:CH OF GOD

40 local elders at HQ 'seminar schools'

2,000 hear GTA in Charlotte

JAN. 17, 1977

Of co urse, appro ximately 2,000 ofyou will read these words a few da ysafter returning bome from your visit10 Char lotte . so my apologies to youin advan ce for havin g 10 leave soqu ickl y after se rvices . But I had In

co me directly here for the purpose ofdoing this "Personal" and then get­tinga litt le rest before returnin g 10 the

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ACacceptsnew odmas

PASADENA -r-; Classes began forthe spring semester al both Ambas­sado r campuses Jan. 10 with eachcampus admitting more than 40 newstudents.

As of Jan . 14, with registr ationstill in progress, tentative figures rc­leased by both campuses' registrars'offocesshowed:

Forty-Iwa new st udents are attend ­ing Pasadena Ibis semest er. bringingthe campus' total undergrad uate en­rollmenl lo 718. made up of61 1 full ­lim e and 10 7 part-lime stude nts .Graduate studen ts enrolled at Pasa­dena total en.

Big suidy:s 100ai studen l enroll ­menl is now· 648 , co mprised of 616full-lime and 32 part-time students.Tbe Big Sandy ca mpus admitted 57new stude nts , 14 o f whom retu rnedafter attendin g summer schoo l therethis past summe r. Big Sandy has nograduate students .

Tran sfers between the two cam­puses were almost even. four trans­ferring from Big Sandy to Pasadenaand three movin g 10 Big Sandy fromPasadena.

A. Personal Letter

;;:'Jd~Dear brethren in Christ:

Greetings from Charl otte, N.C.! Ihave just returned 10 my hotel from aSabbath service (Jan . IS) with morethan 2.000 of the brethren from man ychurch areas within the radius o f sev­era l hundred miles o f Charlotte!

Brethren were here for Sabbathse rvice s toda y from Charle ne ,Asheville, G ree nsboro . Ra leigh ,Fayet tev itle , Jac kson vil le an dLeno ir, N.C ., and quite a numberfro m Co lumbia . Waterbo ro andGreenville in So uth Carolina . pluspa ri o f th e co ng reg at ions fromRoano ke. Richmo nd and Norfol k,Va. , and a few of the brethren fromBluef"Jeld and Charleston, W. Va. •

• and eve n a few from Kno xv ille .Tenn. So we had representati ves from16 co ngregations and five stales!

I believe all ofo ur ministers in thisarea were surp rised abour tbe size ofthe ' crowd . s ince freezi ng weathe rand icy stree ts have been the ruleuntil the last mome nts before my ar ­rival last night.

And now . as I dictate this " Per­sonal" 10 you , I ' ca n look out mywindow tIIndsec hila skies!

We arrived last e ....ening just afterdark after havin g lell Van Nuys,Calif., at about 10:30 a.m. 10 fandlow fog, cei lingsof200 feel (righ t atthe prescribed mi nimums on theinstrument-approach charts for theFalcon) and a 'co jd. foggy dri zzle .

Met by McNairs

We were met at tbe airport by Mr .and Mrs . Buck McNair and enjoyeddinner and a .... isit with a number ofour mini sters from surro unding area slater tha t evening and vis ited theMcNai rs in their home together withMe. and Mrs. Ro y Holladay thismorning .

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" SEMINAR SCHOOLS" - Art Mokarow addresses 40 elders from U.S. and Canadian congregations. The elders,who are rolemployed by the Work. traveled 10Pasadena10take part in the 10 days of rooetings .(Photo by WarrenWatson )

se....eral months . O6 . believe all of ourministers in this area were surprisedabout the sire of the crowd. sincefree zing we etber and icy stree ts havebeen the rule unti l the last momen tsbefore my arrival , he sa id.

Mr. McNair said the idea for Mr.Armsuong's visit had come about dur­ing theswnmer of 1976. " Mr. Arm ­stron g and his wife look the {Ronald)Dan s, my wife and me out 10 din ­ner, " Mr. McNair said . '" hadn 'teven moved here yet from Pasadena,but l rckl Mr . Ann stron g we 'd like 10have him co me back here for a spe­cial service.

,. As we were gett ing o ut o f lhe carafter dinner that evening he told meto be sure and follow up wu h the In­vitation.J began checkingarou nd andmaki ng arrange ments in August ."

150 Resrpcnses

Mr . Mokarow said loc al c ide rswere invi ted 10 the meetin gs via anarticle in The Bulletin, a mini sterialmagazi ne . that bro ugh t respo nsesfrom 150 interested elders .

" We cou ld on ly o ffer o pportu nityfor 40 e lders 10 attend . so we wrote ale tte r say ing th at the rem aind erwould be sc hed uled for o the rschool s: ' he sa id . "Then we iso-

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principally the Carolinas, Virginiaand West Virginia.

Most brethren came from the fcl­lowing churches:

Asheville, N.C .; Charlone; Fay­enev ille, N.C. ; Greensboro, N.C.;Gr eenville . S. C. ; Ja :ksanville ,N.C. ; Lenoir , N.C .; Raleigh, N.C. ;and Walterboro, S.C . (For more in- .formation , see Mr . Annslrong ' s"Person al; " this page . )

Mr. McNair said Mr . Armstrong ,acco mpanied by a group includingJim Tbomhill, d irec tor of Youth Op­portunities United (YOU ). Ron Dickand Ross Jutsum, be th o f whomwork for ·YO U. played without abreak for three hours .. Garner Ted Ann strong was pleasedat the turnout for the special ser­vice , which had been planned for

PASADENA - Forty elders fromU.S . and Canad ian congregat ions ofthe Church came here for the first in aseriesof "seminar schoo ls" Dec . 26through Jan. 5 for local elders notemployed by tbe w ork .

The elde rs, 28 from Ameri ca and12 from Ca nada . were invited herefor the seminars , with Havel ex ­pense s for them and their wives paidby the Work, so they co uld more

. ea sily be incl uded in the PastoralAdmi nist ration Divisioa' s Ce rti fi ­cate of Ministry Progra m. accor d ingto An Mokamw , who o rganized andconducted the seminars as 3 co nsul­rant to Ronald Dan , direct or o f pas­toral ad ministra tion.

Legal Status in 40 Nations

The Internat ional Divi sion hasbeen growing and spread ing rapidlyin man y areas around the world andnow has legal status in 40 nationsove r the globe . We are doing theWork in eight African nations, rwo in

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By Dean R. WilsonPASADENA - Se veral peop le

have written to headquarters ask ingfor an update on the growth and ex ­tent of God's Work interna tiona lly.W ith this article we will oring you up10 dale as of Nov. I. 1976.

The team God has ca lled to super­vise various aspect s of His lntema ­tional Work , directed by Les lie L.McCullough, is as follows:

Co lin Adair, region al di rector ,Philippines ; Clare nce Bass, C arib­bea n; Frank Brown , Bri tain (al sohelp s co o rdi nate ac tiv ities o f re ­gionaldirectors in Europe) ; C. WayneCo le, Canada ; Robert Fahey, Africa ;Hamid Jackson , Black Africa ; RoyV. r-.,h:Carth y , Nethe rlands : RobertMorton , New Zea land ; Stua rt Pow ­ell , Scandinavia ; Fra nk Sc hnee ,Germa ny; and Dean R. Wilson. Aus­tralia .

The Frenc h and Spani sh o pera­tions of the Work are admini steredfrom headq ua rters, with Diba r Apar­tian (French) and Walter Dicki nson(Spanish) worki ng as staff ass istantsto Mr. McCull ough in the conduct ofthese area s.

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FROZEN BIRDS - Big Sandy Arrbassador freshmen Kelly Kessler of Bethany, Okla .• and Teresa Hill ofHaxtun , Colo., eye the col lege' s swan sculpture, which was transformed into a fantastic array of icicles by EastTe.as temperatures tha t dipped into the teens duri ng the rece nt nationw ide cold snap. (Pholo by Tom Han son]

Update:

who's who

CHARLOTTE. N.C . - GamerTed Annstrong spoke here Jan . ISbefo re an est imated 2.300 person s ina ce mblned church se rvice and thatevening performed ar a dance . ac­co rdi ng 10 Bu rk ,Mc Nair . Mid ­Atlantic Seabo ard Area coo rdinator ,

According (0 Mr. McNair. breth ­ren came here from "at least Ifi ccn ­grega rious" from five o r more ~ales .

VOL. V; NO. 2

2 The WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday. Jan. 17. 1977

Ambassador accepting students for fall

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Minister uninjured in accident

MOVING?Please do not send your

changes of address 10 BigSandy . U.S. change s 6faddress for The WorldwideNews are handled auto­malicaJly with Plain Truthchanges and should bemailed directly to: World­wide Church of God, Box111 . Pa sadena , Calit..91123.

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o r hit by broken glass and flying ob­jects. I stood away from my seat tosurvey the damage on fheplane . Trueenough. there were gapin g holes o nTheplane near window s No . 3 and 7 .But win dow No . 5 , where l wasseated, was intact! Indeed God hadspared me!

Bumper in Cei ling

I invest igated the damage on theplane ' s cei ling to my right. Therewas a big ho le in the ce iling with apiece of steel plate a quaner inchthick and about 4 by 5 inches embed-

. ded in it. Apparent ly this was fromthe bumper of the mai ntenence vehi­cle hi t by the plan e ' s propelle rblades . Had this piece hit one of theplanes' s passenge rs , there wo uldhave been a fata lity inside the plane .Who knows who it co uld have been !

The passengers were allowed tolea ve the craft a little while af ter theinju red were bro ught o ut of theplane . As I stepped down the plane 'sramp I cou ld only thank God for de ­liverance .

The flight to Naga City was can ­celed because ther e was no othe r air­craft available . So as usual I had totake the south road to tDe Bicol re­gion e xectly as I had done tbe previoustwo Decem ber s in ' 74 and ' 75,tha nks to very unu su al ci rc um ­stances . This present inciden t, how­eve r, was probably my most nerve·shatteri ng experience yet. I don ' tknow, bUI I feel there is somethingwrong wilh the S icol connection!

TheWorldwide News is the official newspe­per ofthe Wor1dwideChtKChof God, head·quartered in Pas8d&na, Cdf. " Is p.dshedl:liweektf,....-dwingu...QQc:h'samuaJFell _ , OJAmllos<..Jo< COllege, e;gSwIdy , Tex.~ © 1977 WOl1dwQeChlA'Ch of God. NArights C9..-..ed .EdIIor In ChIef: ttelbert W. ArmstrongEdtlor': GEller Ted ArrntstrongIIonoglng td_ John __

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who had j ust been introd uced to us asthe commander o f the aircra ft. Theright prope ller started to whirl ro fullspeed. Then the left propelle r startedalso to revol ve . I could still see thegrou nd c hecker wavi ng both h ishands across eac h other to signalokay.

Sha tt eri ng Sounds

The n the plane started to moveforward . Just a minute or so passedfrom the starting of the engine s to thetime whe n the pilot turned the plane10 the right to taxi to the runway . Wehad barely covered severa l meterswhen I heard lou d shatteri ng soundsfrom our side of the plane . J beca meaware that tbe plane was being pel tedat our side by objects from without.

I saw to my right side (inside theplane) the plastic interior of the planefalling off to the passengers to myright. Pande mon ium broke loose!There were shoutings here and thereand the passe ngers were q uick ly ontheir feet .

Then I saw that the man in front ofme was injured . His face was bleed ­ing badly and he was holding hisface . I think I tr ied to help him - oneway or another . As I turned arou nd Isaw ano ther man bleed ing also on hisface . I even asked him , " Is it pain­ful?'·

By this time some PAL emp loyee shad arrived and they brought the in­ju red men or- of the plane to a hospi­tal. I began to check what ca used theacciden t. I peered through the win­dow , and there I saw a vehicle withits front bumper and engine badly cutup and smashed . About two thirds ofthe prope llers ' original length wereleft - badl y twet ed. I said to my.self, " Kaya pala !" (" No wonder") .

Since the two injured men weresea ted very close to me , I realizedthat it wa s a miracle I didn't get hun

T_ Required

Applicants an: required to take theScholast ic Aptitude Test (SAT).Scores from the American CollegeTest (ACD will he recognized insteadof SAT scores"~ Big Sandy cam·pus . 1lft:e.SAT ...unday tal dales re­main b which appticants still havetime to register , accord ing to Mr. Pen­dry. They Ole March 27 (regislnolioadeadl ine Feb . 18), Mil)' 8 ~deadline

Aprill )andJune5 (deadlineApril 29) ." We sugge st applic ants take the

March SAT admi nistratio n if al allpossible , ·' Mr. Pendry stated~

SAT informatio n and registrarionma te ria ls ma y be o btai ned fro mhigh ·school or co llege coun selo rs orby writing to: College Board ATP ,Box 592. Prin<elon. N.J. , 08540 .Non·U .S. studen ts may also write tolhe Co ll ege Board , or (0 M r.Pendry~ s OffICe , for SAT materials .Informat ion on the Acr may be ob·tained by writing to : ACf, Box 4 14,Iowa C ity, Iowa , 52240 .

Anyone with questio ns abo ut theBig Sa ndy campus may write to: Of ­fice of Admissions, AmbassadorCollege, Big Sandy, Tex., 75755.

Athlenc compe tit ion is spo nso red atintercollegi ate and intram ural levelsfor men and wome n, musical func­tions cover the gamut from pop 10

classical, and a variety o f ex tracur­ricul ar and le isur e ac tivit ies areavailable in this beautiful East Texassetting," he said .

Tbo se woo want more inforr tionabout Ambassador Co lleg e , BigSandy, may send for the 1977·78catalog by using the acco mpanyingco upon. Prospective students are en ­cowaged to requcSl aD applicationoow and subm it it to the AdmissioDsOffKe as soon as possible .

By J ose F. RadubanManila Assista nt Pastor

MA NILA , Ph ili pp ine s - Amaintene nce man for Philippine s Airlines d ied Dec . 24 and two passen­gers were seriously injured when aPAL plane coll ided with a gro und­maintenence vehicle while taxiin gfor take off at the Man ila airport.

I wason lhat PAL YS-I1 RPCl415airp lane wim 48 othe r passe ngersbound for Naga C ity and the Bieolregion . Those on the plane who wereinjured were seated along window sNo.3 and 7; I was sitting at -windowNo.5.

The dead man and the two othervictims were all hit by flying debrisfrom the plane' s left pro peller , theblades of which were thrown in dif­feren t d irec tions after hitting thema intenance unit.

Killed instantly after being hit by aflying propeller blade, according to areport in die ManilaDa ily Expre ss ofDec. 25. was Benjamin Area. the27·year-old driver of the unit.

Some witnesses , acco rd ing to thenewspaper acco unt, said the plane ' sengine had just started when it hit the:truck , which was moving away from:he plane at the time .

Wballf?

Thi s is how the incide nt lookedfrom my vantage point inside theplane:

At exactly 9:50 a.m . all passen­gers were aboa rd the aircraft withsea t be lts fastened already . As Ilooked through window No.5 , I sawthe left pro peller just a little to myfront. I thought to myse lf. If one ofthose blades broke and flew off, Iwould be direc tly in line. BU I it wasj ust a passing thought, and I d idn 'tbother muc h abo ut it.

Th rough the window I saw theground checker giving a go signal_tothe pilot, C apt. Geron imo Amurao,

The publ ication says, accordin g toMr. Pend ry, that co llege gradua tesco ntinue to ea rn hig her sa lariesthrough most of their worki ng yean.are less likely to get into " dead-endjo bs" or have to start their caree rsove r and are more satisf ied with theirwork and their lives than noncoll egegraduates. TIle publ ication also citesst udies tha t revea l se . ta lnoneco nomic benefits of a collegeeducation.

"While some parents and youngpeople are now wt'OiI:riD.g if collegeis worth the lime and money, e:spe-­d ally in the light of stiff competitionfor jobs facinr; co llege gradu ates ,Ambassador College is reded icatingits effort s to prov ide the type ofedu­cation Ihat will pay dividends to itsstudents lhroughout life ," Mr. P\:n­dry said .

" Tbe emphas is at Ambass ador is00 char acter building, se lf.·d isciplineand recapturing true values as 8 wayof livin g . In addition. academicprogram s 5UCb • COIIlpUter scien ce ,business adm inistration and othersare now bein g offered which providesludents with an immediate sa lablesk ill in the jo b mar ket. Career·plann ing service s and experiencefrom part-t ime jobs on campus alsohel p s tude nts improve the ir em·ployability after college ."

World of learning

A " world of aclivity ~ learning,frie ndship, excite ment and oppo rtu­nil y for per sona l de velopment"awaits future Ambassador students ifthey are wilIing to put forth the effortto make it bereand apply themselvesafter they are here, Mr. Pendry said.

" The c urric ulum has been ex·panded, and currently seven differentmajors and l~ minon ore: .nil.ble,

D. RaoDurban . South Afric_

" « «Worth singing for

Your an kl e on the YOU la lent con testwas very inspi ring and it is extremelyencouraging to see how much is beingdone for the youth in our Church thesedav s.

Howeve r. I couldn' t help from feelin gthat the prizes awarded were somew hatlarge . Awarding a prize of approxi mate lySIO,OClO value to someone who has anobvious gift from God. and who did noteven write the song herse lf, is rather ex­treme . Many o f the other co ntestants hadco mposed their pieces and also spe ntmuch time and effo rt in the years of prill:­tising, andof course all this effort shouldbe rewarded. BUI can we nor make therewards more equ itable with the othe rcompet itions that are run for YOU: artsand crafts, photography, etc.? This wayevery teen will have a cbance to competein his area with equa l chance of rew ard,and we will then avoid the trap of theworld - awarding for beau ty and intel­ligence and other qualities that are givento some people at birth .

Annett e ForkunWiUowdale, Ont .

queseed to pray one for anothe r.TheWN also has (the l effect ohurning

our tho ughlS from se lf onto others - awonde rful reme dy for worry .

Sir , I thi nk you and team are'providinga fanta stic serv ice - keep up the goodWork!

F;rst pr;u ;ntllL YOU l4hnJ COI1US~ , afo ur-YMr tuition scholarship , at cur. ~ IIJ

t".it;on rates is worth $5 ,400 on rhePasadena campus and $4.100 at BigSandy . TIlL prize doesn ' t incb.lde roomand board and other nanuation costs .

ANSWERS TO PUZZLE ON PAGE 1To lind lhe fifllliettel 01each WOld. use Ihe Ien8f aprint ed after each WOld In the 1oI1owing Usl as agUide. For eKample . tI'Ie hor lzonta l row of lette rsbeginning with 0 on the Iell and rte vertic* rowbeg inning wil hJ on topinterseclallheT '"Tereh;Abel HK. Abimelec:h BE. AbrahamBe.Adem BE.

