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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
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 Political Rurnblings
By ]. Q. D.

State Capitol, Hartford-After a very busy week end we are back at our typewriter pounding out the political gossip that you never knew until you read the column by I. 0. U.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
A LOT OF WATER

At the Bay Of Fundy, where tides reach their maximum height, it Is estimated that, twice each lunar day, n hundred thousand million tons of water pour in and out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

have been hearing 50 much about these last few days,
 The Waterbury Republican club, has only 87 paid up members. Forget all talk about there being 800, GOO or 700 persons enrolled In the Junior organization. There are only 87.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

MIX, butter and eggs are still being rationed in Spain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

A provisional merit examination Is being held for the position as Senior Supervisor in the Motor Vehicle department. Why the ex. animation Is being held is some thing this writer cannot under stand. The Job is in the bag for . man by the name of Ken- meth Fagar who Is at present holding the position on a prOvl- slonal basis. Some day the Merit system is going to be shown up for the racket t k. Maybe I'll be the one to do it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

While job hungry, yes and de- serving Republicans are being giv- en the run around when they look for state jobs 1t is interesting to ncte that the personnel costs for the state have increased by almost ONE MILLION DOLLARS as compared with 1888. How does this news hit you boys and girls of the c. o. P.2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

Sorry to have cause.l publisher Bill Fape the embarrassment which must have been his when he read my column last week. I still say what I wrote at that time was the truth. The boys up here in the state capitol are still talking about Pape for the United States Senate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

They say there is a fifth col- umn in the Waterbury Republl- can party. Phil Bernstein is the acting chairman of the Waldorf Restaurant Republican party and Roy Rice, of Woodbury, is the acting chairman of the St. Regis Republican organization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

Some of the G. o. P. leaders are asking if Ben Harwood chair man of the Republican party is another Dictator" such as we
Evening star., 1940-06-08
College 10 Give Degrees
To 120 Tomorrow

The Columbia College Of Chris
tian Education will hold Its 18th
annual commencement at 4 pm.
tomorrow in the headquarters, 1708
Massachusetts avenue NV.
DR.. Elsie Wade Stone, president,
will be assisted by DR.. Arthur L.
Maiden, DR.. Lorraine Boettner, DR..
M. Chandler Stith and the Rev.
George M. Cummings in the presen-
tation Of 120 certificates OF credit
and will confer the bachelor Of
theology degree on a group Of stu
dents. An honorary degree will be
conferred on DR.. Edward Elliott
Richardson, who has occupied the
chair Of philosophy and metaphysics
at the college since its organization
In 1927. An address will be given
by DR.. Stith, who is pastor of the
Brooklyn Baptist Church. There
will be music by the Columbia
Choristers.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Mount Pleasant
Church Will Mark
Youth Sunday
Arthur Hacking and
Miss Burnett to Talk
At Service Tomorrow

Special observance of youth Sum-
day will be held at II am. tomorrow
at the Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional Church. A series of living pic
lures, representing some of the clas-
sizes of religious art, will be presented
by members Of the Young People, S
Forum. Miss Katherine w. Burnett
and Arthur Hacking, from the
Twenty-Forty Club, will give brief
talks on "T'he Gospel and Life To-
day" The anthems, "Send Out Thy
Light" and Listen to the Lambs -
will be sung by the 60-voice ninth
grade chorus Of Powell Junior High
School.
During the church school at 10
am, Mrs. Fred Morgan's class will
present panorama Of pictures IL
lustrating the life of Christ. Those
participating are Barbara Colby
Rebecca Collingwood, Ann Leonard
and Eleanor Wickes. The primary
department and the junior choir will
give the musical setting.
During the summer the hospitali-
ty committee of the Woman's Guild
is sponsoring a series of luncheon
parties. The first will be held We'd
nesday at the home of Mrs. Dean R
Wickes, 112 Chestnut avenue, Ia
koma Park, Md. All women of the
church are invited. Those planning
to attend should notify Mrs. w. H
Gaumnitz, Taylor 1740.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Dr.. F. B. Harris Gives
opic for Tomorrow

