Grout Family Spurs Tradition in Wesleyan Ministry
The Grout family’s religious vocation spans generations with Rev J A Grout Sr leader at First Wesleyan Church High Point and Rev J Adrian Grout serving a United Methodist congregation in Independence Missouri. Born in Keen Kansas the family moved to Pasadena California where the son completed high school before Kingswood College Kentucky and seminary training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Grout
J .A. Grout Sr
First Wesleyan Church
High Point
Keen
Kans
David Grout
Emma
J. Adrian Grout
Independence
Topeka
Grout
Pasadena
Calif
Wesleyan Church School
Kingswood College
Kingswood
Church
Growth and expansion mark First Wesleyan Church in High Point
Rev J A Grout reflects on rapid growth at First Wesleyan Church on Centennial and Hamilton Streets since 1944. The congregation rose from 365 to over 500 members, with 950 in Sunday School and a mobile Chapel on Wheels reaching 200 weekly. The 27 000 square foot plant seats 800, plus chapel for 200 and 50 classrooms, mortgage paid 22 years early. Plans include Wesleyan Arms nursing center and Children's Center with 280 in kindergarten and two first grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Covington
Staunton
Grant
Radford
Grout
Hillsboro
Durham
Troy
High Point
First Pilgrim Church
S. Hamilton Street
O. L. Ruth
Ruth
Groats
Hamilton Street
N. Centennial
Wesleyan Arms
The
Crusaders
Scouting
Clyde A. Parker
First Wesleyan Church
Ten Years After Kennedy Assassination Reflections
On the tenth anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s murder in Dallas headlines and magazines revisit Camelot era hopes. The nation recalls riots, Vietnam escalation, major assassinations, Watergate and a shift in national mood.
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United States
Dallas
Texas
John F. Kennedy
Vietnam
Camelot
Berlin Wall
Bay of Pigs
Cuba
Ten years after Dallas and Kennedy memories across magazines
The piece surveys how magazines mark the 10th anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination with Caroline Kennedy, Jackie Onassis memoirs, Esquire interviews, and a Playboy portrait. It weighs public memory against media forms and questions the presidency’s evolving prerogatives amid Vietnam and Watergate.
Education's Spotlight Turns to Accountability Across States
A nationwide push on accountability grows with 23 states enacting or planning laws. California's Stull Act leads by tying teacher competence to student performance. Florida eyes tenure removal to aid evaluation, while educators warn factors beyond teaching shape outcomes.
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California
Stull
Florida
National Education Association
Ernest R. House
University of Illinois
Dimming the Lights for Christmas in Thomasville
A Thomasville column notes the Merchants Assn plans a Yuletide blackout by leaving Christmas lights unlit to conserve energy. The gesture aims for symbolism amid austerity, while public demand for festive illumination remains high and traffic signals will be easier to see.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Wtnc Radio
Merchants Assn
Santa
Roaming the Piedmont and the Quiet Fireplace Tales
A reminiscence about heating with wood or coal in cold weeks and the energy crisis. The author recalls childhood duties of gathering fuel, central heating, and a comic tale of cabin log chores led by a cousin Big Robert and guarded by air rifles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
Big Robert
Robert
An Editor's Outlook on Oral Roberts and Tulsa Change
In the mid 1950s a young evangelist in Tulsa Oral Roberts rose to prominence with a tent show and radio ministry. He built ORU opening in 1965 with a no smoking no drinking, accredited campus attracting applicants. The author notes Roberts earned local respect for generosity and collaboration with physicians and preachers, eventually turning skepticism into admiration.
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Oral Roberts
Tulsa
Roberts
Mother
Chamber of Commerce
Oral Roberts University
America
Northern University
ORU
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Enterprise
Ladies’ Home Journal
Caroline Kennedy
Maud Shaw
Good Housekeeping
McCall's
Esquire
Kennedy
Walter Cronkite
Barry Goldwater
Billy Graham
Playboy
Ursula Andress
Garry Wills
President Kennedy
Pearl Harbor
George Wallace
Alabama
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
Truman
Oval Office
Spotlight ON Education
New York
Davidson
St. Nicholas
Grafeith
Toynbee
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