Social calendar items from local clubs and groups
Social calendar lists meetings and events for Friendship club Pioneer group DeMolay Bible department White Shrine YWCA Priscilla club VFW Auxiliary Garden department American Legion Auxiliary Damascus Shrine Grace Hill Ladies Aid Lexington Circle and others with times locations and refreshments noted for the week. Handicapped by OCR errors but readable actions include meetings, luncheons, socials and reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla Club
H. A. Beenblossom
K. C. Hall
Women’s Missionary Society
U. “P. Church
Fred L Stewart
U. W
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Damascus Shrine
Masonic Temple
Grace Hill Ladies Aid Society
Lexington Circle
William Flynn
Faye Lewis and Mark Estle Wed in DuBuque
Announcement from Columbus Junction reports the marriage of Faye Lewis and Mark Estle on January 17 in Dubuque. Rev. Ronald Terry officiated the ceremony with attendants C. T. Leonard and his Davenport wife. Mrs. Estle recently retired after 31 years at the Columbus Junction Gazette. The couple are on a motor trip in the southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Faye Lewis
F. A. Lewis
Mark Estle
Charles Estle
Letts
Dubuque
Ronald Terry
St. Lukes’ Methodist Church
C. T. Leonard
Davenport
Estle
Daily Menu Suggestions for January Meals
Ruth Foster presents a daily menu column with Martha's Market Basket as the source. Today's options include breakfast of stewed dried apricots oats milk and a poached egg on toast. Lunch or dinner features creamed deviled eggs on toast with side vegetables and lemon sauce roll. Dessert offers chocolate pudding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Foster
County Home Economist
Martha’s Market Basket
Pleasant Hill Christian Bible School and Prairie Flower Baptist Events
Pleasant Hill Christian hosts Bible school at 10:00 to fulfill the great commission. Prairie Flower Baptist invites attendance for Bible study at 16:00 with focus on the author of the Bible. Sunday services include 11:00 morning worship with the sermon Christ and the Ark of Noah and 7:30 evening evangelistic service. A 2:00 Young People Gospel team meets and Wednesday 8:60 prayer and praise led by Merle Booth, pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower Baptist
Brooks
Cliff Reeves
Christ
The
Merle Booth
Man Recovers Car Stolen 12 Years Ago in Chicago
Oito Schmidt found his 1987 Studebaker after 12 owners and five years elapsed since theft on Oct 4, 1942. Sheriff’s police recovered it but failed to notify authorities, leading to a sale at auction. State highway patrol later linked a license-less car to stolen status and traced ownership back to Schmidt through 11 buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Oito
Schmidt
Studebaker
Cook County
International Harvester Co
Charles Steinhaus
Jamey Novak
Stanley J. Banas
Franklin Cubs Demonstrate Calf Feed Mixing Technique
The Franklin Cubs met at John Dawson’s home Monday evening. Victor Klopfenstein and John waved a calf feed mixing demonstrator and explained feeding amounts for calves. Guests included Mr and Mrs Leonard Brinning and Ronnie. Refreshments were served. Next demo will be by Richard, Bonnie and Bob Brinning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Cubs
John Dawson
Victor Klopfenstein
John
Leonard Brinning
Ronnie
Richard
Bonnie
Bobby Brinnine
Child Study Meeting At Fortnightly Club
Mrs. Miller hosted the January Child Study meeting of the Fortnightly club. Twenty eight members attended the business session led by Mrs. George Kerr with visitors introduced and two papers on Creative Thinking Can Be Fun and Punishment Rewards followed by discussion and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Miller
Ernest Wagner
B. G. Humn
William Boshart
George Kerr
Lester Lewis
Richard Pratt
Keith Vetter
Humm
Duane C. Griggs
Rhuth Simpson
Rats Carry Diseases Cited By Veterinarians
Veterinarians warn rats spread illnesses including white scours in calves mastitis ringworm tuberculosis contagious abortion coccidiosis chicken infections and hog trichinosis suggesting control measures to protect livestock and poultry operations.
