fage 1, Regtster-Guarn1, Eugene, Or., St., Not. 13, 1948
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
(Published f very tvtnlnf and lundar)
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER A lion f. Baker
MANAGING EDITOR William M Tugman
NEWS HEKVICC Aaaoelattd Prcaa, Unltad Preta
MEMBER Audit Bureau o( Circulation
Entartd at th Port Offlct at Eugana, Oregon, aa aacond
claia mattar.
Tha RefUter-Omrd't policy la tha eompMt and Impartial
publication In tta ncwi panel of all newi and tat men u on
mwi, On thli paga lh edlton of The Reglitar-Ouard offer
their opinion! on eventt of tha day and matters of Importance
to tha community, endeavoring to be candid but fair and
helpful In the development of constructive community policy.
Strengthening the Foundations
Of Our Community
By ERWIN JUILFS
Principal, Wilson Junior High School
Throughout America this past week the
public schools have been observing American
Education Week. In many communities pa
trons were extended a special Invitation to
attend an "open house," to view displays of
chool work, to attend special concerts, or to
visit classrooms.
Parents were reminded again through
tha week's theme, "Strengthening the Foun
dations of Freedom," of the very important
part the schools play in keeping our heritage
secure. The schools are proud of the work
they are doing in promoting the democratic
way of life and Individual freedom through
freedom from Ignorance.
But It must be understood that the
schools da not feel that they alone main
tain these foundations.
Other institutions in the community must
assume their share of the responsibility. The
family still plays the major role. From many
sources, though, comes the warning that the
home's influence is not as strong as it once
was. The family Tio longer plays as large a
role as it once did.
More and more of these obligations are
falling upon the school and the church.
The school and the church, through Its
most potent agency, the Sunday School,
must In a large measure share the respon
sibility of maintaining the Ideals upon
which bur democracy rests.
Any democracy to be truly successful
. bases Its operation upon two very important
tenets. Government of the people, for the
people, and by the people presupposes first
that the people are able to govern them
selves, and secondly, thnt every citizen re
spects the rights of every other citizen.
The public schools can teach the machin
ery of democracy; they can imbue their stu
dents with the "feel" of democracy; but a
basic belief In democracy goes much deeper
than Just knowing the facts about our gov
ernment and our history. It Is based upon a
belief in social equality and of recognizing
the worth of another. It Is akin to the spir
itual and Is really the belief of those who
recognize God as the father of all.
The Sunday School then becomes In
spirit an arm of the government.
It can do more than any other Institution
in teaching the brotherhood of man. It can
go to the heart. It teaches unselfishness. It
teaches that all men are equal and helps a
man to love his neighbor. It helps him to be
lieve in himself but keeps him humble. Who
can deny that all these are but the attributes
of the best kind of citizen In a democracy?
It Is altogether fitting that American
Education Week and Eugene's Go-to-Sun-day-School
month should be simultaneously
observed. The schools have been urging you
to pay them a visit. Why not help your com
munity and your town still more In the
strengthening of Its "Foundation?"
Take your whole family to Sunday
School tomorrow!
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On Starting A New Church
By ROBERT BURTNER
(Pastor of the new Trinity Methodist Church)
There ere always two renlltles Involved In
starting; a new church: tha needs of the commu
nity, and the meaning of the church In terms of
life.
On the one hand are the facts which make
merely a church building a necessity such as the
distance of the people from the city churches, the
Inadequate transportation, or tha largeness of the
elty church. On the other hand there Is the neces
sity of having a place close by where people may
express through worship of God the security they
find beyond themselves.
A glance at the sociological needs of the north
ern suburban communities of KuKene Indicates two
things: there does not exist a need to raise a struc
ture to foster trrevelant prejudices In the commu
nity; nor Is there a need (or Just another social
group.
The task of the church Is not one of Imposliif
upon other people the rioimas of past generation,
but of providing for the people of lis locality a
place of expression for their worship of 'tied.