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gible for financial assis tance from theBasic Educational Oppon unity Grant(BEOG) program of 'he federal gov­ernme nt , as well as various student­loan programs the governme nt of­fers .

A few of the international studentsmay be able Co enroll on the workprogr am the ir first year, according tothe admissions officer .

••Another positive developmentfor the campus is that the SouthernAssociation of Colle ges and Schoolswill be visiting from April 26 to 29.and hopefu lly cand idacy status 10-­ward eccreditat icu will be grantedsubsequent to me visit ," Mr. Pendrysaid .

Worth of CoIIec<" The American Association of

State Co lleges and Univen ities re­eendy released a publication entitledThe Value of a College Educationcriticizing what it calls the oversim ·plifled argumen ts of some publicists ,polit icians and researchers that a 001·lege ed uca tio n is declin in g invalue," Mr. Pendry stated .

~etteWTO THE EDITOR

Tough dKlsionThis le iter is 10 thank you for a gr~a'

paper ! Righi now I especially want tothank you for the stories for young read­ers. We live a three-hour drive from ourarea church so we don ' t have much con ­teet with other members . and your storiesalwa ys make my Hulc boy feel like beisn' t the only boy in the world who is"different;" 11lc: last one , " Tommy 'sDecision " (Dec . 6]. really helped him toface his own problem s et schoo l.

Mrs . Cl yde GossageLewiston. Idaho

« « «Staying do se

Aga in I wish 10 exp ress our thankful ­ness for the WN.

I live wilb hea lth problems and muchpain . The WN is a uemendous help lo

tbose of us who need constant encour ­agement .

II helps us take our minds from our­selves and sray earnestly for our belovedbrothers and sisters all over the world .

I thank our great God beca use it is Hisdirect mercy to us to help us stay close toone another .

I love the whole paper, but especi allythe special prayer req uests. Th ank you forall of your hard. hard work. Kee p up thegood work . Five oollan is such a smallprice to pay for theuemendousblessing itbrings.

Please thank all of the peop le who givetheir time and hard work to eccompli shsuch good .

You have our ferv ent prayers andthankfulness .

Mrs. Pamc ia SummersMoo rpar k, Calif.

« « «I have found the WN to be thoroughly

informative and the single most importantlink with my brothers and sis te rsworldwi de .

The WN helps me to share . live andexperience the triumphs . trials and tribu­lation s of brethren worldwide .

It helps us ro develop thai divine qualit yof compa ssion especially as we are re-

BIG SANDY - The AdmissionsOffice at the Ambassa dor Co llegecam pus here is accepti ng studen tsfor the fall , 1977 , semester , an­nounced Geo rge Pendry, admis sionsofficer.

Applications are com ing in fromacross the United States and severalother nations , he said .

"Qualified applic ants who submitapplications early win have a betterchance for fall acceptance than thosewho wait until later in the spring;"Mr. Pendry -said, " since onl y a lim­ited number of spaces are avail­able . We ex pect 10 enroll a freshmancl ass nexr faU of abou t 225 stu­dents ."

First-V_Costs

If a student caa come up wilh ade ­quare rllWlCeS foe the r""year, hesaid, the college " will be able tooffer usis.lance thereafter via theon ·c ampus work·scholarship pro.gram." Meetin g those rnt-year costswill be so mewha t eas ier for nextyear's freshmen from America sincestudents at this campus are now eli-

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Th is truly has been an example forme , an important lesson in ho w towo rk hard to achieve the goal of ourca lling : to be an overcomer."

Helpin g Someone

Kersha usually spends two or threeho urs each mont h with Youn g. Dur­ing this time he has take n him placessuch as his doctor's office or ju st satand chatte d to pass the time . Some ­times Kersba' s son , Jonat han , join sthe gro up .

Young too is in a position of bein gable to help someone else . He has aclose re la tionship with an 1 1­year -old -boy in the neigh borh oodwho doesn't have a father. The boyregards Yo ung as a combinati onfathe r and grandfa ther .

" I th ink it ' s im portan t to re ­member that by hel ping one anotherit enables us all 10 live more useful.prod uctive lives," Kers ba said.

Friendly Visitor volun teer s maybe adults o f an y age . Some are,themselves, older adults . The y vol­untee r to visi t an older person who isat least 60.

"The reason s for volunte erin g aremany ," Mr s. Gree nlaw said . "Butmos tly the vol unteers are sensitive tothe needs of older persons ."

'Those who wou ld like to be vis­itors or wish to be visited may call theCounci l on Agin 6 at 834 -2877 .

also gives me a good feeling to beable to help . It ' s rew ardin g to knowthai my time has been well spe nt andhelpful to the co mmunity .

" Also , it ' s an education for me .I've d iscovered J can learn from aperso n wbohas been aro und for somany ye ars . Fo r instance , he ' swatc hed the city grow and develop.

" I let him teach me, maybe not bigthin gs, but little thin gs . It helps metoo when I don ' t go as thou gh I'm theone doing all the giving."

Alice Gree nlaw, who admini stersthe program for the council , saidthere is a need for more men to beinvolved .

" Wome n have a tradit ion o f vel ­untee rin g, but the re 'e no rea son whymore men coul dn't be involved, "she said . ·" We have a rea l needamo ng men for visi tors. In fact, thereis far fro m eno ugh visitors to goaro und ."

" During the year I fought manyproblem s, but in aU tho se trials Godinsp ired me w ith encourag ingthou ghts and strength to fight on.

presented to him. (Photos courtesy Tong a Chronic le and RainbowStudios]

By Lynne WoganRALEt GH, N.C. - AI Kersha is

one o f only four men amo ng 40 vol ­unteer s who take part in the FriendlyVisitor Program of the Wake Co untyCo uncil on Aging. .

" J don ' t know why volunteeringdoesn't attrac t the interest of mo re

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me n, " said Ker sha... It ' s peoplehelping people ."

Ker sha vi sit s Rubin Yo ung , a79·year-old retired lumber -companytruck driver, who lives alone in afou r-room hou se in So uth Ral eigh .

Visits and a help ing 'hand fromKersha as well as from friends andneighbors are what make it poss iblefor Yo ung 10 rem ain in his o wnhome.

A neighbor stops by each Frida yevening and takes him to a nearbygrocery store . Youn g does n' t drive .He had a ca taract ope rat ion seve ralyears ago. and since then, he said, " Iju st haven 't been able 10 get my eyesback like they used to be .1 can hardlysee witho ut my glasses : '

Wh en Yo ung be nt his g lassesframe , Kersha took them to the o p­tometrist ami wai led while the gla ss­es were repaired .

Looking Forward

" I have a good neighborhood , butmost of the peopl e work," Youngsa id, addi ng thai visits from Kershaare' ' someth ing I loo k forward to andcan co unt on. "

" What better way to get downto the basics of the Ch ri stianreligion than to sit dow n wi th an­othe r person in need on a one-t o­one basis?" asked Ke rsha , minis­te r of the Worldwid e C hurc h o fGo d, w h ich has se ve ra l hun ­dred mem ber s in its loc al co ngre­gat ion .

Kersha poin ted ou t tha t the ben­efits of me visns art mutual , "II

This article, abour Al Kersha,pasto r of the Faye tte ville andRaleigh , N.C ., churches . is re­primed by permission fr om theRaleigh T imes of Aug . /2 .

People helping peopleing the interior mech anisms of theradio and soo n had all the parts laidout on the living-roo m floo r. By thetime he had the prob lem "correc ted "it was way past dark .

" I don' t thin k I'll ever forget whathappene d when I plugged it in, " hesa id . " It blew all the fuses in thehouse , and it was pitch dark."

The family had - to use candlesthroughout the home until the fuse scould be replaced, and that took qu itea while. .

"After all that happened ," Argieco ncl uded, " 00 one enco uraged meto beco me an electricia n. "

Argie' s interest in music is eve no lder than his interest in electri ca lappliances . " I gue ss I'v e been play ­ing somet hing - guit ar , mando lin- since . can remember," he stated .

His first and only mus ic teacherwas his uncle , Clare nce Long , andArgie 's parent s bought him his firstguitar when he W" ~ aro und 10 yearsold .

Over the years he has been amem be r o f se ve n popular andco untry- wes tern- music bands , andhis " Chet Atkin s" style of guitarpickin g has been rated as good as theold master' s . .

Curr ently he says his TV guitarfills his musical need s, and he hasn ' tany plans 10 build another one anytime soon . " Bur I have saved a fewscrap piece s," he added .

h took him about a year and a halfto comple te the guitar after he sa l­vaged the wood from the televi sioncabinet. He used a slab of mahoganyto make the neck of the instrument,and he said that, becau se of the den­sity and durabi lity of the Brazi lianwood, it' s not ex pected to warp " fora lon g time ."

The instrume nt was completed inhis basement " with the barest o fequipment," and Argie has had aHigh Point (N .C .] firm put an eye ­catching " star -burst " finis h on theinstrument' s exterior.

The result is a bea uti ful instrume ntthaI brin gs " ahhs" when it' s broughtout o f the case , eve n more " ahh s"when Argie beg ins to play and achorus of " Yo u' re kidd ing" whenhe tells the audie nce it was made inhis basement from a junked tele­vision Itt

seasoned and in perfect condition,"he reca lled . " so I decided to use it."

Actua lly, guitars and TV s take upmost of Argie ' stime. So , if you thinkabo ut it . it is not too surpris ing that hefoun d a way to incorporate both hishob bies .

He has worked in elect ronics sincehe gradu ated from Co lfax Schoo l andfor seve ral years has ow ned and op­erated Smit h's TV Service, which islocated just a stone 's throw from theco mmu nity post office .

Argie recalled that his first expe ri ­ence in electro nic repair came abo utwhe n he was I~ and atte mpted to fixa rad io belongi ng to his pare nts.

He had to beg and beg his motherand fath er to let him try to d iagnosethe rad io' s problem, and they finallygave trim perm ission to tinke r with theappliance if " he would be careful."

Argie said he" hada ball" erplor-

AWARDS - Tongan member Heamasi Ta'u fo'ou receives awards fromthe king of Tonga, left photo . RighI: Mr. Ta'ufo'cu holds the troph ies

o verco mers will come before the King to register as a co mpeti to r in theof Kings to rece ive the ir rewards ." highest classes of co mpet ition in the

Mr. Ta 'u fo 'ou reca lled that at the National Agric ultura l Show - andbeginning of the year he had decided that the first prize was hi s goa l.

once,twice,thrice

Guitar once a TV

Argie Smith is a member of theGreensboro . N.C. r church . Thisarticle is reprinted by perm iss ionfro m the Ker nersville , N.C .,News of Nov . JJ .

nrally , aUJ used was the wood froman old television and not any of thetubes or anyth ing like that."

Prior to building his "TV" guitar ,he had made two others out o f scrappieces o f wood , and both had beendes troyed by warpage .

"The wood o n the te levisioncabinet wasabout 20yearsold, well

By Arlene WalkerCOLFAX . N.C. - Argie Smith

of Co lfax has an electric bass guitarthat used to be a te jevision set.

How did a te levision set become agui tar? "A lo r of people ask methat," 'said Argie with a grin...Ac-

King honors memberNotnotbut

By Toluta 'u Ha'anganaNUKUALOFA. Tonga-Church

member Heamasi T a' ufo' ou waspresented three awards by KingTauta'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga Oct.18, the day before the Fe ast ofTabernacles .

The honors we re given at theRoyal National Agric ultura l Show ,an annual ce lebration to wh ich pr0­

ducers and farmers from all over thecountry bring their best prod uce forexhibition, includin g domestic ani­mals , vege ta bles , frui ts, arts andhandicrafts.

TIle awards wo n by Mr . Ta ' ufo 'ouincluded first prize for the " bestplan ned , cultivated and managedfarm " for 1976. Farmers co mpetingfor this prize had their farm s in­spec ted and judged several rimes dur ­ing the year precedi ng the show .

Mr. Ta'ufo' ou won a specia l pri zefor being a "leading farme r in hus­bandry and fann management; ' andwon third prize in another ca tegory .

Mr. Ta'ufo'ou came forw ardthree times before the king 10 recei vethe awards. He co mmented later:

" 1be very moment I ca me for­ward and bowed my head before theking and shoo k hands with him, thescripture came to mind abo ut how the

TUNE IN - Argie Sm~h display s his elect ric bass gu~ar made from ajunked TV se t. (Photo by Arlene Walker]

Picture that

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A history ofthe GennanWork

Firs t Sabbath Se n-ices

Next , plans were made to beginservic es in one are a after ano ther soeventually eve ryone co uld attendregularl y without undue hardsh ip be ­cause o f travel .

Mr . Arm st ron g appro ved the plan,and the first regula r Sabbath servicewas held in centra lly"located Frank­furt Dec . 25 , 1965 , in the Hot elFrankfurter HoL More than 100 at ­tended from as far away as Austria,Switzerland and the northe rnmost partof Ger many. We eve n did a simulta­neous translation into English for thehandful of English-speaking breth renwho attended . (We still provide thistranslation service in Frankfurt .)

Inquick success ion churches wereraised up in Hamburg , Due sseldorf .Munich , Utrecht (Netherlands) andZuric h (Switzerland) , but Sabb athservice s co uld o nly be held aboutonce a mon th beca use o f lack o fmanpower . To help make up for thelon g tim e between services . theywere held all day, a Bible study inthe mo rning and a preach ing servicein the afternoo n, with a meal in be­.rween .

These services in the ea rly yea rswere held in some of (he finest hote lsin Europe at little or no cos t to (heWo rk of GodvTbe members paid forthe meals themse lves, and no rentwas charged for the meetin g hall .

On the Da y of Pente co st in 196 8ministerial assistant John Karlson , agraduate of Amba ssador College inPasadena, was ordained a local elder .T h is impo rtan t milestone soo no pened the way to ho lding service stwice a month , which all felt was agood step fo rward . Dur ing 1970 wemoved the Munich church to Satz-

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The idea was proposed 10 Herbe rtW . Arms tron g . who gave the gree nlight for the first German -speakin ggroup of about 30 persons 10 fly in acharte red DC-) to England Inth e fallof1963 . Th is cont inued each fall unti l1973 when the last Germa n-speak inggroup of about 260persons flew in twochartered Boeing jet s to Eng land forthe Feast of Tabe rnacle s . The reafterthe Feast was held in Germ any (ne xtfall we expect about 600), but thai isgetting ahead of the story.

Tbe next step was initiate d rightaf ter the Fea st o f Tabernacles in1964. Gamer Ted Arm stron g gaveme the opportunity to go back 10

Pasade na with my fam ily for alm osttwo mo re se mesters of co llege . I hadon ly had three se mesters when I wasse nt to Ge rma ny to beg in wo rkingthere in 1962 . This addincnal tratn ­ing eve ntua lly led to the first servicesin the Germa n language .

On the way back from Californ iato Germa ny in the ear ly spring of1965 , we stopped at Brick et Wood inEng land , where I was ord ained apreaching elder by Herbert W. Arm­stro ng and Gamer Ted Arm strong ,who were both in Bricket Wood atthe rime.

This no w opened the way for ser­vices to be held in the German­speaking area . W ithin a few week swe held the first Passover and Daysof Unleavened Bread in our home inDuesse ldo rf, Se venty perso ns fromall parts of Europe atte nded . Wecount ed on good weathe r to seat theove rflow out on the patio , bUI ilrained almo st every day .'

Nevertheless our spirits we re nOIda mpe ned . Eve n tho ugh in so me

. ways it had 10 be a makeshift affair(ou r firs t lectern was a chest of dr aw­ers) , everyone remembers it with af­fectio n as one of themos t me mor ableeven ts in the earl y histor y of theGe rman Wo rk. God ' s Spirit was withus!

The writer, Mr . Schnee, is re­gional director for the German - .speaking Work.

The lady from Germa ny sat nex t to aGennan student who had befriendedher.

After the study . to my amaze me nt ,

she told me enthusiastically and inglowing terms abo ut how she en ­jo yed Mr. McNair' s Bib le study andthat he had made the subjec t so clearand understandable.

,. But how co uld this be ?" I as ked .Sh e explained that the German­speaking student had pointed out the .scriptures Mr . McNa ir was readingin her German Bible and that he hadmade comments to her in a whisperfrom time to time , trans lating Mr.McNair's exp lanat ions.

Sta n of Something

This sta rte d so me exci ti ngthought s . If th is Germ an lad y wasable to ge t so m uc h o ut o f anEng lis h- language serv ice in t hisway . then how much bette r wo uld itbe if she cou ld wear ea rpho nes andget a simultaneo us trans lation of ev­eryt hing bei ng said ? And didn' t Paulsay in ICo rinthia ns 14 that if a minis­te r we re speaking in a langu ageforeign to the heare r tha t it wo uld beuseless unless someone wo utd inter­pret? Could this be a so lution for theGerman-speaking members to beable to attend at least the Feast ofTabe rnac les , even though the re wasas yet no ord ained min ister whocould preach in Ge rman?

Ofcourse!Have them 31llravel lOEngland?Why 1I01?

By Fran k SchneeBONN - Jesus co mpared the

Kingdom ofGod to the way a grain ofmusta rd seed grows . It beg ins sma lland gro ws stead ily until it beco mesgreate r than all. The C hurch of God .commissio ned 10 announce the goo dnews of that comi ng Kingdo m in allthe world , has been growing in the

From the first big step

same way. and the Germa n-speakingarea in Europe has been no exception.

Humbl e Beginning

As ea rly as the summe r o f 196 2 Lhefirst "is iting lou r thro ugho w Ger­many (East and West), Swit zerland ,Austria and ne ighbo ring Ge rman ­speakin g areas was unde rtak en . Atiny handful was baptized . Th at au ­tu mn three German-speaking mem ­bers travel ed to Hayling Island inEng land to keep the Fea st of Taber­nacle s, all three bei ng also able tounderstand Englis h .

In the sprin g of 1963 my wife and Iand ou r two chi ldren trave led fromour ho me in Du e sseldorf 10 thenearest church , in Bricket Wood ,England, to keep the Passover . Therewere as yet no churches on the Euro­pean Co ntinent in any language.

We also took along a Ger man ladywho spoke no Engl ish but wanted toco me with us anyway . She d id notwant to keep the Spri ng Festival allalo ne at home . I had no idea that hervisit to England would be the pre lude10 the first big step forwa rd for theGerman-speaking members .

In Bricket Wood , on the day be­fore the Passover, Raymond McNairheld a Bible stud y, ex plaining amon g

othe r t" ings how gentiles ca n begrafted into the Body of Christ today .

