SIX MEDFOHD (OHEGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Church News
General Assembly
Selects Medford
Pastor as Advisor
Dr. D. Kirkland West, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church,
was notified this week of his
appointment to the committee
to advise and councel the Ste
partment of the Presbyterian
church in the U.S.A. He was one
of three Presbyterian ministers
from the church-at-Iarge chosen
for this position.
The General Council of the
church nominated Dr. West for
the committee and the General
Assembly approved the nomina
tion. The letter. In which the local
pastor was notified of his ap
pointment, stated that it was
in recognization of the "out
tandine work of the Medford
Presbyterian church in the field
of stewardship and promotion."
When contacted regarding the
appointment. Dr. West said that
the duties would neccesitate at
least two trips to New York
City during the year.
The stcwartship and benevol
ence program of the Medford
church was recognized national
ly earlier this year when Dr.
West and George Flanagan,
elder-trustee of the church, re
ported on the work done by the
church at a Moderator's Brief
ing meeting in Cleveland, Ohio,
in February.
During 1956 the First Pres
byterian church, Medford, gave
$50,000 to benevolences and had
$49,000 for current expenses.
Summer Schedule
Starts at St. Peter'
St. Peter Evangelical Luther
an church, 1020 East Main St.,
Medford, begins a summer sched
ule of two services, Sunday
morning. The early service will
begin at 8 a.m. The remainder
of the schedule is unchanged:
Sunday school and Bible study
at 9:30 a.m. and worship with
ermon and holy communion at
11 a.m. This schedule is to be
in effect until the end of Sep
tember, according to the pastor,
the Rev. Kenneth Korby.
The Walther League of St.
Peter Evangelical Lutheran
church, will be hosts this week
end to teen agers from the other
Lutheran churches of the Mis
souri Synod of Southern Oregon.
About 50 young people are ex
pected to participate in the pro
gram of study, prayer, recrea
tion and general fellowship.
Park Services Set
By Advent ist Churches
Members of four Seventh-day
Ad ventist .churches in the Med-ford-Ashland
area will meet Sat
urday at 4 p.m. in the Rogue Riv
er Academy park.
Music will be provided with
the entire group participating in
song service, and special musical
selections being presented by the
Ashland children's choir.
Following the park service.
Elder Floyd Bresee, pastor of the
Ashland and Valley View church
es, and Elder John Trude, pastor
of the Medford and Eagle Point
churches, will conduct a joint
baptismal service in the baptis
try of the Valley View church.
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Reception to Honor
Jacksonville Pastor
Jacksonville A reception
will be held Sunday, June 2,
at the First Presbyterian church,
Jacksonville, in honor of the
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Bridge.
Mr. Bridge is the new interim
pastor at the church, having
arrived last week.
The reception will be held
from 5 until 7 p.m. and church
members and friends are invit
ed to attend.
More members of Congress
belong to the Methodist church
than to any other denomination.
A survey by the Legislative
Reference Service of the Li
brary of Congress showed 105
Methodists in the House and
Senate, 95 Roman Catholics, 68
Presbyterians, 67 Baptists, 60
Episcopalians. There were 116
members of various other Pro
testant bodies, 12 members of
the Jewish faith, one Hindu, and
four with no listed religious
affiliation.
FIRST CHURCH of CHRIST,
SCIENTIST
Windsor and Oak Drive Medford
TIME CHANGE
Sunday Church Services and
Sunday School Classes
10 a.m. - June 2-Thru Sept. 29
Friends to Hear
Assistant Pastor
Speaker for the 7:30 p.m. ser
vice at the Friends church Sun
day will be James Higgins, who
will be assistant pastor at the
church for the summer months.
Mr. Higgins attended George
Fox and Whitworth colleges,
and was graduated last month
from Berkeley Baptist Divinity
school. His duties here will
include youth work, music
supervision, leadership in Vaca
tion Bible School and Camp Sa-wa-li-nais,
and preaching.
