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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1969

Page

6

Bishop Goodson Visits City for Advent Service at Church

Birmingham Bishop Kenneth Goodson will speak at a noon Advent Worship service Tuesday at First United Methodist Church in the Canal and Lafayette Streets area. A $1 business lunch follows the 12:05 p.m. service in the fellowship hall. Also noted, Mrs Otis Kirby will lecture at Moss Chapel United Methodist Church and the St Ann's Sodality welcomed twelve new members at December. The Austin High School Chorus performs Sunday at Westside Baptist Church.

Kenneth Goodson Birmingham First United Methodist Church Bishop Goodson United Methodist Church Vietnam Fellowship Hall Canal and LaFayette Streets Hartselle Otis Kirby Moss Chapel United Methodist Church Holy Land Kirby St. Ann's Sodality Homer Chandler Stephen Foster Harold Thienes William Johnson Michael Scarbrough James Morgan Tom Vogt William Brown L. Anderson Robert Hall Peter Niesen Andrew Woods III John Horgan Phillip Raths Austin High School Westside Baptist Church Ramona Prater Westside Church Memorial Dr

The Power of Faith by Woods Ishmael

Maj. James Nicholas Rowe, US Army, recently returned from a Vietnam POW camp after five years. In four typed letters he describes faith as a personal relation to God, shaped by deprivation and meditation in nature, stripping away material possessions to reveal core ethics and beliefs.

James Nicholas Rowe US Army Rec Vietnam Rowe God Buddha Allah

Television Log Saturday Schedule Highlights from 1960s Era

A scanned TV listing shows a dense Saturday lineup with morning classic cartoons and news blocks. Notable programs include The World Around Us, Bugs Bunny Road Runner, Jetsons, Superman, and late-night features like Mannix, Perry Mason, and Jackie Gleason movies. Numerous sports, boxing, and variety acts populate the day.

Benny Carle Farm We Heckle and Jeckle Jetsons Casper Bugs Bunny Smokey Bear Samson

Thanksgiving News from Cullman County and Nearby Areas

Miss Connie Reese and Miss Betty O rear visit Florence State students home for Thanksgiving weekend. Air Force transfers bring Mr and Mrs Robert Tyree and family to Maryland after California assignment. Ernest Graves Brennan and Teddy White share Thanksgiving with Ted White. Aubrey Hudson visits Carl Reese and family. Mrs Renie Vance, mother of Velma Skinner, hospitalized at Cullman Hospital. Friends mourn the death of Mrs Alice Meigs formerly of Dardis. Donald Skinner spent Thanksgiving weekend with his family.

Connie Reese Betty O Florence State Robert Tyree Ira Glover California Maryland Air Force Ernest Graves

Passion Play Tour Opens To Area Residents In 1970

Area residents may join a 1970 Oberammergau Passion Play tour led by Rev. T. Lee Brennan and others. The 40 person trip departs Montgomery July 24, stops in Amsterdam Cologne Rhine steamer Rudesheim Oberammergau Venice Florence Rome Pisa Milan Lucerne Paris. Participants meet European civic and religious leaders to build bridges of friendship and learn about life in the visited countries. Contact directors for details.

T. Lee Brennan Birmingham Stephen Dill C. B. Smith Troy Ralph Hendricks Montgomery Amsterdam Cologne Germany Rudesheim Oberammergau Venice Florence Rome Pisa Milan Lucerne Paris Brannon

Escape and Reunited: Vietnamese Prisoner Overcomes Oppression

Jim recalls his escape from guards in Vietnam and a U S helicopter pursuit. He prays for guidance and forgiveness before freedom. The pilot, recognizing his heavy beard, refrains from firing and helps capture him. He expresses gratitude for life and lessons learned.

Jim U. S U Minh Forest South Vietnam

Broad TV Schedule Highlights 1969 Sports and Films

Comprehensive listing shows college football Arkansas Texas AFL Jets Oilers NFL Bears 49ers golf boxing hall of fame with The Littlest Angel Ann Margret and Dean Martin TV films including Toward the Unknown The Hallelujah Trail Good Day for a Hanging Three’s a Crowd The Tall Target The Tall Stranger Hell’s Outpost Phantom Lady Pay or Die and The Terror with assorted air times across color broadcasts.

Larry Hagman Jessica Walter E. J. Peaker Harvey Korman Norman Fell Dick Powell Paula Raymond Menjou Ned Bannon Joel McCrea Virginia Mayo Rod Cameron Joan Leslie John Russell Franchot Tone Ella Raines Alan Curtis Ernest Borgnine Zhora Lampert Austin

Visiting relatives and military ties span across states

The report mentions a medical student in Tennessee, visits by Corene White Linda Turrentine and Peggy of Vinemont to Mr and Mrs Ted White, weekend travel by Teddy White to Columbus Georgia to see Harry Kilgore stationed at Fort Benning, and a Dun's Market Identifiers note that 2 485 logging camps and contractors remain in the United States amid urban growth.

Tennessee Ted White Corene White Linda Turrentine Larry Turrentine Peggy Vinemont Teddy White Columbus, Ga Harry Kilgore Ft. Benning U.S. Army United States Dun

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