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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1940

Page

5

Hill Country Sermon At Braddock Street Church

Weekly church notices list services at Braddock Street Methodist and Montague Avenue Methodist with sermons by Dr. W W McIntyre and Pastor T M Swann and Harry Balthis. First Baptist Church announces Sunday School at 9 45 and morning service at 11 with no evening service in July and August.

Dr. McIntyre Braddock Street Church Braddock Street Methodist Church T. M. Swann Walter M. Shade Hill Country W. W. McIntyre Montague Avenue Methodist Church Harry Balthis George Haines First Baptist Church E. T. Clare Grace Lutheran Church W. Boscawen Street Carl A. Honeycutt Paul L. Yount Luther League Jesus

Winchester Presbyterian Church Service Schedule

The Winchester Presbyterian Church announces 9 30 a.m. worship led by Rev J H Moling Jr Sept 11 a.m. service, sermon by Rev G Wilbur Shipley of Washington D C. 7 p.m. Young People meeting. 8 p.m. Evening worship with sermon by Rev Shipley. Wednesday 8 p.m. mid week prayer meeting.

Winchester Presbyterian Church Ronald S. Wilson J. H. Moling, Jr G. Wilbur Shipley Washington, D. C

Highland Avenue Church Weekly Meeting Schedule

Sunday School at 3 00 p m led by Mr Elwood Willey as superintendent. Young People's Meeting at 7 30 p m followed by an 8 00 p m sermon by the Pastor. Thursday 8 p m Midweek Hour of Prayer.

Highland Avenue Elwood Willey Young People’s Meeting

God and Human Need Sermon at Christ Episcopal Church

The Christ Episcopal Church led by Rev. R. B. Nelson offers 8 a.m. Holy Communion and 11 a.m. morning prayer with a sermon on God and Human Need. Prayers include petitions for mercy and for world peace guided by Christian virtues.

Christ Episcopal Church R. B. Nelson Holy Communion Jesus Christ God

Sermon Themes At Church Of Christ Sunday Service

Charles Hume Funk leads Sunday School at 9 45 and Morning Worship at 11 with a sermon The Thrill of Religion. Christian Endeavor hosts a Young Peoples program at Lawson Hockman home at 6 30. Senior Endeavor meets 7 and Evening Worship at 8 with Three Hard Things For Us.

Church OF Christ Cork Street Charles Hume Funk Christian Endeavor Young Peoples Society Lawson Hockman Washington and Boscawen Streets

Pentecostal Mission Services at Helsley Chapel Va

Rev. J. B. Shade pastor leads Sunday School at 9.30 a.m. worship 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. young people 6.30 p.m. song service 3.30 p.m. prayer meeting 7.30 p.m. Thursday services with Sunday School 2.15 p.m. George Helsley is superintendent at Nain Virginia.

Pentecostal Mission Shade Young le Helsley Chapel Nain George Helsley

Spirit as Lesson Topic in Christ Science Churches

The Christian Science Lesson-Sermon for Sunday centers on Spirit with the Golden Text urging to do God’s will. It cites Psalm 107:17-19 about affliction and deliverance and Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health describing Spirit healing, comfort, and reform as effects of the universal God.

Christ Scientist Mary Baker Eddy

United Brethren Church Anniversary Service and Conference

The United Brethren Church marks its anniversary with a 9 45 a m church school and Bible class, an 11 a m service led by Rev Millard J Miller, and an offering toward next year’s budget. A 2 p m quarterly conference will present Robert L Bridgers for conference license to preach. An evening service follows at 7 30.

United Brethren Church L. G. Bridges Millard J. Miller Virginia Robert L. Bridgers L. G. Bridgers United Brethren Sear

Congregational Church Services Timetable

Congregational Christian Church led by Rev. Robert A. Whitten holds Sunday School at 9:45 am taught by John A. Spaid. Divine Worship at 11 am, Worship Service at 8 pm, and a Wednesday Prayer Meeting at 8 pm.

