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Lovington Leader

Location

Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1955

Page

3

Nation to study church role in public schools meet in St Louis

More than 250 delegates from Protestant boards will gather November 6 8 in St Louis for the National Conference on Religion and Public Education. The event sponsored by the Committee on Religion and Public Education and the National Council of Churches Department of Religious Liberty will explore the Christian duty toward public schools and how churches can support education and heritage. The piece also notes Methodist efforts to staff Christian social centers for American servicemen in Asia including plans for three year terms, staffed by interdenominational teams guided by a cooperative committee. Centers may also open in Korea Hong Kong Okinawa and the Philippine Islands.

St. Louis Committee On Religion and Public Education Department of Religious Liberty National Council of Churches Brumbaugh Board of Missions of the Methodist Church Japan Far East Methodist Cooperative Committee On Board of Missions Commission On Chaplains Council of Secretaries The Korea Hong Kong Okinawa Philippine Islands

Old Mystic church invites Negro pastor Montgomery

The Methodist church in Old Mystic Connecticut votes unanimously to invite Rev Simon P Montgomery a 33 year old Negro minister to serve as pastor after hepreached two services as a guest. He will also teach English at Norwich Technical School and has pastored Negro congregations in South Carolina. He holds a Master of Arts from Northwestern University.

Methodist Church of Old Mystic South Carolina Northwestern

Attend The Churches Of Your Choice Schedule

Church notices list multiple congregations with pastors service times and contact details. Includes St Thomas Cattelic Church Father Fabian Keenan and Father Lucian Harkins, Masses at 8 and 10, plus confessions and catechism. Also lists ministries at Training Union worship times, radio broadcasts, Nazarene and East Side Church of Christ schedules, and Hillcrest Baptist and First Baptist timetables.

Wayne Mickey Schedule Broadcasts and Bible Classes

Wayne Mickey outlines daily church broadcasts and services with times for Bible class at 8 05 A M and 9 30 A M Morning Worship 10 30 A M Bible Classes 6 30 P M Evening Worship 7 00 P M Monday through Friday 8 15 A M Ladies Bible Class 9 30 A M.

Northside Baptist Church Directory Morning and Evening Services

Church listings show Northside Baptist Church at Northeast and Van Buren with morning worship at 10:00 A.M. and 11:00 A.M. Evening services are at 7:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. 7:30 P. M.

More More Northside Baptist Church Northeast van Buren Union

Prayer Schedule for Tatum Church

The notice lists services including a 9:30 A.M. prayer service and 10:45 A.M. worship, a 6:00 P.M. worship, 7:00 P.M. mid week service, and 7:00 P.M. choir practice on Thursday.

W.M Tatum N. M

Paper boy inventor from Lovington faces hard times

Harry Porter a 69 year old Lovington paper boy and cabinet maker with four strokes and a heart condition continues delivering papers for about $60 monthly from Social Security and pension. He supports several inventions including a plastic casket and ironing boards while advocating for Adlai Stevenson.

Harry Porter Harry Virginia Charlestown S. C Peru Ind Peoria Indiana Grand Rapids Michigan Adlai Stevenson Tke Adlai Stevenson

Baptists Open Convention in Hobbs This Week

The WMU State Convention opens Monday at 5 30 P M at the First Methodist Church in Hobbs with a banquet. Miss Marjorie Stephens missionary from Africa will speak on A Song in My Heart. Tuesday features Miss Mary Christian and Miss Alma Hunt with speakers on Armies Advancing and Oh Tell Me The Story. The convention theme is The Kingdom is coming. Dr Courts Redford and others will speak. closing Thursday noon.

WMU First Methodist Hobbs Marjorie Stephens Africa F. A. Green Las Cruces Mary Christian Southside Sunday School Board Alma Hunt Southside Daniel Gomez Coutts Redford Home Mission Board First Baptist Church A. Duaney Alamogordo Harry P. Staggs Courts Redford Baker James Cauthen Foreign Mission Boards H. H. Hobbs First Church Oklahoma City E. K. Bryan Chama Valley Medical Center B. A. Reiff Harden- Simmons University At Abilene

WMU Program Receives Royal Service at First Baptist Hobbs

A WMU circle meeting at First Baptist Church Hobbs on Wednesday featured a Royal Service program with devotions from Matthew 28 1 to 8 led by Mrs E A Sanders and multiple readings and songs themed Come Women Wide Proclaim The program included watchword talks by Mrs Joe Newman and performances by Mrs Jimmy Ward and others with closing prayer by Mrs E Kennedy The year hymn The Kingdom is Coming framed the event.

