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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1939
Page
5
The Rev. R. B. Nelson of Christ Episcopal Church says no early communion will be held Sunday due to his participation in Alexandria Virginia for the centennial Episcopal High School service. Sunday School begins at 9 45 and the church service at 11 0 o clock.
The Rev. F. J. Rohart will fill the pulpit at First Brethren Church on Berryville Ave Norman H Up house pastor. Morning topic at 9 30 is A Spirit Pilled Man with a duet by Mr and Mrs Rohart God Holds the Key. Evening service at 7 30 focuses on Scriptural Evidences That We Are Born Again with a duet The Model Church.
Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church schedules Harvest Theme events with Rev. L. Flickinger leading worship at 11 am on Harvest Home titled Harvest and the Crisis. Fruits will aid Homewood elderly. Young People's Vespers at 7 pm. Regional Synod meeting Tuesday at 9 30 am. registration free.
Young People gather at 730 p m for evening worship as Church of Christ on 20 W Cork St hosts Sunday School at 9 45 morning worship at 11 and Christian Endeavor at 6 30 with evening service 7 30 Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 45 p m Pastor Charles Hume Funk leads.
Reverend Herman McKay leads Market Street Methodist Church with 9 45 a m Sunday School supervised by A C Halvosa and 11 a m Worship on the road sermon. Evening service at 7 30 p m features When Life Really Begins. A C Halyosa attends Virginia Conference session in Richmond. no midweek service. choir rehearsal Monday 8 p m with J Norris Hering.
Sunday services include morning worship at 9 30 a m and 11 a m sermons. Evening worship follows at 7 30 p m with a 6 30 p m Young People session and 8 p m prayer meeting on Thursday.
The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour under Pastor C Worthington Love lists Sunday School at 9 30 a m Morning Worship at 11 a m and Ladies Aid Society Monday at 8 p m The Senior League meets with Miss Bessie Trenary on North Loudoun Street Mrs LeRoy Cahill speaker and special services in the Chapel and at the church with sermons and youth programs led by Miss Ruby Shiley Additional notes include Vesper service at 8 p m and discussions on Modern Social Progress.
Sunday 9 30 a m Sunday School and Bible Classes. 11 a m Morning Worship Sermon Resources of a Real Religion. 6 30 p m The Young People meeting. 7 30 p m Evening Worship Fruits of an Abiding Faith. Wednesday 4 p m Junior Choir Practice. 5 30 Mid week Hour of Prayer. The pastor continues the Journeys series. 8 30 p m Choir Practice.
John Mann Methodist Church announces a morning worship at 11 with the topic A night on Jesus At Jerusalem and an evening service at 8 with Love Courtship and Matrimony. Dr Eugene Williams of Washington DC will give a lecture Friday Oct 27 at 8 15 p m on Love Courtship and Matrimony.
Friday night at 8 15 p m the quarterly meeting will be presided by Rev J A Young The Sunday School session is at 10 a m with the P E preaching morning and night
North Fork river is slightly milky while South Fork remains clear according to river condition notes from Riverton observers.
Rev R A Whitten pastor of the Congregational Christian Church releases a 78 page verse volume titled Along Life's Way with a foreword by Russell Henry Stafford of Old South Church Boston The work reflects faith and beauty themes and is dedicated to Mrs Whitten with a preface by the author noting the verses express his inner self.
C G Gran executive secretary of Shenandoah Valley Inc regional chamber of commerce says travel business will grow in 1940 as editors report peaceful wartime promotions for U S resorts. He urges Virginia to boost state advertising and commercial support to attract tourists and cruise bookings.
In Martinsville a Henry County jury found 35 year old Gertrude Turner guilty of second degree murder for killing her husband, allegedly to collect a $3,500 life insurance. Judge J T Clement delayed final sentencing to allow an appeal. Lester Clark faced possible trial next week as a key witness.
W. G. Hardy will lead the Golden Rule Bible Class at Braddock Street Methodist Church tomorrow at 9.45 in the morning. Special music by the Rest Church male quartet. Visitors are welcome.
In memory of our son and brother Sergeant James Frank Hinton killed in action in France on October 15 1918. His father and sisters express sorrow and enduring love while cherishing his memory as they place flowers on his grave. 10-14-18
New Yorker 16 year old runaway Helen Kawslek of Bayonne New Jersey perched for over half an hour on a hotel ledge at the Martini on West 47th Street. Fireman Richard Oliver descended by rope and caught her above a life net to prevent a leap.
Ottawa reports that Canada plans to deploy its first overseas division to England within two months to finish training and receive equipment. The force, about 16 000 men, is expected to spend most of the winter in England as in World War I, with training and preparation for service.
Members plant an acre each for the church and other churches followed suit. Now church bins are filling from fields yielding an average of 45 bushes per acre.
Rev James R Clinton Dt D of Philadelphia will visit Winchester next Tuesday at 7 30 pm to present The Romance of Christian Song. He also speaks at Timber Ridge Church Wednesday at 7 30 pm on Faith and Fury describing early ministry life in Ireland with public invitation.
A measured tribute lauds every district for its role in upholding virtue morality and civil liberty, emphasizing collective civic values as essential backbone.
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