This means sinKing, and praying and being to
gether. Yet It strikes me that there Is a more Important
factor In butlctliiK a church In a new community.
We are all concerned with this business of living.
Our daily actions around the home or the office
arise from our attitude Unvurd the work we ate
doing.
When Just a few or nuuy people express the
desire to have a church In their community, they
. are In effect saslni that the power of (iod'a trace
hat so channel) their hearts thai Ihey must ex
press that rhsnte by thsnkstlvlnt and repent
ance. The church attempts to answer the ques.
tinn of the meaning of life.
The starling of a new church brlnss Into bold
rener tnese two inrtois. There Is mans need grow- ;
ins. in this rase, out of ihe growth of a city, and :
there Is Uod's answer In terms of men and wvmen J
W ho St itne In 111. nnxxaitv n Ih. ...-..-.V... . C.A I
Hence, the prayer for a new church might be: O
(Jod. may this church le Ihe witness to thy glory
Why We Take Our Children to
Sunday School
By WAYNE AND RUBY JOHNSON
Springfield
We believe that regular Sunday School atten
dance la an Important thing In the lives of children.
It gives them the basis of the right way of living-,
it is a way of worship, It offers Christian fellow
ship and education, and It la one way to support
your church, Ita program and actlvltlea.
Sunday School Is the high-point of the week
for our children. Our three-year-old, now enrolled
In the beginners' department, enjoys it because It's
fun. But, underlying the fun the has, the spngs and
stories are teaching her about the life of Jesus, the
games are teaching her of the right of others.
In the primary class our six-year-old Is learn
ing of other peoples In the world, other races and
colors, and the part our church plays In their lives.
He Is hearing Inspirational and guiding Bible
stories. He is beginning to understand the worship
service and he If forming friendships that are
worthwhile.
In our Young Adults class we are given an op
portunity we should hate to miss. We are really
reading the Bible and discussing It and It .im
portance to us. We have the opportunity to get the
opinions of othera on moral questions, opinions
that mean much because they are from people of
our own age and experience.
Then, too, by our attending Sunday School, we
are giving encouragement to our children to go.
We can share their enthusiasm for Its program be
cause we know what that program Is.
Yea, going to Sunday School Is all Important
to our family.
Rosell Closes
Series Sunday
Who's to Blame?
A discouraging commentary la to be found In
the reasons for not attending Sunday School given
by third and fourth graders In our local schools,
In a recent random check.
"Well, you see we never have breakfast until
about ten or eleven on Sunday. Mom says she
ought to be able to sleep late one day of the week.
We Just get up any old time and go out to play."
, "I have to wash the dishes before I can go to
Sunday School," said Jean, "and I hardly ever get
through In time."
"My mother saya It's bad enough to have to
put up my hair five nights a week," was all the
reason one little girl offered.
"Dad aays that If we want to go any place
Sunday afternoon I've got to clean the car Sunday
morning." was Billy's statement.
"Well, a mile Is too far to. Sunday School," said
Pick.
One little girl explained that It was Impossible
for her mother to get three children ready for
Sundny School. "Trouble Is," she said confidential
ly, "they have Sunday School too early .V
Almost worse than the parents who are too
careless and selfish tn see thnt their children go to
Sunday School are those who can not agree and
therefore deprive the child of Sunday School train
ing. "Mother says I should go to her church, but
Daddy snys I've got to go to his Sunday School.
So now I don't go to anv, but when I get about 16
I can decide for myself."
Pathetic Is this case: "I so to Snndnv School
whenever my father Is out of town," said a little
follow earnestly. But when he Is home I have to
stay home Rnnrlnv, because It might be my mother
would need helo."
Church Leaders Helo Holt
War criminals are still being given prison sen
tences In Germany, and a few are still being
hanged. About a dozen convicted of killing Ameri
can airmen and Inmates of concentration camps
were hanged Inst week. More meaning, however,
attaches to the stays of execution, the reductions
of sentences and the acqultals that are beginning
to come In such numbers than to the punishments.
