Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 24, 1955, Image 6

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    SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Presbyterians Add
Pastor to Staff ;
Plan Communion
The Rev. John Reynolds will
join the itaff of the First Presby
terian church as assistant to the
minister with the responsibility
in the field of youth worK.
He was graduated from the
University of California in 1950,
and during World War II he
spent some time at Camp White,
when he made his first contact
with the Medford church. He has
completed work at Princeton
Theological seminary and has
served the American university
in Beirut. Lebanon for two
vears.. The Rev. : Mr. Reynolds
will be received by the Presby
tery of Southwest Oregon at xne
meeting of Synod in Portland on
Tuesday.
Dr. D. K. West will conduct
a Communion service Sunday
before leaving on a trip around
the world on a ministry to mis
ions. His theme will be
"Christ's Invitation to Commun
ion." A reception of members
will be held at the service
11 a.m.
, The Rev. Mr. Reynolds will
speak at the evening service ana
conduct the Westminister fellow-
shin hour. Fireside will be at
th home of Mr. and Mrs. Al
James.
Music in the morning services
will include anthems by the
Westminister and Chancel choirs
under the direction of Miss
Priscilla West.
Assembly of God
Events Announced
The Evangelaires quartet will
be featured in the Sunday ser
vices at the Medford Assembly
of God, 1108 West Main st.
, In the Sunday school a quota
campaign is being sponsored by
the Evangelaires. A closing pro
gram is planned with music and
stories by the members of the
quartet.
, At the morning worship serv
ice the pastor, F. Wildon Col
baugh, will apeak and the quar
tet will furnish songs.
.. Evangelist Eddie Kramer will
peak at the evangelistic rally
at 7:30 pan. A musical program
will precede the service.
Tonight at the church the
Evangelaires will conduct a pro
gram and sing numbers which
have been requested. Earl Gould
will be the speaker. The service
will begin at 7:45 p.m.
A children's vacation revival
will continue at the church each
day next week beginning at
9:30 a.m. On Thursday at 7:45
p.m., the children attending the
vacation revival will put on a
program featuring work done
during the past two weeks.
Central Point Church
VBS Program Tonight
Central Point A vacation
Bible school program for par
ents and friends will be held at
the Community Bible church in
Central Point today at 7:45 p.m.
This will conclude the 1955 term'
which has been in session each
morning the past two weeks.
Miss Ila Mae Highinbotham
has been the director. The three
departments have been staffed
by 26 teachers and assistants.
Each child who memorizes 150
Bible verses, earned a week at
Bible camp with all expenses
paid.
New Brethren Pastor
Speaker Here Sunday
The Rev. E. I. Hiser of Boise
Valley, Ida., has been selected to
become pastor of the Medford
Church of the Brethren, church
officers have announced. The
Rev. Mr. Hiser will speak to the
congregation Sunday, June 26.
He will assume his regular duties
September 1, succeeding the
Rev. Rommie Moore, who is now
serving as interim pastor.
After ; the morning worship
Sunday a potluck lunch will be
served in the church dining
room.
Pastor, Delegate To
Attend Annual Session
The Rev. Norman K. Tully,
pastor o fthe Central Point and
Jacksonville Presbyterian
churches, will attend the 65th
annual session of the Presbyter
ian Synod of Oregon at Lewis
and Clark college, Portland,
June 27 through 30. v
H. J. Fleischer, an eldervof the
Central Point church, will ac
company the Rev. Mr. Tully.
Present Musicians
Ashland The Assembly of
.'God church in Ashland will have
the "Musical Henry's" at all
services Sunday, June 26.
: Fred Henry has been blind
since J8 months of age, but has
become a musicians with a reper
toire of over 3,000 selections. He
was one featured in the "Believe
It or Not" column.
At the evening evangelistic
service, the Henrys will present
a musical program.
The church is located at 485
Siskiyou blvd.
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4
THE REV. R. W. HURN
Observes Anniversary
Pastor To Observe
First Anniversary
Members will be received into
the-Medford Church of the Naza-
rene on Sunday, June 26, when
the pastor, the Rev. R. W. Hum
will observe his first anniversary
as the pastor of the church.
