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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1939
Page
5
The notice lists worship times and programs for BRADDOC DIST CHURCH FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH and LOUDOUN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. It includes Sunday School times sermons pastoral leaders and midweek prayer sessions with topics such as Progressive Christianity and Holy Alliance.
Hill Avenue Chapel led by Rev Herman Womeldorf lists Sunday events at 3 p.m. Sunday School for Young People, 7.15 p.m. Evening worship, 8 p.m. Prayer Service on Thursday at 8 p.m.
Grace Lutheran Church on W Boscawen Street announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m Morning Worship 11 a m Sermon by Rev Dr H D Hoover of Gettysburg Pa Luther League at 7 p m Vespers at 8 pm Mid week prayer service Wednesday at 8 p m
The record notes services at Christ Episcopal Church with Rev. R. B. Nelson as pastor. Holy Communion at 8:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m. includes discussion on Symbolism and Seasons led by Miss Frances Beverley. Morning Prayer and sermon on The Holy Catholic Church follow at 11 a.m. A week’s prayer seeks unity, truth, and guidance for the church.
Congregational Christian Church announces Rev. Robert A. Whitten as minister. Sunday School at 9 45 a m led by John A Spaid. Divine Worship at 11 a m translating A Vision. Evening service at 8 p m with sermon A Worthy Challenge. Wed 8 p m annual business meeting, members urged to attend and submit fiscal reports.
The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour lists Rev C Worthington Love as pastor. Sunday School and Men’s Bible Class at 9 30 a m, Morning Worship at 11 a m, Vesper at 8 p m. C Gordon Clews will deliver both sermons. Womens Missionary Society meets Tuesday Aug 1 at 8 p m. Prayer service Wednesday at 8 p m.
The July 30 Lesson-Sermon centers on Love with the Golden Text Keep yourselves in the love of God from Jude. It cites Psalms 147 on God building Jerusalem and healing wounds, and excerpts from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy about longing for spiritual joy and heavenly good.
St Paul and Trinity churches list Sunday activities with Sunday School at 10 a m and 9 45 a m, worship service at 11 a m, sermon Grace Mercy and Peace, Luther League 8 p m, Vespers 8 p m, pastor F L Roof.
Montague church on Whitlock Avenue holds a Sunday schedule with a 10 a m school session led by George Haines, 11 a m worship and sermon The Promises of God by the pastor, 6 30 p m Epworth League formation, 7 p m evening worship A Daughter s Devotion by the pastor, outdoor vesper at Miller School and a Wednesday prayer service at 7 30 p m.
The Centenary Evangelical Reformed Church presents morning worship at 11 a.m. with a timely sermon titled Spoilt Music. Church School sessions begin at 9.45 a.m. led by Acting Superintendent George Ritter.
The church led by Pastor Rev William Mc Dowell held Sunday School at 10 15 a m and morning services at 11 and 8 p m with a 3 30 p m Ministers and Laymen's League service. A Wednesday night prayer meeting was also scheduled.
The St Paul A M E Church lists Sunday School at 10 a.m. preaching at 11:15 a.m. by Dr W I Snowden and an evening message at 8:15 p.m. by Dr W I Snowden of Frederick Maryland. A Young People's meeting is at 6:30 p.m. The emergency Rally continues.
Mrs Lillian Huntley and family visit Roselle Park relatives while Melvin Gochenour and Grace Beeler travel from Los Angeles. Rudolph organization officers plan Gravel Springs Church reunion on the fourth Sunday in August with a picnic on August 12. Bible School draws about ninety to one hundred students with a promotion meeting and reports Sunday at 2 PM. Volunteers are urged to help clean up and repair the Gravel Springs grove for the event.
A miscellany of trivia Q&A covers topics from women at MIT to Henry Ford’s ancestry, Kay Kyser band personnel and instruments, allergy explanations, picaresque novels, Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary date, George V creed lines, source of best pearls, Disraeli on Gladstone, presidential children in the White House, and a zipper hot dog. Notable items include fifty women at MIT, Henry Ford’s English descent, and Esther Cleveland as the president’s White House child.
A 32 page booklet offers tangrams tricks domino problems and a maze for children and adults. It includes mathematical puzzles word enigmas and easy magic. Available for 10 cents postage prepaid via the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau.
Mt Falls Virginia items recount social visits and family news. Mrs Dewey Hulver hosts a surprise party for niece Madelyn Snarr of Lebanon Church. Families travel between Aur or a Washington and Winchester areas. Several members move or visit relatives, while Joe Heishman suffers typhoid illness.
The Rev S L Flickinger pastor of Centenary Reformed Church will speak on Spoilt Music tomorrow at 11 o clock. He plans to deliver a J message and invites the public to attend.
Diversion of highway funds prompts a coordinated Virginia protest urging a constitutional amendment to shield the road fund. The campaign, led by the Citizens Road League of Virginia and supported by ten groups, argues safeguards would not change current policies but prevent future raids. About 250000 folders are being mailed.
Beavers built a dam at the site in Cherry Plain New York before Civilian Conservation Corps workers arrived. Officials allowed the project to proceed but later determined a beaver colony had completed the work first.
Reported rainfall shows 24 hour total ending 8 am at none. July to date 5.42 inches and year to date 28.40 inches. Average monthly rainfall over 26 years 1913 to 1938 lists Jan 2.53 Feb 1.98 Mar 2.94 Apr 3.20 May 3.64 Jun 3.58 Jul 3.34 Aug 3.68 Sep 2.36 Oct 3.13 Nov 2.32 Dec 2.40. Average annual rainfall 35.09 inches. Statistics courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
Jimmy Fidler reports that agencies plan to trim pay for movie stars who perform on radio while noting many stars earned excessive sums for brief air appearances. He cites gossip about divorces and makeup trials, plus quirky industry anecdotes and recent film player earnings amid a changing salary landscape.
In Smelterville Idaho on a scorching day the thermometer hit 100 in the shade as residents labored in the sun to construct an ice skating rink for winter use.
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