BEGINNINGS - Frank Schnee, above, goes over office wor!< with h;';wife, Esther, shortly after open ing the German office in Duesseldorf in1962. Below: Mrs. Schnee stands at the Bertin Wall just before visningEast Germans in Leipzig in 1965 with her husband .

COLINCATO

VICTOR ROOT

FRANK SCHNEE

JOHN KARLSON

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abl e 10 shake our shado w longenough to baptize both him and hisson and lon g enoug h for my wife andI 10 get -back on a train to West Ger­many .

After this we made many trips toEast Gennany, never reali zing ourevery move was being watched andrecorded . This was revealed in 1972when Mr. Karlson was cond ucting

The Electronic Paster

"The biggest single step taken re­cently to serve the German- speakingmembers of the Worldwid e Chu rch ofGod was made possible through theuse of cassette record ing tapes . A9O-minute church service , recordedespec ially for the cassette programevery two weeks at Bonn, is sent toevery member . We have even found away to get the tapes into Yugoslaviaand East Germany on a regular basis ,meaning that most members now areable to hear a sermon every Sabbath . Ifthe flrst five programs are an indica­tion , this electronic aid to feeding theflock is anov erwhebning success and areal blessing .

We seem to have come a long waysince that first group traveled 10 En­gland to attend a service led by anorda ined minister . A lon g way sincethat f irst Passover in our home andthe first Sabb ath serv ice in Ge rman atFrankfurt. And still we have only justbegun,

the services for our East Germa nbrethren 's Feast of Tabernacles inEast Berlin. The sec urity poli ceraided the service s, and in thei r ex­citement , thinking they had caught

. some enem ies of the state red- handed ,divulged that they had been watchingthe Pisto riuses and us since 1965 . Itwas most amazin g how God inter­vened. After a short investigation thepolice were convinced that we wereharmless and even wished tho sepresen t to continue to have a happyFeast .

Mr . Hellemann is the pastor for thepresent group of seven members inEast Germany. He conducts thespring and fall Festivals there andvisits them at least twice more eachyear . I try to visit them at least twice ayear for services and coun sel ing.Several of the other ministers and afew members also mat.e visits tothem during the year so that theyhave contact on the average of aboutonce a month. Heinz Pistoriu s is theirdeaco n. We are hoping and pray ingthat perhaps through the AmbassadorInternational Cultural Founda tion wemay some day be able 10 work openl yto reach the many mill ions in theGerman-speaking area beh ind theiron curtain.

Who Works Where?

Victor Root , 27, who lives nearHannover. look s after the churchesin the North at Berlin , Hannover andHamburg . One Sabbath he flies toBerlin in the morning and back toHannover for an afternoon service .(The flight is only 25 minutes .)

we will discuss soon.

The next Sabbath he preaches atHambu rg .

Helmut Lev sen . 28. lives nearSalzburg . From there he serves all ofAustria. On the first Sabbath he is inSalzburg. The next week he is inGra z on Friday evening and goes onto Vienna to preach there on Satur ­day . Mr . Levsen also does visiting inYugosl avia, where we have a fewmembers .

Paul Kieffer, 25, attends to thecongregations in Switzerland andlives on the German side of the bor­der at Rheinfelden , near Basel. (It isdifficult for -anon-Swiss to get permis­sian to live and work in Switzerland.)One Sabbath Me. Kieffer is ·inZurich . The next week he looks afterthe churches at Bern and Basel.mom lng and afternoon . .

Mr . Karlson, 32, senior pastor toall the men in Ihe field, is in theprocess of moving to the Mannheimarea . Mr . Karlson will pastor thechurches at Frankfurt and Mannheimone week and the church at Stuttgartthe next. His associate pastor, TomRo o t , 25, loo ks after the co n­gregations at Munich and Nurembergand assists Mr. Karlson in his area .

k I pastor the churches at Bonn andDuesseldorf along with associate pas­tors Colin Care, 30, who is also of­fice manager, and Alfred Helle ­mann , 42 , who also has one otherimportant respon sibili ty . And tha tbrings us to area No . 17, the churchin East German y.

Behind Iron Curtain

My wife and I, on Sept. 4, 1965,made the first visiting tour behind theiron cu rtain in East Germany. Wewere able to get permission to go tothe trade fair at Leipzig and used theoccasion to meet Heinz Pistorius andhis son Guenther . both from Zwickau ,at Leipzig. We found out later thatthe state security police had beenmonitoring their mail. Mr . Pistoriu swas formerly a sec retary o f theCommunist party at Zwickau, andpart y officers did not quit e kno wwhat [ 0 make of his resignati on fromthe post after he became co nverted.

In Leipzi g an officer of the se­curity police followed us wherever wewen t. Luc kil y Mr . Pisto rtu s hadnoticed it and we were miraculou sly

Evangelistic CampaIgns

The next big step to more growth

{Continued from page 41burg . Austria , for the convenience o fthe majority in that area . In 1971 Dr .Roy McCarthy graduated fromBrickel Wood , was ordained andgiven the responsibili ty for thechurch at Utrecht.

was taken in the fall of 1974with thefirst o f some successful evangelisticcampaigns in Duesseldorf and Ber­lin . In 1974 and 1975 three morecrd mations look place . These pavedthe way for taking care of the growthto come from the future campaignsand to extend the ch urch coverage ofthe German-speaking a rea evenmore . Victor Root , Colin Cato andPaul Kieffer, all graduates o f Am­bassador College, became local el­ders . Mr . Karlson had been advancedto a preaching elder in February,1973.

During 1975 eva ngelistic cam­paigns were held in Hannover, Ham ­burg, Frankfurt, Stuttgart , Munich ,Zurich and Vienna . In 1976 the cam ­paigns continued in Graz, Austr ia;Bern and Basel , Switzerland; andMannheim and Nuremberg , WestGermany.

More Ordinations

The Fall Festival just comp leted afew months ago saw three more men ,all Ambassador trained , ordained tothe office of local elder . They areAlfred Hellemann, Helmut Levse n(OlD' first two ministers who are en­tirel y Gennan) and Tom Root , whogrew up in Germany I even though hecarried a U.S. passport . Victor Root ,Tom's brother, was ra ised to preach­ing elder . We have three deacons atpresen t and hope to ordain severaldeaco ns and deaconesses in the nearfuture . We are also very pleased tohave more than a dozen studentsfrom the Gennan-speaking area at ­tending Ambassador Co llege . cwhichwill train a supp ly of laborers in thefuture .

We presently have congregationsin 17 location s with more than 500 intotal attendance. Services are heldevery two week s in Hamburg, Han­rover , Duesseldorf. Bonn, Frank ­fun , Mannheim , Stuttgart, Basel,Bern , Zurich and Salz burg and everyfour week s in Berlin, Nuremberg,Munich , Graz and Vienna . Severalof these latter five locat io ns willchange to services eve ry two weekssoon. Besides services , we also havespec ial adu lt-education classes (atype of Bible study) and of cour seSpoke sman Clubs in some of theareas . But the above total is only 16 .There is one more impo rtant area that

From the first big step

EAST AND WEST - Some 'saoGerma n-speaki ng Feastgoors, left photo, asse mble for the 1976 Feast in theBlack Forest. Right: This small group of Feastgoers keeps the '76 Feast in East Germany. Deacon HeinzPistorius and his wife are standing at right , midd le row.

A history of the German Work

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TOM ROOT

PAUL KIEFFER

HELMUT LEVSEN

ALFRED HELLEMANN

Couple battles East Germany

in struggle for right to marry

Monday, Jan . 17:1977

short tim e : first com ing to We stGermany and then co ming 10 theUnited Slates .

" So many cars , rich peopl e, nicehomes and color TV ," COn1'mentedHe lla. "( have never seen this be­fore . Lthink the biggest difference iswhat you can buy in East Gcnnanyand what yo u can buy here ."

Mea l planning in East Germ any isdiffic ult be cau se the ho use w ifedoesn't know from day ((1 day whatfoods wi ll be avai lable at the groce rystore.

" My mother cannol make the de­cisio n about what to buy at ho me ,"Hell a said . " She must go 10 the storeand see what's there . She cannot be­l ieve I go shopping on ce every 14day s ."

.. Allhough there might not be asmuch variety in product s , East Ger ­mans work hard and everyone has anice home and nice clo thes," Willistated .

Leavi ng East Germany is not lim ­ited 10 people with ci rcumstan cessimilar 10 Hella's and Ihose who de­cide to risk thei r lives cros sing thebo rde r illegally . Retired pers on s ,wOO wo uld be a liability 10 tbe EastGennan government , are allow ed 10

immigrate 10 the Wes t. where theyare supported by the West Germangovernment. Hell a worked in EastGerman y, but no l in the West, so shereceived unemployme nt compensa­tion from the Wesl German govern­men lo

The EaSI Germans have a jokeabout their rela lions with the Sov ietUnion . In the cla ssroom one day ateache r asked the students , . . Who areyo ur friend s?"

O ne of the children answe red ." The Czec hs ."

The teacher rep lied , " Correct. butwho e lse are your frien ds?"

" T he Hungarians," answe redanothe r pupil.

" Yes," answered the tea ch er ,"bur you must reme mber yo ur big­ge st friend s . ,.

All the students looked puzzled ."You remember, the Russians . "

said the teacher .O ne of the children said , "Russia

isn ' t o ur friend: he' s o ur b igbrother; "

Tbe teacher asked what the d iffer ­ence is.

One little boy in the comer replied... You can choose ),our friend s , b UI

yo u c a n n o t c hoose yo ur bigbrother."

Two Culture Shocks

But the new experiences are eve nmore profound for Hell a, who hasexperienced two culture shocks in a

Heinz set down to study the Bible forthe first time . In the end he decidedthat his son was right.

Father and son became the firstmembe rs in East Germany whe n theywere bapti zed by Mr . Sc hnee in1965 . Kaet he Pistorius , wife andmother , was bapti zed in 1966.

In 1973 Mr. Pi sror ius was o r­dained as the first deacon in EastGermany/

Willi says the greatest probl emfacing the East German church is that"they ca n' t get liter atu re and it' shard to hear a se rmo n. Maybe aminister co mes eve ry two mon ths forSabbath serv ices."

Hella added, " The governmentdoe sn 't like this Church because webelieve in gove rnment by God, andIhe communists be lieve in govern­ment by com munists ."

However, keeping the Sabbath isnot as big a probl em as it is in theWest . The worke r has Saturdays andSundays off .

In describing the differences be­tween West Ge rma ny and the UnitedSta les, Willi says, " TIle Ame ricansare more free ."

FROSTLS - Willi and Hella Frostl came to Ambassador this year afteran ordeal tha t took three yea rs and requ ired Wil~ to travel 24,000 miles.The process ended in the East German gove rnment granting Hellapermission to marry Wi lli and imm igrate to West Germany. (Photo byTom Hanson ]

PASSPORTS - HellaFrostlcarries passportsof the three countries ofwhich she is a citizen: East Germany (left) , Austria (center) and WestGermany. (Photo by Tom Hanson)

Fair Cha Uenge

Guenther to ld his father. " If yo uca n prove to me that I'm wrong, I'llbel ieve in you r Communist party ."

Co nsidering this a fair cha llenge ,

cere mony at a Standesanu, or civilcou rt . and the n at the Wald hof Hote lin Zwickau by Frank Schnee , pastorof the German -speakin g churc hesand di rector of the Work ' s Bonn of ­fice .

As a re sult of her marriage toWilli, Hella becam e eligible to re­ceive an Austrian passport . She re­ceiv ed this Apri l 9, 1975 , after whichthe couple honeymooned for a weekon the nort h coast of East Germany .Will i the n re turne d to Bonn, wherehe worked 3.<;a carpe nter remodelingthe Church' s office there, and Hellareturned to Zwickau .

Permission Gra nte d

Hella was granted permi ssion toleave Eas t Germany June I, 1975 ,ex actl y three years after she first metWilli. Willi received the new s June 5and set OUI for his last trip to Zwick ­au , co mplet ing 24 ,000 mi les oftravel. June 8, 1975 , Hella beca methe first East Germ an wom an , afterhav ing bee n granted permission tomarry a non -East German , to leavethe country 'and still reta in her EastGerman citize nship.

When Will i' s work was finished inBonn , Mr. Sch nee suggested that heapply to Ambassador College . Afterbein g accept ed, the Fros tls left WestGermany in June en rout e 10 BigSand y . Willi is majorin g in theologyhere and wo rks on the ca mpus car­pentry crew . Hella attend s cla sseswit h her husband .

Wi lli' s fir st co ntac t with theChurch came whe n he saw an ad ver­ti sem ent in Reader ' s Digest andwro te for literature in 1968 . He wasbaptiz ed in 19 70 by Mr. Schn ee .

Hell a followed her fathe r , motherand broth er into the Church when shewas bapti zed by Mr. Schnee at theFeast of Ta bernacles in East Berlin in1969 .

Hell a ' s brot he r Guenther fir slheard Die Wdt ~'on Morgen (TheWorld Tomorrow in Germ an ) overRadio Luxumbourg in 1%3 when hewas 18 . As he became mo re andmore interested his father, Heinz,Commun ist -party sec retary of a dis­trier headquarters at Zwicka u, beg anto worry . Fearing for his jo b, Mr.Pistoriu s tried to keep his son fromlisten ing to the program . But to noavail.

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AT LAST - Afteryears of legal has­sles Willi Frostland Hella Pis­tonus were able tobe married. Th ispicture was takenat their civil mar­riage , whic h tookplace before theywere wed in aChurch ceremony.

. .Hella became thefirst East Germanwoman, afte r hav­ing been grantedpermission tomarry a non-EastGerman, to leavethe co untry andstill retain he r EastGerman citizen­ship.

was agai n denied on the gro unds thaiEaM Germany was not yet a membe rof the United Natio ns. Soo n afterthi s , in Se ptembe r of 1973 , EastGerman y becam e a mem ber (If theUN.

In the meantim e the coupl e , di s­co urage d at times, never gave upho pe , alth ou gh permission had beendenied five times. Willi , who had bythen mov ed to Duesse ldorf, WestGermany , co ntin ued his o nce -a­month visits, driving the 300 mile s toZwic ka u.

Then unexpectedly Hella receiveda call from the authorities informingher that if Willi app lied for ent ranceo ne mor e tim e hi s applicarionwou ldn't be rejected . A s ixth appli­ca tion was filed , but tbe IwO were

told that the information they had re­ceived was incorrect and permiss ionwas agai n de nied .

Clai ming the Right

Willi visited Hella for the Passoverand Days of Unleavened Bread in1975, and they decided for the lastlime to co ntac t the government. Williknew that the Ea st German lawguaranteed the right of the people tomar ry whom ever the y wished and tolive whe reve r they wished . Si nceWilli and Hella had been waiting for .three yea rs , they wen t in and tried tocla im the right 10 marr y 'under thislaw.

An argument develo ped betweenWi lli and a go vern me nt official.Hell a stepped in and Slated, " Myfiance is a foreign er. He thinks thatwhen the law gives you pennission 10

do somet hing it me ans what itsays."

The o ff ic ia l replied : "I am afather . Every young person mustlearn patience ."

Will i answere d : " I am a youngman . I know the law . You are a rep­rese ntativ e of the go vernment. I can­not believe the govern ment. "

W ill i threatened to go to We stGermany, where he knew the wife ofa We st German governme nt photog­rapher, and take his story to thenewspapers and televi sio n.

Two week s lale r they were grantedpermi ssion to marry. The y were mar­ried April 5 , 1975 , first in a civil

By Tom Hansonand Kathaleen Donahue

BIG SANDY - When Hella Pis­tonus Pros tl. wife of AmbassadorCc flege fres h ma n Will i P ros t l ,cro ssed the borde r from Ea st 10 WestGe nn any on Jun e 8. 1975. she wasreminded of Israel' s historic exodusfrom Egy pt.

" The feel ing was like d uring thePassover time with the blood on thedoor ," said Hella . " I know that onIhis bo rde r many East Germ an s werekilled . But , beca use I had this sign,whic h is only my passport . no onewo uld kill mc ."

The events thai led to Hella ' s mar ­riage to Will i and her move 10 WestGe rma ny (las t wri tten abo ut in theWN of July 2 1, 1975 ) bega n in Au-

gust o f 1971 when Helmuth Kaserer ,an Austrian Church member andfather of Big Sandy fres hman SonjaKaserer, met Hella at the wedd ing ofher brothe r . Dietm ar Pistoriu s. andEva Stange . .

At Mr . Kaserer' s sugges tion Willibegan co rrespondi ng with Hell a inFebru ary o f 1972 . A new relation­ship began, and Willi' s first mee tingwith Hell a took place in early June ather hom e in Z wic kau. Eas t Ge r­man y. After a seco nd visit in Julythey becam e engaged.

Permission to Marry

However, befo re they co uld marrythey had to obtain perm ission fromthe East German governme nt. Be ­lievin g thai it would be imposs iblefor Hell a to leave the co untry, W illiappl ied to the gove rnment for an en­trance permi t to live in East Ge r­man y. His app lication and severa lmore were rejected (The WorldwideNews. Aug . 19, 1974).

On o ne occ as ion the co uple wastold that beca use East Germany didnot have .d iplomatic relations withAustria (the country of Willi's citi ­zenship) officials co uld net di scuss thematter. Shortly after this, diplomaticrelat ions were esta blis hed .

The y aga in returned to the au­thorities, claiming the right to marryunder a United Nation s ordinance

guar anteein g the right of individualsto live where they choo se and marrywhome ver they wish . Perm ission

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Transplantee leads happy, normal life

GOOD H£A1.TH - Dan Grayling Tl1llniesBlenda Day, a hospital em­ployee who cared for him during and after his transplant ope ration , left

Doctors amazed at progress

photo . Dan and Bl enda enjoy each o!her's company at a Johannesbu rgchurch picn ic, right photo .

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grateful for all articles andphotographs submitted byreaders . We would like 10be able to acknowledgeeach, but we are not. Thepol icy of nol acknowledgingind ivid ual cont ributionssaves thousands of dollarsa year, savings that are re­tlected in whal .he edrtorsteel is a nominal subscrip­tion donat ion. We ask thatyou be ar with us in keepingcosts down .

Grey ling 's health has improved con­tinuall y.

Nearly all kidney transplants suf­fer se rious side ef fects because ofcortiso ne and other drugs. These in­e lude ca taracts . b rittle bon e s .sto mach ulce rs. me nta l trauma.diabetes, heart problems. bepatitis .obes ity. skin problems.