Open House
In addition to receiving mem
bers the pastor and his family
will hold open house at the par
sonage, 46 Summit ave., from
3 p.m. until 5 p.m. A commun
ion service is planned Sunday at
7:30 p.m. During the church year
closing May 1, gains have been
reported in all departments of
the church and for the months
of Manyand June an 11 per cent
gain in attendance has been re
corded in the Sunday school.
Members of the Sunday school
have launched an "Every Mem
ber" rally at the Sunday school
hour, 9:45 a.m. in honor of their
pastor.
First Meeting
The first meeting of the Sis
kiyou zone was held Thursday
night when two new pastors
were welcomed to the zone.
They are the Rev. Gerald Gard
ner, Prospect, and the Rev. Her
bert E. Bennett, Grants Pass.
In And Around Gold Hill
Gold Hill Recent visitors at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Cogswell was her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Leo
B. Logan, El Sobrante, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. E. McClellan,
Downey, Calif., also were guests
of the Cogswells for a week.
McClellan is an uncle of Cogs
well. ... .
Mrs. William Hittle has been
ill with a kidney infection.
John Jones, who is employed
at Medford Blow Pipe company
is in Wallowa, Ore., where they
are installing burners. He will
be gone about three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. George Triller
have returned from a week's va
cation to Lakeview where they
visited with her aunt and fam
ily. Judy and Dave Force spent
the week end in Portland where
they were the guests of their
brother, Bill. They were ac
companied by their grandmoth
er, Mrs. Minnie Byerly,, who re
mained a week and visited her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Neal Bush and son
Danny, Hillsboro.
Mrs. Richard Gray, Portland,
was a recent guest of her broth
er and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Kell and family. She
also visited with her father,
Charles Kell and her brothers.
Odd Fellows lodge will met
June 28 and then discontinue
until September.
Lord's Supper To Be
Observed Sunday by
Congregationalists
The communion of the Lord's
supper "will be observed at the
Congregational church, Oak
wood dr.- and Groveland ave.,
Sunday at the 11 a.m.. service.
The sermon by the Rev.
Thomas McCamant, minister,
will be entitled, "And Be
Thankful." The Couples club
will meet at 7 p.m. at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Bui
lard on Niedermeyer lane.
Jehovah's Witnesses
To Attend Assembly
More than 75 delegates from
the Medford congregation of Je
hovah s witnesses will be at the
Vancouver, B.C. assembly sched
uled for June 29 through July 3.
. J. W. Mather, presiding minist
er here, announced today that a
total of 25,000 are expected in
attendance from the northwest.
This is one of 11 assemblies be
ing held in the United States,
Canada and Europe.
The Great Love of God
Sermon at
First Christian Church
9th & Oakdale
8 P.
William C. Piper
Minister
Friday, June 24, I95S
Program Arranged
For This Evening
A demonstration program,
"Festival of Ports", will be pre
sented today at 8 p.m., by child
ren of the Vacation Bible school
which has been conducted at the
Friends church the past two
weeks.
Under the theme, "Sailing
with Christ," the departments
have learned nautical songs and
made handcraft projects con
nected with sailors and ships.
Bible stories have been incidents
connected with the sea. Enroll
men in the school has reached
160. The teaching staff member
22.
Scholarshios
Certificates will be" given to
all children who have been pres
ent at least nine of the 10 days.
Scholarships to Camp Sa-wa-li-nais
will be awarded' to high
point winners in the junior and
intermediate classes.
Parents and friends of the
children and others interested
are invited.
Sunday will be Promotion
day in the Sunday school and
the exercises will take place at
the close of the class period.
Lutherans To Picnic
Sunday at Hawthorne
St. Peter's Lutheran Sunday
school, 1020 East Main st., will
meet for an annual picnic Sun
day afternoon, June 26, begin
ning with potluck picnic lunch
at 12:45 p.m. Children of the
Sunday school, Vacation Bible
school, and members and friends
of the congregation are invited,
according to the Rev. Kenneth
Korby, pastor of the church..
