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PAGE SIX DIAL PA POTTITOWN MERCURY, POTTSTOWN. PA. SATURDAY, MAY 11, IMS College President to Speak at Methodist Anniversary A former department of religion ehtir- man at The Hill Khool from 1937 to liMl, will return to Pottitown tomorrow morning for the 125th anniversary of First Methodist church. 414 High street. The Rev.

Dr Howard L. Rubendall, who Is the 24th prestident of pickinson college, Carlisle, will speak at the 10:45 o'clock vice on the theme Any Other The anniversary projjram will begin at I o'clock with sermon by thn Rev learning pastor of First church. Tht Ivcamins set a record as the only tor eight consccutive years. During the 1:30 o'clock Sunday School session, a historical pageant will be ducted with Merrill editor of the church paper and a member of tht anniversary committee, as moderator. Tht pageant will ftaturt Mri.

Joaeph Davis and Mri. Stanley Halt drtaatd In early 1900 apparel. Another part of tht event will be marked with five church members Iscing on the congregation's past hi.story. Participants are Ernest Sands, L. Ernest Pickard, Mrs.

John F. Merkel, Mri. Ltwii C. Leaming Jr. and Daniel Pettigrew.

ROBERT HALE, director of the pageant, will be in charge of the following children reviewing the church history from past ords: Theda Hoffman, Robert Sands, Judith Umstead, Neil Cressman and Anita er. In the evening at 6 a family night icrvice will bo conducted featuring a supper, former pastors, church members who entered the ministry, a brass quartet and a fest. Among the former pastors expected to tend will bt tht Rev. J. Martin Brinton, 1949- IS, and tht Rev.

Horace Olewiler, 1944 to 1954. The family supper will bt highlighttd with band music dirtcttd by William F. Lamb Jr. Members tf tht band are: Ntrnai Lepperd, Dennis Plerman, Dtnnia Ing, Daniel Marquette, Brace Ltrd atd Carl Mayes, tramptU; Kathy Lamb and Deanne Cressman, french horn; William 8ands, Thomas Pike and Janes Meyers, trombone; Sue Lamb, Keith Ecker, Kathryn Myers and Patty Garber, flnte. And, Thomas Hutton, Robert Hutton, Nancy Pike, Barbara Edieman, Mark San- clow, Amir Ecker, Gayle Kramer.

David Royer, Laura Groves and Dennis Kirk, clarinets; James Elliott, William Drendall and Neal Cressman, saxaphones; Peggy Lamb, bass; Rupert Venikt, Robtrt Sands, Robert Meytra, Paul Edltman and Curt Huottr, drummtra. THE ANNIVERSARY alao wUl bt marktd a display table featuring old church ords, books, Bibles used by former pastora. Tht display tablt was arrangtd by itead, who pointed out thtrt will bt a crosa made from the original wood of the church constructed in 1938 will bt among tht various items. The cross waa made by the latt I. J.

Knauer, a church school superintendent for 60 years. Upon his death the cross went to his son, Donald. At present it Is owned by Russell Cannell, Sunday School chorister. The Rev. Rubendall, is a graduate of Dickinson college, class of 1931, received hia degree in 1955 from Union Theological seminary.

After hla year ttaart at Tht Hfll, ht htciait paslMT tf Pirat Pftahyterlai church, Albany, N. Y. frta 1941 ft 1944, whti ht acctfted Iht tfflct tf htadMial- tr at Iht Ml. HeraiMi SchttI ftr htya, Ml. Htnitii, Maas.

In 1955, ht was madt headmaater of tht Northfield school for girls, Mt. Hermoo, and remained there until his acceptance of tht presidency of Dickinson college. Born in Williamstown, Dr. Rubendall gan his career in education at the American university, Cairo, Egypt in the early Members of the anniversary committtt are: Ernest H. Sands, Mrs.

Martha Hamer, Mrs. Sidnie Graham, Mrs. J. F. Merkel, Mra.

Earl 0. Lloyd. Alice Marquette, Ruth Zimmerman, C. Russell tlannell, R. B.

Hunter, Merrill M. Umstead and the Lewia C. Leaming pastor. Special Day Sendees Scheduled By Churches in Area Special day services will be conducted in most Pottstown churches tomorrow highlighted with sermons, special choral music and recitations. The annual observance will be celebrated in conjonction with Christian Family week.

A day banquet will mark the observance in Holy Trinity Orthodoi (Russian) atholic church following the 10 a. m. divine liturgy service. The event will be sponsored by the Altar socicty headed by Mrs. Stephen Kopestonsky, Mrs.

Mary Surma is chairman of the dinner committee. She will be assisted by the members of the Altar society. The Senior club will present all mothers with flowers prior to the liturgy service. TRIBUTE TO will be the theme used at special services in Bethel AME church tomorrow night at 6 The event will be sponsored by the Mary Roberts missionary society. Special music will be provided by both choirs directed by Kenneth Hines.

