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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1947
Page
3
A Moody Bible Institute style lesson outlines meaning and value of wisdom from Proverbs and James. It argues wisdom blends knowledge with discernment, guides right living, and grows with giving to others. It warns against chasing money over education and stresses seeking God for wisdom.
The article argues milk should be a key part of elderly diets. When chewing is hard, protein intake may drop, so milk and dairy products are relied on to supply much of the required protein.
Trinity Lutheran holds Sunday school at 9 19 a.m. and gospel service at 11 with the theme Following After Christ based on 1 John 2 6. The Lutheran Hour invites visitors. J H Beiderwieden is pastor. Also noted are Baptist revival in the park led by Carolyn Hamilton and music by George Kerr with organ postlude In Hallowed. Evening worship at 7 30 p.m. and prayer meeting Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
St James parish posts Mass schedule with services at 6 7 and 9 A M led by Rev H J Corcoran parish pastor and administrator guidance for worship life
Calvary Baptist invites worshipers to 9 30 a m Bible school for all ages 7 45 p m worship service 8 00 p m gospel service 6 06 p m Wednesday praise and prayer Paul H White pastor scripture Eph 2 8 9 featured on the church notice board
The Church of the Nazarene lists weekly worship hours, a Wednesday Bible study from the Essential Christian Beliefs course, and a vacation Bible school from July 28 to August 1 with morning and afternoon sessions. Pastor C. F. Gieseman invites all to attend.
Morning worship at 9 45 at the Y M C A with Rev Paul K Wells preaching on A Glorious Church. Evening services at Central Park feature music including Handel Hark My Soul and a Prelude Chorale. Director of Music Shelley Kouyuwaite. Organist Mrs Boyd White. Minister Thomas C Polk.
Immanuel Lutheran Wisconsin Synod Jefferson and 8S Iowa Ave. Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Divine worship 10:30 a. m. Sermon theme Beware of False Prophets. Young people meet 7:00 p. m. Sunday school teacher meeting Thursday 7:30 p. m. Junior choir practice Friday 7:00 p. m. Pastor L. M. Bleichwehl invites worshipers.
The notice lists Bible school at 9:45 am and morning worship at 19:45 am with special music including an organ prelude Echo Bells Brewer Duet The Silent Voice Caro Roma and organ offertory Parcarolle Faulkens performed by Mrs. Dave Livingston and Merle Simpson.
Bible excerpts from Luke 9:41 42 and a Mary Baker Eddy passage from Science and Health discuss faithfulness and truth, treating sickness as illusion and health as part of Truth. The lesson centers on Christ awakening and the healing power of truth over error.
The program lists Sunday 9:45 Baptist, 19:45 Sunday school, 5:30 morning worship with Rev Weils on Christ's Call to Guard Orthodoxy. Evening park service titled These Trying Times by Rev Paul Weils. Youth lunch meeting, midweek prayer Wednesday 7:30, choir Friday practice. Special choir music and pastor Paul K Weils.
The 10 45 morning worship features Prelude Pilgrims Chorus from Tannhaeuser Wagner Junior choir The Lord s Prayer Solo O Lord Be Merciful Bartlett Forrest Walker Rev White assisted by Rev C G Herbrecht Director of the Arizona Council of Churches brings the message Two Ways to Follow Jesus Postlude Fanfare Dubois 6 30 Westminster Youth Fellowship 7 30 Union evening services in the park
Morning worship at 9 30 a m Sunday school at 10 36 a m visiting ministers will preach while the pastor attends a retreat in Green Lake Wisconsin Basil McBee from Associate Presbyterian will preach July 20 27 and Walter Smith from the Methodist will preach August 3 both from Washington Regular services resume August 10 with Pastor Milo J Phillips.
Grace Hill and New Haven conduct Sunday school at 8:45 with 11:09 morning worship at New Haven. School of life classes at Grace Hill at 8:25. Vacation Bible school programs planned. Arthur Gorsh and R W Hyde named Superintendents.
Sunday program lists morning worship at 11 and youth fellowship at 6 pm. Robert Stephens is superintendent with Esther Bauer as pianist and Mrs Edgar Stewart as chorister. John Duvall leads youth group. address by R Vernon Pike as minister.
Church notices list Curt Reeves as superintendent for all ages Bible school at 19 06. Morning worship at 11 provides a young gospel team. Evening service at 8 led by young people with Bible school program. Wednesday prayer and practice at 8 60. Merle Booth is pastor. Heck.
Sunday services begin at eleven with public worship and a sermon titled Three Things That Make Life Worth the Living. Sunday school meets at 9 16 a.m. Junior MYF gathers at Anne OConnor home at 7 p.m. Senior MYF meets at Jim Clesgs home. Monday at 8 p.m. the music committee meets at the parsonage. Carl F Stiefel is pastor.
Morning worship at 11 a.m. and evening service at 7 p.m. led by Superintendent Lawrence Kephart and Minister Floyd Frye. Pleasant Hill Christian church announces the day’s services and leadership.