Sunday at the 8 and 11 a.m.
services, the Rev. and Mr. Kor
by will speak on the subject,,
"The Power of Jesus Name for
Repentance and Forgiveness of
Sins."
The Walther league will meet
at the Eddie Rupps, 1056 Lozier
lane, at 6:45 p.m. A picnic lawn
party is planned for all young
people, 12 years and over.
Mrs. David Clover and daugh
ters, Debbie and Janet, Ashland,
and Mrs. Clover's father, Paul
Force, Phoenix, were Sunday
guests of the H. D. Force fam
ily. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Bell and
daughters, Penny and Donna,
Tacoma, Wash., were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bell. They
left for California to visit and
will return to Gold Hill for a
longer stay. The two Bells
are brothers.
The Bergs have purchased a
trailer house and now are in
the process of moving onto their
30 acres on.Coker Butte rd off
Crater Lake highway where they
have a new home under con
struction. Jack Thomas was taken ill
while driving a cement truck
for Ideal Cement company and
is now in a hospital in Medford.
His wife, who was in Denver,
Colo., on a trip, was called
home. It has- not been deter
mined at this time what caused
his sudden illness but he is
paralized from his waist' down.
The Jeddeloh brothers sweed
gang mill, v which was built re
cently near the tracks in Gold
Hill, is now in operation.
Mrs. Fred Lester and two chil
dren, Vickie and Rick, are
spending sometime at Diamond
lake putting their cabin in shape
for the summer.
Mrs. Ogden Kellogg is acting
as den mother in place of Mrs.
Fred Lester who is the regular
den mother.
Creighton Thompson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thompson,
spent two weeks visiting with
his parents before returning
with his two children, Lu and
Spike, to Obregon, Sonora, Mex
ico, where he makes his home.
The children will spend a vaca
tion with their father and then
will return to Gold Hill where
they make their home with their
grandparents.
Lawerence .Wills and son,
Charlie, Klamath Falls, were
recent visitors at the home of
his sister, Mr. and Mrs. Delos
Walker and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Morrow
are the parents of a son, Don
Wayne, . born June 20 at the
Medford Osteopathic hospital.
Mrs. Morrow returned home
June 23 with the baby which
weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces at
birth. They also have a daugh
ter, Toni.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brown,
Huntington Park, Calif., will ar
rive July 4 to live on their
place which their daughter and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Berg, now occupy.
Medford, Ore.
M.
Herbert Daniels
Music Director
Attend The Church
Of Your Choice
THIS WEEK
First Presbyterian Church
(Central Point I j
The Rev. Norman K. Tully. pastor.
Worship 9:45 a.m. Sermon. "What
About the Sabbath Day", the fourth
commandment.
First Presbyterian Church
Eighth and Holly sts. The Rev. D.
Kirkland West. D.D.. pastor Two
morning services 9:45 and 11 a.m. Two
church schools, 9:45 and 11 a.m.
Services 7 p.m.
First Presbyterian
(Phoenix)
Second and Church sts. Ernest R.
Volkman. minister. Church school 10
a.m. Worship 11 a.m.. "Who Am I?"
Youth group 7 . p.m. July 1. Family
night, picnic, Jackson Hot Springs.
Methodist Church
(Gold Hill) '
Gerald Gear, minister. Wendell Ap
plen, Church school supt. Church
school 10 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. Guest
minister Stanley Culy. SCrmon topic
"Walking In The Valley". MYF 7 p.m.
Foursquare Church
East Jackson and Biddle road. Sun
day school 9:43 a.m. Services 11.
Berean Crusader and Children's
church. 6:30 p.m. " Bible study and
prayer Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Pastor,
R. H. Mathewson.
Re-Organized Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints
531 South Riverside ave. 9:45 a.m..
church school. 11 a.m.. Preaching
services. 2:30 p.m.. Re-La-Da-Sa Wom
en's class. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.,
prayer service.
Phoenix Revival Center
411 2nd st.. Phoenix. Pastor. LeRoy
Nidever. Sunday school 9:45 a.m.
