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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1948
Page
3
A devotional selection gathers Psalms 84 and 98 alongside Ezra 3 passages and Ezekiel and Zechariah verses. The readings explore temple renewal, divine presence, and praise, inviting reflection on God’s guidance and future restoration.
This devotional essay stresses the temple as a national sanctuary and argues public worship shapes public opinion. It cites Ezra 3 10 13 Psalms 190 2 and Psalms 95 6 to show how regular churchgoing fosters trustworthy leadership, prosperity, and community harmony. It notes boys and girls contribute gifts to build houses of worship and asserts neglect of worship harms spiritual growth and national welfare.
Farmyard rats live in burrows by barns and buildings. Dusting a burrow with calcium cyanide kills the entire rat family. Poison placed along a rat run is claimed to dispose of others.
Sunday Bible school at 9:45 with worship at 10:45 and union evening service at the Methodist church. Special music features preludes and anthems by Colburn, Mendelssohn, Bizet, and more with Rev. C. S. Williams of Iowa city as guest. No evening young peoples service this Sunday.
Sunday sermon theme is What Of The Holy Trinity from Matthew 3 13 17. The notice invites all locals without a church home to attend services and Vacation Bible School June 7 to June 11 from 9 am to 4 pm with kindergarten through grade 6 classes each day. Pastor J H Beiderwieden invites worshippers to 409 East Main and phone 247 for announcements.
Immanuel Lutheran Wisconsin Synod advertises Sunday school at 9 30 a m and divine service at 3 00 p m Pastor L M Bleichwehl will deliver his farewell sermon during the service Come and worship with Pastor Bleichwehl.
St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church in Washington holds Sunday school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 a m with a sermon titled How To Be Happy delivered by guest preacher Dr Marcus Bach. A baccalaureate service is scheduled at 3 p m in the Methodist church. Milo J Phillips is the pastor.
Calvary Baptist invites the community to attend Bible school for all ages at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship at 10:45 a.m. A Sunday evening gospel service is at 7:30 p.m. Prayer and praise are offered on Wednesday. Paul H. White is the pastor.
Morning worship at 9 45 am features organ prelude and music including The Choir In visible and a Marilyn Caldwell solo. Evening baccalaureate services at 1945 include a sermon on Christ's Unwritten Miracles and the anthem Send Out Thy Light and Thy Truth.
May 23 1948 lesson sermon titled Soul and Body uses Bible and Science and Health selections. Scripture cites Mark 1 23-26 about an unclean spirit and Jesus. Text recalls Jesus Nine teen centuries ago demonstrated Spirit power and true worship.
The Methodist Church announces a 9 45 a m school session with morning worship at 7 45 p m led by Dr Miller on the theme Two Great Imperatives. A high school and junior college Baccalaureate is at 8 00 p m with Rev Basil McBee preaching. Organ preludes and anthems include Andante The Heavens Are Proclaiming, Beethoven organ offertory Meditat on Lehertner solo How Lovely Are Thy Dwelling Places. postlude Marche. Ministers are Kred Eo Miller and Walter A Smith. Organist John L Yousings and Director of Music Elouise R Sorden.
The church holds 10:00 Bible school and 11:00 morning worship with the theme Knowledge. No evening service due to the baccalaureate. Cottage prayer gathering 8:00 Wednesday at Dr W J Masson home. study Kings chapters through 11. Basil G McBee, Pastor.
Morning worship at 9 45 a m with sermon The Church its Origin and Purpose There is no evening service at the tabernacle instead everyone is dismissed to attend the baccalaureate service at the Methodist church Pastor W J Stevens presides at the tabernacle service
The Baptist church outlines weekly services including 9-45 Sunday school 10 45 morning worship 6 30 and youth fellowship 7 30 A baccalaureate is planned at the Methodist Church 7 15 Wednesday Hour of prayer 8 15 and choir rehearsal Morning Anthem Oh What a Friend is Relier Jesus Sermon Secret Sins at Rev Welle A Women s Missionary society meeting Friday focuses on sewing clothes for African children Clyde Brown and Rev Wells to attend the Northern Baptist Convention in Milwaukee May 4 20 Minister Paul Wells Organist Mrs Charles McConnell
The Church of Nazarene announces Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 00. No Sunday evening service to allow attendance at the baccalauarte service. Revival services continue this week and next led by Rev W Lawson Brown a noted singer and speaker. Everyone in Washington and nearby is welcome. Services start promptly each evening at 7 45 with Pastor C F Gieselman.