Many of his friends who also hadkidney transplants have died as a re­sult of these co mplicatio ns. Manyhave had rejection problem s and hadto be put back on a kidney machine .Tbe only side effect o f any signifi­c ance that he has had was highblood cholesterol (related to heart at­tacks) . However, this has dropped 100points and is now dose to normal.

• The bigge st prooem Mr. Grey­ling has is keeping his weight down.When he had the transplant he onlyweig hed 90 pounds . Three month slater his weig ht shot up to 150pounds . and a year later 206. How­ever , he man aged to bring his weightdown 10 174 pound s.

From time to time doc tors pointout that he is extremely lucky to be insuch exce llent physical cond ition .They often warn that his co nditioncould deteriorate . His reply to them:"You 've gOI to be kjdneying."

Mr . Greyling is nol a ware of anyot he r kidney tra nsplanls in theChurch . If there are he would like tohear from them . His address: 22ACeder Ave. , Richmon d, Tra nsvaal,2092, Republ ic of South Africa .

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YOUR WORD UST: Abe l, Abimelech. Abraham. Adam. Asher,Benjamin, Cain, Cush . Dan . Dadan. Dinah, Eber, Enoch . Ephraim,Eseu, Esheol , Eve. Gad. God , Hagar . Ham , Heth , Hul, Isaac ,Ishmael, Issachar, Jacob, Japheth, Joseph, Judah, Laban. Leah .Levi. Lot, Manasse h, NaphlaJi. Nimrod. Noah , Rachel, Rebekah,Reu, ReUben, Sarah , Seth , snem, Simeon, Tereh, Uz, Zebulun.

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THE '49 ERS OF GENESIS. BY BOB BY WHIPKEY

All but six lellers below are used to spell 48 names lound in the, oak of Genesis. One name listed is omitted from the puzzle. Can, ou find which one is left out? Names are spelled across , up anddown and diagonall y. As you find a name, check rt off tha list andcircle rt on the puz zle . The Cal ifomla '49ors struck gold. llyou canfind the 48 nam es in the puzzle , plus discover the one not !hera .you will also have " struck gold '" ("Terah" is in bold type to get youstaried.) .

went bome and prayed together , ask­ingGodto please show us wha t todo,to strengthen our faith .. . becau sewe just did not kno w what to do. "

After wrestling with the dilemmaof what to do , Mr . Greyling decidedto be anointed and trust God for theans we r. Local eld er S yd Hullanoin ted him , and he said he slept"far easier" that night.

Fo llowing the anointing Mr .Greylin g said " things happened soquickly and dra maticall y that I co uldhardly keep pace .

"Firstly , o n entering the hospitalfor the test , my blood pressure re­turned to normal! Secondly, the pro­fessor of rad iology . after see ing theX rays , cam e into the room where Iwas lying and said to me: •Your doc­tors will have to look elsewhere forthe cause . There is no narrowing:.- "Tears of reliefand joy and thank ­fulness ran down my cheeks . AU Icould say in my mind was ' Thankyou, Father .' , .

Si nce tha t experience Dan

-:-M wruer is direc tor ofchurchadministration for the Johannes­burg office of the Work .

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" The only time I know I have hada kidney-transplant o r era tion IS

every three months when I attendclinic for a check up . . . I hold downan 8-to-4:30 job . climb stairs, enjoylong walks and have a healthy , unre­str icted appetite ."

One of the greatest lessons , Mr.Greyl ing says, is fight ing self -pity ." If there is any handic apped personour there wbo may have even an in­kling of self-pity, don 't . It' s a diseasefrom which recovery is almost im­possible . I have see n it happen all toooften. where a negative attitude ca ndestroy even the stro ngest of men ."

Since he has beena member o f theChur ch , Mr . Greyling feels God hasmiraculously intervened for him. Thisis the reason . besays, he enjoy s sec hgood health and can live a nonnaIlife.Doctorsare amazed at his progre ss andvigo"'us, youthful physical condition .As a matter of fact , doctors regard himas the most successful kidney trans­plant in South Africa .

When I spoke to him he daicribedan neat: that occurred to him re­centl y. Thi s is how he desc ribed whathappen ed:

Pallidly Doctors

" In January of this year doctorsdiscovered , on checking their rec­ords, that for some six months pastmy blood pressure had been continu­ously high . They began to panic.They could not find the ca use . Vari ­ous tests were done . but not until thedoctor in charge of the renal unit puthis stethoscope over my kidney wasthe answer found . Or so the ythought. I quoce him almost word.forword : 'I 've found it! I know what iscau sing your elevated SP (bloodpressure) . The main artery to yourkidneys has narrowed. The bloodcan't get through . 1can hear it. And 1~member five years ago an X ray wedid on you showed that narrow ing. IIAu definitely worse ned .'

"I was frightened , really scared ,becau se J knew what this meant:surgery . My mind was in a tW"IJJOtl,arguing back and forth. What was) todo'?I'd had so many operations in !bepast . wbat would one more matter ?Yet i could not bear the tbo ught , withthe knowledge 1 DOW had , of menopening up my side and probing in­side . Yet God hadcaned me after myoperatio n. after the kidney of a totalstranger, now long dead, bad begunwo rking inside my body . Self­justification, se lf-condemnation, allthis filled my mind .

"One mo rt test had to be done toactua lly locate the narro win g prior tosurgery. That evening my wife and 1

In the meant ime he was kept alive bybavin g his blood purified twice aweek for )4 hours each session on akidney mach ine . A shunt (IINO smallpipes, one connected 10 an artery, theother to a vein) was inserted into hisleft arm . Each time he wascoupled tothe machine his entire blood supplywas pumped through the machin e anumber of times, remov ing poisonsthat had built up.

Thi s carried on for three month s.Man y other transplant s were per­formed but no suitable match wasfoun d for h im. The blood group, tis­sue type and other factor s had to be as.near identical betwe en donor and re­cipient as possible .

Possible DoDOr

Then. in M ay of 1969, Mr. Grey­ling received a phone call asking himto report immediately to the renalunit of the Joha nnesbur g hospital be­cause a pos sible donor bad bee nfound . After tests the match provedto be dose, and preparati ons weremade for the 4 'h -hour operati on . Mr .Greylin g was given sedat ives and anassortment of pipes was inserted intoh.isveins . A lube was also placed imvhis jugular vein and down into hisheart for monitoriog the c -tral ee­OOllS pressure. '

The don or ' s kidneys , from a15-year-old cycl ist killed in a roadaccident, were tran sferred 10 Mr .Greyling and another recipient.

When II: woke nearly six hourslater, in the 'intensi ve-care unit, DanGreyling could see a sea of maskedfaces surrounding him . eoctcrs,nurses and techn icians . (One of thosein a mask was later to become hiswife l)

no firs! four daysoflet !heopera­tion were most critical. There wereominous signs of aperennial problemu.apIaaIs face : tbe body's rejectionof the transplanted organ. Durio, thi icritical period -. and medicalsta ff hovered over Mr . GreyliQ&.watching and waiting anxiously. ..after the fourth day he was taken oft!he danger list .

While in th e hospital he wasnursed by a young nursing sister,Brenda Day. She was abo presentduring the operation. She DOl onlyrnrrsed his kidne ys bur Iris hean aswell; the y were married early int971.

Six mon ths after the marriage theybegan to read The Plain TTlltlt, and inJune. 1972. both werebaptized. Danand Brenda are me mbe rs o f theJohannesburg church.

8-10-4:30 .1MToda y Mr . Grcyling can dance .

swim. work , eat. drink . Basically heenjoy s a happy. normal life. As hehimself explain s:

By Andre van BelkumJOHANNESBURG. South Africa

- Six and a hal f years ago DanGreyhng, a mem ber of the churchhere , becam e the 18th success ful reocipient of a transpl anted kidney . Thi sintricate oper ation was performed atthe Johannesburg General HospitalMay 12. 1969. Mr. Greylin g feelsGod has repeatedly intervened forhim since the o peratio n and since bebecame a member of the Church.

His health probl ems started ear lierwhen 'his kidneys slopped function­ing because of a disease ca lled ne­phriti s . Doc tors infonned him that theonly solution to his condition was akidn ey transplant. After much delib­eration be agreed to surgery.

In February, 1969. his diseasedkidneys were remo ved and he wasput on a waiting list for a transplant.

By Carol SnyderRENO. Nev. - Almost a year ago

an idea.th• ..." been in the works for aIoogtime materialized . The idea.nowcalled the Thrift &.Gift Store . i,uocd tobenefit many people . The""" is sup­pone<! by donations from member>.!he general public ..J odie, churchareas and is managed by volunees.

Milbe .Allen, a 70-year-old widow,has worked in !heThrift &. Gift Storesmce it began . Other people donatinglMir'rime are Cheryl ee-er. RuthLucero and CI.. Wrigln . all Churdlme<IIbcn. .

The members. abo scout garage__bargains.,.....u..... store at

• ,..,fiI." """ of 1he Thrift &. Gift 510re

specializes in handmade items, bric­a-brae, gifts, paintings and antiques .One such item is a hand-crocheted,full-size bedspreadmadeby memberHilda Wrig/ll . Pnces on io:Jnsrangefrom SO ceees10 StSO.

Carol Lacey. a former professionallayout artist, and Mrs . Center are re­sponsible for the artistic arrangementand management of the shop.

Some of the profits are used forflowers for &ly Dayservices and formcmilen wllo are hospit>li=l. Thefundsalso provide an emergency fundfor membe rs in need. Tbe busine sshelps pay for congregational activitiesand socials and contributes to YouthOpportunities United activities. It isalso now paying for a church piono.Another service of the store: provid­ing free cloth ing to people in need .

Monday, Jan. 17, 1977

Gift store

benefitsReno area

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Updnte: the interruuionnl Work

in very good hands . I am plea sedwit h the caliber of men who are head­ing God ' s Wo rk."

Mr. Mokarow said the new pro­gram mak es it feasib le for elders noton the Church ' s payroll to " benefi tfrom the same type of program thatemployed min iste rs make use ofwhile attending college for a year onsabbatical ."

A simi lar seminar schoo l is set forthe Big Sandy campus o f Amba s­sado r this summe r and ano ther nextwinter in Pasadena .

Those Who Alk ndedThe 40 elders who atte nded the

schoo l, and thei . :j\ areas , are asfollows:

Cha r" Barrett , Monterey , Calif.:John B,- . ~ .~ . Ca lgary (Sout h), Alta .;Ken Brady , Miami, Fl a . ; W ile yBrisco, Fort Worth , Tex .: Burt Bur­bach, Toronto (west). Ont .: VerdonConrad , Halifax, N.S. ; Ken Co urt ­ney , Jackson, Miss .; Richard Cox .Toledo , Ohio; A .C . De Bre e .Montreal (E n gl is h) Que . ; D ic kEckman, Anchorage, Ala ska.

Scott Erickson . G rand Rapid s ,Minn. ; Herschel Foote, Coffeyville .Kan . ; George For syth, Det roit(East), Mich .; Dou g Hard in, Ca r­tersville , Ga . ; Dou gl as Ho lco mb .Portland (Wes t), Ore .: Walter John­son. Vancouver (No rth) S .c. ; EricLivermore, Ott awa, Om.: Ted Matt­so n, Tul sa , Okla . ; Jim Nork .Phoenix (P .M .) . Artz.: Frank Par­son s, Jackso n , Miss .. George Peyton , Sa n Anton io ,Tex.; Donat Picard . Quebec , Que .:Gary Porter, Blackfoot , Idaho ; PatRegoord , Buffalo. N.Y .; Ed 5<"'-"<1­ler, Burnaby, S .c. ; Robert Staup .Indianapolis, Ind . ; Jim Ste wart,Ra leigh , N.C.; Gu y S tilbo rn ,Moosomin , Sask. : Dell St in gley ,Lafa yett e, lnd .; Keith Stoner , Lon­don ,Ont.

Charles Tackett , Lexington , Ky.;Aldan Tunseth , Anc ho rage .Ala ska ; E .B. Vance . Fort Worth.Tex .: Don Walk er . Salem , OlC.: KenWa lker , Columbia , Mo .; Alex Wat­ters , Toro nto (East) , Ont .: Willi amW ilkin son , Atlan ta . Ga .; C harlesWire, Memphis. Tenn.; Kenn"hWrench , Fayett evill e , N.C .; WayneWyman , Edmonton (Eas t), Alta .

HEAD IN HIS WORK - This member of the Ambassador CollegeTelevision Production Department hasn't1osl his head; he's just vid­eotaping the YOU-conference activitiesat Big Sandy Dec. 26 to 29. (TheWorldw ide News, Jan . 3 .) [Photo by John Wright)

Ralph Helge , director o f the Work'sLega l Department; and Ray Wrig ht,the Work ' s assistant vice presidentfor financial affairs.

Mini sters and their wive s stayed inot her mini sters ' homes , Mr.Mokaro w said . "We paid full ex ­penses for the minis ter and his wifeas well as any lodge costs and meals .This is oot the first time this has bee ndone , but it ' s tbe first time we'veever done it where we 've offered it tounemployed elders . Our previousministeria l seminars have just beenwithi n the pastor group."

BenefICial In formation

Me. Martin said Mr. Arm strongand Mr . Dart ., were very pleasedwith the prog ram. And the elders 'e ruhus rasm was ex tremely hig h .They felt the information the y re­ce ived was very beneficia l."

Ted Maliso n, 57 , a loc al e lder whotraveled here from his Tulsa , Okla. ,c o n gre g at io n for the se ss io ns ,agreed . And , after listening to thespeakers and attend ing the se minars,his " impressio n was that the Work is

The writer just completed assudv program while on sabbati­cal al Ambassado r Coll ege ,Pasadena , and has since trans ­ferred 10 become regional direc­lor of lhe Australian Work_He isan evangelist andformer regionaldirector of tbe Canadian Work .

· /l e worked closely wilh Leslie L.McCullough, director of the In­ternational Division , during hisstay OJ headquarters .

opens them 10 us and the finance spennit.

Television is another new and ex­ci ting area that has good potentialand seem s to be ope ning up to us. Wehave 175 statio ns in Can ada (inc lud­ing 145 so-ca lled satell ite stat ions,which rebroadcast programs thatoriginate at other sta tions), seven inAustralia, two in the Caribbean andone in the Philippine s , for a total of185 aro und the wor ld o uts ide theUnited Stares .

Churches , outlying Bible studiesand new members are bein g addedalmost dail y . As o f Nov . I , 1976 , asnear as we can approximate fromdata from around the world, we have250 ministers and assi stan ts servingmore than 220 churches with a corn­bi ne d attendance o f mo re than:'2 ,(X)() and a tota l membe rsh ip inexcess of 16.50Ct

LOCAL ELDERS MEET - Art Mokarow speaks to local elders inPasadena. [Photo by Warren WatsonI

(~trom_ ')

lated the first ones who wro te in andgave tbem firs t choice: '

The 10 days of meetings included" approximately 50 hours of class­room se ssions ," Mr . Mo karo wsaid . " Tbere were classes on biblicaldoctrine , human deve lopme nt andgrowt h, TM Plain Trulh and its im­pact on the United States and thewo rld, fami ly and marriage counsel­ing and how to counsel familie s withprob lems . legal effects of being amin is te r in the Ch urc h and alsoclasses on New Testament problemsin the light of the ministry . "

Instructors included Gamer TedArm str on g; Mr . Dart; Le sli e L.McCullough , director o f the Interna ­tional Divi sion ; Steve Martin , Wcst­em Area coo rd inato r and ass istant toMr. Dart; Mr . Mokarow ; RobertKuhn. an exec utive vice president ofthe Amba ssador Internationa l Cul­tural Foundation; David A ntion o fthe Amba ssador theo logy faculty ;Geo rge Geis , cha irman of the Theol ­ogy Department; Brian Knowl es .managing editor of The Plain Truth ;

40 local elders attend seminar

The wind breathes hard andwhistles .

Exhau sted leaves stir andstrugg le.

Th e ballIe for life be gin saga in .

A rustling sou nd begi ns togrow .

Tan gled bran ches twi st andbend too far.

Sudde nly , a snap!And a crac k fills the air .

Shuddering leaves crash to theground .

Still attac hed, they clin g tolife .

Oh . Wind , be not crue l to fall ­ing leaves .

The invisible power continuesto gus t.

The weakened leave s breakand s low ly die .

TIle mighty wind does not sto por even sigh .

Belly Tbom""",Milwaukee . we.

THE FALLINGBATTLE

"Poetry is as many worlds as thereare thoug hts and words to describethem . but on ly the author really un­derstands and feels the intensity ofthe one bei ng described," she says.

" To me poetry is like an intimateexpress io n of word s . It know s nolimits; it surpasses all boundaries .Tbe unreal becomes actual ; realitybecome s even more . In a se nse eachbecomes immo rtalized by the moodof its write r ."

Her winning poem is pri ntedbelow .

Eight y-six rad io stat ions carry TheWorld Tom orrow br o ad c astwo rldwide (b e sid es the Uni tedSlate s) . In Canada 71 stations carrythe broadcast (63 in English and eightin French) , in Australi a s ix, in NewZealan d one, in the Caribbe an area10 (six English , four French) , inEurope o ne (French) and in thePhilippines one .

185 TV Sla loms

Plan s are to increase dramaticallythe number of radio statio ns as God

(ConttnUlld from pege 1)

North America (Ca nada and Mex­ico ), 10 Ca ribbea n co untries , sevenin South Americ a. e ight Europeannation s and five co untries in thePacific area .

Thi s does not include many othercountries in which we have a smallbut growing Plain Truth list and ascattered but growing number ofmembe rs . At the time of this writingwe are in the process of establishi nglegal status in severa l other co un­tries .

BETTY THOMPSON

DONATIONINFORMATION

By John TorgerseeMtLWAUKEE, Wis. - Betty

Thompson , a membe r of the Mil ­waukee South church and a teacherof Spanish at Lane J unior HighSchoo l in We st Alli s, Wis . • has had apoem publi shed in the 1976 issue o fNational Poetry Asuhologv.

Na tional Poet ry AnJhology is abook publ ished yearly by .he Na­tional Poetry Press in Los Angeles.Teachers a nd lib rari ans of h ighsc hoo ls and colleges from acro ss theUnited Slates annually submit poem s10 the Nation al Poetry Press. andthose judged best are publ ished .

Miss Thompson submitted severalpoem s. The o ne selected happened tobe one of the few she has writt en infree sty le, she says . The poem , abo utautumn leave s , is e ntit led " T heFallin g Battle . "

Miss Thompson has been writin gpoet ry for eight years , but it 's not justa pasti me for her .

Feels intensity

Poet's work honored

Many members and co-workers have requestedinformation on how best to make a gift to theWorldwide Church of God , either during Iheir litetimeor upon death, through wills, trusts or other means.

