Methodists Elect Two New Bishops with Alabamian Among Them
The Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference elected Rev. Dr. Roy Hunter Short of Nashville Tennessee and Rev. Dr. Marvil A. Franklin of Birmingham Alabama as bishops. Short won on the 16th ballot with 197 votes and will oversee a newly created Florida Cuba area from Jacksonville. Franklin, born in Georgia, will succeed the late Bishop J Lloyd Decell in Jackson Mississippi.
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Columbia
D. C
Roy Hunter Short
Nashville
Tenn
The
Methodist Church
Marvil A. Franklin
Birmingham
Ala
J. Lloyd
Jackson
Miss
Highlands Methodist Church
Franklin
White County
Georgia
Ruth Tuck
Marvin Augustus, Jr
Mary Ruth Jeffries
Robert Leonard Franklin
Louise Wade
Young Harris Junior College
Emory University
University of Georgia
Birmingham , Southern College
Park Street Church
Atlanta
Riverside Park Church
Jacksonville
Fla
Highlands Church
Birmingham- Southern College
Snead College
Boaz
Wesley Foundation
University of Alabama
North Alabama
Church Board of Publications
Phi Beta Kappa
Omicron Delta Kappa
Birmingham Pastors Union
Birmingham Community Chest
Birmingham Central Y.M.C.A
Short
Florida
Cuba
Jacaxsonville
Marvin A Franklin
J. Lloyd Decell
Clare Purret
Charlotte
Costen J. Harrell
Elba Pastor Receives Outstanding Citizen Award
The Rev. W. M. Sproles of Elba Methodist Church is honored by the Elba Lions Club with an Outstanding Citizen trophy for citizenship, civic work, religious achievement, and community welfare. Supporters note his prison visits, aid to the ill, school athletic support, and other community services. he will receive a loving cup at the next Lions meeting, presented by trophy committee chair K. D. Thomason.
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Elba
W. M. Sproles
Elba Methodist Church
Elba Lions Club
Lions Club
Sproles
K. D. Thomason
Missing 13 year old boy sought along railroad line
Edwin T. Gregory III of Masstown Mass vanished a week ago while riding a southbound train to Savannah Ga. Authorities state the boy may be working on a nearby farm and describe him as 5 feet tall, 115 pounds, blue eyes, blond hair, glasses with two front teeth broken in a W shape. The search covers the RE&P right of way and involves police from multiple states and railroad investigators.
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Richmond
Masthampton
Mass
Savanna
Edwin T. Gregory III
J. E. Barkey
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company
Savaanan
Re&p Seas Board
Burkey
Borkey
Savannah
Gregory
Barkey
Lowthern
Turkey Area Compared To Texas Size
The area of Turkey is somewhat larger than the state of Texas. This comparison notes Turkey’s landmass as a major geographic detail with reference to U.S. state size.
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Turkey
Texas
Bishops' assignments unchanged in Charlotte area jurisdiction
The Charlotte area including South Carolina and Western North Carolina retains the same six bishops with five other assignments remaining unchanged under the jurisdiction.
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Charlotte
South Carolina
North Carolina
At Dothan Churches Sernon topics announced today
Dothan ministers announce today’s services with varied topics. First Baptist at 1 am features Christian Citizenship by Dr. Henry A. Parker and candle light services at 7 30 pm for the Lord's Supper and baptism. Grandview Baptist at 11 am morning worship led by Rev H Gillis Partin. Evening service at 8 pm features Eddie McCook. Sunrise topics include In the Last Days by Rev A D Zbinden. 7 30 pm service led by Southeastern Bible School students from Birmingham.
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Sernon
Dothan
First Baptist Church
Henry A. Parker
H. Gillis Partin
Grandview Baptist Church
Southeastern Bible School
Birmingham
A. D. Zbinden
Eddie McCook
Rev. Tipton Carroll to speak on Christ and Patriotism
The Rev. Fr. Tipton Carroll will discuss Christ and Patriotism at First Christian church at 11 a.m. There will be no evening worship.
