Prayer Chain Planned At Baptist Conference
A unique chain of prayer will guide the Evangelistic Conference of the Baptist State Convention in Durham. The all night sessions run Feb 4 in 30 minute shifts led by association evangelism chairs, with final prayers by J C Canpe. The event aims to boost 1957 baptisms and draws state pastors and speakers from Oklahoma Texas Louisiana and Mississippi. All sessions occur at First Baptist Church with Rev Dennis W Hockaday as host pastor.
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Marse Grant Durham
The
Baptist State Convention
Julian S. Hopkins
Convention
Department of Evangelism
Beulah
Flat River
J. C. Canpe
Carolina
Transylvania
Hopkins
H. H. Hobbs
First Baptist Church
Oklahoma City
Marshall Craig
Dallas
Texas
G. Earl Guinn
Pineville
Walter L. Moore
Meridian
Miss
Dennis W. Hockaday
Sawmill Accident Leaves One Lung Exposed After 12 Years
Farris Levi Scarlett, 34, lived with a gaping back wound for 12 years after a circle saw severed his right lung and ribs at a Randolph County mill. He endured years of neglect, received $18 monthly aid, and now faces a possible skin and bone graft at Memorial Hospital Chapel Hill with rehabilitation to last 12 to 18 months.
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Thomasville
Jan
Farris Levi Scarlett
Scarlette
Randolph County
Woodrow Ridge
Gordontown
Randolph Memorial Hospital
Asheboro
Davidson County Welfare Department
Salem
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill
R. L. Denny
Salisbury
Davidson County
Memorial Hospital
Post Office Finds Stamp Fraud Amid Waste Vanished Bargain
In San Diego Postmaster William Krenning uncovered two errors involving 1 cent stamps sold as 3 cent values. A clerk misclassified 15 of the new $1 stamps as 1 cent stamps. Mrs Mary Erwin used three of these on a letter to a friend elsewhere in the city.
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William Krenning
Mary Erwin
North Carolina Council of Churches Set Meeting in Winston-Salem
The 20th annual North Carolina Council of Churches opens Tuesday in Winston-Salem with about 300 delegates from 26 denominations plus visitors. Leaders include Dr J McDowell Richards Dr G Ray Jordan Dr Albert Mollegen and Mrs Theodre Wedel with a program of sermons, budget approval, and a pastors conference.
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North
J. McDowell Richards
Columbia Theological Seminary
Decatur
Theoldre O. Wedel
Washington, D. C
United Church Women of America
G. Ray Jordan
Candler School of Theology
Emory University
Atlanta
Albert T. Mollegen
Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Virginia
Richard H. Baker
Greensboro
T. S. Newbold
Rocky Mount
Morton R. Kurtz
Durham
Clyde A. Milner
Guilford College
Jordan
Mollegan
Richards
Council
Statesville
Columbia Seminary
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Oxford
High Point
North Carolina
Wesley Memorial
Centenary
Winston- Salem
First Methodist
Charlotte
Wedel
Michigan
Northwestern University
George Washington University
Washington
Washington Episcopal Cathedral
Episcopal Church
P. Hunter Dalton
N. C
Three Million Dollar Offer For Robinson Art Collection
Mrs. Gladys Robinson widow of actor Edward G Robinson reports an offer of about 3.25 million dollars for the Robinson art collection. The works were gathered over 25 years and a sale to an undisclosed buyer is imminent. Curators note the bid exceeds an earlier museum bid by a million dollars.
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Los Angeles
Gladys Robinson
Edward G. Robinson
Robinson
Robinsons
Anti-Suffrage Activist Retires Early in City Service
H. Smith, a longtime farmer and city parks supervisor, quit work at 94 and began drawing social security after eight years as a prison warden. He criticizes the passage of the amendment ratifying woman suffrage, calling it the most damnable act the government ever did, while noting overall life satisfaction.
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H. Smith
Smith
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Roger Shock
Winston-Salem
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N. C. Episcopal
DR. Mollegen
DR. Richards
Mrs. Wedel
DR. Jordan
Davis Patrol & Detective Agency
Ngont
Paiva
Jack S. Davis
Leonard
435
North Wrenn
Serta
Serta Associete
Journal of the American
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Travel
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