Pastor Clynton Crisman will
speak at the 9:45 and 11 a.m.
worship hours. Music will be
provided by Mr. Higgins and his
wife, Elaine. Sunday school will
be held at 9:45 and 11 a.m., with
missionary emphasis and offer
ing. Christian Endeavor groups
for grade school, high school
and college young people will
meet at 6:30 p.m.
Early Services Begin
Sunday at St. Luke's
Starting Sunday, June 2, St.
Luke's Methodist church will
hold both church school and
morning worship at .9:30 a.m.
Several weeks ago the members
of the church were asked to
state their preferred time for
the summer services. The 9:30
hour was chosen so that the
families might have more time
together during the warm sum
mer months.
These services will be of an
informal nature so that the fam
ilies can be dressed for the rest
of the days activities. Pastor
John Taylor feels that the dig
nity of the worship service is
not determined by the wearing
apparel of the worshipper.
The congregation is meeting
in Bigham hall at the Jackson
County Fairgrounds on Stewart
ave. until their first building is
erected. .
John Albert Taylor, pastor,
will deliver a biographical ser
mon Sunday morning entitled:
"Charles Reynolds Brown, Chris
tian." Foreign Born Citizens
To Be Subject Sunday
Foreign-born United States
residents will be the subject of
special emphasis at Rogue Valley
Seventh-day Adventist churches,
Saturday, June 1.
Stress will be on providing
Christian literature for those
who retain their mother tongue
in this country.
"While Seventh-day Advent
ists now print Christian litera
ture and books abroad in 42 pub
lishing houses and in 202 differ
ent languages, these publications
are not geared to the newly ar
rived prospective U.S. citizen,"
according to Elder John Trude,
pastor of the Medford church.
The offering, according to the
minister, will be used by three
major Adventist publishing com
panies in the U.S. to create the
new Christian reading material.
Salvation Army to
Hold Bible School
Starting June 10
Pioneering with Christ is the
theme of the coming Salvation
Army Vacation Bible school. It
is to be held June 10 to June 15
from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch
will be served each day.
All Pioneers will meet at the
Salvation Army Hall on the cor
ner of Fourth and Bartlett streets
at 9:30 a.m. June 10. From the
hall they will be transported to
The Salvation Army Shelter on
Crews rd., where special accom
modations have been prepared.
There will be religious train
ing, crafts, and fellowship for
all from 3 to 17 years of age. A
dedication service will be held
for all the teachers and workers,
at 11 a.m., Sunday, June 9.
Picnic Sunday;
Bible School Starts
Bible school will be held for
two weeks starting Monday at 9
a.m. at the Berean Baptist
church, White City. The school
will be held from Monday
through Friday from 9 a.m. until
12 noon daily.
Sunday a potluck picnic will
be held by the church at Tou
Velle park following the worship
service.
Friday, May 31, 1957
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Dave Donaldson
Sacred Music
Program Planned
A program of sacred music
will be presented at the First
Baptist church Wednesday, June
5, by Dave Donaldson, baritone
from Denver, Colo.
Mr. Donaldson was formerly
of Grants Pass where he became
state high jump champion. He
was graduated from Rockmont
college in Denver and from the
Conservative Baptist Theological
seminary there. He has conduct
ed his own radio programs over
Denver radio stations and has re
corded on the Sacred Record
and Miracle Record labels.
Mrs. Donaldson will accompa
ny him. She is a graduate of
Casper Wyoming Junior college
and of Rockmont college. Sne
will play several of her own
hymn arrangements at the pro
gram.
The public is invited sUend.
Christian Church to
Honor Children's Day
Children's Day will be obseved
at the First Christian church
Sunday morning. During the
Bible school hour a program will
be presented by the Primary de
partment under the direction of
Mrs. Howard Gault.
The topic of the sermon which
the Rev. William C. Piper will
give at the morning worship
service will be "The Good
Shepherd." Musical numbers
will include a solo by Mrs. Vera
Selby and an anthem by the
chancel choir. A coffee hour will
follow the morning services.
