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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1948

Page

3

Andrew the fisher of Galilee as a model for evangelism

The study portrays Andrew as a devoted helper who introduces friends to Jesus after meeting Him firsthand. It highlights his actions bringing Simon Peter, a boy with loaves and fishes, and Greek seekers to Christ, urging readers to know Jesus well enough to tell others and become Andrews today.

Bet Andrew Simon Peter Galilee God Jesus Andrew Simon John the Baptist Ndrew Lamb of God John Christ Andrews Lord

Philosophy quotes on atheism and morality

A Bacon line argues philosophy moves minds toward religion while Dickens counsels treating others as one wishes to be treated. The pair presents contrasting moral reflections on belief and conduct.

Bacon Dickens

Farms powered by electricity in 1947 reach 61 percent

The last official estimate shows 3.5 million farms or 61 percent had electric power on June 30 1947. About 2.25 million farms or 39 percent lacked electric service on that date.

Immanuel Lutheran Promotes Patience Sermon Theme

Immanuel Lutheran invites worshipers to a 9:30 Sunday school and 10:30 divine service. Pastor H. J. Anger presents a sermon on Patience rooted in Thessa lonians 3 5, urging believers to seek Christ shaped patience and welcome guests at the corner Jefferson and Slowa Ave.

Christ Immanuel’s Jefferson and Slowa Ave H. J. Anger

Saint James Masses in Morning at Three Times

The St James Catholic Church offers Mass at 6 7 and 9 a m. The o clock service will be high mass conducted by Rev H J Coroceran pastor.

H. J. Coroceran

Seventh Day Adventists Sermon at Sabbath Service

The Seventh Day Adventists at N. 5th Ave hold a Sabbath sermon at 2 p.m. led by Pastor H. R. Coats. The notice appears in the church listings with schedule details for the afternoon service.

St Pauls Evangeliial and Reformed Church Notice

No services at St Pauls for August. Pastor attends pastor's school in Maywood for three weeks. Services resume September 6 at regular hours. Milo J. Phillips pastor.

St Paul's Maywood Milo J. Phillips

Trinity Lutheran Holds Sunday Gospel Service and Call Meeting

Trinity Lutheran conducts a Sunday gospel service at 11 a m with Rev H P Greig of Williams as guest speaker. A call meeting is set for Wednesday August 18 at 7 p m to consider a successor to Pastor Beider wieden and all voting members are urged to attend.

H. P. Greig Williamsbure A. Koch Mt. Pleasant Beider

Presbyterian notices announce changes in worship and meetings

Sunday services shift with no 10 45 a m morning worship and 6 30 p m Westminister Youth Fellowship. Union services in the park feature Rev D K Ford from Crawfordsville speaking on Peace in World Confusion. Midweek events include Morning Prayer August 18 9 30 a m and Boy Scout meeting in the church basement. Mary Huber leads Sunday School supervision with S A Munson and Wui Graf as clerk and superintendent.

Westminister Youth Fellowship Park D. K. Ford Crawfordsville Peacy Tander Mary Huber S. A. Munson Wui. Graf

Evening worship schedule with Bach and EdMondson

The notice lists a Christian Bible school evening service at 7 20 and a Union service at 9 45 with morning music including Prelude O Prayer and Offertory Choral Vorspiel by Bach performed by Garth Ed mondson.

Bible School Union Garth Edmondson

Soul as lesson subject in Christian Science churches

The August 15 1194 lesson-sermon for all Christ Scientist churches centers on Soul with the golden text Come and hear all ye that fear God. Bible passages recount Jesus restoring sight to two blind men and the Science and Health text argues true sight resides in Soul, not in the body.

Christian Science Churches of Christ, Scientist Mary Baker Eddy Jesus David

Postlude Sarabande Bach Recital at local church

Organist Shirley Dunlap presents a postlude sarabande by Bach with choir director Bob Steele and minister Thomas Polk coordinating the program at the church recital.

Postlude Bach Shirley Dunlap Bob Steele Thomas Polk

Methodist Church Ward Services and Union Park Sermon

Morning worship at 9:45 and 10:45 with Dr. Miller speaking on The Might of Minorities. Union service in Central Park at 7:30 p.m. with Rev. D K Ford preaching. Organ preludes and postludes, hymns and solos performed by Shirley Brown and John L. Yousling. Ministers Fred E. Miller and Walter A. Smith. Director Eloise Sorden.

