Country church revival aids small town life and economy
Longstanding rural churches face decline but are being revived as anchors of community and economic activity. Denominations back a nationwide push to strengthen the country church, linking village well being to congregational vitality.
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Earle Hitch Win
Country Church
USS Brill
United States
Turkey
San Francisco Naval Ship Yard
Mediterranean
U. S. Navy
Rural churches expand care with community development plans
Rural churches across Kentucky and Tennessee fuse salvation with social and economic duties. Presbyterian and Methodist missions in Morris Fork, Wooton, Alpine, Big Lick, Frakes, and Sevierville empower health, farming, and education through cooperative stores, loans, homestead programs, and community health clinics led by pastors like Paul A Doran and Eugene Smathers.
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Presbyterian
Kentucky
Tennessee
Morris Fork
Wooton
Alpine
Big Lick
Tenn
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Paul A Doran
Blue Springs
Eugene Smathers
Benton Denton
Wooten
Frakes
Sevierville
Bernard M. Taylor
Taylor
Michigan Notre Dame Lead Repositions in 1947 Rankings
The column argues Michigan should top Notre Dame in a revised ranking, with Texas and SMU strong, Penn State high, and notes West Coast bowl struggles. It cites Doak Walker Layne and Lujack as top backs, predicts top four for 1948, and laments Rose Bowl inequities and fading West Coast football.
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Far West
Notre Dame
Michigan
Pittsburgh
Northwestern
Southern California
Texas
Penn State
S.M.U
Blair Cherry
Minnesota
West Coast
Alabama
Illinois
U.C.L.A
Frank Thomas
Pacific
Pop
Bears
Howard Jones
Pop Warner
Buck Shaw
Babe Hollingberry
Blind Girl Becomes Expert Knitter in Le Sueur
Elaine Heintz 21, nearly blind from meningitis at five, knits fine sweaters scarves and mittens. With help from sister Kathrine she sold 200 knitted pieces to Le Sueur residents this Christmas. She learned knitting at Minnesota Braille and Sight-Saving school in Faribault since age seven.
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LE Sueur
Minn
Elaine Heintz
Miss Heintz
Katherine
Minnesota Braille
Faribault
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United Nations Appeal For Children
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America
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