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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1939
Page
5
Grace Lutheran Church on West Boscawen Street runs Sunday services at 9 45 a m and 11 am with a sermon The Help of Hindrances and Children of the Church. Evening Luther League at 7 pm. week prayers Wednesday at 8.
Rev Ron Aldis Wilson minister leads Sunday School and Bible Classes at 9 30 a m with Stewart Bell Jr superintendent. Morning Worship at 11 a m and Evening Worship at 7 30 p m. Prayer service Wednesday 7 30 p m. Mr Wilson preaches at both services. Morning sermon for boys and girls going to college titled Marks Of A Christian. Evening sermon topic Newness Of Life.
Sunday School at 9 45 a m morning worship at 11 00 am Junior Young People 6 30 pm Evening worship with Intermediate and Senior Young People at 8 00 pm Pastor Rev Dr E T Clark leads the services in the church at the stated times.
The Highland Avenue Chapel announces Pastor Rev. Herman Womeldorf leading Sunday School and Bible Classes at 3 p.m. Evening Worship at 7 30 p.m. Young People meet at 6 45 p.m. and a Thursday Prayer Service at 7 30 p.m.
Reverend L G Bridgers presides at United Brethren Church with Sunday School and Bible Class at 9 45 Morning worship at 11 honoring God Intermediate CE at 6 30 Senior CE at 6 45 Evening worship at 7 30 Tuesday Women s Society meets at 8 with Mrs M Barrett 214 N Loudoun St Wednesday Junior CE at 3 30 6 45 Young People Choir 7 30 Prayer Service 8 30 Senior Choir.
Pastor Rev. J. S. Shade leads Sunday School at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 11 a m. Evening services include By People at 6 30 p m, song service at 7 30 p m, and evening worship with sermon at 8 p m. Prayer meeting is Thursday at 7 30 p m.
Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church led by Rev. S L Flickinger D D for Church School at 9 45 a m with George Ritter as acting superintendent and a morning worship at 11 o clock featuring a timely sermon.
The Lessors Sermon across Christ, Scientist churches on Sunday Sept 10 centers on Substance. The Golden Text cites eternal life through the Son of Man. Hebrews affirms faith as substance of things hoped for. Science and Health defines Substance as eternal and discordless with Spirit as true substance.
Arden Gerrards town and rest churches hold church schools at 10 with Epworth League at 7 30. Darkesville Gerrards town Paynes and Rest share services including worship at 11 closing the evangelistic meeting. District pastor G H Fielding delivers.
Winchester Full Gospel Tabernacle announces Rev. C. H. Anderson as pastor. Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning worship at 11 a m C A s meet at 7 p m Evangelistic service at 8 p m Prayer meeting Tuesday and Friday nights at 8 p m
Braddock Street Methodist Church led by Rev. T. M. Swann offers a 9.45 a m Church School with Walter M. Shade as general superintendent. 11 a m sermon What is Christianity by the pastor. 6.45 p m Young People’s service led by Ida Grace Swann. 7.30 p m sermon Sin and Its Remedy by the pastor. Prayer service Wednesday at 7.30 p m led by the pastor.
Church services schedule with Rev. Harry Balthis as pastor. Church School at 10 a.m. George Haines superintendent. Morning worship at 11 a.m. sermon titled Lamps Without Oil. Evening worship at 7 30 p.m. talk on The General Rules of the Methodist Church. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p.m.
The notice lists Holy Communion at 8 00 a m Morning Prayer and Sermon on The Christian Motive The weekly prayer asks for growth in faith hope and charity and for the will to love and obey God through Jesus Christ Amen.
Rev. Robert A. Whitten ministers Congregational Christian Church with Sunday School at 9 45 led by John A. Spaid, worship at 11 on "The Christian's Joy," and 8 pm service on "Self Inflicted Wounds" plus 8 pm Woman's Missionary Society meeting at the parsonage and Wednesday prayer service.
The Church of Christ at 20 W Cork St led by Pastor Charles Hume Funk offers Sunday School at 9 45 morning worship and communion at 11 with a sermon titled Experiencing an Anticlimax. Evening service at 8 features Madness of Christian. Wednesday prayer at 7 45 discusses The Church Supporter of Law and Order.
Church programs include Sunday school at 9.45 a.m. with A C Halvosa as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 a.m. with Holy Communion. Epworth League at 6.30 p.m. Evening worship at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday devotional at 7.45 p.m.