Congregational Christian Church Robert A. Whitten John A. Spaid

French Towns Like Ghosts After War in Northern France

Correspondent reports deserted towns in Northern France and Flanders after fighting. Alsace and Lorraine repopulation is slow. Strasbourg shows limited revival while Belgian towns recover faster. Givet's population drops from 80 000 to about 300. roads bear battle scars and trenches remain.

Preston Grover Luxembourg France Flanders Karlsruhe Rhine Strasbourg Reich Alsace Lorraine Brussels Givet

Bimelech Faces Last Chance in Rich American Derby

In Chicago the 30th renewal of the $62,900 American Derby at Washington Park pits Breezing Bullet Gallahadian Sirocco Midand Weigh Anchor and Super Chief against the odds on a crowded field. If all six run the winner earns $47,725 with Sirocco the slight 9-5 favorite.

Chicago Bin Washington Park Edward Bradley Ethel V. Mars Gallahadian Charles Fisher Sirocco Charles S. Howard Midand William B. Simpson Emil Denemark

Gladiolus Exposition Opens In Hagerstown

The Maryland State Gladiolus Exposition opened at the Masonic Temple in Hagerstown today with colorful displays from Maryland Ohio and other areas. The event is fed by the Maryland Gladiolus Society and Blue Ridge Gladiolus Society and runs through tomorrow.

Hagerstown Maryland

Best Landlord Dies In Jersey City

Capt Johan Swenson, longtime Jersey City landlord of a 39 family building, dies after a week of illness. Known as the best landlord, he offered gifts for newborns including $50 for a boy and $25 for a girl, and built a baby carriage garage. A Swedish native, he would have been 81. He began as a cabin boy at age nine.

Jersey City N. J Johan Swenson Swenson Sweden

Beef Economy Calf Is Slaughtered After Collision

In Kansas City on August 10, 20 year old 4 H club member Robert Pruett reported a 750 pound calf colliding with a truck. County farm agent Wayne Shier suggested salvage by butchering on the spot. Neighbors gathered as they skinned washed and quartered the carcass by car light.

Kansas City Robert Pruett Robert Wayne Shier Pruett

Harold Largent Injured In Mishap

Harold Largent a 19 year old resident of 1200 Berryville avenue sustained injuries when his motorcycle spun on U S Route 11 near the O Sullivan Rubber plant after following a car that turned into the plant entrance. He was treated at Memorial Hospital for lacerations bruises and abrasions.

Harold Largent Berryville Avenue O'Sullivan Rubber Largent Memorial Hospital

Alabama Stakes and Saratoga Special Featured at Saratoga

At Saratoga on August 10 the Alabama Stakes for three year old fillies draws a field of six with a total purse of 13 075 dollars making it the richest Alabama yet and likely led by Piquet Rose town and Fairy Chant. The Saratoga Special for two year olds, a winner take all six furlongs, attracts a dozen contenders.

Saratoga Springs America Saratoga Alabama Payne Whitney George D. Widener Rosetown William DuPont

Slow Trolleys Glide by Nesting Dove in Denver

In Denver on August 10 workers with the street railway keep trolleys slow past the South Denver switch plate where a mourning dove has built a nest. The nestlings are expected to hatch any day according to a car yard hand.

Denver

John Mann Methodist Church Weekly Services and Lawn Party

Rev J Lloyd Garrrison leads the John Mann Methodist Church with church school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. on the sermon Overstating Our Poverty and 8 p.m. The Forgotten Man. A lawn party is planned Saturday night at Velma Lewis’s North Cameron street home.

John Mann Methodist Church J. Lloyd Garrison Velma Lewis Cameron Street

Ghost in Grand Island Home Traced to Woodpecker

In Grand Island Nebraska on August 10 residents reported three days of ghostly rapping at the Paulsen home. Harry Paulsen traced the sounds to a furnace where a woodpecker fluttered inside, mistaking the chimney for a hollow tree and ending the disturbance.

Grand Island, Neb Harry Paulsen Paulsen

Centenary Evangelic Rev Flickinger Leads Morning Worship

The church announces at 9.45 a.m. Church School and 11 a.m. morning worship with a sermon led by Pastor S L Flickinger JD.

Centenary Evangelic S. L. Flickinger J. D

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