Organist will be Mrs. Dorothy Ricketts. A saxophone solo will be provided by Hines with James Ricketts playing a bass solo. The following will honor the with readings: Mrs. Virginia Cole, Grace Carter, Mrs.

Alice Beasley and Georgenne Showell. Porter Beasley will be in charge of the devcrtional service. Speaker will be William Barber, York, who will speak on Attributes of i THE REV. CHARLES H. Car-, ter pastor, pointed out that there will be gifts given to the: oldest mother, youngest mother and morther traveling the most distance to attend.

An outstanding mother will be honored for her accomplishments during the year. The following wil give sym-i posiums on mother: Mrs. Pearl Thompson. Margaret Ricketts, of My Kenneth Hines, Three Horace Blanding, Wife as ihe Mother of My Mrs. Beu-: lah Birckhead, Foster- Mrs.

Gwendola Miller, Joy As a Newstell Marable, Mother of and Robert Jackson, Mother of Daughters will be ushers at First Baptist church tomorrow morning during the 10:45 o'clock service. They are Janis and Nancy Flood; Myra Gehret, Nancy Good, Eloise Prescott and Linda Beekley. The Rev. Wallace D. Flood, will preach on i'ounlain of The Adult choir will sing Go Not Far From Thee and the Youth choir will present Day MRS.

BERTRAM BRANDRETH will be the principal speaker during the Sunday School hour at Trinity Evangelical Congregational church at 9:30 a.m. The Rev. Dr. Luther A. Krouse, pa.stor of Emmanuel Lutheran church will speak on Is A Family at the 8 and 10:45 a m.

Special music will be provided by the Junior and Senior choirs. A communion corporate breakfast will be conducted by the men's class of Christ Episcopal church for the mothers and daughters tomorrow morning at 8:30 at First Federal Savings and Loan association. Communion will be served by the Rev. George A Lineker, rector at 7:30 Ira Stoughton is president of the men's class. A special day service will be conducted in Second Baptist church tomorrow night at 7:30 Emphasis on the home will mark the services in Trinity United Church of Christ tomorrow morning and evening.

The Rev. Dr. John B. Frantz, pastor will speak on Have They Seen In Your at 8 and 10:45 o'clock. Monday evening at 6:30 the mothers and daughters are invited to a dessert fellowship.

The program will include gifts for the oldest and youngest mothers. 228 Catholic Children To Receive Communion SHHH! Stefan Cardinal WyszynskI, highest free Roman Catholic leader behind the Iron Curtain, seems to be putting a hush- hush on his visit in Rome. Just a camera quirk, however. He is in Rome apparently to discuss a new approach to the relations with Red-governed countries. Two hundred and twenty-eight Catholic youngsters will receive their first holy communion this weekend.

Services will be conducted in St. Aloysius church, St. Columb- church. Boyertown, and St. church, Delphi.

The Rev. William M. ley, rector of St. Aloysius church will officiate at the 9 a. m.

mass this morning. Following the mass the auxiliary of Ancient Order of Hibernians will sponsor a communion breakfast In tht school cafeteria. I Services in St. church will be conducted by the Rev. B.

H. Creamers, rector, tomorrow at 9 a. m. After the service the altar society headed by Antionette Ryan will give a breakfast in honor of the communicants. The Rev.

Arthur T. Hedge, rector of St. church will officiate at the 8 a. m. service tomorrow.

The event will be highlighted with a May Day service at 2 p. m. I THE FOLLOWING will re- iceive communion in St. Aloysius church: James Bowman, Paul Caruso, James Covaleski, Michael Cozzone, James David Dennis, Richard Diffendal, Timothy DiPette, John Fabian, David Fisher, James Grace, Timothy Gribb and Thomas Hadley. Also, Rudy Hasselhan, Eric Henry, Nicholas Himes, Stephen Jenschke.

David Jones, James Koren, Stephen Kurtz, John Ma- Daniel Lutz. Stephen Matichak, Michael Mattson, Stanley Murphy, James McHale and Jo- Iseph Ondercin. Timothy I Stephen Francis Pan- 'neloa, Joseph Pollick, John iProitte, Josefrfi Sciscio, Michael Serina, Thomas Shanley, Leonard Sharp and David Sheperak. Also, Kenneth Stanley SmoLsky. Joseph Stefanick, David Stercula, David Stofko, Philip Thees.

Keith Walbert, Eric Wilke, Ray- moixi Bond, Richard Brandel, John Bukey and Gerald Bush. Also, Mark Conklin, John Czerwinski. Mark Daniels, Gregg Halteman. Michael lezzi, Timothy Keene. Scott Kurtz, David Leas, James Ludwick.

