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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1960
Page
2
President Eisenhower today proclaimed October 5 as a day of national prayer. In the White House proclamation he lauds America as a blessed land and urges citizens to seek justice and mercy while lifting grateful hearts to God. He notes the nation faces testing and calls for steadfast faith and unity.
The Wesleyan Guild of the Southern California Arizona Conference will hold its annual weekend at the University of Redlands August 9 7. Anderson Hall opens for registrations August 5 at 8 pm. Featured speakers include Ellen Suffern from the Orient Esther Mang Crugadé scholar from Malaya and Dr. Stanley McKee district superintendent Mrs Otto J Wittman conference president of the Women’s Society of Christian Service. The August 7 program begins with Communion service and worship by Dr McKee. Registrations go to Pauline Richmire Los Angeles prior to July 30.
In Newport Rhode Island UP I reports pacifists planned another picketing demonstration at the summer White House where President Eisenhower is vacationing. The action underscores ongoing antiwar protests tied to the presidential retreat.
J D Frey will conclude 40 years as director of the First Christian Church Choir with a Sunday night service on July 31. Mrs Frey will be honored, with E E Tincher MCing. Prominent church and city members will pay tribute as former choir members return to sing and the Women's Union serves refreshments.
The United Presbyterian College Fellowship under Rev. Harry E J Chase and the Westminster Foundation invite college students entering the fall to Sunday evening meetings at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church 6th St and Termine Ave. Guest speakers Dr Rolof Driscoll and Rabbi Leonard Helman address The Nature of Man in the Old Testament and The Meaning of Commitment with discussions and Cynics Circle participation. Meetings run 8 pm at the church with post talk discussions at Westminster House after refreshments.
Congressman Craig Hosmer will speak at the Sigma Tau Lambda Young Adult meeting of SL Timothy Lutheran Church. The event at Woodruff Avenue and Arbor Road includes church volleyball at 6 p.m. Devotions by Sue Sattler and closing prayer by Gary Franklin. All area young adults are welcome.
Dr Earl Cranston dean of the School of Religion and professor at the University of Southern California since 1949 will speak at two services Sunday 9:30 and 11 a.m. in First Congregational Church at 3rd Street and Cedar Avenue. A colleague praised his saintly character as he nears retirement.
The Rev Ray C Jones of Bryn Mawr Community Church Chicago fills Cross Roads Community Church pulpit at 5420 Clark Ave while its pastor Rev John C Heal attends the Pacific School of Religion. Jones spoke on contagious parents as Europe Holy Land trip noted.
Dr Alexander Schreiner and a large group from Columbus will perform two special concerts at First Methodist Church Los Angeles. One at 10:45 a.m. and another at 7:30 p.m. minister J Richard Sneed confirms the events. The article notes Schreiner’s Salt Lake City Tabernacle broadcasts and prior Europe tour with 400 choirs members.
Mrs Patterson said she and her family were not actual members, but joined when the sect arrived at the small Arizona community because it most closely resembled their own religion.
The Rev A G Jarmenter, prominent Long Beach evangelist and radio minister, will speak at Lakewood Community Free Methodist Church 5951 Downey Ave at 10 45 am Sunday. An evening service at 7 00 pm will feature a film from Winona Lake Ind Treasures in Heaven to be shown.
A motion picture titled Africa on The Bridge showing Billy Graham’s 17,000 mile Safari for Souls in Africa has its premier at North Long Beach Brothern Church 6095 Orange Ave Long Beach Sunday at 7 pt d. Shot in authentic sound and color across 17 African cities from Monrovia to Cairo the film portrays Africa in a bridge between ancient tribalism and the goal of independence from colonial rule.
UPI reports airline captain C. B. Blanchard, 39, was killed when his Trans-Continental DC3 struck a parked DC7 during taxiing at Houston. First officer C. E. Tuck survived. brakes and cockpit seating details discussed.
George I Windes son of Mrs John Windes of 156 W Forhan St has accepted a call to serve as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in the Southwest Indian Mission based in Gallup New Mexico He will enter the mission home in Salt Lake City August 15 and depart for the field shortly after A convert for two years he has been active in Long Beach Second Ward and has held presiding elder for the South District He is a Jordan High School graduate class of 1958 and has attended Long Beach City College where he was vice president of Lambda Delta Sigma He will be honored at a farewell testimonial Sunday July 3 from 430 to 6 PM at Long Beach Second Ward 561 E Plymouth St.
New York report states an interdenominational publication and church leaders urged prayers for Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. They cited Saul of Tarsus as a model for personal transformation through faith, and urged prayer to reform or humble him under Christian guidance.
The Chicago Tribune and Tribune Co. elected J. Howard Wood to succeed the late Chesser M. Campbell as publisher and company president. Wood has served as general manager and vice president since 1955.
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