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Newspaper Page TextBIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Church IBaDance Sheets Show 957 Assets and Liabilities r r LOUIS CASSELS 'UalUA Prss Correspondent 11 ehurches- drew up a year-i (fad fclnce sheet on religion in I Amenta, they could report im-! $ressitf growth in assets during I 1J3T. i Records were set in virtually very field of religious activity that is subject to statistical measurement. But the statement of condition would also show formidable lia bilities. There are still many areas of U. S. life in which church leaders find it difficult to detect any evidence of a genuine religious revival. On the credit side of the state ments would be such facts as these: Church membership soared past the 100 million mark and Presbyterians Tell Topics For Sunday Sermons Central Point Dr. Norman K. Tully, pastor, First Presby terian church, Central Point, will speak on "Hitherto Hath the Lord Helped Us," at the 9:45 ajn. service Sunday. Starting Sunday, Jan. 5, the church worship service at the Central Point church will change to 11 a.m. with the church school meeting at 9:45 a.m. Phoenix The Rev. John O Reynolds, assistant pastor, Med ford First Presbyterian church, will speak at the 11 a.m. worship service Sunday at First Presby terian church, Phoenix. Commu nion will be observed at the service. Sunday, Jan. 12, a covered Ash dinner and congregational meeting for the election of offi cers will be held at the church. A large crowd was reported at the Sunday school annual Christ mas program last Sunday. In cluded in the program was the introduction of teachers and jobs that had been done by various committees. Each department of the Sun day school presented a part of the program. The Christmas tree was decorated by the Westmin ster fellowship group and was donated to the church by Ed Caldwell. At the close of the pro gram treats were given to each child by Santa Claus. Ashland "The Essence of Christianity" will be the topic Sunday at both the 9:45 and 11 jj.m. services at First Presbyteri fjji church, Ashland. tfedford Dr. D. Kirkland West will preach on "Present Tense Future Perfect" at both the 9:45 and 11 a.m. worship services Sunday at First Presby terian church, Medford. Tuesday a Watch night pro gram will be held at the church starting at 9:30 p.m. During the first hour films will be shown during a social hour followed by refreshments. From 11 until midnight the service will be held including the serving of commu nion. Jacksonville "Toward the Sunrising" will be the sermon by the Rev. Robert T. Bridge Sunday at First Presbyterian church, Jacksonville, at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28 at 6:30 p.m. th church fellowship potluck per will be held at the church. Medford Adventisfs fled Church Officers Hedford Seventh-day Adven tist church officers elected re cently to serve the church for the year of 1958 include: F. V. Cook, F. E. Beverly, Dr. Ber nard Thompson, Forrest Bigger, and Eli Davis, elders; Mrs. Ken neth Kamberg, clerk, and Gil bert Buck, treasurer. Roy F. Martin, Robert J. Gregg. Dr. A. E. Merkel, Ken jieth W. Kamberg, Don Amund 0 son. Dr. Virgil Mohr. C. R. Helms, and Merlin L. Dewey, will serve as deacons, with Mrs. Roy Martin, Mrs. F. E. Beverly, Mrs. B. F. Blank, Mrs. Delbert Hill, Mrs. Keith Bristlin, Mrs. Ross Painter, Mrs. Malcolm Mc Carty, Mrs. Louis Corwin, and Mrs. Clyde Melvin, as deacon esses. Other church offices will be held by Curtis Beverly, Keith Bristlin, Clarence Hayward, El bert Davis, James Woods," and Malcolm McCarty, ushers; Louis Corwin, missionary leader; Mrs. Frank Archer, and Mrs. S. C. Lindgren, missionary secretar ies; L. J. Yost, and James Kemp ster, choir directors and Mrs. Harold Yost and Mrs. Frank Archer, organists. GUEST SPEAKER Elder W. E. Atkin, guest speaker at the 11 a.m. worship hour in the Medford Seventh-day Adventist church Saturday will continue tne tnnsiu. theme as he tells a story of American travelers in the Holy j Land. continued to grow at a rate of 3 per cent a year nearly double the rate of population increase . . . Sunday school enrollment hit an all-time high of more than 40 million. Building Boom Spending on church construc tion climbed to 870-million dol lars, an increase of 95-million dollars over 1956 . . . more than 3,000 new congregations came into being. Contributions to religious bod ies totalled about S3,500,000,000, an increase of nearly 7 per cent over last year . . . the number of missionaries in foreign service rose to 22,680 twice as many as U.S. churches sent abroad twenty years ago . . . the