Methodist leaders report Michigan conference highlights
Rev. Leslie J Nevins of Clare Methodist Church summarized the Michigan annual conference held June 12 to 16 at Albion. Highlights included 22 young men received on trial, a statistical gain and a rise in church school membership, and $1 252689 spent on buildings and improvements. The conference opposed general mercantile business on Sundays and backed a ban on alcohol on passenger aircraft while urging prayer for Billy Graham’s New York evangelistic crusade.
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Leslie J. ‘Névins
Clare Methodist Church
Michigan
Albion
Methodist Church
Conference
Billy Graham
New York
Nevins
To Restore Calvin Auditorium in Geneva Switzerland
A 14000 fund has been contributed by Christians from every continent to restore the historic Calvin Auditorium in Geneva as a world Presbyterian and Reformed Center. The fourteenth century church hosted John Calvin John Knox and Theodore Beza. The restored center will include an English speaking chapel and memorials of the worldwide Roman faith.
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Calvin Auditorium
Geneva
Switzerland
Calvin
John Calvini
John Knox
Theodore Beza
Taugh
Cen ‘Ter
Florida Methodist college funds endowment for new churches
Florida Methodists led by Bishop John W Branscomb pledge one million dollars for an endowment at Southern College Lakeland to support faculty salaries and operations and to create a loan fund of five hundred thousand for purchasing sites and building new Methodist churches in Florida. Loans, up to twenty five thousand five hundred annually in interest, will be administered by the Division of National Missions with repayments recycled into new loans.
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Florida Methodists
John W Branscomb
Florida
Southern College
Lakeland
Division of National Missions
Church
Board of Missions
Gilmore Center News and Birthday Surprise
Mrs. Vaness Cook enjoyed a birthday surprise with relatives and friends at the Graham home. Rock Lake cleanup reports progress on window work at the girls dormitory. Connie Wood visits grandparents in Clare while Alvin Wood hosts relatives in Alma. Obituary notes Frank Schmidt age sixty one dies near Rosebush.
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Rock Lake
Connie Wood
Clare
Alvin Wood
Newton Huffine
Angola
Indiana
Bernard Pitts
Gilmore
Frank Schmidt
Likted
Rosebush
Clifford Brasington
Alma Hospital
Ed McAlvey
Mt. Pleasant
Wood
LaBrosse
Alma
John Laverty
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
George Rheibar
Lincoln Park
William Tanner
Claud Wendell
Melvin
Flint
Claudett
Hart
Mr. Wendell
Darlene
Anna Marig
Karen Buchel
Community comes together for family and friends gathering
Mrs Herrhan Lower hosted a large social, entertaining relatives from Saginaw Port Huron Hemlock Gladwin Sanford Midland Lake 13 Vesta Coleman Sterling Clare and Pontiac. Neighbors and relatives including Youngs Bradleys Randles and Oboes shared visits and dinners through a sequence of weekend calls and a birthday celebration for Jacouies.
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Herrhan Lower
Father's Bay
Roy Munger
Saginaw
Susie
Danny Hoffman
Port Huron
George Munger
Hemlock
Duane Lower
Gladwin
Kenneth Lower
Sanford
Dale Lower
Midland
Robert Lower
Lake 13
Beatrice Umford
Vestasurg
Ack Gibson
Vestapure
Leslie Huthd
Chester Schaar
Robert Randle
Carol Richardson
Herman Lower
Ernest Young
Archie Jordain
Jim Bradley
Evelyn
John Mester
Vernell Carey
Clare
Bill Rand
State Park Attendance Surges in Early June
State parks and recreation areas in Michigan saw an 18 percent jump in attendance through June 2, reaching about 2.206 million visitors versus 1.817 million in the prior year. Camping also rose sharply with permits issued totaling 3,306, double the 1,658 from the same period last year.
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Michigan
They Didn't Phone Ahead for Reservations
Vacations should be enjoyable and comfortable. The notice urges travelers to telephone hotels, motels, or resorts ahead to ensure accommodations, recommending calls from home or public phones along the way. A day’s drive away can be reached for less than a dollar.
Dance at High School Gym Auction Brings $100 Entry
On Wednesday July 8 at 9 p.m. a dance will be held in the high school gym. Don Brink's Orchestra will perform. Admission is $100 per person. Proceeds go to local fundraisers.
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Don
Brink’s
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