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Friday, January 3, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN onsiruction omd Stories Also on Property Purchases and Guest Speakers BY PEG HUTCHINSON Mail Tribune Church Editor Church construction and new ministers in the valley CENTRAL POINT CHURCH OF CHRIST Third and Oak iti. Mr. Jean M. Shelley, minister Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school 10:45 a.m. Worship servic 10:45 a.m. Junior church wor ship 6 :30 p m. Junior. Junior High and Senior youth meetings 7:30 p.m. Evening evangelistic service Wednesday: 7:30 p m. Midweek service COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH Paul O. Kroon, pastor Sunday: 9:45 a m. Sunday school 11 a.m. Worship service 6:30 p m. Prayer pals, junior and senior yovng people. Basic Bible studies, pre-service prayer meetine 7:30 p.m. Evening evangelistic service Monday: 7:30 p m. Men's prayer meeting Wednesday: 7 p m. Choir practice 8 p m. Bible study and prayer Thursday : 7:30 p m. Teacher training class EAGLE POINT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST Grange hall John Trude, pastor Saturday: 9 10 a m. Sabbath school 11 a.m. Morning worship, Clif ford Turney, speaker Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting home OI Mr. and Mrs. timer .sieue JACKSONVILLE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Robert Bridge, pastor Sunday: 9:45 a m Sunday school 11 a.m. Worship service ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH Fr. William McLeod Sunday: 9 a.m. Mass PHOENIX CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 301 Third St. Martin M. Lumbly, pastor Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. Monday worship 6:30 p.m. NYPS 7 pm. Evening worship Monday: 7 p.m. Young groups skating party. Wednesday : 7 p.m. Prayer m.eting FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Second and Church sts. Sunday: 10 a.m. Church school 11 a.m. Worship service 12 noon Coffee hour 7 p.m. Westminster fellowship Wednesday: 9:30 a.m. Bible study and pray er hour SHADY COVE OUR LADY OF FATIMA CATHOLIC CHURCH Sunday: 11 a.m. Mass ST. MARTIN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH (School gvmnasium) W. B. MacHenry. vicor Sunday: 9 a.m. Morning worship and sermon 9:30 a.m. Church school TALENT FIRST METHODIST CHURCH First and Wagner Miss Alice May Woolley, pastor Sunday: . , 9:45 a.m. Sunday school ii m Wnrshio service k. n.m. Junior and Senior nn-p 7:30 p.m. Evening worship service Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting Friday: 6:45 p.m. Fellowship supper WAGNER BAPTIST CREEK MISSIONARY Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday school 7 p.m. Bible study 8 p.m. Singing service Thursday: 7 p.m. Prayer meeting RURAL CHURCHES CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL W. B. MacHenry. vicar Prospect Sunday: in a m fTtiiirrh school 11:15 a.m. Holy communion and service 6 p.m. Episcopal youth of Ore gon COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH Butte Falls Howard Simmonds, pastor Sunday: 9:50 a.m. Sunday school 11 a m. Morning worship 7 p.m. Evening worship 7 p m. Bible study and prayer Wednesday: 3 p.m. Good news club 6:30 p.m. Young people Thursday: 7:30 p.m. Choir practice GRIFFIN CREEK UNION SUNDAY SCHOOL (Non-denominational) Griffin Creek Grange Tyley O. Evans, pastor Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. Annual business meet ing 7 p.m. Bibleletics and Bible study at Bovd Lawton's, route 1, box 398B. Medford. Wednesday: 7 pjn. Bible study and prayer time ROGUE VALLEY SPIRITUALIST CHURCH Route 1. Box 161. Gold Hill M. M. Kruse. D-D. Sunday: 8 p.m. Service SAMS VALLEY GOSPEL CHURCH (Interdenominational) Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. Morning worship, Floyd Pollock, speaker 7:30 p.m. Regular service, D. E. Young, speaker Thursday: 7 JO p-in. Bible study and pray er . ... . continue to be top stories in the church news department during 1957. Twelve new ministers as sumed duties here during the 6 'I,-'" tiffit n.r lr'iitiW . .Father Carl Mai' year while nine transferred to churches outside of the valley. Several building projects were completed during the year while others are still in the process 'of being built or are still in the blueprint stage, according to a poll conducted of many of the local churches. During the year Ascension Lutheran church was official ly organized and completed a $45,000 unit of a proposed church building. New church in Medford was the Open Bible Standard church which originally held services in the Moose hall and now have a parsonage and a partially completed church building on Table Rock rd. St. Luke's Methodist church held groundbreaking cere monies during September for their building, while the Ash land Methodists completed Wesley house on Southern Oregon collep campus for college students. First Meth odists in Medford completed their new parsonage and ad ded - two memorial