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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1939
Page
5
UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH led by Rev L G Bridgers posts Sunday schedule with services at 11 and 7 30 pm and a 9 45 am Sunday School. A Friday grounds east of Brucetown picnic is announced for all members and attendees.
Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning worship at 11 o clock Junior Young People's Service at 6 30 o'clock Evening worship with Intermediate and Senior Young People at 8 o'clock Pastor Rev Dr E T Clark leads services.
Rev Ronald S Wilson minister. Sunday School 9 30 a m with Bible classes. Morning worship 11 a m with sermon The Glory of the Christian Church. Young People meeting 7 p m. Evening worship 8 p m with sermon Holy Alliances. Prayer Service Wednesday 8 p m.
Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church conducts church school at 9 45 p m George Ritter acts as superintendent and morning worship at 11 a m features Hood Conference Echoes led by Mrs Boyd Headley Miss Margaret Lee and Miss Margaret Striker under Pastor Rev L Flickinger D D
Sunday School and Men s Bible Class at 9 30 a m Morning Worship 11 a m Vesper 8 p m Pastor C Gordon Clews to preach both services Church Council meets August 7 at 8 p m Prayer service Wednesday 8 p m Young Women s Bible Class to meet at Mrs Mary Catherine Hollis cabin by the river Friday August 1 5 members meet at church 5 30 p m
Minister Rev. Robert A Whitten leads Sunday School at 9 45 a m with John A Spaid as superintendent. Divine Worship at 11 a m features Bread Of Life and a communion service during morning worship.
Montague Avenue Methodist Church holds worship in Miller School building Whitlock Avenue Pastor Harry Balthis presiding. Church School at 10 a.m. George Haines superintendent. Morning service at 11 a.m. sermon Gifts that Count by the pastor followed by Holy Communion. 6:30 p.m. Edith May Everhart leads Young People service. Special music by Ralph Snapp and others. Evening service 7 p.m. sermon Weights by the pastor. Prayer service Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Pastor Herman Womeldorf leads Sunday activities at Highland Avenue Chapel with Sunday School for young people at 3 p m. Evening worship follows at 7 15 p m and Prayer Service is Thursday at 8 p m.
The Church of Christ at 20 W Cork Street lists Sunday School at 9 45 morning worship at 11 extended by Christian Endeavor at 7 p m and evening worship at 8 o clock led by Pastor Charles Hume Funk.
Holy Communion at 8 and 11 morning prayers with sermon on Christ and the Law and the Prophets. Prayer for the week asks to behold the King in his beauty and to live with God.
Grace Lutheran Church on Boscawen Street with Rev. Carl A Honeycutt as pastor announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m Men’s Bible Class at 9 45 a m The Service at 11 a m Sermon Gods Kind of Church Children of the Church Luther League at 11 a m and Vespers at 8 p m Prayer service Wednesday at 8 p m
The Braddock Street Methodist Church under Pastor Rev T M Swann lists services at 9 45 am church school led by Walter M Sinas general superintendent 11 am Holy Communion 7 15 pm Miss Mable Heckrotte leads Young People service 8 pm sermon A great challenge by the Pastor Prayer service Wednesday at 7 30 pm.
The Lesson Sermon for August 6 centers on Spirit as the divine basis of life and knowledge. It cites I Corinthians 2 11 Psalms 143 10 and Mary Baker Eddy 335 to emphasize God spirit as creator of all and the distinction between spirit and matter.
The notice lists church events with Rev William Mc Dowell as pastor including Sunday School at 10 15 a m preaching by the pastor 3 30 p m Rev J W Langford from John Mann M E Church to preach at 3 30 p m and 8 15 p m communion prayer meeting Wednesday night
Local notes report residents visiting relatives in Bartonsville Luray and near Washington. Community groups meet at Winchester and Stephenson Church with social hours and ice cream. Elections pass quietly with a sizable turnout and several local visits noted.
