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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1946
Page
3
Churches prepare nativity pageants and concerts for Sunday. St Pauls Lutheran Funkstown hosts a Praetorius setting So How a Rose Eer Blooming sung by a women’s quartet with sermon on a Dostoevsky parable. Benevola EUB plans Christmas in Song and Sacred Story Sunday Dec 22 at 7 30. Choirs, organ recital, and offerings to Quincy Orphanage Home accompany services and Sunday School.
Sharpsburg Episcopal church invites the public to Christmas Eve services at St. Pauls Episcopal Church Sharpsburg at 1130 PM with Holy Communion sermons carols and hymns. Since St Marks Lappans has no Christmas Day service the St Marks congregation will join at St Pauls for the midnight service with St Marks choir assisting.
The Last Sunday in Advent service will be at St. John's Lutheran Church tomorrow at 10 45 a m with Rev J Edward Harms D D preaching on A Child Is Born Miss Evelyn Starkey will sing Jesus Bambino at the organ A 7 30 p m carol service with Christmas hymns readings A male chorus will sing Beautiful Saviour followed by brass quartet W J Dean R C Harp W H Nichols and R R Rider The Lutheran Leagues meet at 6 30 George Kahl speaks at the Young People group on a paraphrase of First Corinthians 13 and Miss Jean Hartshorne addresses the Seniors on Gods Great Gift
Special services will be held Sunday December 22 at 2 30 p m at the Old Reformed church in Leitersburg. Orville R Bitner leads with Bernard Nott as song director and The Bread of Life mixed quartet. Includes Christmas music a message and a flannel-graph board for children. Non-denominational.
The Christian Science lesson-sermon for Sunday December 22 will explore Is the Universe Including Man Evolved by Atomic Force. The service at First Church of Christ Scientist 235 North Potomac Street includes morning worship and a Wednesday evening meeting. The lesson-sermon comprises Bible passages and excerpts from Mary Baker Eddy's textbook, including the line Spiritual evolution alone is worthy of the exercise of divine power.
Fairchild Aircraft revealed a new guinea pig Packet model with 61 changes. The eighth production block version will depart the factory about mid February and aim for an February 11, 1947, delivery after rapid production flow and early testing of in-flight improvements.
The Municipal Market will be open on Tuesday and Saturday mornings during the coming week, as announced by the City Clerk. The regular opening days remain unchanged.
Local Boy Scouts completed a toy drive for Santa Claus Inc gathering hundreds of toys of all kinds. They repaired repainted and reconditioned items at meetings and homes. Distribution will occur this weekend at the Western Enterprise Fire Hall with city troops and at least one out of town troop.
Washington County Free Library set up Christmas greens donated by Harvey B. Brewer of Williamsport. Mrs. George Rash oversaw decorations as cedar trees adorned the entrance and a large tree brightened the children's room. The library closes at 6 p.m. Christmas Eve and stays closed all Christmas Day, reopening Thursday morning.
Turkeys were awarded last night by the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps to nine persons. They are Elizabeth Sabo of 244 North Locust Street Russell Hamburg, Wayne Burger, Daisy Burgess of 115 East Baltimore Street, Norma Musey of 144 North Cannon Avenue, Faye E. Baker of 69 West Side Avenue, Becky Sixes of 1099 Virginia Avenue, M. M. Starliper of the Hamilton Hotel, and Paul Bohn of the American Legion.
Pete Yusuko a Fairchild Aircraft project engineer near completion of a one story brick home in Fountain Head Hagerstown. He designed it himself using a radiant floor heating system big steel casement windows and a clerestory. The four bedroom two bath playroom library kitchen and many closets aim to house his family by Christmas Day with his wife and five children.
A dense list of weekly services across multiple churches in Trinity and surrounding blocks. Includes Trinity Lutheran Chapel Liberty Street, St Mark's Lutheran Washington Square, First Baptist Wear Washington Street, and numerous other congregations with Sunday School times, morning and evening services, and youth or midweek activities.
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