Michael i.Mallick, Michael Michaels, Ron- lald and Mark Patrizzi. Also, Richard Patrizzi. Jef- Powell, John Raymond, Timothy Moody, Ronald Silknitter, Dennis Spaar, Paul Umer, Anthony Yesko, Andrew Yonkovitch. Elizabeth Andriean, Maria Baldassare, Theresa Baldassare, Jane Banos, Michelle Brown, Constance Chayson, Patricia Cleniens, Amy Cleveland, Marcia Dobbs, Linda Edter, Kathleen Flower, Roberta Foust and Diane Friel. A1.S0, Linda Green, Debra Gurka, Gail Hart, Ro.semary Hoover, Mary Beth Howe, Kathryn Jones, Rebecca Knoiow, Angeline Korbel, Donna Lahn- Yolanda Landis, Linda Leary, Michaelle Nailon and 'Angelia Neri.

Also, Robin Nimmerichter, Angel Christina O'Neill, Kathleen Ottaviano, i a Peace, Linda Piekos, Sandra Piroschak, Anita Pish, Mary Pollock, and Mary Ann Puc. Also. Christine Russo, Kathryn Sassaman. Mary Schiel, Lorraine Semanski, Debra Sim- ber, Bethann Smith. Joanne Sprat, Con.stance Stahl, Marie Stanley, Kathleen Stryjewski, Kathaleen Sullivan.

Susan Torak and Miriam Wright. Also, Barbara Yednock, Robin ZlotowskI, Elizabeth Knapp, Janet Bauer, Candace Boyd, Penelope Boyd, Diane Breldenbach, Charlene Christman, San dra Donofrlo, and Barbara Dunn. Also, Kathaleen Marie Falcon, MaryBeth Fillman, Roseann Finn', Linda Jacobs, Trudine Kovach, Elinor Leas, Robin Mallick, Linda Orgill, Nadine Pomponio and dine Pomponio and Susan Ryan, san Ryan. Also, Cynthia Sharo, Melinda Smale, Debra Strohl, Victoria Ullman and Carol Wciser. Teacher of the class is Sister Eucharista.

COMMUNICANTS at St. church are: Theresa Aston, Eileen Becker, Kathryn Bickert, Donna Byrnes, Ann Dusza, Yvonne Geisler, Susan Haraczka, Carol Hoffman, Karen Kunz, Karen Matyavov- sky, Kathryn Ryan, Laura Try- anski and Julia Windt. Thomas Abruzzi, Robert Coburn, Kenneth Flack, Robert Flynn, Vincent Fynn, Donna Garrell, Allen Geist, Ralph Hankins, James Geist, Stephen Labate, Andrew Marmar, James McGrath, Michael Mounts, David Plavcan, Victor Plavcan, and Dennis Sterling. Edward Wilde, Thomas 'Sin' Is Topic Of Ivangelist At Tabernacle The Rev. Calvin Peters, a traveling evangelist from Butler, addressed an audience in Shanesville Alliance Gospel I Tabernacle Friday night irom the topic His text was taken from the Book of Psalms, chapter 139 and verses 23 and 24.

I The Rev. Peters Aid knew Just one sin could bring the wrath of God upon him. David knew one sin would grow and never stay small. David knew sin would never stay sin always leads to another and David knew one sin Is enough to ruin a man or Music was provided by the Wigden singers from NY. Tonight his topic will be Sin That Nobody Wants to Talk Tomorrow Sunday school will be conducted at 9:30 a.m.

llie Wigden singers will present a program during the church school hour. The morning service will be at 10:30 with the Rev. Peters also speaking at the 7:30 p.m. service. Zack, John Wal.sh, Dolney, Rose Ann Dorst, Luann Nazza, Jo.sephine Labate and Ginna Miller.

Sister Agnes St. is teacher of the class. THE FOLLOWING will receive communion at St. Columb-j church; Theresa berger, Mary Ann Boulw, Ann! Mae Essig, Janice Faust, Kath-; leen Janderchick, Linda Het-i rick, Tina McLaughlin, Vicie Benyo, Maria Seaman, Monica Deski, Patricia Kinney and Christine Gurney. I Christine Sherman, WH- liam Manly, Dennis Stauffer, David Pienta, Neal Melchcr, John Kauffman, Robert Mack, Michael Austerwick, Carl Robertson, John Priest, John Picha- rello, and Nicholas Savino.

Mrs. Lawrence Bauer Is teacher of the class. PINAL bting madt by mtmhtra of a aptclal annlvtraary mlittt for tht ctltbrallon of tht 128th ytar of Pirat Mtthodlat church, 414 Nigh atrtat. Tht obaarvanca wIN ba ad tomorrow morning and avaning turing guaat spaakara, a pagaant and a family night aarvica. Cammlttaaman laft to right ara, R.