Service 11 a.m. Evangelistic service
7:45 p.m. Midweek service Wednesday
7:45 p.m. Closing exercises of dailv
vacation Bible school, Friday, June
24. 7:45 p.m.
First Presbyterian church
(Jacksonville)
The Rev. Norman K. Tullv, pastor.
Church school 10 a.m., classes for all
ages; worship 11:15 a.m. Sermon,
"What About the Sabbath Dav?". the
fourth commandment. Wednesday,
9:30 a.m.. Women's Praver circle,
home of Mrs. Hanna.
Advent Christian Church
Jackson at Welch st. The Rev. Da
vid Roehl, pastor. Sundav school 9:45
a.m. Worship H a.m. Supremacy of
Christ." 7:30 p.m., "Second Coming of
Christ." Prayer meeting 7:30 p.m.,
Tuesday. Men's fellowship 7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 1.
Eagle Point Seventh-day Adventist
Church
Grange hall. Saturday, Sabbath
school 9:30 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. Elder
W. E. Atkins, speaker. Prayer meeting
8 p.m. Wednesday at Teen's Commu
nity club. Dorcas welfare meeting
Monday, home of Helen Barrow.
West Main Church of Christ
1707 West Main st. Maurice Tisdel,
minister. Bible classes for all ages,
9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45 a.m. Young
people's meeting 7 p.m. Worship 8
p.m. Wednesday Bible classes 8 p.m.
Ladies Bible class, Friday. 1:30 p.m.
Free Methodist Church '
10th and Ivy sts. The Rev. J. M.
Root( pastor. Sunday school 9:45 a.m.
Worship. 11 a.m. Young People's meet
ing 7 p.m. Service 7 45 p.m. Midweek
Prayer service Wednesday 7:45 p.m.
Radio program. "Light and Life Hour"
Sunday, 8:30 a.m.. KYJC.
Central Churrh of Christ
Ellmore J. Gillstrap. minister. Bible
school 9:45 a.m., classes for 'all ages.
Worship 11 a.m. Sermon. "The Word
of God." Youth meetings 7 p.m., wor
ship 8 p.m., subject, "The Marvelous
Message of God's Seer." Midweek
prayer and Bible study 7 p.m. Wednes
day. Choir practice 8 p.m. Wednesday.
First Methodist Church
West Main and Laurel sts. Dr. Ray
mond E. Balcomb, Dr. J. Thomas Dix
on, the Rev. Mrs. Anne J. Gorbv, min
isters. Worship 9:30 and 11 a.m.- Ser
mon, "Getting in Trim." Church
school, a class for mentally retarded
children. 9:30 a.m.. Senior high church
school, nursery, primary church. 11
a.m. Methodist Youth fellowship 7 pjn.
First Church of Christ. Scientist
IOOF hall 221 Vt Sivth at
Service 11 a.m. Sunday school 9:20
a.m. Wednesday. 8 p.m.. testimonials
of healing. Reading room 228 West
Sixth St., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. except
Thursdays and Saturdays. 7 to 9 p.m.
uuua.v. io p.m. ouojeci june o,
"Christian Science."
Medford Community Church
227 x South Central ave. An unde
nominational Bible believing and
teaching Christian fellowship. Joseph
A. Bowdoin. pastor. Sunday school
for all 9:45 a.m. Service 11 a.m.. sub
ject, "Things God Wants Every Chris
tian to Know." Youth meeting 6:30
p.m. Church service 7:30 p.m. "Studies
in Phillippians." Prayer meeting and
Bible study Wednesday. 7:30 p.m.
Assembly of God Church
485 Siskiyou blvd., Ashland, Ore.
H. Homer Thompson, pastor. Sunday
school 9:45 a.m. Worship. Pastor
Thompson, speaker. 11 a.m. Young
people 6:30 p.m. Evangelistic service
7:30 rim Th TO,, irat UMn,
speaker. Tuesday. Women's prayer
service a.m. luesaay, choir and
orchestra rehearsals 7 p.m. Thursday,
Midweek service 7:45 p.m.
