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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1955
Page
11
A list of local church services includes First Brethren, Church of Christ, Milton Presbyterian, D T R McLean, First Baptist, First Church of God, St Ann’s Catholic, Evan United Brethren, Wesleyan Methodist, and St Michael’s Lutheran with their Sunday School times worship hours and midweek activities. Key pastors named include Rev Charles Ashman and Rev Dwight B Davidson.
Creston Church of God lists Youth Fellowship at 6 30 p m and Senior Group at 7 30 p m with Youth Prayer Meeting at 7 p m Sunday Evening Service at 7 46 p m led by Rev Vance Schreckengast. Creston Presbyterian Church presents Sunday School at 10 a m and Morning Worship at 11 a m under Rev O Sloan Whitacre with Women s Guild meeting first Friday at 8 p m and Midweek Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
Wadsworth pastor Rev. Gerald K. Ford leads Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Training Union at 6:45 p.m. Evening worship at 8 p.m. Prayer service and Bible study on Thursday at 7:45 p.m.
Rev J David Mumford leads the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church with Sunday School at 9 15 am Albert E Perkins General Superintendent The Common Service at 1030 am and Luther Leagues at 630 am Gleaned from a church notice lines present in the period listing.
M G Bishop Pastor Sunday School at 9 30 a m John Freidt Superintendent Darrell Anderson Assistant Supt Miss Mildred Handshue Supt Junior Dept Worship Services at 8 30 and 10 30 a m Children of the Church 10 30 a m Intermediate and Senior Luther Leagues 8 p m DST
Smithville area churches list weekly services led by pastors such as Robert L. Hoffman Nelson Berger and C H Deardorff with times for Sunday school 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Morning worship ranges 9:30 to 10:40 a.m. Evening services vary from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. Childrens and youth programs noted.
Mr and Mrs Paul Csuhta announce the engagement of their daughter Eleanor Ann to Pvt Carl Paul Ganyard son of Mr and Mrs Ganyard of Doylestown The bride to be is a senior at Rittman High School and worked part time at Farmers Dairy Market prior to its winter closure The fiancee is awaiting assignment at Ft Lewis Washington and formerly worked at Ohio Boxboard Co No wedding date has been set.
Kent State senior Shirley Jean Gwaltney will marry Lt. St Philip C. Casto at Milton Presbyterian Church on Monday December 26 at 7 30 p m The candlelight ceremony will be led by Rev Dwight B Davidson with Rev Van Meter assisting The couple are active in ROTC sororities and service fraternities at Kent State and Mansfield respectively.
The Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church hosted a Christmas dinner for 38 members and their husbands in the church social rooms. Mrs. George Allenbaugh chaired. Mrs. Muss Trogdon gave a mid missions resume covering French Equatorial Africa and Alaska.
Bells class of First Church of Christ hosted the Friendship Class at 81 S Main St Friday evening. Plans were voiced to erect roadside markers guiding travelers to the church and attendance was noted. The December meeting was cancelled due to Christmas holidays.
Miss Carolyn Swope hosted the Melodians at the Lodi Rotary Club annual Christmas party at the American Legion Hall. The program featured vocal numbers by Janet Cyrus Dorothy Noble Angela D Alessandro Eleanor Schneider Sheila Walker Pat Lambert Irma Maine Rhetta Armbrust and Dolores Trogdon plus accordion pieces and a reading.
Eighteen members and two guests attended the annual Christmas dinner meeting of Unity Past Presidents of the Woman's Benefit Association at Western Star on Thursday. Mrs. Handtsche led arrangements, gifting each guest a figurine, with plans discussed for the state convention in Akron in October 1956 and the next meeting set for January 10 at the WBA Hall in Barberton.
A compact list of church services across several denominations in the Doylestown area. Rittman Full Gospel and Zion Lutheran Church show morning and evening services, with pastors named for several congregations including Sts Peter and Paul and Doylestown Methodist.
Otterbein Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethren Church held a Christmas party for 50 members and children. A smorgasbord meal preceded a color film by Cecil Hawkins and wife of Peru missionaries showing native homes livelihoods markets dress and customs. Santa distributed gifts with hosts Mr and Mrs Fred Orr Jr aided by Mrs Ralph Overholt and Mrs Ralph Armstrong.
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