American nubile opinion was first shocked to
attention at this turn In the tide of convictions
when Army authorities commuted the sentence
of the notorious Use Koch of Buchenwald from
life Imprisonment to four years.
At first an obvious abuse of clemency seemed
to have taken nloce. and mibllc outcrv rose swiftly
and snvasely. But after Cfenernl Clay had disclosed
the legal realities of the case against Mrs. Koch,
protest died down.
Now It has become known that one factor
contributing powerfully to recent stays and com
mutations baa been the Intervention of German
bishops and pastors, both Protestant and Catho
lic, who have not only Interceded with American
Army authorities but In some cases have let It
he known that they possess documentary evi
dence of grossly perverted Judicial proceedlnga
used In obtaining convictions.
Winston Churchill told Parliament the other day
that "the time has come to stop these trials" In
Germany. We agree. No useful purpose is being
served in continuing them.
On the contrary, thev now do little more than
bring Into question the Judicial fairness of the
Allies and make the courtroom atrocltlet of the
Nasi period seem, by comparison, to be not so
bad after all.
The Christian Century, Nov. 10
The Christian and Government
By EARL MARTIN
Our country will become better or worse ac
cording to whether or not Christians do their duty! Pastors and laymen, will be held
as cltlrens. Ours Is a government "of the people.1'1"01" 9 ,0 H: rn 1:15 to 5:30
by the people, and for the people," and It will
cease to be "for the people" when It ceases to be
"of the people" and "by the people.
Ff JH : At
SUNDAY SCHOOL Is recognized at the First Baptist Church
as of equal Importance to the adult services. Here the church's
pastor, Rev. Vanoe II. Webster, stands by the door to chat with
some of his flock's "lambs," and Dr. Merv. Rosell (with hat), vis
iting evangelist, meets the youngsters, too. Talking to Dr. Webster
are teenagers Mary Lou Teague and La Verne Williams. Directly In
front of them, little Gay Maxwell and Tommy Teague. In the front
row, Mary Lou Wical, Allen Erlckson, Helen Williams, Tommy
Baker, Beth Teague. (Register-Guard staff photo, Wiltshire engraving).
Australian
Is Lecturer
At Christian
i.r: E,!n." is the message
of Rev. Hugh N. McCallum at
4i n . m cprvire. First Chris-
tion Church. Special music by
the choir.
m nir. A. L. Haddon,
Principal of the Bible College of
New Zealand, will be guest
speaker. Haddon was rearea i
educated in Australia, received
his A. B. and A. M. degrees in
1923 and 1925 at Melbourne Uni
versity, Victoria, Australia,
nihi. .hni fl-45 a. m. Nursery
-..!... 1 maintained during both
morning services. Junior church
is held tn the Junior department
rooms from 11 until noon.
Junior High group meets ai a
n m 4ny enrial and recreation
period and Christian Endeavor.
Bring a sack lunch. High School
Christian Endeavor meets at 6
p. m. in the annex, and the Town
and Campus group at 6 p. m. in
the White Room. University Fel
lowship meets at the YMCA
lounge (Kincaid St.) Rev. A.J.
Haddon will be the speaker, Bible
lectures by A. L. Haddon will be
Nov. 16, 17, 18 and 19 at 7:30
p. m.
Dr. Mervin Rosell, evangelist,
will conclude his eight-day cam
paign at First Baptist Church lies' Creed." The theme for this
Church Officers Confer
At Central Presbyterian
November ia "Christian Faith
Month" at Central Presbyterian
Church, Rev. Paul S. Mellish, the
pastor, will preach on a series
of sermons based on "The Apost-
Peferman Speaks On
Van Paassen's Book
' "Earth Could Be Fair," will be
Rev. Sydney Peterman's topic at
the morning service at the Um
tarion Church. The sermon will
be based on Pierre van Paasen's
book of the same name. Van
Dbkmii l nerhans the outstanding
Unitarian minister in the country
today, according to Rev. Peter
man. He is a very famous author
and lecturer on religious subjects.