The all day meeting at the Baptist Church Timber Ridge drew a very large attendance with many traveling from afar. Three preachers Elder Percy Dalton Baltimore Md Elder A L Harrison Front Royal and Elder A J Garland Arlington Va preached.
Grimes Virginia report notes D K Russell and family drove to New York and spent several days at the World’s Fair. Attendees from Grimes joined the White Hall picnic last Thursday at Brannon's Ford at DeHaven. Clarence Beckey has been ill at home for a week under a physician’s care. John Hillyard of Winchester visited on business Monday.
High View West Virginia residents attend a 3 30 p m sermon at Timber Ridge Christian church with inviting notices for all. Fay Hartman and Erwin Bell of Keyser visited relatives here while Mrs Davis Johnson spent time with her sister. Several locals plan a Gore picnic pending weather.
Rev York preached on Reaching The Unreached in a joint Rest and Paynes Chapel service, second in a fifth Sunday series led by Rev Fielding. Social activity includes many local visits, guests from Hagerstown and Washington, and family gatherings along the Opequon at Wadesville with meals and outings.
Greenway Virginia notices list Mr and Mrs William Madagan and children visiting Mr and Mrs Clark Cornwell. Ella Rae White visits cousins Nancy and Betsy Perry. Kenneth Combs drives to Needmore West Virginia to see relatives. Master Allison Funkhouser of Needmore WV spends a few days with Mrs Daisy Grubbs. Helen Marie White appears in local note.
Dinner guest details show visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Funk in Winchester on Sunday. Holmes Cadwaller of Boyce and his wife visited the Whites in a recent week.
Dr. and Mrs. F. A. Swimley travel to Philadelphia where Dr. Cochran will perform special work at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. He plans to return to Brucetown August 15. Friendship Bible Class holds a Sunday morning meeting after the lesson. Various locals visit friends and relatives in Martinsburg White Post Cumberland and Baltimore. illnesses noted.
CBS presents William Saroyan Radio Play as written with no punches in next Thursday broadcast. Raymond Scott Band and Jerry Colonna join as opera singer with Orth Bell as lead announcer. Saturday and Sunday schedules include WEAF NBC WABC and WJZ programs across dance music, quizzes, symphonies, and comedy.
The church announces Sunday School at 10 a.m. and 11 15 a.m. sermon titled A true servant of God. Evening program at 6 30 p.m. Young peoples meeting at 8 15 p.m. with the topic Sow ing and Reaping. A cordial welcome to all.
There are 1177 varieties of trees which produce wood in the United States.
Vincent Sheean's Not Peace But a Sword surveys March 1938 to March 1939 with first hand observations from Prague Vienna Madrid London Paris and Berlin. The American journalist argues Chamberlain's Munich pact ruined peace and foreboded war while detailing Spain Evian Refugee issues and Swastika triumphs.
Stephens City Virginia notes visitors from Camden New Jersey Carlisle Pennsylvania and Washington. Local residents share social visits and upcoming temporary house guests with Timberville and Orndorff families. Minor injuries for Braynard Campbell and travel updates for Rawlings and Ritenour are included.
Henry Mears of Frederick county Virginia learned of his sister Mrs Lily Mears Forster in Sittingbourne England from the East Kent Gazette which also details her funeral. Mrs Forster 63 died July 7 of a heart attack at her home leaving husband two sons a daughter and four brothers and three sisters. Funeral services were held at St Michael's Parish Church.
Paris reporters describe the new Cigarette Silhouette collection by Schiaparelli with straight lines and narrow coats. Furs, muffs, and vivid trims dominate day and evening wear including pink ermine and lime green accents.
The Rev. Carl A. Honeycutt will teach the Grace Lutheran Church Men's Bible Class at 9 45 tomorrow morning. Mrs. John G. Over will sing a solo, accompanied by Miss Mildred Jones the class pianist. Class officers seek 100 percent attendance and urge members not to leave their chairs vacant. Visitors are welcome.
Being conducted by the Rev. Dr. A Jones, rector of the parish, with interment in the Sittingbrone Cemetery.
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