bible dwarfed all other best-sellers, with esti mated sales of 8-million copies. On the debit side, church lead ers might record another array of statistics which are hard to square with the picture of a na tion on its knees: Americans spent three times as much on alcoholic beverages as they gave to their churches . . . the number of alcoholics, like the number of church members, reached an all-time high of 5 million. Narcotics addiction, the na tional divorce rate, the highway death toll and juvenile delin quency arrests rose to record lev els along with Sunday school en rollment. Facts Are Baffling Parnographic literature flood ed the country . . . and a scandal sheet racked up the largest new stand sales of any magazine. At first glance, the balance sheet may seem completely baf Methodists To Hold Dedication Service Dr. Raymond E. Balcomb, minister of the First Methodist church, Corvallis, former min ister of the First Methodist churcb, Medford, will preach at both the 9:30 and 11 a.m. services at the First Metho dist church Sunday. His sub ject will be "The Lens that Jesus Ground". Dedication service of the Jo anne Balcomb Memorial win dow will be conducted at the close of the 11 a.m. service with Dr. George G. Roseberry, minister, presiding. The monthly fellowship pot luck dinner of the First Metho dist church will be held at 12:30 following the dedication service. Walter M. Higgins will be in charge of the brief pro gram. The Raymond E. Bal comb family will be guests of honor at the dinner. The Fellowship dinners are an outgrowth of the "Opera tion Fellowship" which was designed to increase the fellow ship within the church and to help members become better acquainted. Church Officers To Be Installed At the 11 a.m. service St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran church, 1020 East Main st., nthe new church officers and mem bers of the church council will be installed, according to the pastor, the Rev. Kenneth Korby. The following officers were elected at the last quarterly meeting: Homer Pleyer, chair man; Stanley Snook, secretary; Ed Guetzlaff, financial secretary; Walt Kingman, treasurer; Al Danielson and Myron Glade, trustees; Ernest Mallams'and Er hard Blind, Board of Education; and Joe Jarvis, elder. The pastor of the church will preach on "God's Ungrudging Gift..' Recently other elections were held by groups in the congrega tion. For the Christian Fellow ship group Stanley Snook was elected president, Eugene Gem aehlich, vice-president, and Mar garet Bertram, secretary-treasurer. The results of the Ladies Aid elections are as follows: Marg aret Bertram, president; Ruth Jarvis, vice-president; Iris Hunte m a n n, secretary; Gwendolyn Snook, treasurer. The chair women of the guilds have not yet been elected. GUEST SPEAKER The Rev. James Reb will be guest speaker at the 11 a.m. wor ship service Sunday at Bethel Assembly of God, 1729 North Riverside ave. He will also speak at the 7 p.m. evangelistic serv ice Sunday. OLD POTTERY St. Paul (IP) A chunk of pot tery, first molded by Indians over 4,000 years ago, may be the oldest of its kind ever found in the United States. Researchers for the St. Paul Science Museum discovered the handful of pottery on Grey Cloud Island in the Mississippi River below St. Paul during recent excavations. ZION SERMON "Life's Routine" will be the sermon Sunday at 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran church, ULCA, Fourth and Oakdale ave., by the Rev. G. Herbert HiUerman. Friday. December 27. 1957 fling. On one side is clear evi dence of a strong and growing public interest in religion. On the other, the symptoms of a sick and immoral society. Many clergymen believe this paradox simply demonstrates that Americans are responding in two radically different ways to the experience of living in an era when the shadow of the H bomb and the intercontinental missile hangs over every tomor row. Some people are turning to re ligion to find a meaning for life which transcends the anxieties of an uncertain earthy existence. Others are seeking escape from the same anxieties in the age old philosophy of "eat, drink and be merry." Oregon-California Baptist Youth Unite For Service i A meeting of the Conserva tive Baptist youth of southern Oregon and northern California will be held New Year's Eve and New Year's Day at the First Baptist church. On Dec. 31, the young people will attend a banquet and watch night service in the church. The following day there will be a skating party, followed by lun cheon and a devotional period, at the First Baptist church, Ash land. The arrangements for the youth meet are