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ftAIL TRIBUNE, Mttfotd, Orojon, Friday, May IS,. 1958 Roman Catholic Parochial Schools Teach 12 of America s Children B7 LOUIS CASSELS United Press Correspondent Roman Catholic parochial schools are now educating about 12 per cent of Ameri ca's children. If these Catholic schools closed their doors, the already over-crowded public school system would have to find classrooms and teachers for an additional 4,600,000 stu dents. Do these facts constitute a valid argument for public fi nancial suppor. of church-operated schools? Many Catholics believe they do. Many non-Catholics em phatically disagree. Both sides have been expressing their views with increasing vigor in recent months. Although no immediate showdown is in sight, the controversy is clearly building up a head of steam. .' Catholics contend that the parochial school system has become an integral part of American education;- that it is performing an essential pub lic function by educating mil lions of children for whom there is no room in the pub lic schools. Save Taxpayers Money They say parochial schools are saving U.S. taxpayers hun dreds of millions of dollars a year, and that it is only fair that some of this money be returned to the Catholic par ents who pay for this auxil iary school system through tuition fees and contributions Some non-Catholics are sympathetic to this argument, But others agree with the po sition taken by the National Council of Churches, largest Protestant organization. ' The council contends that tJte full cost of supporting pri vate school systems should be borne "by those who choose to maintain them." Any di rect or indirect government support of religious schools, il -says, would be as repug nant to the Constitution as a federal subsidy for churches. The Supreme court has ruled on several occasions that the First Amendment to the Constitution the "separa tion of churce . and state" amendment forbids use of tax funds for direct support of church-operated schools. . T).. : Kn- iTA mtla1 in r 1 1 i i. il l a 1.1 1 uacu. 11 me JLverson case ox inti, mau the Constitution does not bar a state from providing free school bus transportation for parochial students. The court took the position that this is a service that the government renders, not to the religious school itself, but t6 the indi vidual children who attend it. A growing number of Cath olics believe that this doctrine Justifies other forms of gov ernment aid to parochial stu dents or their parents. Asks Tax Credit t . - f ft i n lU t One proposal widely publi cized in the Catholic press rts put forward by the Rev. Virgil C. Blum, a professor at Marquette university. He sug gested that the constitutional problem could be side-stepped either by a "tax credit" for parents who pay tuition at pa loyalty Dinner Set For Monday Leaders of St. Luke's Meth odist church have planned a "Loyalty Dinner" for Mon day, May 19, at 7 pjn. in the Bigham hall, fairgrounds. At the eoirmlimentary din ner, the annual budget for the fiscal year beginning June 1, will be explained. Board chairman is Dr. Norman Cap sey with co-captains, Bruce Nelson, Albert Cole, Charles Henry and Larry Horton. The pastor, the Rev. Mel vin Dixon, states that serv ices have not started on sum mer schedule but will con vene with church school at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. The subject for Sunday morning is God." The i Needs - of Repeat Programs Planned By Group -By request, the Rogue Val ley Unitarian Fellowship is repeating, for the benefit of new people, a group of pro grams run several years ago. The programs are on contro versial religious - questions, and the one being used Sun day night is titled "God: Per son, Force, or Phantom? Other titles planned for the near future are Trayer: To Whom and for What?" and "Is Death the End?" The Fellowship - meets every Sunday at 7:30 pjn. in the Thurston School of Dan : 245 Stewart- ave., Med- ford. rochial or private schools, or by cash government subsidies to the individual children who attend such schools. The tax credit idea has been incorporated in nearly a score of bills introduced in Congress Y" 88S " i W' CONSTRUCTION BEGINS Construction sons. The congregation is currently wor of St. Luke's Methodist church is tinder- shipping