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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1961
Page
18
W L Penhollow head of the narcotics division of the Long Beach Police Department will speak Sunday at 7 pm at the Family Life Institute of Grace Lutheran Church located at 1394 West 25th Street.
Dr Ray Charles Jarman minister of Christian Chapel in South Gate will address the Religious Forum at Congregational Church located at 1309 East 3rd Street on Wednesday May 17 at 8 p.m. The event invites the public to hear the clergy member discuss religious topics in a community setting.
The Long Beach Council of Churches will stage its Spring Assembly on May 18 at 6 30 p m at the Los Altos Methodist Church 5950 E Willow St President Elliston Farrell to preside The program theme Getting to Know Your Council Better includes a symposium moderated by Rev Richard Kendall A new church member will be voted in bringing total member churches to 47 with 16 other cooperating churches Also reservations for interested persons are available at the Council office.
The annual Confirmation Service at Temple Sinai 2618 E 7th St will be held Sunday May 21 at 7 30 p m during the Shavuoth Festival. Rabbi Sidney S Guthman and Cantor Morris Greenfield will officiate with Elise Rice as organist. A reception follows for the confirmands Stuart L Brower Ronald Lee Goldman Betty Naomi Guthman Bruce J Meltzer Marc Murray Nathanson Steven Singer Marshall Stein Antonia Ruth Stine Judith M Stram and Roberta Ellen Wall.
Howard Brodie traces Mother's Day from ancient maternal veneration to its Christian transformation and Mid-Lent practices, noting Mothering Sunday origins, Anna Jarvis's memorial in Virginia, and Congress recognizing the day in 1914 for the mothers role in home, society, and humanity.
Mother's Day is the 53rd annual observance and 47th since official recognition. The piece recalls Ann Jarvis's mother and the 1907 private observance that sparked public adoption, noting historical roots from Greek Cybele to Madonna reverence. It describes white carnations for deceased mothers and red for living, with services across faiths and churches.
Long Beach churches plan Mother's Day services with speakers including Kina Trumbo at Lakewood Community Methodist and Elder C A Duffield at FIRST SDA. Bay Shore Assembly of God features Claiborne Quartet and a message from Rev Milton Gabrielson. First Congregational Church hosts Dr Emerson G Hangen. Immanuel Lutheran hears Donald Benander on Mothers in Christ.
The Odist Church at 515 E 3rd St hosts a special Mother's Day program with church mothers participating. Mrs Lester Swink and Mrs William Bowden of Norwalk will sing at the Mother's Day services at 10 45 a.m. at Lakeswood Free Methodist Church 5951 Downey Ave.
Rev. Alfred O. Storvick pastor and George Johnson parish assistant along with Leon Maxson and Orville Peterson attended the South Pacific District Convention in Palo Alto as representatives of St. Timothy Lutheran Church.
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