Community Bible Church
(Eagle Point)
Saturday. June 25. 8 p.m. Dr. Bjorn
stad, speaker. 9:45 a.m.. Sunday
school. 11 p.m.. Dr. Bjornstad. speak
er. 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Dr. Bjornstad
will speak to young married people.
7 p.m.. C.E. 8 p.m.. Dr. Bjornstad.
speaker. 2 p.m., Wednesday afternoon
prayer meeting. 8 p.m. Thursday eve
ning, prayer meeting.
Forest Acres Community Church
( on-Denominational)
On mil SnntVi nf famn tl'K : i M
Table Rock road, one block East in
Forest Acres. .The Rev. Ernest F. Post,
rjastor Snnriav sohnnl Q-d a m riiMwh
service 11 a.m. Young peoole 6:30 p.m.
v-nurcn service ana songtest 7:30 p.m.
prayer meeting 7:30 p.m. Potluck pic
nic at Tou Velle park Sunday after
morning cnurcn service
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North Centra. Avc.ue at Third Street
Church of The Brethren
Corner Mary and Saling sts. Pastor,
Rommie Moore. Church school for all
ages. 10 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. Sermon
by the Rev. E. I. Hiser.
Philadelphia Church
122 North Riverside ave. Thomas
White, pastor. Sunday school 10 a.m.
Worship 11 a.m. Stret service 7 p.m.
Evangelistic services 7:45 p.m. Friday.
7:45 p.m.
Spiritual Universal Church
of the Master
M. M. Kruse. D.D. Services, route
1. box 161. Gold Hill, Hwy. 99. near
Rock- Point bridge, each Sunday,
8 p.m.
Eastwood Baptist church
(American Baptist Church)
Sunday school, 9:45 a.m. Worship,
11 a.m. Sarah Louise Walker, speaker.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday. 7:30 pjn.
Vacation Bible school in session.
St. Mark's Episcopal
Fifth st. and Oakdale ave. The Rev.
Robert F. Burger in charge. Third
Sunday after Trinity: 10:45 a.m.. Nur
sery school: 11 a.m.. Church school,
summer session; 11 a.m.. Prayer with
sermon. Friday, 11 a.m.. Holy Commu
nion. First Christian church
9th and Oakdale ave. William C.
Piper. Minister. Sunday school. 9:45
a.m. Worship, 10:55 a.m. Guest speak
er. Charles Addelman. -Youth services,
7 p.m. Services, 8 p.m. Topic, "The
Great Love of God." Monday, Boy
scouts. 7 p.m.
Church of the Nazarene
Holly at First sts. Raymond W.
Hurn. pastor. 9 a.m.. KMED "The Gos
pel Hour". 9:45 a.m.. Sunday school.
11 a.m., Worship. 6:30 p.m.. Youth
groups. 7:30 p.m.. Worship. Wednes
day, 7:30 p.m.. Family prayer meeting.
Medford Friends church
Clynton G. Crisman. pastor. Corner
Merriman rd. and DeBarr ave. 9:45
a.m. Sunday school, promotion exer
cises. 1 1 a.m. Worship. 7 p.m.. Family
hour. 8 p.m. Worship and praise. 9:30
p.m. "Quaker Hour" broadcast. KMED.
Congregational
300 Oakwood dr. Thomas McCamant
minister. To find church turn one
block south from East Main St. on
Groveland ave. Sunday school. 9:45
a.m. Worship. 11 a.m. Couples club. 7
p.m. at home of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett
Bullard on Niedermeyer lane.
The Pentecostal Church of God
Fifth and Pine st.. Central Point.
The Rev. W. H. Johnson, pastor. Re
vival continues. The Rev. L. U. Law-
son, evangelist. Services daily except
ivionaay. Sunday scnooi. 9:45 a.m.
Worship.. 11 a.m. Ladies Missionary
group, at church, first and third
Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Emmanuel Apostolic church
1110 North Central ave. The Rev.
Ralph D. Bullock, pastor. Sunday
school. 10 a.m. Worship. 11 a.m.
Evangelistic. Sunday 7:45 p.m. The
rtev. james p. Thomas, guest speaker.
