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The New Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Homing, January XQ, 1029 ! -- CuigS wOliLD 1QUBLE RQSTED Popular Bible Study Group of First Christian! Church Second Year of Work ... Everyman's Bible class, .men's sreup la the First Christian Sub- day school 'conducted -oi the for um plan, is Just beginning Its see. I pnd year of work and In the new year plans to Increase the. benevo lent wOrk-lt 1s doing In conjuac- - Ton vita the. church and. to con , , tlaue with great emphasis, the : jdan -of bringing promient apeak ors of the atate before the class. This latter plan i has met with special success th past year. among the well-known speakers ' who ha y addressed the groun be. lag Governor Patterson. Judge George Roseman and Judge O. P. Coshow. Kay Is Prldft Officers of the class for the new . year were In charge of the meet - tag last Sunday for the.frrst time. Thevare: Tom Kay. president; C r. Doane. rice-president; Arthur Flint; secretary; and Thomas - .Clark, treasurer. Retiring officers : are: Arthur Welch, president; J. E. Douglas, Tice-president; Wll ' Ua McMorria, secretary; and B. ' W.- Walcher, treasurer. At its peak last year the class membership reached 115.' while for a period of 10 weeks , last spring - the attendance, averaged ' 7S. An effort will bm4e to build the membership even higher o-1hl year, with doubling it the ob ' Jectlve. "The class Is nou-denomlnatlonal and In Its weekly session aims to study the Bible from that stand point. The Rev. D. J. Howe, pastor or the First Christian church. Is - teacher of the class and has been for many years a teacher of large : men's classes in the varioue charg es he has filled. - f .The class meets in the church auditorium every Sunday -morning at :4S o'clock. . ' " SACRED CWATt -The sacred cantata "Belshaz 'sar" will be repeated at the-Cal vary Baptist church in the old Grand theatre building .Tuesday night, beginning at 7: 0 o'clock. The Rev. W. Earl Cochran' pas tor of the church, Is dlrectlngthe performance. vrhe concert Ls being repeated at the request of a large number of persons who were not able to hear the concert when it was given nearly two months ago be cause of Insufficient seating ca pacity. The cantata is (the story, In 'song, of the events during the brief reign of King Belshaxzar of Babylon, and depicts the lite pr the Jews from the time they had peen. taken in captivity seven years until their rreturn to their own land at the command of 'Cyrus. " V The presentation ls open to all Without admission, though a sil gver offering will be taken to help defray expenses. Vlsitlng,.leglsla tor and their wives are being ex tended a special invitation to at tend. 1 Friends' Prayer Meet Thursday Regular weekly prayer serviced -for the friends and congregation . of the South Salem Friends .church Will be held Thursday night, beginning at 7:30 o'clock The study of the book, "Mission In a Changing World." will be continued under the direction of the pastor, the Rev. Charles C. :r Haworth. Fortnightly Club To Meet Tuesday The Fortnightly club . of the ' First Congregational church will 'meet Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock at the church. Wednesday - afteraooa the Woman's Union wilt hold basiaees meeting and Wednesday night beginning at :-3- e'elock, the papular weekly suOper will be . held ands eh urch mgfrl observed . with an educa rlestsd program. TnnrnrnriTcn in nr nrrru irii IU UL IIL.I UilUU 'Evangelists List' Evening Services The week's events at the Evan- gristle Full Qospel tabernacle re . aaooanced as follows by the pas. tor. the Rev. Earl V. Jesmisoa; Teeeday nbxht, the hour for fel- Iowa hip rn pralee and prayer; Tharsday night, scripture etudy trem Romans 1 and i led by the . paster; . Saturday night, a live and ' oeJIftlag meeting with the youag v, people In charfe. " For thetirst time in the history of the Salem Christian Toung Peo. pie's -Union, member Leacaea and Badeavers Vill exchange leaders ithls Saaday evening, la an exaerl meat to' foster batter acquaintance aad cooperation between the u ..group. . . . V;-' Churches