{"id":5024,"date":"2023-06-03T12:58:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T16:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/?p=5024"},"modified":"2023-06-03T13:32:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T17:32:25","slug":"proofreaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/proofreaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Proofreaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Way back when there were printed church bulletins, the church ladies typed at home. &nbsp; These sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced at church services. &nbsp; Believe it or not, and e<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>njoy!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The Fasting &amp; Prayer Conference includes meals.<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Scouts<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled.&nbsp; Proceeds will be used to cripple children.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The sermon this morning: &#8216;Jesus Walks on the Water.&nbsp; &#8216;The sermon tonight: &nbsp;&#8216;Searching for Jesus.&#8217;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Ladies, don&#8217;t forget the rummage sale. It&#8217;s a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Don&#8217;t let worry kill you off &#8211; let the Church help.<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Miss Charlene Mason sang &#8216;I will not pass this way again,&#8217; giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">For those of you who have children and don&#8217;t know it, we have a nursery downstairs.<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Next Thursday there will be try-outs for the choir. They need all the help they can get.<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be &#8216;What Is Hell?&#8217; Come early and listen to our choir practice.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;<strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Pot-luck supper Sunday at&nbsp;5:00&nbsp;PM &#8211; prayer and medication to follow.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the Congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use the back door.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare&#8217;s Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. 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