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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1961
Page
4
Sunday church lesson outlines Paul's hymn to love from First Corinthians and its roles in Christian growth. It notes love's qualities and permanence, contrasts self love, and cites verse 12 on full knowledge through love. The service schedule lists Bible study at 9:50 a.m. and worship times at 10:50 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
A 1961 review notes a year of church state debate over aid to parochial schools giving way to interchurch cooperation. World Council of Churches expanded ecumenism to missionary work and opened contact with Russia, Vatican observers attended. United Church of Christ formed from Congregational and Reformed bodies, with talks of wider union. The Blake proposal sparked exploratory talks among Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Methodists, and the United Church of Christ. A new English Bible appeared, while debates on self defense and armed conflict sparked moral theologians. The year ends with unresolved questions at the birthday of the Prince of Peace.
Listings show multiple Baptist congregations with pastors and weekly times. Westside and Southside include Sunday school at 9:45 and worship at 11, plus training unions and evening services. Fifth Ave, Northside, Grace, Central, Sixteenth Ave, and First share similar rhythms with midweek prayer and watch night events.
Several church schedules list Sunday school and worship times across Memorial Drive Canal Street East End and Beech Street in Birmingham. Notable details include sermon topics such as Where Are We Going and Out Where The New Begins, guest speakers, and a community meal request after morning worship.
Verbon Murphree at Nazarene 1221 5th Ave SE conducts Sunday school at 10 with worship at 11 and evangelistic service at 7. prayer meeting Wednesdays at 7. Wallace Bell at 210 7th Ave SW leads Sunday school at 9 45 with worship at 11 and evangelistic service at 7 30 and Wednesday prayer at 7 30 p.m.
A devotional summary cites Hebrews 6:1 on pressing toward perfection and stresses love as essential in Christian life. It notes virtues without love are useless and urges believers to be moved by God’s love, mature through steadfast adherence to Christ’s plain teachings.
Sunday school at 9 45 a m worship and communion at 11 a m with the sermon Our Fellow Traveller. Evening meetings at 6 30 p m and New Year s Eve services also at 6 30 p m at Christian 4th Ave and FE Moulton St. wf
The Church of Christ in Hatton Town Creek and Mount Hope publish Sunday schools and worship times. Hatton offers Bible study at 10 a m and services at 11 a m and 6 p m. Town Creek lists 10 a m Bible study 11 a m worship and 6 p m evening service. Mount Hope begins with 10 a m Bible study 11 a m preaching and worship and 6 30 p m midweek Bible study.
Rev Edwin F Dalstrom pastor presbyterian church lists Sunday school at 9 40 am morning worship at 11 am Carol and seraph choirs at 4 pm junior choirs at 4 30 pm and youth groups at 5 pm located at Presbyterian Jackson St and Eighth Ave.
Church of God on Sherman Street at 16th Avenue SE announces Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. Midweek service Wednesdays at 7 30 p.m. Youth service Fridays at 7 30 p.m led by Pastor F T Dismukes.
The Rev. James C. Bodley leads at St John’s Corner Gordon Drive and Jackson Street with morning prayer at 7 30 a.m. a family service and classes at 9 15 a.m. and morning prayer with sermon at 11 a.m.
Silas Cross and Malcolm Stephenson will head the Eighth District Alabama Education Association next year with Cross as vice president and Stephenson as president. Nominations closed with no opposition and voting is set January 17 to 19, officers to assume duties in March. Other statewide nominees include Allen Thornton, Dr Marjorie Swift, Ruth Drago, Curtis Duke for president and Edward Spear and Annie Mae Turner for vice president.
John W. Bill Carner from Greenwood Mississippi will become Minister of Music at Central Baptist Church this Sunday succeeding William C.
Inscriptions on ancient bells reveal devotional lines urging listeners to summon people, soften cruelty, and seek nourishment for the soul. The lines speak of voices aspiring to lift hearts and guide workers toward spiritual sustenance.
Dorothy Dix style letters reveal personal woes of a man hurt by a loving relationship with a woman and her children. The writer describes jealousy attempts and a suicide scare, while the response urges leaving the affair and learning from the experience. The second letter complains of a motherpressuring a high school student for money and style, followed by a biographical note about Carner family residence at 2005 Ninth St SE.
In India and Siam lac insects create the secretion for shellac. The material is processed as orange and white shellac, dissolved in alcohol, and used as a durable finish for floors and furniture. Drying is rapid by evaporation, aiding popularity and ease of sanding.
A 45-year-old Pascagoula shipyard worker, Victor Hancock, was killed in a hunting accident near his parents home in Hattiesburg. His 10-year-old son Kenneth Ray and 15-year-old nephew David Harrington witnessed the incident as Hancock attempted to shake a vine to dislodge a squirrel. The shotgun slipped, discharged, and struck Hancock in the mouth, killing him instantly.
In Limestone County court Judge D L Rosenall Jr sentenced four men to jail terms and placed two on probation. Earl Malone received 20 days hard labor for public drunkenness, Harold Pitts 10 days, Charles Malone 10 days, and Alexander Fuller 20 days for fines and licenses. Roy Hewart was fined 100 dollars for driving while intoxicated and Jack Yoakum 150 dollars for possession of whisky. Additional cases included offenses from no driver's license to reckless driving and speeding.
Louisvile man Richard Bibb admitted faking a bank robbery at Birmingham Trust Bank to trigger federal custody and family support. He walked in with a note demanding 100 dollars and claimed he would return the money to the guard. Bibb previously faced attempted robbery charges and was jailed in Birmingham. investigators doubt federal charges will follow.
At least two Watch Night services are planned in Decatur. One will be at the Fifth Ave. Baptist Church from 9 45 p.m. Sunday until 12 15 a.m. Monday. The other will be at the Grace Baptist Church from 8 30 p.m. Sunday until midnight.
Farm product prices rose nearly 1 percent between mid November and mid December due to higher prices for meat animals, broilers, oranges and tobacco. Cotton eggs and milk pricing fell seasonally, keeping overall 1961 prices about 1 percent above 1960 but about 0.4 percent below the Kennedy administration's first year level.
Americans drink about one pint of wine per week while French people average roughly a pint daily. This contrast highlights differing drinking habits between the two cultures.
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