Lutheran Pastor Guilty of Heresy by Synod Trial Board
The Rev. George P. Crist Jr., 31, of Bethlehem Lutheran Church Durham Wis was found guilty on nine charges of deviation from church doctrine after a trial by the Northwest Synod of United Lutheran Church. He denied the 14 charges and faces possible suspension or defrocking with final action at the May 16 1956 synod convention. Crist said he would take a two week vacation and may pursue college teaching, possibly philosophy, after the case concludes.
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Northwest Synod of
United Lutheran Church
George P. Crisa
Ho Durham
Pes County
Synod
Wisconsin
George P. Crist Jr
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Durham, Wis
Butler County Board Third To Receive NAACP Petition
The Butler County School Board became Alabama’s third to receive a NAACP petition demanding immediate end to classroom segregation in line with the Supreme Court ruling. Superintendent David W. Self declined comment. The next board meeting is at month’s end. A surrounding bill would auto become law next Tuesday unless signed or vetoed by Gov. James E. Folsom, giving boards broad pupil placement powers.
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Ala
Butler County School Board
Alabama
National Assn
Mobile
Macon
NAACP
U.S. Supreme Court
David W. Self
Butler County
Supreme Court
James E. Folsom
Sam Engelhardt
Macon County
Office Cat and Local Bits From Rural Columns
Witty vignettes and oddities feature a preacher visiting an Epis copal church an exchange about surplices and a quip about the British Empire rostrum. Quirky anecdotes touch on marriages backwoods churches and a judge’s inquiry into a will with cautious humor.
Golf course architect Bill Mitchell builds nation’s vast greens network
Navy flight instructor turned golf course designer Bill Mitchell heads a firm that has sold about four million square feet of golf greens since 1923 and plans a new 75 acres project near North Sutton New Hampshire. He credits Eisenhower for reviving interest as golf expands to about 7 500 courses nationwide with four million players.
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William Mitchell
Navy
America
Mitchell Heads
North Sutton
N. H
Bill
Mitchell
Eisenhower
Putnam Country Club
Mahopac
N.Y
New Hampshire
Kilgore Desegregation Fight Boosted by New Council Leader
Kilgore Citizens Council elected A. G. Morton Jr as president to lead opposition to desegregation by every lawful means. Morton pledged persistent action to defend white supremacy as supporters from Longview Gilmer Texarkana and Marshall attended the meeting where word of a similar council in Texarkana spread.
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Tex
Longview
Gilmer
Texarkana
Marshall
Citizens Council
Morton
Deserter Navels 25-Year Sentence After Eleven Years
Arthur Athans of Falconer New York pleaded guilty at Governors Island to war time desertion. A court martial sentenced him to 25 years at hard labor with automatic review. Athans wife Marjorie testified to his character as she and their five children attended. About 600 friends petitioned for leniency.
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Arthur Athans
Falconer
N.Y
Athans
Marjorie
Governors Island
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