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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1947
Page
4
The May 4 lesson outlines subjects and scripture texts selected and copyrighted by the International Council of Religious Education and used by permission. The note indicates authorized use and prepared educational material for study.
A sermon note discusses Rehoboam’s leadership and the resulting revolt in Israel. It links tax relief debates to governance, urges listening to counsel, and warns pride and rash refusals lead to upheaval. It ends with a note on divine sovereignty and a hoped future reign of Christ.
In Poona India a group of black faced monkeys caused chaos by leaping roofs and throwing tiles injuring several people as crowds gathered to watch the disturbance. local authorities urged residents to stay indoors and report sightings to police for safe removal.
The Presbyterian church schedules Sunday school at 4 45 A M with a new class study and emphasis, morning worship at 10 45 featuring Agnus Dei and Lift Thine Eyes with choral selections, spiritual message on the Apostolic Concept ion of the Resurrected Christ, and a postlude Fanfare. Westminster Youth Fellowship meets at 4 00 P M outdoors at the church with recreation and Bible study led by Vernon Witting, Mrs A R Terrelt at organ, J B White minister.
Church of Nazarene 410 E Jefferson schedule includes Sunday school at 9:45 A.M. Morning Worship at 11:00 A.M. sermon The Christ Revealer. 7:15 P.M. Young Peoples service led by Mrs. Harold Kratzer. 3:00 P.M. Evangelistic service and 7:30 P.M. midweek missionary service led by Mrs. O M Himmelreich. Ralph E F Gray, Pastor. Everyone welcome to attend.
Immanuel Lutheran Wisconsin Synod Jefferson and S Town schedule shows Sunday school and Bible at 6 30 A M Divine worship at 10 30 A M Junior choir at 2 P M Adult instruction Monday 7 P M Children’s confirmation Saturday 9 30 A M Sermon theme Testifying of the Risen Christ Pastor L M Bleichwehr at 220 S Iowa Ave Phone 475J invites worshipers
The parish announces Mass at 7 8 and 10 a.m. led by Rev H J Corcoran pastor at St James Church with services in the morning.
Early service at 4 45 AM with Dr P G Dykhuizei guest minister from Iowa Synod. Special music includes organ preludes and anthems. Evening union worship at 7 30 PM at the Methodist church led by George Kerr with Carolyn Hamilton and Helen Harvey assisting.
Calvary Baptist invites worshippers to Bible school at 9 30 with Richard Leet as superintendent. Morning worship at 19 45 and evening service at 7 30 are led by Rev. Paul White. Prayer meeting at 7 30 Wednesday.
The Methodist Church offers morning worship at 10:45 following a 9:45 school session. Dr Miller discusses the theme Unto Whom Much is Given. Evening programs include Methodist Youth Fellowship at 6:30 and a sacred concert by Mrs. Ivory Winston at 7:30 with organ preludes and postludes by Guion and Mendelssohn and featured pieces Come Ye Blessed and At The Cry of the People.
St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed in Washington conducts Sunday school at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Sermon titled Peace Amid Perplexity. Spring Iowa synod meeting May 6 to 8 at St Peter's Evangelist and Reformed church in Tripoli. Pastor Milo J Philiipi urges moral living.
The church notes a 9 45 Sunday school session and a 19 45 evening worship with services, choirs, and an organ program. It lists Wednesday meetings at 7 30 and 7 45 for Youth Fellowship and choir practice, plus midweek trustees and sermon details by Pastor Paul K Wells with Mrs Oscar Burham as pianist and Mrs Charles Murdock as organist.
Trinity Lutheran invites all to services and activities. Sunday: 10 A.M. Bible class 11 A.M. Gospel service. Monday 10 A.M. pastoral conference 4 P.M. instruction class. Tuesday 4 P.M. church council. Thursday 2 P.M. Ladies Aid 4:30 Junior choir. Vacation Bible school May 26–30 9 A.M.–4 P.M. with slides songs and work books. Enroll your child now. Pastor J H Beiderwieden invites and welcomes everyone.
The May 4, 19-7 lesson in Christian Science Churches centers on Everlasting Punishment with the golden text from Job 5 17 and Biblical citations such as Genesis 6 7 8. It cites Mary Baker Eddy in Science and Health noting mastery over propensities and overcoming deceit to preserve health happiness and success.
The schedule lists morning worship from 9 45 to 10 45 with a youth fellowship, an evening has no preaching service, and attendees will join a Methodist Church musical concert. The church board meets Sunday at 2 00. Music features an organ prelude distant bells an offertory poem and Seek Ye the Lord plus a solo by Mrs Walter Morton.
A church program lists a postlude titled Halleluiah by Schumann with Mrs. Boyd White directing, Organist Thomas Polk contributing, led by the minister.
The church outlines a Sunday program with Sunday school at 9 45 a m morning worship at 11 a m and a sermon titled Set Thy House in Order A young peoples service is at 6 34 p m and an evangelistic service at 7 30 p m Rev Merle Booth will lead a week of services starting Monday with nightly gatherings at 7 45 p m featuring special music and vocal numbers All are welcome W J Stevens Pastor
Morning worship at 9 30 a m and Sunday school at 10 30 a m with sermon Peace Amid The sacrement of Holy Baptism to be administered. Spring Town Synod meeting May 6 8 in Tripoli Iowa delegate Keith Duering from Washington Valley charge. Milo J Phillips pastor.
Prairie Flower Baptist Church announces Bible school at 10:00 led by Cliff Reeves superintendent with theme Every fact of the Bible is a factor. 11:00 morning worship will study I Peter. Evening service changes from 7:30 to 8:40 through summer. Wednesday prayer and praise. Young peoples fellowship tonight at Wm Gamon residence. Merle Booth, Pastor.