that will take part in the exchange lncladed First Meth odist, First Presbyterian, First -. : Baptlat, Calvary Baptist. Ford Mo. mortal Community, Christian. Lea He Methodist, CalvaryBaptlst, Ja : son Lee Memorial. South Salem ...Friends, First Evangelical and Knight Memorial. In several of these churches, more " thaa onea young people' group is partlcipat: ;lng in the event AH meetings' will besln at C:t0 o'cloct. :f If the- plan proves successful It , twill probably be need at stated In ... tervals. - ., - ' The Mlxpah . adult elass of the CKn Lee leaorfal church bold ' 1j ' monthly party la the chlreh parlors Friday - evenlnx of this wJ.;-- . ' - 5SiEit Firat'Charch Alterations Willi Give 3,500 Feet Addition al Floor Space The First Baptist church will shortly 'complete the enlargement of Its Sunday school plant. "When alterations are finished, the Sun day school will have available 3500 feet of additional floor space which with other, import ements now being made will give the church one of the largest church plants in the city. The additional room has been made necessary due to the large growth - a he eh urch; v school ' : has made the past year, a growth com parable to. none In the history ox the school. In looking to the fu ture, plans are. being . developed on a larger scale than heretofore, report the officials. - Announcement is. made that a 10 or 16 "weeks' revival campaign is being planned by the church for the early summer months. The campaign .will be unique Tor the church. ' laaamaeh -a. It wiH - be conducted from a large tent, lo cated at different times. in various sectloaa of the city. ' The church feels that. In this way the gospel message . may be take to . many people who do not attend services anywhere. The Rev. Robert I. Payne is "paetor of the church. mil Church Yoyvg People Plan Social - - .. .r. : A social' hour for.the young people of the Mill street Methodist church vis planned for Monday evening at- 7; 30 o'clock and will be held in the church parlors. The intermediate, -groups wtil meet from 7 to o'clock Tuesday eve- nng. - ii Other W kH f 61 1 lie Week f tne cnurcn incttcfci info regui mid week prayer meeting Wednes day night at 8 o'clock, which will be in -charge of Miss Svea Oker berg; the Pioneer club will meet at the church Saturday, at 1:00 o'clock and will be accompanied by the Rev. Patrik Oahlin to the i i . m. kj. a. ior recreation. -rne Friendly Indians will meet Sat urday afternoon also, at the home of the leader, Norman Sorenson, corner Ferry and 14th streets The story hour for Jhe younger eniiaren is cneauiea ia-u neia in the church from 1 to 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. f , Jason Lee Class- Aids Hoopsters The Standard Bearers of the Jason Lee Memorial church held a basket social Wednesday night as a benefit 'for the boys of the rhurch basketball team. Games and a program featured the eve ning. The program included a xylophone solo by Barbara Bar ham; saxophone solo, Harvey Pruitt; duet. Dorothy Smith and Carolyn Hodshire, with Dorothy Sawyer accompanying; reading by Evelyn Cummings. The brotherhood of the church recently made a generous contri bution to the basketball team, and with both funds the players are assured of new uniforms. Church to Install Oiiicers Today Installation service for the new ly elected members of the church council of the American Lutheran church will be held this morning. New members of the council In elude R. C. Arpke, Carl Bahlburg, Joseph E. Finden, John Drylanjd, A. F. Homyer, A. F. Harden. Henry Relnwald, J. A. Sholsetu and George Quesseth. H. R. Sholx is finance secretary and Max Geh- lar the new 8unday school super intendent. ..The Luther League of the church will hold its nfonthly so cial In the social room Friday evening, January 25. Castle Council Will Meet Soon Prayer services for the Castle United Brethren church. 