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CHURCH BULLETIN COVER Covers of church liturgical
bulletins printed by the Morse Liturgical Church Bulletin and
Printing service in Medford are designed by the Rev. Martin
Marty of Chicago. The theme for each cover is expressed in
symbols. Top row shows bulletin covers for Christmas day,
expressed by the giving hand for the Father, the crib and
crass for the Son, and dove and palm leaf for the Holy Spirit;
the Feast of Pentecost cover shows the protecting hand of
blessing over the church; and for the Faster cover the large
Tau cross for Christ with the table signifying the Last Sup.
per. At the lower left for the second Sunday after Faster the
large staff with cross, symbol of Christ, the good shepherd,
and fence for sheep fold, stress unity of church with "one
flock and one shepherd"; for Maunday Thursday 11 crosses
with larger one for Christ are combined with the symbols for
bread and drink; and for the fifth Sunday after Easter the
scroll represents the Word of God with the others depicting
service, in the home, comunity, and job.
INSPECTING FACILITIES Above are
shown 26 students from Oregon Technical
Institute, Klamath Falls, inspecting a part of
the fruit packing operation at Myron Root
company, Medford. The students were in
Medford Thursday to tour air conditioning
and perishable fruit storage installations in
the Rogue valley. The. group included elec
trical appliance repair students who are be
ing trained in practical courses at OTI. The
students, who will graduate June 2, inspected
fruit facilities in six other packing plants
throughout the valley.
(Brainerd's Photo).
Happy Easter
To Everyone From The
Hotel Medford
Consistingly Good Food!
DINING ROOM OPEN
8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
CANDLE ROOM OPEN
2 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Informal Coffee
Hour Scheduled for
Dr. Brock Chisholm
Dr. Brock Chisholm, special
ist in world health problems,
will talk at an informal coffee
hour Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Carl E. Wimberly
Jr., 30 South Barneburg rd.,
Medford, according to members
of the Southern Oregon Child
Guidance Clinic association.
Dr. Chisholm will discuss
"Growing Up in a New Kind of
World," at the annual dinner
meeting of the association at
6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at
Hedrick Junior High school.
Friday morning he will meet
with the clinic staff to discuss
child guidance clinic work.
Mrs. Melvin Hall, general
chairman for the meeting, said
tickets are available until Mon
day, April 22, for the dinner,
Reservations can be made by
telephoning 3-3174. The talk
will start at 7:45 p.m., she said.
Considers Budget
The association board recent
ly considered its 1957-53 budget,
Al N. Potter, finance chairman,
and John Graff, treasurer, ex
plained some cuts in minor addi
tions to the budget.
The need for expansion of
clinic services by adding extra
personnel was discussed. Board
members doubted whether pres
ent and prospective income for
the year would permit financing
additional facilities.
Early results of the Medford
membership campaign were re
ported by Mrs. Dwight Hough
ton. Only partial returns have
been received, she said.
Next board of directors meet
ing will be held Monday, May
13. New officers will be elected
and board members will be init
iated.
Father, 5 Others Held
For Murdering Family
Posadas, Argentina (U.R)
Police charged Alejandro Navat-
ke and five other men Friday
with murdering Navatke's fam
ily of five in an isolated ranch
100 miles from here.
Police said all members of the
family were killed in their sleep
six days ago. The massacre was
uncovered by a neighbor who
was attracted to the ranch by
dogs howling in the yard. No
.1 motive was given for the slaying
By MISS PEG HUTCHINSON
Mail Tribune Church Editor
"It aU started in 1945 on a
nice Sunday morning when I
was trying to decide whether
I should stay home and plow
my farm or attend church,"
Merville E. Morse, owner of
Morse's Liturgical Church Bulle
tin and printing company, said
recently.
"I finally decided to attend
church. I'm a member of St.
Peter Evangelical Lutheran, and
what did I find staring at me
from the cover of the church
bulletin the picture of a man
plowing!"
