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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1920
Page
6
The notice lists Sunday school at 9.230, morning worship at 10:66, BR. Y. P. U. at 6:30, evening service at 7:36, and prayer on Wednesday at 7:30. The pastor M. R. Regan invites all to worship next Sunday with good music by the choir and orchestra.
Sunday school at 2 o clock. After Sunday school there will be four praise services. If you love the Lord come and tell us about it. Help to make the mission spiritual. By so doing we may reach some souls that will never be saved any other way. Our motto is Out and Out for Jesus. Everyone welcome.
Sunday school at 9 30 a m with Misia by children's choir and orchestra. Public worship at 11 with organ preludes and anthems led by Mrs. Arthur Torrey and E L Ashford. Evening service at 7 30 with Grieg processional and Verdi and Elijah selections. Epworth League service at 6 36 a m. Rev W W Bowers preaching. United Presbyterian Sabbath school at 9 46 a m with 11 o clock preaching and 7 30 o clock service led by Rev Leslie Mountford.
In the pastor’s absence a congregational prayer meeting is planned for 11 00. All are expected to attend. A Bible study is scheduled at 6180.
Presbyterian church schedules for Sunday include Sunday School at 9 45 Worship and sermon at 11 with Grieg postlude and Gounod anthem Praise Ye the Father. Choir and quartet pieces. missionary play Migg Alaska by Juniors at 4 00 with C E program. Evening service at 7 30 features Elgar Radient Morn prelude Wagner march and sermon The Sin of Procrastination by Arthur R. Oates.
First Use Presbyterian plans morning worship at 11:00 o clock and evening service at 7:30 pm with special music. In the minister’s absence at General Assembly, Rev. E F Kimimeishue of Ninth Avenue Monmouth Tilinbis will preach both services. Choir offerings include Like As a Father and The Lord Is in This Place and Great is Jehovah. Rev J M Wishart and Miss Carolyn Hamilton guide the music program with Miss Helen Harvey at the piano.
Reform Presbyterian Church lists Sabbath school at 10:00, public worship at 11:09, and an evening prayer meeting at 7:30 led by W.G. Rado or “45 tart.”
Grace Till Ladies Aids held a ten cent social in the community building with over fifty attendees. North side members led the program, south side served refreshments. Recitations and readings drew applause while children played on the church lawn and posed for photos. Follow up events included Mother's Club at Mrs A. E. Ross’s home, Fleur de Lis club north of town, and several other social gatherings with luncheons and contests noted.
Marion Wells wins second prize to Mrs James O'Loughlin at a club luncheon. A two course meal was served by hostess and sister Merle Crayne. Guests included Mrs Emma Cherry Mrs Pearl Smith and Mrs Frank Wells. Small Weldon Clark celebrated his seventh birthday with games and a pink and white luncheon. Twenty eight guests called at Marguerite McFlhinney nicknamed Cherry at Aunty Craft's home for a birthday party. Mother Goose place cards and seven crystal candlesticks complemented the pink and white party mood.
Miss Leila Anastos comes back to Washington from Minneapolis after two months away for health reasons. She had co managed the Chocolate Shop with her brother John Anastos and made many friends during her stay who are glad to see her return. Little Elizabeth Ragan is recovering well after adenoid operation performed yesterday.
An impressive service drew seventy two attendees with four baptisms after the morning session. Rain disrupted plans for the evening and hindered Ka lona young people from B Y P U visiting. Pastor W D Booth leads Bible school at 11:00 a m with aim to average 160 this summer. cordial invitation from Pastor A Anderson.
St Pauls Evangelical Valley announces Sunday school at 10:00, services at 11:00 with no evening services. Pastor Carl W. Klein.
English services will be held Sunday at 7 15 p m and a single service will be held each Sunday thereafter Pastor Carl W Klein leads the church in this schedule change
Regular meeting of Bethlehem Commandery No 45 Friday evening May 21 with Red Cross work and six candidates. Meeting opens promptly at 7 46. The Junior W W G girls of the Baptist church meet Friday evening at 7 at Leona Hale home. M E choir members urged to attend rehearsal tonight with a special business meeting after.
W R C members are asked to meet in the W R C rooms next Sunday May 23 at 2 00 p m to attend services at Second United Presbyterian Church Rev Leslie Mountford will preach the sermon.
Bev ins Motor Co. uses power from Niagara Falls since 1886 with a 15 percent cost reduction on cable base cords amid ongoing energy projects.
The Iowa State Federation of Labor will hold its next annual convention with Burlington, Davenport and Waterloo receiving invitations. Debates over endorsing a third political party failed, with a substitute resolution endorsing World War Veterans adopted. Speakers argued the move would clash with AFL principles, as Lester Barlow and Charles Hagerty joined the meeting leadership.
Des Moines May 21 Bishop Frank W Warne of India travelled to Des Moines for the quad by working his way across the Atlantic as a common laborer.
The report recounts Bishop Warne’s travel from Mesopotamia to Port Said for the Methodist Episcopal general conference. He arrived about a week late and, after a long sea passage on a freighter, was put to work in the engine room oiling machinery from dawn to night, accepting a job to gain passage to America.
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