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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1934

Page

2

Methodist Church to Welcome Dr Bovard for August 12 Service

The Rev. William S Bovard of the Methodist Episcopal Board of Education will preach at 11 o clock Sunday August 12. His theme is The Kingdom is Coming with organ preludes and offertory solos by Marie Briel and Ruth Braun.

William S. Bovard Board of Education The Methodist Episcopal Church Dr. Bovard Largo Handel Vienne Marie Briel MacDermid Ruth Braun

English Lutheran Seventeenth Street Worship Service Notice

The Rev. David R. Kabele leads Sunday services with an early service for convenience and a second service. Sunday school continues the life of Christ pictures. The Woman's Society meets August 16 at 2 PM at Mrs. William Stants. Vesper hour airs on WENR next Sunday. Dr. Paul Scherer of Trinity Lutheran New York will speak.

Greenleaf David R. Kabele of Christ The Woman’s Society William Stants WENR Paul Scherer Trinity Lutheran Church of New York City

Anniversary sermon at First Presbyterian Grand Haven church

The First Presbyterian on Ninth Street hosts worship at 11 a.m with Rev Willis Townsend of Roseland Presbyterian preaching Masters or Mastered. Bible school at 9:30 a.m. Music includes Mendelssohn and Mozart pieces with Miss Erma Rounds on piano. Anniversary sermon marks Grand Haven’s 100th anniversary. pastor served 1914 1919.

Willis B. Townsend Roseland Presbyterian Church

St Augustine’s Rector Preaches at 11 A M Service

Rev Hubert Carleton rector of St Augustine’s will lead Holy Communion at 8 a m and morning prayer with sermon at 11 a m on the eleventh Sunday after Trinity. He will preach at the 11 o’clock service.

St. Augustine’s Hubert Carleton

First Congregational Holds August Services at 11

Rev. John G Hindley serves as minister for August with Sunday services at 11 in the First Baptist church. The sermon for the Sunday ahead stems from trips to the Chicago Art Institute. Hindley is available for pastoral needs and, weather permitting, golf. Mrs Stephenson oversees beginners and primary children during worship. The church office is on vacation.

First Baptist Church Hindley Chicago Art Institute United Services

Ministers Speak on Art Institute Impressions Sunday

The Rev John G Hindley of First Congregational and Dr George D Allison of Wilmette Baptist will address the 11 o clock union service about Impressions of the Art Institute. Miss Emily Roberts presides at the organ with selections by Widor and Dunham, and Miss Grace Parmele sings A Voice in the Wilderness. An Adult class pig roast is set for Saturday at 5 pm in the forest preserve on Harms Road.

John G. Hindley First Congregational Church Art Institute Emily Roberts Widor Arthur Dunham Grace Parmele Scott Harms Road

St John Lutheran Wilmette Service Details and Community Notices

St John Lutheran Wilmette on Park avenues lists services at 9 15 a m 9 30 a m Sunday school and Bible classes with a 1 00 p m second service. In the pastor’s absence Paul Frillman conducts services during the Sunday school hour as the third in a six lecture series Opening Events in Christ’s Ministry. Pastor returns Monday after a two week vacation. Local residents share recent travels and activities including Kenilworth and Oak Park area trips and a camp counselor stint in Michigan.

Christ

Seven Amiens Panels Highlight 15th Century Altarpiece At Fair

In Gallery 46 of the World’s Fair display at the Art Institute a set of seven panels from a largely destroyed Amiens altarpiece survive with pristine condition. The subjects include Madonna and Child Saint John the Baptist The Last Supper The Ascension Descent of the Holy Ghost Saint Honore and St Hugh Bishop of Lincoln. The works reveal rich reds lively blues and generous use of gold reflecting late medieval religious craft.

Art Institute Titian St. Honore Thuison Abbeville

Kenilworth Residents Headed for Visits and Vacations

Lists multiple local households planning trips and visits. Mr and Mrs Clayton Burch depart for Mercer Wisconsin to visit H G Petersen and J A Petersen for a weekend and then two weeks total with daughter Barbara joining. Wilcox Hodgkins returns from Ma Ka Ja Wan camp and several relatives travel or relocate within the area. Mrs Roy Krummer rents a Kenilworth home from Dilks, with Dilks heading to Chicago. Others plan trips to San Diego and Daytona Beach while a bridge luncheon is hosted.

Clayton Burch Abingdon Avenue Kenilworth Mercer Wis H. G J. A. Petersens Petersens Twin Point Burches Michigan Barbara Petersons Wilcox Howard Hodgkins Abbotsford Road Ma-Ka- Ja-Wan Hodgkins Thomas R. Godey William Bell Washington, D. C Roy Krummer Chicago Lorenzo Dilks Sheridan Road Mrs. Dilks Daytona Beach Fla

Methodist Youth Conference to Convene in Evanston

North shore participants prepare for the National Council of Methodist Youth in Evanston from August 30 to September 2. Organized by Epworth League and Young People's Work, the event brings church college delegates and Wesley Foundations from many universities. Theme Working With God for a New World, with panel discussions and small group sessions on social and economic issues and youth programs for the denomination.

North Shore National Council of Methodist Youth Evanston Department of Epworth League Young People’s Board of Education The Methodist Episcopal Church Blaine E. Kirkpatrick Chicago Wesley

Russian Imperial Icons exhibit at A Century of Progress fair

Objects loaned through Dr. Armand Hammer of New York display a 17th century Our Lady of Vladimir icon from old Russian church history. The lamp before the icon carries 1778 initials and St George slaying the dragon, and the imperial gold brocade highlights imperial chapel craftsmanship. The pieces, shown in the Hammer collection at Marshall Field and Company, epitomize early Russian art under imperial rule.

Russia Armand Hammer New York Old Russia Upsenski Sober Nicholas II Alexander Palace Hammer Marshall Field and Company

Local residents plan extended visits this month

Bobby Cutler of 207 Woodstock Avenue left Sunday for a two week visit with David Roberts at his parents summer home on Cedar River Michigan. Gordon Cutler left Thursday for a three week trip to Bristol Virginia with Hinsdale friends.

Bobby Cutler Woodstock Avenue David Roberts Cedar River Mich Gordon Cutler Bristol Hinsdale

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