"It was right then," Morse
continued, "that I decided to do
something about the covers of
church bulletins which provide
the days order of service and
church announcements for the
congregation."
Printer by Trade
And Morse d:d something. A
printer by trade and fully be
lieving that a person's mind
should be focused on Christ dur
ing the worship service, Morse
experimented with several ideas
and designs. Until 1951 he was
unable to find just what he
wanted, then the Rev. Kenneth
Korby, pastor of St. Peter's
Lutheran church in Medford,
suggested the use of symbols,
as through the years the Chris-
tain church has identified itself
and its functions by means of
symbolism.
Started only as a hobby the
increased demand for the Morse
Liturgical church bulletins made
it necessary for the move from
South Central ave. to newer and
larger quarters on South Grape
st. It now designs and prints
church bulletins for more than
300 churches throughout the
United States and Canada, using
an average of 3,000 pounds of
paper a month.
"I did not advertise as first
and I have not found time to
print a catalogue," Morse said
The church bulletins are still
a hobby with me, and I have
dedicated my life to . doing a
job that I feel is important."
Short Article
A short article regarding the
liturgical bulletins in an issue of
"Una Sancta," a publication for
the clergy, brought correspond
ence inquiring about them from
as far away as Venezuela, South
America, in 1951. Bulletins are
now sent to Lutheran churches
in nearly every state in the
union, several in Canada, and
one Episcopal church.
The bulletin covers are based
on the ancient calendar Wiich
uses a prescribed liturgical form
and any denomination which
follows that calendar may use
them. Each year Morse decides
on a central theme for the 52
Sundays and extra festival or
feast days of the pear.
At first he had difficulty ex
plaining to an artist what he
wanted expressed on the cover
O&C Timber Sale
Values Lagging
Behind Last Year j
Portland Value of timber
sales on the O and C forests of
western Oregon for the first
three quarters of fiscal 1957
lagged behind the previous fis
cal year by about 40 per cent,
Virgil T. Heath, Qregon state
sueprvisor for the bureau of
land management, said today.
Heath said sales from July 1,
1956, to March 31, 1957, amount
ed to 291,495,000 board feet val
ued at S9, 446, 006 compared to
407,968,000 board feet valued at
$15,808,652 for the same period
of the previous year.
The largest differences which
show up in comparing the two
years is in salvage timber vol
ume and values, Heath pointed
out. Salvage sales for the first
nine months of fiscal 1956 total
ed 139,644,000 board feet valued
at $5,479,016 compared to only
77,461,000 board feet valued at
$2,469,963 in the current fiscal
year.
Green timber sales this year
totaled 214,034,000 board feet
valued at $6,976,042 compared
to 268,324,000 board feet valued
at $10,329,636 last year, Heath
pointed out.
The 18 Oregon counties in
which the more than 2,000,000
acres "of Oregon and California
revested railroad grant lands are
located receive 75 per cent of
the revenue from timber sales
but there is a lag of several
months between receipts by the
bureau of land management and
payment to the counties. During
fiscal 1956 the 18 counties re
ceived a total of $11,909,395, an
all time high.
in symbols. In 1945 he contact
ed the Rev. Martin E. Marty,
who had been designing a series
of religious Christmas cards
since 1952 and done art work
for the Seminary Press and
Walther League Messenger.
Complete Doctorate
Since that time Mr. Marty has
completed his work for a doc
torate in American Christianity
at the University of Chicago,
and is temporarily doing district
church extension work before
beginning his duties at a new
church in Arlington Heights, 111.
Today, Dr. Marty still draws
bulletin cover symbols for
Morse. The drawings, based on
the prescribed scripture reading
for each Sunday and festival
of the church year, include an
cient religious symbols drawn
in contemporary terms, stressing
simplicity.
After Morse has given Dr.
Marty the central theme for the
year, the drawings are complet
ed and mailed to Medford for
Morse's approval. If approved,
color is decided on in accord
ance with the liturgical calen
dar.