If you desire to rece ive information regarding suchgifts, the Legal Department of the Cnu reh is availableto advise and serve without cost or obligalion. Merelywrite :

Ralph K. Helge, Attorney-at-LawWorldwide Church of GodBox 111Pasadena, Calif., 91123

The Legal Department regrets that, because of thevariance in laws of other counlries, such legalinlormalion is only applicable to residenls of the UnitedStates and Canada . However, in such cases thedepartment will be pleased to furn ish whalever limitedinformalion it may have available.

DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY - Brethren representing at least 16 congregations from live states gather inCharloUe, N.C., above and below, for a special Sabbath service followed by a dance the evening of Jan . 15.Youn~ and old gather to be entertained by a band consisting of Mr. Armstrong , Jim Thornhill , director of YOU,members of the YOU stan and others . (Photos by Burl< McNair and Dan Hall]

Monday, Jan . 17 , 1977

A Personal Letter

Z~~(Conltnuod !rom _ 1)

aud itorium for our church socia l thesame e vening .

By the lime you read these lines Iwill have been ab le to spend aboutthree days on the Big Sand y campusand then be back in Pasadena maki ngadditional five-minute radio pro­grams.

Combining the new programs al­ready made . plus the excerpt s fromo lde r 3O-minute radio programs , wehave quite a significant backlo g ofo ur new five-minute radio program salready prepared, so lbal , as I amable fa annrnmcc increments o f newstations 10 you, those programs areready 10 be shipped.

Enthusiastic Ilespo....

I want 10 thank all of you for theenthusiasti c respon se and the ro m­meets I have read follo wing my mostrece nt announceme nts concerningthis new thrust in God's World Theres ponse has been overwhelminglyenthusias tic about the changeove r inThe Plain Truth, and there has notbeen one single negativ e responsefrom any of (he new programs wehave ado pted!

We feel thai the next few monthsare going to result in a <termite in­crease in mail from new reade rs andnew listeners .

As you know . the main methods tobe utilized for adding new names tothe mailin g list to receive The PlainTTUlh and our booklets will be ourone- minute te le visio n spo ts, ourfive -minute radio program s and ouradve rt ise me nts in TV Guide andelsewhere.

Perhaps in some ways more sig­nifcaat than eve n these other newdevelopments is ou r gro wing P1LJinTruth new sst and pro gram . o ve rwhich I am very grea tly enthu siast icand which I feel is goin g to bearenormous frui t for God's Work !

Potpourri Update. I' d like to bringyou up to da teona

few areas where I am con tinuallyasked questi ons:

1boArt'OyoVistaProporty.Tbe reis nothing new to report her e .We have , as you kno w. satis fiedevery requireme nt following our ap­plic ation for th is pro pe rty , andnego tiations are still pendi. -gard­ing the fmal dis positio n of the prop­erty - whether the co llege will beasked to pay a certain percentage ofthe property' s value and whethe r wecan be gra nted perm ission to de layour intended reha bili tation of theproperty for a year or two o r eve nlonger in order 10 expe rience less fi­nancial impact.

Accreditation . A majo r visit willbe made to the Amba ssado r Co llege,Pasaden a. cam pus by the accred itingcom mittee from the Western Associ­ation in March . Of co urse, we willreport to you in these pages the re­sults of that visit and keep you fullyinformed as the accred itation processcontinues. The Big Sandy ca mpuswill be visited by a team from theSou the rn Assoc iatio n of Co llegesand Schools Apri l 26 to determ inewhethe r we are ready 10 receive ca n­didecy status.

SE P gymnasium. By the timeyou read this. workme n should beco nstructing the floor , and the shellof the buildin g, includ ing the roo f. isalready up! As I ex plained to you atthe time we began this project , thereis no addit ional dra in on the financesof the Wor k what soever , since wewere mere ly extend ing our ex istingoonsec ured lines of credit at the bankand utilizing those lines of credi t forongoi ng project s , as we have done inon-campu s project s beth in Pasadenaand Big Sandy for some lime .

In the many, many years of ope ra·tion of the camp at O rr. we have lost

dozens of days ' activities because ofrain and have had to meet for Sabbathservice s, forums and specia l meet­ings in the d ining hall , which hasproved 10 be very awkward and over­crowded and to have bad visibilityfor the campers and visitors , who hadto sit on eac h side o f the speake r.while the speaking stand is in front o fthe fireplace . And the main pan ofthe audience immediate ly in front o fthe speaker's stand is only about fiveor six chairs deep!

Nevertheless, by merely co ntinu­ing at the same pace of repaymentson our exi sting nonsecured line s ofcredit . we are able to put up this fmefacility . which will give us the flexi­bility for continuing our activi ties Jn­door s , for Sabbath services . Biblestudie s. soci als. choir practice andindoor activities durin g rainy day s!

Newspaper celuma. I have al­ready written a number o f the newcolumns and am presentl y 'workingtow ard syndic atio n. When I havesomething more definitiv e to reportto you. I will include it, but for thepresent I can only say thai we areinvestigating the syndication processthrough our publishing contacts inNew York City.

By the way, I was able to look overa portion of the co py for (he Mayed ition of The Plain Truth magazinewith Mr. Brian Knowles, managinged itor , just the other day , so as yo usee ourPlain Tru th staff is well ahead.on its respo nsibilities ! The new Feb­ruary edi tion is alread y on the press.the March and April edi tions are wellalong tow ard com plet ion , and we arealready working on the May issue!

Real TbriUer

I saw o ne of the mosl exciting bas­ketball games of my wbole life justthe other evening. What a pity thewhole Church co uld not have seen it!Amb assado r was ahead by severalpoints with abou t a minut e and a halfto go when somehow the other teammade a qu ick basket and then man­aged . through steal ing the ball or amissed sho t and gelling. the ballagain . to He the ball game in the lastmoments of the game .

Ambas sador took a time-out, butwhen the ball came inbound s theother team managed to gel it back .

• and, racing down the cou rt. the ir topshoo ting guar d made a jum per from

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the top of the key with o nly seco ndsto go!

As the ball dropped through , theAmbassador learn called time-out .but the cloc k cont inued to lick awayin the bedlam and (he no ise, and thebuzzer sounded!

However , the referee had noticedthe Ambassador team members fran­tically ca lling for a time-out andrushed to the timer ' s bench and in­fonned them there sho uld st ill be oneseco nd rema ining on the clock !

Thu s it was time-o ut, Amba ssadordown by 2 points and only one sec-ond remainin g! -

Coach Jim Petty set up a play , andthe re feree signaled play was tobegin . All five of the AmbassadorColle ge playe rs clustered around thedefensive baskets clear at the oppo ­site end from theirow n basket . await­ing the inbounds pass . On a signalfrom the man out of rounds with theba ll, several of them broke away andran as fast as they co uld toward ourbasket , and the man who had the ballout o f bound s threw a lo ng lob passclear to the other end of the court.

It was snagged o ut of the air byWalt Dick inson , who must have beena good 22 feet away from the baske t,who turned and threw an aw kwar d,off-balance shot in desperation at thebasket! I believe the buzzer went offand lime elapsed while the ball wasstill in the air !

Yo u Guessed It

And , you guessed it, the ba ll hitthe rim about twice , caromed off thebac kboa rd a nd f ina lly droppe dIhrou gh!

Talk about BEDLAM!It seems half the stands emptied

and every one was cla pping the teammembers on the back (inc lud ingmel ), and you never saw such yellin gand scre aming in your life .

It may have seeme d to the o ppos ­ing players , from Fresno Pecifk Co l­lege . that there was a " Iong count."but in baske tba ll the timer does notflick the switch until the ball actua llytouches the hands o f the player on thecourt . So, for the time that the ballwas in possession of the man ou t ofbounds and duri ng the ent ire time it

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described its trajecto ry over threequarters of the length of the co urtbefore it touched Walt Dickinson' shands, no time had ela psed.

The toggle switch on the timer ' sboard was turned on the instant thatWalt touched the ball , but few peop lerealize that it takes one seco nd for theI to d isappear o ff the board andanother seco nd for the buzzer toso und. Thus the re were actu allycloser to two full seco nds before thebuzzer wen t off. signaling game ' send!

At any rate . afte r such a breath­taking change of sco re in thelast moment s , and such an impossi ­bl e sho t aft er the bu zzer hadsounded . Ambas sador went on towin by a narrow margin in overtime !So far , as coach Petty told me thatevening. our team has not lost when Iwas present !· That' s abo ut it for now . J ust

thought I'd share this exciti ng mo­ment of Amb assado r College lifewith you.

Your brother in Christ,Ga mer Ted Arms trong

10 'I'M WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday, Jan. 17, 1977

WEDDINGS

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~ar:~'r:~:;W'c:h1ta. Kan.l.ChaMI is 1heeon 0' .....and Mrs .Ch.- Smith 01 Fo rt worm. SandI .-Icl Ctlertesll'f'e M 2101 RooaeYMt . FortWorth. Tel .. 78106.

Kennet h wa,ne Srnom.. and There.. Margo'ft_ rnanied Oct . 17 lrl BIg sandy. Ti ll.K8n eon 01Ur . end .... Howard Smocners

lSooP£RSONALS,.,.lll

ENGAGEMENTS

MR. _ O MRS. F. HOWARO

=e:-~':: r::-~ ~1:-f:OnNl\IbOro . N.C. The t:nct.smalcl •• Miu~PIlldc.Beailnanw• ..a-.E.~I.Mtolrl~~the tlrk1e·Ila1.~aN1

I~. Mr. and ....~ 0Ct0n.

:'~~~=~.Y=aile""" ..re ... CMr Bucldey and Mr .

~~~~~a.:m.~~~111M IOrt of lrrIf. and .... 811T~ of~~.~~ ~_-'dIng.tRt.

Gene~ end lw. .... _ mafrled Ole ."by".Fred 0.""" paRlfofthe PtloentIl P.M.etwreh. The~ now residel at 4107 W.VIfvinla. PtIoenlll. ML. 85001 .

" .I'm 13 anet a boy .WotMlk.~~ wri1lme. Internled in Ioolblrll. b.l.ball, h ildng .

~=W=: ~':,1l:8~a:i~~25c~~:;t~~~G.'Y . Ind.• 4640 7.

looking tor a pen pal . ShoUd~ a rne mbef 01theChurd! or ollh. ,A.m~1 CoIIege only . Myage : 27 . ProI.sslOn: pnnlef . HoOtltes: rea dlng.p.nlcularly Ambls sa dor publ. ca t.on s andcoun lryside 'liewlng, I em married . wllh oneGaughl8l . Also . will be ...e ryple.sed to,obts ln lhe

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1iIIIi'-::.-I... ~( . • . .~MR . AND MRS. BRIAN ROWE

Hello. rm 17 end going to coUege in Sl. loU.

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YlM'II peopla 16 to 25 .-ywherel l ch.nge

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Single who. member , 31. woutd like to Wfilelemalltauch members 22 1032 . In..,..ls : art.cta.iclll."""n anti internatlonal tolk mUSiC.na lurll study. n.lur.1 lherapy , h i.lory . JOIT1ombelta. 813 Magnoli. Ave.• Apt. 5, 5enlold.Aa .. 32771 .

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My wile. UncIa. and I woukI apprlddi hearing!rom aoyone In 1Iw Beto il. WIs.•__ concarnnaIYlngconcItiona. I WOIktDr OMC . lIl'ICI_plan lll

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l woutd.rtoy~"'acqualntanceofC"urchIl'*Ilben hom U.S ., Canedl. BrltMI. , .... 28¥a

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Di'f'orced mother of two. eO" 27 , WOtJIdIk. pen

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Inlef'ested in hearing from brethre n who ptan to

:=.':I=th:==:.:rCo~-:t:~~about~bOn".....atc . Mr. .. ....K.n Jordan. e-t Hlc:kory Dr. L..indentM.nI . m.•800<8 .

I..,. singleyoung ladyirl college. 20 .WoUldIlk.IOhearfro"lpou:ng.rneftanclwomen.In ...1ed1n

: :P::';ft~~':fe~•.~47809. U.S.A.

I wenl some pen pels worletw'ide who collect

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Hey. J .D. SocII . r-mer me. LONtta UlMkin?wemel.t the~ o.nce hltre" Oregon .

=,~~=::.:.~~~~t.:o.J:n~~addre ss : 11461 SE 212nd A..... Boring, Ofe .•.7009

Widow ~,"ng alone would like 10 wrtle otnermembers In same posnce. men and women.

~:~:~:7~~fEt~~~?~::~:AlIenUon RiChard al"lClPt1~ Schn eider. ha.... heardttlal you he 'le moYedeece to Haw York. WOuldlove10 hea r tromboth ot you . A Irlend and lormercl. ss m. le . Cindy Nichols. 6630 E. 27 11'1 SI.•T'" Okla.• 74128 .

W.ller . so mewhe re In S ilvet te n. Ohio 'Re member Rachellrom the Ozarils?Looked lor

~:a:-w~:~R~e~~::.~3:;eOa~=1:S.. Minneapolis . MlrW\.• 5S407 .

do-. -yolo.WMlt. 'lading~ S1OMI. W.. Ilo

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Rod KIng. Austral . : eonrgr.tuIationa on being~preadWrg elderM the F..... Old you

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W1cIower. 32:, member. tNChltr. woUd 11I1 ..• rlle fe m.... 23 10 30. 1n1.,..l8 : c.a.ping.

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Single male, 32, would ~ke 10 h.ar Irom otherco-workers .nd Church members In thenotIhwesteln-1Uinoissnd.aalern-bwe... .E...R. Warfield. 130 E. North sa..Mounl CarroW. It .•010 53.

Nov . S. 8;55 and 1:58 p.m.• '5 pound~ and 5pourIcliI 1 ounce .

PEN PALS

==s~tb::~.a~~':F~~d: r;~~W. st Point. Calil .• 95255 .

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pte... send my sons, 3-.1 5, I po~ ......your CCK.I"lIry. . .... ek. My IOf\I he'le lour'll!.

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Hi. I am 'SO. ...... twnPl , swimming.W<Md tu bo~ Of"'''11 to wriIa . JeM ....Yllno,.e. Rt. 4. Bath, N .Y.. 1.... 1• .

:="son~~:-ol KenG~~~=:0ec. 13, '0:10p.m.. 7~.ounon.

WASHINGTON.D.C. Yd'taI!Il MdN. IIrsl son.MCOnd child of Melvin and Gerlkloe Johnson.Dec . 13. 10 :43 • .m.• 8 pounds 1S OUI"IC8 S.

I PERSONALS ISend your personal. along wah

a WN mailing label with your ad­dnoss on it, to "Persooals." TheWotIdwide News, Box 11 1. BigSandy. Tex .• 75755. U.S.A. Yourpersonal must follow the guide­lines given in the "Pole y onPersonals" box that frequentlyBP!X'ars on this page. We_nnotprint you r personal unle .... y~uInclude your mailing label.

lam 12. Would tike to hear from.nyone l110 13.Hobble.: r.lClinfll. rock collecllng , In....n!lOn• •~'..:l~USlC. B~1y Uno. Bo. 4. Mcloucl.

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POU CY ON PERSONALSThepersonal column exists ~ serve our readers . but we canno t be responetie torthe8lcunlty at each ad . There'ont. when you answer .. .......-sc-ct, it is 'f04I~10 c:heck&he8OUC8 at Zhe ad . Get aMh facts t.bre you act!WE W1U. RUN: (1) Ontr1hose ads aooo"1"lpanied by B recent Worldwide Newsmai~ng label with your addresson It; (2) pen-pal requests: (3) engagement, we<kIngand anniversary notices ; (4) ads concemin g temporary e~nt tor teenagerswantng jobs br the summer: (5) Iost·end- found ads; (6) adI tom perscoe seekingpenonaI informat ion (for example, aboUl.potential homesites or living oondtions)about cmer geographical areas ; (7) olttet' ads thai are judged timel y and appropriate.

WE WILL NOT RUN: (1) Ads *om non subscribers; (2) job reque sts t om anyoneseekng full-time employment or ~ oflers for fulJ.time emptoyees (howeve r. jobrequests and job often lor .. I)1:a 0' employment may be se~ to 1he Human~ information Gentlllr, 300 W. Green, Pasadena. C81it., 91 \23): (3) for-saleOtt w.-tt..tQ.buy eds (e.g., used cars) ; (4) personals used as drect advertising orSOIcitationlor a bus.... orin<:o~ hobby ; (5) mabimony ads; (6)~ads that are judged untin'letyOfin~.

NOTE: An personals are subject to ec:tttngW\d condensatiorl.

WHERE TO WRITE: Send your ads to: 'Pereoneie." TheWorldw ide News, Box 111.Big Sandy . 'tex., 75755. U.S.A

UNION. ".J. Grft::hen Joy and Kn- &eIia.flr.t Ind second dau~ers , Ihlrd and to llffhchld,.n (twins) of Roberl and Joa,.,e Henecller.

PASADENA. Catl. O.r cy Erin. firsl deughlel .firS!child 01Ooo.nd Carol (SoUars) Walls . Dec .20 . 8 :26 a.m.• 8 po l.ndl 11 ounce s .

PEMBROKE.Ont . Andrewloull.fiftt1lOn.llhhchild ot Clarence and Caroline Byers . Dec . 15.5 :28 p .m., 8 pol.nds 9 tM.ftCn .

Ma.WAlJKEE. Wi. . Je ffrey Alan. third son.!hlIddilldott..on.d and Karen {Paz) tcwZ8WLOc. 11.,:45am•• epou'lds20UI'M:M.

MOIfT1llEAL,OuIil. I"lah::*...conctson.lourthch~d of Jean .nd Blanche~r. No.... 22.11:35 p .m.• 7pol.nds 14 ounce s .

REGINA, Sask. - Tte'f'Of Michaet , IIrSl son.seaonclc:h~dol Karl and RIl. (StIbom)F~OCt.29. 10;.30 p.m.• 7 pounds 11 ounce s .

OMAHA. Neb . - Naltlan flyan. IrSI M)Il , firstchildolr... . ndBIIIbSwaoey.0ec.1 7.8 :2t a .m.•7 pot,wlds 7 0 IXlce•.

lrnu: ROCK. Atk. Wartha Rad\eI. Iowthda ughter . sewnltl etliIcl of Mf . and Mrs. Jesse~~, Dec. 17, 2 :11p.m •• t5 pound, 6......

MACKAY. Au5traJi. O''f'id ......,. Geofge .sec:ond ~n , I"i rd chfld of Bey .net Geolge~c:~~sen. Oct 22 . 8:05 p.m.. 8 potA'lds 10

MIAM I. Fla . - SCott Aric. h t 101'I. first child 01Robe rt and Car ol McCurdy , Oec:. t 7. 11:11 p.m.•8_.

lEniBRIDGE. Ma. - Katlina Hea lher , IIr. td.lIghlel . Ihird chitd 01 Cecil and Karen{Saunders} Maran ...il le . Dec . 13. 5:16 p.m.• 6&lDunds 3 oY1Olta.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTWe'd like to let the readem of The Worldw ide N_s know aboutyour new baby as soon fts1t arrives! Just fill out this coup::>nandsand it to the address given as soon as poss ible aftertheh8lly Isborn.

FARGO. N.D. Bren1Ar1hur.f1r'lson.lrstchildof ar.g and Sherrie (Malletle) Berg . ()et 24,4 ;39a.m., 6 pounds 5'" OI.IAClea.

FORT SMfTH . Ark . JoshUa Cha1e a. first son.first eNd of &e'le and Virginia Clark. Oec . 20 .12:33 p.m .. 7 pounds l o l6lce .

JO HANNESB URG. So uth Africa - MIChae lAndrew, firs! son.third child 01Flank and K.thy"-Ie. Oec:.2. 9 :40 • .m.• 9 pcMnCk .

LAS VEGAS . He.... W.al8yArthUf. third son .s i:d h child of Michael and Ruth C••. Dec . 2 1.10 ;51 • .m.• 10 pounds.

OAW3fIPORT. ... Eric Stewn, t f llt son .seconcl dIM.. tM¥e and Caroflton Honse. Dec .28, 5 ;19 a .m.• 7 pounds 10 ouac.L

FRESNO. Caltl . - Aie.IlanderThoma &. secondson . lhirdch ildoIOatAd.-.d Sue Ronina.0ec.1 6.2:05 p.m., i....-» 2 0U1C8$.

EOUOtHON , AlIa. - Chaoty Bryna . lirsl

~~21~1.: :.'~s;:;:::=~lois Day.Dec . 1.

