BIX 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.