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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1939
Page
3
Prairie Flower church young people gathered with Velma Booth to celebrate her birthday. She wore a traditional Chinese bridal costume, and after Bible study the evening featured games and refreshments with three birthday cakes. Mary Huber presented a small modernistic clock to Booth on behalf of the group.
West Chester Federated Church plans a mother daughter banquet Tuesday at 6 30 p m in West Chester United Presbyterian Church Althea Montgomery of Washington Junior College faculty will speak after the meal.
Sunday morning services at 11 oclock at the church on S Iowa Ave with the Lesson Sermon on Everlasting Punishment. Public invited. The readings include Genesis 18 25 Galatians 6 7 8 and selections from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
The Presbyterian Church schedules 9:30 a.m. Bible School led by Superintendent John Applegate with classes for all ages. Morning worship at 10:45 a.m. features Dr. C. C. McCaw from the Iowa Anti-Saloon League. evening service led by the young people. Afternoon 4:00 p.m. Intermediate Christian Endeavor and 6:15 p.m. Young Peoples group. Special music includes organ preludes and solos by Brackett, Carris, Morrison, and Saunders.
The congregation outlines belief and weekly events including Sabbath school at 9 45 A M, morning worship at 10 45 A M on The Victorious Life, YPCA at 6 30 P M, and evening worship at 7 30 P M with Westminster Shorter Catechism study and midweek devotional. Regular organ preludes and anthems accompany services led by various soloists.
The article lists Hamilton with organist Helen Harvey and pastor William M Nichol in a community notice detailing personnel changes and church leadership roles.
Washington draws hundreds to support Sunday School and church life. Services next Sunday include 6 45 Bible School 10 45 Communion and Worship with sermons The Christian and His Fellowmen and The World's Most Important Discovery. Co A Nicholson Superintendent Mrs W H Carter Organist Nursery chiefs Vernon H Cartier Pastor.
The notice lists a church gathering with Associate Bible Study at 10:00 a.m. Worship at 11:00 a.m. U P Meeting at 6:30 p.m. A. M. Malcolm, pastor.
Foursquare Gospel congregation plans a revival starting next week with Rev Kenneth Erickson preaching every night except Saturday. He will lead Sunday School next Sunday and preach at morning worship. In the evening service Rev Stevens will deliver his Life Story or Personal Testimony. Cordial invitation from Pastor W J Stevens.
Nearly a score of visitors joined local worship last Sunday at the Baptist church. The program includes Bible school at 9:30 a.m., morning worship at 10:45 a.m. with a missionary address by Agnes Anderson from Belgian Congo, Africa, and evening services featuring more Africa related music and a second missionary address. Special music and organ numbers accompany the day’s program.
The congregation extends an invitation to worship with services on Sunday. Morning includes Sunday school at 9 30 a m and a sermon by Dr Arthur Atack on The Glad Good News of God. Evening features Epworth League at 6 30 and a 7 30 service with Dr Willard M Lampe as guest speaker focusing on fellowship and interfaith understanding. Morning organ prelude Spring Song and Mendelssohn Anthem Incline Thine Heart to Heaven.
Miss Agnes Anderson a nurse and missionary from Belgian Congo Africa will speak at both morning and evening services at the Baptist church next Sunday. Home on furlough for the third time she works under the American Baptist Mission Society and supervises medical work in a large district while engaging in missionary activities.
A church or concert program lists offerings including Mediation by Henderson Solo He Was Despised by Handel sung by Miss Ione Steele and organ postlude Andante Favori by Beethoven. It notes an organ prelude Melody of? by Engelmann and The Nightingale and the Rose by Saint-Saens, with Arthur Atack as minister and Elouise Serden as director of music and Edna Klein as organist.
A. M. E. church schedule lists Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. worship at 11:00 a.m. and sermon at 11:15 a.m. on the theme God’s Watchman drawn from Ezekiel chapter 33. Pastor Preston and Miss E Turner sign the notice urging Sabbath reading and heed.
