Special Worship and Church Events Across Several Congregations
Sunday services highlight Rev. T. R. Niven at First Presbyterian with a morning sermon Thoughtful Stillness and a Mendelssohn tribute by a women’s trio The evening sermon topics include Paganizing Influences and Redeeming the Time Across churches selections include choral numbers solos and baptisms New members welcomed at Walnut Street Baptist and First Evangelical Founders’ Day lamp dedication honors Rev Joseph Harlacher specifics span multiple congregations with varied sermons and musical offerings
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T. R. Niven
First Presbyterian Church
Mendelssong
Elijah
Verdi
Martha McCormick
Norma Gaiser
Garden of Prayer
Fillmore
Elgar
First Evangelical
Ladies’ Aid Society
Joseph Harlacher
Iowa
Vv. A. @ellhoefer
GC. F. Allstadt
Board of Trustees
Keyser
Walnut Street Baptist
Warren L. Steeves
Steeves
Noise of Urban Life Drowns Out Inward Voice of God
Rev John Walter Houck laments urban noise as a major demon of life at Pilgrim Congregational Church in New York May 4. He argues the busy clatter locks minds and dulls the sense of silence, urging religion to help quiet the mental alarms to hear the God within.
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New York
John Walter Houck
Pilmim Congregational
Going Home At Last To Loved Ones
A speaker expresses homesickness and longing for family, familiar rooms, and simple daily tasks. After wandering far, the narrator cherishes the thought of reuniting with true friends and the familiar street, elm tree, and garden of home. The journey ends with plans to reunite with loved ones.
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Tony
Tye
Hoover praised for position on grime problem
New York on May 4 the Associated Press luncheon speech by President Hoover drew praise from pastors who urged stronger respect for law. Rev A E Keigwin and Rev H E Cobb called the address a moral example and a boost to democratic duty urging citizens to align law with religious morality and civic courage.
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New York
Hoover
Associated Press
A. Edwin Kelgkin
West End Presbyterian Church
Henry Everton Cobb
West End
Dr. Keigwin
Duemma
Llodnay
Myr. Hoover
Kelewin
Wind
Paul
Tarsus
Mr. Hoover
Mgr. Hoover
Methodist Men Gather for District Meetings and Cappelli Concert
Methodist men from the Waterloo district will meet at Grace M. E. church Monday for spiritual retreats, educational sessions, and a mass meeting. Signor Maria Cappelli, Italian tenor, will sing in the afternoon and evening, with addresses by Ralph A. Ward Merle N. English Bert Edward Smith and Lorenzo H. King. A separate women’s meeting will be held at First M. E. church with a King address and Cappelli concert.
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Waterloo
Grace M. E. Church
Rev. F. ©. Witzigman
Cedar Falls
Signor Maria Gappelli
Ralph A. Ward
Merle N. English
Bert Edward Smith
Lorenzo H. King
Met
M. E., Church
Mr. King
Signor Cappel
Mock Trial at Cedar Heights Church Promises Debate
The Anti-Saloon League will stage a mock trial titled Who Killed Earl Wright at Corday Heights Community Presbyterian Church this Sunday at 8 o clock. More than 20 participants join in the event. Earlier, Pastor Dr J A Laurie will discuss Is Life Worth Living at morning worship and children will present The Why of the Dead Sra.
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Anti-Saloon League
Earl Wright
Corday Heights Community Presbyterian Church
J. A. Laurie
Miss Clephane A Scottish Hymnist and Storyteller
Miss Clephane born in Edinburgh in 1830 showed early talent for poetry and storytelling. At 15 she shared works with her sister, later publishing hymns in The Family Treasury. her best known hymn The Ninety and Nine appeared in 1872. She died near Melrose 39 years later.
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Edinburgh
Miss Clephane
Toa
Fife
Ater
Melrose
Grinnell Churches Hear Wide Range of Sermons
Grinnell area churches outline morning sermons and evening services for Sunday. Dr. Royal J. Montgomery preaches on Living Definitions at First Congregational. choirs and solos featured. First Baptist and Central Christian announce morning topics and evening music. Other churches list sermon themes, anthems, and special numbers for the day.
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Royal J. Montgomery
Grinnell
First Congregational Church
King of Love
Shelley
Fred McClain
West High School Friendship Club
All Bus Lines Resume Normal Operation
All motor bus lines originating at and operating through Waterloo were in normal operation again today after weeks of disruption due to unsettled highway conditions. Routes included W C F N to Mason City Independence and Cedar Falls, Red Ball to Mason City, Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern to Des Moines, Illinois Central to Dubuque, and Greyhound to Chicago.