Bible study and prayer. Thursday.
7:45 p.m. Broadcast over KMED Sat
urday, 8:15 a.m.
Ashland Methodist Church
. North Main and Laurel sts. Ross
Knotts. pastor. 9:45 a.m.. Sunday
school classes, all ages. 11 a.m.. Wor
ship, sermon. "New Eves for Old."
2 p.m., Wesley Foundation group to
ueaa inaian camp, o p.m.; junior ana
Senior high fellowships. 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Methodist men's meeting.
The Apostolic Faith
North Central ave.. at 3rd st. The
Rev. C. W. ; Frost, pastor. Sunday
school 9:30 a.m. (free transportation).
Morning devotional 11 a.m.; young
people 3 p.m.; evangelistic with pre
lude by music groups 7:50 p.m. Tues
day and Friday services 8 p.m. No
collections taken.
Church of the Nazarene (Phoenix)
Third and Pine sts. W. V. Mc
Arthur.. pastor. 9:45 ..a.m.. Sunday
school. Mrs. Harding, superintendent.
Children's day program and yearly
prmouon. 11 an., services. 6:30 p.m..
Young People's meeting. 7:30 p.m.,
Evangelistic service. Wednesday meet
ing 7:30 p.m. ...
Zion Lutheran church, C.L.C.A.
Fourth st. and Oakdale ave. Pastor,
G. Herbert Hillerman. Organist, Tim
othy Hillerman. Sunday school sup
erintendent. Archer Watson. . Two
services, 8:30 and 11 a.m.. sermon.
"A Question of Terminology." 9:45
a.m. Sunday school. 7 p.m. Senior and
intermediate Luther leagues. Monday
through Friday, 9 to 11:30 a.m. Vaca
tion church school.
Fifth Church of God
Haven and Holly sts. The Rev.
Darold H. Jones, minister. 9:45 a.m.,
Sunday school classes for all age
groups. 11 a.m. Worship, sermon. "A
Thankful Heart." 6:30 rj.m. Youth
Fellowship hour, installation of new
youth officers. 7:30 p.m. Evening
gospel service, sermon, "A Pharisee
and A Repentant Woman." Wednesday
evening. June 29. Prayer meeting.
Friday, July 1. missionary meeting in
church auditorium, 2:30 p.m.
St. Peters Lutheran church
(Missouri synod)
1020 East Main, Kenneth F. Korby,
pastor. Early service. 8 a.m.: Sunday
school and Bible study. 9:30 a.m.;
Worship with sermon and Holy Com
munion, 11 a.m. Sunday school picnic,
12:45 p.m. south side Hawthorne park.
Walther league meet at Rupp's. 1046
Lozier lane. 6:30 p.m. Monday, 3 p.m.
Teen-age instruction class. 8 p.m.
Adult instruction class. Tuesday, 8
p.m. Sunday school teachers. Wednes
day. 8 p.m. midweek service. Daniel
10. "The Praying Church." Monday
through Friday, Vacation Bible
school, 9 a.m. through 12 noon.
First Baptist church (Conservative)
North Central ave. at Fifth st.
James W. Neely. pastor. Sunday school
9:45 a.m., classes fr.r all ages, nursery.
two buses, worship. 11 a.m. (broad
cast over KBOY). Adult choir, sermon
by pastor. "Characteristics of the New
Testament Church." Baptist leagues, 7.
four age groups. Services. 8 P.m..
youth choir, sermon by pastor. "Gods
Message to tne LuKewarm cnurcn.
Midweek service. Praver and Bible
study, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Ruth
circle. Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. at home of
Mrs. J. E. Lester. 2346 Biddle rd., sack
lunch.
Sund
av
p.m.
8 p.m.
Faith-inspiring
music, testimonies
and preaching
"Always a warm
welcome"
Nursery for
Children
Helen Keller
Deaf Greater
Blindness Throughout Life
Br ROBERT ZIMMERMANN
United Press Correspondent
Easton, Conn. tfJ.R) Helen
Keller, who will be 75 Monday,
has concluded after a lifetime
in silence and darkness that to
be deaf is a greater affliction
than to be blind.