There will be no youth fellow
ship meetings or worship servic
es Sunday evening because of the
High School Baccalaureate serv
ices. Mr. Piper will attend the grad
uation exercises at Northwest
Christian college in Eugene next
week. He is a trustee of the col
lege. Communion Sunday;
Church Workers Visit
In Medford Church
Eight Sunday school teachers
and workers of the First Presby
terian church, Phoenix, visited
the Sunday school at the Med
ford Presbyterian church last
Sunday at the 11 a.m. service.
Each teacher visited the depart
ment which she worked in 'at
the Phoenix church.
The discussion group met at
the home of Mr. and Rex Nico
demus in Medford last Sunday.
Twenty-four attended the meet
ing when fund raising was dis
cussed. J. O. N Poling led the
de'otion.
Communion will be celebrated
at the 11 a.m. service Sunday.
The high school baccaulaureate
service will be held at 8 p.m. at
the church with the Rev. Ernest
Volkman, pastor, as speaker.
MYF Elects Officers;
Plans Trip to Camp
Mike Pnillips was elected
president of the Junior High
MYF of the First Methodist
church recently.
Other officers elected were
Rome Atkins, vice-president;
Betsy Beck, second-vice-president;
Marilyn Overstreet, secre
tary; and" Mike Higgins, Trea
surer. Chairman elected were
Mary Trobough and Lee Worth,
worship; and Carolin Kent and
Bill Thompson, fellowship.
Friday, June 7, the group go
to Dead Indian Soda Springs
camp. Reservations are neces
sary. One group will leave the
church at 2 p.m. with the second
group leaving at 5 p.m.
Twenty-one sermons of Harry
Emerson Fosdick on contempo
rary Christian problems are
available at the Medford Public
Library. Ask for "What Is Vital
in Religion?"
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Thomas McCamanr, Minister
Groveland Ave. and Oakwood Drive
Church Worship at 9:45 and 11 a.m.
Church School at 9:45
Sermon
"What God Wants You To Be" i
Billy Graham Reviews
New York Crusade.
10,000 Decisions Made
Editor's Note: Billy Graham's New
York Crusade is now in its third week.
Almost 10.0C0 persons have answered
his call this far to make "decisions for
Christ.' more than he had anticipated.
Graham reviews the progress of his
revival in the following story.
By BILLY GRAHAM
Written for United Presi
. New York W The crusade
in New York City has already
surpassed our expectations. We
had prepared and prayed for two
years that the curse of spiritual
indifference might be cracked in
this city, but we were never pre
pared for the floodtide of spiri
tual renewal that we are now
witnessing.
New York has been termed
a city of sophistication and cyni
cism, but we have found a deep
spiritual longing here that is be
yond anything we have ever wit
nessed anywhere in the world.
There were many voices warn
ing that New- York could not
be touched and that people here
would not respond. The people
here are no different from those
in any village or town across
America. Their needs, longings
and desires for peace, joy and
reality are just as intense on
Times Square or in Greenwich
Village as they are in Detroit,
Minneapolis, or Houston. Per
haps their intensity is even
Eighth Commandment
Graham Sermon Topic
By ALBIN KREBS
United Press Correspondent
New York (IP) Billy Gra
ham unleashed an angry attack
on religious slackness Thursday
night and said modern Christians
"rob God" of the financial and
spiritual tithes due him.
"God definitely directed that
'one-tenth shall be mine," the
38-year-old evangelist said in a
sharply-worded sermon on the
commandment, "Thou shalt not
steal."
"Most supposedly good Chris
tians ignore what God said. We
have abandoned the word 'tithe'
for 'offering' in our churches but
the way I look at it, a tithe calls
for a bare minimum of 10 per
cent for God"s work and an of
fering should be more."
Graham delivered his fifteenth
New York Crusade sermon be
fore a near-capacity crowd of
17,500. In the audience were rep
resentatives of Chicagoland
Youth for Christ and 700 persons
from the Boston area who came
here on a special train sponsored
by the New England Fellowship
and other religious groups.
Parade Saturday to
Start Bible School
Jacksonville Students of the
Jacksonville Assembly of God
church will participate in a
parade Saturday, June 1, at 1:30
p.m.
