First Church to be Led by Laymen Tomorrow
Laymen led worship at First Congregational Church with three lay members on the platform at the 1 PM service. Dr. Franklin Gottfried will speak on Parallel Developments in Church and School as Mitchell Knittle and James Christe conduct, Dexter Kmball sings, with coffee in the parlors at 10 30.
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Layrmen
Franklin Gottfried
Dent
Elyria
Mitchell Knittle
James Christe
Dexter Kmball Wall
First Graders Taught Foreign Language Across Grades
A Pittsburgh Teuth elementary program enrolls first graders in French or Spanish, continuing through eighth grade. Early lessons are brief and conversational with grammar deferred until seventh grade. Similar moves appear in New York and California with Chicago planning for next fall. Parents at Faulk School already study Spanish to learn what children say at home.
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Pittsburger
University of Pittsburgh
Teuth
New York
California
Chicago
Faulk
Nehru voices stance on missionaries in Parliament
Prime Minister Nehru told the Lower House India does not favor increasing missionary numbers. He called Christianity respected, praised missionary work in health and education, but warned unrestricted foreign entry could pose political problems later. Little deeds of kindness, little words of love.
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Nehru
India
Hong Kong Refugees First Stop for European Exiles
The World Council of Churches reports that in 1953 over 2 510 European refugees left China via Hong Kong. Sponsored by WCC and Lutheran World Federation, most emigrated to Brazil Australia Turkey Paraguay Canada Ecuador the United States. Hong Kong serves as a launch point for thousands fleeing post revolution Russia and communist upheaval. The joint refugee office run by Pastor Ludwig Stumpf began in 1952 to aid stateless refugees.
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World Council of Churches’ Service To
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Hong Kong
World Council of Churches
Lutheran World Federation
Brazil
Australia
Turkey
Paraguay
Canada
Ecuador
U.S. A
WCC
Russia
Manchuria
The
Tauberan World Federation
Ludwig Stumpf
MYF Rally Tomorrow Plans In Norwalk Diocese
About 300 youths are slated to attend the Norwalk District Methodist Youth rally at First Methodist Church starting 3 15 PM with Rev Harold W Ewing as speaker at 3 45 PM Fellowship singing panel discussion a skit and a worship service are included The event is part of North East Ohio Conference activities tied to the Family Life Conference in Cleveland The day is directed by Rev Maxwell Boyer with Happy Twos serving supper and other local leaders organizing junior activities at Eywood Park
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Norwalk
First Methodist Church
Harold W. Ewing
United States
Elyria
North East Ohio
Family Life Conference
Methodist Church
Cleveland
Maxwell Boyer
Bloomville
Elywoods Park
Charles Coles
Missionary Notes Typhoon Encounter Aboard China Bear
Rev Osborn and party recount a perilous voyage from San Francisco to Hakodate and Yokohama as Typhoon Maria raged nearby. The China Bear towed the Surprise Bear, crews endured brutal seas, and a Japanese doctor aided the captain who prayed for safety. The tale ends with a Yokohama reunion and plans for lectures on Christian Science.
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C. L. Osborn
Orient
Hayden Evans
Osborns
San Francisco
China Bear
Hakodate
Japan
Pacific
Moore
Damascus
Ohio
Maria
Formosa
Ajand
Ing
Yokohama
States
Osborn
Trent
Special Services At Tabernacle To Be Continued
Elyria Catholic Couples Club plans a series of religious and social events at the Elyria Gospel Tabernacle. Evangelist Oliver Johnson and Ralph Capasso named program chairmen for nightly services, with prayers for the sick, music, instrumental numbers, and a Halloween party at Shuster Farm on October 30. Rev. Robert Graber invites all to attend as the series progresses through next week.
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Elyria
United States
St. Mary Church
Allar
Rosary
Shuster’s Farm
Oliver Johnson
John Koviak
Ers Lake
N. D
Ralph
Capasso
State Department of Public
Iowa
Johnson
Robert Graber
Christian Science Talk To Be Given Thursday Ye Bee
A Christian Science talk is scheduled for Thursday at the local church. The event invites residents to attend and learn about the church's philosophy and practices from a featured speaker.
Clothing budget still going up in 1953 report
In Blacksburg Virginia Miss Johnson of Virginia Polytechnic Institute notes clothing spending rose about one percent from 1952. The average annual apparel price is higher, with small declines in some women's items made of synthetic fiber while cotton apparel and footwear show modest increases.
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Miss Johnson
Anti American Poster Campaign Lagging In Soviet
An International News Service survey of Moscow poster shops shows a lag in anti American poster output. The text notes posters depicting a bourgeois parliament with a knife winged dollar sign and warmongers. Soviet peace partisans are shown with Uncle Sam and allies amid bold slogans.
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Moscow
WiGee Wao Isaucu
Une Pease
Teacher as counselor guides students to shape values
A introductory chapter states the teacher is not the judge of moral and spiritual values but a counselor and adviser who helps students develop and examine their own values.
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MGA Veuues
More Churchgoers Across United States Now Attending
Gallup finds church attendance rising from 39 percent to 46 percent of U S adults over four years. The increase equates to about nine million more adults regularly in church.
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Gallup Pol
United States
Finance Project Sells Blood to Fund Church Building
Members of the Greenleaffton Reformed Church in Minnesota have sold blood valued at 15000 dollars to raise funds for a new two hundred thousand dollar church building.
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Greenleaffton Reformed Church
Minnesota
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