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PAGE FOUR BRENHAM BANNER-PRESS FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1968
Independence News
rainTAAr
) Rev. Heye
$ Speaker At
Saw Dust Bill
t a good place for walking and .
By WILL H. WEEREN when Sawdust got tired, he ba- Phillipsburg
"A Pair Stilts’ cked up to the armory building
Sawdust made a pair stilts and rested against the eve of Pastor E. A.. Heye, execu-
a few days ago and gave them the roof. tive assistant of The South-
to a five year old boy from Yes, sir, it was a lot of fun! ern District office of The Am-
Houston. Another time in Sawdust’s life erican Lutheran Church, will
In trying to teach him how when stilts played an import- be the guest speaker at St.
to use them it was found his ant part was when he was wor- Paul Lutheran Church of Ph-
boots 8’’ tall were too stiff king as a carpenter in Port Ar- illipsburg at the 10 a.m. wor-
for active walking. He said, thur. - . / ship services, Sunday, Jan.
“I’ll bring my soft shoes next One early morning we look- 28.., . _
time I come and then I’ll be ed out the window and saw His sermon theme will be,
w* nothing but water. The levy at ‘It’s Your Move,’’ based upon
* : 1. ” %— ——- %**yent of Port Luke 17:11-19.-----
: am and wished the couple “ andmother, Mrs. Bennett, wo”e * mur broke and air the wa-" Pastor Heye will also it. -
happiness.
. . . th of Burton.
Warren Nelson has returned While on the subject of st-
from Grand Rapids, Mich. “its Sawdust’s thoughts go back
where he attended the funeral to his childhood days when he
of Henry Nelson, his father • learned to walk on them. Most
Mr. Nelson has spent most 0
By MRS. EARL ALLEN
Miss Suzanne Schwarze and
Sgt. Roger E. Hannath were
united in marriage Saturday
afternoon at the St. John’s
Lutheran Church, Prairie
• Hill. The reception was at the
American Legion Home fol-
- lowing the ceremony. Suzanne
onede thedonebtor of Mr. and Mrs.
the past two summers with his
family here in Washington Co-
unty and attended services at
Independence. We offer the
family our sympathy.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Loyd,
son Joe and Miss Carolyn L.
Spencer ’of Bryan, attended
worship services in Indepen-
dence Sunday morning and vi-
sited historical "points of in-
- terest. _
Jerry Garrett was welcom-
ed back to the piano Sunday in
- the’absence of Mrs. Gertie
McCrocklin who was ill. Jer-
runs a cafe one-half mile Nor- , ter came Port Arthur,way and
flooded it. The water was from
8’’ to 18" deep.
Sawdust did not go to the
job the first day, he knew ev-
erything was water soaked and
kids in those days 8 to 12 ye- lumber had a way of floating
ars old had a pair. We even away
stall the following to the chur-
ch council: Arnold Naumann-,
1 The Pastor’s
,: Corner
20xld----------
By DR. ROBERT GILPIN ′.
Pastor, First Methodist Church
We are lonely - it is the price of personhood. There is .
the loneliness of temptation. Other s may seek to encourage us -
in the face of temptation, but if victory is won we musthif sht
our way through - alone - no one else can win this fight for. . •
us There is the loneliness of decision. Others may seek to
counsel us and we do well to listen to those in whom we have
confidence But the valley of decision we must tread alone.
d-sselventL. 2 persons. There is-----------------
- ...Aiess of suffering. People may say I know just------
how you feel! But they don’t. Onl, .- . *X * *
able to enter into the feeling of others with insight and un-
derstanding. . .
In the loneliness of our creation, knowing that we are per
sons, Jesus leads us into a relationship with God and in faith,
■ love and trust we are able to say, “Our Father." over it
meeting for the purpose or Loneliness is real. There is nounse, butvionetiness are
calling a successor to Pastor up. Only as we contemplate the i^J of God as He comes to
James P. Burnett who accept- • we able tofathom the ama the Desperate loneliness of our
ed a call to Mission Vale " emu revear ms compmenension of the meaning of the
***=*=**mpamionsm orune etermi.setree.shpsaysutiom.ner-
suaded that neither death nor life, shall separate us from the-
love of God which in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-
39). 3 .... :
chairman; H. F. Wiesepape,
financial secretary; and Don-
ald Maresh.