being made by Miss Alpha McMahon. The dec orations, based on the theme, "Winter Wonderland,1 are being planned by Miss Leone McPher son. The adults of the church will have their watch night service on New Year's Eve, beginning at 10:45 p.m. Three members of the board of deacons, Kenneth Raymond, John Roelfs, and John Luttrell, will bring short talks on the past, present, and future work of the church. The last moments of the old year and the first moments of the new year will be spent in prayer. Sunday the Rev. James Neely will direct the morning worship hour. His subject will be, "Re doubled Effort Cannot Replace Forgotten Aims." At 6:30 p.m. the youth of the church will see a film, "The Great Light." At 7:45 p.m., a baptismal service will be held in cooperation with the Berean Baptist church, at White City. The Rev. Haddon Robsinson will bring the eve ning message. Watch Night Service Planned The Medford First Church of the Nazarene will be among the 4,500 congregations of the inter national Protestant church that will pray at special Watch Night services on Tuesday, Dec. 31, opening the denomination's gol den anniversary year. The First Church of the Naza rene located at 520 North Holly st., will observe communion at a special service to begin at 11 p.m. The moments preceding mid night will be spent in prayer around the church altar. Featured in the service will be brief talks by three laymen. There will be speeches concern ing the heritage, the achieve ments, and the vision for the church. A roll call of depart ments will be taken of presi dents and supervisors with rep resentatives from each of the de partments responding. At mid night, the burning of "the fail ures" will take place when the failures of 1957 and resolutions of 1958, previously written, on slips of paper, will be burned as the congregation prays. Included in the service will be a brief memorial for church members who have died. Mr. and Mrs. Bresee Honored At Farewell Party Held in Ashland Members of Valley View and Ashland Seventh-day Adventist churches met Dec. 15 held a fare well social for Pastor and Mrs. Floyd Bresee, who left last week for Grants Pass. The event was held in the Ashland Women's Civic club hall. During October Mr. Bresee entered full time evangelism for the Oregon Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. He had served as pastor of the Ashland and Valley View churches for the past 13 months. From Oct. 6 until Dec. 8 he held an evan gelistic series in the new Adven tist church in Ashland. The ser ies was concluded by a baptism on Dec. 13 at which time the baptistry in the new church was used for th? first time. Mr. Bresee will conduct anoth er series in Grants Pass after the first of the year. SERMON TOPIC "Christian Science" will be the subject of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, sermon at 11 a.m. Sunday. The public is in vited to attend all services. Week Services Told For First Christian "The Open Door" will be the sermon subject of the Rev. Wil liam C. Piper at the morning service at the First Christian church. This sermon is in pre paration for the "universal week of prayer, Jan. 5 to 12 and also the observance of family month during the month of January. Special music at the morning service will be by a mixed quart et composed of Mrs. Ralph Mat lack, Mrs. Robert Reeves, Neal Curry, and Marme Olson. A coffee hour will follow in Fel lowship hall. In the evening Mr. Piper will preach on the subject "Many Things that are Indestructible." The Christian Youth fellow ship will have a New Year's Eve party in Fellowship hall Tues day evening beginning at 8:30. College students home from the holidays will be special guests. Saturday evening the Chi Rho Fellowship will hold a party in Fellowship hall starting at 7:30. "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. John 14:27. APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH North Central ave. at Third st. Loyce Carver, pastor Sunday: 8:15 a.m. Radio broadcast KMED 9:30 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. Morning worship 3 p.m.Young peoples meeting 7:50 p.m. Evangelistic service Tuesday: 8-12 midnight Watch night service Friday: 8 p.m. Evangelistic service BETHEL ASSEMBLY OF GOD 1729 North Riverside L. D Krause, pastor Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. Worship service 6 p.m. C. A. Youth service 7 p.m. Evangelistic service, CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST 608 North Central ave. Dexter Williams, minister Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. Morning worship 6:30 pjn. Study classes and youth meeting 