in Bigham hall, at the fairgrounds i , . i - . i i - i ii . i -. i . i i. i : r . it way at me Duiiaing location Siskiyou blvd. The educational unit, now being constructed, will cost $40,000. The church, sponsored by First Methodist church here in 1956, started with 55 charter mem bers. It now has a membership of 81 per- 1957 Award of Merit Winner Nazarene Missionary Convention to Convene In Medford Mrs. Harold Priddy, Port land, state president of the Oregon Pacific District Naz arene Foreign Missionary so ciety, will preside at the state convention of the society to be held at the First Church of the Nazarene here. Nearly 500 delegates from through out western Oregon will meet to represent the 72 churches in the annual Missionary convention, which will start Monday, May 19, at 2 p.m. Mrs. Priddy will conclude five years of service as dis trict president and will leave REV. REMISS REHFELDT National Officer Here directly after the convention to join her husband in Win chester, Ind., where he is the newly installed pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene. The convention will con tinue through May 23 when the general assembly meet ing will begin. At the assem bly, which .will continue through May 23, Dr. D. I. Vanderpool, general superin tendent from Kansas City, Mo., will be featured speak er. Speakers Missionaries from Japan, the Rev. ' and Mrs. Hubert Helling, recently returned to the United - States on fur- t lough, will speak Monday afternoon and evening. The Rev. Remiss Rehfeldt, Kan sas City, Mo., executive sec retary of the department of foreign missions, will also speak. In his capacity as sec retary he has the supervision of the denomination's foreign missionary work which in 1956 included more than 300 FELLOWSHIP SERVICES- Gold Hill Fellowship serv ices will be held at "The Church in the Pines," two miles south of Gold Hill on Old Pacific highway, Satur day at 2:30 pjn. Music will be included in the afternoon service with a potluck dinner at 5 p.m. Fellowship and evan gelistic service will be held at 7 p.m. : ' f - . DIVINE COMMISSION C. S. Slessler will speak on "Divine Commission" at the 11 a.m. worship service Sun day at'Zion Luthern church, Fourth st. and Oakdale ave. this year. None of them have reached the stage of commit tee action, however. Most Catholic educators are concentrating on a more im mediate goal. They want to make sure that Catholic at uie enu ui but expects to building next month. This building is one of four scheduled to be constructed during the next five years. The pastor is the Rev. Melvin Dixon. CHURCH NEWS National Religious Publicity Council Monday full-time missionaries in 33 foreign countries. In 1952 Mr. Rehfeldt visit ed England, Portugal, South Africa, the Near East and Italy and spoke at conven tions in Leeds, England, and Acornhoek, South Africa. Mr. Helling has been teach ing in the Nazarene Bible col lege in Tokyo since 1952. Be fore their appointment as mis sionaries, Mr. and Mrs. Hell ing studied at Northwest Naz arene college, Nampa, Idaho, graduating -from there in 1944. Youth Skit Medford teenage Mission ary members will present a Missionary skit Monday, May 19, at the convention. The skit is being given to present to the convention the teenage project for the com ing year. Each year the teen age chapters pledge money to send something needed to one of the mission fields; this year they fhave chosen to send a refrigerator to the Knox fam ily in New Guinea. Young people taking part in the skit include Ron War ner, president of the local teenage chapter; Frank James, Mary Stiehl, Mel Stiehl, Frances Plant and Connie Hum. Last year at the conven tion, the Medford teenage chapter led the entire - dis trict in pledging $125 to help purchase printing equipment for the Cape Verde Islands. The young people earned the money by participating in such activities as washing cars, raking leaves and col lecting scrap iron. Coffee Hour Set At Congregational There will be a coffee time at the Congregational church Sunday between the two serv ices in honor of the new mem bers who have been received since the first of the year. It will be held under the large oak tree in front of the build ings. All friends of the church are invited. Those who go to the 11 . a.m. service . should plan to attend 15 