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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1940
Page
5
Church notices list a Church of Christ meeting at 20 W Cork Street led by Pastor Charles Hume Funk. Sunday School 9:45 AM, morning worship 11 AM with the sermon Great Words of the Bible Life. Christian Endeavor at 7 PM, evening service at 8 PM with sermon The Good T. Prayer service Wednesday.
A public notice previews the Christian Science Lesson Sermon for Sunday June 23. Golden and Bible texts cite Amos and Isaiah, with science and health references from Mary Baker Eddy, discussing the ascent from mortal to divine thought and the divine origin of being.
Rev Her AI McKay pastor officiates at Market Street Methodist Church with Sunday School at 9 45 a m. Morning Worship at 11 a m featuring bari tone soloist Jessie Van Camp singing The Beatitudes. Evening Worship at 7 p m. Vacation Bible School second week at Braddock Street Church Monday to Friday with Saturday picnic. Women’s Service Guild Tuesday 8 p m and devotional meeting Wednesday 7 45 p m.
CE Lutheran Church on Woosenee Street lists Rev Carl A Ho as pastor. Sunday School and Men's Bible Class at 9 45 am followed by the service at 11 am. Evening programs include a children’s program, Luther League at 7 pm and a sermon at 8 pm titled Seeing Life As It Is.
Worship at 11 a.m. led by Rev. A. Painter of Swananoa. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School of J. H. Moling Jr. Evening sermon by the pastor. midweek Hour of Prayer on Wednesday.
The Highland Avenue chapel lists Sunday School at 3 00 p m with Elwood Willey as superintendent. A 7 15 p m Young People's Meeting precedes the 8 00 p m preaching service by Pastor Jerman J. Yomeldorf. Thursday features an 8 00 p m Midweek Hour of Prayer.
Rev T M Swann presides with 9 45 a m Church School led by Walter Shade 11 a m sermon What do you think about by the pastor 7 15 p m Helen Jenkins leads Intermediate League 8 p m sermon Prayer by the pastor Cooperative Vacation Church School continues with Market Street Church and Braddock Street Church Schools Prayer Service Wednesday at 7 30 p m
Church services announced at Montague Avenue Church with George Haines as superintendent. Morning Worship at 11 with a sermon Salt by the Pastor. Evening Worship at 7:30 with Childlikeness. Bible School daily at 9 each coming week. Prayer Service Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Children invited who are not in another school.
The notice lists worship and sermon at 9.30 a.m. and 11 a.m. services with a long evening schedule ending at 8 p.m. at the Chapel Nain Va led by Pastor Peter J. Shade. A Sunday school begins at 2.15 p.m. and a speech meeting follows at 7.30 p.m. on the same day.
Rev Lo Bridges announces a joint service with the Christian Endeavor and the regular evening service at 7 30. Delegates from the Leadership Training School will lead the service. The Daily Vacation Bible School starts at 9 a m Monday with classes from 9 to 12 each day.
Reverend Robert A. Spaid leads Sunday School at 9 45 a m with John A Spaid as superintendent Divine Worship at 11 a m on Remaking the Marred and a 7 p m Young People's meeting on A Good Name Prayer meeting set for Wednesday at 8 p m.
An Episcopal service notice lists 8 a.m. Holy Communion 9:45 a.m. Sunday School and 11 a.m. morning prayer with a sermon on Religious Realism. The prayer asks God to order world events peaceably so the Church may serve in quiet worship through Jesus Christ.
Rev. L Flickinger D D pastors the church with a church school at 9 45 a m morning worship with sermon at 11 a m and a Young People meeting at 7 p m for the evening program.
Reverend Dr. E. T. Clark, pastor, leads Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. morning worship at 11:00. Evening worship combines with Junior, Intermediate and Senior Young People’s Service at 7:30.
Sunday School at 9 30 and Men's Bible Class at 9 30. Morning Worship at 11. Value of Righteousness. Chris and His Command to a modern World. Sunday School teachers meet at church Monday 8 p m. Prayer meeting Wednesday 8 p m. Rev C Worthington Love pastor.
Reverend J L Garrison leads services at 10 a m Church School 11 a m Junior Choir performs 8 p m Senior Choir music and sermon titled The Three Types of Love The Merciful concludes the fourth series on the Sermon on the Mount.
Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. with A. F. Martin. September 11 features preaching at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. by Rev. Paul W. Strickland from Storer College.
Rest Brevities details a Sunday morning Children’s Day program at 10 o clock. The report notes community activities including the Woman’s Missionary Society meeting at Shenandoah Junction and visits by several residents, with travelers to Morgantown and Hershey, plus a local pronunciation query about coyote.
