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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1940
Page
5
Vacation Bible School begins Monday at 9 a m for ages 4 to 14 across Highland Avenue Chapel and First Baptist Church. Morning worship at 11 a m and evening services include sermons by pastors. Regular youth meetings and midweek prayer hours listed for each church.
The United Brethren Church lists a 9.45 Sunday School and Bible Class, 11 Children's Day service, 7 Intermediate C E, 7.15 Senior C E, and an 8 sermon by Rev J T Draper of Warrenton NC. Otterbein Guild Monday 8 with Miss Gretna Patton. Women's Missionary meeting Tuesday 8 with Mrs H P ce. Wednesday Junior C E 3.30. Young People's choir 7. Prayer 8. Senior choir 8.45.
Rev R B Nelson leads Holy Communion and Sunday School at 9 45 am. The sermon topic is Things That Remain with prayers for mercy and protection. A Prayer For Peace asks divine guidance for nations toward justice, truth, and lasting peace through Jesus Christ.
Church services led by Rev Harry Balthis with Sunday school at 9 45 am conducted by George Haines. Morning worship features a sermon titled Robert Louis Stevenson A Happy Warrior. Evening worship at 730 pm includes A Call to Christian action. Prayer service Wednesday at 730 pm.
Braddock Street Era District Church lists events with Rev M Swann at 9 45 am Sunday school led by Walter Shade, 11 am Layman’s Day address by John Rosenberger, 7 15 pm Intermediate League led by Frank Sencin, 8 pm sermon The Pastor. Prayer service Wednesday 1 pm. Church of Christ 20 W Cork Street Charles Hume Funk pastor. Sunday School 9 45 am Morning Worship 11 am Sermon Why Does God Permit War. Evening Service 8 pm Sermon The Greater Riches. Coffee Wednesday evening 8.
The text lists multiple church events. ERM TECOSTAL MISSION led by Rev. J B Shade with morning and evening services, prayer meetings, and a Thursday meeting. Congregational Christian Church led by Rev. Ro Whitten with Sunday School, Children’s Day, Pilgrim Fellowship, and midweek activities including a Women’s Missionary Society program.
Market Street Methodist Church led by Rev Her Ma Kay offers a Sunday program with Bible school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 including a Children’s Day pageant The Measure of Importance and Baptism Sacrament An evening family service at 7 features the Youth Department Council Inter mediate and Young People’s Leagues A Wednesday devotional meeting at 7 45 am and summer family services at 7 extend through June July and August.
Notices must reach the Star by 4 o clock the day before publication. County notices due Thursday and city notices due Friday. Grace Lutheran at Clare W Boscawen Street lists services including Sunday School at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m with Luther League and Vespers in the evening.
The Sunday Lesson-Sermon at Christ and Science churches centers on God the Only Cause and Creator. Golden Text affirms God as creator of heaven and earth with power beyond doubt. Psalms and Eddy quote emphasize trust in the Lord and the ongoing, infinite mind behind all creation.
The notice lists services at First Brethren Church on Berryville Ave Norman H Uphouse pastor. Morning worship at 9 30 with The Christian Test Bible School at 10 30 led by A C Frye. Evening worship at 7 45 titled The Battle of Programs. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 45. Seventy Meeting Tuesday 6.00 o clock.
Pastor Rev C Worthington Lowe leads Sunday School and Men’s Bible Class at 9 30 Morning Worship at 11 on The Value of A Sabbath Vespers at 8 Subject A Trust That Endures A joint Junior and Senior Leagues meeting at the pastor’s residence All wishing to attend to meet at the church promptly at PM Regular monthly teachers meeting Monday evening 8 at the church
Grain markets tighten as Nazi campaigns disrupt shipments and storage. Dealers warn heavy marketing volume looms, with mid May liquidation hitting prices. McCarthy of the Board of Trade remains hopeful markets will adjust and recover despite hesitancy by buyers at government minimums.
Emmett Dettra known as the Gospel Singer will perform at the First Brethren Church on Berryville avenue replacing a missed service. A Salem Church of the Brethren soloist and choirister, he studied with Homer Rodehaver and Harlan Randall and has led congregational singing for evangelistic campaigns in Stephens City.
Gainesboro notes visitors including Rev. and Mrs. Fred Crowe and children from Somer field Pennsylvania, Rev. C. G. Russell and family from Warrensville West Virginia, Rufus Good of Winchester, and Mrs. Kremer of Winchester. Mrs. Silas Adams returns home from Winchester Memorial Hospital improving after a broken leg. Yellowstone is noted as the oldest national park in the United States. Helsley Chapel Nain Virginia schedules Sunday School at 2 15 p m and preaching at 3 15 p m by Rev J S Shade.
St Stephen M E Church outlines Sunday schedule with Rev. William Mc Dowell as pastor. The program includes preaching at 11 a m Sunday School at 2 45 p m and a children’s service at 8 p m.
Rev J Lloyd Garrison outlines a plan for Sunday on the Sermon on the Mount with the topic Blessed Are They That Mourn. Church School at 10 a.m. and music by the Junior Choir at 11 a.m. An 8 p.m. Annual Childrens Day program follows.
A May report to the District Nurse Association notes six local tubercular patients in state sanatoriums. The May clinic at Memorial Hospital examined 65 patients with six recommended for hospitalization, amid community service events and widespread nursing activity and child health procedures.
The Chief of the Secret Service in Washington D C is Frank J Wilson. The text also notes that the Doctor of Pedagogy degree is abbreviated Ph D.
Trustee M M Lynch will auction the 50 acre limestone farm owned by the late R H Elliott. The sale, at the Winchester Virginia courthouse steps, is by deed of trust dated Nov 19 1932. Terms require one third cash with balance in two annual installments secured by bonds and a deed of trust with insurance on buildings.
Hollywood June 8 John Barrymore resumes movie work at Twentieth Century Fox with a Hamlet dress rehearsal scene. He uses blackboards to read lines and headache powder remains on set. Elaine Barrymore stands in background as Barrymore, in a dramatic Broadway star persona, delivers a tense, autobiographical performance.
Capon Bridge notes weekend visits and local social updates. Nancy Funkhouser stayed with her parents J T Funhouser family. Jack Stiles and Janice Price of Jacksonville Fla visited B A Griffin and family. June Wolford at home. Mildred Fowler returned from Tulsa to Bethany. instructor Nora Glasscock wed A W Combs of Mart A W Va. Ladies Aid Society to meet at Mrs S L Hiett’s home. Hattie Leith paid a visit this week.
Mr. Saroyan is the first dramatist to receive both the Puli prize and the New York Drama Critics Award, answering whether any other dramatists have achieved the double.
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