17th and Nebraska street, are held each Thursday night, at 7:30 e'cloek. The pastor, the Rev. L. W. Biddle. will lead a study of the second chapter of St John this week. The Sunday school council of the church will meet Thursday night at the church at 3:30. Salemites Attend Corvallis M e e t The Rev. and Mrs, Fred C. Tay lor and Mr. and Mrs. E. Slssoa motored to Corvallis Friday eve ning to attend the annual Robin Hood program by the O. 8. C. etu dents la Wesley ball in the First Methodist church. A heavy soft fsoow was falling in Corvallis when they left there after the, program. Regular mid-week prayer ser vices will be held at the First Germ axt Baptist, church Wednes day night, beginning at t o'clock. the Rev. G. W. Rutkch is th'a- tor. . . Regular, weekly prayer meeting will be held at the Christian aad Missionary Alliance, 4il Ferry street, Tuesday evening, aad bible study and prayer services will be held Friday night announces the pastor, the Rv. J. O. Mlnton Tho of fleers aad teachers of the church school of,. tho Jason 1 Memorial church will be Inducted into their respective position for the, new'. year at the worship hour this moralar. ' . O Tho' weekly riuer meet&kg' or the fnree Methodlat church will be held Thursday nlghtw Tbe Rey- W. N. Coffee. Is pastor,. Young Peoplefe : Union, Pla nning - EvenindJi The Ralm : Christian Tonne People's Union will hold the first evening meeting which It baa sponsored In the Calvary Baptist church next Saturday night, be ginning at 7:30 o'clock. In addi-4 tioa to the business meeting a so cial hoar will be held, f he latter to take the form of a basket so cial. Edith SUrrett, vice-president of the union. Is In charge of the affair. Entertainment will be furnished by the young .people 6? the Calvary Baptist church. ' Young people pf all Salem churches are Invited to attend the social, proceeds of which will be used .as a 'union .benefit, v Jlayee Beall 1 president of, the anton Edith Starrett, vice-president; Irma Babcock, secretary; Enoch Dumas, treasurer; "Marcta Feast man,, program chairman; - Edith May '. Jenks, " lookout committee chairman; and C. E. Ward, pas tor ef , the. First Congregational church, councillor, " .. . " 'v- Ford Memorial Plans gather, ' ; Son Banquet The annual Father and Son banquet sponsored ' by the Ford Memorial Community church of West . Salem will be held la the community hall there rViday night. January 25. The bant.net will be a potluck affair, with the young men of the Epworth League acting as hosts and will be open to all fathers and sons of the Community. , The program for the event In cludes: Welcome, by the pastor. the Rev. M. A. Groves; music by the Rev. E. G. Ranton of Inde pendence; "A Father to the Sens," J. A. Gosser; response Lyle -Thomas: "A Father and the Boy Scouts," Dr. D. A. Williams; ort of mea'a meeti-tr. iW. L. of the First M. E. church: Mem bers of the West Salem Boy Scout troop will also furnish some num ber. Senator Norblad Will Address Men's Council Senator A. W. Norblad of Clat .sop county and president of tbe state senate, will address the Methodist Men's council at Its reg ular meeting in the First Meth odist church Wednesday night. Other rqjd-wfeek events for the various groups of First church are announced as follow: Wednesday afternoon the General Aid society will meet in the church prlors: mid wek preyer and praise ser vice will be directed by the pas tor, the lev. Fred C. Taylor, Thursday night; Friday afternoon the Yomarco Ladies' group will meet, at the home of Mrs. R.-V. Hollenberg, 292 North 20th street. Leslie Memorial Services Listed The official board meeting of the Leslie Memorial church will be held Wtednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the church social rooms. Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock, prayer and study meeting for the older folk will be held In the church auditorium, with Mrs. Henderson leading. . The youn people will meet In Leslie hall that night for a discussion of "What of Our Friendships." Leslie league Is planning a party, to be held Friday night in the. social rooms of the church. Highland Group Meets Thursday Highland Friends church, cor ner Highland and Church streets, will hold the regular prayer meet ing Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock, with the study of the book of James to be continued by tbe pastor, the Jev. Edgar P. .Sims. TOP Doctor Found Women and Children Sick More Often than Men As a family doctor at cello, Illinois, the whole human body, net any . small part of It. was Dr. Caldwell's practice. More thaa half his "calls' were on women, chlldrea and. babies. Tfiey are the ones most often sick. 