Morning worship at 9 39 a m Sunday school at 10 30 a m with pastor Milo J Phillips delivering the sermon. The message urges believers to wake up sing up preach up pray up pay up stay up and build up the cause of Christ in the church and community.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. on Our Need Of Public Worship. Public worship at 11 a.m. Sermon at Aldersgate. Choir to sing Heavenly Light under Mrs. Larry Trotte. Memorial organ performance by Mrs. Charles W. Rademaker.
Sabbath Mood by Stabile and Softly Now The Light Of Day by Gottschalk plus Marcia by Reinhard appear on the Junior MYF program at 6:30 pm with Mrs William Roberts sponsoring. WSCS meets May 27 at 2 pm in church with Circle 1 hosting a silent auction and worship and program leaders named. Choir practice scheduled Thursday at 8 pm.
Sunday school starts at 10:00 led by Kenneth Cuddeback with Esther Ellen Bauer at the piano. Morning worship at 11:00 with Mrs. Edgar Stewart as chorister and Mary Ann Bauer on piano. sermon titled What do ye more than others. Evening services move to the Methodist Church with Worth Fellowship at 6:20 and worship at 7:30. Pastor R Vernon Pike delivers theme All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Sabbath school led by Peggy McDowell with John McDowell as superintendent. Worship at 11 a.m. with sermon Hard work and 7:30 p.m. evening service. Youth fellowship at 6:30 p.m. Ministers Hiram Phillips and Floyd A. Smith note prayers for war-devastated lands and urge gifts. Additional Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and morning worship at 11:90 a.m. at New Haven Grace Hill services led by Max Waterhouse and Arthur Gorsh.
Community notices list church and fraternal group meetings for the week. Loyal Women class of Baptist church hosts guest day at 2:00 p m. West Chester W C T A L holds 2:00 p m gathering. U P church Junior Missionary society meets 2:00 p m Saturday. Ames chapter DeMolay 7:30 p m at Masonic Temple. Handcraft Ill 6:00 p m potluck, bring dish and own service. Y W room guest speakers. Pythian Sisters 6:50 p m supper with families. VFW Post and Auxiliary picnic 6:30 p m at Sunset Park. Damascus Shrine No 10 WS regular meeting 2:30 p m at Masonic Temple. May Day tea at YW room. West Chester Pythian Sisters at Hall 1:00 p m.
Crawfordsville churches announce Sunday school at 10:00, morning worship at 11:00, youth groups at 11:00, and an 8:00 union service led by Pastor Clifford Ott. Special music and sermons center on Resurrection Hope with a World-Wide Charter Wednesday at 8:00. Vacation Bible School starts May 23 at 8:30 A.M. in the Methodist Church with classes for all ages. Daniel Knox Ford serves as minister.
Fortnightly IV met at 6 30 p m at Mrs James Birneys for a potluck supper with 22 members present. A May general meeting was announced. Mrs Marion McAvoy stepped down as leader. Mrs Wendell Baker will lead next year. Handcraft fair featured painted bibs headscarves lace cloths and a knitted short coat.
Mrs. Boyd Berdo and Mrs. Alex Lytle hosted the regular P.E.O. meeting at the former’s home. Dade Shearer presented a delightful poetry program. Refreshments were served from a garden rose decorated table at the close.
The Small Fry group picnic scheduled for Saturday under Mrs. Charles Wilson is cancelled. No meeting will be held as Mrs. Wilson attends the funeral of Mrs. Mary Beggs and cannot accompany the girls.
The passage asserts stateless Arab units lack organized governments or civilized institutions. It claims Yemen and Saudi Arabia have no schools or hospitals and describe widespread slavery with women denied rights, describing these societies as primitive and governed by absolute rulers or sheikhs.
The article notes that the average new car has 25 lamp sockets, mirroring the number found in most homes, highlighting the trend toward increased lighting in modern vehicles.
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