~~~~E1~~='~~~&110 . OkJII. - ...... A8nee. I rsl da ugtrter.I rs! child ofM&rk and Luane Smith , 0ec:.23. 9:25a.m .• 6 pol.nds 10~• .

AllooNA, Pa - Suelten "' iehel. , seconddaughtef. second child 01 Richafcl and MaryRoland, Dec .l1.5 :11 • .m .. 7po..u l Y1olJllCel .

AU CKLAND , N. .... Ze . land Tu thl la ' a' l lToM eu, "'1 son, third c".d 01 Lalai Haa no ana.Dec . 1" 4:30 pm.• 8 pounds 2 ounces

CHAMPAIG N, Ill . - Micllh. !ir sl son . secondchildof Mr. and 1lotq."'W1l Regnief . No.... 29 . 4 :12 e.m.,9 polonda 80lllces

BUFFALO. N.Y. - John ChfislW*'. see::onclSOt'I . second child 01 Robe rt and Zoe ( Pel.~)

Hawk , N o v . 9 , 4 ;34 •.m .• 7 pou nds 1 J'lIoou nce • .

BABIES

ADE LAIDE. AUSl ralia - Li nda Sh ena . Ii 'Sldaught er . Ii' SI chMd 0' Tre vor and May (M urlolVanslone , De c . 21 . 1;40 1m.. 6 pouMS aounces .

:'S~':'tE~~;"=(~.,:g~:Dec. 30. 10:24 p .m.• 8 j»U'Ids 15 otn»e.

EDMONTON. Aha. - "'ather Trudy , thirdd.ughter, Ihird child 01 Ron and Marilyn(Mcl.,.n) Tampen. Dec. 20 . 10:06 a. m., 7po unds 4 OlA'lCflS.

ClHC rNNATI. OhIo - Cfaig Robert . b urth child:=' and Cheryl Wlli a, o.c. 2, 8 po~ 3

DALHART . rex .- Heten Ter . ... dli ughl8l' of BillItldJeNC CI.rfl.. adol*d HoY. 18 .

ADA, Okla , -James Jay ,lourth eon . Ift hchlldolPal and Marjo' ie HaineS. Dec . 9, 6 :28 a .m., 8-,~

LAWTON. OkIa.-laa.-1 Belh. aeconddauot-..... chldotH. ...,..andJoAon Eisman. OK.10. 7:23 • .m.. •.,.,...~~s.

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I II II""'''''''''"__..~,.---_,,_ ...._!I- ==~=:':~-=.==)::s,:~l::~: ~! .~. T.... 75755. U.S.A. PliN:sek1dudethe,.....ofctlld. ......namesand~.Sorry.

- weClMOlguaranlelushgOf~tuTmgyu.. ptd:)_S\bnUsionl~~ohN'NI:Ift:IIIIlda II ~"'God.ho_subK:ribera.PlNMef'lCk)Ml)'OU'WNIebIt. :t-"=--== ..·_·........·........·....·....·.._·......_....·_......1! ~~.-s I~ :.mu::~.~ ..~~ - _ _.... i..l BabY• ..., end - namo,,, _ .................... !l'

No. of chllbn Mm8 MJI as baby finckJding baby} : .•.•.•.•_ _•••_ .i OIloyO Gm TotaINo .ofch_<i>duing_I: · ·.·..···.··........ ii =.:.=~~ _ThM: ~·:~ ··~·;~·. ·:;;~;;,: II _m_~ ~__.J

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CINC INN ATI . O h io - Rhonda Burk­hart . 18, d ied Oc t. 27 eig ht hours aftershe was hit by a c ar .

Rhonda was tbe da ughter of Mr. and

M r s. Norbert Burkhart .She was a mem ber of the YO U vot -

embrOfdiery them on the qUIll. 1.4'5 , EVelyn Gle....'s . AI. 5. Box 583. RenICk. W,Va . 24966

WHEEUNG , W. Va. - Wendy LeeScon. a-year-old daugh let of M r. and

Mrs. James ScOlt. died Dec . 16 as lheresull of an acciden t.

In addi lion to her parenlS. Wendy issurvived by lhree sisters. Tonja. Usaandlori Kyle . and a brof:her, Ji m m y , all ofthe home , m aternal gra ndp are nts. pater ­nal grandfa ther and grea l-grandfather .

Obituaries

MEAOOW BROOK, 111. - Leonora

Hatcher , 75, di ed Dec. 9.Mrs . Ha tcher is su rvived by her hus­

band, Fr ank , whom she married in 1972 .Both were membersof lhe Believille,lll. .church.

Mrs . Halcher had been a membe r si nce

1964 .

M O S S PO INT , M iss . - Shirle y

Brown, 46 . a member o f !he Mobile ,A l a . , co ngregat io n. died Dec_ 2 1 after

under going six months o f co ball treal­ments for cancer o f l he laryn x;.

The l asl week of Mrs. B rown' s life her

co nd it ion was fur ther weake ned bypneumonia.

She is survived by a dau ghler and si s·

le r.

Would ~ke mlorma lion about John Jar1es Ferns .Last known address Phoeoix. AIlZ ,? He is rrrylalhe l . .whom I halle n·t seen in :<'8 years . Myhusband and l,hreeeh ildlenwouideerta,nly enloya family reunion , Any mformall on appr eciatedMrs.JoanOmkelo. 80x 254. AI.2. Stocklon. NJ ..08859

CA LGARY, Alia . - Sheila Welsh ,

32. died Dec . I afte r a lo ng i llness .

Mrs. W el sh w as born in london . Om. .and h ad been a membe r of God's Church

for se ve n years . Survivin g are her hu s­

band , Jim, a member; her mother-in -law.Phoebe Ironside , a me mber ; two youngsons, Jame s and M ic ah ; and her motherand fami ly in Ontario .

E D MO NTON, Alta . - Geo rgeChyno wel h. 66. d ied Oc I.•24 aft e r a boulwilh cancer . _

Mr. ChynQweth is survived by hiswife, Dorol hy , and sons Mark and Lynn .

RHONDA BURKHART

ley ba lJ team here. along wilh her ' sistersMary Jo and Vicky. Besides her parentsan d sis ters , Rhonda is survived by fourbrothers ; her gra ndpare nls. Mr. and Mr.

Ed Em sl and W ill ia m Burkhart ; and many

ol her relati\les.Rhonda' s family Ii\les at 3876 Tower

Rd . , Cincinnati, Ohio , 4521 1.

AlIenlton Pa sade na . Please wetcc ree ou rbroltl er. Michael Snydef _Caution : He·s slightlybanana s. l ove . lhe Washi"lllon relahves

Anyone wll h any Irtlorma l l()l10" Melil lO5 Petersplea se contac t Sandra J Pelers (Goodbool .2665 E. Rose ClIy Ad .. Lupton . MICh.. 48635.

IO WA C IT Y. Iow a - Ro nald D.King . 43 . d ied Dec . 20 afte r an extended

illnes s.

Mr. King had been a me m be r of theChurch si nc e 1966 . He had atte nded con­gregations in Peoria . III ., Cedar Rapids.Iowa , and Iowa City and had owned andm anaged the King Manu facluring C o .

unlil his dea th .

Mr. King is survived by h i s wife andIhree children.

Do _ have any names sudl as HIll. PetersDrake , Y'1rnall. Varnell . Amold . Yarnelle . Trour.Deel s. Willy . Fritz' These are neede d lo r

~:a~ ~rnd'~~~~ ~~tpr:t e~~O=~dGoodboo Jr., :<'665 E. Rose Ci ly Rd , lupton.MICh., 48635.

left the farm and moved to Morgan­tow n, W _Va., for a few years," Mrs .Whea ton wrote . · ·The n back home toOhio . where we bought the five-acreplot from lhe come r of our 160-acrefarm -where our now -aban doned l itll ered brick sc hoo lho use still stood.empty and deserted .

" We decided to remodel it andmake a home out of it. Mr. Wheatondid all the work himself, con vert ing itin to an Eng lish-type hou se . The rewere 15 maple tree s surro unding theplace and we named it 'The Maples . '

" We sent this informa tion. alongwith a snapsho t, to Robert Rip ley, andhe published it in his syndicated co l­umn, . Believe Il or Not : and cap­tioned it ' Home Fro m School. ' ..

In 1943the Whea tonsmoved 10 LosAngele s , Ca lif., to be near their sonand his fam ily_

Afler mo ving to Ca liforni a Mr .Whe aton followed his tOile of wood­working, designing and remodel ingkitche ns.

In 1971 the Wheatons retired andmove d to Torraoce.

·'Here we are. 87year,young. infrail hea lth but able to enjo y our dea rfriend s and loved ones," .concludedMrs . Wheaton .

Dear K.K.: Please wril e, as' also suffe r trom lowblood sugar. I am weUread on the subj-ect.haveco rresponded with o lhels in the Chul ch and haw

rni~:~~E~~~rY:~~I~~£'j.~~;~VAuslral ian IT1eI"lber ecuects play ing catds ashobby . i nteresl8(J 1~ heat fromothe' members lor

~~~nB~r.Xneh~~~:lrcr"a;c:~~i~~ng~Se~Mur~umbeena. ViCtoria. Australi a. 3163 .

~~;:~~::al':~~t~ ~~y~ZJ' nC::°:?e~ r~very happy lor y·all . She"y.

To the pe l50fl wlllh ··Iow. blood sugar"". ""hosednonymoUS ad appeal ed In the Dec . 6 ISSue: Ihaw gon e through an extreme ly bad case 01low

=oI~~r~:e~. I~~~~~~~I~u~u=~Caputo . 466 Roxton Ad .. 'r crc mc . On t..MOO3R4. Canada

TOK ,K, in Dec. 6 WN, who jeers she 's flQhtlng alosing battte wnn low blood sugar: Don·t glve up. Itoo nave had It for many years and know wnat you

t~~:~~eP~rl ~~~~~~r~/e;6~u9~~~ewmZ~a~~~dJ

II anYOI1E! knows Ihe address o. Paula and DaleKeeler. whose last known address was in Indlal1aand were movi ng west. po SSibly " o rt,"", esl.please ask them to write Carol Day . 2 775 DonMills Rd.. ApI 1414. WiUowdale . ooi.. M2J :lB5,Canada

:~~~~~ry~uo~~~~e~P5S~9n~.! 8i~a;:U:~vou r n ame li ated in Al um" ' Update '76,Amba ssado r, Big Sandy's alum ni dill~(:tory1

Hav~ you been rece ivil19 the ol ficia' quarterly

rn:~~= ghZ~;c~~~ ~~~~S:a~~ti?h~Alumni Schola rship Fund? Have you h.eBrd abour

:~s:~~:t~~rs~=,;~~;:,~: ~:~"""in9 OUf! yo,,"ve been mi.ssing out on theopPOftunrty 01being a part 01Big Sandy·s Alumn iAssociation . How can you become a membei ?Simple. JUSI w r ile ~ .....umn i Association ,Ambassado r College. Big Sandy . Tex., 7575S.

~~Jl:::Y;"a~:;,ed:~'s;= ~e:~~~",adua ted or anended . along with any ltdditlOtlat

~~~~~~~I~o~a~~l=:~p~~~ (~~St~~:"" your spouse ). the number 01.chlklren In yoU"

~~~~1~~~;~i::::~O~re us IIghtaw ay l

::~~~~~ t:: ~~~hc~~~~ia~~a~::~~~of size. patt ern , mater ials. Would especially8ppre Ciale squares from membersout ol lhe U.S.due to difference in malerial panems . Pleaseinclude .name and church you attend so I e811

lo.ve•InStill

LOST & FOUND

A fter 65 years

SORRY!We print personals only

from WN subscribers andtheir dependents. And wecannot print your personalunless you includ e yo urmailing label.

I WIsh to request a set of lhe SIX vowrres 01TheBibl e Slory . by Basil w cwertce. prin ted in 1962.63 , '64 . Mrs. John Norgard. 3153 Lynl11ay 01. .AUanla. Ga , 30340

TRAVEL

Ihav e severa' extracopI8S0I Vols ,3 and4 0I TheBible S tory. Freet oa goodh omel TomT ullis. Box401. Bette ncort . Io""a. 52722

MISCELLANEOUS

lost a mother 'S ring .losl a1 Wiscon sin DeUs onlast Great Day . Silver wrth eigh l stones sel ll1twOlines .lliound. please ser'ld to M. Rohr . 10024 W .FOB1cIu l ac, Milwa~ee . Wis .. 53224.

Vol. Iand IIoleomp endium wanled.WiJrpaycosI

~~san~~~: g:~7, ~~d~.' · 86 Ayegate

Wanl lo borrow ; good (:aS5ene recordings of keysermons. L Gula. Bo x 111. Hines Cleek. Alia.,TOti 2AO. Canada . Will pay postage . 01course .

~~=:::~F~E~!~~~~t. S, Gula. Cle Sfdale , Ana .. TOH 3YO.

WotAd ~ke back iS5l,.UsofWN to have bound ,W~Irap ay postage. Mr. and Mrs. Dale E. Smilh. 306Ehrett . Creve Coe ur, ilL 61611 .

Would ~ ke to hear from Californian residents whokn ow 01 job opport un it ia s lo r qua l i liedphololithograpllel and gravure makeu p , Alsocos l-oJ-livlng and any other helplu l inlo . Keithl ewis. 8 Silvers lones. Kil1g5way , Amanzimtoti,4125, South Alnca

Bec aus. o f MS I cannol walk . Woul d li ke

TORRANCE. Calif. - ••Aner 65years and friend ly argumen ts and dis­agreements . we are still in love anddee ply appreci ate each other:' wrotelona Whe aton .

Albert and lona Wheaton ce lebratedthe ir 65t h weddi ng annive rsary Nov_29. Th c coupl e was honored Nov . 28 ata party given by Arnold and BellyCa nales at the Ca na les home in Tor­rance , Calif.. with abou t 55 C hurchmem bers . relatives and friends an end­ing. Toward the end of the aftemoo n. asyoopsisof lheirJi ves. written by Mrs.Wheaton. was read aloud . Mr. andMrs . Ca nales and Mrs. Wheato n aremem bers. ane nd ing the Lo ng Beach ,Calif.. church_

Mr_and Mrs. Wheaton grew up onadjo ining farm s in Shelby Co unty.Ohio, within a quarter mile of thc litttered brick schoo lhouse from which theybo th graduated _ Mr. Whe ato n at ­tended O hio State Unive rsity, andMrs. Whea ton went to the IndianaCon servatory of Music .

The y were mamed Nov . 29. t9 11.and began the ir l if~ together on Me.Wheaton ' s 160 -acre farm .

That same year they saw (he firstIndianapol is 500 car races _

.. After a bout wilh pneumoni a fro mwhich Mr. Whe aton near ly died . we

ALBERT AND laNA WHEATON

since 1958, His wrle also has been a membersince 1963

THANK-VOUS

Lake of 'h e Ozar1ls Fes tival Chorale : I think Ispeak lor all who all ended Ihe Faast at thetM:laUltlul Oza l ks slle . We real ly appreCiate thebeautiful music you prasented Ihis year and in

~r.~~~~la:ea=e":~.uZ:~lf=~c::~Lawrence Wal k's group sing " The HalkflujahChorus .""and my daug hter aoc:l1bolh agreed IIeouh;t'l"t ho6d a candle 10 lhe rendition by theOzark F.stl....1 Chor alel From. s,sler w hoalle ncls in CoIu~ia and Kirksville . Me

Bik ec enlen n lal h elpe rs acro ss Ihe n alio n :Cydists rem. in gra.1uI for yoU" generos ity!

:':~~~~~l~~t~~~~=~~.:~know your prayers w ill be answ.red. Ednl Rlbail.At . 5, Box 6, Yakima. Wash.. 98903 .

Thank s to all the people who wrote me. TheIeners aoc:lpraye rs have helped me so much untilmy a1mosl complete reco...ery . I am line flOWf' . 1know God .. myOllIy HeaJera nd Hew anlSIOdo .Ior sU"e. l newrcrie<lsomuchin my •.., as whenlreeetved those Io~ Ieners . ....M U" Vrooma n.

Mr. Jame s Welsh of Calgary . Alta ., woukl l ke 10e:xpreS5 sincere thanks to eWtf'1'brre who senlca~ds and Ieners as welt as prayers lor SheilaWelsh . Sheila was very inspiled ar'ldenco uraged~r~~~Pf_nse from many countries. Mrs.Welsh

LITERATUREWar:'ted: March, t 976, Ju ly. 1976, PT (Europe aneditIOn); Worldw ide News. Nos. 15. 18, 17. 180f

;;:·l~?~~r7s'rh:!s~.0=i=:F6maodo.9leiCan's l ane_Negombo. Sri lanka.

(1) Wi" pay postage and phoklCopy expense s 01lesson 54 and lessons 59 lttrougtr 66 of In-at CC

=':iiJ~:::~~:Jrd:ct~!=l JOO$, Ga ., 30436

11m . perf8CllOnlSt. Love 10sing. but need someword s 10 some song s. , Al so da skeco rre$9OOdence wilh other musIClovers. Songsin p.rl ic ular : " Ch . rok ee Bend ." ligh tfoo t;

. " Monlego Bay: ' oon'l know artiSI ; "DocIor , My

~~tr~f IoH~r;ro~le ~::t~h~ ~~ l~~re~scomplica ll()flS from an operation 01Dec . 18. He

~:a~~~ ~b.~:"~~n:~tin~:o .Go<fs

To ItII brethren:.Pfeas& pray lor the hea~ng 01myrnolhef , .-ho 1$ 1" very senous ,conditlOnbec:ause01asthma and al~ed complicallOOS. Only God canheal her . Please pray lor me too ; 1ama bapttz edmembe r going thro ugh prc bsems regar di nghealth , job, ete. God knows who I am.

Here is a gr. al big lh anks to Durwa rd and Chul a

~~gr~, :~~:;hl:f~:I~~~~'rece nt tllP there as a goest Instrud or at the NewMexico Slale Po~ce Academy . Whenever Sidneymakes a Irlp out of slate he always looks Iorwar d

~~~~nfow~~'::e~~~~~~~ea;.~~:6~.lYIe.