All children from the ages of
4 through 14 may enter the par
ade and should meet at the
church or at the Nuget cafe by
1 p.m. Enteries may include de
corated wagons, bicycles, tri
cycles, doll buggies, scooters, or
other small vehicle or small
pets. Children without entries
will be supplied with head
bands or other items.
A registration booth will be
set up at the church where any
children of the community may
register for the Bible school
which starts Monday, June 3,
at the church at 9 a.m.
Treats will be available for
the children participating in the
parade.
Unitarian Fellowship
To Hold Final Meeting
Sunday in Medford
The Rogue Valley Unitarian
Fellowship will finish the Old
Testament section of their cur
rent series, "Religious Liberals
Examine the Bible," Sunday at 8
p.m.
The meeting will be held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Hatch, 3131 Madrona lane, Med
ford, with Mrs. Helen Ashley
presenting the program. The
study will be on Bible poetry
with emphasis on the Psalms.
This will be the last meeting
of the season by the group. The
date of a mid-summer picnic will
be announced at a later date.
Chrstianity will soon have
powerful voices for "electronic
evangelism" in two of the most
important missionary areas of
the world. Giant radio transmit
ters of 100,000-watts each will
be built in the Near East and in
the Philippines to broadcast to
the Far East. Both projects are
sponsored by the National Coun
cil of Churches.
greater, because millions of peo
ple in New York are tired of
the rush of life. Frustrated and
bewildered by the overwhelming
social ills of a great city, many
feel that they are only a cog in
so much machinery. They have
almost lost their identity. They
are searching, questing and des
perately trying to find the an
swers to life.
One Explanation
During the first two-and-a-half
weeks we have seen nearly 10,
000 people receive Christ into
their hearts. This is by far the
largest response we have ever
seen anywhere in the world.
There is only one plausible ex
planation for this unprecedented
acceptance of Christ there is a
spiritual hunger here that has
astounded even ministers who
have been here for many years.
Secondly, the churches of the
city are probably more united
than at any time in recent his
tory. And, thirdly, Christians
around the world are praying
for us, and their prayers are
being answered.
Those responding to the invi
tation represent a cross-section
of New York's complex life.
Many theatrical and Broadway
names have shown up among
those who have made decisions
for Christ. Many of New York's
top social and business leaders
have attended, and many have
come forward to accept Christ
into their lives. There have been
the cab drivers, machinists, rail
road engineers, dock workers,
accountants, secretaries and un
ion officers who have also made
sincere response to the appeal.
I have a letter here on my
desk from a minister who says
that he has already received
ninety - five decision cards, of
which forty are new people that
want to join his church.
Unchurched Attends
We have had the largest num
ber of unchurched coming to
these meetings of any city we
have ever been to. There are
hundreds in the Garden each
evening who have no clue as
to what Christianity is all about.
Many come out of curiosity and
and stay behind asking Christ
to change their lives.
What we are seeing in New
York can happen in any city
where, Christians couple their
earnest prayers with spiritual
unity and concerted action. In
a sense it is not a miracle it is
the result of observing age-old
spiritual laws. The Bible says:
"If My people, which are called
by My name, shall humble them
selves, and pray, and seek My
face, and turn from their wicked
ways; then will I hear from
Heaven, and will forgive their
sin, and will heal their land."
Christians the world over have
prayed, and God has heard.
Our prayer is that the awak
ening of this great city to a
God-consciousness will set off a
chain reaction that will spread
to all America.
Zion Lutheran Begins
Dual Services Sunday
Zion Lutheran church, corner
of Fourth and Oakdale sts., will
start a dual service schedule be
ginning this Sunday morning.
The early worship service will
start at 8:30 a.m. and will be fol
lowed by the Sunday school ses
sion at 9:45 a.m. The later wor
ship service will begin at 11 a.m.
The holy communion will be
administered at both services as
the church enters the double
service schedule.
Sermon for Sunday will titled,
"Whenever Our Hearts Condemn
U.."