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Christ
Tipton Carroll
First Christian Church
Church sermons listed at Christ and Nativity in July August
The Rev B L Anderson will speak at the Church of Christ morning service on Patt 1s Summary of Christianity and address What Is the Church The Just and the Unjust at 7 20 p m The Rev Joseph Kern mann at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity announces morning services at 9 30 instead of 9 00 during July and August
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Church OF Christ
B. L. Anderson
Joseph Kellermann
Episcopal Church of the Nativity
Methodist Sermons Outline Mercy and Cross Themes
Dr WLFL Calhoun speaks at Foster Street Methodist on The Mystery of the Cross with an 11 am service. Evening sermon titled The Mystery of Mercy. Rev Charles H Wildreth at Lafayette Street Methodist discusses The Meaning of Communion. Flo will discuss The Flus in Life at evening worship. Napier Methodist welcomes new pastor Rev Comer Woodall whose sermon is The Fatal Question. No evening service. young people meet at 5 pm.
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Wlfl Calhoun
Foster Street Methodist Church
Charles H. Wildreth
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
Flo
Napier Methodist Church
Comer Woodall
A. E. Snaier
New Church
C. H. Hildreth
Woodall
Napier
Presbyterian Sermons and Revival Services Today
The Rev J Norton Dendy preaches at First Presbyterian on The Will of God in the morning and Your Stamp of Approval at 7 30 pm The Lord's Supper is observed during morning worship Revival services continue this week at Immanual Presbyterian near Malvern Bible school runs daily 9 to 11 am Evening services at 730 am with Rev J Norton Dendy as speaker.
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Christian Science
Egypt
J. Norton Dendy
First Presbyterian Church
Immanual Presbyterian Church
Malvern
Successful Revival Concluded At Geneva
Westside Methodist church of Geneva ended a two week revival led by Rev. A H Vanlandingham of Gonzales Florida. The revival brought three new members and many conversions with services twice daily drawing crowded attendance. Officials anticipate a stronger revival next year.
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Geneva
Westside
Benson Heads Rotary Club At Geneva
Geneva special reports Wal fred Benson named president of the Geneva Rotary Club succeeding W. El Delker. New officers Rex Roach vice president Reginald Hatcher secretary. Directors include Benson Roach Hatcher M F Holmes Cecil Johnson and W K Dedker.
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Geneva
Geneva Rotary Club
Walfred Benson
W. EL Delker
Rex Rowch
Reginald Hatcher
Benson
Roach
Hatcher
M. F. Holmes
Cecil Johnson
W. OK. Dedker
Delner
Bescon
Wiregrass Native Returns Home As Napier Pastor
Comer Woodall 25, a Wiregrass native, is named the Napier Methodist church's first pastor. He studied at Mercer University and Stetson, preached in Florida and Georgia, earned a BA in religion, and comes from the Eleo Circuit in South Georgia. He arrived with his wife Mary Arnold and their daughter Susan, and expects rapid growth at Napier Field.
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Napier Methodist
Comer Woodall
Dale County
Napier Methodist Church
Elco
South Georgia
Stetson University
Deland, Fla
Eagle
Clarence Streetman
Georgia
Florida
Woodall
Third Avenue
Dothan
Young Woodall
Ozark
Newton
Partar
Napier Field
Eleo
Mercer University
Macon
Comer
Newton High School
Pineland Junior College
Deland
Fla
Stetson Universit
Orlando
Methodist Church
Paisley
Zellwood
Lockhart Church
Stetson
Methodist Student Movement
Stetson Ministerial Association
Durim
Big River
Mercer
South Georgia Methodist Conference
Mary Arnold
LaGrange
Hansford Johnson
School of Christianity
Susan
Enterprise
Naval Reserve
States Rights Group Plans Extension of Alabama Committees
The Alabama States Rights Committee will extend its organization to all 67 counties. Chairman Marion Rushton said a permanent setup will fight for states rights nationwide and push a states right plank in the Democratic platform. Jesse M. Williams Jr. was elected treasurer. nine district chairmen were named across the state. Spearheading the effort are Donald Comer, Gessner McCorvey, Robert Albritton, Wallace Malone, and others from Mobile, Andalusia, Dothan, Birmingham, and more.
