Building To Replace Church Destroyed By Fire In March 1951
Dedication services mark the new 72000 sanctuary for the First Christian church after the March 28, 1981 fire. Dr. M. E. Sadler of Texas Christian University will preach at 11 am with Hal Bonner directing the choir. Memorials baptism service and a tower dedication follow with multi-church clergy participating. The Brown Construction Co. built the 3456 square foot sanctuary plus 4800 square foot educational block, totaling 8256 square feet. The design by Edward Bodet features white brick and light oak, seating 30 plus 35 in a glass walled rear room. sound equipment in the tower supports carillon chimes.
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First Christian Church
Sumder
M. E. Sadler
Texas Christian University
Hal Bonner
Tower of Christian Unity
Raptons
Milton Jordan
Grace Methodist. Church
P. Walter Henckell
Trinity Mpiscopal Church
Karl Bracker
St Paul's Lutheran Church
Wayne McCles
Edward, Bodet
Houston
Forrest Ave
S$ and K Furniture Co
Jacksonville
Texas
J. Robert Barnes Jr
E. C. Wood
J. L. Hutson
H. M. Johnson
David Killough
Clyde Foltz
J. §. Mann Jr
Busy leader Dr M E Sadler to speak at Baytown church
Dr. M. E. Sadler, president of Texas Christian University since 1941, leading multiple campaigns, chairs, and boards, will preach the dedication sermon at First Christian Church in Baytown on Sunday. He has held roles from vice president of major societies to director in several organizations and contributed to higher education standards and international church relations.
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M. E. Sadler
Texas Christan University
Sadler
Baytown
New First Christian Church
Texas Christian University
Cleveland
Council of Churches of Christ
USA
Association of American Colleges
Washington, D.C
Commission On Higher Education
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Fort Worth
The
American Red Cross
YMCA
Children's Museum
Public Library
Opera
Atlantic Christian College
Vanderbilt University
University of Chicago
Yale University
Hobacker
North Carolina
International Convention of Disciples of Christ
General Commission On Army and Navy
Eighth Service Command
Disciples of Christ
World Council of Churches
Amsterdam
Holland
Rotary Clab
National Committee On
Disciples Colleges
Philosophical Society of Texas
National Board of Education of the
State Board of Public Welfare
Japan
Harpers
Bethany Press
Veen Drive Women Back Campaign for Democratic VP Nominee
Volunteer workers at the In ige for Veen headquarters in Chicago prepared i29n and handbills to boost Mrs India Edwards for vice president. Backers of the Democratic national committee vice chairman pressed delegates at the Conrad Hilton hotel. Mary T. Whorton and Julia Crows, leading New York Democrats, organized the push with 39 states backing. Judge Sarah Hughes of Dallas was also linked as a No 2 option though few expect a serious chance. Still, women hoped to see feminine names formally placed before the convention.
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Chicago
Inige
Veen
India Edwards
Democratic National Committee
Conrad Hilton
Mary T. Whorton
New Jersey
Julia’ Crows
New York
Sarah Hughes
Dallas
Mass Polio Inoculation Program Planned for Sixty-Thousand Children
In Sioux City on July 19 a mass polio inoculation drive will vaccinate about 8,000 children aged one to 12 with gamma Globulin serum and another 8,000 with a gelatin substance. A 23 member medical team led by Dr. William McDowell Hammon of the University of Pittsburgh will administer the injections, following a prior mass test in Houston. Five polio deaths and 111 patients in two hospitals mark the week’s toll as exhausted doctors care for patients.
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Sloux City
William McDowell Hammon
University of Pittsburgh
Houston
Tex
St. Joseph's
St. Vincent’s Hospitals
National Bar Exam Plan Recommended
The American Bar Association proposed a drastic revision in admission procedures. It urged a standardized national bar exam to judge applicants on a more equitable basis while letting states retain their passing standards, using national grading as a uniform yardstick.
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San Francisco
American Bar Association
Missing Stamps Sought By Postal Inspectors
Postal inspectors hunted 48 000 stamps valued at 45 000 dollars found in a stock pile in the postoffice building. Authorities said the stamps bear the likeness of President Monroe and include large batches of one cent stamps.
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Chicago
FDR Jr May Not Qualify As Veep
Chicago July 19. If the Democrats nominate Rep. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr for vice president his eligibility could be challenged in court. Article II requires natural born citizenship. Roosevelt born at Campobello to American parents abroad raises a legal question. Supreme Court has not settled natural born citizen status.
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Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
United States
Young
Roosevelt
Campobello
Maine
Supreme Court
Government Approves Pullman Rate Boost
The Interstate Commerce Commission has authorized the Pullman Co to raise minimum sleeping car rates 23 percent, with higher charges to take effect around July 28 after a prior suspension blocked January plans. The move, prompted by a Defense Department study, is expected to yield about $4.3 million in annual revenue.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman Co
ICC
Defense Department
Air Force admits radar tracked flying saucers sightings
In Dayton on July 19 Air Force Captain E J Ruppelt disclosed that radar has tracked unidentified aerial objects moving at 1500 to 2600 mph. Bluebook head said most reports were meteors balloons birds or misidentifications with 25 percent unexplained. No wreckage or physical traces have been found connecting saucers to reports.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
E. J. Ruppelt
Bluebook
Navy
el Segundo
Calif
Ruppelt
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Busy Man
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TCU
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Britton - Cravens
J. B. McKinley
Congress Ave
India Owens
Veen Drive
Geis
FDR Jr
Texas Hardware
Baytown Plumbing
W. Main
DALAN
BEMIS
Sheet Metal Works
Thin Brown Construction Co
Ave. L
Houston, Texas
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