DR.. Frederick Brown Harris, min
lister Of Foundry Methodist Church,
will deliver a sermon at II am.
tomorrow on "Wanted-A Larger
Living Room" He will also baptize
infants after the annual children's
day program of the church school.
At 8 pm. program of Negro
splritualS and hymns will be sung
by the Sons of the South, a male
quintet from Tuskegee Institute, Ala.
DR.. Charles F.. Boss, jr., executive
secretary of the General Conference
Commission on World Peace of the
Methodist Church, will speak.
The last meeting of the women's
societies for the summer will be
held at 10:45 am. Tuesday. Mrs.
Joy Elmer Morgan, a delegate to the
recent general conference. will
bring to the meeting the plans for
Methodist women's work under
unlfication. Luncheon will be served
at 12:45 pm.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Presbyterian
Church of the Pilrrims.

DR.. A. R. Bird will preach at II
am. on How to Be Sure About
Our Security" and at 7:45 pm. on
THE Challenge of the Hour-From
the Lips of Jesus"
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Central Presbyterion

DR.. James H. Taylor will preach
IN the morning on "A Call to Faith u
In the evening, j. Walter Dickson
will preach on THE Value of Not
Attaining Mr.. Dickson will be the
assistant during the summer
months. He is a student in the
Union Theological Seminary of
Richmond, Va.
The Westminster League has con-
cluoed its meetings for the summer
Inc christian Endeavor will con-
tlnue the fellowship hour Sunday
evenings and also their meetings
during the summer.
Under the supervision of Mrs
Luman Dogget a Red Cross unit is
being organized to cooperate with
the work of the Red Cross in making
garments for the sufferers Of
Europe
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Dr.. Jones 10 Preach
Al New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church
Dr.. Marshall to Deliver
BuccuIuureute Sermon
At V. M. !. Tomorrow

DR.. 0. M. Jones of New York City
will be the guest preacher at the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church tomorrow at II am. His
topic is "A Study in Black and
White" DR.. Peter Marshall will be
In Lexington, Va, preaching the
baccalaureate sermon at the Vir-
ginia Military Institute.
The young peoples groups will
have combined meeting at 6:45
pm. with Miss Virginia Fisher lead
ing the devotional services. R. A.
Turner, senior agriculturalist in the
extension service in the Department
of Agriculture, will be the speaker
and will show pictures of the All
Clubs.
The Valiant" will be presented
by a group of young people on Fri
day evening in the parish hall. The
cast includes Tom Wharton, Dale
Purcell, Freeman Atherton, Sammy
Breedon and Catherine Campbell
Readings and musical numbers will
form a part of the entertainment.
The World Service League will
hold its annual picnic June Is, at
Washington Grove, Md The host
esseS are Miss Gertrude Wiber and
Miss Esther Clarke Miss Grace
Goodpasture is arranging for trans
portation.
The mems club will hold a picnic
June IS at the home of DR.. Edwin
N. c. Barnes, Sylvan Shores, Md.
For details phone Hiram S. Evans,
Georgia 0889.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
National Baptist 10 Mark
Chi|dren's Day

Children's Day will be observed at
the National Baptist Memorial
Church at 10 am. tomorrow, with a
unified service for the church and
Bible School, The pageant, Chill
dren of the Bible" will be presented
under the direction of Mrs. Louise
Pressgrove. All the departments of
the Bible School will be represented.
DR.. Cove G. johnson will preach on
Hear the Rod" There will be the
service of dedication of little chill
dren during the service, which ends
at noon.
A 8 pm. the Rev. A. Lincoln
Smith will preach on "a Child's
Vision He will be assisted by Mr..
and Mrs. Kelley Griffith. Mrs. C. M.
Scates and her children. Dorothy
and Cary, will sing special music.
The young people will have charge
Of the meeting Thursday at pm.
Preceding the service, at 7 pm, the
Church Board of Christian Educa-
ton will meet.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Father Parsons 10 Preach
Al GEORGETOWN Exercises