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Montgomery
Alabama States Rights Committee
Alabama
Marion Rushton
Jesse M. Williams, Jr
Mont-gomery
Rushon
Rushton
Gessner T. McCorvey
Mobile
Executive Committee
Robert Albritton
Andalusia
Wallace D. Malone
Dothan
Tom Abernethy
Talladega
Walter Lusk
Gunterville
Robert Know Green
Greensboro
Charles Wiggins
Jasper
Norman Harris
Decatur
Sidney Smyer
Bimingham
Polio Fight Stepped Up With 300 Conferences Planned
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced that about three hundred conferences will be held across the United States this summer to organize and step up the fight against infantile paralysis.
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New York
National Foundation
Pretty Thin and the Honesty of Life
A shopper notes a fig jar labeled heavy syrup but finds the liquid thin and untrue. The piece argues that personal character is visible under scrutiny, urging humility, honesty, and living to glorify the Lord rather than to boast.
Justiss Heads DAV Post At Marianna, Aid For Vets Asked
Jackson County's Disabled American Veterans installed Hodges Justiss as Commander at the DAV home near Marianna on June 28. Officers John D. Wester Cecil Johnson Willie J. Taylor DeWitt Thomas also seated. A resolution urged on farm training for Negro veterans denied due to instructor shortages and asked agencies to secure more instructors and fix delays. Copies were sent to Florida senators congressmen Gov Caldwell the Veterans Administration and DAV leaders.
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Marianna
Jackson County
Disabled American Veterans
Hodges Justiss
DAV
Blue Springs
John D. Wester
Cecil Johnson
Willie J. Taylor
DeWitt Thomas
Hubert Christmas
Grady Sims
Harry McClard
Panama City
Florida
Millard Caldwell
Veterans Administration
National
State Service
Department of Veterans Affairs
Presbyterian Hour to Present Dr John R Richardson
The Presbyterian Hour will feature Rev Dr John R Richardson pastor of Second Presbyterian Church Spartanburg South Carolina He is a Mississippi native educated at LSU and Louisville Seminary with post graduate work at Edinburgh He is a writer editor and trustee of Columbia Theological Seminary His topic Christ the Only Answer to the Sin of the World airs over WDIG Sunday July 11 at 430 am
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Presbyterian Hour
John R. Richardson
Second Presbyterian Church
Spartanburg
S. C
Richardson
Louisiana State University
Louisville Theological Seminary
University of Edinburgh
Red River
Columbia Theological Seminary
WDIG
Enrollment Tops History at Fayette Street Bible School
Two hundred twenty five choir enrollees attended the Watson Bible School at Fayette Street Methodist. Rev. Charles Creth announced it as the largest enrollment in church history. Mrs J S Bailey directed with assistants including Mrs C A Lawrence and others. Courses covered "My Home and Family" "Our Daily Bread" and "Exploring the Bible" ending with a Friday picnic at the Cheeht whatchee Wells.
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Watson Bible School
Thefayette Street Methodist
Charles ¢Reth
J. S. Bailey
Bible School
Auist
C. A. Lawrence
A. Suggs
Martha Jo Sorrells
Excell Watson
Grasshoppers Swarm Into Baldwin County
Grasshoppers are destroying crops in Baldwin County sections Bon Secour and Bell Forest. Farm Agent Frank Turner reports corn soybeans and pasture damaged as Auburn entomologists study counter measures. Numbers have risen this past week. Mobile County sees insects on the west side of Mobile Bay with no unusual damage yet reported.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Baldwin County
Frank Turner
Bon Secour
Bell Forest
Auburn
Turner
Mobile County
Charles J. Brockway
Mobile Bay
Bribe Offer Fails as Boys Try to Buy Police
Two boys aged 11 and nine confessed to triggering a false fire alarm for fun and offered police officers free shoe shines to avoid punishment. The officers rejected the bribe, proving bribery does not pay in this case.
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Chicago
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