Fortnightly Club General Meeting Planned for Thursday
Fortnightly Club hosts plan a general meeting in the Community room with Public Affairs, Child Study and Bible departments as hostesses. President Mrs A Michels will chair a brief opening session followed by a talk by Eric C Kollman of Cornell College on The German Problem. A question period will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
A. Michels
E. G. Fisher
Eric C. Kolman
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Kollman
Germany
Mrs W G Eldridge Hosts Dinner for Nine at The Pines
Mrs W G Eldridge entertained nine guests at The Pines last evening. Covers were laid for nine at seven o clock dinner. Guests spent the evening visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W .G. Eldridge
the Pines
Birthday greetings listed for local residents across several towns
The Journal notes multiple birthday observances today. Honorees include Mrs. J. D. Lockwood of Keota on her 82nd birthday, Wayne Jr. and John Simerman of Washington, Donald Duane Spinner of Riverside turning seven, Larry Dean Thrayp of West Chester aged nine, Evelyn Jean Carter aged ten, Virginia Messenger aged 17, and Phyllis Kay Hershberger 15. Additional well wishes go to Mrs. Wayne Arnold, Mrs. Amile Daub, Mrs. Stanley Foster, Dr. F. W. Eastwood, Daryl Oldfield, Mrs. Lewis Anderson, Robert Knottnerus, and Ruth Davis among others.
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Larry Dean Thrayp
West Chester
Evelyn Jean Carter
Wayne Arnold
Amile Daub
Stanley Foster
F. W. Eastwood
New London
Daryl Oldfield
Pilotburg
Lewis Anderson
Ainsworth
Robert Knottnerus
South Highland
Elect Mrs Young Nurses President at Washington County Hospital
The Nurses Alumni association of Washington county hospital met at Mrs N E Youngs home 919 Fourth Ave. Twelve members two children and visitor Esther Scuire attended. Officers were reelected Mrs Young president Mrs Marion Engel vice president Frances Minick secretary Hattie McConnell reporter. They donated 5 to the March of Dimes and paid annual dues. Refreshments followed a tour of the hostess new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nurses Alumni Association
Washington County Hospital
N. E. Young
Fourth Ave
Esther Scuire
Young
Marion Engel
Frances Minick
Hattie McConnell
Betrothal of Rose to Reeder Announced
Mr and Mrs Wilbert Rose of Stanfordsville announce the engagement of their daughter Marie of Denver Colorado to Richard Reeder of Denver Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
Reeder
Wilbert Rose
Stanfordsville
Marie
Denver, Colo
Richard Reeder
Denver
Fine knots in Oriental rugs require magnification
The article notes two knot types used in Oriental rug weaving are so similar that a magnifying glass is needed to distinguish them, highlighting the craft’s细微 differences.
Lesson Topics for January 26 Bible Study
The guide lists lesson subjects and Scripture texts selected by the International Council of Religious Education for use with permission. It outlines topics and readings for study session planning.
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International Council of Religious Education
Barriers Broken in Samaria Spark Soul-Winning Call
A sermon reflection on Jesus crossing barriers of race class and faith to offer the water of life. It contrasts the Samaritan woman and Nicodemus, urges personal witnessing, and notes the woman’s conversion and testimony leading others to believe in Christ as Savior.
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Samaria
Nicodemus
Jesus
Christ
God
Farm Output Up As Employment Drops Over Forty Years
Agricultural employment fell by 15 percent while production per farm worker rose 86 percent over the past four decades, signaling efficiency gains and restructuring in farming sectors.
United Presbyterian Morning Worship and Bible School
A church service announcement notes Bible school at 4 45 p m and morning worship with organ preludes. Special music includes the Lester Quartet and pieces titled O Jesus I Have and Melody in A with offertory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Savile Ieee
Ee Lester Quartet
Jesus
Otters Mann
Donna Wylie
Patty Patterson
Teddy Stewart
Robert Kleese
St James Masses at Seven and Ten A M
St James Catholic Church announces Masses at 7:00 A M and 10:00 A M led by Rev. H. J. Corcoran, pastor. Parish schedule notes service times for worshippers.
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H. J. Corcoran
Methodist Church Weekly Schedule and Choir Organ Music
Morning worship at 9:45 with Dr. Miller speaking on Help for the Lonely. Youth fellowship 6:30, union service 7:30 led by Rev. Walter A. Smith. Young adults 8:00. Organ preludes and offertory pieces including Love to Tell the Story and Shadow in a Sultry Land.
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Miller
Help For the
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Christian Church
Walter A. Smith
Anther
Macfarlane
Triumphant Faith Theme At Trinity Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran invites worshipers to services on Sunday with Sunday school Bible class and gospel service all at 10 and 11 a.m. The theme Triumphant Faith bases on Acts 16 22. An adult class meets in the parsonage each Wednesday and children’s class Saturdays. Pastor J H Beiderwieden extends welcome from 409 BE Main Phone 247.