B. Nuntar, Krnaat H. Sands, tha Rav. Lawla C. Laamlng paator and Marrlll M.

Umataad. Nurses Will Be Honored at Senrices In Grace Lutheran Church Tomorrow Sister Anna Ebert, a former America, through its board of! Directing Sister of Lankenau social ministry, urges congrega-i hospital, Philadelphia, will be tions near hospitals to empha-i the guest speaker at the 8 and size the importance of the nurs- 10:45 a. m. services at Grace ing profession as a Chri.stian calling assisting healing purposes. At the 10:45 a.

m. tomorrow registered nurses from the congregation and community and student nurses from the Pottstown Hospital school of nursing will follow the church choirs in procession to an especially designated section of the nave. The adult and youth choirs of Grace church will sing special numbers of the service. Registered nurses from Grace church include Mrs. Donald Graeff, Mrs.

Frederic Caleen, Mrs. Robert Greenawalt, Mrs. Richard Hoffert, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Holden, Mrs. Mildred Hutt, Mrs.

Alvin Leidel, Alvina Paul, Henriette Paul, Mrs. Melvin Scheldt, and June Van Horn. Student Nurses include Judith Calleen and Linda Houck. The speaker of the day. Sister Anna Ebert, is a graduate of Kutztown State college, Temple university, the Lankenau hospital School of Nursing and The Philadelphia Motherhouse And School For Deaconesses.

She was directing sister of Lankenau hospital from 1940 to 1962, and of the Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia house of Deaconesses from 1930 to 1962. She is the deaconess secretary of the board of college education and church vocation of The Lutheran Church In America. Sister Anna has studied SISTER ANNA EBERT Lutheran church, 660 North Charlotte street, tomorrow. The occasion is the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the pioneer of modern nursing.

The Lutheran Church In deaconess work In Germany and Scandinavia. She was a delegate to The Lund (Sweden) Assembly of Tht Lutheran World Federation in 1947; to the Ecumenical Association of Deaconesses In Oslo (Norway) in 1954; and to tht Kaiserswerth General Conference of Deaconess Moth- erhouses in Kaiserswerth, Germany, In 1961. Next month Sister Anna will be a delegate to the meeting in West Berlin Germany. Tomorrow at Grace Church, during the 9:30 a. m.

school hour. Sister Anna will speak to the teenage and young classes, under the guidance of Agnes Casselman, director of Christian Education at Grace church, and a graduate of the Philad'c'phia Deaconess school. Sister Anna will be available to girls and young women of the congregation and community for private conferences in tht afternoon. St. Peter's Plans Mother's Day Service The Rev.

Ann Cordray, pastor of St. United Church of Christ, Chester Springs RD 1, will speak on Ye Have during a special Day service tomorrow morning at 10:50 Sunday school will be conducted at 10 FOR ALL OCCASIONS PAUL I. ROMW Florist 38 St. FA 3-7900 CANTATA PLANNED I A cantata entitled the Glory of will be conducted morning at 10:15 in St. Lutheran church, Red Hill, by the Junior and Senior choirs.

FUNDS EARMARKED KANSAS CITY, UPU-Nearly 85 percent of the current $3,751,650 budget of the Church of the Nazarene will go to support world evangelism, the denomination says. IN EVERY WAY we strive to make this a funeral with quiet, unobtrusive service and friendly understanding. When sorrow comes, and counsel or advice is needed we stand ready to help you. Call on us at any hour of the day or night. HOUCK FUNERAL HOME Washington Street at Cheetnut ChtBiUi Ye therefore shall be feet, as your heavenly Father ia Wt should replace memo- riea of paat mistakea with supreme desires to be what God wants all of ua to perfect children.

Wilson Funeral Home 711 N. Franklin St. NEW Rav. Dalalna E. Story, In- tarlm pastor of First Baptiat church, St.

Patara comad fiva naw mambara to tha aongragatlon. Thay ara, laft to right, front row, Robin ranca, Pottstown Star routa; llupart Vanzka, 4SS North Franklin street and Larry Chonka, St. Patars. Back row, Jerry Chonka, Pottstown Star routa and Clifford Chonka, St. Patara.

Skean FUNERAL HONE (Foraicrlj Harley and tkeaa) Hi(h ind Franklin SU. FA 6-0433 58 of Doorway to Friandly StrTlce SCHUMACHER and REBER Funeral 1st King Stmt FA 8 TM may mew. OURS IS I A SERVICE DEDICATED TO THE NEEDS OF ALL FAITHS FUNERAL HOME WIM.IM ay INVITATION NATIONAL SELECTED MORTICIANS.

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