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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1922
Page
6
The Washington tennis club lays two new courts on North Fourth Avenue near the water reservoir. A third court may follow if membership grows. Frank Appleby presides over about twenty members with D. J. Ross as secretary. Membership costs ten dollars with a five dollar spring assessment. A club tournament may occur this summer.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of West Chester United Presbyterian church met at the church with Scripture from Psalm 69 and a bake sale planned for May sixth after a social hour and lunch. The Daughters of America held a Tuesday evening gathering with guests, solos by Stanley White and Dean Bevins, talks by Rev. Hartigan and Rev. Courtney, games, and a well-organized committee led by Mrs. Nettie Boyd, Rose Te Bockhorst, and Mrs. Ida McGraw.
A mutuel meeting yielded instant romance as a man and woman connected at once, exchanged a kiss, and he proposed with lightning precision, leading to a swift union that electrified their friends. The Detroit Free Press reports the scene as a vivid, if sensational, account.
Y M C A board moves toward buying a site for the James H. Young memorial building and launches a May fundraising drive led by Frank R. Sage with a $15 000 goal. The gift plan includes a hoped for $75 000 estate contribution once a suitable lot is provided free of encumbrance.
The Moravian Sunday School meets at 10 a.m. with vesper lesson Uzugh a Pride and Punishment. Preaching at 11 a.m. from 1 Corinthians 3 12. Confirmation class at 2 p.m. Evening song service at 7 20 p.m. The pastor A P Zimmerman and Superintendent L Milter invite all to attend and participate.
Rev Stephens of Des Moines to preach at 10 a.m and 11 a.m at West Chester Baptist with a candidate for the pulpit. He will also preach at 3 p.m and in the evening at New Haven. Easter program scheduled for 7 30 p.m. postponed from last Sunday.
Haskins Presbyterian will hold Sunday School and church together from 9:30 to 10:45 with a ten minute address by Rev. Philip Palmer of Cedar Rapids on Our State Institutions and Religious Leadership. An Easter cantata by the Haskins and Bethel choirs is planned for April 30 or as weather allows.
Sunday services at Bethel Presbyterian include 10 15 from 11 30 public worship with an address by the Rev Philip Palmer on Our State Institutions and Religious Leadership The 8 PM illustrated lecture The Crusade of Compassion highlights medical and Red Cross work of the church overseas.
Easter music will be rendered Sunday morning April 23 at St Paulus Evangelical Valley. An Easter benevolence offering will be taken during services. Sunday school meets at 10:00 a.m. Worship begins at 11:06 a.m. Officers of the congregation Sunday school Y P League and Ladies Aid meet at 2:00 p.m. weather permitting. Y R League meets at 8:00 p.m.
Notices show a Sunday school session at 10 a.m. with B Y P and Walter Leet named as superintendent. Details indicate church schedule and leadership without additional context.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Saunders of Brighton are in town today. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Yard, who stayed with Rev. Walter Huxford in Waterloo and with Rev. Will Yard at De Kalb, HL, returned home last night.
Jud Tunkins jokes that tactful silence may lead some rufnekh to think they are getting away with something, highlighting social anxiety and misperceptions.
A proverb from Arab culture holds that whistling after a meal spoils the mouth for days and marks the event as an unlucky sign. The saying reflects cultural attitudes toward sound and luck.
The Sabbath school continues at ten o'clock for Bible study. Public worship will be conducted by the pastor at heaven. A cordial invitation is extended to these services by W G Robb, Pastor.
The pastor will deliver a message at 11:00 a m on Sunday focusing on one appearance of the Blessed Lord to His disciples. Sunday School gathers at 1 15 p m and Young People’s Society at 6:00 p m. Evening service at 7 30 p m presents the topic A chart balance and the consequences thereof.
The Methodist church lists morning services at 11:00 a m and 7:30 p m with the sermon The Un troubled Heart and The Church and the Modern Amusements. Bible School at 9:30, Epworth League at 6:30 featuring John Wesley Jr dramatization. Music includes preludes and anthems by Heyser Sor Torjussen and Lemaigre with solo by Salome. Attendance last Sunday was 843 aiming for 900. visitors welcome.
A church will hold baptisms Sunday evening with a sermon titled A Convenient Season at 7 20. Sunday morning features three speakers besides the pastor totaling thirty minutes with topics First Things First Our Missionaries The Crisis and How We Can Meet It and Christ's Utter Dependence Upon Us. Members urged to stay home Sunday afternoon until workers’ visit ends.
Local church invites members to join Sunday afternoon events supporting Baptist world-wide missions. Motives of love loyalty and concern for fellow workers will guide attendance at home visits. Special music led by a mixed quartet precedes morning and evening services with featured songs and church night activities led by Pastor M. R. Regan.
Sabbath school begins at 9 45 a m with morning service at 11 00 a m and an evening service at 7 30 p m led by Rev Donald flush of Pittsburgh Pa returning from Scotland after postgraduate work funded by a Pittsburgh Seminary scholarship Christian Endeavor meets at 6 30 p m with the topic How to Overcome Difficulties based on Numbers 13 25 31
Sabbath school at 9 45 Sunday morning. Morning worship at 11 00 with the pastor’s sermon. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 and evening worship at 7 30 with another sermon by the pastor. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7 30 on the subject The Fellowship of Faith. Arthur R Oates pastor.
Morning worship at 11 00. Evening service at 7 20. Bible class at 10 00 a m. Bible study at 6 30 p m. Kevy A L Malcolm pastor.
The Perst United Presbyterian Church outlines 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. worship with 9:45 a.m. Sabbath school and 6:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor. Special music includes organ preludes and postludes, anthems with soloists, and offertory pieces performed by organ. Rev. J. R. McCrory is pastor and Carolyn Hamilton directs music with Helen Harvey as organist.
Frank L. Wilson elected president and Dr. W. W. Bowers elected vice president of the Washington Rotary Club for the coming year by unanimous vote. Officers named include F G Moore secretary Harvey Young treasurer and directors Frank L. Wilson Dr W W Bowers Dr E Ey Stutsman W M Keeley F R Sage J D Glasgow Orville Elder.
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