Easter Services Gather Thousands Across Local Churches
Special Easter observances tomorrow draw worshippers to numerous churches. Sunrise services, cantatas, and Easter music mark the day with Ocala area churches staging two services to meet crowds.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1957
Page
1
Easter Programs Planned Across the World
The Associated Press reports Easter celebrations set with televised Pontiff messages in Europe and broadcasts via Vatican Radio and 14 networks in 28 languages. In the U.S. President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower attend services in Augusta while sunrise prayers occur at Walter Reed and Camp Kilmer. Cadillac Mountain hosts a major sunrise service in Maine, with Winston-Salem Moravians marking the denomination’s 500th anniversary and Bishop J Kenneth Johl leading his 27th consecutive service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Vatican Radio
United States
Eisenhower
Augusta
Cadillac Mountain
Mount Desert Island
Maine
Winston-Salem
N.C
Moravia
J. Kenneth Johl
Tragic Church Shooting Kills Helen Griffith in Cove
In Cove Arkansas during a Holy Week service, Helen Griffith 20 was shot multiple times and died in the church aisle after a window firing. A suspect, Haskell Sullivan 25, later killed himself near Nano Chito Oklahoma, leaving a note claiming the killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Sullivan
Nano Chito
Okla
Cove
McCurtain County
Sullivan
J. L. Sullivan
Miss Griffith
Helen
Flown Convair 340 Makes Emergency Dallas Landing
Braniff Airways flight from Oklahoma City to Kansas City limped to Love Field with nose gear jammed. Captain Mittendorf guided the crippled two engine craft down amid anxious crowds and rain, 58 passengers later boarding another plane for Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braniff Airways
R. C. Mittendorf
Susie Bruck
Bert Hathaway
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Mittendorf
Braniff
Will Rogers Field
Love Field
Miss Bruck
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Anothe Love Field
Braniff Airlines
Revival ends with services at Salvation Army HQ
Concluding services at Salvation Army headquarters are set for tomorrow with guest minister Rev Ed Ferguson of Greensboro speaking at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Special music will be provided at both. A ground breaking at Bethel Baptist Mission on Prospect Road occurred last Sunday led by Rev Donald Reavis. The brick and block building will seat about 300 and is expected to be completed by year end 1957. Bethel Mission is currently on Grimes Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevin
Linson
G. Norman Acker Jr
First Church of God
Anderson College and Theological Seminary
First Reform
Calvary Methodist Church
Lew J. Lewis
Felix McKnight
Christ
Dr. Lewis
Harold McGhee
Homer Holton
Virginia Lewis
Gerald Morgan
Green Street Baptist Church
Don Austin
Fred Jurney
Southside Baptist Church
Thomasville
Sunview Baptist Church
Archdale
Vestal Motley
Salvation Army
Ed Ferguson
Greensboro
Bethel Baptist Mission
Prospect Road
Donald Reavis
Bethel Mission
Grimes Street
Easter observances and polio progress feature in High Point
The Sunday Enterprise previews Easter worship by High Point residents with a sunrise service and church choice. Tom Alston reports Guilford County polio immunization progress. no cases so far this year. Robert Marks notes cautious business optimism for 1957. Ed Lane highlights a 1910 Miss Lillian Yow first grade photo and members of the class, now located in Thomasville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Jones
High Point
Sunday Enterprise
Tom Alston
Guilford County
Robert Marks
Lillian Yow
Thomasville
Ed Lane
Mayflower II Sets Sail if Winds Permit in Plymouth Harbor
The Mayflower II waits for a fresh easterly wind in Plymouth as Cmdr Alan Villiers leads 32 crew aboard the 90 foot replica of the original Mayflower. They aim to reach Plymouth Rock in about six weeks, traveling with sail only and a modern radio for emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
England
New World
Cmdr
Alan Villiers
Villiers
Pilgrim Fathers
Doyage
Ts. Pymouth
Mass
Plymouth Rock
Massachusetts
Severe Weather Twister Hits Dallas Area
Severe storms lashed the Dallas Fort Worth region with a tornado near Midlothian and hard rains. The Weather Bureau issued and then lifted a tornado alert as the system moved northeastward with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Weather Bureau
Texas
Tarrant County
Irving
U. S. Highway 80
Negr Fort Worth
Waxahachie
Red Proposals Prompt Cautious Study in Washington
State Department officials said they would study Russia’s latest Middle East proposals with care but expected little chance of U S agreement. The Soviet note urged four power action to neutralize the region by ending alliances, evacuating bases, and halting arms shipments. Britain and France also received new notes as Western powers weighed Moscow’s bid for a stronger role in Middle East affairs. The department disclosed to Congress that eight Middle Eastern countries, including the four members, were referenced in related material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Russia
Middle East
United States
Britain
France
Congress
Jordanian Army Chief Resigns Amid Crisis
In Amman Gen. Ali Hayari resigns as army chief after only two days in post succeeding Ali Abu Nuwar. Damascus reports say he quit over government policies. Hayari went to Syria where Cabinet was in special session. Khalidi government ministers expected to resign as crisis unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amman
Ali Hayari
Jordan Army
Hayari
Ali Abu Nuwar
Ae Habes
Gen Shareh
Damascus
al Raity
Jordan
Hussein Fakhri Khalidi
Syria
Khalidi
Motorman Serious Injured In Brooklyn Subway Crash
In a Brooklyn tunnel a sub way train struck a stalled train injuring sixty five people. Motorman William Hoke 46 of Queens was pinned and later hospitalized in serious condition. Motorman Victor O Brini 41 escaped injury. The crash occurred near Bedford Nostrand and Myrtle Willoughby stations and transit officials cited human error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
City Transit
Queens
Victor P. O’brini
O’brinis
William A. Hoke
Kings County Hospital
Daniel Rotunda
New Hyde Park
N. Y
Asst. Dist. Atty
Elliott Golden
Hoke
Wen
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Floral Garden
Mitchell's Grove Methodist Church
Hickory Chapel
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Meeting of Friends
Springfield Meeting House
Guilford College
Oak Hill
Associated Press
Prince of Peace
Sunrise Services
Walter Reed Army
Merfield
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Fifth Avenue
Asbury Park
Atlantic City
New Jersey
E. L. Blake
Jesus
R. C. Middendorf
the Sunday Enterprise
Twister
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