as the real gauge of devotion.
A May 25 1938 Church of Christ Scientist lesson sermon denounces ancient and modern necromancy mes merism and hypnotism. The golden text warns to beware of deception and cites Timothy and Matthew. The Christian Science text emphasizes the heavenly law and the limit of influence over others thoughts.
A humorous exchange quotes a boy named Willie asked what he is doing in the pantry and replying he is fighting temptation. The remark leads to a note that wars are fought by boys, suffered by women, and paid by posterity, started by men old enough to know better.
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