Explanation of Symbol
On the back of the bulletin
is a brief explanation of the cov
er symbol along with reference
to the epistle and gospel ap
pointed for the day. The article
on the back page elaborates on
the day's topic and is written
by Mr. Korby.
The individual churches send
their signatures, church engrav
ings, and service information to
Morse when they first place an
order for the bulletin serv
ice. This is printed on ; the front
cover of the bulletin after rest
of the bulletin has been com
pleted. The art work for the bulletins
is started about nine months in
advance, Morse explained, and
added that work has been al
ready started on the 1958 series.
The completed bulletins are sent
out about 15 to 30 days in ad
vance of use, depending on ship
ping distance.
60.000 Bulletins
With an average of 60,000
bulletins being printed by the
company each week, Morse said
that there is about a three month
wait on new orders due to the
time element involved in setting
up the final draft and layout.
His business has increased ap
proximately 60 per cent over
last year.
What still amazes Morse is
the faith that the churches place
in him when they order bulletin
service.
"The covers are not repeated
because each one is designed for
a specific day only," Morse ex
plained. "When a pastor writes
regarding our service I simply
collect a few of the old church
bulletins and send them out. I
tell them that this is the general
idea, but these particular designs
are not available as they are
out of production."
"Universities and seminaries
call for them to be used as dis
play and instruction matter and
they are used for study in classes
of congregations."
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CHECK BULLETINS The Rev. Kenneth Korby, pastor of St
Peter's Evangelical Lutheran church, and Merville E.' Morse,
owner of Morse's Liturgical Church Bulletin and Printing Serv
ice, check one of the church bulletin covers as it comes off the
press. Mr. Korby writes the article on the back page of the bul
letin that elaborates on the theme for the day. He suggested the
use of symbols for the liturgical church bulletin covers to Morse
in 1951.
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MINISTER-ARTIST The Rev. Martin Marty works on a Good
Friday church bulletin cover which shows a stylized crown of
thorns with the seven words of Christ from the cross. Mr. Marty
is a missionar;.' pastor charged with forming a new congregation
near Chicago during 1957. He has been designing the art work
for the Morse Liturgical Church bulletins since 1954. He is a
contributing editor to Christian Century and has completed his
work for a doctorate in American Christianity at the University
of Chicago. (Chicago Tribune photo)
Klamath Falls Man
Arraigned in Court
Clarence E. Surber, 30, Klam
ath Falls, was arraigned in dis
trict court Friday on a charge
of non-support.
He .was given until 2 p.m.
today to obtain counsel and de
cide whether or not to have
a preliminary hearing. He was
arrested Thursday by sheriff's
deputies.
Fund Campaign for
Hospital Postponed
Ashland A general cam
paign to raise funds for Ash
land's proposed new hospital
has been postponed for at least
six months.
Directors of the Southern
Oregon Memorial hospital de
cided on the postponement after
it was reported officials of the
state hospital board would be
in Ashland next week to study
a tentatively proposed hospital
site. Approval of the board
would be necessary before Hill
Burton funds for aid in con-
Sayings Bond Sales
Show Decline in Area
Sales of E and H Savings
Bonds in Jackson county in
March were $66,166, comjttred
to the total of $92,332 a year ago,
according to George Mimnaugh,
state director of the savings
bonds committee.
While the sale of United States
Treasury Savings bonds was
lower in March in Oregon than
it was a year ago, March sales in
Oregon were $3,144,479, almost
$500,000 higher than in Febru
ary, Mimnaugh said. March sales
a year ago in Oregon totaled
$3,712,789.
Increased sales, he said, is in
part due to the increase in
knowledge among prospective
buyers that the new 3V4 per cent
interest rate for E and H bonds
will apply to all of them bought
since Feb. 1.
struction of the hospital could
be received.
Also in Ashland next week
will be a representative of the
architectural firm that has been
retained for the hospital project.
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