A many thanks .lo r all prayer s lrom an Ovef thewo rld con ca rl1lng my kidne y proble m. Al so

~"f-:.:;;r~~9nF':~~r~Ala .• 35630 .

FOLLOW-UP

Please pray lor the heahng of the nonmembermother ola Fort Worth member . She has. lunginlection and has been on oxyge n conhnua'l): lor

~~edrr::~~ea~~;a~~~::'~~J~~~Mrs. Donald B. Bradb ury .

lam reque sting your prayers . I have sutlered b l

~vE:u~~~:~~~~~~:!f~~S~;I~~~:::~~:~Elarge fami ly thaI needs IIllry much my care .Please. please.

To lhe blelhren in God's Churc h : We wouldeccrecrere prayer s lor my granddad. Mr. Eddie F.Aa pe . He is nol a member , bul ha s beenan~ndlng eervees at the Wain er Robin Schurch .

~~rt~r:=:.~:~,~u:~r:Jlgh'~Or~~I::~~~;C . Goodw. n, At . I . Box 317 . Eastman. ce..31023

Aeqoe sl special prayer lor Doreen Cowie , nol amember but deal 10 us, who IS m her six th month

~s':~~~~r~~~r~Sh~rx~~~.·~k~~~r,~~i'\~;:"a~'SJ:~;.s 01 His Church. Mr. and

Aloha. all Haw aiIan brelhren . Mah alo lor a moSImemorable Feas t of TatM:lrnacles. YoU" isla ndstruly reflecl the arlistry 01God's hlli'ldi work; yourwarm hosoila~ty is unmatchable; lhe 18rvK:eSand speoal moslC a magne' lor my nonmember~. who attended every .service . resutingn an added bonus lor me! I wish 10express my

:~:d=~:~=~~=:::n~hot~ the b'ggest Feast 01Tabernacle . in yourcf:Iurch s hlSlofy ! Again. mahaiO lrom yoU" haolefriends . MavIS and Harry Jolin .

