This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1961
Page
3
A prominent preacher laments forced retirement at age 72 while urging flexible policies. He argues aging should not end valuable service and proposes reactivation programs to place retired leaders in advisory or part time roles, preserving expertise and community impact.
Members of Long Beach Seventhday Adventist Church may donate next Saturday to sponsor a 70 bed hospital 12 miles from Honolulu on Oahu. MOLA CHORALE from Biola College will present a sacred concert Sunday at 7 pm at North Kong Teach Reetnan Church. Rev J Wesury Neal will show Africa pictures at 7 pm at Church of God Chapel 5889 Chey Ave. A free will offering will aid Africa. Neal traveled in Africa recently for the Agricultural Aides Foundation. A film “44ACOK AND RACIAEL” will be shown Sunday evening at Wakewond Community Free Methodist Church 4851 Dow-Incy Ave.
St John s Lutheran Church will observe a double anniversary Sunday marking the 30th year of the congregation and the 16th of its Christian Day School. Rev Welter M Fahner serves as pastor and Rev Waller F Fisher of First Lutheran Pasadena will speak at the 7 pm congregational anniversary. Rev Lawrence K Zank of Lutheran High School Los Angeles will address the Day School anniversary at 11 am followed by a fellowship hour with refreshments.
Dr. Andreas Bard, pastor emeritus of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Kansas City, will speak Sunday at 1:30 PM in Trinity Lutheran Church at 8th St. and Linden Ave. Bard is a renowned pulpit orator who built three churches and led St. Mark's for 41 years, authoring 33 books on sermons lectures poetry and opera.
The Long Beach Council of Churches will host an all day seminar on Christian Responsibility for Freedom at the First Methodist Church on Fifth Street and Pacific Avenue. Dr John Burt will open at 10 with a keynote on freedom followed by discussions on ethical decision freedom in society and church state relations. Dr Julian Keiser will speak on a Christian approach to the Communist menace, with a follow up discussion. The day ends with worship at 4 and group discussions throughout. Rev G C LeRoy Doty Jr chairs the event open to ministers educators and church committees.
Atlantic Avenue Methodist Church at 1535 Atlantic Ave will inaugurate two morning services at 9 and 10 a m Sunday due to many requests for an extra hour of worship. Sunday school for children runs 9 a m with nursery through sixth grade. youth and Jeannie Sunday school meet from 10 a m. Special groups, music training, studies, junior church and nursery will accompany the 11 a m service. Children’s Choir rehearses at 11 a m under Carl Robertson with Marjorie Clifton assisting.
Rabbi S. S. Guthman and Rev. Ray Kinney discuss Practical Immortality in the Light of Traditional Christianity at the religious forum Wednesday at the Meeting in Now Women’s City Club. Guthman, third in a series of lectures by Temple leaders, will participate in the Life Continuity Conference sponsored by the Rabbinical Assembly. Kinney, minister of mesha Lake, New York, will be back Friday morning, April 28 to lead Sabbath services at the Temple.
Dr. Emmett McLoughlin, once a Franciscan priest who resigned in 1948 and led Memorial Hospital in Phoenix, will speak at the First Assembly of God Church at 3 pm. Author of People’s Padre and American Culture and Catholic Schools, his Sunday topic is Federal Aid and Church Schools.
The People's Eucharistic League sponsors a two day retreat at St Matthew's Catholic Church on 7th Street and Temple Avenue. The event runs Saturday April 29 to Sunday April 30 with Rev William J. O Halloran of New York leading exercises from registration before the 8 am mass Saturday to 3 30 pm Sunday ending with Holy Mass and a reception for new members.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.