minutes early. The annual session of the Congregational Conference of Oregon will be held at Eugene starting Monday evening.' Del egates from the . Medford church, nominated by the nominating committee, will be ratified at the two church services Sunday. This will be the last conference at which Dr. Paul A. Davis will be serving as the minister and superintendent. His successor will be chosen by the confer ence at this meeting, to take office at the end of the year. PHOENIX SERMONS Phoenix "Waiting" will be the topic of the 11 a.m. Sun day sermon at First Baptist church, Phoenix, by the Rev. Perry M. Johnson. At 7:30 p.m. he will speak on "The Lost Chord," schools and students partici pate in any federal aid to edu cation that is enacted by Con gress this year. Resolutions to that effect have been adopted by three Catholic educational groups in the past few months. begin services in the new REV. HUBERT HELLING Missionary Speaker First Christian Tell Activities The sermon topic for the Sunday morning -service at First Christian church will be "Conserving God's Bless ing." The choir will sing "Stand in Awe," and Mrs. Robert Reaves and Mrs. John Seger will sing "Lord, for Today." The evening service will be in charge of the youth and the sermon will be given by the Rev. William Piper, en titled "God's Care of All Life." The girls' sextet will sing. The Christian Men's Fel lowship Tuesday will feature a meal prepared by Warren Fairbanks and committee. Mr. Fairbanks will also give a talk based on Crater Lake National park and illustrated by color slides. Early Service Gains In Popularity Here "Early Travelers Worship' is increasing in popularity at the Meeker Memorial chanel. First Methodist church, Med- iord, according to Dr. George G. Roseberry,. minister, who conducts the family medita tion from 8:30 until 9 a.m. The message title will be "Born to Try." Music for the 9:30 and 11 a.m.- services of worship will include a solo, "He Will Lead Thee," by Mrs. Jack Harris, to be sung at both services. The anthem for 9:30 a.m. by the youth choir will be, "O Saviour, Hear Me," with ' so prano solos by Karen Paschke and Janet Ward. The anthem at 11 a.m. by the chancel choir will be, "I Waited for the Lord," - with solos - by Mrs. Howard Bush and Mrs. Milton Snow. ' . . Sermon for both services will be, "Born to Try." ASHLAND SERMON Ashland The Rev. Ross Knotts, Ashland First Method ist church, will speak Sunday at 11 a.m. on "The Empty House." William C. Piper Minister 1 Commencement Exercises May 17 At Local Academy The eighth grade class at Rogue River ... academy will hold its graduation exercises Saturday in the Valley View Seventh-day Adventist church. Baccalaureate is scheduled for 11 ajn. with Pastor Don Maclvor of North Bend as speaker. Musical se lections will be presented by Darold Bigger, soloist, and the Rogue Valley male quartet. Pastor Neil Losey of Can yonville will deliver the commencement address at 8 p.m. Both Pastor Maclvor and Pastor Losey have work ed with the young people for several years at the summer youth camp held annually at Milo, Ore. Soloists for the evening pro gram will be Mrs. Harvard BreseeJ and James Kempster. The ten members of the graduating class have chosen, "Building for Eternity" as their motto, and "Eternal Life" as their aim. The day's program will be built around this theme. The church will be decorated in lavender and white, class colors, featuring the white rose. The class message will be delivered by James ,Gregg, president. Edwin Christen sen will relate the history of the class and its individual members, and valedictory and salutatory addresses will be given by Darold Br ger and Karen Santee. Professor Fred Wilbur, principal, will present the di plomas, and the entire faculty will march in with the graduates. Events Told By First Baptists Several events are on the schedule for First Baptists this week. The vacation Bible school for pre-schoolers, from three to six years of age, will be held beginning Monday, May 19, each week day from 9:15 to 11:15 a.m., through May 29. The theme of . the school is "Exploring God's Wonders," and separate sessions will be held for nursery and kinder garten ages. Any children of the community are welcome to attend. Wednesday, May 21, at 7 p.m. one of the three business meetings of