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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1941
Page
7
Sunday schedules list attendances and services at METHOD DIST CHURCH including morning worship 9:46 p m and vesper at Handley Bowl. Sacred Heart Church offers three Masses and novena devotion. Christ Episcopal Church and Christian Science segments note prayers sermons and scripture lessons. The Winchester Presbyterian Church lists services and a youth meeting with midweek prayer.
A compilation of Sunday worship times and activities from several churches including Church of Christ on Montague Avenue and Handley area. Services feature sermons led by Rev. Shade Rev. Harry Balthis and Rev. Flickinger with ordination and installation plans for Deacon Henry Williams and pastor at Mt Carmel FBC.
The Highland Avenue Chapel led by Rev. W. Andrew Wilkerson lists Sunday School at 3:00 with Elwood Willey as superintendent, 7:30 p.m. Young People meeting, 8:00 p.m. Evening worship, and Thursday mid week service. A cordial welcome to all.
Congregational Christian church led by Rev Robert A Whitten offers Sunday School 9 45 a m and Divine Worship 11 a m with Union Vesper at Handley School 7 p m. Full Gospel Tabernacle led by Rev C H Anderson holds Sunday School 9 45 a m Morning Worship 11 a m evangelistic service 8 p m and prayer meeting Tuesday 8 p m.
Rev Joseph Grant leads the 9:45 a.m. church school and 11:00 a.m. worship with a sermon on How excellent is thy name in all the earth. An 8:00 p.m. evening service follows.
A. R. Rinker elected chairman for the Gainesboro district at the first annual Sunday School convention held at the local Methodist church. Rev. W. D. Smith spoke on prohibition as resolutions urging state wide limits were adopted.
The Rev J D Jenkins has accepted the call to Mount Carmel Baptist Church Braddock and Leicester streets and will be formally installed at 8 30 o clock tomorrow evening. Public invited. He hails from a long line of ministers and is a graduate of Lincoln High School Wheeling WV. He studied at Storer College Harpers Ferry and Frelinghuysen University Washington DC and attended Temple University lectures in Philadelphia.
The Civil Service Commission lists examinations with August 24 filing: Treasury enforcement agent $2600, Superintendent of building maintenance $2600-$3800, Senior cook $2000 in the Justice Department. Soon rated exams include Medical guard attendant $1620 and medical technical assistant $2000 in the Public Health Service. Dental hygienist $1620 across agencies. education and experience in oral hygiene required. Herman Lee, Secretary, post office city, supplies full requirements and forms.
Sunday School 9 45 a m with Whitaker as Superintendent Morning worship 11 o clock Topic Our Commit Young People of the Christian Endeavor meet on the front steps of the Virginia Ave School 6 00 a m Evening Service united with other churches at Handley School 7 00
Uncle Sam urges farmers to grow substitute fats and oils to replace scarce imported materials used in paint varnish soap and related products. Federal program eases flax soybeans and castor restrictions to boost domestic supply for war production and ship shortages.
George T. Doleman middIe aged Clarke county colored man died at his Lewisville home yesterday evening at 7 30. Survived by sisters Mary Jones Mathilda Doleman and brother John Doleman. Services tomorrow at 2 pm in Lewisville church with Rev. William Gibbs officiating. Burial in Franklintown West Virginia cemetery. Pallbearers Will Berry Will Johnson Robert Coleman John Butler Reese Alexander Bertrand Smith.
Joice Heth was described as the nurse of George Washington and was exhibited by P. T. Barnum early in his career. The claim portrays Heth as a central figure in Barnum's show origins and Washington lore.
Fort Meade soldiers streamed from the post for an extended holiday after combat team exercises at A P Hill Reservation in Virginia. Except about 20 percent to stay on duty, troops will not return until midnight Sunday. a Wednesday half holiday will be added from noon to midnight through September 3.
Pulaski reports a dynamite blast killed 28 year old jackhammer operator Charles Kelly at the New River ordnance plant near Dublin. He worked for Pendleton Construction Co. of Wytheville and died Friday.
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