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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1940
Page
5
Sunday schedule lists Sunday School 9 45 Morning Worship 11 with The Seeing Heart sermon. Evening Worship 8 features Pro posed Followers topic. Wednesday Prayer 7 45. Also notices First Baptist and Mission services with pastors and times.
The Rev. F Filson leads morning communion at 8 o clock and 9 45 a m service with sermon titled is God Priests to God Prayer for the week asks God to guide the will and affections and keep hearts fixed on true joys in Christ.
The Christian Science Lesson Sermon on April 21 will focus on the Doctrine of Atonement with the Golden Text from Matthew 20 28 about Christ giving his life a ransom. Citations include Deuteronomy 6 4 5 and passages on loving God with all heart soul and might and moving readers toward progress and harmony.
Valley Forge lies about 24 miles west of Philadelphia, as described in the query answer pair.
Grace Lutheran Church on W Boscawen Street lists Rev. Carl A Honeycutt as pastor. Sunday events include 9.45 a.m. Sunday School and Men’s Bible Class, 11 a.m. worship with sermon Christian's Joy, 11 a.m. Children of the Church, 6.30 p.m. Luther League, and 7.30 p.m. Vespers with sermon Need of Self-Control.
The Winchester Presbyterian Church lists services led by Rev. Ronald S. Wilson. Morning worship September 11 at 11 a.m. with a sermon titled The Latch String of Life. Evening worship at 7:30 p.m. Sermon The Liz ard and the King. 6:30 p.m. Young People's Vespers. Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Mid-week Hour of Prayer.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Rev R E Hannon and Rev Michael Molloy as assistant pastor lists Masses at 8 and 10 30 a m on Sunday and daily Mass at 7 30 a m Confessions Sunday at 5 to 6 p m and 7 30 p m Novena devotions Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and Sunday School at 9 a m Also notes St Johns Front Royal service at 8 a m with Sunday School at 9 a m and St Johns Woodstock Va mass at 10 15 a m and Sunday School at 11 a m
The schedule lists Rev Jerman J Yvomeldorf pastor at Higeland Avenue Chapel. Sunday School at 3 00 p m with Elwood Willey as superintendent. Young People’s Vespers at 6 45 p m and preaching at 7 30 p m with a sermon by the pastor. Thursday evening Midweek Hour of worship follows.
Sunday School 9 45 a m Morning worship 11 a m C A Will meet 7 p m Evangelistic service 8 p m Special meeting beginning Monday night April 22 Rev James Van Meter Martinsburg W Va speaker each night
Mrs. Nellie Tumblin and children visited Mrs. Roy Oliver and several villagers attended gatherings around Hardesty and Lu Tray. The Senior Glee Club of W C H S will sing at the National Convention in Richmond. Various visits among the Olivers, Kirbys, Browns, Stickleys and other families were noted with neighbors calling on one another.
In Chambersville Virginia on April 20 Mr Carson Allamong and son David and Mr J S White called on Mr G L Rosier. Mrs C N Braithwaite and Mrs Walter Miller and son visited John Hoover last week. The Bradfields and daughters spent Sunday with relatives at Mt Williams. Mrs Oliver Hamilton of Mt Pleasant visited her son and daughter in law Luther and Mrs Hamilton recently. The Pattersons and their little son spent Sunday with Nathan and Mrs Williams.
Reverend A. McKay leads services at Market Street Methodist Church with 9 45 a m Sunday school overseen by Mr Ravosa. Morning worship at 11 a m features Beloved let Us Love One Another. Epworth League at 6 30 p m, evening service at 7 30 p m. Woman's Service Guild meets Tuesday 8 p m. Devotional Wednesday 7 45 p m.
Mrs J Holt returns to Ken Holt after winter in Lake City Florida where Mr Holt died in a veterans hospital. Elsie Armel and friends visited Washington to see peak cherry blossoms. Local residents and guests from Arlington Norfolk Gordonsville and Washington visit and recoveries noted. several illness updates from Haymaker Porter and Hummer.