the year will be held for members of the church. Thursday, May 22, the Men's Fellowship of the church is sponsoring a "Cou ples for Christ" banquet. Each couple from the church at tending is asked to bring an other couple as guests. Jim Vaus, a convert from the Billy Graham crusade in Los Ange les and a former wiretapper for Mickey Cohen, will be speaker of the evening. De tails concerning the. banquet may be obtained by telephon ing the church office. Baptist Minister, Elected President The Rev. James Neely, pas tor of First Baptist church, Medford, was elected presi dent -of the' Medford Minis terial association at their meeting Tuesday. Also elected were the Rev. John Smith Power, assistant pastor at St. Mark's Episcopal church, . vice ' president, and the Rev. Robert E. Cull, pas tor of . First Assembly of God church, secretary-treasurer. " The next meeting of the as sociation will be Sept. 9. Following a business meet ing a potluck dinner was held by the ministers and their wives at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. William C. Piper of the First Christian church. Stewardship Sunday Planned in Ashland Ashland Stewardship Sun day will be observed Sunday at 11 a. m. ' service at Grace Lutheran church, Mountain and Iowa sts., Ashland. The Rev. E.' Paul Riedel, pastor, will speak on "More Than Meets the Eye," and a com missioning service for stew ardship callers will be held. : Included in the service will be a f ilmstrip. ........ That afternoon at 5:30 pjn. the Walther League birthday meeting and wiener roast will be held. r First Christian Church "The Friendly Church" Welcomes You TO ALL SERVICES - Bible School 9:45 a.m. - Morning Service 10:50 a.m. " Youth Meetirfg 6:30 p.m. Evening Service 7:30 p.m. 9th a no Oakdale Medford, Ore. DR. PHILIP S. DYBVIG Lutheran Speaker Sunday Pathfinders Plan Joint Investiture Service Saturday Saturday a joint Investi ture seryice for Medford and Ashland Pathfinders will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the new Ashland church, located at the corner of Clark and Gar den way. Walter D. Blehm, Oregon Conference Missionary Volun teer secretary; will be pres ent to award pins to the Path finders who have fulfilled the requirements necessary to be invested in the various classes of the organization. The Medford club will have 70 Pathfinders and Pre-Path-finders eligible for the awards including 19 Busy Bees, 13 Sunbeams, 4 Builders, 8 Help ing Hands, 13 Friends, 9 Companions, ,8 Explorers, 5 Guides, and 1 Master Guide. In addition to the gradua tion speakers at Valley View church, three other Valley churches will have guest speakers Saturday.' Pastor Harold Peckham, conference evangelist who has just com pleted a week's revival serv ices in Ashland, will speak at the 11 a.m. worship services there. Bonner Allen, Portland Book and Bible House man ager, will conduct the wor ship hour in the Eagle Point church, and Elder Blehm will have the service at the Med ford church. An all-day event Sunday for Rogue Valley Seventh-day Adventists will be the annual church and! school picnic to be held at the academy park Sermon Series At Friends Church Pastor Clynton Crisman will continue the series of messages from Ephesians Sun day at the Friends church. "Prayer for Knowledge" will be his subject at the worship services at 9:45 and 11 a.m., and "Gift of Life" at the 7:30 pjn. service. Music will be provided by the youth and adult choirs and soloist, Sonja Hansen. Attendance at Sunday school. 9:45 and 11 a.m.. is being stressed in order that a 10 per cent increase for the fiscal year ending June 30 may be Beached. The Sunday school has averaged a 20 per cent increase per year for the past seven years. At 6:30 p.m. three Christian Endeavor groups will meet and the adults will have Bible study class under the leader ship of Edward Harmon. "Quaker Hour" will be broad cast over KMED at 9:30 p.m. , At the monthly business meeting held last week Mr. Crisman accepted a call from the congregation to continue as pastor for the next three years. Missionary-Service At First Assembly Mrs. James Reb, pioneer missionary in the Alaskan area, will speak at the Sun day service at 7:30 p.m. at First Assembly of God church 1108 West Main st. . Mrs. : Reb has : worked, in the Alaska missionary fields for the past 20 