All inteserted persons are in
vited to the services.
PIANIST HONORED
Talent Mrs. A. D. Suksdorf
and family of Talent will be hon
ored at a coffee hour Sunday
evening following the worship
service at the Talent Methodist
church. They are leaving Talent
to make their home in Roseburg.
Mrs. Suksdorf has been pianist
of the Talent Methodist church
for several years.
RETIREMENT
Theresa, N. Y. (IPI Mrs.
Ernest G. Cook retired recently
after 63 years of continuous serv
ice as secretary of the Theresa
Methodist church Sunday school.
She also served for many years
as financial secretary of the
church and treasurer of its world
service fund.
Do you know what your church
stands for? How it is different
from other American churches?
You can find out in "Guide to
the Religions of America" com
piled by Look Magazine, avail
able at the Medford Public
Library.
William C. Piper
Minister
id
Nazarene Church to
Honor Graduates
Sunday at Service
High school graduates will be
honored Sunday at the First
Church of the Nazarene, 520
North Holly st. The minister, the
Rev. R. W. Hurn, will preach a
message for the graduates and
their families. A gift from the
congregation will be presented
each graduate.
Those to be honored from the
Nazarene Sunday school include:
Jerry Anderson, Ronnie Ander
son, Nancy Eck, Sandra Goucher,
Ellen Kay McUne, Wynona Min
ter, Steve Shorey, Ron Warner,
and Phyllis Wright.
Church Leaders
Talk of U.S.
Foreign Aid
By LOUIS CASSELS
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) Church
leaders are taking up the politi
cal action cudgels in an attempt
to save the U. S. foreign aid pro
gram from sharp cuts threatened
in Congress.
They believe that a nation as
wealthy as America has an obli
gation to continue and even ex
pand its economic aid to less-
fortunate countries, and that this j
obligation flows from Christian I
principles on which the church I
has a duty to speak out.
Top officials of the National
Council of Churches feel so
strongly about the moral issues
involved that they are taking un
usual steps to rally public senti
ment in favor of a "strength
ened" economic aid program.
The council's governing board,
representing 30 major orthodox
denominations, has appealed to
400,000 local ministers across the
country to explain the church po
sition to their congregations and
urge members to write their con
gressmen. Offset Mail
Churchmen hope this belated
campaign will offset the heavy
mail that members of Congress
are receiving from constituents
who demand that foreign aid
spending be drastically curtailed
or eliminated.
Dr. Eugene Carson Blake,
president of the national coun
cil, emphasized to a reporter that
churches are not "lobbying" for
any particular foreign aid fig
ure, nor are they committed to
the program recommended by
President Eisenhower.
"We are simply expressing
Christian concera about the bas
ic principles which we believe
our country should follow in its
foreign aid policies," he said.
These principles were spelled
out in a policy statement which
the council's 250-member gov
ernment board adopted unani
mously at its recent meeting at
Williamsburg, Va.
"We believe our nation should
seek ways of being of greater
assistance to our fellowmen
in economically underdeveloped
areas," the church leaders said
Programs of economic and
technical aid, instead of being
cut, should be "strengthened and
expanded to the full extent of
our capabailities," they asserted.
The statement said economic
aid should be extended out of an
unselfish desire to help the less
fortunate raise their living stand
ards, and should be kept entirely
separate from military aid pro
grams designed to bolster our
own security.
It opposed any policy which
would restrict U. S. economic aid
to our allies in the cold war.
' "Our aid," it said, "should be
related primarily to economic
and social need . . . rather than
to immediate political and secur
ity considerations."
Graduates Honored;
Teachers Installed
By Phoenix Church
Phoenix A dinner in honor
of the high school and grade
school graduates of the Church
of the Nazarene, Phoenix, was
held Monday evening at the
church.
Sunday morning during the
Sunday school. hour officers for
the church were installed. Mon
day, June 3, the new Sunday
school church board will meet
to install teachers for the com
ing year and plan the program
for the summer months. The
meeting will be hid at 7:30 p.m.