There will also be a call
walked to a school on them. Well it did and we had a time
but we had to put them under separating our lumber, from ... . —
the school house and were not er asl EANux
allowed to use them during before we could get to the CPUAAr —LENTIC—
school hours. job, but during the meantime, SCHOOL MINUS
l one had to go to town.
Sawdust wasn’t satisfied to After the first day, Sawdust i 1B.I.S.D.
took his shoes and sox off and •
rolled up his pants and walked BRENHAM HIGH MPMIC
to town. He lived on 9th St.. JUNIOR HIGH SC HOOL
Then he thought of making a TUESDAY JAN. 30 WV ILLIANI T.LTIV NEN®
pair stilts and sure enough Italian spaghetti, buttered—___
they did the trick, the streets corn, cheese slices, pickled By MINNIE BELLE PITTMAN
were . shelled and packed beets, cake squares, hot rolls
enough to walk on. : with butter, 1/2 pt. milk
The gang saw Sawdust com- "
own an ordinary pair 12" off
the ground, he owned a pair
36” off the ground, and one
day conceived the idea of ma-
king a pair.7 feet off the
ground. Sawdust had to get on
the wood shed, to get on them,
but after that walking was no
trick. To step over a fence one
had to stand with the fence
ry, has lived in Dallas for
several years and is now back naq nm. "."IE ing id evervbodv-wanted
in Washington County where he on the side: SP Thennse, pair. The % . -.
says he thinks he will be for for bala ceef thethence and foa pair sirayet aetvas-mey and greens, nine
some time. He has been ill of one stilt overmen fence shoulders and that was the
a heart attack. step around a little more and answer, but they called for
** : then raise the other over the more by that time though the
wOther visitors were Dole. fence and so it went from ones on and the
“rovertson, acttuei 8 2, fence to another. te-anan prowess aeritrs rrecaum==—------—-
con-caauns n.can.emi HTMepublic.somerechergthe P Aim, Ancep mP I inea somicsty ca m Em:
help his history assign- nursing home now stands, was eaning up. rots, fruit gelatin, hot rolls
ment: Mike Ford, Bobby Pat- = with butter, 1/2 pt. milk
terson and Joe Barnes, all of A. — .. . . . FRIDAY, FEB. 2
Houston. From Brenham were CALENDAD AE CVINICA Baked ham, candied yams,
Dennis Scott, Twain Tharp , CALINDASUF DVLITT cabbage slaw, ice cream, hot
John Evans, a Baylor student. _== rolls with butter, 1/2 pt. milk
"2 MONDAY, FEB. 5
Fried fish with catsup, ma-
caroni and tomatoes, brocolli
Correction please: Please
note there was an error in
the Jan. 19 Banner-Press In-
dependence News report of
the highest one day attendance
at the Texas Baptist Historical
Center and Independence Ch-
urch since official records
have been kept. The highest
one day attendance was 996
instead of the number (9,996)
quoted: We are sorry, but can
only blame it on the typewriter
going wild when irstarted pr-
inting the nines.
An official report was ma-
iled to Texas Historical Dir-
ector Truett Lattimer this
week stating that 20 foreign
countries with a total of 43
tourists signed our guest book
in 1967. There were 34 stat-
SUNDAY, JAN, 28: WEDNESDAY, JAN, 31:
Wesleyan Service Guild First Methodist Youth Choir
District meeting at First Me- at the home of Miss Patricia
thodist Church in Bryan, 2:30 Weiss, 6:30 p. m.; Methodist
p. m. ′ Church Boy Scout Troop 476,
League presidents meet at 7 p. .m.; Chancel Choir, 7:30
St. Peter’s Lutheran, Gay Hill,
2 p. m.
last Saturday. : —------------—
Mr. and Mrs. FrankSchind-
Mr. an Mrs. Jimmie Flick ler visited in the home of
WEDNESDAY JAN 31 and children, Karen and John, . their daughter, Mr. and
WWPEDN ERLAN. -sited in the home of Mr. and "Mrss Emil Ebner and theirosacwoe
* Mr and.Mrs.,
pineapple, corn bread with Greenvine Mr. and Mrs/ClTo rd Sirop
butter, 1/2 pt. milk . . and son, Charles in Pas ?
THURSDAY, FEB. 1 SermonTopics last Saturday fc Metis Hutson.