Sunday school and-adult forum
9:45 a. m. At 7 p. m. the college
age youth group meets in the
fireplace room. Their topic, "Re
sponsibility of the Press," with a
member of the School of Journal
ism faculty at the University,
speaking.
Methodisf
Bid Strange
"Stl-ano. .
"Strangers m , I
First Methodist tv!
Rev. Llewellyn Grfr
nouncing his Sum,,.
ic."How to UseOur
at II . ..
Miss Barbara niu7
Kays and Wayne SiJ
sing a auet.
Rlinrlsv ..I .
ley Foundation onM
.h umverr
Senior High Felliii
Wgg adult fellpyg;1
LISTEN TO-
BIBLE TRUTH PROG
KASH 1:30-2 P.M.
EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Conducted By Evangelist R. A. Bai
Of Harrisburg, Ore., Box 7
with three services on Sunday.
At 11 a. m. he will speak on
"Find Yourself in the Bible." At
3 p. m. his theme will be "Heaven
Fact or Fiction."
At 7:30 p. m. Dr. Rdscll's sub
ject will be: "Youth . . . With a
Capital 'Why." He will cite person?
al observations from his recent
travels, including . archeological
data from the British museum.
The morning service will be
broadcast over KASH. Bible
school, 9:45 a. m. Fellowship
groups, 6:30 p. m. .
The Missionary Council of
tlie church Is arranging a fel
lowship dinner (potluck style)
for the whole church on next
Thursday evening, ' following
which the regular mid-week
prayer service will be held.
At Grace Lutheran
In the 11 a. m. service at Grace
Lutheran Church the pastor, Rev.
W. B. Maicr, will speak on "Coin-
Sunday will be "What I Believe
The Living God." Mrs. Dorothy
French will sing "The Living God"
(O'Hara) and Margaret Zimmer
man Anderson with the choir will
sing "The Silent Sea" Neidllng
er. From 3 to 8 p. m. the elders,
trustees, deacons, and other of
ficers of the church will have a
retreat and planning conference
at the church with a potluck
supper in Fellowship Hall at 5:30.
This meeting will close with a
Communion service at 7:30.
At 5:15 the Junior High West
minster Fellowship will meet in
the parish house, lp40 Pearl.
Topic: "Should America Let
Down Her Immigration Bars?"
Leader, George Hemphill, Jr. The
Genevas and Senior High West
minster Fellowship will have a
joint meeting in the-parish house
at 6:1.5 They will have a quiz
broadcast on "Know Your Bible."
Leader, Morris Weakley.
At Westminster House, 1414
jng The End of the World." The j Kincaid, the students will have a
choir, under the direction of Roy wa" e ""PP. loiiowea Dy ,
'We Cannot Anymore
Be Wrapped in Rags'
EDITOR'S NOTE: Recently
the Register-Guard published a
letter from Mrs. Evdokia Th.
Efthimiadu, Village Sterna-Para-nestiu,
Drama, Greece, to a friend
in America, oflering to make
Grecian lace in return for dis
carded clothing.
She said sturdily; "I am real
ly ashamed to ask you to help
j me, but on the other hand we
cannot De anymore wrappea in
rags."
A number of church people be
came interested in the letter. One
churchwoman reports her find
ings in investigating at the U. S.
customs office In Portland, as to
rules and regulations for sending
things duty-free to Greece. The
rules are so framed as to oppose
black-market operations.
According to the office, one can
send up to 22 pounds in each par
cel, to Greece, and used clothing
must not exceed 17 pounds of
the total. Furs may be included
if they are 40 worn. Six pounds
of new clothing may be included,
either made up or in piece goods,
but excluding silk, wool, fur, or
nylon.
Woolen material, enough for an
adult-sized suit (mark it as such)
may be sent, and up to four pairs
of used shoes, and one pair of
new shoes, or leather for a pair,
also six pounds of linen.