The daily vacation Bible
school held by the church each
year will start Monday June 17
and continue for two weeks.
The growing shortage of
trained ministers will be empha
sized at service in 4,500 congre
gations of the United Lutheran
church on Sunday, April 28.
The day has been set aside for
calling special attention to "op
portunities for service in church
vocations."
First Christian Church
"The Friendly Church
Welcomes You
TO ALL SERVICES
Bible School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Service 10:50 a.m.
Youth Meeting 6:30 p.m.
Evening Service 7:30 p.m.
9th and Oakdale Medford, Ore.
Polish Red Regime Lets
Primate Visit Vatican
(Editor's note: Charles Ridley was
the United Press Correspondent in
Poland durfnc the "black church"
period In 1950-51. He now is the
UP news editor for Italy and 'covert
the Vatican.)
By CHARLES RIDLEY
United Press Correspondent
Vatican City HP) The pil
grimage to the Vatican of Stefan
Cardinal Wyszynski, primate for
Poland, is significant of 75 mil
lion Roman Catholics suffering
under Communist domination.
It is the first time a primate
has been able to come from a
Communist country to Rome. It
is an indication that the Polish
Red regime failed to bring the
church to heel. It reflects the j
Vatican's faith that in the end
the church will triumph over
Communism everywhere.
But high Vatican sources cau
tion that the situation in Poland
differs from other Iron Curtain
countries and that even in Pol
and the church is officially con
sidered to be under the grip of
"atheistic Communism."
Beginning Of Liberty
Vatican quarters consider the
release of Wyszynski from jail
by the new "independent" Pol
ish Red regime only a "tenuous
beginning of a minimum of relig
ous liberty."
In Hungary, Primate Josef
Cardinal Mindszenty is neutral
ized as a church leader. Afte' a
brief period of freedom at the
start of last October's rebellion,
he took refuge in the U.S. em
bassy, where he remains today.
In Czechoslovakia, Monsignor
Josef Beran, archbishop of Prag
ue remains a prisoner in an un
known location.
In Yugoslovia, Primate Aloy-
sius Cardinal Stepinac, though
freed from prison, is confined
to his native village and cut off
from his flock.
In Romania, the small Catholic
church has been virtually wiped
out.
In all these countries, thous
ands of priests remain jailed or
banished or have been ex
ecuted. Catholic quarters say
13,000 have been ' removed m
these ways behind the Iron Cur
tain.
Seventy-five million of the
church's 450 million adherents
live in Communist - dominated
countries, including Red China
the Baltic states and Eastern
Europe. Of these, more than 25
million are in Poland.
The overwhelming religious
faith of Polish Catholics showed
itself in jampacked churches
and shrines throughout the worst
terror of the Stalin era. But Vati
can sources cite two other reas
ons why in their opinion Poland
stands apart from other Red
dominated lands.
Symbol Of Resistance
1. In Poland's brief spell of
national liberty before World
War II, its regime was more
democratic than some other Eas
tern European states.
2. In Poland's 1,000-year his
tory of oppressors, like Russia
and Prussia, have been bitter
enemies of the church. Thus, the
sources say, the church became
a symbol of resistance to oppres
sion ingrained in the Polish char
acter. Ninety per cent of the
population is Catholic.
For these reasons Pope Pius
XII and the Holy See cling firm
ly to their faith in the Polish
church despite disturbing events
Pastor fo Attend
District Convention
The Rev. Elvin S. Tollefson,
pastor of the Ascension Luther
an church, will attend the Pac
ific District convention of the
EvangeKcan Lutheran churches
in Parkland, Wash. The conven
tion will be held Monday, June
3 through Thursday.
Since the pastor will be out
of town the adult class at the
church that usually meets Mon
day evenings will not be he'd
this week.
Construction Bids on
10-Room Parsonage
Set for Thursday
Bids will be ODened at 4 n.m.
Thursday, June 6, for the con
struction of the parsonage of the
First Methodist church.
