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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1960
Page
3
Milton Aager, Quaker leader, and family visited Eastern Europe to study Christian life under state atheism. He reports churches adapted to new order, collaborating with regimes, and urging purge of Western links and history in weekdays work to survive under communism.
The Wrigley Heights Baptist Church at 32nd St and Magnolia Ave opens its annual Vacation Bible School on August 1 for children aged 4 to 12. The theme Signaling for Christ centers on signaling devices and runs for two and a half weeks, with a closing program set for Sunday evening August 14.
William Fitzjohn, a young Sierra Leone Protestant clergyman and first diplomatic representative to the United States, will speak Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Burns Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church. He was educated in Sierra Leone and the United States, earned a doctorate from Columbia, and served in Sierra Leone's Colonial House of Representatives from 1953 to 1957. The California Franchise Tax Board will move its Long Beach branch to 3530 Atlantic Ave.
William H. Waite of San Diego becomes the new one man Christian Science committee on publication for Southern California. He succeeds Charles L. Reilly of the Christian Science Board named last June at the Mother Church annual meeting in Boston.
Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama arrived in Yokohama Japan for a round of talks with Japanese leaders. He is one of the signers of the U S Japanese peace treaty and traveled Friday to discuss postwar relations and regional issues with officials in Tokyo and Yokohama.
Dr Harold G Jones pastor of the Claremont Congregational Church will speak at First Congregational Church at 9 30 and 11 a m Sunday on The Difference Christ Makes He is a Yale Divinity School Boston University graduate with a Piedmont College D D 1946 background and has held pastorates in New Haven Worcester and Claremont He lists church related roles and past leadership within regional and national Congregational circles.
Cardinal Spellman archbishop of New York arrived in Rome for a four day stopover en route to a eucharistic congress in Munich Germany. He was to seek an audience with Pope John XXIII during the visit.
Clea W. Love of San Diego will speak at the Annual Women's Day observance at Grant Chapel A M E 1129 Alamitos Ave. A veteran missionary of 25 years she has served as Conference Branch president in four conferences and has traveled in Africa and Ghana.
Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Shaftesbury, read a Bible as a child and pursued humane reform. He entered Parliament in 1826 and championed the Factory Act to limit hours for women and children, later shaping similar laws worldwide. He fought for miners, shop workers, flower girls, chimney sweeps, and even donkeys, advocating religion guiding all life.
Rev. William Bell Glenesk 33 hosts church theater symposiums at Spencer Memorial Presbyterian in Brooklyn. A recent session discussed The Balcony with star Grayson Hall, focusing on philosophy over sin as 25 worshippers and tea time debated life and God.
Dr Charles A Berry former priest will deliver three sermons Sunday at Wrigley Heights Baptist Church 32nd Street Magnolia Ave Long Beach. He will speak at 11 am 3 pm and 7 30 pm services in the morning and evening sessions.
Christians and friends gather to honor L D Frey and his wife at the First Christian Church retirement ceremony. Prominent choir alumni and music students attend, with Evana E Tincher as master of ceremonies. Women's Union serves refreshments after worship in Fellowship Hall. Frey’s ministry touched members and nonmembers alike in the community.
The British Parliament adjourned Friday for the summer recess and will reconvene on October 25. Lawmakers took a break after a busy session and return in the fall to continue business.
Alfred Yager, formerly supervisor of education at the Deve l Vocational Institute, was Friday appointed supervisor of education for the State Department of Corrections.
The North American Lutheran churches report 8,313,848 baptized members at 1959 year end, with the United States totaling 8,054,417 and Canada 259,431. The gain for 1959 was 223,805 members, about 2.8 percent, as compiled by Helen M. Knubel for the National Lutheran Council. The eight participating bodies total 5,483,973 baptized members, while the Synodical Conference plus Ne cro Missions account for 2,804,992. Four independent bodies list 26,483 members.
Rev. Frank Grasp Woods will deliver a sermon titled A Man Can Grow at Westside Community Church in Goodwill Chapel 800 W Pacific Coast Hwy Sunday at 1 a.m. The text will be drawn from Psalms.
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