7:15 p.m. Evangelistic services CHURCH OF CHRIST 1056 Court Street Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Radio program, i.MED 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Worship services. Wednesday: 7:30 pjn. Services CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (United Church of Christ) 300 Oakwood dr. (1 block south of East Main on Grove land ave.) Thomas McCamant, minister Sunday: 9:45 and 11 .m. Sunday school 9:45 and 11 a.m. Church worship 7 p.m. Pilgrim fellowship FAITH ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1329 Saling ave. Fred Lee. Minister Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. Worship hour Wednesday: 7 p.m. Prayer meeting FIRST METHODIST CHURCH West Main at Laurel sis. George G. Roseberry, George Tro bough, ministers Sunday: 9 :30 a.m. C h u r c h school, four adult classes. 9:30 and 11 a.m. Morning worship 11 a.m. Senior and Junior high church school, kindergarten, nursery. primary church 5:30 pjn. Junior Hi MYF 7:30 p.m. Senior Hi MYF Tuesday: 8:30 p.m. Senior MYF party and watch night service Thursday: 7 p.m. Youth choir rehearsal 8 p.m Chancel choir rehearsal FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (Conservative) North Central at Fifth James W. Neely, pastor; Haddon Rob inson, assistant Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school 11 ajn. Morning worship with ser mon. 6:30 p.m. Baptist youth leagues r 6:30 p.m. Adult Bible study 7:45 p.m. Evening service Tuesday: 10:45 p.m. Watch night service FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Ninth at Oakdale William C. Piper, minister Sunday: 9 :45 a m. Sunday school 10:50 a.m. Morning worship 6:30 pjn. Christian youth fellow ship and Chi Rho fellowship 7:30 p.m. Evening worship service Monday: 7 p.m. Boy Scouts Tuesday: 8:30 p.m. Christian youth fellow ship party Wednesday: 7:30 pjn. Choir rehearsal Saturday: 7:30 pjn. Chi Rho fellowship party FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 520 North Holly st Raymond Hum, pastor Sunday: - 9 a.m. "Gospel Hour" KMED 9:45 a.m. Sunday school . 10:50 a.m. Morning worship Tuesday: 6 p.m. Youth groups 7 p.m. Evening worship 11 p.m. Watchnight service FIRST CHURCH OF CHK1ST. SCIENTIST 100 Windsor ave. (1 block south of East Main St.) Sunday: 11 a jn. Church service 11 a.m. Sunday school, nursery available Sunday and Wednesdays. Wednesday: 8 pjn. Testimonials of healing Reading room 228 West Sixth St., 10 a m. to 5 p.m. Daily (except Sun days and holidays) FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Eighth and Holly sts. D. Kirkland West, pastor John O. Reynolds, assistant Sunday: 9:45 and 11 a.m. Church school 9:45 and 11 ajn. Worship service Tuesday: 9:30 p.m.-midnight Watch night service Thursday: 7:30 p.m. Chancel choir rehearsal FREE METHODIC- CHURCH 1294 South Peach St. J. M Root, pastor Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. Worship service, 6:30 p.m. Family hour 7:15 p.m. Evangelistic service Tuesday : 8 pjn. Watch night service Central Point Church Plans Watch Night Service for Tuesday Central Point A Watch night service will be held at the Com munity Bible church, Central Point, for members and friends of the church. The evening activities will be divided into three periods. From 9 until 10 a devotional hour will be held with a message by the pastor, the Rev. Paul O. Kroon. During 10 until 11 a social hour will be held with refreshments served in Fellowship hall which will be followed, by an hour of testimony and prayer. CENTRAL POINT SERMONS Central Point "The Greatest Business in the World and the Labor Shortage" will be the worship service topic at Church of Christ, Central Point, Sunday at 10:45 a.m. The Rev. Mr. Jean M. Shelley will speak. "He Com forteth You" will be the topic for the 7:30 p.m. evangelistic service. MEDFORD CHURCH DIRECTORY MT. PITT AVENUE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1332 Mt. Pitt ave. Dwayne Bachelor, pastor Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school 10:50 a.m. Worship service 6 p m. Youth service 7 p.m. Evening service PILGRIM HOLINESS CHURCH East Jackson and Bessie sts. Sherman Moore, pastor Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. Morning worship 6:30 p.m. Young peoples service 7:30 p.m. Evangelistic service Tuesday: 10 p.m. Watch, night service SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH 326 South Oakdale ave. Priests: Fr. Carl Mai, Fr. John A. Ilg, Fr. William McLeod Sunday: 6, 7. 