Congregationalists Elect Dr. Loper As Moderator
Dr Vere L Loper of Berkeley California was elected moderator of the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches of America at the Cleveland biennial meeting by 406 to 299 over Dr L Wendell Fifield of Brooklyn New York. The 57 year old leader, a UC Berkeley campus figure and Pacific School of Religion associate professor, is described as a seasoned church statesman and civic leader, noting the election as a sobering experience and a test of democratic practice and divine guidance.
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General Council of Congregational Christian Churches of America
Vere L. Loper
D. D
First Congregational Church
Berkeley
Calif
Music Hall
Cleveland
L. Wendell Fifield
Plymouth Church of the Pilgries
Brooklyn
New York
Lopez
University of California
Pacific School of Religion
Merger Debate Shapes Congregational Church Leadership
The Congregational Christian denomination faces a merger controversy as Dr. Lopez’s pro merger faction presses despite a New York court ruling. Dr. Douglas Horton urges study of the issue while Miss Helen Kenyon notes growing lay involvement and women’s world issues during the decisive sessions. Ely delegates attend sessions.
K of C Class to Receive Degrees Sunday Afternoon
The Elyria Knights of Columbus Council 1 774 will confer major degrees on Sunday afternoon at K of C hall. A banquet follows at 7 p m in the new St Marys hall with Rev Basil Haren of St Johns College Cleveland as guest speaker. Dr Lehane, district Catholic High School director and former St Marys assistant pastor, is among those receiving.
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Joseph B. Lehane
Lehane
Catholic High School
Elyria
St. Mary’s Church
Elyna Council
Knights of Columbus
Varius Sections
Ohno
Five Students To Receive Bible School Diplomas
Five students will graduate at the twenty sixth annual commencement of the Summer Bible School run by First Baptist church and First United Presbyterian church. The ceremony begins at 7 30 tonight at First Baptist. Diploma recipients are Arthur Strother Joyce Roberts Mary Grace Traill Gertrude Terry and Helen Williams. Diplomas honor eight years of study while all who attended the 1959 session receive certificates. The two week session drew 216 children from 16 churches and employed 22 teachers. A work demonstration by the students will be featured during tonight’s exercises.
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First Baptist Church
First United Presbyterian Church
Arthur Strother
Joyce Roberts
Mary ‘Grace TraiJl
Gertrude Terry
Helen Williams
Jeffersons Tree Gets Surgery at Monticello Beech
Jeffersons original Monticello beech tree receives modern tree surgery to graft a new trunk and bridge over a long dead bark area. caretaker Thomas Rhodes braced the tree after a 50 year windstorm. A young beech from a New York nursery is planted at its foot awaiting grafting.
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Lulsnovanue
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
George van Vahres
Thomas Rhodes
Yahres
New York
Desert Seawater Fishing Trial Sparks Offshore Angling Hope
Describing a novel experiment, officials transplant more than 200 game fish from the Gulf of California to a saline Salton Sea site 150 miles southeast of Los Angeles. An aerated tank truck moved fish 240 feet below sea level, with anchovies released first to entice nibbles, and a cross-agency effort by federal and California agencies aims to test high-salinity sport fishing prospects within about a year.
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Salton Sea
Los Angeles
Gulf of California
San Felipe
California
Mexico
Salton Seas
U. S. Bureau of Marine Fisheries
Imperial Valley Fish and Game Conservation Alsa
Fish Hatcheries
State Fish and Game Commission
Salien
Colorado River
Imperial Valley
Coachella Valley
Physician Leaves $1 234 764 Estate In Cleveland
Dr Paul H Krebs longtime Cleveland physician left a $1 234 764 estate to Lutheran Hospital per probate records He lived modestly and invested wisely establishing a trust for his brother Robert a niece Miss Margaret FE Krebs of Chicago and a sister Miss Emmy Krebs On trust termination the hospital will receive the principal Also mentioned a clockwork animal orchestra by Japanese toy makers playing Oh Susanna.
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Cleveland, O
Paul H. Krebs
Lutheran Hospital
Robert Krebs
Dr Krebs
Robert
Margaret Fe, Krebs
Chicago
Emmy Krebs
Hospital
Chicon Pleads Innocent To Murder Charge
Retired railroad worker Alonzo Hunter 77 pleaded innocent before Mayor Clifford Glathart to a second degree murder charge in the killing of his 71 year old housekeeper Emma B Barr found dead in his bloodied farm home near Findlay Ohio after neighbors heard him crying for help. He was bound over to the grand jury without bond.
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Findlay
Alonzo Hunter
Clifford Glathart
Emma. B. Barr
Barr
Hunter
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