St Pauls Evangelical Church announces morning worship at 9 20 a m Sunday school at 10 20 a m and Young Peoples League at 6 40 p m Carl W Klein is the pastor.
On R1 Brighton Mrs Prody A Borkoski and families visited Clarence Brown. Kosmer and Clara Borkoski were Washington callers. Doyle and Kenneth Brown visited with Duane and Keith Daering. Myra Nordyke of Richland spent time with the Gowey home. Farmers toil in fields as niece weather arrives. Joe Drish family visited the Barnett home near Salina.
Budapest, Hungary, famed for mineral springs since Roman times, preserves decorated bath halls built by the Turks in the sixteenth century, reflecting a long spa tradition.
The sermon recalls Paul the Apostle guiding missions into Europe via providential hindrance and divine prompting. It emphasizes inner Spirit direction, Scriptural teaching, and outward circumstances, highlighting the receptive heart of Lydia who aided the gospel’s spread to Europe and beyond.
The article traces the spread of glassmaking from Venice to Bohemia in the 13th century, highlighting Prague Eger and Carlsbad as key centers. It notes Venice as the origin and Bohemian adoption shaping regional glass production and trade.
The Bethel church invites all to 10:00 Sunday School and 11:00 Morning Worship with a focus on living in the world and eternal life. The Cotter church offers 10:00 Sunday School 6:45 Christian Endeavor 7:30 Evening Worship with special elder recognition led by Rev. M. A. Robeson.
The church invites all to worship and study with 9 45 Worship and Communion and 10 45 Bible School led by Howard Benn superintendent Vernon H. Carter pastor. The notice highlights study and worship as paths to joy and assistance for attendees.
Morning worship begins at 9 30 a m followed by Sunday School at 10 30 a m Pastor N F Chapman announces a weekday Bible class to be scheduled for Sunday morning.
The Crawfordsville church notices list Sunday School at 10 00 a m Morning worship at 11 00 a m and union services at various locations. A free showing of Ten Nights in a Barroom at the High School is scheduled for Monday May 1 with a free will offering for the Anti Saloon League.
Valley announces Sunday schedule with Sunday school at 10 00 a m and morning worship at 11 15 a m.
The West Chester M E church will host its annual bank offering with Rev. Geo Pennington delivering the address. Everyone is welcome and urged to attend and bring an offering.
The Sunday schedule lists Sunday School at 10 a m and Morning Worship at 11 a m with the annual bank offering for the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. Sermon titled Broadening Our Horizons. Epworth League at 6 30 p m and a union evening service at the church. Rev Pollock preaches. George C Pennington is the pastor.
The Prairie Flower Baptist Church reports a strong turnout for a missionary address by Velma Booth last Lord's Day. Plans are set to involve young members next week with a sermon on Without a Bible and Bible school at 10 a.m. followed by worship at 11 a.m.
The Ainsworth Methodist group reports rising attendance for Senior and Adult lesson study on Guidance in Christian Adventure. Morning worship is at 11 o clock with The Long and Short of it a Study in Contrasts. Junior League meets 7 pm and Senior League at seven for a short study followed by H. W. Robinson from Ft Madison speaking Life Behind the Prison Walls. A picture show Tuesday May 2 Ten Nights in a Bar Room Co BE Coggeshall Pastor.
The notice invites the Congregation to a 10 o'clock Bible study with children present and a 11 o'clock Divine Worship. It encourages prayer and a helpful sermon. Evening programs include Young People's hour at 7 and Evening Worship at 8 with topics. The author is Ww. H. Hemphill.
A list of Crawfordsville area delegates attended the Presbytery meeting in Davenport with Rev. N F Chapman Rev D C Davies and others from local churches. Visitors from Burlington Columbus Junction Winfield and Crawfordsville joined relatives at gatherings including a home visit for Rev Paul Chapman and a Women’s Presbyterial election of Missionary Education secretary. Local plans include attending the state Sunday school convention in Washington.
The Cork Harbor Water club is cited as the earliest recorded yacht club, founded before 1720. By that year it boasted a considerable fleet of sloop rigged yachts and established maritime social prestige in Cork Harbor.
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