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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1939
Page
5
Easter will be celebrated with sunrise services starting as early as 6 a.m. at multiple churches in Winchester. Easter communion and special music are planned with a printed service directory listing the schedule. The Evangelical Reformed and First Baptist Church announce morning and evening services, Sunday School, and youth programs.
The Brethren Church on Berryville Ave lists services led by Pastor Norman H. Uphouse. Morning worship at 9:30, Bible school at 10:30, Christian Endeavor at 6:45, evening worship at 7:30 with sermons The Power of the eerie and The Cry of Victory. Monday School of the Bible at 7:30. Quarterly business meeting, prayer meeting midweek. Annual missionary offering on Easter Sunday.
The United Brethren church lists Sunday School at 9 45, morning worship at 11 with Rev. D T Gregory from Dayton Ohio, and evening sermon by Dr Gregory. Missionary Society meets Tuesday at 7 30 with Mrs J W Headley. Winchester District Conference set for April 12 and 13 in Hedgesville West Virginia.
South Wind Methodist Church led by Pastor Balthis schedules church school at 10 a.m. with George Haines as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 features a sermon If a Man Die Shall He Live Again by the pastor. Evening worship at 7 30 p.m. features a presentation The Better Part by the young people. No Prayer Meeting Wednesday due to District Conference this week.
The notice lists Herman Womeldorf Astor as speaker for evening worship Sermon to be given. Sunday School and Bible Classes at 3 pm Young People sessions at 6 45 and 7 30 pm Evening worship with sermon and Thursday 7 30 pm Prayer Service.
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church led by Rev Ron A S Wilson offers Sunday School and Bible classes at 9 30 a m with Stewart Bell Jr superintendent Morning Worship at 11 a m featuring a sermon If Christ Be not Risen At 5 p m Easter vesper music by Chanters and 6 30 p m Young People group The church holds a Wednesday 7 30 prayer service
Morning worship at 9 45 a m and 11 a m with an Easter message and member reception. Evening worship at 7 30 p m presents Palm Sunday to Easter and master painting slides. Choirs perform pieces by Stainer Hopkins and Robertson. Church Family Party set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m with Lenten offering boxes returned.
Early morning Easter services at Rest Church begin 5:00 a m with Paynes church uniting. A pageant by Gerrardstown M E Church South titled The Risen Lord features sunrise worship. Church school times are 10:00 with worship at 11:00 Paynes and Gerrardstown also hold evening services and a Young Peoples devotional at 8:00 p m.
The church announces an Easter program with an early dawn service at 6 am titled The Rent Veil. Sunday School at 9 45 features Easter Story In Prose And Song. Divine Worship at 11 o clock titled Easter Joy. Prayer Meeting is at 8 pm Wednesday.
Holy Communion at 8:00 a m and 11:00 a m with Rev R B Nelson as pastor. Sunday school at 9 45. Easter Celebration of the Sunday School at 4 00 p m. Topic for the day The Power of the Resurrection.
Cedar Cliff Presbyterian led by Julian T Owen announces church school at 9 30 a m and evening worship at 7 30 p m Friday Young People of the Church at 7 30 p m Cedar Creek church school at 2 p m worship at 2 45 p m Mount Hope church school at 11 a m Nineveh church school at 10 30 a m morning worship at 11 a m sermon subject The Inevitableness of Easter.
Grace Lutheran Church on W Boscawen Street lists a sunrise service at 6 30 a m in the cemetery and morning worship with Holy Communion at 11 a m with a sermon Jesus in the Garden The Easter Program for Sunday School at 7 30 p m features a sermon Jesus on the Open Road A Women's Missionary Society meeting is set for Wednesday April 12 at 3 p m in the Men’s Bible Class room with a request to bring the Thankoffering A regular prayer service is held Wednesday at 7 30 p m
Reverend J S Shade pastorates describe weekly program with Sunday School at 9 30 a m worship and sermon at 11 a m Young People at 6 30 p m song service at 7 30 p m worship and sermon at 8 p m prayer meeting on Thursday at 7 30 p m.
Howard M. Amoss will preach at Gerrardstown Pitzers Chapel and the other four churches of the Bunker Hill Methodist Episcopal Circuit noon times listed. He will deliver an Easter message across Gerrardstown Pitzers Chapel White Hall Little Mountain Darkesville and Bunker Hill circuit churches.
