Balm in Gilead Question Echoes in Jeremiah Passage
A religious excerpt reflects on Jeremiah 8 22 asking is there no balm in Gilead and no physician noting balsam as costly and the prophet’s rebuke of Israel for unhealed hurt. The text cites ancient practice of seeking treatment in Manasseh and Jordan eastwards.
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Merger creates Evangelical United Brethren Church in faith merger
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on November 16 the Evangelical and United Brethren in Christ merged to form the Evangelical United Brethren Church, creating a world wide denomination with more than 700000 members. The ceremony featured bishops in scarlet and gold joining hands at Christchurch. The address reflected on peace, freedom, and moral renewal amid postwar challenges.
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Christchurch
A. R. Clippinger
Dayton
John S. Stamm
Harrisburg
Clippinger
United Brethren
Carolina Man to Speak at Davidson College
Dr Hardin Craig of the University of North Carolina will address Davidson students and faculty in Chambers Auditorium at 10 15 Wednesday morning November 20 on the topic Tasks of the Future He is a native of Owensburg Kentucky and a distinguished English educator author and editor since 1942 a professor of English at UNC
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Hardin Craig
University of North Carolina
Davidson College
Chambers Auditorium
John R. Cunningham
Owensburg
Kentucky
Craig
Centre College
Princeton University
University of Chicago
Exeter College of Oxford
England
million displaced in American zone face settlement hurdle
US official says more than 500000 displaced persons remain in the American occupation zone in Europe awaiting resettlement many fear returning home due to persecution or political insecurity. About 160000 are Poles 100000 from the Baltic states 18000 Yugoslavs and 170000 Jews.
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Europe
Herbert A. Fierst
State Department
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Fierst
John H. Hilldring
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Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
New York Honey Crop Falls to 5.85 Million Pounds
The 1946 honey crop in New York is projected at 5,852,000 pounds, about 43 percent of the 1945 harvest, marking the most unfavorable season in years per a federal state report from the New York state department of agriculture and markets.
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New York
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
Oyster buyer cracks tooth on pearls in oyster spoilage case
Portland author examines a grocery oyster incident where W. J. Reichlein bit into a BB sized pearl among 14 pearls found in an oyster bought at a store. He wonders about the value and whether the pearls retain any value after smoking and cooking. The story touches on early U S optical glass production notes.
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W. J. Reichlein
Sewage Association Plans Raleigh Convention Highlights
The North Carolina Sewage Works Association and the North Carolina section of the American Water Works Association will host their 26th annual convention in Raleigh November 18 to 20. About 300 attendees are expected with Lt. Gov. Ballentine and Raleigh Mayor Andrews delivering welcomes. E C Burchard of the US Geological Survey and Albert Coates, government official, will speak during round table sessions on water works management and operation. LaDue, president of the Mineral Water Works Association, will address the personnel equation in water works at noon Tuesday.
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North Carolina Sewage Works Association
North Carolina
American Water Works Association
L. Y. Ballentine
Graham H. Andrews
E. C. Burchard
U. 8S
Geological Survey
Albert Coates
Chapel
LaDue
Minera Water Works Association
Farm Electric Men to Meet to Plan Expansion
About 200 managers and directors of farm electric cooperatives along the Atlantic seaboard will gather in Charlotte on November 25 to plan expansion and elect an executive committee for their rural electric association. R. E. Hayworth of Monroe NC announced Region 1 meets. cooperatives provide non profit power to farms and rural homes uneconomical for private firms. He noted only 35 percent of NC homes have electricity. Swarthmore College was founded in 1864 with an address by UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor R. B. House.
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Atlantic Seaboard
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
R. E. Hayworth
Monroe
North Carolina
Hayworth
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