She says she might have de
voted more time to working for
the deaf if she had her life to
live over again. . . . .
Miss Keller,, cheerful, curious,
and young in spirit though her
brown hair is graying, met re
porters for a pre-birthday inter
view in the living room of her
rambling colonial home 50 miles
from New York.
"Deafness in a way is harder
than blindness," she said. "Hear
ing is the soul of - knowledge
and information of a high order.
To be cut off from hearing is
to be isolated indeed."
Miss Keller, deaf and blind
since infancy, just returned
from a five-month, 40-000-mile
tour around the world under
auspices of the American Foun
dation for the Overseas Blind.
Through trips like this, and her
writing, she has made herself
an inspiration to blind people
and the deaf-blind in every
country of the world.
"When I was young the ques
tion of helping the blind came
up first," she recalled. "I want
ed to work, and. I cast my lot
with the blind. I imagine if I
had been given a choice I would
have taken up work for the deaf
first."
She said it happens that the
deaf can be employed more
easily than the blind. It . is nes
essary to point up the abilities
of the blind before they can
get a job.
Miss Keller plans only the
smallest of birthday parties.
Her household includes Polly
Thomson, a companion of many
years who serves as her eyes
and ears, and a German Shep
herd named "Et Tu" who came
to Miss Keller after flunking
out of seeing-eye school because
he was subject to car sickness.
For the interview Miss Thom
son transmitted questions to
Miss Keller by rapid finger
movements in the palm of her
hand. Miss Keller answered in
the slow unmodulated voice
she taught herself without ever
hearing human speech.
Though Miss Keller was born
June 27, 1880, at Tuscumbia,
Ala., she does not regard that
date as a real birthday.
"The true birthday of the soul
is when it comes to find the
courage, to break away from the
dark and silence and to make
a new life approaching nor
mality," she said.
This event, for her, was
March 3, 1887, when she was
seven and Anne Sullivan, a girl
of 20, came to her home as a
teacher, Miss Keller had lost
her sight and hearing as a baby.
Miss Sullivan stayed with her
until her death in 1936.
Miss Keller's biography of
Anne Sullivan will be published
in the fall. The book had to
be written twice. It wai com
pleted once before but the manu
script and all Miss Keller's
notes were lost when Jier home
was destroyed by fire in 1946.
The book has been rewritten,
the home rebuilt, and Miss Kel
ler is looking forward to many
more active years.
"Retirement?" she said. "I
dislike the word. I will con
tinue as long as I can whatever
work I am able to do. I shall
find every possible was to raise
money for the deaf and blind.
It is truly pitiful there is so
very much still needed before
Bethel Assembly of God
1729 North Riverside ave. L. D.
Krause. pastor: Sunday school. 9:45
a.m. Worship, 11 a.m. Children'a and
Christ's ambassadors youth services.
6:30 p.m. Evangelistic service. 7:30
p.m. Midweek service Wednesday, 7:30
p.m. "Gospel Beacon" broadcast Sun
day 8:30 a.m. KBOY. Dial 730.
Medford Assembly of God .
1108 West Main st. F. Wildon Col
baugh, pastor. Sunday school. 9:45
a.m. Worship, 11 a.m.. pastor speaking.
Christ's ambassadors. 6 p.m. Adult
study "Christian Truths." S p.m.
Evangelistic rally, 7:30 p.m. Evange
list Eddie Kramer, speaking. Wednes
day 10:30 a.m. Women's Missionary
council. Thursday 7:45 p.m.. Final
program of Children's vacation revival.
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Hear the Bible's Powerful, Pro-
Jihetic Messares of this hour
rom Gordon Dalrymple, Cham
pion of Bible Fundamentalism
and Inspiration.
ALL SEATS FREE
Medford
i Esquire Theatre ;
Finds Being
Handicap Than
the handicapped everywhere
can have a chance in life."
Miss Keller thinks that if she
had not been blind and deaf she
might have become a doctor or
a nurse. "Those instincts are
strong in me," she said.