years with her husband, and working as " a team they established four permanent churches. Prior to working in Alaska, they past ored churches' at Myrtle Point and Grants -Pass. Williams, Ore., is their home commun ity. In August of this year Mr. and Mrs. Reb -and daughter, Linda, will leave for the Ha waiian Islands to take up new missionary ' duties. Il COriGREGATIOtlAL CHURCH United Church of Christ - ' I Groveland .Ave.'and Oakwood Drive I Worship at 9:45 and 11 a.m. - . - Church School at 9:45 and 11 a.m. - SERMON: "GROWING" I Asc e n s i o n L irfhe ran C h u rc h To Be Dedicated This Sunday Formal dedication services of the Ascension Lutheran church, 2501 Barnett rd., will be held Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at the church. Dr. H. L. Foss, president of the Pacific dist rict, Evarigelical Lutheran church, will perform the rite of dedication. At the 11 a.m. service Sun day Dr. Philip S. Dybvig; executive director of the de partment of home missions of the church, Minneapolis, Minn., will speak. He will also speak atthe dedication service. Assisting the pastor, the Rev. Elvin S. ;Tollefson, at the service will be a number of pastors. Scheduled to par ticipate are the Rev. Howard Lybeck, Springfield, Ore.; the Rev. . Hoarce Wetsberg, the Rev. H. E. Aalbue, both Eugene; and the Rev. LeRoy THE REV. E. S. TOLLEFSON First and Current Pastor Redal, Klamath Falls. Rich ard Melum, vice president of Ascension Lutheran church, will be lay assistant. Included in the afternoon's program will be the reception of 30 members into the church. Musical selections will be provided by the sen ior choir and soloists, Mr. and Mrs. Justin Dyrud and Melum. Roy Gilbertson and Miss Diane Melum will be organists for the day. Following the dedication ceremonies the women of the church will serve refresh ments in the Sunday school rooms. An open house will be held at the church and par sonage. Mr. Tollefson started his ministry in Medford January 1957, with services held at the Pythian building. The congregation was officially organized March 31 and the building was completed in time for services Christmas day. The. average attendance is more than 100 persons. The public is invited to at tend the services Sunday. New Members At St. Peter Church St. Peter Evangelical Lu theran church, 1020 East Main . st., will receive new members into communicant membership Sunday in the 11 a.m. service, according to the pastor, the Rev. Kenneth Korby. In addition to the re ception of children by . the sacrament of holy baptism, adults will be received by baptism, confirmation, and renewal of faith. The choir will sing "Let Me Be Thine Forever," a song of dedication and consecra tion: The pastor will preach on the theme, "Acknowledg ing Jesus Christ the Lord and Being Acknowledged by Jesus Christ the Lord." People in the .community are invited to the service. Methodists Hold Annual Conference First Methodist church will hold its annual meeting and all church dinner May 30. The Rev. Meredith A. Groves will preside as the district super intendent of the Eugene dis trict. There are 44 churches, two Wesley foundations and a large youth camp under his supervision. At the all church confer ence, the work of the past year will be reviewed by the organizations within the church. The church, confer ence meeting and dinner will start at 6:30 p.m. v ASCENSION LUTHERAN CHURCH Dedication Planned Valley Presbyterians Tell Sermons, Week's Events At both services of the First' Presbyterian church Sunday, Dr. D. Kirkland West, pastor, will preach on the theme, "The Marks of a Christian." i At the 9:30 a.m. service, the Westminster choir, under the direction -. of Louis Clay son, will sing . "Praise We Sing to Thee." The chancel choir, under the : direction . of Lynn Sjolund, will sing the anthem, "All Creatures of Our God and King," by Chap man, at the .11 a.m. service. Mrs. Tresa Matlack will sing the solo, "I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto the Hills" at both services. The 1 Junior High Fellow ship will meet at 6:30 pin. in the junior high room for its usual Sunday evening dis cussion and fellowship. The Freshman Fellowship will meet at the same hour in the basement of the church. In addition to a discussion, plans will be made for a pic nic for the ninth grade