The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-09-13
LOCAL ITEMS
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The following excerpt is taken from
letter from Elder V. B. Shunaker, dated
September 1, 1919: "Then we went to
Upton, five miles from Atlanta, which has a
population of $500. Had a fine meeting
there; over six hundred people out When
we put the songs on the screen =" Amer
ica," Cali Hail the Power" "What a
Friend" "Jesus is Calling" and my new
song to the tune of "Till We Meet Again"
the people did sing We sold quite
number of LEAVES OF HEALING and post
cards The offering was silly. [ gave
them a clear-cut message on the wages of
sin. and told them of lions work.
On last Saturday evening, Elder Thomas
H. Nelson conducted a street meeting in
Antioch The Zion Senior Band fifty
pieces) accompanied him and played twelve
or fifteen selections during the evening. A
soloist also went along, and an organ1st to
accompany him; for this purpose folding
organ was taken Some half dozen to
dozen workers were present to handle the
literature One hundred and twenty-five
copies of LEAVES OF HEALING were sold.
Elder Guy K Neal, in charge of the
branch in Lafayette, Indiana, on Septen-
Der 2, 1919, wrote as follows: eve held
good meeting on the street in Delphi Sold
twenty-five LEAVES OF HEALING. We are
planning other meetings this week. We had
the best meetings in the hall here that we
have had so far God was with us. Several
strangers were out. We sold seventy copies
of LEAVES OF HEALING and took one ten
weeks subscription"
In a letter received from Elder Hammock,
on September 9th, he writes as follows:
"Our meeting was well attended Lords
Day, August 31st. About fifteen or twenty
strangers were present.
81 have put Elder buyers in charge of
the street meetings and seventies. He will
hold street meetings on Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday nights also cottage meetings
on Friday nights.
Seventies are going out regularly on
Lords Day mornings. I will also send them
into the loop during the week nights"
Deaconess NJ. A. Boyd has returned from
visit with her son and family at Bradford,
Illinois, and also with Deaconess Kepple at
e Bardo1ph. Illinois. While there, she and
Deaconess Kepple did some Seventy Work,
distributing a number of LEAVES OF HEAL
ING, and Deaconess Boyd brough back one
yearly subscription.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burtzlof, Mrs.
BENJAMIN Peters and Mrs. August Peters,
all of Benton Harbor, Michigan, also Mrs.
Walter Hampel of Chicago, spent few
DAYS visiting their sisters, Mrs. W. E.
Schmalfuss and Mrs. C. A. Bruno, of Eliz-
abeth avenue.
Mrs. Harold Martin and three children,
accompanied by Miss Louise Yarroll, re-
turned to Zion City from California on last
Saturday and are living in their home at
2313 Emmaus avenue
Mr.. E. J. Faassen and wife of Pella,
Iowa, are the guests of their son, Mr.. Fred
Faassen, of Zion Home. They will remain
a week or ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Hanson and daughters,
Verona and Marvien, of Iowa, and Mrs. A.
Faconer, of Omaha, were recent visitors of
their sister, Mrs B. O. Heggen, of 1920
Elisha avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schertz and Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Burkey, of downstate, are spending
week or so with relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Conner, of Kenosha Road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore H. Blonn and
family, of Chicago, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Blonn, of 1900 Elm avenue, over
Saturday and Lords Day
Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Swanson have moved
into their new home at 2o18 Gilead avenue,
which they recently purchased through
Zion Realty Department.
Mr.. 7. w. Bell, of Oakland, California,
visited over Lords Day with his sister, Mrs.
G. w. Burheld, and family, of 25O9 Eliz-
abeth avenue.