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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1972
Page
6
The Magazine Publishers Assn reports 1972 January to April ad revenue rising 8 percent from the previous year, the highest four month total on record. Advertising pages reached 25,738, up 952 pages or 3 percent, with revenue at $394,745,864, a gain of $30,674,167.
Decatur civic groups discuss establishing a youth center under the City-Wide Committee on Church Cooperation. Rev. Lawrence Maines cites Hartselle and Huntsville centers as models, noting initial church sponsorship and the need for 2,500 to start. Other items: Vacation Bible School, gospel meetings, church youth activities, and upcoming rallies across several Alabama churches.
The John K. Pratt family of Amarillo Texas will hold a 10 night revival at First Assembly of God Church 312 8th St SW. The family team will have Mrs Pratt illustrate sermons with chalk drawings and daughter Pam will perform hand puppets Daisy Foxy and Herkimer and ventriloquist dolls Rocky and Chery. They have appeared on TV and in school assemblies. Nursery facilities will be available nightly.
Renate Lembeck, center, a Germany native and Athens College student, was presented gifts at a Golden Age Club luncheon held Wednesday at Austinville United Methodist Church. Lembeck addressed the group with hostess Mrs. B. L. McGlocklin on her left and vice president Mrs. J. H. Johnson on her right.
Americans visiting Florence can view a sweeping Henry Moore exhibition praised as the most comprehensive yet staged. The display spans fifty years of his work, including 160 casts and 100 drawings from 1922 to 1971, presented by the Commune of Florence at Forte di Belvedere on its lawns and terraces and inside the historic palace.
Rev. T. A. Shirley pastor of First Church of the Nazarene and his daughter Mrs Becky McAlpin of Decatur will represent the Alabama District at the International General Assembly in Miami Beach Florida June 15 through 23. The district covers the state and North Florida. Mrs McAlpin is elected delegate to the youth convention preceding the assembly. Other ministers include Revs Ford Boone Pensacola and Gerald Woods Lanett.
Don Jernigan and Reeford Chaney, both of Birmingham, are noted alongside church figures. The World headquarters for the Church of the Nazarene are located in Kansas City, Missouri.
A report estimates between one hundred thousand and two hundred thousand drug addicts in New York City, highlighting a severe public health challenge and the demand for outreach and treatment resources across the five boroughs.
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