The Sunday program lists Sunday School at 10:00 A.M. with Robert Stephens Superintendent and Esther Bauer as pianist. Morning worship at 11:90 led by Rev. Vernon Pike, with Mary Ann Bauer and Mrs Edgar Stewart as pianists and chorister. Youth Fellowship at 6:90 P.M. follows sermon titled In the last that Great day of the feast.
10 00 A M Sabbath school led by Mrs Edith Trotter and Mrs Aileen White. 11 00 A M Quarterly communion service and reception of new members with sermon Power to serve. 7 00 P M Pioneers meet with all members and friends. Friday 8 00 P M Preparatory service preacher Rev Robert Spencer of Cotter and Salem Presbyterian churches. Those uniting urged to attend. Br J Stahmer Pastor.
Grace Hill and New Haven hold Sunday school and worship services with a joint meeting of men to finalize plans for a mother and daughter banquet on Tuesday May 6 at 7:24. Guest speaker Margaret Cowden will attend with Floyd A. Smith and Pastor R. W. Hyde. Grace All Arthur Gorsh and S. 8 Supt. New Haven.
At 10 A M service, and 11 A M worship hour, a lay member presents The Pew To The Pulpit. Herb Campbell serves as superintendent and the pastor will listen to the presentation by a well known lay member.
After morning services a P. M. Youth Fellowship gathering will occur and the official board will meet. This will be the last regular board meeting of the year. Discussion on the possibility of a new minister will take place, every member urged to attend. O. J. Fix, Pastor.
Bethel Presbyterian holds Sunday school at 10 a.m. Worship service at 11 a.m. Sermon to be delivered by Rev. M K Thompson.
Crawfordsville news lists Sept events with Dr Walter Scheurmann delivering the message at dinner and afternoon quarterly conference. Youth groups meet at 7 pm. Mother's Day overseas relief offering urged. No Boy Scout activities this week. Wiener roast postponed. Howard F Ball minister.
The Federated Presbyterian invites attendance at 9 45 a m Bible school with Sources of National Conflict and 11 a m worship. Special music and a message follow. Evening services include Union programs led by Mr Forden and a Bible study and prayer hour on Wednesday. Mother’s Day services Sunday May 11 invite all to join. Rev Daniel Krox Ford.
Dale D. Welch will resign as president of Dubuque University on Sept 1 to become president of Alma College in Michigan. Welch, who grew up and taught at the school, has led since 1936 as enrollment more than doubled. No successor named.
Dismissals include Jerry Longer of 782 FE Jefferson Street. Mrs C W McLaughlin at 308 West Main. Mrs Amelia Kuhn, 310 BE Van Buren. Isador Deutsch of East Pleasant Plain. and Mrs Merlin Gibson of Harper.
Richard A Stewart and Dr George Kerr will leave this evening for Monmouth Illinois to attend the installation of an Alpha Tau Omega chapter at Monmouth College. Dr Kerr will preach at a special Sunday morning service at the Second United Presbyterian Church. Mrs Myron Salladay Donald Saforek and Edward Prebyl Jr spent Monday in the tri cities visiting Mrs Salladays sister Mrs Earl Schnoebelen and family in Rock Island.
Reads like a community column noting Rothschilds Spring Clearance Sale and various local social updates. Mentions Mrs. Carol Warford and Leanne visiting Newton, Festival of Music at Cornell College with Eugene Istomin and Jacues Jolas, and locals seen in Mt Vernon and Kirksville with a few house moves and social visits.
Eugene Nordyke dies earlier in the week in Pembine Wisconsin. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Hoskins funeral home in Brigh ton. Mrs W P Booth returns home from a winter in California visiting her son and daughter in law Elwyn Booth Encinitas and other relatives.
Don Pyke advertising director for the Graham Paper company in St. Louis writes a book titled St. Louis Means Business. The volume, illustrated, covers the city history under three nations, local commerce, resources, and notable area firms. The Associated Printers and Lithographers of St. Louis Inc. awarded Pyke a commemorative plaque for his contribution.
Mrs Willis Booth attends university life in San Diego. Mrs Keith Adams of Wellman returns from Long Beach Calif after her mother Mrs George Wilson’s illness improves. Mrs Adams visited in Washington with Mrs Carl Crossett. Ida Cavender opens her summer home after wintering in Deming New Mexico and Tucsor Ariz. Mrs Pearl Whistler will stay with Miss Cavender. Mrs L R Dalton leaves for Rochester Minn for several days.
The state board of education will hear objections from Ames residents to Iowa State College housing a 1384 apartment unit. The board may receive bids Tuesday. School authorities say enrollment will reach 11 000 next fall, up from 1523 this year, prompting the addition. Some 300 property owners argue enrollment is temporary and a non taxable complex harms private enterprise and city upkeep.
Des Moines May 2 A new board of control bill would boost funding and require a director for mental institutions and corrective institutions a child welfare specialist and a director of state industries. Herbert Hauge says the measure will aid the board but notes $10 000 a year specialists cannot be hired overnight. The board will send Hauge and P F Hopkins to New York May 11 to recruit at the American Psychiatric association meeting. They aim to hire a qualified director to oversee mental hospitals and improve conditions to keep Iowa competitive in mental care and the five years of experience requirement for the director is spelled out.
Des Moines reports the prices received by Iowa farmers remained near peak levels in May while March to May comparisons show declines in some sectors. The overall index stood at 898 points, the third highest on record, with hog and beef prices mixed and egg, corn, and dairy ratios shifting. Beef, egg, and chicken prices varied as corn and feed costs influenced margins.
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