Washington Sept 9 The American Red Cross will distribute 54000 posters nationwide to reduce annual forest fires seizing about 36000000 acres. Harold F Enlows says 3700 chapters and the U S Forestry Service back the effort with a poster by James Montgomery outlining matches campmaking extinguishing brush reporting and other precautions.
Dr. William Archer Rutherford Goodwin 70 was buried today in Bruton Parish Episcopal Church vault where he served as rector for years. He inspired John D. Rockefeller Jr. to fund a 17 million restoration of Colonial Williamsburg and died after a two year illness. Messages of condolence poured in as family and church leaders noted his pivotal role in preserving the city and his long career at Bruton Parish, St. Pauls Rochester, and the College of William and Mary.
The Middle West Soil Improvement committee reports fertilizer use has climbed 400 percent since 1888. Current consumption averages just over one ton per farm, reflecting rising adoption of commercial fertilizer across farms.
New York reports a busy weekend radio slate. WEAF-NBC offers And Adam Beget at 8:30 p m and Orson Welles Playhouse with Peter Ibbetson Sunday at 7 p m. European coverage includes Shirer Murrow Kaltenborn and Sevareid from London Berlin Paris with multiple time slots. Saturday features Red Skelton, Benny Goodman and more orchestras, while WJZ and AM stations present sports and variety programs.
John Wesley Lang Ford, minister, leads a Sept 17 Trustee Rally Day with a 10 am church school 11 am morning worship 8 pm evening worship. Topics are The Test of Discipleship and The New Spirit of Grace. Members asked to donate at least $1.00 and an out of town speaker will attend at 8 pm.
Rev R J Butt pastor leads Sunday School at 10 a m and worship at 11 15 a m with a sermon on The Great Miracle Young People's meeting follows at 6 30 p m and another preaching session at 8 15 p m in the church venues.
Mount M E Church led by Pastor Rev S B Spriggs announces Sunday School at 10 30 a m with John Morris as superintendent. Sermons at 11 30 a m and 8 15 p m with the night topic The Hand on The Wall. Communion will be observed Sunday night due to many absences. Helping Hand Club led by Edward Moten meets Monday night at Virginia Taylor's home.
Radio listings show WEAF NBC programs Sunday include Benny Goodman Orchestra at 2.30 p m The World Is Yours Aldrich Family Band Wagon and Charlie McCarthy at 7 p m WABC CBS schedule features Audade for Strings So You Think You Know Music Gay Nineties Revue Hollywood Gateway James Melton Sunday Vespers Words and Music Hollywood Playhouse MBS chain offers Summertime concert and Design for Melody Monday listings include Cobwebs and Cat enzas Words and Music Ma Perkins Richard Maxwell It Happened in es Pop Corn WJZ NBC Farm and Home Hour Maurice Spitalny Orchestra Benny Goodman Concert Hall Dorothy Stevens Hump hreys soprano Henry Weber's Orchestra
Jimmy Fidler reports on actors’ post vacation moods and routines. Jane Withers’ wartime comedy Pack Up Your Troubles may be shelved. Sid Toler plans a Honolulu trip. Alice Faye tries on Little Old New York costumes. Sonja Henie misplaces and recovers a purse. Bob Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck list ranches for sale. Kay Aldridge gets a speeding ticket with a witty cop remark.
A large crowd from Winchester farm families attended the opening meeting of the Winchester Federal State Eye Grading and Marketing Service held at the Sara Zane Fire hall. The event announced the upcoming egg grading and marketing station opening on September 18 with remarks by Cecil Rogers of the State Division of Markets. Nick Coppola of the Southern States Marketing Cooperative explained cooperative handling, while John W. Larrick led arrangements and C I Cather led entertainment and prizes.
A demonstrator opposed to Elizabeth Curley Flynn of the Communist Party national committee shouted for free speech at a Des Moines meeting, insisting on contesting her right to speak.
Wheat growers may insure for 1940 by filing an application and paying the premium before planting. The county committee sets the insurable yield and rate, then the farmer insures acres planned. After application and payment, no further steps are needed beyond reporting acreage and any crop damage.
The Woodstock Fire Company announced placing an order for a new Diamond truck with chasses and a Hercules motor. Delivery is expected within 60 days and the vehicle features a powerful pump dual wheels mud grip tires and a protected driver cab.
This five color Europe map shows latest boundaries including Albania and carries current statistical data to help interpret wartime events across the Atlantic. Available only through the Washington Information Bureau, with a ten cent coin and a coupon.
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