8:30, 10 & 11:30 a.m. Mass. 7:30 p.m. Rosary and benediction Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help- Devotions Saturday: 4-5:30 & 7:30-9 p.m. Confession Daily: 8 ajn. Mass SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH Corner Edwards and Beatty sts. John Trude. pastor Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Sabbath school 11 a.m. Worship hour Wednesday: 10 a.m. Senior dorcas 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting ST PETER EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (Missouri Synod) 1020 East Main st. Kenneth F. Korby, pastor Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and Bible study 11 a.m. Worship with sermon and holy communion Monday: 8 p.m. Adult instruction class Wednesday: 10 a.m. New Year's day service with sermon and holy communion Thursday: 8 p.m. Adult instruction class Friday: 7:30 p.m. Christian fellowship meeting Saturday: 9, 10. 11. 11:50 a.m. Children's catechumen classes 10 a.m. Cherub and junior choirs ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL Fifth St. and North Oakdale ave. George R. V. Bolster, rector Sunday: 8 a.m. Holy communion 9:30 a.m. Church school family service 9:30 & 11:45 a.m. Nursery school 11 a.m. Morning prayer with sermon 12:30 p.m. Coffee hour Friday: 11 a.m. Holy communion THE AQUARIAN HALL OF TRUTH 435 North Holly St. Miss Alice Cook and Miss Flora Hara, pastors Sunday: 8 pjn. Worship service UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP (Second and Fourth Wednesdays) Room 2. 229 North Bartlett St. (For information MUrdock 2-7927) Saturday: 8 p.m. Holiday party, Kreisman home. 111 Bush St., Ashland VALLEY VIEW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST South Stage rd. C. E. Wimer, pastor Saturday: 10 a.m. Sabbath school 11:30 a.m. Worship hour Wednesday: 7 p.m. Teachers' meeting 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting WEST MAIN CHURCH OF CHRIST 1701 West Main st. Rosse V. Long, minister Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Bible classes 10:45 a.m. Morning worship 6:30 p.m. Evening worship Wednesday: 7 p.m. Midweek Bible study Thursday: 1:30 p.m. Ladies Bible class ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH, ULCA Fourth and Oakdale G. Herbert Hilierman, pastor Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. WorshiD service Monday: 7:30 p.m. Special church council meeting Thursday: 7:30 p.m. Regular church council meeting Saturday: 9 a.m. Second year catechetical class 10:15 ajn. First year catechetical class CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH United Church of Christ Groveland Ave. and Oakwood Drive . Church Worship at 9:45 and 11 a.m. Church School at 9:45 and 11 a.m. SERMON: "The Hopes and Fears of All the Years' Adventist Youth Give Two Gifts at Service Kindergarteners in the Med ford Seventh - day Adventist church remembered the Christ whose birth is celebrated around the world at this season, by pre senting Him with two gifts dur ing the Sabbath school hour last Saturday. At the beginning of the ses sion they placed a special cash offering in colored bags resem bling Christmas ornaments on a small tree in their division room to be added to that taken throughout all divisions of the Sabbath school for the building of the first Seventh-day Adven tist chapel in Greenland. After the money ws removed they made their second gift. As they sang, "Take All of My Heart," each child placed a red paper heart, centered with a picture of Christ, on the tree signifying his desire to have Christ in his heart, and to give that heart completely to Him. COUNTY CHURCHES ASHLAND FAITH TABERNACLE Highway 99, South of Ashland ( Nondenominational ) Leo. C. White, pastor Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. Morning worship 7 p.m. Evangelistic services Tuesday and Friday: 750 p.m. Midweek services FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH North Main and Helman sts. B. J. Holland, minister Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school 9:45 and 11 a.m. Morning worship 5:30 Senior Hi WF, at church CENTRAL POINT CHURCH OF CHRIST Third and Oak sts. Mr. Jean M. Shelley, minister Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school 10:45 a.m. Worship service 10:45 a.m. Junior church worship 6:30 p.m. Junior Junior High and Senior vouth meetines 7:30 p.m. Evening evangelistic service Wednesday: 730 p m . Midweek service COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH Paul O. Kroon, pastor Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. WorshiD service 6:30 p.m. Prayer pals, junior and senior young people, Dasic juioie stu dies, ore-service Drayer meeting 7:30 p.m. Evening evangelistic service Monday: 7:30 p.m. Men's prayer meeting Tuesdav : 9-midnight Watch night service and social hour FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Dr. Norman Tully, pastor Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Church worship 11:50 a.m. Church school 7 p.m. Young people's hour JACKSONVILLE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Robert Bridge, pastor Sunday: 9:45 a.m Sunday school 11 ajn. Worship service ST. Fr. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH William McLeod Sunday: 9 ajn. Mass EAGLE POINT SEVENTH-DAT ADVENTIST Grange hall . John Trude, pastor Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Sabbath school 11 a.m. Morning worship, Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting, home of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Pittsley TALENT WAGNER CREEK MISSIONARY BAPTIST Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday school 7 p.m. Bible study 8 p.m. Singing service Thursday: 7 pjn. Prayer meeting PHOENIX FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Second and Church sts. Sunday: 10 a.m. Church school 11 a.m. Worship, communion serv ice, the Rev. John O. Reynolds, speaker. 7 p.m. Westminster fellowship Wednesday: 9:30 ajn. Bible study and prayer hour SHADY COVE . OUR LADY OF FATIMA CATHOLIC CHURCH Sunday: 11 ajn. Mass RURAL CHURCHES ROGUE VALLEY SPIRITUALIST CHURCH Route 1. Box 161. Gold Hill M. M. Kruse. DJ3. Sunday: 8 p.m. Service SAMS VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH (Interdenominational) Dick Merriman, pastor Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. Worship Wednesday: 8 p.m. Praye-- and Bible study Nazarenes To Hold Annual Service Of Old Things Pioneer members of the Naz arene church will be honored in the annual service, Dec. 29, dedi cated to the past. Special recog nition will be given to the oldest members and the oldest Chris tian present. A large display of old things will be available for the pub lic's inspection. Among the ar ticles of religious interest is a complete set of the official church manuals. Members and friends are urged to bring any thing old of religious signifi cance, such as Bibles, hymn books, and art objects. The congregational s in g i n g will feature the old Christian hymns. Members of the congre gation have been voting the past two weeks for their favorite. A choir of persons 60 years of age or older will be singing a special song under the direction of W. Lee Mansveld, minister of music. -The public is invited to participate in this annual service by bringing items for the dis play and attending the special services. Grange Notes Central Point Grange A Christmas party was given for members of the Central Point Grange and their invited guests last Friday night. A potluck dinner with turkey furnished by the Home Ec. ladies was served at 7 p.m. Mrs. Mar shall Weidman and Mrs. Herald Gebhard were in charge of the serving. Following dinner the group enjoyed a trip thru the Holy Land with Dr. Bert Elliott show ing the slides and Mrs. Elliott telling the story of the Christ child, including all the different events as they tied in with the pictures taken by the Elliotts when they visited the land where Christmas began. Two Christmas carrolls were sung by Mrs. Effie Kurtz. Mrs. Arnold Bohnert who was in charge of the group singing, divided the members into two groups, one at each end of the hall, the lights were turned out, and carrolls were sung by flash light, as each group serevened the other. Santa then entered and each one received a bag of candy and nuts. Square dancing followed. The display table held Christ mas decorations. The Juvenile Grange held a short business meeting before the program began. Roxy Ann Grange . Roxy Ann Grange met In reg ular session Dec. 20. Opening time was delayed due to the pro gram at Lone Pine School. .. Roscoe Roberts reported in surance rates are the same and no raise in sight. Frances Moffatt said there are mice in orchards in the valley. Orie Moore reported there is little man can do to stop the mice with poison or traps. Left alone nature kills them with dis ease. Mrs. Stevie McMahan, who has been living in California the last two years told us how they conduct meeings in Calif ornia. She attends a fisherman's grange and they have had trouble with Japanese tuna sell ing lower than American fish ermen can. Charlie Hoover and Mrs. Ho over, also Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bit terling were visitors from Eagle Point. They came to tell us of the project they have started to reactivate Camp White hospital. They announced there are eight buildings in perfect shape just waiting to be used. They each gave a short talk on the subject. Hoover said they would like to have 400 beds. Roxy Ann approved a motion to help reactivate Camp White hospital. May Dalton reported Laura Whitcher is ill and Mr. Rushton is improving. R. J. Ritchey thanked officers for support while he and Iris were assistant and lady assistant stewards. Willetta Sims reported 53 were at the HEC party Wednes day Dec. 18. There will be no HEC meeting Jan. 1. Next meet ing will be Jan 15. The next Grange meeting Jan. 3 will be the birthday party. Those having birthdays in the last six months of the year are to bring cakes and serve. All the new officers werevin stalled at Eagle Point last Sun day. Potluck refreshments were served. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dal ton, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hall, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pfn ister helped with the serving. There will be a New Years William C. Piper Minister Stassen Pressing For New Proposals On Disarmament Washington OPl Presiden tial disarmament adviser Harold E. Stassen is pressing the ad ministration to make new dis armament proposals to Russia, informed sources said today. Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles, on the other hand, is reported skeptical about the likelihood of reaching an accept able agreement with Russia in the near future. Thorough Review Seen Officials predicted that the apparent disagreement will get a thorough review early next month by President Eisenhower and the National Security coun cil. The outcome may determine whether the U.S. makes a seri ous effort to open new disarm ament negotiations. The ' U.S., Russia, Britain, France and Canada, all members of the old UN Disarmament sub committee, tried without suc cess last summer to negotiate an agreement in London. The So v i e t s rejected comprehensive NATO - supported western pro posals for ending the arms race. New Efforts Suggested At the recent Paris confer ence, the 15 NATO partners sug gested new efforts to break the deadlock either through the ex panded UN Disarmament com mission, now a 25-member body, or a foreign ministers' meeting. The Russians have rejected both those ideas and countered with a proposal for special UN assembly or a big international conference on disarmament. U.S. officials rejected both of these Moscow suggestions. Stassen, like some Western European leaders, is understood to feel the stakes are so high that the U.S. must neyer give up an active search for a fool proof disarmament pact. Portland Gels 15th Straight Day of Rain By UNITED PRESS It rained for the 15th straight day in Portland today and the weather man said above-normal precipitation was in store for Oregon for the rest of the year. Another storm, milder than the damaging Christmas blow,, hit the state this morning. A new storm was due Saturday with heavier rain and stronger winds than today's. The five-day outlook called for rainfall totaling from 1V4 to 3 inches in western Oregon with heavier amounts along the coast. Snow is expected to fall east of the mountains with the total precipitation from M to Vi inch. Southeast storm warnings con tinued to fly off the coast. Little change was expected In the next day or two in Portland district streams. The Willamette was down .1 of a foot at Cor vallis this morning but was up .6 of a foot at Albany. It was still about six feet under flood stage. The Santiam at Jefferson was 11.8 feet today, 1.2 feet under flood stage. Dallas Integration Delayed by Court New Orleans (IP) The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today, that the public schools of Dallas need not inte grate in January, as a U.S. dis trict judge in Dallas had or dered. A ruling came at the request of the Dallas School board which contended District Judge William T. Atwell went beyond his authority when he issued an integration order this year. The appeals court said the Dallas School board is still un der orders to end racial segre gation "with all deliberated speed." But Judge Atwell's mid term deadline was overruled and no new deadline was set. party at the Grange Dec. 31, at 8 p.m. There will be cars, tianc ing, games and fun for all. Pot luck refreshments. All grangers and their friends are invited. UNITY CENTER of Medford Affiliated with Unity School of Christianity, Lee's Summit, Mo. Sunday Devotional Service Pythian hall, 11 a.m No weekly classes the weeks of Christmas and New Years Center Open Daily 10 a.m. till 4 pjn. Monday thru Friday HOLLY BUILDING Katherine Bosworth, Leader Office SP 2-6902. Res. TA 6-2098 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.