'But their Illnesses were nsually of a mlaor nature colds, fevers, head aches, . -blliousaess and all ot them required first a thorough evacuation. They were constipat ed. . . Ia the coarse of Dr. Caldwell's 47 years' practice (he was grad aated from Rush Medical College back la 1175), he toand a good) deal of saeeese in such cases with, a - presenptioa or nia own con taining simple laxative herbs with pepsin. Ia. 112 he 'decided to use this formula la the manufac ture of a medicine to be known as Dr.-. CaldweTTs Syrup Pepsin, and la that year his prescription was first- placed on the market. ? :;- The prsparatlon, immediately had as great a success In the drug stores as It previously had j la Dr. Caldwell's private practice.! Now, the third generation ls using" It. Mothers are giving it to their children who were given it by their mothers. -: Every second v of Ihe working day someone, somewhere Is going Into a drug store to buy It. Millions ot bottles of DrV Cald well's Syrup Pepsin are being nseda a year. . Its great success Is based on merit, on repeated baying; on one -satisfied . - user telling " another. There are thousand ot -homes in this country, that are never. wTlh- Pioneer Wimsteh Sent From Pennsylvania as Oregon . . . Missionary iii 1 1 870 ; The first Oregon . ministry "of the . Rev;- Josiah Bowersoxj who died in Portland January 11 at the age of SI years, three months aad IS days, was In this city, and he was Instrumental in bringing abut.the construction of the first Evangelical church edifice in Salem. . Mr. Bower sox was first licensed to preach in 18 tl and two years later, was ordained by Bishop Long, of the Evangelical church. He served churches in. the Cen tral Pennsylvania conference un til 1870, -when tbe board of mis sions appointed him missionary to Oregon. He-, made the trip i to Oreson ; . an d .: Salem , coming by way of Cape Horn m 1370. - Made Cofeveiic.-HeMd r; For the aix years following his arrival in Oregon he served with great- success, at the end of which period, the. Pacific conference was organized and Mr. Bowersox elect ed superintendent of ' the" confer ence, a position which be filled for 16 -years. -eight as superinten tend of the Pacific conference and eight years after the Oregon con ference was organized in 1884. Daring the time-he served as aaperintendent he laid the foun dation for the Washington con ference in eastern Washington,; and following his superintendent he served various fields with great efficiency and full time service at each point. ' Oregon churches which he served included Salem, Albany, Corvallis, Dayton, Port land and Warren. ' four Chlldroit Survive Children who survive Mr. Bow ersox are Albert Bowersox of Al bany. Dr. . Frank Bowersox - of Monmouth, . Frank Bowersox of mmmmm Willamette Blvd. church in Port land Monday morning when the Revs. Lovell, C P. Gates and H. H. Farnham spoke. At 2 o'clock another service was held inJSalem Evangelical church, where the Revs. W. C. Kantner and C. C. Poling, both pioneer associates of Mr. Bowersox In service, officiat ed. His body was laid to rest in the family plot in. Odd Fellows cemetery, - beside the .faother of his children who preeeded him some 34 years ago. Calvary Group To Pull Candy - ' -V . The Barracca-Philatheas class of the Calvary Baptist church will bold an old-fashioned candy pull in the church social room Monday night commencing at 7:30 o'clock. Miss Nina McXary is teacher of the class. The regular church "night ob servance Is scheduled for Wed nesday evening, beginning with a pot luck supper ' at-. 