The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16
Firemen S Drill Team
Planned for Puyalup
Funerol for Henry Pratt Tuesday;
Indio Missionary To Be Speaker

lndiu Missionary
PUYALLUP-Puyallup's fire
department has decided TO sponsor
a six-man drill team to appear in
several state events during the
summer and viii begin practice
in Seattle at an early date. Men,
bers OF the team viii be selected
from the full roster by process of
elimination. The team will use a
45-foot ladder In Its work and will
also put on comedy act.
The team win take part in the
July 4 celebration In Tacoma
stadium, attend the Washington
State association meet at Port
Angeles July 17-20 and the As
ISOLATION Of Washington Fire
Chiefs college in Tacoma Aug. /.
Funeral services for Henry A.
Pratt. rs. who died at a Tacoma
hospital Saturday. will be held
Tuesday at 1870 at Hills funeral
home. Rev. Give Taylor will Off
ciate. Burial will be In Sumner
cemetery.
Pratt came to the state 81
years ago from Iowa and had
resided at Box 30s. Route /, Puy-
allup. for 20 years. He was in
the poultry business. He is sur
vived by his wife. Christina Y.
Pratt.
To Hear Missionary
Z. Meinzen, a missionary for
the past Is years in the Time
velly district OF India, will speak
at Emmanuel Lutheran church
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
He will tell of experiences In
India. Meinzen Ia q native of
India. Since graduation from Con-
cordia seminary In st. Louis In
1922 he has been in missionary
work. He Is sponsored by the
Walther league of Washington.
The public is invited to hear his
talk.
Another event scheduled for
Emmanuel church this week is a
play, "The Mills Of God" to be
presented Saturday night by a
group OF students from Concordia
college, Portland. Prof. X. Lorenz
of the college will accompany the
players.
Monday evening the Sunday
school teachers will continue their
training course at 8 o'clock in the
Sunday school rooms. Wednesday
at 1880 the Ladies' Study club
will meet at the home Of Mrs.
Ed Hirchert Of Route l. Cars
will leave che parsonage at ITO.
Establishing a Christian Home"
will be the subject of Rev. Theo-
dore Brakeman.
Mary-Marths Missionary society
of Peace Lutheran church will
meet with Mrs. George Barnum,
1901 Langdon St, Sumner, We'd
nesday afternoon with Mrs. Henry
Eilers assisting the hostess.
Rev. Erwin H. Jahr. pastor Of
Peace church. left Sunday even
ing for Spokane where he win
attend the annual district conven-
ton Of the American Lutheran
church. He viii return Friday
evening.
The Ladies' council Of the First
Baptist church win meet Wednes-
day at 2 o'clock at the home Of
Mrs. Z. L. Eckert. 14os 18th ave-,
s. e.
Evangelistic services conducted
by Rev. Lowell Anderson OF Seat
tie will be continued this week.
Tuesday through Friday. at 7;30
p. m. Rev. Anderson will also
occupy the pulpit next Sunday.
Tuberculosis Is Topic
DIR. Fordyce johnson of Tacoma
will be the speaker at the meeting
Of Meeker PIT. A. at the school
Wednesday evening. His subject
will be Tuberculosis Can Be
Found Early" Miss Stella KEEL
logg of the Administrations
league will show moving pictures.
Features on the program will be
a trio and duet tap dances with
Mona Rae velie. Jacqueline Peters
and Bernice Large in the former
and Jackie and jeanne Piquette in
the latter. At the business meet
ing. called for 7:3o, there will be
election OF officers.
Rev. w. A. Moore of Tacoma
will speak at the meeting of
Maplewood PIT. A. Monday even
irg at 7:45. There will be election
Of officers at the business session.
Musical feature of the program
win be a group Of piano selections
by Theodore Schroeder.
Custer circle. Ladies Of the C.
A. r., will meet for a business
session at Odd Fellows hall We'd
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.