The Rev. Wilfrid Parsons, promi-
nent Jesuit theologian and writer,
will preach the sermon to the grad
uating class of Georgetown Univer-
sity at the annual baccalaureate
mass tomorrow at 1890 am. in
Dahlgren Chapel.
Father Parsons is retiring this
year as dean of the graduate school
Of Georgetown University. He was
formerly editor in chief of the
Catholic magazine America.
The mass will be celebrated by
the Rev. Charles J. Foley. professor
of philosophy at the university. 1t
will be preceded by an academic
procession composed of the seniors
and faculties, the latter headed by
the Very Rev. Arthur A. OLeary,
president of the university.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
'Redheaded Boy Subject
Al METROPOLITAN Baptist

Church and Bible School Day"
will be observed at the Metropoli-
tan Baptist Church tomorrow
morning. Each department of the
Sunday school will participate. DR..
John Compton Ball will preach on
"A Redheaded Boy"
Five young peoples societies meet
at $50 pm. A missionary play,
Two Business Adventures in
Japan" will be presented at the
Junior High B. Y. P. U. by Ellen
Fredeking, Louise Maehler, Sim
Southard and Robert Harris.
At 7:35 pm. Mrs. Gertrude Mock
bee will present an organ and
chimes prelude. At 7:45 pm. the
Rev. Robert Savage, assistant pas
tor, will conduct the song service
and preach the sermon, continuing
the series on the Christian life, US
ing the subject Prepare for the
Day"
The service will be in charge of
the young people Thursday evening.
James Roberts, recently returned
from Bob Jones College, Cleveland,
Tenn, will speak.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
okomu Park Baptist

The Sunday school and church
will unite in combined service
tomorrow at 1890 o'clock in the
annual observance of Children's
Day. There will be exercises by the
children.
At the church service in the eve
ming the pastor will speak on For
Bette or for Worse" it being a
sermon on the founding and per-
petuation of the ideal home. The
Rev. William E. La Rue will meet
with the Social Service Commission
of the Southern Baptist Convention
in Baltimore Tuesday evening, he
Evening star., 1940-06-08
ChiIdren's Day Rites
At Lewis Memorial

The Church School of Lewis Me-
mortal Methodist Church will hold
its annual Children's Day service
at II am tomorrow. The entire
program will be in charge of the
children. A pageant. "The Golden
Chain" will be presented. Special
music will be by the junior and
young ladies' choirs.
At 8 pm. the Senior Christian
Endeavor will present a religious
drama, The Ghost of War"
Contestants in the Bible story
telling contest will be heard and
winners awarded prizes next Sun
day. First prize winners will be
awarded a weeks stay at the Junior
High Camp at Westminster. Md.
Ruth Faber. Dorothy Mosley and
Betty Conrad will attend the leader
ship training conference in July at
Western Maryland College, West
minister
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Dr.. Gerhard f. LensktW
To Preach on BE Ye ~
Therefore Humble NJ
Holy Communion
To Be Celebrated at
Grace Lutheran

DR.. Gerhard E. Lenski will preach
at II am. tomorrow at Grace Luth-
eran Church on BE Ye Therefore
Humble" Holy communion will be
celebrated. For those attending
communion brief preparatory
service will be held at 10:45 am.
Junior and senior choirs will sing.
Marian Ranberg, organist, will give
a program preceding the service. -
The final meeting of the Women's
Guild before the summer vacation
will be held Monday at 8 pm. Mrs.
Harvey B. Anderson, president, will
preside.
The church council will meet at
8 pm. Monday. Hugh v. Keiser,
president, will conduct the meeting.
The summer schedule will 90 into
effect June g. Silver crosses as
awards will be given members of the
junior choir at the special service
on June 16.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
A Cappe||a Choir
To Give Festival al
First stCongregationa|
Contoto on Program;
Attendance Medals
To Be Presented