WMU First Baptist Church E. A. Sanders Joe Newman Jimmy Ward P. H. Simon Bill Dunwoodie W. R. Grayson J. M. Mae- Daniel T. B. Gatewood Charlie Elam Christ E. E. Kennedy

Local Social Notes from Mallamar and Nearby Texas Towns

Mr and Mrs Lacy Dunlap travel to Seminole to visit Lacy’s ailing father in Denver City he is improving at home. Claud Vinson visits Pecos with Cliff Pyritz and Larry Duncan visits Joe Cauble. Mrs Luther Kelly calls on Odessa then Holiday Ice show. Bonner couple go to Odessa for the Holiday Ice. Ted Garrett visits Borger to see his wife’s brother and family the Dickinsons. Nora Wooton hosts Mallamar Homemakers Club at the Recreation hall. New Mallamar residents Mr and Mrs E E Reid Jr and their son work for Union Oil Co of California.

Lacy Dunlap Seminole Texas Lacy Dunlap Denver City Claud Vinson Cliff Pyritz Pecos Larry Duncan Joe Cauble Luther Kelly Kelley Odessa Fred Bonner Ted Garrett Borger

Lovington VFW Auxiliary Elects New Officers

The Lovington Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars elected officers including Mrs. Joan Benson as president and Mrs. Margaret Price as senior vice president. Other officers named include Mrs. Mickey King junior vice president and Mrs. Martha Ray secretary with various trustees and color bearers also chosen. A musician will be appointed later.

Ladies Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars of Lovington Joan Benson Margaret Price Mickey King Martha Ray Faye Jones Doris Sanderson Jean Benson Janie Miller Alma Clements Nancy Adams Terry Crow Mattie Benson Idell Savisky Betty Ward Beatrice Palmer Bernice Barton Billie Tennison Dorothy Diebel

Faith Circle Hosts Morning Coffee Welcoming New Members

Mrs L W Sparks and Mrs John Cook co hosted the Faith Circle of the First Christian Church at a Tuesday morning coffee honoring new members Mrs Cleaver and Mrs Wilbur Kaiser. The event featured fall flower decor and a list of attending members. The Tower City High School Band Mother's Club voted to rename itself Band Aides.

L. W. Sparks John Cook Faith Circle The First Christian Church Cleaver Wilbur Kaiser Mmes Fred Cox Dan Berry Phillip Robinson R. A. Graham Helen Dix Leon Johnson Paul Moore Joe King George Bradshaw Hugh Harris Kenneth Chambers Milt Denton Jimmy Abbott John Connell Lillie

Cafeteria Menu for October 24 25

Cafeteria menus list October 24 and 25 meals. Monday offers Barbecue on bun pickles buttered carrots cherry pudding and milk. Tuesday features Pinto beans scalloped potatoes strawberry grapefruit salad bread and milk.

Lions in Circus Truck Armaged On Open Tailgate

A Geneva New York motorist saw a circus truck with its tail gate wide open and lions roaming inside. A sheriff’s deputy alerted the driver, who braked and locked the tailgate. A missing milk can was noted but the lions did not threaten or attempt escape.

Geneva N. Y

Methodist Revival to Begin Sunday in Lovington

The First Methodist Church of Lovington opens a fall Revival Sunday at 11 a.m. and runs through Thursday at 7 p.m. The Sunday service will air on KLEA. Rev. Bonner Teeter of Guthrie Oklahoma will preach and is noted as a standout young preacher.

First Methodist Church Lovington Klea Bonner Teeter Guthrie Oklahoma Brother Teeters East Central State Teachers College Ada Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University Teeter Ed Hamilton

Unusual Silver Scottish Highland Cattle at U S Ranch

A rare herd of silver Scottish Highland cattle roams the Ray Carr ranch in South Dakota. Ray Carr began the lineage in 1942 by pairing white calves, with no color throwbacks in about 50 offspring. Carr’s son Raleigh breeds whiteface Herefords with Scottish Highland bulls, claiming the crossoutproduces and outdresses Herefords and adapts to cold winters.

S. D Ray Carr Carr Raleigh

Police Board Lectures Drivers on Traffic Lights

New Britain Connecticut police commissioners met with prowl car operators to lecture drivers about running red lights and violating safety regulations observed at traffic stops.