stained glass windows to their sanctu ary. Youth Directors Two youth directors were added to church staffs here Miss Eleanor Bower arrived at First Christian church while Miss Lucille Rieben as sumed duties at First Pres byterian church. Also high on the list for major stories was the pur chase of property for future church sites by four churches Among those purchasing property for future church construction were the Med ford Seventh-day Adventists, First Christian church, and the First Church of God. Med ford Community church mov ed from their building on South Central ave. to West Main st. at Orange ave. Several churches added new auditoriums to their pre sent buildines. They included Central Point Church ofl Christ, Ashland Seventh-day Adventists, and Phoenix First Baptist. Remodeling was com pleted by Butte Falls Com munity Bible church and First Church of the Nazarene. Last year saw the Protest ant churches combine to pro mote the use and understand ing of the Bible by two days of Bible emphasis workshops and speakers. Keynoter for the conference was Dr. Eug ene Carson Blake, then pres ident of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Klom haus, Rogue River, members of St. Peter Evangelical Luth eran church, left the valley during May to assume duties as medical missionaries in New Guinea. Here is a month-by-month summary of church news. selected from cnurcn new stories appearing in The Mail Tribune: JANUARY Eastwood Baptist church re- receives silver plaque for out standing recognition for the work of its Sunday church school during 1956 . . -Feasts of Lights held at St. Mark's . ... Open Bible Standard It W Lm ? & It, ? ld': If 1 i'? r Iff tS- , 1 Episcopal church . . . New hymnbooks dedicated by Med ford Presbyterians ... the Rev. John A. Bright, curate, St. Mark's Episcopal, ordain ed to priesthood . . . East wood Baptist church shows 40 per cent increase in church school attendance . . . Phoe nix Presbyterian church starts Bible study series for adults . . . Pastor Clynton Crisman speaker at the quart erly meeting of Friends churches in Salem area . . . Youth Week observed by local churches . . . Lt. and Mrs. George Johnstone, com manding officers at Medford Salvation Army, transferred to Spokane, Wash. FEBRUARY Dr. D. Kirkland West, pastor of First Presbyterian church, Medford, and George Flannagan, elder-trustee, at tend three -day Moderator's Briefing meeting in Cleve land, Ohio . . . Valley View Adventist church announce $17,000 building program plans . . . Church remodeling completed at First Church of the Nazarene . . . Preaching, Teaching, Reaching services held at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran church . . . Capt. and Mrs. William E. Ricken assume duties as commanding officers, Medford Salvation Army . . . Medford Seventh day Adventist church build ing committe members tour O r e go n and Washington churches . . . David W. Pro ffitt, moderator of the Gen eral Assembly of the Pres byterian church in the U.S.A., speaks to Presbyterian Men's club in Medford . . . Con gregational church adds clause to constitution estab lishing the racial inclusive- ness of the church their.' Rev. Dexter Williams assumes duties as pastor of Central Church of Christ. MARCH School of Missions starts at First Christian church . . local Methodist men partici pated in Portland public rela tions seminar . . . sermon writing contest open to Med- ford Presbyterians . . . the Rev. Richard M. Jones, East wood Bantist. attends Na tional Survey Commission on Christian Higher Education of the American Baptist church, Portland . . . Girl Scout service scheduled March 10 in loqal churches . . . Lenten Sunday services start at First Methodist . the Rev. Claude A. Miller, new pastor of Temple Baptist church ... Dr. and Mrs. A. Klomhaus. Rogue River, mem bers of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran church, commis sioned for medical missionary service in New Guinea . Sacred Heart Catholic church Knights of Columbus observe 75th anniversary . . . Ascen sion Lutheran church official ly organized March 24 . . Free Methodists hold serv ices in new church building . i . Design of new stained glass window approved by First Methodist church . farewell services and dedica tion of the charter members of Mt. Pitt Avenue Church of Nazarene held at First Church of the Nazarene. APRIL Open B i b 1 Standard church holds first services in Moose hall . . . Mt. Pitt Ave nue Church of the Nazarene holds first services . . . First Church of the Nazarene ob serves 35th anniversary . . . southern Oregon district of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints conducts missionary in stitute in Medford . . . Easter service plans announced . . Benediction of the Palms at St. Mark's Episcopal church . . . Friends church host to representatives of 12 Ore gon churches . . . First Church of God purchases property in Grandview area . . ordina tion services for the Rev. Ty ley O. Evans, pastor .of the Griffin Creek Union Sunday school, held . . . Easter serv ices held in valley churches . . . record crowds reported at churches . . . community service held by First Meth odists at Hedrick Junior high school . . . sunrise services church. Table Rock id. Ministers Top A957 Church' 1 ; t . x;:'-:':iSn;!i!P r'.