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Waterloo
Mason City
Independence
Cedar Falls
Red Ball Transportation Company
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern
Des Maiis
Uwlinois Central
Dubuque
Greyhound Lines
Chicago
New Licensed Embalmer Joins Kearns Funeral Home
Marion Alcorn, formerly of Vinton, is now associated with Kearns Funeral Home as a licensed embalmer. W. P. Kearns announced the appointment, noting Alcorn trained with Kearns three years ago, completed studies at Worsham College in Chicago, and recently worked with Boetcher Furniture & Undertaking Co. in Vinton. He was born in Vinton.
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Marion Alcorn
Vinton
Kearns
W. P. Kearns
Alcorn
Worsham College of Embalming
Chicago
Boetcher Furnulture & Undertaking Co
Degrading the Ideal to the Actual Morality Talk
Rev. Henry Howard at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian in New York warned that men today degrade the ideal to the actual and fail to lift the actual to the ideal. He cited the lingering shock of World War I and widespread nervous tremors causing moral compromise, urging return to fixed standards of truth righteousness and honor.
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New York
Henry Howard
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Man and God in Yale talk on human worth and destiny
At Yale Battell chapel Prof. William Lyon Phelps argued that individuals should be measured by qualitative, not quantitative means. He contrasted human creative power with animals, urged belief in a divine destiny, and said religion unites man with God and elevates mind and soul.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Battell Chapel
William Lyon Phelps
Wallingford
Greenland
Chittenden Rites at Waverly Monday
Last services for D. A. Chittenden, who died after years of illness from a stroke, will be held at the family home on South Harmon Street at 2 p.m. Monday. He was 75 and survived by his widow, two daughters Phoebe and Elsie, and his brother Ben. Rev. C Bacon will officiate. Also note: a South American white rhinoceros is described as endangered in the same item.
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Couier
Waverly
D. A. Chittenden
South Harmon Street
Chittenden
Bremer County
Ben
Phoebe
Ochwelh
Elsie
Rev. C. ©. Bacon
Methodist Episcopal Church
Prayers of Faith Offer Real Comfort at Seminary
New York May 4 Prof James Moffatt at Union Theological Seminary delivers a sermon on Psalm comforts. He says thoughts mean apprehensions and that comfort comes from faith in God through prayer and service to others, not self focus.
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New York
James Moffatt
Union Theological Seminary
Persson
Christianity Emphasizes Life Over Doctrine at Iowa Convention
Rev. W. L. Ewing told delegates at the sixty‑fourth Iowa State Sunday School Association convention that Christianity is life not doctrine and must be a kingdom of personal, social, and economic righteousness. He urged daily religious education and global brotherhood through education as the means to bring the kingdom. The session also awarded Tama County the state flag for meeting association standards.
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W. L. Ewing
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul's
MM. E. Church
Iowa State Sunday School Association
M. BE
God
Mammon
Mr. Ewing
Sts
H. Augustine Smith
Bastan
W. C. Pearse
Los Angeles
World's Sunday School Association
Tama County
Lewa
Iowa Association
International Council of Religious Education
Kansas City
Mahaska
Black Hawk
Polk
Mayice
Towa
Page
Parents Day proposed to replace Mothers Day in New York
National leaders support renaming Mothers Day to Parents Day on the second Sunday in May. Dr Parkes Cadman, Mrs Herman M Biggs, and others argue the change would be more inclusive, emphasize parental education, and recognize both mothers and fathers in child rearing.
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New York
Parkes Cadman
George J. Hecht
Children
Parents’ Magazine
Herman M. Biggs
National Federation of Day Nurseries
Kiecht
New York City
Hecht
Births Reported Inarea Families Many April Babies Named
A batch of birth notices lists parents from St Francis hospital and various addresses announcing new daughters and sons in April. Names include Dorothy Ruth Betty Jean Mary Loretta Carol Darlene and Harry Roy along with several others. Families span Waterloo center port La Porte City and surrounding locales with dates from April 1 to April 46.
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Willam
Lb. Stewart
St. Francis Hospital
aApril
Dorothy Ruth
Henry Wiese
Linden
Henry
Theodore Weekley
Orange Township
San
Lee Russell
Foy R. Cobb
Pifth West
Mary
Loretta
James Blore
St. Prande Hospital
Betty Jean
Aveab Brandon
Vance Lang
Denver
Hugh Allison Ellis
Kenilworth
Carol
Charles C. Cluto
Presbyterian Torpilal
Oscen Alvin Glork
Presbyterian Hospital
la Porte City
Cyril Hart
Iowa
Wendell Augustus Penter
Fourthwest
Daugher
Garl Frederick Caristen
Sen
Falls
Russell Gardner
Waterloo
Roger Wayne
Raymond Cole
Darlene Pie
fHvo
Center Port
Mulberry
Harry Roy
Lester W. Miller
Elm
Delva Mae
Merritt D. Lipps
Gilly West
Virginia May
Correction on playground commission cash balance figures
The Courier corrected an error in reporting the playground commission balance. The March 31 figures were misstated. this year’s balance stood at 220.41 dollars versus 166.30 dollars the previous year.
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Playground Commission
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