Old BeThel notes say Mr. and Mrs. Willey Eaton and children Richard and Ruby of Broadway spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Willey Fries. They also
Morning Worship at 9 30 a m. Bible School led by A C Frye at 10 30 a m. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m. Evening Worship at 7 30 p m with "Gods Law of Biblical Separation." Monday 7 30 School of the Bible. Wednesday 7 30 Prayer Meeting. Communion service Thursday night 7 30.
Rev R J Butt pastor leads Sunday School at 10 am with A F Martin superintendent. Rev J C Kemp of Mount Pleasant will preach at 830 pm.
Rev J Lloyd Garrison leads services with Church School at 10 a.m. and sermon The Prodigal Wife at 11 a.m. Junior choir performs. 8 p.m. features vested senior choir and sermon The Prodigal Son and His Brother.
Church services begin with Bible class at 9 45 morning worship at 11 0 clock The Power to Carry On Inter mediate C E at 6 30 Senior C E at 6 45 Evening Worship at 7 30 The Gift of the Holy Spirit Music chorus at 7 30 Wednesday 3 30 Jr C E 6 45 Young People choir 7 30 Prayer service and Stewardship study 8 30 Senior choir
Rev. S L Flickinger presides at Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church with 9 45 a m church school 11 a m morning worship and sermon and 7 p m young people's meeting for devotions instruction and recreation led by the pastor and church leaders.
Rev. Harry Balthis presides with a full week of activities. Church School at 9:30 a.m. led by George Haines. Morning worship at 11 a.m. titled The god and the Evil. Evening worship at 7:30 p.m. Sermon A Prophet Speaks. Wednesday prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m. Francis Asbury Young Peoples Union meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday School at 10 30 a m 11 50 a m and 8 15 p m preaching services The Keystone State Quartet will render selections at the morning services Prayer meeting Wednesday night
Opequon Group Presbyterian churches announce Rev E McGavock as pastor. Opequon Memorial has Sunday School at 10 am and service at 11 am. Burnt Church Round Hill and Opequon Chapel all hold Sunday School at 10 am. C E meets at 6 45 pm with service at 7 30 pm.
Pastor C Worthington Lowe leads Sunday School and Men's Bible Class at 9 30 Morning Worship at 11 with The Source of Good Gifts Vesper Service at 8 The Holy Spirit in Human Life Senior League at 6 30 at James Hepner Stephenson Va Bible Class meets with Earl Newcome Friday at 8.
On Sunday evening a series of visits occurred among local residents. Mr Wood Baker spent time with Mr and Mrs Lee Bennett. Alice and Ralph Anderson visited Catherine and Charles Jenkins, while Carl Whitacre joined the Carpers. Don Martin and daughters from Winchester visited Laton Fogle along with Richard Boyce. Hilda Miller Vennor Unger and Joseph Pent joined the Ungers, and Arthur Cather Sr with Arthur Cather Jr visited Boyd on the Martinsburg pike.
Budapest reports say Germany is suspected of sending thousands of Germans into southeastern Europe to provoke internal crises and possible putsches. Hungary Yugoslavia and Romania curb foreigners as authorities surveil pro Nazi leanings and raid leaders tied to Berlin.
The M L A reports the highest annual count of lynchings in U S history reached 255 in 1892. This stark statistic reflects the violence of the era and the federal authorities' limited reach over mob justice.
American sources estimate Germany has at least 150000 pilots available for a potential air war. Sixty glider schools since 1936 graduate about 1000 students a year, with six weeks training making graduates capable of piloting advanced military planes. The Hornberg model school produced 120 pilots every six weeks before the war.
The Official Catholic Directory for 1940 lists 21,403,136 Catholics in the United States Alaska and Hawaiian Islands. The directory from P J Kennedy & Sons notes membership rose by 222,557 due to revised Brooklyn diocese figures, reducing the total by 3,371 from the 1939 report.
Amelia Earhart and Capt. Noonan may be found in a 150000 square mile sea area as plans materialize. E H Dimity of Oakland co founder said a yacht with six power boats and an amphibian plane will be sent by midsummer to search the uncharted region for clues to their 1937 world flight.
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