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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1948
Page
3
Community groups list meetings dinners and social events through Friday including Circle No 2 and 8 cooperative dinners Circle 91 gift exchange D U W Christmas dinner and YW party preparations Bible library and 4-H activities plus Knitting and crafts YWCA mixers and Christmas exchanges across many organizations with potlucks and required gift contributions Schedule notes 2 dish bring practices and times vary by group
Mrs. Don Orr was elected worthy matron of the Order of Eastern Star at last night’s meeting in the Masonic Hall. Officers named include Fred Longer as worthy patron and Mrs. Richard Hotle as associate matron. A Christmas party for members and families is planned for December 18 with a cooperative supper at six and a children’s program and gift exchange.
Latest statistics place Warsaw at 589 000 inhabitants and Krakow at 303 000. The figures provide a snapshot of major Polish cities with Warsaw leading in population and Krakow following.
A Simmons studio davenport is offered for sale in excellent condition. The seller can be reached evenings at 179 R and the line reads 563, indicating contact details.
Immanuel’s church schedule lists bible school at 9 00 am and morning worship at 10 39 am with an evening gospel service at 7 30 pm. Wednesday prayer and praise, pastor Paul H White delivers sermons. Corner West Jefferson and South Iowa Avenue welcomes all families with text from Matthew 11 3.
The bulletin lists a 9:45 a.m. Bible school and 10:45 a.m. morning worship preached by Rev. J A Cochran. No evening service. 6:30 p.m. Baptist youth fellowship. Music includes Prelude Christmas Fantasy in March Forms Diggle Offertory Angel's Serenade and March of the Magi.
Seventh Day Adventists at N. Fifth Avenue hold Sabbath school at 2 p.m. and sermon at 3 p.m. This denomination meets on Saturday. Pastor H. E. Coast leads the service.
Masses at 7 8 and 10 a m. The ten o clock service will be the high mass. Rev H J Cocoran pastor.
Morning worship at 9:45 and 10:45 service with Dr Miller speaking on Family Responsibility at Christmas. Youth fellowship at 6:00. Handel’s The Messiah performed by the choir at 7:30 with organ preludes and postludes and various soloists and anthem pieces. Ministers are Fred F. Miller and Walter A. Smith. Organist John L. Yousling. Director of music Elouise R. Sorden. Soloists include Robert Steele and Audrey Steele.
Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship at 10 45 The Book of Our Religion will be the sermon subject for Universal Bible Sunday Westminster Fellowship at 6 p m Prayer service Wednesday 9 50 a m No evening services on the 12th as the church joins the Methodist church for worship Prelude and musical selections listed with performers and director.
Immanuel Lutheran holds a Christmas rehearsal Saturday morning at 9 30 o clock with participants expected to arrive early for practice and preparation.
December 12 1948 lesson sermon centers on God as preserver with Bible verses Luke 9 1 6 and Isaiah 41 13 and excerpts from Science and Health describing Christ as the healing idea and Jesus as the exemplar who presented the true idea of God healing sickness and sin and defeating death
St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Washington reports Sunday school at 10 morning worship at 11 with sermon Persistence Pays off. Children’s Christmas Program practice Saturday at 1 30 in the church auditorium. Pastor Milo J Phillipi.
Trinity Lutheran at 802 East Second Street with Pastor Geo A Koch holds Divine service at 11:00 A M on the third Sunday in Advent. Sermon titled Jesus of Nazareth the Promised Savior from Matthew 11 2 10. Sunday school at 10:00 A M. Ladies Aid moved to Monday evening. Rehearsal for Christmas program Saturday at 10:10 A M. Your child is welcome.
The church lists Bible school at 10:00 and Morning worship at 11:00 with the theme Thou Art Dead. Evening service is at the usual time and Wednesday features an 8:00 Prayer meeting at Elizabeth Dawson's home studying Jeremiah 29 and 30. Pastor Basil G McBee.
The Christian Bible School schedules a 9 45 morning worship and 10 45 youth fellowship with a Methodist church for a Sunday night Christmas musical program featuring an organ prelude Carol Medley anthem The Shepherds Christmas Song solo The Birthday of the King with Marguerite Utterback as soloist Wendell Rider directing and Mrs Wendell Rider as organist Thomas Polk serving as minister.