Foods may be sent of they don't
exceed six pounds of each kind,
per family. Up to 200 pounds of
wheat flour per family may be
sent.
If the gifts are Intended for
Christmas, they should be matt
ed by Nov. 15.
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCI
"Affiliated with Southern Baptist"
12th and "B" Sts. Springfield
. C. R. BARROW, D. D Pastor
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
10:50 a.m. Message "Man's Supremo Gift"
6:30 p.m. Baptist Training Union.
7:30 p.m. "The Christian's Glory"
EVERY VISITOR WELCOME
Schonewill, will sing,
The Lord."
The Lutheran Hour will be
broadcast over KORE at 9:30
a. m. Sunday school, with Bible
classes for young people and ad
ults, at 9:45. Gamma Deltans,
University students, will meet at
5:30 p. m. in the church parlor
for a snack supper, to be followed
by a discussion forum to be led
by Rev. E. D. Busch.
An evangelism workshop, to
be attended by representatives
of all Lutheran churches of the
Willamette Valley, will be held
In the Eugene church Wednes
day. Lecturers and discussion lead
ers will be the Rev. M. A. Haend
schke and the Rev. H. W. Gockel
Trust in I worship service, forum and pic
ture siiaes. ieaaer, tun jayra.
Next Sunday, Nov. 21, there
will be a baptismal service for
Infants and small children dur
ing the morning service.
United Lutheran
The congregation of the United
Lutheran Church worships at the
Music Hall Chapel of Northwest
Christian College, East Eleventh
and Kincaid.
Rev. J. L. Sawyer, pastor, will
speak on "Spiritual Preparedness"
at the 11 a. m. service. Tha choir
will sing "Nearer, Still Nearer"
by Morris.
The Luther League meets at the
PhnnAl at ft-IO r. - lV.fi.. C- ...
both of the Lutheran Home Mis-. ErIcJtIKm wiu , taSerT
Temple Baptist
Temple Baptist Church meet
ing at the Seventh Day Adven
tist Church, corner Seventh and'
Charnelton, Frank Nixon, pastor.
John Tallant leads the Sunday
school at 9:45 a. m. Pastor's
morning sermon, "Our Baptist
Message."
The Tralnlns Union rti
Ollle Allen, meets at 6:30 p. m.,
followed by the pastor's evening
message, "A Song of Deliverance."
sions office In St. Louis, Missouri:
and the Rev.- W. H. Hillmer of
Portland, district executive sec
retary. Sessions of the workshop, which
will comprise both general assem
blies and sectional conferences for
p. m., and 7:30 to 9:0 p. m. Noon
and evening meals will be served
in the church parlor by the I.u- sUmcci
As cltliens of the kingdom of God. we have a local church
distinct responsibility toward our government in choir rehearsal will be held this
making our government and the world better. The .v, ts,,,.. i.. dim.
only way to have a better society Is to have better ; hr .mm " ,
men and women, aid we will" never succeed in Sh?"r5?"de,nn' !S" ,0Ur ,0
making better men and women unless an Inereas- . M' u "iuraa. J a. m.
Church School Enlistment visit
ors meet at the Chapel at 7:30
p. m.
The Evening Group of the Wo
men's Council meets at the par
sonage, 666 E. 11th Ave., Tuesday
at 8 p. m. Mrs. William Weigman
is the hostess. Mrs. R. G. Heg
bcrg will conduct devotions. Mrs.
Robert Hirt and Mrs. J. L. Saw
yer will lead the study on the
The Use and Meaning
of Paraments and 'Vestments'."
Ing number of people seek themselves to he better.
