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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1948
Page
5
The notice outlines subscription rates per week per month and per year, with prices for single copies and Sunday editions. It states publication rights and disclaimers, including second class entry and copyright terms, and identifies Long Beach California as the mailing location.
Dr. Elmer Ellsworth Helms, renowned Methodist preacher and author, will guest preach at Atlantic Avenue Methodist Church tomorrow morning on Our Job and How to Do It. The evening program features a capella Negro spirituals titled Captivating Negro Melodies led by Ralph W. Lee Jr.
Westmont College quartet from Santa Barbara will perform at the Youth-for-Christ assembly in Polytechnic High School auditorium tonight. On Sunday they lead the morning service at Second Brethren Church for Rev. George Peek. Dr. Charles Ryrie directs the group. In the evening Dr. Louis Talbot will present colored motion pictures on China.
Rev George O Marsh of First Christian Church Mason City Iowa has accepted the call of Bixby Knolls Christian Church to be pastor beginning about December 1 He previously led First Church Glendale and then the Mason City church He is praised as an excellent preacher and organizer with friends in Southern California. Rev George F Tinsley notes his return to the Southland Rev Charles Stewart Marsh from Los Angeles has been supplying the pulpit since the resignation of Rev J Irving Rhoades recently.
Rev William Harrison Myers pastor announces a Sunday evening question and answer period at First Methodist Church. Questions to be answered include why the word catholic in the Apostles Creed is capitalized and when, sacraments in Protestant churches, and why Paris is preferred to Berlin. A recital by Constance Brewer contralto will follow. Trev Russell FR Robinson a salutant pastor will speak on Protest Means to Affirm in honor of Reformation Sunday and Affirmation Sunday.
Rev. Kenneth R. Boyd became pastor of Westminster First Presbyterian Church after Dr. George N. Greer retired. He previously served as assistant pastor at Park Boulevard Presbyterian in Oakland. The Boyds moved to 14641 Adams St Midway City and a church reception followed a congregational potluck. Morning sermon titled Witnesses of These Things and evening sermon The Prophets Speak Again Perennial Righteousness.
Navy Family Chapel mails a nationwide appeal to Episcopal churches with over 50 members to fund its Navy ministry. Volunteers prepare letters and booklets, while the Pantry and Clothes Closet aid Navy families with goods on an honor system. Services run Sundays with a 3 p.m. address and music, plus a 9:30 a.m. Sunday School.
Grace Methodist Church hosts Harriet Wood a harpist from Long Beach in an October program. Wood recently appeared on KTLA Los Angeles as the first harpist on that station and has soloed with the Pasadena Civic Symphony and Riverside Symphony. She will discuss harp history and perform modern pieces and favorites including Thais Meditation and Londonderry Air with the Collegiate Choir directed by Ralph Freese.
Completion of the new Hawaiian Gardens Foursquare Church edifice at 21022 Norwalk Blvd is planned for December 1, according to Rev. Leslie Gardner. The building will include four Sunday School classrooms a baptistry a pastor's study and an auditorium seating 125. The dedication service is planned some time in December.
A four act religious play The Tent Dwellers will be presented at the evening service tomorrow in Bellflower Christian Church. Rev Willand C. Dorsey says the Wright Players of California perform this story based on Jeremiah Chapter 35. It has been praised and recommended by numerous church leaders.
Downey First Baptist joins 11 Santa Ana Baptist Association churches in a multi church crusade with Rev. Gerald Moyer of the Southern California Baptist Convention as guest speaker. Events include a youth fellowship dinner, a Halloween party, and services led by Moyer tomorrow. An association rally at First Church Fullerton with Dr. Walter A. Pegg is scheduled for 2 30 PM. The week features visitation Tuesday, an evangelical service Wednesday, and Sunday services on Nov 7 as announced by Rev. William Christie.
St Leo s Catholic Church will relocate from 1615 E 113th St to a large parcel at Imperial Hwy and Angeles Ave after a County Regional Planning Commission zone variance. Rev John McNulty says the move serves parish needs including a 310 pupil school with six Sisters of Notre Dame on staff.
Dr. Robert Murra Pratt of the Unitarian Church will discuss Four Formulas of Fate in a sermon tomorrow at 11 a.m. He warns that a fatalistic worldview destroys initiative and calls for a new spiritual appraisal of ourselves and four environments.
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