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J. H. Beiderwieden
BE. Main
Baptist Sunday Schedule and Union Service Listed
Sunday school at 16 45 morning worship with Prelude and offertory selections. Duet and choir numbers followed by a sermon by Rev Paul Welk and postlude. Baptist Youth Fellowship at 18 30 and union service at the Christian church with Rev Walter Smith. Wednesday activities include choir practice and midweek service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenz
Baptist Youth Fellowship
The
Christian Church
Walter Smith
Prac
Christian Tabernacle Bible School Services and Evangelistic Schedule
The Christian Tabernacle Bible school lists 9:45 a.m Morning worship and 11:90 a.m Sermon The Wonderful Wave of Soul Winning. Evening evangelistic services from Jan 28 to Feb 9 led by Rev A J Wells with sermons The Bible and Science. Public invited. W J Stevens, Pastor.
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Bible School
Young Peoples Service
Tabernacle
A. J. Wells
Dixon, I
W. J. Stevens
Truth as subject of Christian Science lesson sermon
The January 26 1947 Christian Science lesson sermon centers on Truth with the golden text It is the Spirit that beareth witness because the spirit is truth from I John 5 6 The lesson cites Psalm 100 1 2 5 and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, noting God as Truth and Spirit Love as inseparable from divine understanding.
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Christian Science Churches
All
Churches of Christ, Scientist
Mary Taker Eddy
Presbyterian Sunday Schedule and Services
Presbyterian church announces 9 45 Sunday school 10 45 morning worship with Prelude Serenade Gounod junior choir Puerer Yet and Purer senior choir Peace Be Still Palmer requested message Moses Greatest of Prophets pastor postlude Fanfare Dubois orchestra practice 6 30 youth fellowship continuing Bible study 7 30 union evening services Walter Smith preaching.
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Gounod
Moses
Dubois -00
Walter Smith
Immanuel Lutheran Sermon on Jesus Walking Upon the Sea
Immanuel Lutheran Wisconsin Synod presents a sermon on John 6 16 21 titled Jesus Walking Upon the Sea. The service emphasizes divine power with an accompanying Sunday school and Bible class at 9 30 a m and divine worship at 10 30 a m. Confirmation class meets next Saturday after worship. Pastor L M Bleichwehr directs services at 890 South Iowa Avenue contact 475J.
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Jefferson
S Lowa
John
Jesus
Calvary Baptist Church Services and Bible School
Calvary Baptist invites all to its Bible school for all ages led by Richard Leet at 4:90. Morning worship at 10:45 features the message Christ and His Temptation. Evening service at 7:30 discusses Two Men Two Acts Two Results. Prayer meeting 7:20 Wednesday. Pastor A. E. Diddams.
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Richard Leet
Christ
Christ Jesus
Rom
Son
A. E. Diddams
St. Paul’s Evangelical Service Schedule and Message
Morning worship at 10 a.m. Sunday school at 11 a.m. Sermon titled A Strange Mixture. Union service at 7:50 p.m. at the Christian church with Rev Walter Smith preaching. Youth Fellowship Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Westen. Verse Luke 2 28. Milo J Phillips, Pastor.
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Walter Smith
Walter Westen
Gog
Unmaking Enemies Sermon at Bible School Service
Sunday schedule lists 9 45 morning worship 10 45 Union evening services 7 30 pm with the sermon Unmaking Enemies. Music includes organ preludes offertory anthem and postlude conducted by Mrs Boyd White with organist Thomas Polk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handel Orean Postlnde
Roode White
Boyd White
Thomas Polk
Country Churches Sunday Service Schedule
The notice lists 9 45 Sunday school followed by 11 00 morning worship led by Floyd A Smith with Arthur Gersh and 8S as superintendent.
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Floyd A .Smith
Arthur Gersh
Grace Hill Moraveian Sunday Schedule
Sunday school at 9 45 followed by a basket dinner at noon honoring Carl Miller former superintendent. Evening worship at 7 50 led by Pastor Floyd A. Smith with R W Hyde as superintendent during the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Miller
Bloyd A. Smith
R. W. Hyde
West Chester Sunday Services Announced
Sunday school at 10 a.m. John McDowell delivers a sermon in September. Preaching at 11 a.m. Chas Johnson will speak. All are welcome.
