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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1941
Page
5
Local church notices list Grace Lutheran on W Boscawen Street led by Rev. Carl A Honeycutt with multiple services and Sunday school. Also Montague Avenue Methodist and Christ Episcopal Church details include sermons, lessons, and youth activities for Sunday and weekday programs.
United Brethren Church led by Rev L G Bridges schedules Sunday School at 9 45 with L D Grubb as acting superintendent. Morning worship at 11. High School C E at 7. Play Saints on Main Street by Mt Pleasant youth. Midweek Junior C E at 3 30 Young people choir 6 45 prayer 8 Senior choir 8 45. Winchester Full Tabernacle Pastor Rev C H Anderson. Morning worship 9 45 C A at 7 Evangelistic service 8 pm.
Market Street Methodist Church hosts an 7:30 p m program themed How Market Street Church is Serving Her Congregation in four sections. Cherub Choir Boy Scout demonstrations Girls and Boys choirs Young People and Fellowship work and senior choir perform special music. A Market Street Stamp Club exhibit opens Sunday 4 to 9 p m.
Morning worship at 11 a m with a sermon by the Rev G G Snyder D D of Charles Town West Virginia P M Young People's Meeting announced
Reverend M. Thomas will preach at 11 30 AM and 8 30 PM from Deuteronomy 33. The A. C. League meets at 6 30 PM. All are welcome to attend the Sunday services at 10 30 AM and 11 30 AM.
First Brethren Church on Berryville Ave lists morning services at 9 30 with Mountaineers for Bible School at 10 30 led by A C Prye and a 2 00 anniversary service titled The Glory of the Temple. evening worship at 5 45 on The Divine Purpose of this Age and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 45. First Baptist Church with Rev E T Clark D D holds Sunday School at 9 45 and worship at 11 00 with Littleness as the topic. no vesper services until September and mid week prayer on Wednesday at 8. Last week’s topic Things to be Overcome by a Christian will be discussed again. All are welcome.
The church announces 11 a.m. Divine Worship led by Rev. Robert A. Whitten, pastor. Sunday evening at 8 o'clock guests include Winchester Commandry Knights Templar. Charles Dunlap, Superintendent. 7 p.m. Christian Endeavor. 8 p.m. Worship with "The Power Of An Endless Life." 6 p.m. Wednesday prayer service.
The Church of Christ at 20 W Cork Street lists Sunday School 9 45 Morning Worship 11 00 Christian Endeavor 7 00 Evening sermon 8 00. Disciples Union meets with Winchester Thursday 6 30. Pentecostal Mission now at Braddock Street between Whitlock and Montague Avenues Rev J S Shade Pastor Sunday School 9 30 Morning worship 6 30 People service 6 30 Song Service 7 30 Evening worship 8 00 Prayer service 5 30 Thursday.
The Church of Our Saviour on 308 S Loudoun Street lists Rev C Worthington Love leading Sunday School at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 00 a m with a sermon. Vespers at 7 30 p m led by the pastor. Highland Avenue Chapel with Rev Jonathan Edwards holds Sunday School, a Young People's meeting, and a 3 00 p m preaching service. Thursday prayer hour at 7 30 p m. A cordial welcome to all.
Rev S L Flickinger D D conducts morning worship at 11 with a sermon on Ascension Lessons. Church School at 9 30 led by acting superintendent Herman Lee. Members and friends absent on Mother's Day are asked to bring their offering for Home.
Star Tannery Va May 24 memorial service will be held Sunday June 1 at 2 p m at Gravel Springs cemetery. Harold Cooper had an incident with a chicken thief when his dog Ranger tracked down a large opossum and killed it finding ten young opossums in her pouch. The mother opossum was killed last Thursday. Evelyn Ponton suffers an abscessed ear after three day measles.
The earth increases its weight by about 100 tons per year due to accumulating space dust and other material. Most of the added mass comes from dust particles settling on the surface.
The article notes Trinidad six miles off Venezuela, discovered by Columbus in 1496, passing through Spanish and British control, then ceded to Great Britain by the 1802 Treaty of Amiens. It claims the U.S. Army will construct a base about 29 miles from Trinidad costing roughly 51 million dollars.
Richmond reports that J Harvie Wilkinson Jr of State Planters Bank warned Virginia bankers the defense program fuels the fiercest competitive battle. He cited post office savings stamps and bonds publicity and inconsistent bank interest practices. Recommendations push uniform interest rules and deposits minimums to restore public confidence.
At a Virginia banking convention, speakers discussed standardizing how interest is computed, stressing recommendations are nonbinding on V B A member banks. Jack G. Holtzclaw warned that the emergency defense effort may intensify, urging bankers to mobilize for all-out defense to avoid a sudden upheaval.
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