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The new church home for the Christian community was dedicated yesterday. Officials and congregants gathered for the ceremony marking the completion of their place of worship and community services.
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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1916
Page
8
The new church home for the Christian community was dedicated yesterday. Officials and congregants gathered for the ceremony marking the completion of their place of worship and community services.
Yesterday the Central Chris t Homechurch dedicated its new building amid three services attended by pastors and dignitaries. Dr T Gramblet spoke on the Transforming Power of the Gospel and urged members to support the church’s indebtedness. A basket dinner followed and the day closed with further addresses, music, and the ceremonial transfer of keys. The auditorium seats about four hundred, with a modern layout and 16 split Sunday school rooms, valued around $40 000.
A fragment reads about men growing hard due to intense brain activity and women developing whiakers from testing textiles. A Gee machine from England subjects fabrics to electric wear to test durability, rubbing dull blades against textiles until wear occurs.
About 100 members of the West Virginia Association of Insurance Agents are expected in the city tomorrow for the annual meeting. Charles W. Evans serves as president with a morning business session followed by a day at the Country Club.
At 1 45 am today in Fairmont the business district buzzed as a bugler from Capt RE Carskadon’s offices blew signals from the window. Crowds gathered phones rang at The West Virginian office and investigators crowded Captain Carskadon’s and Carskadon’s offices seeking war start details and troop movements. A separate note reports the birth of a ten pound son Edgar Marshall Test Park to Mrs B E Teitrich of 502ing awning on Benon Avenue born Saturday June 24, mother and child doing well. The fire was sparked by youths throwing firecrackers.
The New Christian Church program featured songs and solos from the Intermediate Department and school children. Pastor Kunkle spoke on the Tressler Orphans Home, founded 1867, detailing its Loysville location, the bricks and 450 acres, 240 enrollment as of March 1 1916, and 110 per child yearly cost. An offering supported the Home, with Mrs C H Bloom assisting and Hoon on violin. The event drew a good audience and the décor committee did fine work.
Sunday evening at 6 30 the Grace Lutheran Sunday School presented Workers for Our King in a twilight service from 6 30 to 7 50. The program featured an anthem by the choir with Mrs Knesel at the organ, guided by C H Bloom who directed music and exercises. The sequence included opening chorus Joyous Day and Welcome Song by the Primary Department under Migs Bessle Byers with Supt J H Shafer leading.
The body of Lawrence Joseph Byrne who died Saturday night at his High Street home was taken to Frostburg Maryland for funeral services at St Michael’s Catholic Church. He was 69. He leaves a wife two sons Lawrence and Bernard from Pittsburgh Jol Byrne Elkhart and several daughters and relatives. He was born in Alexandria Virginia and lived in Cumberland and Frostburg before moving here six years ago. He had built a residence on High Street. Surviving are his wife two sons and several daughters Miss Mary Donahue Miss Mary Rose and Miss Margaret Byrne and others. A brother Joan Byrne of Elkhart and a sister Mrs Patrick Hoye of Eckhart also survive. A grandson Lawrence Byrne has lived with his grandfather for years.
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