′ Mr. and MIS. uRU uPO
sBaked, turkey wittrar - Refewic-onnanimseg -wespens ksisaturdegge.ss:
tor of the Greenvine L utheran night and Sunday in the home. - - *
Church, will speak on "How of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Shall We Enter the Courts of A. D. Hutson.
the Lord?’’, based on Psalm Miss Linda Kettler who has
84:1-2, on Sunday, Jan. 28. been attending college in Aus-
The Psalmist. says; "My time is spending several days •
soul longe th, yea, even fain- this week at home with her
teth" for the Courts of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert" *
Lord.". This is a picture of Kettler. Miss Susan Schwartz
the true worshiper, because of Houston and Miss Sally Cr-
a great desire to worship is ouser of Odessa are also visit--
here described. ing in the home of Mr. and
For the Old Testament wo- Mrs. Wilbert Kettler.
Michael Schroeder, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Nolen Schroe-
with cheese sauce, peach cob-
bler, hot rolls, with butter,
1/2 pt. milk rshiper the Temple provided a
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS rich ceremony, symbolic or
p. m. . TUESDAY, JAN. 30
St. Peter’s Episcopal, Holy Chicken fried steaks, stea-
st. Paul’s Senior Luther-Compeions,ar37e3men med nice withgravy, seasoned God’s nearness. The courts of
League meeting, 6:30 p. m. Choir, 4 p.m.; Alcoholics An- mustard greens, celery st- ===—naalkiacone
onymous, 8 p.m. : icks, purple plums, cormbr-
MONDAY, JAN. 29: €:Grace Lutheran School Ch- ead with butter, 1/2 pt. milk
First Baptist Men leave the apel Service 1 p.m. = WEDNESDAY, JAN 31 —
church for Associational Bro- ′Westernburgers, pinto be-
therhood meeting at Somer- THURSDAY FEB. 1: ans, cabbage slaw, raisins,
ville, 6:30 p.m. (). Grace Lutheran, Ladies Ci- 1/2 pt. milk ,
Auxiliary rele meets, 2:30 p.m.; Men’s THURSDAY, FEB. 1
Brenham Hospital Auxilary Club meets Fish sticks with catsup, ma-
will meet at First National 5 carom and tomatoes, English:
Bank, 9:30 a.m. • St Paul’s Lutheran Ladies peas, carrot strips, ice cr
• as represented with an esti- First Methodist Children’s Aid, 2:30 p. m.; Bible study eam, hot rolls with butter, 1 to great pains to explain this
--2-*--S-*D2S2R==-=---------t o-----F===Muthudimtowsat Brenham Rest. Home. 3 1/2 pt. milk to His followers. A number of
- **, ina c2orpaeciula Co d-s-Hr --------------
-------.-signed. Severat-were-repeak—bome.o(Mes-CarlWhitmas--t------------------Bae torr KE and dreSh
- - guests, but signed only once. 4:15 p. m. Den 2 at home of Mrs. R. H. green beans, gelatin, hot rolls
P Many of the tour groups, st.’Paul’s Lutheran, Bren- Wieghat, Jr., 4 p. m.; College with butter, 1/2 pt. milk
5from other states and out of Boy Scout Troop 742, Council meets with Rev. Pat MONDAY, FEB. 5
the U.S. were in short course ′. Heath (in college classroom
studies at Texas A&M Univer- . at the church), 7 p.m. 1
1 sity Australia led the foreign TUESDAY JAN 30-= =-*== eurien salad, cake squares, hot
students with a total of 13. St. Peter s Episcopal Morn-"FRIDAY, FEB. 2:.....rolls with butter, 172 pt. milk
Prayer & Holy Comm- St. Paul’s Lutheran, Bren- 2---2—
"ham. Altar Guild, 9:30 a. m.; Forithe .arth tol the school hear people say, “easy come
St. John’s UC or c. Burton, Prayer Group with Mrs. C.. lunch box with plain cookies easy go." This is perhaps why
Publish St. John’s News, i D. Dallmeyer, 502 Milroy Dr- with bright, quickly made so frequently we find people
- — - —— . ive, 9:30 a. m. ________frosting. Moisten sm a 11 either not taking their C hris-
P. * :amounts of confectioners’ su-tianity serious or forsaking it .
Christ Lutheran, Sweetbr- : St. Peter’s Episcopal, Jun- gar with orange or other fruit all together.