The Christian Tabernacle announces a Sunday school at 9 45 a m morning worship at 11 am youth service at 6 30 pm evangelistic service at 7 20 pm and mid week prayer meeting on Tuesday at 7 30 pm Bible study on Friday at 7 30 pm Everyone is welcome Pastor W J Stevens leads the services.
The United Presbyterian Church schedules Bible school at 9:45 a.m. worship at 10:45 a.m. The sermon theme is The Book of All Nations. A 6:30 p.m. youth group meets, with no evening service to allow members to attend the Methodist presentation The Messiah. A 4:15 p.m. junior choir and 7:15 p.m. choir rehearsal are listed, and a 7:30 p.m. midweek prayer meeting occurs at the church home.
Church of Nazarene lists Sunday school 9 45 a m Supt Mrs Golda Gault morning worship 11 00 a m P S and Juniors 6 45 p m evangelistic service 7 39 p m prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 p m Rev C F Gieselman pastor Mrs Gieselman pianist
Opal Kratzer leads singing at COUNTRY CHURCHES Grace Hill Moravian with Sunday school at 9 45 and morning worship at 11 00 led by Pastor Floyd A Smith Sunday school superintendent Max Waterhouse reports Sunday sessions at 10 00 a m.
Sabbath school at 10:00 a m led by John McDowell with Peggy Mc Dowell at piano. Morning worship at 11:40 a m by Harold L Ulmer from Winfield United Presbyterian Church as part of a synod-wide pulpit exchange. No evening service. Audience invited to hear The Messiah at Washington Methodist Church. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8:00 p m. Social circle Thursday led by Rev Hiram Phillips, pastor.
Sunday school at 10 a m with topic Letters in the Bible Public worship at 11 a m sermon The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen Carl s Christmas Stocking by Elizabeth Wetherell Christmas at Hollow Tree Inn by Albert Bigelow Paine three short stories for all ages Christmas pleasure choir to sing O Holy Night Mrs Larry Trotter sits at memorial organ Paraphrase on Hymn Tune Dix by Lawrence and In Excelsis Gloria by Hopkins. MYF carols 6 30 to 8 00 p m in rural homes December 6 carols in town homes WSCS December 16 at 2 o clock.
Morning worship at 9 30 a m Sunday school at 10 30 a m The Valley Ladies Aid holds its annual Christmas party this coming Wednesday December 16 at the home of Mrs Homer Mayer Exchange gifts and a cooperative dinner will be served at noon Milo J Phillips pastor.
Morning worship at 11 00 a m led by Mrs Edgar Stewart with Mary Jane Stephens at piano. Sunday school at 10 00 a m supervised by Kenneth Cuddeback Esther Ellen Bauer pianist. Sermon: The Bible and Life. No evening service. R Vernon Pike minister announces invitation to Messiah presentation.
The notice lists a Sabbath service at 10 o clock and a morning worship at 11 o clock led by Rev Karl Megdelsen. A friendship shower for the Littlewood family is announced and a correction states a service led by Owen White has been moved to January while Max M White serves as correspondent.
Pre Easter union service schedule lists January February and April meetings across Christian Presbyterian Methodist and Evangelical churches with dates in January and February and special notes on Palm Sunday concert rehearsals and weekly worship times. Out of town speakers are arranged with March sessions led by various churches.
Local News notes that David Livingston received a complimentary press notice in the city newsroom. The brief item highlights the acknowledgment without detailing further events or context.
Walter Stevens purchases the Schantz carpenter and repair shop at Columbus City. Several local societies meet for Christmas events including the Martha Glass Missionary group and United Presbyterian church women. Activities span visits, bake sales, gift exchanges, and Christmas programs with organizers named.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports a speaker at the Cedar Rapids Woman's Club who paraphrased a popular tune into Feodin Fussin and a Frightened to address Americans anxious since the atom bomb. Watch The For Sale Ads.
The Crawfordsville Federated Presbyterian Church outlines a December schedule with Bible school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 00 and special music. Sermons include When Jesus Comes Into the Heart and Men Whom God Has Called. Evening unions and prayers fill the week plus a Christmas program and junior meeting.
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