-y-ym :"' "Vj,irryMllllflir'YH) Mi mull HIUMhh. i mi.iiiii ii.hi M ... First held . . . Advent Christian church host to annual spring meeting of Willamette Valley Advent Christian conference . . . Eagle Point Community Bible church completes 51st year . . . Medford Community church moves to corner West Main and Orange sts. MAY Ashland Methodist approve plans for student center . Operation Search courses held at First Baptist church . . the Rev. David F. Barnett, pastor of Hope Presbyterian church, Rogue River, and Arthur M. Peters, elder of Ashland Presbyterian church, attend General Assembly of the Presbyterian church in the U.S.A. in Omaha, Nebr. . , Paul Haviland, Medford at torney, speaks to Minist?rial group on indecent literature . . . Clynton Crisman, pastor of Medford Friends church, elected president of Medford Ministerial association . . the Rev. James Neely, First Baptist church, vice-presi dent of association with the Rev. Escil Hiser, Church of the Brethren, secretary-trea surer . . . Richard L. Hensel- man, elected to serve on board of directors of the Congrega tional conference of Oregon at annual meeting . . . vaca tion Bible school plans start ed by valley churches . . . the Rev. Robert T. Bridge as sumes duties as pastor of Jacksonville First Presbyter ian church . . . First Baptist church, Phoenix, dedicate new auditorium of church . . . First Methodists approve new parsonage plans . . . Dr. D. Kirkland West, First Presbyterian church, appoint ed advisor to the department of stewardship and promo tion of the Presbyterian church in the U.S.A. JUNE Catholics schedule after noon mass at frospect lor fisherman and vacationers in area . . . dedication services held at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic church in Shady Cove . . Free Methodists hold dedication service for new church . . . Lt. Richard Anthony, assistant officer of Medford Salvation Army corps, transferred . . . Dr. Raymond Balcomb, First Methodist church, transferred to Corvallis church . . . the Rev. Melvin Dixon assumes duties of St. Luke's Methodist church ... the Rev. James Kreider, pastor of Pilgrim Holiness church, C e ntr a 1 Point, leaves for Orlando, Fla., church ... the Rev. James Neely, First Baptist church, attends annual meet ing of the Conservative Bap tists of America in Los An geles . . Dr. George G. Rose berry assumes duties as min ister of First Methodist church . . . Open Bible Stand ard church purchases prop erty on Table Rock rd. . . . Robert Lichti and Mrs. George Flanagan, First Pres byterian church, attend ... Ascension Luthern church, 2501 ... Bethel Assembly of God, Mc Andre -'Ii... ii nrrtn.ir, .ir.i 1 Methodist church parsonage, Hollywood ave. Fourth Westminster Fellow ship national assembly at Grinnell college in Iowa. JULY The Rev. John Bright, cur ate at St. Mark's Episcopal church, appointed vicar of St. Andrews Episcopa' church, Portland . . . ground breaking ceremonies held by Ascension Lutheran church . . . the Rev. Clarence Jack son assumes duties at Pil gram Holiness church, Cen tral Point . . . the Rev Ernest Volkman, pastor First Presby terian church, Phoenix, as sumes duties as assistant pas tor First Presbyterian church, Oakland . . . David Frohn mayer, exchange student in Germany, writes of religion in Europe . . . the Rev. Rich ard M. Jones, Eastwood Bap tist church, attends church extension conference at the American Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, Wis. AUGUST Miss Eleanor Bower joins staff of First Christian church as youth director and secre tary . . . Congregational church holds annual vesper service at the rim of Crater Lake . . . pastor of Ruch Community church, Earl Best, ordained as minister . . . First Christian church purchases 8 acres on old Crater Lake highway for future church site . . . Miss Lucille Rieben appointed director of Christ ian Education for First Pres byterian church . . . Ashland Seventh-day Adventists hold services in new auditorium 1 . . the Rev. John Fuiten, Butte Falls Assembly of God church, moved to Portland church . . . two high-ranking officials of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Medford for quar terly conference of Klamath Stake . .' . "The Ten Com mandments" film opens for run in Medford . . . the Rev. Nicholas Deis, priest of Sac red Heart parish, assumes duties in Ocean Lake, Ore. . . . the Rev. Carl Mai, Cot tage Grove, arrives as priest at Sacred Heart Catholic church . . . Bethel Assembly of God church starts construc tion on church on McAn- drews rd. . . . Rogue Valley Gideons elect new officer's 85 delegates from Med- ford Jehovah's