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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1935
Page
2
Directory notes St and Middle Ave Church with Pastor Dr E Neighbour. Sunday School at 9:30 AM and morning service with hour speaking. Ordination charge at 3 PM. Junior and Senior Bible classes at 3:39 PM. Baptism service with song and special music. Sermon titled The Gospel in a Nutshell by Rev RW Neighbour. Second Baptism listed.
A dense roster of church listings shows Sunday schools, morning services, and special programs at numerous faith communities including St Pauls Evangelical Church, Mt Zion Baptist, First Church of Christ, Pilgrim Community, First Hungarian Baptist, Osier Mission, St Andrews Episcopal, Lake Ave Community Church, Second Baptist, Grace Lutheran, Church of the Nazarene, Alliance Spiritualist, HolY Cross, St Johns Lutheran, Church of God in Christ, First Congregational, and Emmanuel Lutheran with various times and pastors noted.
The report notes the Catholic Church cares for about 25,600 lepers via colonies and 157 leper asylums worldwide including Shek Lung in China, while Great Britain hosts a Methodist Insurance Company underwriting fire and accident risks. Denver employs a full time chaplain for police and public services. Sir Wilfred Grenfell comments on the era’s shift toward heart religion amid reduced dogma. A late 19th or early 20th century tone appears throughout.
United Christian Missionary Society in the United States and eight foreign countries. Its rear had a total attendance of 7,1121, a record enrollment. Moravians and Methodists of Bethlehem, Pa., celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of John and Charles Wesley's arrival in Georgia with Moravians. Pulpit exchange and joint communion observed. Moravian and Methodist hymns sung.
A fragment praising progress in medicine and surgery that men can be taken apart and put together again. It extols gratitude for healthcare advances and the expanding brotherhood of humanity, while noting the nation’s peace and the rising prominence of Christianity as a platform for progressive ideas. Franklin A.
The article traces early Thanksgiving origins with colonial days set aside for gratitude during mass arrivals and crises. It notes Washington’s 1789 proclamation for November 26, Madison’s 1815 date marking the end of the war, and varying celebrations until 1962 when the date fixed as the last Thursday in November. It concludes with a religious exhortation to thank God for gifts.
The article extols thanksgiving as essential to inner health and personality. It asserts all gifts come from God and urges readers to accept the invitation to COM THANKSGIVING SUNDAY as a community observance. D Carl Yoder signs off.
The Pilgrims faced harsh conditions in a new land and owed much to Squanto the interpreter who helped secure food and teach planting. He guided them to prime fishing spots and game, enabling a successful harvest and a fall thanksgiving. Governor Bradford ordered a feast, women gathered greens, and men held sports after the meal.
A humorous Thanksgiving scene ends with a host and a negro minister exchanging quick quips about the fine goose. The page then presents a quiz on biblical parables and Hebrew law, asking six questions and providing answers about Christ on the Mount, Moses, and the Edomites, plus rules on witnesses in execution.
A compact meditation on thanks and the mind. The text contrasts a thankful heart with envy and complaint, noting gratitude as memory of the heart and citing Cicero. It warns that some dwell on woes to the point of missing simple joys like honey.
An odd reflection on the holiday season notes how Thanksgiving becomes a sparring ground for competing notions of grace and generosity. The piece frames the day as a tense ritual where gratitude and critique clash, shaping communal expectations.
The Church of Christ Scientist outlines the weekly Lesson Sermon titled Soul and Body for Sunday November 24 1925. Golden Text from Lamentations 3 25 praises waiting on the Lord while Job 29 14 and the Christian Science text Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures emphasize purity of body and mind and dedication to divine Mind.
Church of Christ led by Will J. Foster announces a Homecoming next Sunday after a two week visitation canvass. The morning sermon titled The Great Memorial centers on gratitude, with a 7 15 p m evening program featuring a Christian Endeavor song service and a debate on whether Home Missions outrank Foreign Missions.
A pithy maxim urges attention to daily happiness and resilience. It counsels steering away from gloom and embracing a hopeful, practical approach to living.
Homer Clauser will be ordained into the gospel ministry by Penfield Junction and Elyria First Baptist. Dr R Neighbour delivers a final message before departing south. Baptisms and Holy Communion planned, with special music by orchestra and choirs. Sermons cover The Gospel in a Nutshell and Infallible Comfort, with morning prayers and Thanksgiving events noted at First Methodist.
The First Congregational Church of Elsina celebrates 111 years of organization on Sunday November 24 with a 10 45 morning service led by Rev William Muir Auld D D who will preach New Horizons The choir directed by Mrs George Tul sings The Lord is My Strength and a Netherland hymn to be accompanied by Mrs Eric D Chapman A pantry collection for Schaufler Training School Cleveland will decorate the pulpit and be taken there after services Volunteers for transport are asked All are invited to share the Thanksgiving service at Grace Lutheran Princeton and East River with a heart search theme God s Forbearance Versus Human Perverseness by Rev F J Schumm also taking place tomorrow morning The Grace Church Thanksgiving service opens at 10 45 with praise and ends before 11 00 The annual bank offering at 10 45 features Mrs F H Young of Lakewood as speaker Bible school at 9 30 and Young People at 6 30 Evening Bible School cabinet 7 20 Wednesday Habakkuk study The First Congregational North Ridgeville Sunday speaker Mr Young discusses The Constitution of the United States with special music led by Mrs Alva Knapp and Eleanor Gerstenberger Good Will Spiritualist Church The Giver is the Sunday topic Pastor Fryberger will lecture then spirit messages Mid week services Monday 7 30 pm Public invited to all services
Charles Herbert, 61, died suddenly at his Avon home Friday morning. He is survived by his wife three daughters and two sons. Remains sent to O Malley Funeral Parlors in Cleveland. funeral arrangements incomplete. Mrs Charles Wilford hosted Charan Club with bridge prizes to Fern Frey Harold Smith and Joseph Foshefer Jr. Light refreshments served. Club meets in two weeks at Mrs Ed Stagg’s home.
Mr and Mrs Kart Schafer spend the weekend with friends in Michigan. Miss Perl Wilford was a Ciemis land visitor today. Miss Nina Warden attended the funeral of Mrs James Weat in Elyria Thursday.
Avon Lake news notes detail Wayne Rodgers hosting a farewell with plans to move to Wooster. The Dupicate Bridge Club and local gatherings include prizes won by Mrs. Morri son and Mrs. Hain, with upcoming meetings in Lakewood. Numerous visits to Cleveland and Elyria are listed, along with quilting and dining events.
Kipton and nearby residents share visits and illnesses. C J Betts undergoes operation at Allan hospital. Emma Reynolds is seriously ill. Local families, including the Webers, Plan, Guthman, and Rich households, host and visit relatives in Elyria, Cleveland, Lakewood, Oberlin, and New London. Rabbit hunting with J N Weber noted. warm mentions end with a saying on ingratitude.
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