Miller Central Park D. K. Ford Harker Shirley Brown Beeth

Calvary Baptist Invites All to Week of Bible Artist Services

Calvary Baptist invites the community to a week of services led by Pastor Paul H. White starting Tuesday and ending the following Sunday August 22. Evening services begin at 7:00 p.m. with Bible school at 9:20 a.m. and morning worship at 10:45 a.m. Bring friends.

Paul H. White

Baptist Sunday School Begins At 9 45 A M

A Baptist church offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m with no other services scheduled that day.

Baptist Sunday School

Church Service Schedule at Nazarene Church

The Church of the Nazarene lists Sunday activities including Sunday school at 9 45 a m morning worship at 11 a m young people's and junior services at 7 p m and evening evangelistic service at 7 45 p m Thursday prayer service at 7 45 p m Pastor C F Gieselman invites all to attend.

C. F. Gieselman

Not very impressive when patriotic Americans ignore U S church closures

A reader remarks that it is not impressive when patriotic Americans criticize church closures in Russia while failing to notice that churches in the United States remain open and active.

Russia America

Sermon Titled The Source of True Riches by Rk Vernon Pike

A sermon by minister Rk Vernon Pike announces a discourse on spiritual wealth titled The Source of True Riches. The notice names the preacher and implies a church event without detailing venue or date.

Vernon Pike

Chapel notices for Fort Riley pastor on active duty

Sunday school times at both churches remain 9 45 but no worship services on August 15 22 and 29. Pastor Floyd A Smith is a reserve chaplain corps officer at Fort Riley Kansas and will be on active duty August 14 to 30. Address Chaplain Smith O R C Summer Camp He and Hq Co 102nd Inf Division Fort Riley Kansas.

Fort Riley Kansas Chaplain Corp Floyd A. Smith

Crawfordsville Churches Morning Service and Union Park Plan

Crawfordsville churches host Bible school at 9 45 with lesson Andrew Brings Men To Christ from John and Mark texts. Morning worship at 11 00 features choir music and Mr Ford with the message Opened Eyes. No evening service. U P Fellowship at 7 with speaker to be announced. Ford to speak at Union Service in Washington Park at 7 30.

Bible School Andrew Ford U. P Washington The Evening Journal Crawfordsville Daniel Knox Ford

Sunday church services and youth fellowship update

Morning worship at 11 with sermon Remember the Sabbath day led by Pastor Clifford Ott. Senior youth fellowship continues while Junior Youth fellowship is not meeting in August. Union evening worship at 7 with sermon Blessed Are the Meek. Study and action group gathers at 2 p.m. at the church.

Meekk Clifford Ott

Christian Tabernacle Plans Fifteenth Anniversary Homecoming

Morning worship at 11 90 a m with a sermon A Faithful Harvest Hand Young People service at 6 45 p m Evangelistic service at 8 00 p m with a sermon Write Your Own Ticket Next Sunday marks the churchs fifteenth anniversary A basket dinner at noon and a 2 pm program by the Sunday school Bring your dinner and join the fellowship W J Stevens pastor

W. J. Stevens

Round Grove Community Notes Aug 13

Mrs Roy Fisher of near West Chester helped care for her new grandson at the Donald Nicholson home. Mrs Lee Nicholson returns home from the county hospital feeling better. Bill Podaril and Alvin Wel head to the Dakotas for harvest work. Hilton Coon and Leonard and Dean Hixton take Coon's trailer to Davenport for work after harvest. Reverend E R Mitchell of State Center preaches at Haskins church. Mitchells visit friends. Percy Skubal digs to enlarge basement using a manure scoop on the tractor.

John Skubal Round Grove Roy Fisher Near West Chester Donald Nicholson Lee Nicholson Bill Podaril Alvin Wel Dakotas Hilton Coon Leonard Dean Hixton Coon Davenport E. R. Mitchell State Center Haskins Church Mitchells Percy Skubal

Country Churches No Sunday School At Ainsworth Methodist

Information notes no Sunday school public worship or MYF at Ainsworth Methodist. Full schedule resumes Sunday September with a return to normal activities.

St Pauls Evangelical Reformed Church Weekend Services

Morning worship at 9 45 a m Sunday school at 10 30 a m Sermon topic The Best Is Yet To Come Rev Walter Smith from Washington will speak No services Aug land Aug 29 followed by resume Sept 5 at 9 30 sharp The church bell marks spiritual deaths of those who do not attend Milo J Phillipi pastor

Walter Smith Methodist Church of Washington Milo J. Phillipi

Peculiar Local Musings On Peaches Cats And Oddities

A humorous column notes scarce peaches in town and a temptation to steal a single peach from crates. It recounts Johnny Mattes missing rod and reel at Cone Lake and a malt order puzzle at Mrs Hartsell’s Pie Stand. The writer moves in with two white cats Babili and Maidili and jokes about feeding them daily while offering reflections on curbside walking and bumper parking dangers.

