Missionary growth in Blue Ridge archdeaconry urged
Leaders urge Diocese to support mountain missions expanding in spirit, education, and bodily resources. They detail 30 missions in seven counties, 1,100 communicants, and a rising youth, while warning of gaps in funding, schooling, and worker pay. The appeal calls for prayers, gifts, and active involvement to avoid spiritual and material starvation.
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Blue Ridge
Mr. Neve
Virginia
St. John's
Simmons Gap
Mayo
Weathered seasons knit into April marriage
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes in poetic terms that past snows now mingle with the warmth of last April, describing a seasonal blend that feels like a wedding of winter and spring in memory and mood.
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Yesteryear
Philadelphia, Inquirer
Tri County Odd Fellows Meet at Stephens City
Stephens City Lodge 383 hosted about 250 Odd Fellows and friends for a Tri-County I O O F Association gathering. Leaders praised fraternal ties among Clarke Warren and Frederick lodges with speeches by L H Bell J A Hinkle and Rev EB Clark.
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Odd Fellows
Tri-County
Odd Fellows’ Association
Clarke
Warren
Frederick Counties
L. H.bell
J. A. Hinkle
E. J. Snapp
Winchester
F. L. Flynn
Warrenton
Northern Virginia Odd Fellows’ Association
Claude Carper
Middletown
Claude B. Stickley
Vaucluse
Tri-County Association
Martin
Julia Steele
Stephens City Lodge
Odd Fellows of
Moral Turpitude Charges Heard By College Trustees
Des Moines University trustees heard charges of moral turpitude against Dr. P. T. Shields and Mrs. Edith Rebmen, with Chicago clergyman Rev. Isaac Tate confirming details. A student riot led to the board meeting being disrupted and the faculty ousted, escalating a long running fundamentalist modernist feud.
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Associated Press
Chicago
P. T. Shields
The
Des Moines University
Edith Rebmen
Des Moines
Isaac Tate
Board of Trustees
Harry Waymen
University Bombarded. President Ousted as School Closes
The board upheld the complainant and ousted President Waymen and his faculty after eggs were hurled at university doors by 150 students. Dr. P. T. Shields left for Buffalo to attend a Baptist union meeting. the school will remain closed indefinitely. About fifty graduates are slated to receive diplomas June 4.
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P. T. Shields
Waymen
Shields
Buffalo
Baptist Bible Union of North America
Dr. Shields
EB. A. Roberts
Cleveland
Virginia Sunday Schools Plan Wytheville Convention
The Virginia Council of Religious Education schedules a June 19-21 convention in Wytheville with Homer Rodeheaver directing music and B D Ackley as pianist. Out of state leaders include Dr Robert M Hopkins Rev Charles D Bulla Dr D W Kurtz and Dr Leander S Keyser. Registration is two dollars and includes lodging and breakfast with optional advance sign ups through Bridgewater Virginia.
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Virginia Council of Religious Education
Wytheville
Homer Rodeheaver
Rodeheaver
Ackley
Robert M. Hopkins
New York City
Bridgewater
Ciftles Hammer Narrowly Escapes Auto Collision
Harrisonburg postmaster and Republican leader Charles A. Hammer survived a serious auto accident near Elkton when a baggage car on Norfolk and Western tracks struck the vehicle as it crossed. The car was dragged about 50 feet and heavily damaged. Hammer escaped unharmed after returning from a political meeting.
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Charles A. Hammer
Harrisonburg
Norfolk and Western Railway
Elkton
Hammer
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