Charles Hume Funk pastor leads Sunday School at 9 45 Sunrise Service 5 45 Morning Worship 11 with sermon Out of the Shadow Junior Young and Senior Endeavor Societies meet 6 30 Evening Service 7 30 Prayer Service Wednesday 7 45 topic The Compulsion of Love Leader L L Hockman.
Motor trucks travel to rural German towns without cinemas carrying full projection outfits. They showcase current films to residents in the most isolated villages.
Local brief from Grimes Virginia notes Easter services at Galilee Church with special programs and baptism of babies. Other items mention preaching, choir singing by W A Everly, and visits from John Cornwell and Wesley Hammack. Community updates include cemetery association meeting, egg/poultry losses from chicken thieves, home painting by Miss McIntorff, new wire fencing by Howard Owing, and spring farming activity.
Middletown Va April 8 Fred Manuel and a party from near Washington with his daughter and Winchester family visited the area to spend the weekend with Davis Manuel and relatives. Mrs Boyd McDonald and her young son Dickey are on the sick list this week. Rev J T Brown started revival services at Grace M E Church with nightly preaching at 730 by Rev Homer Welch of Ste.
Special Easter program by the Sunday School at 10 30 a m 11 45 a m sermon He Is Risen As He Said Baptismal service at 3 p m Young Peoples meeting at 7 p m Special services at 8 30 p m Young People's choir to sing Easter music Egg hunting social by the Sunday School Monday night
John Mann M E Church schedule lists Sunday School at 10 a m Morning Worship at 11 a m with The First Easter theme Epworth League at 7 p m Evening Worship at 8 p m The Story of Salvation Prayer meeting at 8 45 p m and Wednesday Official Board meeting.
Miss Cathleen Haymaker and Roy Ferguson visited near Natural Bridge. Several residents traveled to Charlottesville, Washington, and Brucetown for weekends, with multiple hospitality mentions and relocations among local families.
Rev W D Sheetz conducts a revival at the Methodist Church this week. George Wilson of Bruce town visited his mother, Mrs Lola G Wil son, over the weekend.
Rest Va April 3 music lovers enjoyed a program by the Young Peoples Division of Rest Church with talent from Winchester and nearby areas. Proceeds will buy hymnals. Also upcoming sunrise Easter service at five o'clock with special music and Rev Fielding delivering the message.
Stephens City notes detail a M E Church meeting at Mrs Gervis Lemley with several members listed. Funeral attendance is noted for Mrs Jessie Carbaugh and visits from relatives in Pittsburgh Harrisonburg Towson and Martinsburg. Expressions of sympathy are given to bereaved families Mary Neal Schneck Allen Lovett Jessie Carbaugh and Emma Sampsell.
Cross Roads Virginia items note Thurman Kerns moving into a house at Trone. Mrs W W Hicks and Mrs Woodrow Line spent Monday in Winchester. Mr Landon Amick has moved.
Mrs Esta McKee and children Robert Marie and Evelyn visited Mr and Mrs R N McKee at their home Sunday afternoon after moving into the house recently built there.
Notice to the public announces case No. 6733 before the State Corporation Commission. Aetna Casualty and Company and other insurers seek approval of revised motor vehicle rates and rules with broad reductions in many sectors and specific cuts for coal dealers, moving vans, school buses, and emergency vehicles. A hearing is set for April 11, 1939, at 11:00 a.m. in Richmond, with extensive data and participation open.
Radio highlights detail sunrise services and Easter broadcasts for Pius XII’s benediction across WEAP WEAF WABC WJZ and MBS networks. Listings include Temple University stadium Grand Canyon Hollywood Bowl and other venues with times from 5 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. plus specials like Easter Pageants and Opera and concert programs.
A historian notes that the core idea of lie detection dates back over a thousand years as the mind state could be inferred from heart rate and blood pressure. The concept, echoed by the Christian Science Monitor, links physiological signals to truthfulness.
American Chemical Society notes banana sugar climbs from under 2 percent in green fruit to about 20 percent when fully ripe, indicating significant sweetness development during maturation.
An advertisement touts RIS as a thirty day trial treatment for kidney health. It claims active kidneys improve happiness and urges not to substitute with other products. Sold by leading druggists with price ranges 25 to 100 cents. Baker's Drug Store in Winchester Virginia promotes the item.
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