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 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1959
Page
3
The Power of Faith Wednesday begins Lent with a sketch of Christ praying in a cave on the Mountain of Temptation in the Holy Land. The scene notes a Jordan Valley view, wasps nest, and jackal tracks, illustrating the temptations endured and Christ's refusal.
Lent observances fill many churches in the city with services and sermons. Dr Wedwell Tredick of First Presbyterian urges Lent as a time for spiritual growth, not mere denial, as Ash Wednesday opens the 40 day period before Easter.
Dr. Walter L. Penner, director of the Southwest Region of the National Association of Evangelicals, will address the 7 pm service at First Assembly of God Church. He will report on national and international NAE activities and discuss plans to add an Evangelical Welfare Agency offering California licensed baby adoption and child placement and Christian counseling in the Southwest office.
The Rev J B Strong, a young Los Angeles minister and the first Negro preacher in the California EU B conference, will speak on racial relationships tomorrow night at 7 oclock at the Long Beach Evangelical United Brethren Church at 17th Street and Temple Avenue. He plans to bring a group of singers from his Los Angeles church.
The Whittier First Friends Chancel Choir of 40 voices will present a sacred songs concert at 7 o clock tomorrow night. Gordon Berger directs the group, noted professor of music at Chaffey Junior College in Ontario and former baritone soloist with the Fred Waring Glee Club. The concert, free and open to the public, will be at 9th Street and Atlantic Avenue.
Rabbi Henn Front of Temple Menorah Redondo Beach will address Grant Chapel AME Church at 1049 oclock Sunday, launching a broad education program on Christian Judaic relations. Temple Menorah serves the South Bay, plans a $300000 temple, and Front, a Hebrew Union College graduate, served as WWII Marine Corps chaplain.
The Rev. A A Warner pastor of the Church of Jesus Christ Christian Bellflower opened a Thursday night series at Morgan Hall 835 Locust Ave. The services aim to reach Bible students seeking deeper knowledge of the Anglo-Saxon peoples the Gospel and astronomical secrets.
The Lutheran Church plans immediate construction of a $275,000 sanctuary at St Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church on Woodruff Ave and Arbor Rd. Rev Alfred Storvick announced ground breaking during three worship services tomorrow. The existing church will be used for classrooms and future expansions.
Dr. Macold Fasnacht, president of La Verne College, will address the theme Can The Church Be Thei Church at the 11 am worship service tomorrow. The talk follows his global tour studying missions service centers refugee issues population pressures and church methods in Europe and the Orient.
Adventist delegates from California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Hawaii gather in San Francisco for the Pacific Union Conference session. Officials elected to oversee operations for the next four years include R. R. Figehr as world president, with pastors C. L. Duffield and W. R. Link among speakers and Mrs. Marie Parkerson noted as Bible instructor.
Rev. A. H. Hintz, installed last Sunday at University Lutheran Church, will lead two services tomorrow at 9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. with the theme Christ and Cruci fied. Lenten services begin Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. with the series From the Upper Room to Christ's Tomb. Next Wednesday's sermon will cover His Agony in Gethsemane.
Bill Carle once a Broadway basso to dedicate his career to sacred music will perform at the Christian Missionary Alliance Church at 17th Street and Lemon Avenue next Wednesday Thursday and Friday nights at 7 40. He has appeared at the Billy Rose Diamond Horseshoe and has over 3000 performances. He has worked with famous screen and radio stars and was a featured soloist on ABC Hour for Faith and CBS Church of the Air.
Color motion picture presents familiar Christ life scenes in the film Return to Nazareth shown Sunday at 6 pm. It is the seventh entry in the Living Christ Series at Christ Lutheran Church, 6500 Stearns St.
A public service at Lakewood Church of the Nazarene 5005 Lew Davis St tomorrow night at 7 features a former pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene in Long Beach and Pasadena College musicians. The Choral Fires quartet will perform in support of college endorsement and student recruitment. Carlton Paonsford, assistant to Pasadena College president and director of development and public relations, directs and speaks. he is an alumnus and former local pastor.
A new group named Westminster Associates was formed this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Galt. Officers include Mrs. Carl F. Peterson as president and Rev. Harry Chase will install officers at the third annual tea tomorrow from 3 to 5 pm at the Sprotomist House on the Long Beach State College campus.
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.