Has she ever felt sorry for
herself?
"Self-pity is our worst ene
my," she said. "If we yield to
it we cannot do, anything worth
while in the world. I have visited-
hospitals and1 I marvel at
the courage with which the crip
pled and paraplegic soldiers
rise above their difficulties and
enjoy normal society.
"That's why I don't feel I de
serve the praise I get. I am so
healthy."
Choir Members To
Be Awarded Sunday
A service of recognition will
be climaxed with the awarding
of lapel pins to the members of
the Youth and Children's choirs
at the First Methodist church,
Sunday, June 26. The two
choirs will join with the Chancel
choir in an anthem, at the 11
a.m. service.
The pins will be awarded by
Dr. J. Thomas Dixon, associate I
minister of the church, on the
recommendation of Mrs. C. R.
Adamson, director of music, and
Mrs. George Sloniger, assistant'
director. ,
Dr. Dixon will speak on the
subject "Getting in Trim." Dr
Raymond Balcomb, pastor, will
be in Eugene to attend an an
nual Oregon coneference of the
Methodist church.
A "special meeting of the
quarterly conference of the
church has been called for Mon
day, June 27, 7:45 p.m. to con
sider the acquisition of real
estate.
MEDFORD
TRUTH CENTER
Invites Yew To Join in -"UNITY"
Classes in.
"Power Through Constructive
Thinking"
By Emmet Fox
Tuesday evenings 8:00 p.m.
Friday morning 1 1 :00 a.m, -Also
Sunday - School classes for
adults and children
Sundays 11:00 a.m.
Room 203 Holly Theatre Bide.
Madford. Orajoa
THK STORY WAS NOT WflHTTM ..IT WAS UVfM
YOUU REMEMBER ITS MESSAGE
IONG AFTER YOU'VE FORGOTTEN ITS NAMR
Rogue Valley
YOUTH FOR CHRIST
SATURDAY, JUNE 25 - 8 P.M.
Medford
Assembly of God Church
1108 Wert Main ,
This wonderful film 90 minutes of natural color
has drawn largo crowds wherever it has been
shown. Special music.
"PALESTINE
J PROPHECY"
Will the Jews return to Palestine? Will Jerusalem
again be the center of Zionism?, Hear this thrilling;
prophesy .?
ALSO THI GREAT FILM
"OF BOOKS AND SLOTHS"
Brand new, beautiful color, Moody Institute Film
just released. Premiere showing.
Sunday
-June
Attend tonight's lecture: "The Anti-Christ
of Bible Prophesy." - 7:30 P.M.
'Souls in Conflict'
Film Slated Saturday
A full-length color film,
"Souls "in Conflict," will be
shown at the Medford Assembly
of God church, Saturday, June
25, at 8 p.m. The film is sponsor
ed by the Rogue Valley Youth
for Christ group and runt for
90 minutes. : i
The picture was filmed
against the backdrop of the Lon
don Crusade and released by
Billy Graham Evangelistic films.
Donn Moomaw plays in the pic
ture and others have parts are
Eric Micklewood, Joan Winmill,
Charles Leno. Dick Ross, Great
Commission "films, Hollywood,
wrote and directed assisted by
Leonard Reeve of Anglo-Scottish
Pictures, London. The music
was composed and conducted by
Ralph Carmichael.
Welcome Sunday
Bible School, 9:43 a.m.
Worship, 11 a.m. S p.m.
Central Church of Christ
Central and Jackson Sts.
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JESUS
o SAVES
"He is able also to save
them to the uttermost
that come unto God by
Him."
e KEEPS
"He is able to keep that
which I have committed
unto Him."
o SATISFIES
"He satisfieth the long
ing soul and filleth the
hungry soul with good
ness." MEDFORD
COMMUNITY
CHURCH
2272 SO. CENTRAL
, Sunday School 9:45 '
Morning Service 1 1 :00
Youth Meeting 6:30 "
Evening Service 7:30
Wednesday Evening 7:30
Joseph A. Bowdoin, Pastor
YOU ARE INVITED
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26 - 7:30 P.n
for Christ
416 East Main