young people. Westminster Fellowship for senior high young people will meet at 7 p.m. for an open ing worship . service. The nominating committee will bring its report and an elec tion of officers for the com ing year, will be held. ;Jim Fontaine, chairman of the Christian Citizenship " Com mission, will lead a discussion on the topic, "The Education of Joe Barbour." Fireside will be held at the liome of Mr. and Mrs. William A Barker, 2430 Hillcrest rd. .. Central Point "What Time Is It?" will be the subject of the sermon Sunday at 11 am by Dr. Norman K. Tully, pas tor, -at First Presbyterian church, Central Point. . The young peope will meet in the cthurch at 7 p.m. for program followed by fellow ship. 1 . Phoenix Sunday school at First r Presbyterian church, Phoenix, will be held start ing at 9:45 a.m. as of Sunday, it has been announced. The school will close at 10:45 a.m The church service will start at 11 a.m. with the Rev. William A. Saladin, pastor, speaking on "The Right to Love." ' Saturday, May 24, a com municant . class for young people interested in joining the ' church -will begin. The class will be held at 9:30 a.m. All young persons planning to attend are' asked to con tact the pastor, who will be teacher of the "group. Ashland '.'The Ascended Lord" will .be v the' sermon topic at both the 9:45 and 11 Phoenix Church Sets Activities For Week Phoenix The message at the morning worship hour at the Phoenix Church of Christ will be "How Jealousy Ruined a Man." This message, . con cerning' King Saul, shows that jealousy can ruin a" person's life. Mrs. Adella Paul and daughters, Mary and Jane, will sing and R. B. Klor'will give the communion medita tion for the communion serv ice. In the evening service a col ored film will be shown called "One in 20,000." It will show the relation of smoking to lung cancer. The J women's missionary study group will meet Thurs day, May 22, at 1 p.m. The group studies the various mis sionaries on the fields and then sends help to the fields that are in need. At this time the vacation Bible school workers will meet to prepare for the vacation Bible school which" will be held June 9 through 20. . , ' . . KKOTif odd KMEi 7:45 A.M. - Every Sunday CARROLL POUELL "Why Will Ye Die" . a.m. sermons Sunday at Ash land First Presbyterian church. The Rev. B. J. Hol land, pastor, will speak. Tuesday at 7 p.m. the Pres bytery consultation will be held at Grants Pass for church officers. . . '1F". JOHN D. PICKETT To Lecture Here Christian Scientist Monday Speaker John D. Pickett, Chicago, will speak Monday, May 19, on how health and individual usefulness can be restored through spiritual means, as il lustrated in the Bible. The " lecture on Christian Science will be held at ; the First Church of Christ, Sci entist in Medford. at 8 p.m. The church is located at 100 Windsor ave., one block south of East Main st. As a member of the Chris tian Science Board of Lecture ship, Mr. Pickett has traveled throughout the United States and Canada since 1942, when he entered the full- time prac tice of Christian Science. The public is invited to at tend. 'One Soul' Theme At Eastwood "Lost One Soul" is the theme of the 11 aon. sermon by the pastor at the Eastwood Baptist church, North Keene Way dr. at Ridgeway, Sunday. The castor is the Rev. Rich- ra'rd M. Jones. The chancel choir will be singing the an them. "O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go." under the direc tion of. Mrs. Jones. Nursery ' care "is provided. At 6 n.m. the voune neonle will meet, for a light supper followed by recreation and group study. The fourth discussion in the series on "Sects and Cults" will be given at the evening service, which begins at 7:30 D.m. The topic Sunday will be "Mormonism." . ' Eastwood Baptist church is located north of Hedrick Jun ior High school and is affiliat ed with the American Baptist convention. The public is in vited to all services. UNiTY CENTER of MEDFORD Affiliated Unify .School of Christianity, Lee's Summit, Mo. Sun. Devotional Service 1 1 a.m Sunday School Childen All ages 11.00 am at f PYTHIAN HALL WEEKLY CLASSES Thursday Mid-Week Service . 7:30 p.m-. Friday Morning: 1 1 :00 a.m. in Center Room Center Open Daily 10 a.m. til 4 p.m. . HOLLY BUILDING Katherine Bosworth, Minister Residence TA 6-2098 Office SP 2-69TJ2
