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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1968
Page
5
Friday observance includes a 1:10 a.m. coffee in the Ladies Parlor at Central Methodist Church. Church Women United promotes three world events with May marking its national council formation in 1930. A Decatur unit prospect is noted and nursery care is provided.
Maj. Pearl E. Tucker of the U S Air Force blends nursing and faith in her career. She spent a year in Brazil with the Franciscan Sisters including time in a leprosarium and teaching in Guiiana. Tucker developed a year long aerospace nursing course for Bioastronautic at Cape Kennedy and says she prays when watching launches.
The Christian Churches of the Alabama and West Florida area open their 83rd convention at the Hargis Christian Retreat near Birmingham. President Dr. Thomas M. Giltner and speakers Rev. Fred C. McCaun Dr. W. A. Welsh and Dr. Roger N. Carstensen will discuss an interim constitution for the International Convention. A capital funds drive seeks 196 636 to support area and national building needs.
Morgan County Pine reports sizable attendance at church Sunday with Rev. Davis of Albertville delivering the message. Visitors came from Hartselle Huntsville and Etowah. Highland Baptist to hold spring revival with area ministers nightly led by Rev. Sherman Trussell Wednesday. Senior Class Play at Union Hill drew several local attendees.
Kentucky became the first state to establish a state-supported and state-maintained highway system in 1825, marking a milestone in U S transportation development.
HARTSELLE Rev. Junior Hill will conduct revival services at the First Baptist Church of Hartselle from Sunday through May 15 with daily services at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m Jere Patterson will direct music Nursery facilities will be available Hill 31 is a Birmingham trained preacher and former pastor with more than 125 revivals across five states He resigned Woodland Avenue Baptist Church in 1967 to pursue evangelistic work and resides in Birmingham The meetings are open to the public.
The report notes that roughly 80 percent of all air traffic in 1967 was carried by jet aircraft. It highlights the rapid adoption of jet technology in commercial aviation and its impact on flight efficiency and schedules.
A summary of a lessons series on wisdom in the Book of Proverbs attributed to Solomon, noting likely multiple authors and a compilation from 500 to 150 B C. The piece cites walking in the fear of the Lord, seeking hidden treasure of wisdom, and the contrast between righteousness and evil leading to blessing or darkness.
A reflective essay on wisdom drawn from James 1 5 and Proverbs stressing seeking divine guidance, fear of the Lord, and trust in God. It contrasts worldly learning with heavenly wisdom, citing Solomon and Job to urge reverence, moral avoiding of evil, and faith as the basis for true understanding.
Danville Methodist Church youth group donated religious books to area school libraries during National Library Week. Titles include Christ and the Fine Arts, The Bobby Richardson Story, The New Testament with Pictures, Prairie Princess, The Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes, and Tell Me About Jesus. Pastor Dorsey H. Walker urged other youth groups to imitate the project.
Two Decatur men will receive degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary at the spring commencement May 10 in Truett Auditorium Fort Worth Texas. James A. Warren will earn the bachelor of divinity and J Harold Bennett the master of divinity. President Robert E Naylor will confer degrees in church music religious education and ideology to about 187 candidates. Dr James S Riley pastor of Second Baptist Church Houston Texas will deliver the commencement address.
Mr and Mrs Herchel Law rence and boys return to Portage Michigan after visiting friends and relatives. Miss Judy Terry plans a spring visit to Germany to see her brother Thurman Terry and family. Floyd Legg and Raymond Brown discharged from Hartselle Hospital last week. Mr Clarence Moore travels to Birmingham for eye surgery. Mrs Earl Legg takes Sunday school class to Huntsville airport. Regina Pollock and children spend weekend in Georgia with relatives.
A prominent figure served on the university board of trustees and as president of the Alumni Association in 1967. The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, owned and operated by the Southern Baptist Convention, is described as the largest evangelical seminary worldwide.
Rev Robert Slack Jr starts as pastor of the Austinville First Baptist Church delivering his first sermon Sunday. He moves from West Hartselle Baptist Church after seven years in Hartselle and 15 years in the Hart selle area. The Slack family, natives of Hattiesburg Mississippi, moved to Alabama in 1953 to pastor Danville Baptist Church. They have three children: Robert Martha and Sue.
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