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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1937
Page
6
In the Pastor's absence Mr Leslie Dunlap will occupy the pulpit Sunday morning with a fine message expected. Services include 9 45 Bible school 10 45 Communion and worship and a sermon by Mr Dunlap Organ prelude and anthem selections listed with soloist and organist names.
Public is invited to attend services at the edifice on South Iowa Avenue at 11 o'clock Sunday morning. The Christian Science Lesson-Sermon for Sunday June 27 features the Golden Text from Isaiah 11 9 and includes selections from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
Sunday School at 9 30, Bible class at 7 30, and Divine worship. The sermon titled Foundations That Endure will explore Christ s teaching in Matthew 7 4 29. Vacation Bible School continues for three weeks with daily sessions for ages 4 14 and a final two weeks start next Monday. Church activities include a Church Council meeting on Monday and a regular quarterly meeting on Thursday. A joint outdoor service at Chautauqua Park on July 4 features a sermon by Rev Meibohm and a 3 34 p m service led by Rev Krueger with a picnic lunch. all are welcome. Members are invited to a Wellman festival Sunday afternoon at 3.00 with Rev Joeckeel speaking.
Washington Morning worship at 30 a.m. Sunday school at 10 00 with Carl W Klein as pastor at St Pauls Evangelical Church.
The notice lists Bible school at 9:80 4 wm and worship times at 19:45 a m and 7 p m. Sermon themes include Morning World Trends and the I Evening Parting, with music planned for the day.
At the Methodist Episcopal Church the 9 50 a m school session is led by Superintendent Jesse R Busby with morning worship at 10 45 a m featuring a sermon by the pastor on The Heresy of the Unkind Heart An education sermonette for children and nursery care during service A young peoples meeting at 6 30 p m and a 7 30 p m service showcasing work from the daily vacation Bible school including a Bible pantomime and the Adventuring with Jesus pageant First episode Youths Achievement Through Faith Second episode Youths Open Door Third episode Youths Open Door The music program includes organ preludes Andante and pieces by Groton Pairelough and Brahms with solo and offertory selections Credits note Arthur Atack minister Mrs Lewis Warren director of music Edna M Klein organist.
The notice states no preaching services on Sunday and 9:30 Sunday school with the venue cool. It notes former pastor Rev. M. C. Carstensen will preach on July 4th. Wilma Thompson is listed as president of B. YY. P A.
The notice lists worship at 11 a m with a sermon by Pastor A C and invites attendance at church services. It mentions A M E league gathering at 6 30 and signs off with W M Berry as pastor.
Dr A W Kortkamp pastor of Full Square Gospel Temple Moline will lead tonight’s service with delegates and the ukelo band. Evangelist Hall presents an illustrated sermon The Harp of God. Morning worship at 930 AM Sunday school 1645 AM Crusaders 1230 PM. Evening evangelistic service 730 PM Trees sermon by Mrs Hall. Meetings continue each evening next week. W J Stevens pastor.
A United Presbyterian service lists organ preludes postludes and anthems with soloists Ruth Stewart Ralph Kleese and others. Carolyn Hamilton directed music with Helen Harvey as organist and a mixed program including Lemare and Kuhlau pieces and choral selections.
The article notes varnishes have existed for at least 3,000 years and highlights ancient Egyptians as experts in the varnishing craft, underscoring their early mastery of finishing works.
U. P. Bible school at 10. Morning worship and sermon at 11. U. P. service at 7 45 p m. Union service in this church at 8. Rev A W McBlaine will preach.
Valley Sunday school at 10:00 a m Morning worship at 11:15 a m Children’s day program at 8 00 p m Carl W Klein pastor.
Last Sabbath Bethel Presbyterian voted to start Bible school at 9 36 a m instead of 10 a m to move worship earlier to 10 30 and close services at 11 20 to avoid heat. A new speaker will lead next Sabbath at the preaching hour with the subject Labor Problems.
Ainsworth U P Bible school at 10 a m worship 11 a m features sermon Faith among Mockers. Evening service time to be announced. Glad Hand Missionary Society met with seventeen present for a covered dish dinner. Youth conference attendees to Boone Iowa June 23 27 include Conn White Man Maryruth Pressley Kenneth McConnell Ronald Keiper and Robert Sharpe. S Fred Sharpe pastor.
Sunday school at 10 a m with Rev and Mrs DeKoning leading a 7 45 p m sermon and song service. Missionaries of the American Sunday School Union, Marion Stransky superintendent. Rev Jacob DeKonine missionary.
Regular worship at Prairie ProwWwrER Baptist with evening closing exercises of daily Vacation Bible School at 7 30 led by Rev KE Strong pastor.
Sunday school at 10 a m with Alma Johnston superintendent Morning service at 11 a m features sermon by pastor Newell Chapman minister
Sabbath school led by Mrs Ida Wooley with superintendent duties. Morning worship at 11 o clock with Mr Leigh Soule of Washington delivering the sermon. Recreation session titled That Develops Character led by Margaret Gault at 6:20 a.m.
Sunday services include church school led by J W Rieh at 9:16 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. with a sermon on The Responsibility of the Church. Forrest McNeill presides at the 6:30 p.m. evangelism service with a sermon I Doe does not cot a church What is the church going to do about it. Bible study and prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome.
Local names and family notices list weekend visits and summer stays. Mr and Mrs Heeh Halt host at their home with relatives from Rock Island and Can ton taking weekend trips. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Jack Marston and Mine Georgie Murphy with extended kin from Edmondson and Fitzgerald. Martha Sands and Nest visit Atlanta plans noted.
Mrs James Shrader stays with son Jake Shrader and others enjoy a Strawberry dinner at Rex Smith home. Neighbors and relatives visit including Frances McCoy Ina Mae Walker Willis Smith family Frank Moore home and J T Wenger home. Funeral of Tom Chadwick of Danville attended by Harold Spangler and Fred Spangler.
Donald Hesselechwerdt will join Kalona Boy Scout troop at the national Jamboree in Washington DC. Mrs Della Dawson returns home after a major surgical operation at Washington county hospital. Miss Gernie Yoder of Warren Ohio visits the P Yoder home. Dessal Louck returns from Iowa City after visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs C C Randell and Bon visit at the Bower home in Brandon. A Theremin wave and marimba concert opens at the Christian church Sunday June 27 at eight PM.
Mrs Don Wytie reports Prairie Center residents hosting and visiting relatives from Leonard Missouri Neaver Falls Beaver Falls and Columbus Junction. Saturday guests included James Hendrix and family and Ed Mik ech near Brighton. Dinner gathering at Malcolm Montgomerys featured Francis and Mabel McCreedy Mary Graham and Donnie Wilson. Ice cream social honored Beaver Falls guests hosted by Ralph Howell.
Donald Taylor of Wellman posted a low score in a local golf tournament held Sunday with teammates Faye Hart Glenn Smith Russell Ross. The article notes other local visitors and events including Camp Arrowhead attendance and hospital updates.
Sunday dinner guests at the Rex Smith home included many relatives and friends from Wellman Crawfordsville Columbus Junction Ainsworth and Washington. birthdays studied alumni banquets and church social events noted. several families visited, hosted, or hosted others with gatherings and meals across Iowa communities.
The Der tich and Herring relatives gathered at Leslie Gates residence Sunday with thirty two in attendance. Mary Joan Van Gundy of Peoria Illinois is spending the summer with her grandparents James and Mary Baird. Local calls and visits feature a busy social week with neighbors at Sunset Park and Brighton.
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