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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1931
Page
3
The church announces Sunday services at 11 o clock with the theme Man and a morning and evening program. Music includes morning preludes and responses, solos, and offertories led by director Mrs Henry Shields and minister Dr F W Eastwood.
Sabbath school at ten o clock morning service at eleven and seven thirty p m by Rev BE M Elsey from Cincinnati Ohio all are cordially invited to attend the church event and hear the sermon from the visiting preacher.
The Missouri Synod congregation schedules worship at Sherman’s funeral home near the courthouse next Sunday. A 10:30 a.m. service precedes a trip to Lockridge for the Four Corners mission festival with a 2:00 p.m. sermon by the Trinity pastor. The morning sermon explores the bread problem from Mark 8:1-9, followed by Church Etiquette at 1:00 p.m. and Salvation at 7:30 p.m. The day includes Bible school at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. for a full family schedule.
Bible school 9:45 a.m. worship 11 a.m. sermon Religion and Labor. Evening service 7:30 p.m. with sermon Truman Coins. Epworth League 6:30 p.m. first lesson from The Meaning of Service by Fosdick led by Gale Henke. Special music includes Dethier and Shand pieces plus organ postludes. Worship led by Arthur W. Henke and Mary Hunter at the organ.
Program fragment lists Harker solo and Miss Irene DeLong anthem Hear Us O Saviour. It mentions Pastor D Chalmers Fulton and music director Carolyn Hamilton with organist Helen Harvey, detailing postlude In PeSa? and other worship pieces.
The pastor delivers a message titled The Family Altar and the Altered Family at 3:00 p m. Members and friends of the church are invited to attend this hour of worship and fellowship.
Rev. Lefever will preach at 9 45 a m Sunday School to follow. The note outlines the morning schedule for worship and Sunday School.
A morning preaching service at 10:00 a.m. followed by an 11:00 a.m. address by Rev. Lefever. In the evening at 7:00 p.m. the Christian Endeavor fellowship meets, and at 8:00 p.m. H. W. Gordon presents a compelling talk titled Youth's Greatest Weakness Following the Crowd.
Sunday school at 9 a m preaching at 11 a m with the topic What Will You Do With Jesus. Miss Velma Booth sails this month for China and will preach in the evening. A farewell reception for Miss Booth is Friday night September 11 at the church. L H Anderson, pastor.
Morning service at 9 45 led by pastor with a sermon and Sunday school at 10 45. Washington Baptist association events are scheduled in Kalona on Sept. 4.
Sunday school at two in the afternoon and morning service at 11 with 1190 in the text. Rev. Lefever to deliver a message. Christian Endeavor at 7:04 followed by an evening service at 7:15 with Rev. Gordon giving the message.
Thirty five women and a few men spent a day at Mrs. Marion Neal's house before her move to Corning Iowa. Oma Strain shared Black Hills travel recollections and forest ranger tales while Oma’s two friends and Mrs. Porter added anecdotes. Robert Shaffer photographed the crowd.
New Haven opened August 31 with Miss Nellie Wiles as teacher and eighteen pupils. The report notes three new beginners and several visits among local families including Mr. and Mrs. Carl Herring and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sheets. Walter Sheets and others traveled from Ohio to visit relatives and friends in New Haven. Delia Neal plans to attend the National Spanish War Encampment in New Orleans September 6 to 10. Grandma Nethergall, aged ninety, remains ill at her daughter’s home.
Nellie Manners reports from Crawfordsville that the Wednesday Study club met after summer, with host Mrs Alice Davidson and two guests. Mrs Mabel Monson gave a thorough paper detailing Iowa schools, literacy leadership, historical advances, and special institutions for the blind deaf and defective minded. Luncheon was served by the hostess and daughter Margaret Davidson. In other notes, locals travel to Davenport and Blandinsville for visits and church events are listed with times, leaders, and topics for Methodist and United Presbyterian services.
The Towa Highway Commission will receive bids on Sept 15 for two state highway projects. One is paving a half mile at the Towa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs, the other is gravel surfacing 13.75 miles of Primary Road 35 southwest from Mapleton in Monona County.
Des Moines report on a state committee studying ways to reduce public expenditures outlines proposed cost-saving measures. The effort focuses on budget efficiency and potential program consolidations to trim expenses without harming essential services.
County subcommittees reconvened amid ongoing meetings as local groups prepared to submit additional suggestions. The session focused on refining proposals and coordinating next steps for community input.
Yesterday the state body advanced seven suggestions to reduce governmental expenses. Proposals include halving the number of Iowa counties and repealing the five day marriage notice law.
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