Johnny Mattes Cone Lake Mr. Mattes Dave Elder Babili Maidili Bubiki Bubi

Cats Employed as Rodent Catchers in Britains Payroll

Several cats with proven efficiency as rat and mice catchers are kept on the payroll of Britain. Their routine duties include patrolling warehouses and ships, where they help control infestations and reduce damage to goods.

Brit

Railways with salaries for food at one shilling per cat

A historical item reports railway workers receiving wages and meals priced at one shilling per cat weekly, reflecting cost provisions for sustenance in the system.

Ish

West Chester Methodist Service Schedule Card

Sunday school at 10:00 led by Kenneth Cuddeback Supt Esther Bauer plays piano Morning worship at 11:00 with Mrs Edgar Stewart chorister and Mary Ann Bauer piano Sermon titled The Life Giving River Evening services at the Methodist church Youth fellowship 6:30 and Evening worship 7:30

Kenneth Cuddeback Esther Ellen Bauer Edgar Stewart Mary Ann Bauer

Babe Ruth Remains In Critical Condition At Memorial

New York Aug 135 UP Babe Ruth’s condition was reported still critical today by Memorial hospital authorities. Officials noted a slight improvement yesterday but through the night he was described as just the same with a moderately high fever and no overall progress.

New York Babe Ruth Memorial Hospital For Cancer and Allied Diseases Ruth

Sioux City Man, 72, Commits Death by Own Action

Andrew Mathews, 72, of Sioux City Iowa, died by suicide after he attached a garden hose to a gas jet and used a rope around his neck in his basement. A note to his wife said a heart attack prompted the decision. His wife found the body upon returning home and smelling gas.

Sioux ‘City Andrew Mathews

Rath Packing workers plan independent union meeting

In Waterloo Iowa a Rath Packing Co. group scheduled a meeting to organize an independent union. Fay Kinney of the trim department was named temporary chairman as the group expressed dissatisfaction with the CIO United Packing House Workers and its handling of the recent meat strike.

Waterloo Rath Packing Co Fay Kinney United Packing House Worker Union CIO

Germany Achieves First Magnesium Metal Production in 1913

Germany becomes the first nation to produce magnesium metal in 1913 signaling a milestone in industrial chemistry. The development marks a breakthrough enabling lighter alloys and advancing military and industrial applications of the period.

Germany

Lt Simerman Recalls Trip to Fort Riley Camp Funston

Lt Wayne Simerman writes from Fort Riley Kansas detailing the 113th Cavalry Regiment troop A arrival at Camp Funston. He describes the rough trip by train and convoy noting meals at Clarinda state hospital the hot conditions and the early reveille. He praises cooks Set Dave McCall and T/5 Herbert Freel and mentions plans for a five oclock morning run.

Wayne Simerman Ft. Riley Kansas National Guard Washington Camp Funston 113Th Cavalry Ren. Ltd 34Th Infantry Division Ground General School Center Ft. Rlley Armory Clarinda Clarinda State Hospital Dave McCall Herbert Freel

Good Spots jux DDT For Home Pest Control

A vintage note advises using a light dusting of DDT in floor cracks near baseboards to curb infestations. Dust under carpets before relaying, and apply around shields and pipes where plumbing enters walls or floors.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Sunsey_ School Levens Bie O. Newton International Council of Religious Education WNU Dr. Newton Philosophy Immanuel Lutheran St. James Catholic Seventh Day Adventists N. 5Th Ave H. R. Coats St. Paul’s Evangeliial and Reformed Trinity Lutheran Wieden Christian Bach Methodist Calvary Baptist Church of Nazarene New Haven Grace Hill Presbyterian Crawfordsville Methodist Christian Tabernacle Young People’s Service Ket Country Churches Ainsworth Methodist ST. Paul's Evangelical & Reformed Pacer West Chester Methodist Methodist Church Ainsworth Pulie Sanday KK. G Hummn Gas & Appliance Washington, Iowa Hungary Arpad Szakasits Zoltan Tildy Tildy Smallholders Party International Sioux City Rath Workers Plan Independent Union Magnesium Lt. Simerman Limerman Hartzell Washington County Ner Party Journal
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