The A Cappella Choir of the First
congregational Church will present
its annual choral festival tomorrow
at IL am. There will also be the
presentation Of choir medals to those
with perfect attendance records.
Amy McNally has three years of
perfect attendance and Ruth Jones
four years. Those with one year of
perfect attendance are Seth Peter
son, Charles Curtis, Lawrence Alsop
and Fanny Alice Peterson.
"Gallia," a cantata for mixed
voices by Gounod, will be the chief
item on the musical program. The
choir also will sing Let All the Ma
tions Praise Thee" by Leisring, and
out OF the Silence" by Jenkins.
AS the final feature Of the service
alumni members of the choir are
invited to join them in singing "The
Heavens Are Telling" by Haydn, and
"The Hallelujah Chorus" by Han
del. One hundred voices will be in
this augmented chorus.
The Friendly Forum holds its an
nual picnic and outdoor service to-
morrow at 2 pm at site IL in Rock
Creek Park, at the corner of Sheriff.
and Beach drives. The Rev. Howard
Stone Anderson, minister, will give
the vesper talk.
The Standing Committee will
meet Monday at pm.
The annual choir banquet will be
held Tuesday at 7:15 pm. E. Dom
aid Preston will serve as toastmas-
ter. New officers of the choir will
be introduced, as follows: President,
Robert Throckmorton; vice presi-
dent, Herbert Garrett; treasurer,
Esther Krewson; attendance secre-
tary, Ruth Jones; corresponding
secretary, Iona Wickham, and libra
rian, Stanley Covert.
The Virginia Colony will hold q
picnic Wednesday at S pm. at Hams
Point.
The church dinner and program
will be held Thursday at 6 pm.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Graduation Scheduled
At West Wushinqton

The annual commencement of the
Baptist Bible School will be held
in the West Washington Baptist
Church Monday at pm. An ad-
dress will be delivered by DR.. L. R.
Scarborough, president of the South
ern Baptist Convention.
DR.. and Mrs. Scarborough will be
guests at the annual dinner of the
student body, which precedes the
commencement exercises.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Trinity Methodist

The Rev. Edward B. Wilcox has
for his topic at II m. The Fifth
Column" At pm. music will be
given by the choir.
Children's Day exercises will be
held in the Sunday school from
$50 to 10:45.
The Mems Bible Glass will meet
at 7:30 pm. on Tuesday.
On Wednesday the Ladies' Guild
will be the hostess to all women of
the congregation at $50 pm, when
they will be addressed by Mrs. Joy
Elmer Morgan.
The Official Board will meet at
8 pm. on Wednesdays.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Auqustunu Lutheran

At the morning service DR.. Helm
will preach on The Value of the
Human Soul" There will be spe-
cial singing both by the church
quartet and the chruch choir.
The Board of Deacons will meet
Monday at 7:30 pm.
The congregation and its friends
are invited to attend garden party
at the home of DR.. and Mrs Helm,
1920 Veazey street NV, next Sum-
day at o'clock
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Combined Program
At Briqhtwood Park

A combined program will be pre-
sented by the elementary depart
ments of the Church School of the
Brightwood Park Methodist Church
tomorrow at GAS am. A guest
preacher will occupy the pulpit at
II a m. in the absence of the Rev.
S. Carroll Coale, who is attending
the Baltimore Annual Conference
at Western Maryland College.
There will be no evening service.
The Young Peoples Forum will
meet Tuesday evening. The Downs
Bible Class will meet at 8 pm.
Tuesday. The Cole Glass Club will
meet Wednesday evening and the
Young Mems Bible Class Friday
evening.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
EvongeIistic Services
At Bethel Tabernacle