iar Visitation, 2 p.m. for Altar Guild, 4 p.m.; Holy juices, or use sugar syrup On the contrary that which Mary in the House of Si-
Communion, 5:30 p.m. drained from canned fruits to we have gained through hard- mon’’will be the ser mon sub-
. vary colors and flavors. One to ship and much labor, weject at the 11 a.m. worship
St. Paul’s Lutheran, Bren- 97 2 teaspoons of liquid will dis- usually hold quite dear. So it service. at Independence Bap-
ham. Staff meeting, 9 a. m.; - st paull lumtor Lutherans solve %4 cup of confectioners is with our Christian religion, tist church Sunday, according
Den I of Cub Pack 742, 3:30* ,50 Paul sJuntor Lutherans, sugar almost instantly to then our faith become precious to Pastor Earl Allen. The se-
m *2:30 p.m. . blend easily, spread smoothly,- 0
P. m.. and dry quickly and enduring. ripture lesson is Luke 7:36-
. 50.
=In looking at this touching
example of our Saviour’s love, : •
it will help us to look into
. the spirit of it if we re-
call the words of Jesus in
Matt. 11 chapter, the beautiful
words of invitation with which
the paragraph closes, "Come
* Tanto-me-all ye that labor and, _
are heavy laden and I will _
give you rest, take my yoke
upon you and learn of me for
I am meek and lowly at heart
. and ye shall find rest unto
your souls."Mary accepted
— Jesus’invitation and followed
him into Simon’s house. There
found forgiveness of sin and
washed his feet with her tears
and dried them with her hair.
"Christ Weeping over Jeru-
salem"will be the 6:30 p.m.__
sermon subject Sunday night.
The scripture lesson is Luke
a 20201, irs
The one touching that stands
out above all others from this
. dramatic picture is that mtar-
velous love that can still pity
— when it is too late to save.
God and His presence. Sacri- , der, was entertained last Sat- .
fices and psalms of praise urday with a number of his
served to awaken the sense of friends on his birthday. ,
*______Mrs. Alvin Mudd of Victor-
the Lord provided this meeting ia is visiting thie -.----"
place for the sinner to actually home cof her parents, Mr.zand
feel the presence of the Lord. Mrs: Otis Cooksie. Mr. and
. Hence with great joy the wor" Mrs. W. M. Mudd and son,
shiper came into the presence Roy of Houston, also visited
of God. in the home of Mr. and Mrs. •
The faithful worshiper rea- Otis Cooksie over the week-
* lized that God came to them
through the suffering of His
Son on the cross. This fact is
often overlooked. Jesus went
end.
Mrs. R V. Pittman and
children, Alan, Dickie, Mi-
chael and Catherine, spent last <'
Saturday night in the home of
her parents, Mr- and Mrs.
ee times He ssaid,‘th TA7 7 ,* ‘ t ** € "
, . * daneu tusney on n.con.no, to Jerusalem." This they did — The Tadieg” or ine Wiliam”
thentenue-iceeetr—te creamed: potatoes, seasoned : nor seen cause = Penn Book-Club, Mrs. hohr
they were looking for astrong Huseman, Mrs. Frank Sch-
dictator. indler. Mrs. Thad Pittman
MONDAY, FEB. 5
‘ Meat balls with spaghetti,
buttered corn, tossed gre-
indler, Mrs. Thad Pittman
and Mrs. Willie Kankel en-
Tour groups are always we- ing
Icome and it is estimated that union, 7:15 a.m.
an average of 20 minutes are
spent by each person. Call
or write Pastor Earl Allen,.
Rt 5, Brenham or GR 6-
5117. the Museum is closed
on Mondays, but will open by
appointment.
A new vegetable oil for cook-
ing has artificial butter flavor
added plus the aroma of but-
ter. Available in pint and
quart jars.
.the family store
SALE PRICE GOOD
Friday, Saturday,
"and Monday
January 76, 27,29
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Perhaps the greatest mis-
understanding today is that
many wish to make Christi- _
anity easy. I never was and hot and spart-gc-sursmarw=ew==
never will be easy to follow - - *
V our Lord. Today so often we
tertained their husbands last
Wednesday night,with ^ meat-
the home of Mr. nd Mrs. Wil-
lie Kankel. Coffee and Cokes-
were also served.
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