Local column records Mr. and Mrs. Leyburn Lewis visiting in Ames and W. G. Edwards home. Entomology student to work six weeks with Iowa Department of Agriculture on Japanese beetle fight. Numerous travels, visits, and shop Sales at Montgomery Ward and Brown's Shoe Fit Co noted alongside social calls in Des Moines, Fairfield, and West Chester.
The Missouri Synod of the Lutheran church plans to send missionaries to Japan for the first time since 1941, with a record mission appropriation. Rev. A. H. Janke of St. Paul’s Lutheran Sioux City Iowa announced the expansion, noting broader plans for the Far East including New Guinea as new fields and nine missionaries to be sent.
The sermon will be shared by the Rev. Charles Ford of Lemmon and the Rev. Daniel Knox Ford Jr., junior society hosts the Youth Problem Discussions at 7 p.m. Sunday school meets 10 a.m., morning worship 11 a.m., Youth Groups 7 p.m., and union services at 8 p.m. at the Federated church with Rev. Ford delivering the sermon.
Federated Presbyterian in Crawfordsville schedules Bible school at 9 45 a m with Wisdom is the Principal Thing as the lesson and morning worship at 11 00 a m featuring two special musical numbers led by the Rev James Ford.
Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. with Joan McDowell. A preaching service follows at 11 a.m. led by Pastor Hiram Phillips on the subject The Voluntary Offering.
Fourteen people were to appear in municipal court after a sweep by the Iowa Department of Public Safety against curbstone car dealers in Council Bluffs. Fred Donner faced four charges and posted a $40 bond. Dealers bought cars from licensed sellers and resold at profits from 200 to 500 dollars, with state wide investigations planned.
Roger Looney of Pocahontas dies when a truck he was unloading at a family owned creamery breaks through a wooden cover and crushes him against a wall. The Pocahontas County coroner rules the death accidental. Surviving are his parents a brother and two sisters.
Riverside notes list Mrs Mary Birka in Mercy hospital Iowa City for observation and treatment with visits from her son Milt Birka. Also guests include Mrs Mamie Teas of Washington visiting sister Mrs Joseph Kupka and family and Leon Southwick of Kalona with sons Dale and Donald.
Sandy Hook residents report visits from Vera Everett and Aloah Farrier with Carol, and Lyle Wilson group at Ralph Chorpening home. Families vacation with grandparents, farm activity continues, and youths attend Ames and Pella programs. Local scene recalls river life, motor boat sighting, and light domestic fixes around town.
From Larissa dispatches Greek troops killed two girl guerrillas and captured eight in the Mount Olympus area. Twenty five guerrillas were killed, including their leader, with 18 prisoners taken. In Anatolikon near the Yugoslav border a separate attack killed 23 civilians and wounded 16, with 40 houses burned.
Janet Supernors a 17 year old honor student from Council Bluffs was elected mayor of the City of Macrae as part of Girls State activities in Grinnell Iowa on July 25.
Riverside residents welcomed visitors and celebrated family milestones. Okla homa City guests Mr. and Mrs. William Krueger toured St. Paul before returning home. Broken Bow guests Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Romine and George Romine attended a gohkien wedding anniversary. A new baby girl arrived to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Schnoe belen in Riverside. Catherine Baschnagel from Cedar Rapids visited relatives, while Norma Knebel and Mrs. Francis Sueppel with children stayed with local families.
Rev. Harley A. Henderson of Oregon Missouri received a unanimous call to pastor the Columbus Junction and Haskins Presbyterian churches and will move to Columbus around September 15. He preached July 13 in both churches. The Columbus Junction Missionary Society held an all day sewing meeting for a Holman New Mexico mission school. Conesville elected Edgar Carney as superintendent and coach, with wife Mrs Carney teaching English and speech. Their son Richard serves as architecture student after army service. daughter Mary graduates and teaches in Pineville Louisiana.
Janet a national party member defeated Sally Finkbine a federalist from Storm Lake in the Hawkeye girls state events. City officers elected include Mimi Foster Sioux City treasurer Gretchen Jorgensen Alta assessor and five council members Betty Joan Bjorn Atlantic Deloris Hawkins Shenandoah Marilyn Dorr Spirit Lake Maxine Hain Guthrie Center Kathryn Swanson Dayton. The week will culminate Saturday with the election of Hawkeye girls state governor.
Lloyd McDowell will spend a week with Orin Kepper and daughter Page and Billy McDowell visiting the Kepper home in Melrose Iowa. The Kepper family hosted a weekend gathering with the McDowells and other relatives at nearby Lake Odessa for fishing swimming and boating. Hay baling and oats work occupy farmers as the season progresses with Banks and Williams families active in field duties and a Johnson picnic at Lake Odessa.
An electrical manufacturer reports that synthetic insulating materials developed by chemists promise more efficient power use and lower costs.
At the hospital a Warren Donald and wife of Brighton route one welcomed a daughter at 19 47 yesterday morning. J E Letts and wife Wy Man greeted a daughter at 7 46 this morning. Louis Larsen and wife route one welcomed a son at 8 41 this morning. Dismissed today include Mrs Harley Carter of Brighton Don Crone 420 E Madison Street Mrs Myrtle Morgan 527 S Avenue B and Mrs Burton Fox and son Jerry Wayne of Riverside.
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