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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1940
Page
5
Sunday church services listed for multiple churches including Market Street Methodist with morning and evening worship, Grace Lutheran with sermons on Crowning Christ King and Watching Close by the Cross, Church of Christ with sermons Was It Judas and Hills at the Last, and Catholic services with Mass times and Palm Sunday blessings. includes choir, Luther League, and Holy Week schedules.
Rev. Harry Balthis leads church services with Sunday School at 9 45 am George Haines oversees Morning worship at 11 am and a 7 30 pm sermon titled Forgetfulness The Holy Week services are set for Thursday and Friday at 7 30 pm at the church.
Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church led by Rev. S. Flickinger lists 9 45 a m church school 11 a m morning worship with Palm Sunday message and palm distribution 6 p m Junior meeting 7 15 p m youth service with pastor instruction and gym recreation Holy Week services begin next week at 7 45 p m with a Palm ceremony at 11 a m Sunday
The Winchester Presbyterian Church led by Rev Ronald B. Wilson and Rev J H Lowden schedules a week of special services Monday through Friday at 7.30 p m with 7 15 p m song service. Sunday offers Sunday School at 9 30 a m Morning worship at 11 a m and 5 p m vesper service with sermons by Dr Donald W Richardson of Union Theological Seminary Richmond Va followed by 6 30 p m Young People's Meetings.
Mrs L G Bridgers class leads worship at 11 a m with sermon by pastor. C E programs at 6 30 p m and 3 30 p m for various groups. Evening worship at 7 30. Young Peoples Choir at 6 30. Special services at 7 30. Senior choir 8 30. Holy Communion Thursday 7 30 p m. Good Friday prayer service Friday noon to 3 p m.
The pastor Rev. S Shade leads a Sunday services at 9 30 am worship and sermon. A 11 am youth program with song service, 7 30 pm evening service, and Thursday events including prayer service at 7 30 pm.
Winchester Full Gospel Tabernacle led by Rev C H AnderSon invites worshippers to Sunday School at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 00 a m A C Will meet at 7 00 p m evangelistic service at 8 00 p m Prayer meeting is set for Tuesday night at 8 00 p m
Reverend R B Nelson leads Holy Communion at 8 a m and 11 a m with a sermon Christ on the Road to Jerusalem. Sunday School at 9 45 a m. Lenten services Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12 15 p m and Thursday 8 p m Holy Communion. Wednesday 12 15 p m and Friday 11 a m prayers. Apostolic prayer ends with a blessing for patience and resurrection through Jesus Christ.
Rev. T M Swann leads 9 45 a m church school Walter M Shade superintendent 11 a m Preventive Religion by the pen e 6 45 p m Young People's service led by Miss Helen Keeler with solo by Miss Lurene McKlwee Patricia Sapper in charge of Intermediate League 7 30 p m sermon Tis Triumphal Holy Week services held nightly at 7 30 o'clock
First Baptist Church sermon schedule lists Sunday School at 9 45 am morning worship at 11 o clock and an evening service at 7 30 pm combined with Junior Intermediate and Senior Young People's Service led by Rev Dr E T Clark the pastor.
Christian Science churches schedule March 17 to study Subst ance with the Golden Text from Revelation and Psalm 145. The Lesson includes a passage from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy stressing Spirit as substantial and Matter as mortal and changing.
The Presbyterian Church begins its annual evangelistic series with morning worship at 11 and an Easter service next Sunday. Dr. Donald W. Richardson of Richmond opens the week of preaching at 11 and 5 PM. Mr. Wilson preaches Monday through Friday at 7 30 PM. A special song service led by J H Lowden is at 7 15 PM. Public invitation extended to all.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces competitive exams with file deadlines by April 8. Posts include senior inspectors in engineering materials for Navy duty at $2,600, inspectors at $2,000, associate entomologist taxonomy at $3,200, and assistant curator at the National Museum with duties at Smithsonian Institution Washington. Full details obtainable from Herman Lee, secretary, Civil Service Board of Examiners.
STOCKHOLM March 16 Selma Lagerlof 81 year old Swedish novelist and first woman Nobel prize in literature winner in 1909 died at 7 25 a m today at her home Marbacka in northern Sweden Illness was reportedly worsened by concern over Sweden and Scandinavia’s future amid war in Europe
A two act pageant titled Pageant A will be part of the women's day program at St Paul A M E Church. The public is invited to attend tomorrow.
The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour outlines a full Holy Week schedule with morning services at 11 and 9 45 for Sunday School and Bible class. Evening vespers at 8 feature "Something For Thee" with Senior League gatherings and a reception for new members on Tuesday at 11. Ralph Cain is listed as a speaker for the Ridings home events.
Rev. Ierman J. Yomeldorf leads final evangelistic series at Higeland Avenue Chapel with Sunday School at 3 00 p m supervised by Elwood Willey. Young People Vespers at 6 45 p m preaching service at 7 30 p m followed by mid week prayer Thursday at 7 30 p m.
The St Paul A M E Church led by Pastor Rev R J Butt offers Sunday School at 10 a m and preaching at 11 15 a m A Woman s Day exercise is planned at 8 30 p m with Mrs R P Robinson as chair and Mrs Virgie Armstead directing
Mountain View Junior High reports progress as it nears term end with grades through ten and a staff of three teachers. The school expands equipment and plans displays on Colonial Life Economic Geography and Early Modern History plus a display and closing exercises.
By late March 1928 preparations for the Fifth Annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival were advancing. About 11,000 to 13,000 school children from Northern Virginia and nearby Maryland and West Virginia were expected to participate on the first day, a rise from 8,000 the previous year. The Queen and Her Court department organized the princess selections with 40 Virginia state senators granting privileges and broader regional representation from border counties and Shenandoah Valley affiliates. Handley High School prepared over 300 participants for pageant roles as the event moved from the city fair grounds to a high school grounds venue with no admission charge.
German high command reported sinking a British patrol boat and damaging another in the North Sea. Air recon flights were conducted over northeast France and the North Sea with no special western developments.
Holy Week will be ushered in at Centenary Reformed Church with a palm ceremony at the 11 o'clock Sunday service. Services will be conducted each night next week at 7:45 with commemorations of each day.
Donivan Wilson files a vinculo matrimonii action in the Corporation Court of Winchester seeking a divorce from Adele Alton Wilson on grounds of desertion for over two years. Adele Alton Wilson, not residing in Virginia, is ordered to appear within ten days of publication to protect her interests. Publication is set for four weeks in the Winchester Evening Star and a copy posted at the courthouse front door by March 4, 1940.
Richmond reporting that housewives account for 14 percent of 2471 first admissions for mental diseases in Virginia during the year to June 30 1939. Occupational breakdown shows 347 housewives 14 percent and 478 with no occupation 19.4 percent among all first admissions. Officials say the data aids hospital placement for work before and after care.
By decree of the Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia the executor of Martin Nolan deceased offers two tracts of land for public auction in Winchester Virginia on March 23 1940. The north side tract 115 acres 16 square poles includes a residence and timber while the south side tract 56 acres 17 square poles features a spring and stream suitable for trucking and poultry. Properties may be sold separately or as a whole with immediate possession. Terms require one third cash at sale and balance in two annual installments with deed of trust and fire insurance.
New Orleans reports that three West Virginia University scientists warn noise harms digestion. In dog tests gastric secretions slowed with increasing noise, and high pitches proved more depressant. Researchers Dr. Edward J. Van Liere Dr. Paul E. Vaughan and Dr. David W. Northrup present findings to the American Physiological Society.
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