The plans for the building
were approved by the members
of the church. The building, esti
mated to cost $28,000, will in
clude four bedrooms, a family
room, and minister's study, on
property that the church pur
chased last year. j
Plans for the buildine were i
drarwn bv thp firm nf .Tamps I.. I
Payne, represented in Medford
by Wayne Struble. '
SO THE PILTDOWN
MAN WAS A HOAX!
For years we were taught that
man was evidence of the missing link. Now
science has proven it all a hoax. Again the Bible is vindi
cated. Hear the unchangeable Word of God in our church
this Sunday.
11:00 -"So You Have Been Promoted"
7:45 - "Are the Children of God's Children Really
God's Children"
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
North Central at Fifth, Medford
which at times made It appear
the heirarchy was going alorfg V. ,
with the Red regime.
Vatican sources say it would
be "premature' fo expect any
solid developments soon on a
new concordant between the Vat
ican and Poland's new indepen
dent Communist regime or es
tablishment of diplomatic re
lations between Warsaw and the
Holy See.
But in the new situation in
Poland and in the very fact that
Wyzsynski can come belatedly
to receive his cardinal's red hat,
Vatican officials see a "glimm
of hope."
Woman Who Can't
Be A Missionary ,
Donates $100,000
By PATRICIA RIEHL
United Press Correspondent
San Antonio. Tex. (in A 73-
year-old teacher who can't reaj-
lze ner amomon to ao mission
ary work has donated $100,000
so that others can go to foreign
lands.
Mrs. Lillian Nelson has lived
all her life without mnst nf
the luxuries many of her friends
take for granted. She has de
voted herself to the Baptist
church.
Mrs. Nelson and her lt.p hus
band. JoseDh Edward Nplson
both taught school. They didn't
buy new cars. They took few
vacations and wore made-over
clothes until the garments be
came baggy and shiny.-
They saved Dart of their small
income and did without things.
After years of skimpy living,
they saved up $5,000 and invest
ed it in steel company stocks.
ine school-teaching couple
built the investment into t fu
ture. But they never used it fr
themselves. Mrs. Nelson's small
home .here is simple and func
tional, with throw rugs rathw
than wall-to-wall carpeting.
This unselfish woman APa
born in Goldwaite, a small towm
in southwestern Texas. She fink
learned about missions at Jha
family altar on their farm.
Her father, Washington
ette Martin, was a captain a
the Confederate armv an4 wortv
eralor of the Mills County Bjrj
tist Association for 20 years.
'Dad delighted in ettin us
all around him to read tha
Scriptures," she recalled, "a
didn't have any money the
cotton was five cents a nnund
but tithing and foreign mis
sions were entrencnea i our
memories.
"We had some cattle ant cm
hogs and sheep. We always fcnt
the Lord would get the fittest
yearling or the best ltmb." "
Gardens and Saws
The driving energy Mr. Kel
son always has had still mirRs
her everyday life. She tetchqi
Sunday school, tutors cellege
students working on Master's de
grees, works in dozen civic
clubs, helps edit t small jclub
paper and does creative Writing
... all at the age of 73.
In what she lightly calls her
spare time, she putters in the
garden, does interior decorat
ing, ceramic work and painting,
raises goldfish, sews, reads and
cooks.
The $100,000 Mrs. Nelson
gave to Texas Baptists is in
stocks. She transferred the
stocks last March to the Baptist
Foundation of Texas. In ex
change, she received a gift an
nuity which assures her of an
annual income the rest of her
life.
"If I can't personally go to
the foreign mission fiplii." she
said, "it is my 'duty to pake
provisions lor those who can
go."
When she siened the annuity
papers, Mrs. Nelson said:
Who knows what things this
gift may make possible? Maybe
some day in Heaven a little boy
will come up to me and say.
You made it possible for me
to be here.' "
UNITY
TRUTH CENTER
Sunday Devotional Service and
Sunday School for Children 1 1 a.m.
Regular Center Activities:
Thursday Midweek Service .30
p.m., Friday morning Study Class
I I a.m.
All Classes, Activities and Sunday
Services now held at the
HOLLY PUILDING
Katherine Bosworth, Leader
the Piltdown