A new 1000 bed base hospital group is formed in Richmond as a preparedness measure with plans to mobilize personnel immediately if war. It mirrors the World War II McGuire unit later Base Hospital No 45 in France and awaits War Department approval.
Cross Roads Va June 22 Rev M L Zirkle led his regular appointment at Fairview. Fairview and Pleasant Grove Sunday Schools joined for a children's day service at Pleasant Grove Sunday afternoon. Attendees included Ellen Oates family and Piedmont residents Bettie Fletcher and Dick Keffer along with Rosa Nelson Thelma Fletcher Colleen Farmer Ola Fletcher W R Wie J B family. Cemetery cleanup conducted by workers on Tuesday.
Reynolds Store Va June 22 notes report memorial services planned for Mount Hebron Church on Sunday June 23 at 2 o clock. Local residents and visitors including Mr and Mrs E D Shenk Mr and Mrs Lester Knapp and others are mentioned visiting relatives in Martinsburg W Virginia Berkeley Springs and Springfield Ohio.
North Mountain Virginia residents report Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Keckley of Winchester visiting Mrs. J. B. Snapp, and Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Snapp calling on relatives at Reliance. Also mentioned are Mr. Harl Himelright and Miss Agnes Elliott among local visitors.
Zirkle and Noel Williams visited Mrs. Zirkle Williams at Blue Ridge Sanatorium near Charlottesville on Sunday. Rev Edwin Smith was the dinner guest of Mr Ivarf Miller and family on Sunday.
Gore Virginia notes report strong attendance at local Bible Schools. Visitors include Mrs DeFree of Washington DC with daughter Mrs B L Larrick. Weekend guests were Jonas Roe and daughter from Martinsburg and Miss Lillian Palmer of Winchester plus Tilden Barnes family of Berkeley Springs.
Herbert Cummins left Reliance for Washington D C to seek employment. Locals joined Bible School travelers Rev W D Mitchell, Miss Ellen Bowen, and Miss Norma Judy to Dayton Va. Mrs C H Grover visited Oranda Va with Harry Edmondson. Women attended a Northern Wire Power demonstration and enjoyed lunch by Miss Early. Mrs Gilbert Brumback stayed with her parents R R Stickley. Clara E Dyke went to Washington D C for an open end. Myr dle Keener and Nancy Brumback of Marlboro were guests of F L Der.
Miss Keener plans several weeks away before returning to duties in Washington. Mr. Ashly from Stephens City plastering the William Stickley house. H. E. Gruver family and Mrs. William Stickley visit Grover relatives near Long Meadows. Mrs. Lee Hunt and Audrey visit Blacksburg area. Russell Rinker hosts Warren Rinker of Washington DC and Mrs. C. H. Grover. Hunter learns of daughter's illness, a trained nurse in North Carolina.
Grimes Va June 22 The Stonewall District day School Convention at Galilee was well attended and pleasant. Galilee Church members regret Rev Wilbur A Reed and family leaving this week after four years on the charge moving to Point Marion Pa. Mr Wilbur Tharp near D K Russell farm has been indisposed this past week. Mrs Harry Mason, a primary teacher in the Sunday School.
In Bucharest on June 22, King Carol announces a sweeping political shift forming a new totalitarian party modeled on the Nazi pattern to replace the party of national rebirth. The Iron Guard is to play a major role with bases described as nationalistic, Christian and racial, signaling a possible return to anti-Semitism to win favor with Germany.
L. E. Behymer of Los Angeles says new concertgoers are gum chewers from motion picture audiences. He described this in an interview during a Salt Lake City visit on June 22.
In Albuquerque on June 22 a 165 pound wildcat was captured in the Manzano mountains. Armijo held the animal by the tail until Louie Lockhart hogtied it, allowing dogs to free the animal.
In Columbia, a man who collects meter fees forfeited bond in Recorder's Court for violating the parking meter ordinance. He described the incident as feeling like being bitten by your own dog.
The Norfolk Navy Yard employees cafeteria now requires shirts for service after workers were informed they would be limited to dining areas if not shirted. The move formalizes a dress policy at the facility.
The note lists a week in Lynchburg Va for teachers in a special graded course. Edgar Smoke of White Hall returned to hospital for treatment. Betty Teets and Mary Buncutter visit with relatives while Stella Taylor was in Martinsburg. Severe storms hinder hay, barley, and corn work but crops grow well.
A Congregational Church honored a dog with a medal for ten years of regular Sunday School attendance. Since 1990 the animal has attended every service with Mrs Aney and her children, never missing a Sunday and always sitting in the front.
A reader asks if Social Security records are public. the reply: they are not open to public inspection.
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