Model Rural Churches Named In Southern Contest
Thirteen model rural churches across the Southeast are named Rural Church of the Year contenders by Emory University program head G. Ross Freeman. Finalists span Alabama to Oklahoma, with 846 churches in 31 denominations in communities under 6 000. Cash awards totaling 12 500 dollars will be awarded July 21.
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Atlanta
Southeastern States
G. Ross Freeman
Emory University
South
Egypt
Methodist Church
Duncan Memorial Methodist Church
Alexander City
Ala
All Souls Community Church
Scott, Ark
First Presbyterian Church
Crestview
Fla
Chestnut Mountain Branch
Centenary Methodist Presbyterian Church
Flowery Branch
Centenary Methodist Church
Shelbyville
Bethel Methodist Church
Longansport
Pleasant Valley Methodist Church
Guntown
Miss
Prospect Presbyterian Church
Mooresville
N. C
St. Matthews Episcopal Parish
Fort Moite
D. C
Potts Chapel Methodist Church
Jackson, Tenn
Our Saviour’a Lutheran
Clifton
Texas
Change In Permits Local Shift In School Funding
The State Board of Education approved a shift in the chargeback formula enabling counties to raise local tax assessments for schools without reducing state funds. The removal of the tax digest factor will occur over six years, altering each county’s chargeback amounts while the total state allotment remains $14.5 million annually.
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Atlanta
State Board of Education
Claude Purcell
State Department of Education
Rural Church Awards Offer Cash To Winners In South
Freeman said the 130 winners will share prize money. First place nets $300 plus up to $300 extra for the Rural Church of the Year in the South. Second place earns $100 and third $50 per church.
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Freeman
South
Susan Hayward Divorce Trial Delayed After Illness
Susan Hayward’s divorce trial in Burbank was recessed when her attorneys said she was emotional and sick with a stomach upset and food poisoning. Judge Herbert W. Walker delayed proceedings until tomorrow morning as Barker’s counsel described a $100,000 alimony offer with strings attached amid sensational publicity fears for their twin sons and the public.
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Calif
Bik San Hayward
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Herbert
Hahn
Jess Barker
Pike
Onr
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