Evangelist Floyd White of Ply
mouth, ILL.,, in cooperation with
Pastor Harry v. Schaeffer and
young people of the Bethel Taber-
nacle, North Capitol and K streets,
continues services every night, ex-
cept Saturday, 7:45 pm, with a
sermon at II am tomorrow on
Suffering for Christ and at 7:30
pm, Remember Lots Wife"
The evangelist is former stu
dent and graduate of Central Bible
Institute of Springfield, Mo. There
will be solos. trios, quartets, mu-
sical selections and special testi-
monies by young people.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
'Expectont Waiting
Dr.. hurt's Subject

"Expectant Waiting" is the sub
ject Of DR.. Oliver J. Hart's sermon
at st. Johns Episcopal Church to-
morrow at II am. The choir Of
men and boys will sing 20 Thou
the Central Orb" by Gibbons.
There will be q celebration of the
holy communion at 8 am.
Communion services next week
are as follows: Tuesday est. Bar
nabas), 7:30 am: Wednesday, 7:30
am, and Thursday, noon.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Mizpah Spiritual Science.

Services will be held at 1929 N
street NV, at 7:30 pm, introducing
the Rev. Helen Graham, spiritual
lecturer in spiritual message demon
strations. All are invited to attend
any of the services on Sunday, 7:30
pm; Tuesday, 8 pm; Thursday, 8
pm. DR.. z. A. Wright is pastor.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Standardization

Brahmachari Jotin of Calcutta
lndla, will speak at the morning
service OF the Self Realization Fell
lowship on Universal Manifesto
tlon.' The public class in philosophy
ana yoga will be held Wednesday
at pm.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Christian Science.

God the Only Cause and Creator
Is the subject Of the lesson sermon
IN all the Churches Of Christ, Sci
enlist, tomorrow at II am. and 8
pm. Sunday school is at II am.
Church services include the Wednes-
day meetings at 8 pm.
The golden text is from jeremiah,
xxxii.17. "Ah Lord God! Behold,
Thou hast made the heaven and the
earth by Thy great power and
stretched-out arm and there is moth
ing too hard for Thee" Among the
citations which comprise the lesson
sermon is the following from the
Bible: Thou art worthy, o Lord,
to receive glory and honor and
power, for Thou hast created all
things, and for Thy pleasure they
are and were created" (Revelation
iv11)
Evening star., 1940-06-08
TheOSOphical Society.

Mrs. Hazel B. Burns will conclude
her series of lectures on The Mys-
teries of Ancient Egypt" at 1916 H
street NV. at 8 pm. tomorrow;
subject, THE Egyptian Secret Path
OF Initiation" At $50 pm, Mystic
Class; subject, "Etheric Forces in
Relation to Health, Youth and Long
Life" Tuesday. 2 pm, Troward
Glass; subject, Building for Eter-
nifty" Friday. pm, Liberation
Glass; subject, Manifestation of
the Inner Power of Spirit" Satur-
day, pm, Astrology Glass; subject,
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Other Services
Prophetic Conference.

Prophetic Conference.
The Rev. William Ward Aver,
pastor of the Calvary Baptist
Church of New York City, will ac-
dress the Monthly Prophetic Con-
ence Tuesday at the Centennial
Baptist Church. At 2::30 his sub
ject will be rs the Church Going
Through the Great Tribulation?"
and at 8 pm. THE Bridegroom
Cometh." These meetings are spon-
sored by the Prophetic Conference
Committee of Washington and are
open to the public.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Church of Two Worlds.

Through Love to Light" will be
the theme Of the Rev. H. Gordon
Burroughs tomorrow evening at the
Hotel Continental. At the Wednes-
day evening meeting there will be
lecture by the minister, followed
by messages.
On next Saturday from IL to
o'clock there will be dinner for the
benefit Of the church under the
auspices Of the Ways and Means
Committee at the home of Mrs. H
H. Mckee, at Ills Clifton street
NV.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
White Cross.

Special prayer and messages
services will be held Wednesday at
8 pm. A special address by the Rev.
Jane B. Coates on Gods Great and
Terrible Day-Prophecy Is Being
Fulfilled"
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Fifteenth Street (Colored)

At II am. Children's Day will be
observed. A program will be rem
dered by the Sunday school. A class
of young people will be welcomed
into the full membership of the
church.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Open-DOOr Church.