6:15 o'clock, and followed by the "Airplane View of the Old Testament" at 4 5 o'clock and the prayer and fellowship meeting at 7:30 o'clock. The church night- event Is open to the public. Ford Church Plans Revival Plans for a revival to be con ducted ,in the Ford Memorial church of West Salem were dis cussed at the -official board meet ing of the church Monday night The services wilt begin February 10, with the Rev. Joel R. Benton to occupy the pulpit and the Rev E. G. Ranton of Independence to have charge of music for the cam paign. Church nIgh will be observed at the Jason Lee church Thursday night beginning at 7:30 o'clock, with devotional service followed by the mission class, two bible classes and Choir practice. Prayer services for the Cheme keta street Evangelical chureh will be held Thursday night at 7:- 30 o clock. mat - y - . '":vW if at age ea OM'. mk WU.tlC UV'LlV vuoe Oi- up Pepsin, and we hare gotten many hundreds of letters from grateful people telling as that It helped them when everything else failed. - . . While women, children and eld erly people are especially . bene fited by Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pep- son, ii is promptly . effective onf- the -most robust constitution and ia the most obstinate cases. It U mild and gentle In Its action an does not cause griping and strain Containing neither opiates no narcotics. It Is safe for the ttnies baby, .Children. like it and tak ' It willingly. Every drag store sells Dr.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. s x, n " :'r- vrv- Ilk HAVE COraECCE Delegates from tho Monmoath Normal school., the University Of Oregon and Oregon State college attended the' Northwest Lutheran students conference held in Spo kane. Wash., at Spokane college, early. in the week.;' Miss Gladys IUge of the Oregon 'state normal school was elected secretary of the conference.' which was - also -a tended by delegate from . Wash ington and Idaho colleges and uni versities. . The northwest conference plane to affiliate Itself with the Luth eran Student association of. Amer ica, which Js divided Into six te-. Lgtenal conferences. These'- have been" ins tr amen Lal in. eatabtishing schools for foreign stadenta and during the last -year the .program included contrl buttons for the marateaanee of a school -at Leain- kgrad. Rassia. " .- The Lutheran chureh : is "doing baaapua work at more -than 200 states universities end'; colleges throughout the eomatry. At . tax University, of Wisconsin a 3110, 000 stadeat eharoh waa built In 1S2S. and 3300,000 struct ures have been put up-at the -North western university, Chicago; t Cornell and 4he University of Mtn-f nesota. . Regional- groaps have established student churches near several other campuses , Tne Lutheran student move ment, in America is sponsored .by all the Lutheran bodies except the Missouri synod. . ; -rv A. J.Elliot At M. E. Today A. J. Elliot, known throughout the nation among the. college and university students as "Dad" El liot, a national Y. M. C. A. evan gelist and. student worker will preach In the First Methodist church Sunday morning. This will e a. joint meeting with the Wil- ifmfejtt University stu;d4$t bo la 'tine series of addressee iMh E Hot is giving here. The students will occupy reserved seats in the main section of the auditorium. Scientists Meet Is Wednesday Wednesday evening meetings of First. Church of Christ, Scientist, which is located at the corner of Liberty and Chemeketa streets, are held at 8 o'clock and include testimonies of healing, experien ces and remarks on Christian Sci ence. AH are Invited to -attend these meetings. u m Tfb I., -t i ; ' - r II slhi? W f.i.ikhi, I II It A XI II II I M ill A I I I r"" mm mm . n n u n s I ' 't n V rv II I I I V J M This is an ideal time to select furniture for your home. Buy now at our low sale prices and save the difference. All furniture on sale is good quality merchandise. for the Dining Room 'A beautiful group of din ing suites, both large" and small will be found, here, besides many lit tle odd pieces. BED ROOM FURNITURE Suites of blended walnut, decorated ivory for every type of home will be found in this store not to say; anything of the many odd pieces for the bedroom. IE Aatrritiniripp A viairflftfl (rOld ? BERKELEY, Cat. Jan. If (AP) -wulttm H. Wright, em inent' astronomer and member of tbe Lick observatory staff, has been awarded the Janssea gold medal of the Paris academy of sciences. President W. W. Camp bell of the University of Calif or nia, announced here today. The observatory belongs to the uni versity. '.':.