! The Gospel Trumpet
Unity
i At I'nity Church, sermon topic
Sunday morning. "Are Riches
Tribute to Sunday School Teachers
By J. EDGAR HOOVER
I shpujd like to pay tribute to the thousands Sinful?" will be followed bv aen-
of loyal men and women who are serving un.'elf- eral discussion. Donald Johnson
ishly as teachers in our Sunday Schools. We tn will sing "I Shall Not Want" by
law enforcement look upon them as companions-. mi,, class in Truth Tuesdav at
ln-arm In the fight against crime. ,
.
If our children are not all thnt we would have . . ... , ,
them be, is the fault all theirs: Hava we parents N&W Minister At
done our trulv best bv them? Have we filled their: if i
glowing minds with the wisdom of God. with MIYOaOre LfirStOn
spiritual and practical knowledge and truth as It
is In Christ Jesus
Are we exacting good fruit without having
sown the good seed of the Word It us look to
the Christian education of our children. And let
us begin early enough,
Christian Parent
and the needs of men.
Some fathers can get up before dawn to go fish
ing or hunting, but can't get up in time to take
Jimmy and Jane to Sundnv School.
Then are truths which we learn by loving, by
giving, by suffering. We become Christian not by
listening to the reasoning of a philosopher, but by
the loving surrender of the heRrt to the highest
and best In life.
We climb the religious way of life through leve
rather than throush reason. We com by way of
the heait. rather than the mind.
Charles H. Wesley, in Chrtstion Education, Sept.
ALVADOKB Robert Whitely of
Eugene has accepted the pastor
ate of Alvadore Christian Church
and will conduct services each
Sunday at 11 a. m. and young
people's meeting each Sunday eve
at 7 r. m. Everyone is asked to
attend.
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Rev. and Mrs. C. D. Wood
SING AND PREACH
AT THE SPRINGFIELD
FREE METHODIST CHUR
4th and B Streets
(Except Saturday)
EVERYONE WELCOME
WESLEY GRAVES, Pastor
Phone 2016
FIRST CHUI
Evangel
United Brf
Eighth & Mom)
CHARLES FOGG. PASTOR
9:45 A.M. SUNDAY SCHO0I
11:00 A. M. Morning Worship
"GOD HIS NAMES AND ATTRB
7:30 P. M.
Evangelistic Hour
"NOT FOR SALE"
HEAR DR. MERVIN R0SELI
SUNDAY CLOSING DAY
11a.m. "Find Yourself in the Bib!
(Broadcast over KASH)
3 p.m. "Heaven Fact or Fiction
rreiiu who with to train up their children In
the wy they th.mld go, must go In the wy In
which tbey iM huve their children gx.
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Thought fir the Sundny School ten-tier: Are
ounaey iKiooi Hiould be t r'ent experience rrhp trying to make little children sit siiU when
FIRST CIIURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST
A Brinrh of The Mother Church. The First Church of Christ,
Scientist In Boston. Massachusetts
i:th and Oak Street
Serrtces Sunday 1 1 A. M. and 8 P. R
Subieot November 14
MORTALS AND IMMORTALS
Sunday School at 9:30 A.M.
Testimonial Meeting Wedresdcry 8 P.M.
Reading Room. Sc West Brcxtdwsy
The Publfe ! Invited to Attend the Church Serrices led
Use the Rending Room
7:30 p.m. "Youth With Capital
Norman Nelson, song leadcr-soioisi
Bible School 9:45 a.m.
Fellowship groups 6:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church
. DR. V. H. WEBSTER, PASTOR
Broadway at High
MIRACLES! SIGNS! WONDERS!
PATTERSON REVIVAL CAMFAIE
(INTERDENOMINATIONAL) I
W.niv nnniTfiDTHRff
1.1 ' umuiu
etn and Lincoln, Eugene
Services Nightly at 8:00 pjn.
Continuing through Sunday Nov. 21st
F. W. Patterson, Fort Smith, Ark.
A Dynamic Ministry of
SIGNS FOLLOWING
APOSTOl IP UlDAri re
PRAYER FOR THF SICK
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City Wide Fellowship Service 2:30 PM
Showing Gospel Sound Film 8 P.M.
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