Witnesses at- You Can Put in the Bank! Silver Dollar Trading Stamps ' f 1 Barneit id. wi zd. tend Crescent City, Calif., ministerial convention. SEPTEMBER Roman Catholics in North west hear edict regarding working, shopping and opera ting a business on Sunday . . . the Rev. W. Bruce Mac Henry appointed vicar of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Prospect, and St. Martin's Shady Cove . . . the Rev. George R. V. Bolster, St. Mark's Episcopal church, celebrates three anniversaries . . . the Rev. James W. Neely, First Baptist church, repre sents ' Oregon Conservative Baptists at Denver, Colorado, meeting . . . Church of Christ, Central Point, starts con struction of new auditorium Jacksonville Presbyterian hold centennial services Rogue Valley Unitarian Fel lowship starts fall schedule . . . St. Luke's Methodist church holds groundbreaking ceremonies on property at Siskiyou st. OCTOBER World Wide Communion Sunday observed in valley churches . . . Wesley house, new Methodist student cen ter at Southern Oregon col lege, opens . . . Medford Min isterial association meeting includes panel discussion on capital punishment in Ore gon . . . Use and Understand ing of the Bible conference starts with Dr. Eugene Car son Blake, president of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, keynote speaker . . . First Baptists sponsor teen centers following football games . . . Immanuel Meth odist church, Cave Junction, receives plaque and $200 prize in Oregon Town and Country Church improvement pro ject . . . Rosse V. Long, Palm dale, Calif., arrives to as sume duties as minister of West Main Church of Christ . . . electronic hearing aid system installed in First Presbyterian church, Ashland. NOVEMBER Free Methodists host dist rict convention at South Peach st. church . . . Pastor C E. Wimer assumes duties as" pastor of Valley View Seventh-day Adventist church the Rev. Gene Denning, new pastor of Cave Junction FREE Silver Dollars THE ONLY TRADING STAMP Community church, arrives from southern .California . . . new parish library opens at Sacred Heart church . . . Dr. D. Kirkland West, First Presbyterian church, attends annual meeting of General Assembly committee of the department of stewardship and promotion for the Presby terian church of the U.S.A. in New York . . . centennial tea and fellowship held by Wo men's associataion of First Presbyterian church, Jack sonville . . . union Thanks giving service planned by Ministerial associati ons throughout valley . . . Salva tion Army divisional com manders, Lt. Colonel and Mrs. John Y. Erickson, arrive for inspection. DECEMBER Ascension Lutherans sched ule services in new church building . . . Dale Flowers, Medford, student at South ern Oregon college, delegate to attend conference of Meth odist Student Movement in Lawrence, Kan., . . . Butte Falls Community church completes remodeling . . . Charles Wesley drama, cele brating 250th anniversairy of his birth, held at First Meth odist church . . . former teach er wills $5,000 each to First Methodist and First Presby terian churches ... Christ mas services scheduled by valley churches . . . Dr. Ray mond Balcomb, former First Methodist church minister, now of Corvallis, here for dedication of Joanne Balcomb Memorial widow . . . Nazar enes hold annual service of old things . . . churches wel come New Year with watch night services. SUPERIOR GENERAL DIES Rome (IP) The Very Rev. Mother Marie-Therese de Le scure, 73, superior general of the Roman Catholic Society of the Sacred Heart, died at the mother house of the order here Tuesday. Mother Marie Therese was in charge of the 182 schools, colleges and mis sions throughout the world. r- HUGE 12-ft. x 20-ft. Plastic Oar Cover One piece, No seams! 1,001 other Uses! Main and Central Officers Elected For Delbert Hill, newly elected Sabbath school superintend ent at the Medford Seventh day Adventist church will conduct the first Sabbath school session of 1958 begin ning at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Mr. Hill will be assisted by Mrs. Robert Jolliffe, secre tary, and Miss Celeste Burrill, assistant secretary, who will acquaint Sabbath school mem bers with the mission field chosen as a special project for the first quarter of the year. 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Your Charge Mews Sabbath School ents, Mrs. Merlin Dewey, as sistant secretary, Mrs. David Haraden, chorister, and Mrs. Inez Smith, organist. Division leaders are E. F. Hallsted, juniors, Mrs. Bob Meilicke, primary, Mrs. A. E. Merkel, ' kindergarten, and Mrs. Paul Beddoe, cradle roll. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Clymer will be In addition to those holding leadership positions there will be approximately 30 teachers of individual classes through out the various divisions of the school. prise about 9 per cent of the U.S. population. SAVE ASSOC ATION "Where You Are Paid To Save" 1404 Plast OF USES Plate Drug Store Foot I ic 1