- The award to Prof. Wright was made for his studies of the atmos phere of Mars aad other planets in the solar system. Last year he won the Draper medal of the.'Na tlooal - academy of sciences for similar work-in addition to wln- ning.the Draper medal last, year tsr waa utvtten ur aetiver ine .ua wln lecture of the Royal Astron omical society In London whieb he did. . . i .. ' ' Professor -Wright's been' based on tbe. use of . color photography of the planets. . In this -way he 'demonstrated; the presence of an atmosphere on Mars. He used tbe infra-red rays in his photography which results in: a clearer picture. The astron omer, also made motion -picture of tbe revolutions of Jupiter in collaboration with Dr. C. E.v K. Mees of the Eastman Kodak com pany. He did this by taking phe tographs at short intervals over a period of several nights 'and piec ing them ? together, showing a complete .revoluslon of the planet - Soma of the corrections ol e?' im New York Physician Per Simple and Easy Method of , - ; v Reducing Weight i Dr. R. Newman, a licensed prac ticing physician, of 286 Fifth Ave nue, New York, announces that tie has perfected a treatment which has quickly rid fat people' of excess weight What is more remarkable ls the. Doctor's state- b?nt . that he has successfully I leafed thousands of patients for fat reduction without unnecessary change of diet or burdensome;exv erclse. He also says that fattpeo ple who ..' suffer from ehjpale rheumatism, gout. asthma . and high blood pressure obtain great relief from tbe reduction of their superfluous ' flesh." The DoctdV; has offered to send wittfout charge to anyone who wiU.writej him, a'free trial treatment to prove his claims, as well as''hf "Pay-when-reduced" plan. If yoa! want to rid yourself of superfluous fat, write him today, addressing Dr. R. Newman, 286 Fifth" ' Ave tide. New York City. Dept. R. ftAdyYl shops to our m i n - ri i m itiaKes rat reopiei BBisw,,5slb - V S J SE-P0W - r X.' m Furniture Martian Data' made possible by Prof. Wright's photographic work arer correction" of the equatorial diameter of Mars. from 4200 mllesiitafeavter wilt be operated 'bv ti,H to 4133; correction of the polar diameter to 4037. showing that Mars like the earth, ls flat at the soles; corroboration of the fee that Mars has an atmosphere more' than 52 miles In depth; corrobor ation of the theory that the. dark xreaa on the planet are caused by vegetation acd. not by water and' support of the theory that the polar caps of Mara are formed by lee. 4' ' like - Facbere, Like Sena DANVILLE, m.iL(APJi On the reportorial staff'of the Com-merclaJ-Newe there are twos fath ers and their two eon; -A' second work hastson ofone of tbe-.e!derfDea Is pressman os the paper. i er the Miniature of Selling regularly bottle orpu 'liiiH IHU 1 The REXALL Store 115 So. Commercial St -f Salem, Oregon "Birchfield" Upholstered Furniture Know what's inside your upholstered furniture be fore buying. Our salesman will be Iglad to explain how "Birchfields" are constructed in our own work high standard of quality ' 1 v, , : ." - f " '- i 1 Gdmpany S."P. Busses Roll , &Ufses of iiho Southern Paolfia Motor Transport companv or.... tStaaes and Coast Autn Kna Luriuvr tumjuajr, traveled a din tance of 5,34,9)0 miles in lv according to a report prepared hy It-H.Corey, member of the B A. puoiic serTice commission T Btpi oient showed Uiat the w j uu?s9s. operated iiiii mllie fda'lly, ;with special Sunday c5dul,es aggregating 123 mi.. bdbusses pf the. Southern p,i Ificjcojnpany traveled 2.573 Ti tles in 1923. -while the Orec m Stages operated 2,160,435 niili. The Coast Auto lines oyerati S5,750 miles. Regular Wednesday evening prayer meeting at the First Chris tian ebrch begins at 7:30 o'clock. ary T-iXv gi $5.00 the ounce actually; 63c worth 71 Extraordin - ( J 1 15 TO 50 PER CENT REDUCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STORE (Ceaitraet Asm exeepted) .-4 Jof V ; , - j ZSSU 4- 1 f -