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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1967
Page
5
A scanned list details multiple area churches with service times Sundays and midweek activities. Pastors named include W J Stevens Fred E Bickhart S Ray Blair Dan Salisbury T J Lew William Stratman G M Fillman William J Yunk Clarence W Dehne M O Smith Warren McFate Oliver J Parish Vernon Elgin Vernon Roth David R Hess Arthur Peters Robert Rushing Gordon Packard and others.
A dense listing of church schedules names pastors and service times across multiple denominations including St Marys Catholic Trinity Methodist Asbury Methodist and several others with detailed Sunday worship times school sessions youth programs and midweek activities. The notice compiles pastors such as W F Boeckmann Robert M Parris William J Yunk Dale E Brehmer Gordon Packard E Abelmann Walter Neufeld Axel Gummeson and others with service times ranging from early morning Masses to evening worship and Bible study. Vacation Bible school dates are noted May 29 to June 9.
Mrs. Oran Birkey chairs Lime Creek Township Crusade reporting $203 raised for Cancer Crusade. List of local crusaders and visitors includes Mrs. William Wagamon Mrs. John Cannot Mrs. Marion Blum Mrs. Faye Rowe Mrs. Howard Bohr Miss Letha Ashby Mrs. Carl Anderson and many others. Several local residents visited family members in Perry Ottumwa Iowa City and Keota Nursing Home with hospital and church events noted.
A compact directory page lists businesses including The Farmers Store R C Wead with phone 653-2307 Grain Elevator Murphy Feeds Fern Pastry Shop Owen Fresh Bakery Products phone 653-4112 Les Gilmore General Insurance The National Bank of Washington member of F D C Washington Laundry Lloyd Miller Owner Washington State Bank member of FDIC Wolf's Flowers service since 1914.
A weekly Life anu CF can devotional recalls visiting Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago. The writer highlights the mission’s organization and sole purpose to aid the spiritually and materially needy, urging the Church to act with compassion toward those harmed by poverty and addiction. He reflects on Billy Sunday and Mel Trotter inspiring recovery stories born from mission doors.
An Evening Journal issue from Washington Iowa dated Friday May 19 1967 presents a local newspaper card with notations on events, notices, and community items. The readable text reflects a standard era edition featuring civic notes, brief items, and possible sports or obituaries.
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