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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1954
Page
4
The New York dispatch reports a blend of gains and weaknesses across sectors. Construction set records, steel output rose sharply, and auto inventories fell while unemployment edged down. conversely stocks fell sharply and retail activity slowed, signaling a mixed near term outlook with a June or early fall upturn anticipated.
A financial analysis argues the Dow Jones Industrials are not unduly high despite approaching the 1929 peak. It contrasts money supply, wholesale prices, building costs, and earnings with 1937 to justify a continuing rising market through the 1929 high, noting potential bear-acting scenarios and buying opportunities while citing 1953 earnings and dividend trends.
The Kings Thespians directed by Verle Albertaon and Hazel Trandell present In His Steps, a Christian drama based on Charles M. Sheldon's novel, Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at Immanuel Baptist Church. The sermon and Children's Day service follow with a combined church school and worship event led by Rev. R Merrill Jensen. junior choir under Rev. Jensen also sings.
A Sunday afternoon rally sponsored by Youth for Christ and the Asia Missionary Society will feature Rev. Fair Sweet as guest speaker in Tracy Auditorium 219 E Sea. The program presented by Voice of China staff will hear Sweet discuss Asia and conditions today. The Rev. Sweet has worked in Hong Kong opposite Communist China for five years and has interviewed many escapees. The rally is open to the public.
Los Alamitos Baptist Church will host a potluck dinner after Sunday morning service to climax its building fund drive. James Bell, campaign chairman, says a special program follows lunch and Rev. Thomas J. Puckett of Paramount Baptist Church will preach at 11 am on Christ but No Other and speak during the afternoon program.
The Rev Dr Paul Bauman of Grace Theological Seminary Winona Lake Indiana will head the Youth for Christ rally tonight in Tracy Auditorium 219 EF Seaside Blvd Jim Colbert director announced Bauman described as an outstanding Christian archaeologist world traveler and author
Readable schedule of sermons across Long Beach churches with times and ministers. Includes assemblies from Assembly of God to United Presbyterian, Salvation Army, Unitarian, and others, detailing service themes and speaker names.
George M. Schurr son of Rev Willard Schurr 1842 Lime Ave was awarded the Frank M Hawes Fellowship of 750 at Garrett Biblical Institute Northwestern University Evanston Ill on June 3 He is working for his bachelor of divinity degree He entered Garrett on a Howes scholarship and held a Methodist Board of Education scholarship his second year He is minister of the Minooka Aux Sable Methodist Church in the Rock River Conference He graduated in 1951 from University of Redlands with an AB He is married to Rosamond Jean Burgess of St Paul Minn a graduate of Baldwin Wallace College
The Rev Winfield Edson DD pastor of First Baptist Church will repeat the sermon he gave to the American Baptist Convention Minn titled The Hour Is Come His 730 pm topic is to be announced The Rev Dr Edson formerly served as president of the American Baptist Convention retiring at the Minneapolis convention.
William R. Knox of Boston was named president of the Mother Church First Church for Christ Scientist in Boston at the annual meeting attended by Christian Scientists worldwide. The one year appointment comes after nearly 50 years as an authorized practitioner and prior work in structural steel. Knox has served on the Mother Church finance committee and is a trustee of the church realty trust.
Seventy plus Seventh-day Adventist churches plan the 52nd annual camp meeting at 4100 Imperial Blvd Lynwood. The June 17-27 event expects 16,000 attendees from Los Angeles Ventura and Santa Barbara counties with world evangelists Fordyce Delamore and Ray Turner plus local speakers lined up for a 10 day program featuring evening services and youth tents for all ages.
First Nazarene Church at 741 E 10th St held its annual meeting selecting officers for the ensuing year. George E. Stiff treasurer Mytle Zeller secretary A C M Johnson chairing trustees and Ben W. Trice chairing stewards Robert D. Miller chairing school board R F Williams chosen Sunday school superintendent The congregation raised 31160 for all purposes last year The new minister Rev Mark F Smith assumed the role last Sunday, succeeding Rev Henry B Wallin.
The vernal verse from Deuteronomy 33 27 opens the Sunday lesson sermon in all Churches of Christ Scientist with God the Preserver of Man as the subject. East Side Christian Church holds its annual congregational meeting Wednesday in Fellowship Hall to elect officers and adopt the 1954 55 budget. The Christian Youth Fellowship will host an ice cream social at 7 p.m.
Long Beach clergyman Rev S Douglas Walters supervises as six district superintendents join Bishop Gerald Kennedy’s cabinet for the 114th annual Southern California Arizona Conference session at University of Redlands June 14 to 20. Rev David A MacLennan of Emmanuel Church Montreal will lecture, with events including Bishop Kennedy reception and lay and youth day activities led by Elsie Farris and Lloyd Holzgrafe.
The Rev. John Rogers Davis of St. Luke's Episcopal Church will become associate rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, Spokane. The Rev. Earl W. La Rivière of Saints Episcopal, Long Beach, will be ordained priest on June 19 at St. Aloysius Church, Spokane, joining Bishop Charles D. White in Spokane's seven Episcopal parishes. Davis and La Rivière will depart St Luke's July 1 and August 1, moving to new assignments. Davis to St Luke's, La Rivière to Seattle area parishes. The church school enrolls over 650, with UCLA and Berkeley education backgrounds noted for several clergy.
The fourth annual All Night All Star Graduation Party will be hosted by the YFC and local churches at the Wilton Hotel. It runs Thursday from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Reservations are through the churches or Youth for Christ headquarters, due by Wednesday noon.
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