The pastor, who has been attend
ing convention in the South this
week, is expected to be back for
the Sunday services at II am. and
at 7:3O pm. The young peoples
topic at GAS is Indirect Answers
to Prayer"
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Cleveland Park Community.

7ov O1ss110 III . OOI111I1u10Gys
The Rev. Paul w. Yinger will
preach on Dreams of Tomorrow.
The organist, Miss Mary Lou Lyle,
will play Morning Song" by Pa
chulsky; "Poeme," by Fibich, and
March in G." by Hosmer.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Spiritual Psychic Science.

"Star Charts of Famous Men" To-
night, 8 pm, New Age group.
Evening star., 1940-06-08

Potomac Heights Community.
Childrens Day service in the Sun
day school at 9:45 am. The Rev.
Mr.. Gingrich will speak at II am.
on Children and the Kingdom
Evening star., 1940-06-08
First Brethren.

The Rev. Homer A. Kent will
preach at II am. tomorrow on
Adjoining the Doctrine of God"
and at pm. on When Christ Sets
Men Free"
Evening star., 1940-06-08

The Rev. Mia Sparkman, trance
medium, will hold a prayer and
message meeting next Thursday at
B:30 pm in the ballroom at 724
Eleventh street NV. She an
nounced that half of the proceeds
will be turned over to the Red
Cross. Meetings were formerly held
at 1923 Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Church Activities
Continued From Page A-13)

pageant of st. John c. M. E. Church
will be presented.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Sherwood.

The guest minister tomorrow will
be the Rev. Leonard G. Brown Of
Visalia, Calf. Subjects: $50 am,
Good and Bad Religion; II am.
"Skew Gee Religion" and pm,
Living for Jesus"
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Calvary G0spel.

The third week of special pro-
phetic-evangelistic meetings begin
Sunday. The Rev. G. s. Tubby of
Candada is the speaker. On Sum
day evening the subject Is "The
Worlds Zero Hour" Special prayer
for the sick and a message on heal
ing Friday. All services at 7:45, ex-
cept Sunday, when it will begin at
7:3O pm. Special music is a part
OF the meetings, to which the public
Is invited.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Knox Orthodox.

The message Of the morning will
be THE Immortal High Priest at
Work" and in the evening, God
Giveth His Angels Charge Over
Thee" Services are at 1916 Ver-
mont avenue NV.
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lexington.

Morning worship at II o'clock,
with Children's Day exercises and
baptismal service. At 8 pm, sermon
by the Rev. Henry B. Wooding.
The annual garden party and
luncheon of the Women's Mission
ary Society will be held Wednesday
at noon at the home of the Rev. DR..
and Mrs. G. L. Duncan, 1900 Seventh
street NE.
A meeting Of the teachers and
officers of the Sunday school will
be held Wednesday evening.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
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READING ROOMS
FIRST CHURCH-730 18th st.
NV. Hours, 8 to 9 Except
WEDNESDAYS, 9 to z, and Sun
days and holidays, 2::30 to $500
SECOND CHURCHILL c st.
NE. Hours IL to $50 pm.
week days; 1890 to $50 Sun
days and holidays.
THIRD CHURCH -Colorad do
Bldg, 18th and G SITS. Hours
9 to 9 wednesdays, 8 to 7::3O,
and Sundays and holidays. 2
to g..
FOURTH CHURCH-Riggs Bank
Bldg, $500 18th st. 8 to 8 week
days; Wednesdays, $50 to Z;
Sundays, 2:30 to $50 pm.
Holidays, 2::30 to $50 pm.
All are welcome to attend our church
services and use our reading rooms
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Westminster Memorial.

The Rev. Harry v. Porter will
preach in the morning and admins
ter the sacrament Of the Lords sup
per. The communion meditation
will be Gods Way OF Seeking U.s."