New Britain Conn Board of Police Commissioners

Marriage Licenses to October 17 in West Texas towns

A long list of marriage license issuances dated through October 11 to 17 in Hobbs Kermit Odessa Andrews Seagraves Midland Big Spring Lovington and surrounding Texas towns. Names ages and spouses include Ann Jeter to James Knight Roxie Cross to W I Hetland Alice Jackson to Richard Wilson and others.

Ann Gail Jeter James E. Knight Hobbs Roxie Lee Cross W. I. Hetland Kermit, Texas Alice Faye Jackson Richard R. Wilson Opal Adams Reggie Wats de Hay N. M Shirley Mae Bowden Albert Hollis Hammond Ruby Swint Welman Tex Joe E. Chaddick Tatum Imel] Hernandez Troy D. Gillihan Nan Jansky Reginnald P. Stump Odessa Texas Wanca Joyce Medlin Loop Charles David Smith Seagraves Sue Briner Arthur L. Carouth Iva L. Horn J. F. Holley Maylen Failes Newt Shirley Lavonna Dee McGrammer Ernest D. Bringle Connie Fay Gray Darwin K. Pittman Midkiff Pearl S. Woods Edwin L. Cain Andrews Catherine Pearl Martin Alton Wayne Mitchell Norma McEwen Warren Mayfield McKinney Cecile Evelyn White J. C. McGuairt McCamey Virginia Hurt Wayne E. Condero Big Springs Anna Bess Hans Bryant Howell Gene Taylor Monahans Shirley June Scott James McGill Denver City Virgie Marie Mosley David Abner Lee Lovington Lucinda Rose Ford J. W. Robinson Mrs Mary Boone William Henry Brown Cleo M. Hodge W. W. Hicks Midland Barbara de Witte Mar Violet Cornley Martin Shirley Morgan Weatherford John L. Gwinn Lagerton Paul R. Brooks San Angelo Mary Frances Burkett Henry C. Cope Elizabeth Dalton Don Riley Bettie Jane Ball James Welton Moore Alma Copeland

Police nab man hiding jar of jam near inn

Rochester police arrested a man a few blocks from the Treadway Inn after he tried to conceal a bulky object under his coat. The object proved to be a gallon jar of Old Honesty strawberry preserves.

Rochester N. Y Treadway Inn

Benson cites farmers renting gas use in Western Europe

Agriculture Secretary Benson announces that farmers who rent gasoline consumption in Norway last year averaged 96 kilograms per capita, ranking fifth highest in Western Europe.

Benson Norway Europe

Also Mentioned on This Page

Dr. Thoburn T Church of St. Thomas Cattelic Church Fabian Keenan Father Lucian Harkins Corner Avenue B & 2Nd Street Rectery Antioch Baptist Chester Watt On Hope Baptist Church J. Williams BTU Assembly of God O. L. Boteler WMC Cc. A Pentecostal Church Wilbur E. King Children’s Church First Presbyterian Church Gordon Garlington, Jr Circle No Women of the Epworth League Church of Nazarene Bernard W. Culbertson Sunday Bible School Nazarene Young Peoples Society Nazarene Foreign Missionary Society Bethel Baptist Church Otis Edwards Thursda E. E. Hamilton KSEA Hillcrest Baptist Church C. Quarles Training Union N. Love St. C. FE. Hilburn Thur Mallamar Pluckeye Baptist Church Geo. Hudgens Prairieview Missionary Baptist Church L. C. Wood Brotherhood Jackson Avenue East Side Church of Christ Bro J. H. Gilmore First Christian Hugh B. Harris Young People Christian Science Group Odd Fellows Hall No. Love St Lovington Lutheran Church Emil F. Krugler West Ave. D Episcopal Mission of Resurrection Polk John B. Haberland Ica Holy Runnels Mud Service Campbell Suppy Llano Church of Christ Wayne Mickey Jehovahs Witness Hobbs N. M N. Morris L. C. Spencer University Istanbul Turkey Vas Raymond E. Maxwell World Council of Churches Halki Theological School Ecumenical Patriarchate Phanar Maxwell World Council Denver Post Los Angeles Examiner Chicago Tribune Daily Oklahoman United Press Associated Press Baptists Open Convention Hobbs, N. M VFW West Avenue U. S. Ranch Amazon Att
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