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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1961
Page
4
Grace Lutheran Church on West 25th Street and Delta Avenue hosts a Family Life Institute discussing pornographic literature narcotics and alcoholism. Sessions Sundays May 7 and 14 from 7 to 8 1 pm with a social hour afterward and nursery available for younger children.
Communit Presbyterian Church at 6780 Orange Ave will observe the retirement of its sanctuary debt with the burning of the 83500 mortgage at morning services Sunday. The loan was secured in 1956 and has been paid in full 16 months ahead of its due date.
William H. Miles, native of Long Beach, has accepted the ministry at Norwalk Christian Church. He comes from Crenshaw Christian Church in Inglewood, where he built a 270‑enrolment youth department, and previously served four years as assistant minister at Anaheim First Christian Church. Miles was born in Long Beach and studied in Lakewood and Jordan.
Panamanian officials report the archbishop approved a Miss Panama for IBC, aligning with the new conservative play suit format. IBC executive producer Oscar Meinhardt notes widespread support as Catholic opposition to swim suits grows and countries like Australia, Ireland and Latin America join the shift toward modest attire for beauty contests.
The Rev Fred Squires of London and president of the International Bible Institute of England will start a week long series of special meetings Tuesday at Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church located at 901 South St. He is billed as a primary speaker for the event aimed at Bible instruction.
A columnist recalls an elderly woman who never left her village yet roamed the world through travel folders and imagined visits to Lebanon Syria Jordan Israel Greece. Her method proves travel can be achieved by imagination and affordable reading.
Goodwill Sunday will be observed in about a hundred Long Beach area churches with brochures handed to worshippers. Goodwill Industries, founded by Dr. Edgar J. Helms, is active in the local Wightman Memorial chapel service and ministers from area churches rotate as guest speakers Monday through Thursday.
The film The Return tol Church of Westminster will be shown at the Lakeview Community Free Methodist American Legion Hall on Sunday. It precedes the church’s first regular worship service at 7 p m and includes a program reformation of Lutheran rites. The event is hosted by Sol Downey on Highway 39.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church will conduct two polio clinics. From 6 to 9 p m on May 1 at the school, 4991 Oregon Avenue, and from 6 to 9 p m on May 2 at the welfare center, 2208 F Street.
The May issue of the nation’s largest interdenominational Protestant magazine cites moral and social reasons for couples in love to wait until marriage for intimate relations. It argues premarital sex scars women, can trigger psychological harm, and causes social consequences if relations are suspected.
A garbled text fragment suggests a personal crisis involving a father and his son, touching on pregnancy impacts and emotional strain. The readable parts imply confusion over events and outcomes, with no clear names, places, or dates to anchor a specific incident.
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