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John McDowell
Chas Johnson
St. Pauls Evangelical Valley Church Schedules Services
The Valley St Pauls Evangelical holds Sunday school at 10 30 a m and morning worship at 11 30 a m A new church board meets immediately after the service with the theme Make the world a bit more beautiful and better because you have lived in it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo J. Phillips
West Chester Methodist Sunday Schedule and Roles
Sunday school begins at 10:00 with Robert Stephens superintendent and Esther Bauer as pianist. Morning worship at 11:00 under chorister Mrs Edgar Stewart and pianist Mary Ann Bauer. Sermon titled Stewards of the Mysteries of God. Youth Fellowship at 6:00 p.m. Choir practice Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the parsonage led by R Vernon Pike the minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stephens
Esther Bauer
Edgar Stewart
Mary Ann Bauer
Stewards of the Mysteries of God
R. Vernon Pike
Ainsworth Methodist Sermon on Stewardship of Self
The Ainsworth Methodist church holds Sunday school at 1 and worship at 1:30 with a sermon series titled Stewardship of Self. Youth Fellowship meets at United Presbyterian church at 6 24 PM. county youth rally at Kalona Feb 17 4 30 PM. WSCS voted 240 for world service and 15 in prizes. O J Fix pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian Church
Kalona
WSCS
World Service
O. J. Fix
Crawfordsville Churches Plan Services and Installation Event
Crawfordsville churches outline a busy week with Bible school at 10:00, morning worship at 11:00, and a 7:30 union service at the Methodist church. Rev. Daniel Knox Ford and Mrs. Ford arrive December 11, 1946 and will be installed as minister Monday at 7:30. Additional activities include Bible study, prayer hour, choir practice, and MFO groups meeting at 6:50.
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U. P
Lucille Gault
Methodist Church
Daniel Knox Ford
Ford
Crawfordsville
Eperated Presbyterian Church
Herbert Rich
Methodist
Echoir
M.Y.F
Parachutes Save Two As Army Plane Crashes North Of Seattle
An army C.47 transport ran out of gas and crashed about 12 miles north of Seattle. The pilot died while two crewmen Lt. M. E. Smith and Lt. H. B. Kinison parachuted safely and were hospitalized at Sandpoint Naval Hospital. Plane headed from Great Falls, Montana to McChord Field, Washington.
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Seattle
Here
M. E. Smith
H. B. Kinison
Sandpoint Naval Hospital
Great Palls, Ment
McChord Field
Wash
Grandmother seeks lost Dutchman mine in Wyoming
Laura Branstetter Middleton, 59, travels from Joplin Missouri to Denver seeking a grubstake to fund a decades old quest for the legendary Lost Dutchman gold mine on Wyoming’s Superstition Mountain. She carries a tattered family map and vows to find the mine or die trying despite family doubts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Joplin
Laura Branstetter
Wyoming
Lights Stimulate Hens Through Eyes, Boost Egg Production
Early belief held longer winter days boost egg laying by giving hens more to eat. Later studies show light affects the pituitary via the eyes, stimulating egg-producing organs and increasing production.
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Friendship Club and Families
Mae Davis
Pass
Pioneer Group of
U. P. Church
Brinz
Bible Department
Public Library
White Shrine
Y.W.C
Y. W
Faye Lewis, Mark Estele Pledgetroth
Harold L. Lundquist
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Christian
Franklin
Studio & Camera Shop
Charles Wilson
Robert Day
J. L. Kennedy
Floyd Sturgis
F. C. Surface
Maud McCreedy
Anne. Dawson
J. O. Sexton
C. Phil Weldin
Wendell Baker
Raymond Crone
Lyle Grove
T. W. Harwood
J. DB. Lockwood
Route Two
Keota
Journal
Three Quarter Century Club
Wayne, Jr
John Simerma
Wayne Simerman, Sr
Washington
Donald Duane Spinner
William L. Spenner
Riverside
Virginia Messenger
Harold Messenger
Phyllis Kay Hershberger
Dan Hershberger
Ruby Sharp
Pauline L. Evans
Therese. Bruty Scranton
R. EK. Whisler
Ruth Davis
Howell Davis
Mrs. Young Nurses’ President
CWA
Stephen Washington
United Presbyterian
Dupre
Pemere Anne Waghorne
Schreiner
St. James Catholic
Virginia Terry
Harris
Trinity Lutheran
Martin
Si Ofertory
Wilson
Waler
Yarbara
Cheryl Nayadley
World Mission Cru
Greer
Paul Welk
Voice of
Christian Tabernacle
A.m
Immanuel Lutheran
Wisconsin Synod
L. M. Bleichwehr
S. Lowa Ave
Calvary Baptist
St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed
Union
Country Churches
NEW Haven Baptist
Grace Hill Moraveian
ST. Pauiss Evangelical
Valley
Ture
West Chester Methodist
Ainsworth Methodist
Joseph Jones
West
Secretary OF State
George Co. Marshall
James F. Byrnes
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