Lutherans Confront Money Blues at Biennial Convention
At the New York Hilton 1700 Lutherans prayed and urged more gifts as the 1967 capital fund drive for $40 million posted only $5.25 million. Church leaders blamed slow giving and internal strife while stressing overseas missions colleges and seminaries, with funding tied to members’ birthday gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorke
Lutheran Church-Missouri’ Synod
Arnold G. Ahlman
Denver
New York Hilton
Oliver R. Harms
Preach Sunday by Rev Arthur Blaisdell at First Methodist
Rev Arthur Blaisdell, chaplain of the Methodist Hospital in Madison, will preach at the 10 am service in First Methodist Church on Sunday July 16. He was appointed by Bishop Ralph Taylor Atlen and began in September. He brings prior chaplain and ministerial roles, education at Aurora College and Garrett Theological Seminary, and hospital training at major Boston and Illinois facilities. He has served in several pastorates and hospital chaplaincies and has been honored by the American Protestant Hospital Association since 1950.
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Arthur Blaisdell
Methodist Hospital
Madison
First Methodist Church
Blaisdell
Ralph Taylor Atlen
Child City
Mooseheart
Ill
Aurora College
Aurora
Garrett Theological Seminary
Evanston
Boston City Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Elgin State Hospital
Elgin
Mendota State Hospital
Maywood
Roscoe
Grace Methodist Church
Newark State School
Newark
N.Y
American Protestant Hospital Association
Lafayette Zoning Plans Postponed by County Board
The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors postponed action on a proposed county wide zoning ordinance after hearing Tuesday. Fifteen residents attended the hearing with objections to including river banks in the flood plain. Engineer and realtor Howard Grange urged more publicity while Lyle Atkinson noted two years of consideration and little public interest. The board also voted to raise the sheriff's radio operator Gerald Bowen's salary from 287.50 to 375 retroactive to March 1.
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Darlington Speciary
Lafayette County Board of Supervisors
Howard Grange
Lyle Atkinson
Gerald Bowen
Sheriff's Department
Skinner Creek Hosts Picnic at Kubly Park
Skinner Creek plans a Sunday picnic at Kubly Park in the Onoer Creek Watershed. Residents of Smock Valley Watershed are invited to attend with dishes to pass and lemon juice for lemonade. A bake or bail game will be played in the afternoon.
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Onuner Creek
Kubly Park
Smock Valley
Madison Bus Co seeks fare raise to 15 cents
The Madison Bus Co asked the Public Service Commission for permission to raise children's fare from 10 to 15 cents. The note frames the request amid a broader context of rate discussions and regulatory oversight.
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Madison
The
Madison Bus Co
Public Service Commission
Bloodmobile Browntown Visit Yields 41 Pints of Blood
The Red Cross Bloodmobile at Peace United Church of Christ Browntown collected 41 pints, nine short of the 50 pint goal. Co chairmen Rev. John Masters and Mrs. Frank Guttmer thanked volunteers while noting 10 pledges did not report. Donors came from Browntown Argyle Orangeville and surrounding areas with many volunteers aiding in recruiting nursing canteen and labeling duties.
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Browntown
Red Cross
John Masters
Frank Guttmer
Viola Olson
Peace United Church of Christ
Argyle
Orangeville
Gratie Monroe
Winslow
Gerald Swiggum
Harrison Schneider
Chicago
Peter Arvedeson
Effingham
Roger Brugger
Clark Lille
Ronald Brandt
Randall Gobeli
William Endrulat
Donnie Braden
Jake Senn
Harvey Rosenstiel
Ray Montgomery
Donald Meyer
Wilbur Wells
John Marty
Alvin Bidlingmeier
John Ronald
Allen Kubly
Marion’ Foulker
John Masters, Mrs. ‘Edwin Chapin, Mrs.’ Oscar Schumacher, Bruce Young
JoAnn Montgomery
Robert Schumacher
Delbert Soddy
Gary Rackow
Roger Hanson
Allan Wire
Leland Hartwig
Frank Goonan
Ivan Ellingson
Franklin Soddy
James Curran
William Stauffer
Max Wyssbrod
Glen Bock
Nick Mayne
John Schlager
Fred Scott
R. N
Marion Foulker
Glen Beck
Elmer Foulker
Jean Ellingson
John Meyer
Record Harvest Of Crops Forecast
The Agriculture Department predicts a record harvest as farmers plant 7 percent more area and expect 5 percent more output than 1966. Wisconsin projections include corn grain 1787,000 acres at 80 bushels per acre, soybeans, oats, tobacco and potatoes with substantial production figures. Traffic death rate shows slight improvement from 1966, with several cities reporting very low or no deaths so far this year. William Thornton wins a $500 prize for architectural design of the nation’s Capitol in 1792.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wisconsin
Howard Pyle
Baltimore
Milwaukee
San
Racine
Francisco
Wis
Bethlehem
Sioux Falls
S.D
Upsurge of Deaths Destroys 1967 Rate Improvement
The National Safety Council reports a surge in motor vehicle deaths in May 1967. May toll reached 4,520, up 6 percent from May 1966, pushing five month total to 19,260. The uptrend erodes earlier year gains and signals higher annual mortality.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
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Lafayette
Skinner Creek
the Commercial and Savings Bank
Monroe
Green County
United States
U.S
Eee Bank
Ronald J. Tschudy
Bruce M. Blum
Arthur C. Benkett
John L. Norton
State of
County of Green
Joyce Fey
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Browntown Visit
William Thornton
Bermudas
Shorty
Akorts
Corvair
Monza Coupe
TORY
Plymouth Fury
Chrysler
Newport
Mercury
Monterey
New Yorker
Plymouth
Chrysler Station
W’gon
White
Chrysler Newport
FORD
Econoline van
Red
Falcon
Berge
Standard
Hiway
Monroe, Wis
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