Prayers , eat ds . letters lrom around thoeworldneeded lor Mrs. Naomi Ra llilt. a membe r. Stle is adiabetic aoc:lhas n~us tens iOn. Pray Ihal God

~~~~e:.~lahve::;~~~h~~:~t:r:~~~Woodshlr e Dr., Ch arlotte. N.C. Aobert Fuller.

Praye rs requesled lor John Soltis. Vancouver .B.C . Blind since birlh, John now can" walk alone~i1~~~l,ogreSSlve . cli ppling disease . Fred

Charli e Crow of the Fort Wort h church is in anurs ing hom~ . He is, 85. bhnd . ne arl y de,al.oompIalely (:tIPPled with arthll lts . He is haVIng

~o:.":s:~rr.:~:~~~~::e~ ~7'::longti me me mber. Mr. and Mrs. Donald B ..._...,

M R. AND MRS. C. HARTEN

Si xleen years mark S Mr. and Mr s. WitliamYeales ' weddi rlg anniverlal"y Jan . 22.

Besl wishes lor yoU" contmued happioess, Mr.and Mrs . & 11 " lJ<K>gey" Grillin. on you- Jan . 27wedding anniversary . love. Tom and CI\cIrIa.

=a~~~~~hh~~Is~=d:ll:wde even as ChriSCis the Head 01 lhe ChU"ch.Husbands , love )IOU" wive s even as Christ aJsoloved lhe ChU"Ch and gave Hlmsel t lor il . Frantzand SteUa,. P9rtJ.o~is, MatHltJus. , ~ •.•

~~fY.:en~~,::~~~~~o;:'r~~~~:S~r~G~andpa and Grandma :,Happy 45th anniversarythiS Dec . 30. l o ve, TOYI8 and Tlac y.

Besl w iSh~S. Ben~ie and Glenda Faulkner, onyOUl weddi ng annlYersa ry Jan . 20.

PERSONALS

ANNIVERSARIES

Dona,ld, has it really been three years? II seemsjus l like yeSlerday, It keep s gell ing tM:l ll er andnow thai we have " lill ie Duck " every thing Is=~~aJr::;"Beeb. and lor always " l eI It Be

To my dear , beloved husband . Cli nton. happy

~v:~~~~z~ar:;~~~rlo~~w. ' do more IfI the furure . Also Ihree wonderf ul1IOflS . You 're my beSI fnand , and I"Il love youatways and very much . love, Renee .

Congra tulations , Otis and T~elma Huggin s 01Shubuta, MIss ., on yo... weddin g afln rversary t

The Aex Aobin sons are celebr ating their 271hannivers ary Jan. 14.

Mr . and MI1l. William Berry .....1 ClHebrale lheirSEith w~~.-y Jan . 5. They are lhep_errts of eigtrt etritdren and member. of theWOr1dwideChU"ch of God a1 Cofumbus. Ohio

Mrs . Ann a Lehman and Mr. Clifford Harten wereunited in marri age Dec . 18 at Ca mp Hill , Pa . MrRoy Demarest. paS10f of the Harrisburg . Pa.,church, offici ated. Mr./.. lehman was given Inmarriage by Mr . Ch arles Arms trong. Mr. and Mrs.Lee Hess served as best man and matron 01honor . The couple resides in Palmyra. Pa

(Co nt inued h om P&ge 101Sr , 01Olathe . Kan .. and Theresa is lhe daughterof Mr , and Mrs. lale Frazier 01 Saline. La. Theco uple now reside s at 1110 Virg in ia lane. Apt 2.Olathe , Kan., 6606 1.

Raymond J. GocxtJoo Jr. I Slill love you. Dad..ven a,fter 22 years. Sandra. Also, love to Talal

~:~~~;.:,~~::.'to~~=',:~:ml) Dec.

:~ifa~~irr:~~~~~~~~,a~~Kathy.

Please pray that God would heal my mother. Mra.

~g:sWeOnC:~I~n:::. s~nh~h~ I:~~~

~rr::,~~~~=::A~~r:-sRelati ves or Dar1eneCrovoskey ask the brethrento ple ase pray lo r her . Cards and leUers 01

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=':':brw;:::~sr~s:~so~;"~~18k OU" llreat Cr.alor 10 gille D.W. nece ssaryw isdo m In eo n.vellallon amo ng hi S lellow

=~'r~:'d:~:'::c~I~rt~~~ ~~z~nI8nd

D••r friends ift the Church : We n&ed prayers ~nd

gel -well cards fo r ":!y fal her . who IS havln g

::V:11J:~ ~~~1~1~,::r~~::~~~='6;TV and re~ the magazine s. He Is Jamel E.Woodruff. t71 PaJomar, Apt . 250, Chul. Vista.Calif .• 9 2OU .

SPECIAL REQUESTSPleas~ pray lor com pl.le heali ng of mySisI8l'· rn-I8w. Ann W. (nonrne rnbef) . lIIfho hasnephrttis and neph rosis of lhe kidneys_She. isafraid logo to the dodOf .locheck lhe progresslOtl01 the drs&as& and so tgnores new symptoms .YOtHfervel1t prayers needed . She has two smallchilclren, and time is short

Happy 39th anniver sary . Me and Mr./.. Shelton$ellers

Raqu e.1 pr ayer for daughler· ln -law(nonmamber) and grancklaughler , 2, who hallekidney 0 88858. They n&ed God's heBling power.Mary K.laney .

: ..:r~':e ~~~ ~~ ~:r~~:':~~' Mis l .,

Have a happy 19th anoiwrsary. Mr. and Mrs.James Toomey

Loca l church news wrap-upMonday, Jan . 17, 1977

Heirs Together

COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo .- Th e Co lorado Sp rings andWalsenburg , Co lo . , Women ' s C lubmet in the Baily Room of the Broad­moor West for lea and cooki es Dec .5 . After refreshments , the meetin gwas called to orde r by Pres identSusan Pet er son . Sh e intr odu cedBetty Ramsey, vice president , andSue Yandegriff, secretary-tre asurer.

The theme for the club thi s year-is" Heirs Togeth er ." The memb erswere e ncouraged 10 read and studyseveral articles about women in re­ce nt issues of The Good News .

Small vases o f flowe rs had beenarranged by Charity Sarv is and werepresented to the o ldes t lady at eachtable .

A bake sale was planned for Dec .23 at a shopping center in Pueblo ,Co lo . The ne xt meeting will beJan . 2.

The 5O-and-Ove r Club met forbreakfast at the Rain tree Inn im ­mediate ly after the Garner Ted Arm­strong telecast Nov . 28. Due to asnowstorm , attenda nce was sparse .Th ose who co uld get their c arss ta rted were Le e and De lph aTh om as, Ed and Helen De nkl er ,Bessie Jones and her daughter Bess.Frank Pierce , Leona Hines, EthelHackman and Tommi e Joe Stewart .

The club' s purpose for the year isfellowship and fun . Later there willbe horseshoe s, croq ue t, picnics andmore . Tommie Joe Stewart .

profit. Do" Dr Mamiel and BruceDean .

Groaning Bones

COOKEVILLE. Tenn. - YOUmembe rs . guests and chapero nsgathered at Cox's Skat ing Rink innearby Cros sville for a skating partyDec. 19. YOU members from Chat­tanooga , Tenn ., were also invited .Wheels whirred, bones groaned andthe floo r received a good dusting .

After the skating party the groupretrea ted to the lodge at CumberlandMou ntain State Park and enjo yedsandwiches, drinks and a marsh mal ­low roast . 'Then the young peopledanced while the parents and chaper­ons played cards . Ark. BryanJ.

IIIus100ls t Perfonns

DALLAS, Tex . - The inv itationsimply stated , " Come to a party ."but what a party it was . Sixteen chil ­dren , ages 4 through 10, from thesurrounding area gathered Dec. 18 atthe Gilberts' home in lrving, Tex . , toplay games, win prids, see a profe s­sional clown and watch Kelly Cun­ningham , an illus ionist , perform .Cookies and punch were served .B, ny Gilbert .

DIseased Chicken Award

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Mostpeople have heard of an Oscar , an

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THANKSGIVING GIFTS - The Baltimore, Md.• church pitched in for itssecond annual sharing of food Nov . 20. Thirty bushels of horne-cann edarid comme rcially canned food, as well as fresh ,fruits, vegetables andmeats, were collected ana oislributeo to30 families. A totalof$63 wasgiven 10 help other burdened budgets.

four speakers , in accordance with theregular cl ub format . They were PhilStevens , Neil Jack son, Bill Wilson,who gave a book review , andGraham Flux , who ga lle a se r­monette . Mr . Jackson was awardedthe most-effective -speaker cup for ahilario us speech, "Confessio ns of anMCP (Male Cha uvini st Pig) ."

Direc tor Paul Suckling expressedsatisfac tion with the eve ning, sayinghe though t it pro fitab le , as well asentertaining. Bill Allan .

Independence Day

BRIDGETOWN. Barbado s ­Victor Simpso n, minister here , wasguest speaker at the offic ial cere­mon y at SI. C hristopher Gi rl s 'Schoo l mark ing Barbados' 10th an­niversary of independence Nov . 26.

About 365 students and teache rslistened to Mr . Simpson define inde­pendence and explain the ways inwhich they could make a worthwhile

. contribution to the good of the na­tion . When Mr . Simpson men tionedin his co nclud ing remark s that hisbirthday coincided with Barbados'Independence Day, the head teacherhad the students sing "Happy Birth­day."

Afterwards, Mr . Simpson was in­vited to the home -eco nomics roomfo r refreshments. He chatted with thestaff, answeri ng que stions about hiswork as a minister o f the WorldwideChurch of God . Norma Nurse ,

Ecumenical Caravan

BUNDABERG , Au straliaBruce Dea n, new pasto r here, and hiswife were hosts for a get-togethe r intheir home Dec . II . As adults en­joyed snack s and dip s, the childrenplayed downs tair s and devouredcakes and watermelons. During theparty members were able to becomeacquainted, share ideas and makeplans for fund-raising project s .

The members embarked on theirfirst TV fund-ra ising scheme Dec.16, when they held a street stall onthe main street here and tried to out­sell the cake shops. Members jokedthat there was ecumenical coopera­tion , because the minicaravan used tose ll the goods was hired from theMethodists and was usua lly stored atthe back of the Catholic Church.

The caravan was inundated withgoods from the brethren. They soldplants , cakes, homemade jams, pick ­les, sweets, lo llies (ca ndy) an dIS-do zen lamington s. O ne of themen attempted to make toffee apples ,but, when even his own chi ldrenwouldn't touch them , he decided notto try to sell them .

Although it was a first attempt andmuch was to be teamed in the pricingof items, the members made a $ 117

MCP Confesses

BRICKET WOOD. England ­The B Spokesman Club here held itsfirst ladies' night of the term Dec . 15in the YOU club room on the formerAmbassador College campu s . Mr.and Mr s. Ron Hulm e, members,prepare d a snack of beefburgers andbeans.

Tony Lod ge . an employee in theMailing Department at the Radletrpress, presented a selec tion of topicsthat drew a good ..es ponse from theladies. as well as (he men. Toastmas­ter Geo rge Hender son introduced

Boosplel

BRANDON. Man. - The ccn­gregation here made a clean sweep,but it wasn' t doing j anitorial work . Itwas the first church bonspiel, held atthe Doug las , Man. , c urling rinkDec. 19.

Bonspie l is the old Scotc h sport ofcu rling , which has been fo nd lyadopted by the prairie fann ers ofwestern Canada as a popular pastimeduri ng the long, co ld winters . Thegame is played with stones, weig h­ing ro ughly 44 pounds, th rownalong a sheet of ice toward J

butl's-eye pai nted on the icesurface 126 feel away . The Sloneis guided by two members of thete am , who cl ea n and po lis h theice surface with broo ms. This sweep­ing helps the rock go farthe r, impor ­tant because the close st rock to thebutrs-eye coun ts for scoring.

The action started at 10 a.m., withArt Penner ' s cras h instructio n coursein curling for the nov ices. Ye t from10:30 to 4 p.m . it was serious (we ll,not alway s) compe tition . Mrs . Cl uffMunro ' s hot dogs helped the hungrycurlers rene w their strength as theday wore on.

The winner of the A event was theteam of Ro ss Hamil ton , WayneSm it h , Dorothy Hay and Be ttyBonnefoy . Winners of the B eventwere Richard Crook, Ellen Penner,Terry Hamilton and Steve Lind­mayer . Ron Hamilton .

an o ld -fashio ned sing-a long . TomWiseman .

The WORLDWIDE NEWS

Spiri t of '76

BEAUMONT. Tex . - TheBeaumont and Lake Charles, La. ,churches held a bicentenn ial Spirit o f'76 dance at the Orange Comm unityCenter Dec . I t .

Tbe decorations were made andput up by the young people here ,under th e di rect ion of Don andMiche lJe Mischnick.

The da nce music was provided bythe George Stevens Combo of Hou s­ton , Tex . Refre shments were plenti­ful, and table game s were providedfor the children. Florence Nail.

Helpf ul Hints

BIRMINGHAM. England - Thefirst meeting of the Ladies ' Club herewas Nov. 27, with 24 members at­tending. Joyce Suckling, wife of pas­tor Arthur SUCkling, is the club'spresident. Mr . Suckling,' the guestspeaker, gave an introduc tory talk onthe aims of the club and disc ussed therole of women , both wi thin theChurch and as wive s.

The progr am continued with aget-to-know-y ou speech by Mrs .Suckling, followed by a table-t opicssession and a helpful -hints feature .

Other officers for the year areJanet Guy, vice preside nt; EuniceArche r, treasurer; and Mau reen Fox­all , secre tary . Maureen FoxalJ.

Pocket cakolator

BLUEFIELD. W.Va. - A Slewsupper was held at the Virginia Res­cue Squad build ing here Dec . 18.

Following the meal of homemadebeef stew , co rn bread and fruit salad ,the adults and teenagers playedbingo . Prizes were awarded , includ ­ing a pocket calc ulator, one-half gal­Ion of hone y and a parallel version ofthe New Tes tament.

During the bin go games, the pre­teen s were entertained by an arts­and-c rafts co mpetition and a series o fba lloon-bursting co ntests .

The eve ning was cappe d off with

PRIZED POSSESSION - Jerry Boyle. of the Fo rt Wayne: Ind.• churchproudly displays his newly acquired Diseased Chicken Award. which hewas presented after winning the second annual euchre tourn ament at anall-in-the-Iamily evening held Dec. 4. (See "Diseased Chicken Award."this page.) [Photo by June Grovel

buzzer sounded and sent the gameinto overtime . Ashevill e won, 61-59 .Richmond W. Crisp.

Neutral Ground

AMARILLO. Tex. - The vol­leyball and basketball team s hereco mpe te d ag ains t Albuque rque ,N.M . • on neut ral gro und at th eRhode s Field Hou se in Tu cum cari ,N.M.• Nov . 21. The preteen s beganthe actio n, with Albuquerque win­ning its only game of the day , 22·14 .Todd Dufur of Amari llo scored 10points while A. Ga rcia aidedAlbuquerque 's victory with 20points.

The Amarillo women won theirgames. 15-7. 15·1 and 15·3 . TheAmarillo YOU girls' team defeatedAlbuquerque. 15-0. 15·0 and 15·3 .thus becoming reg ional champs.

Amar illo continued its winningstreak in the men' s basketball gamewinnin g 97·47. Albuquerque ' s highscorers were Rod Hamilton with 18point s. and Richard Lowery with J2poi nts . For Amar illo , Samm yO'Dell had 24; Alan VanLanduyt ,19; Bill Dufur. 16; Jeff Booth. 12;and Jame s Bailey , 12. The team' sheight ad vantage was a major factorin the big victo ry.

The fina le pitted the YOU teamsagains t eac h other. Ricky Boli n ofAmarill o dominated the offens iveand defen sive boards, scoring 39points in a 69-38 romp over Albu­querq ue. C . Bachelor and D. Stewartscored 14 and 13 point s respe ct ivelyfor the losing team . Sammy O'Dell .

Wild Characters

ANCHORAGE . Alaska - Fif ­teen wild characters arrived at a cos­tume party for the first through sixthgraders at the Kranich home hereDec . II . Several had been encour­aged to make larg e papier-macbecost umes and had worked with the irfamilies to mold and pai nt their cre ­ations.

A special-recogni tion ribbo n wasgiven to each ch ild for his cost umeefforts . Danny and Wendy Weghgave a polka demonstration, andeach character tried to learn the dancefor use at the nexl family dance .

Ten preschoolers met for a partyDec . 19. Their favorite games werepin-t he-button -on-t he -clown , un ­der- the- broom , and shoe scram ble .When it was clean up lime and choco­late frosting had to be washed offtheir faces, one j-yeer-old insistedmat his mother wouldn 't want him toget his face washed . Sandra Kranichand Alice Wegh.

Mand olin Accompanimeo t

ANNISTON. Ala . - Square.dancing time rolled around agai nDec . J I for the Anni ston and Gads ­den , Ala . , churches. First the breth­ren enjoyed a potluck supper. Thenfollowed a talent show with R.L.Pace as master of ceremo nies .

Paul McWhorter did a number hewrote , "Old Bob and Me" ; MarleneMcWhorter and her little girl s sangtwo so ngs ; Bill Winner , pastor ,played a mando lin, accompanied byhis son Mark; Gera ldine York playedthe piano and sang ; and the two smallParton girl s sa ng " Little WhiteDuck ."

The square dance was next, with aband playin g and Mr . Winner ac­co mpanying them on the mandolin .Vt'rna Fayt' Johnson .

Defensive Effort

ASHEVILLE. N.C. - The bas­ketball team here traveled to Green­ville, S .C ., Dec. 18 to play its teamfor the seco nd time this seaso n.

The Asheville girls' team jumpedinto a fast-mo iling game and ran up a17-0 score in the first q uarte r . How­ever, a tremendous defensive ef fortheld them to 6 point s for the rest ofthe game . Asheville st ill won , 23- 15.

In a hard-fought me n' s game . the­game was tied up 55-55 when the

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Members Mingl e

PAS ADEN A , Calif. - Thestrains of "Raindrop s Keep Fa llingon My Head " drifted with the pleas ­ant 70-d egree breeze Dec . 19 . as1,200 brethren here gathered on thelawns of Ambass ado r Co llege for anell -day fair and barbecue .

Peopl e of all ages were kept busywith minibike rides. pony rides , vo l­leyball and swimming. The fair in­eluded a cakewal k, dart throwing.bean-bag tossing and tWQraffles. Hotdogs , hamburger s. homem ade des­serts and dri nks were ava ilable forthe hun gry.

Brethren fro m all fo ur head ­qu art er ' s c h urches mi ng led 10 ­

gerber. The music was provide d byBill Bra zil' s gro up , featu ring J imThornhill , with a g uest solo by AliceWill iam s. Lance Cosgrove so loedfor the morning hou rs .

The fair was spo nsored by theheadqu arter' s churches 10 help fundthe Youth Educational Servi ces forchild ren o f members .

Said Shi rley Hun sberger , a hostesswho coo rdinated activiti es , "Behindthe sc enes ther e we re nu mero usmin or problem s , but ev e rybod yworked togeth er . The peo ple made ita succ ess because of the large turn­out." Barbara Korthu is.

First Meeting

POPLAR BL UFF , Mo. - Thehostess for the first meet ing of theWomen ' s Cl ub here Dec . II wasMae Estes , who prese nted an infor­mativ e film on rape , narrated by apatrolman.

Cookies and coffe e were served byJud y Rey no lds and Wil ma Elli s .Linda Arnold .

AICF Seminar

PORTLAND, Ore . - A capa citycrow d turn ed out Dec . 12 for the sec­ond AICF semi nar held here thisyear. The ell-da y program. held atthe Red LionInn here . wa s attendedby 257 peopl e .

The sess ions were cond ucted byArt Mokarow, di rector of the AICFHuman Potential Center, and KenCo le ma n , "psycho logi st . li censedmarriage counselor in three stalesand d irec tor of a t~~:." ment al­

health ce nter in Wyommg.The se min - - 'regan at 9 a.m . with a

three-Lour I ' ram and work shopc o nd ucted by Mr. Mokarow on" Talent and Skill Development. "Information was given on subjec tsinclu din g " How to-Ch oo se a Careeror Business,"" HQWto Measure YourTalent s and Abilities, " and " ShouldYou Change Your Career? "

After lunch. Mr. Co leman con­(See WRAP-UP. page 14)

el uded a three-mil e . hike over thesand du nes . Returnin g to the parkran ger sta tio n, all enjo yed sacklun ch e s an d th e fre sh . sa lly air.Arvine Waltoll.

...LOCAL CHURCH WRAP·UP - The theme of the Las Vegas , Nev.,family night was "The '50s ," featuring music of the era . A wrap-the­mummy contest was held between the Gipes an,d the Graunkes, with thewives using toilet paper to wrap up their husbands. The Graunkes won ,despite pastor Aodger Gipe (right?) tearing off Bill Graunf<e'swrappings.

eluded were Mr. and Mr s. Kieran ,Don Pacy na and Gene Hedgepeth .Mik e Krol played the guitar andyodeled a tune . Bob Short z, as usual,had the brethr en rollin g in the aisleswith laughter . .

Bill Wa ssner pla yed He mo, theMagnificent , the smallest man in theWorldwide Church of God. Frankand Faith Mur man co nc luded theshow, pla ying the accordion andguitar and sin ging so me ori g inalnumb er s . Sylvia Pomicter,

Cheerleaders Chosen

NASH VILLE, Te nn . - Cheer­leader s were named here Dec . 12 fol­lowing a rigorous Iryout . A numbe rof nonmembers mad e the select ions .

Th e c heer lea ders c hose n ar eBre nda Goss man, Miri am Robbins,Debbi e Duncan, Jan Hamm er , KimWilliam s and Angel a Millin er. AI­tem ates are Vickie Hamm er and LoriRobbins .

Memb ers of the men ' s basketb allsquad were selected, and the womenalso hope to field a team .

The brethr en also have a frui t sa leplanned. Everett Corb in.

Elephant Seals

PALO ALTO , Calif. - Sixty men ,'women and child ren of the Palo Altoand San JQ~e , Ca lif.. churches we nton an o uiing Dec . 22 10 view thee lepha nt seals at the Ano Nuevo StateRese rve. whic h is located on theCaliforn ia coast betwe en Half Mo or:Bay and Santa Cruz .

Eleph ant seals live at sea ami co meto shore only 10 give birth , to breedand 10 molt. Adult males may reach alen gth of 16 feet and a weight o f threeIons . Fema les are 10 to 12 feet lon gand we igh betw een 1,500 and 2,000pound s .

The tour took three hour s and in-

Smallest Man

MOU NT POCONO , Pa . - Aharv est of talen t avail able here wasreaped Dec . II in the Admini strationBuilding at the Feast site .

An e xo t ic di sh of Mexical ispaghett i was don ated and served byMr . and Mr s. Jame s Duke .

A fashion sho w started at 7:30,with Mrs. Ozz ie Engelbart anno unc­ing the girls and their o utf its. Eac houtfit was . made by the model orsome one in her family .

Four-ye ar-o ld Gij i Sorge appe aredas gues t arti st fio.n thc Union, N.J . ,church, with a recitati on of " I' m aLittle Teapot ."

The festivities we re inte rrupt edonly once, when pastor Oz zie Engel­bart buzzed onto the stage as a hugebumblebee during a song-and-danceperformance by Teddy and NatalieEngelbert .

Th e Garey s , Mount Poc on o ' ssquare-dance lovers, performed anold -fashioned square dance. Also in-

S ince "Loca l Church News Wra p-Up" is such a great way for youto let other s know what's happening in your area , here a re a fewhe lpful s ugge stions in temng your s tory. You ca n use this as achec klist wheneve r you are reporter for a big happening in yo urare a .

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Frosting on the Cake

MEMPHIS, Te nn. - Ho w arec ake s deco ra ted profess io nal ly?Southern Hom emakers' Ex tensio n(SHE) cl ub membe rs o f the churchhere found out at their Dec . 12 meet­ing at the home of Maric Pa lvodo .Ead ie Eads , mem ber and an instruc ­lor of the Wilton Method of CakeDecor at ing , demonstr ated seve raldecora ting techniques . Her exampleins pired the memb ers to ex perimen twith the cupca kes made availabl e .Mrs . Ead s stressed an import an tpoint : Keep it simple and don ' t over­deco rate . It was a sweet Ireat. t vonClark .

1. Include your complete nam e , addre ss and phone number on thearticle itself (not just on the e nve lope or accompanying lette r).

2. Include date and location of the event in the article.

3. Give complete, accurately spelled names of aU people men­tioned.

4. Label pictures. Identify people inthe photo, tell what's happeningand give the pnctoqraper's name.

5. Write in the third person; use he. she, they, not we or I.

6. Type article or print legibly. Always double-space .

7. Remember our one-month deadline. Anystory covering an eventmore than one month old when we receive itwiltnot be printed .

"8. Be cre ative, but brief. Remember you're not only telling aboutyour activity, but you 're giving suggestions to others for-theirs.

effort on this proj ect. Joe Dobson .

white-Elephant Sale

LON G ISLAND CITY , N. Y., ­Despite three inc hes of sno w thenight be fore, the Brooklyn-Queen s

.church here held a white-ele phantsa le and tale nt show Dec . 26. AboutII a. m. , the door s of Oliv er WendellHolme s Junio r High Schoo l openedto begin rece iving the first of an esti­mated 400 peopl e . In addit ion tomembers here , visitors came fromNew Jersey , Manh attan , Long Islandand upstate New. York .

A major purpo se of the event wasto raise mone y for the church fundhere . People brou ght wo rthw hileitem s they could spare . Tabl es in thelunchroom were top ped with cloth ­ing, records , jewelr y and more , allfor sale at rea sona ble prices . Art iclesleft o ver were intend ed for those hav­ing the grea tes t need . In add ition,ca kes, pies . coo kies and other foodswere prepared by the wo men andsold to those whose diet s did or didnot permit.

The talent sho w, under the d irec­tion o f deaco n Ro n Swift and RaulRam os , fea tu re d musical pe rfo r­mances . Richard H . Calen ius.

vis it the club here .• Robb ie Jeffre y , lSvyear-old son of

Mr . and Mrs . Bob Jeffrey of theGlasgow church, en tered the City ofGlasgow School s' Swim ming Ga lain Oc to ber, al o ng w it h severa lhundred ot her school -age swimmers ,man y of them members of Glasgow' S

swi mming club .He reached the f inals of t he

100-meter breaststroke co mpet ition ,held Dec . 6 in Glasgow, where hewas amo ng the lOP five 15-year -oldsw imme rs . In the final com petit ion ,Robbie placed seco nd, amaz ingcom petitors and judges, with a timeover seven seco nds o ff his previou sbes t time for that event . Bob Jeffr ey .

Campaign Film

HAMILTON, Bermuda - Thechurch her e pre sent ed a fil m ofGam er Ted Arms tro ng's Portl andcampa ign and a lectur e by RolandSa mps on, pas tor her e , abo ut theChurch and the work o f Amba ssadorCo llege to Plain Truth subsc ribersand the public Nov . 23 .

Of the 650 letter s mailed out , ap-

Sweet Pea

LAK ELA ND , Fla . - T heWom en ' s Clu b here was host to aparty Dec . 4 for the chi ldre n ages 3 to12 . In the gail y deco rated hall , thechildren enjoy ed playing games fromballoon stomping and pin-the- tail ­on-the-donke y to musical ch airs anda tug-of-war . W ith calliope musicplay ing in the back ground , ther ewere prizes for all and an abundanceof cake, ice cream and punch .

Th e part y a lso featured t wocl owns, Sw eet Pea and Ruffle s .Audrey Mitchell .

From Trasb to Cash

LAWTON, Okla. - A scrap-irondrive was held here Dec. 12 to raisemoney for God's Work . Memb ersgathered together to pick up balin gwire from farm s in the area. The wirewas sold at the scrap-i ron yard, and atot al of $425 was raised.

Althou gh the; primary purpo se ofthe driv e was to rai se cash, the dis­po sal o f the w ire se rve d as aco mmunity-be autification project aswell . A spec ial thanks goes to Mr.and Mr s. W .L. Bailey and Mr . andMr s. Russel Bond for their co ntinued

proximarety 100 visi tors were 'pres­ent. with 40 members . A num ber ofbook lets we re ava ilab le . Altho ughBermu da is a co untry of 56 ,000 peo ­ple , due to a prime- time wee kly rele­cas t of the Garner Ted Armstrongprogram and a twice- a-wee k broad­cas t , the Work here is well knownand grow ing. Roland Sampson .

(Continued from page 121Em my and a Tony , but. how manyhave ever heard of the most desiredaward of all, the Diseased Ch ickenAwar d? Loo king like a rem nant fromthe garbage dump , this one-wingedfowl stan ds shak ily on a wood en basethat seems to have been riddled bytermites . A sorry sight in anyo ne'seyes , but. to members here it is aprized possession, for the DiseasedChicke n is award ed 10 the cham pioneuchre player .

At the second annual tourn ey heldDec . 4 , Jerry Boyle , with a score of81, defeat ed defend ing-champio nFrank McCr ady Ill by one poin t in ahard-fought battle . Thou gh the y bothwon cas h prizes, it was the Disea sedChicken that was most desired . Jerrydesired Frank to have it . and Frankdesired Jerry to have it.

An ull-in -the-famil y evening sawMorgan Boy le , son of the champion,ta ke fir st place in th e 12 · to

Mellow Tones

GA YLO RD , Mich . -Sabbath at­tendance here doubl ed Dec . 11, wit hmany co ming from the Mid lan d,M ich. , church for a joint winter so­cial held that evening .

All enj oyed a turkey dinn er witha ll the trimmin gs prepared by thelad ies. After d inner was a tal entshow, foll owed by dan cin g to themello w ton es o f mus ic supp lied bymembers . Wally Gilbertson.

Visitin g Delegallon

GLASGO W, Scotland - A del ­egation of former and present off i­cers of the Spoke sman Club here ,John T hornton , Bobb y Le tham , BobJeffrey and forme r Amb assador Co l­lege student Bill Mu rphy , acco m­panied pastor Mark Ell is Nov . 30 ona visit to the G lasg ow Spea kers 'Club, composed o f business men andformerl y kno wn as Toastm asters In­te rnatio nal.

A high point of the evenin g wasthe announcement by the ir overallcri tic that Mr . ElIis wo uld have wo ntheir Plaqu e Award for his answer toone of the ir tcp lcmaster' s ques tions,excep t that it's not given to visi­tors.

The Spokesman Club hope s to re­Cum the gesture of the Speakers' Cluband invite a delegation o f them to

FUND RAISING - Mr. and Mrs . W.L. Bailey , left , and Mr: and Mrs .Russel Bond stand in front of a truck unloading baling wire which theLawton, Okla ., Chur ch members co llected from nearby farm s to raisemoney . The project also helped beauti ly the community. (See "FromTrash to Cash," this page .)

19-year-old d ivision , with his broth ­er Norman capturing second.

After the pot luck supper , those notjoining in ca rd playin g co uld watch amo vie, The Littlest Outlaw. JuneGrove.

Wrap-up

60 YEARS TOGETHER - Mr. and Mrs . Arthur Binion ce lebrated their60th weddi ng anniversary Dec. 31. The-Bini<. ~s have three children, n inegrandch ildren and seven great-grandchildren. [Phot o by Phil Edwardsl

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PA SADENA - Tw o Ambas­sado r Co llege stud ents ca pturedfirs t and second places Nov . 22 in aspeech contest at Ca lifornia StateUniversity at Hayward .

Wes While , a 27-year-old seniorfrom Lowell. lnd. , took first in ex ­temporaneous speaking, with seniorLarry Gillian, 23, of Sydney, Aus­trali a , placin g seco nd . Thi s wasthe firs t interco llegia te co mpetitionfor both of them.

.. It was a most impressive show­ing by the two because of the sizeof the univers ity against which theywe re competing , " sa id WinfredAllen , Ambassador facult y mem berand advise r to the speec h team .

is an accompli shed musician, playingthe violin and comet and singing.

Mrs . Binion attributes theirl on g andhapp y life tog eth er to tea mwo rk." We' vealways been veryactive, " shesays . " We love to play and do thin gstogether as a team ."

binds two

WEST LIBERTY , Inwa - MarkTeno ld, 18. has learned thai his biog­rap hy will appea r in Who' s WhoAmong Ame rica n High School Stu­dents for 1975-76 .

Gradu atin g from We st LibertyHigh last May. Mark was an honorstudent active in sc ience cl ub andtrack , winning numerou s ribbon s andmeda ls. He was awarded two first­place gold meda ls in the senior d ivi­sion at the YOU track meet at DrakeStadium in Des Moin es. Iowa . inJune. fo llowed by his participation inthe national final s at Big Sand y inJuly.

Mark is employed by Brite WayWindow Service of Cedar Rapid s.Iowa. and atte nds the Iowa Citychu rch. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.Vern Tenoldof West Liberty.

Membershonored

Youthhonored

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TALLA HASSEE. Fla .Th o m as Ham mett ha s bee n ap­poin ted gradua te ass ista nt at theFlorid a State Universi ty School ofMusic here , effec tive wi th the winterquarte r, 1977. Mr. Hammett co m­pleted his undergraduate degree andmaster' s program in music at Troy(Ala.) State University in 1971 and1975 . He has taught music in publicschoo ls for s ix. yea rs at the junior­high and senio r-high level . and a yearat the co mmunity-co llege level.

Mr. Hammett plan s to finish hisdoctoral studie s in musi c ed ucation atFlorida State in two year s. He attendsthe Moultr ie , Ga . • church, where heis director of the new chorale .

•mar'rrage

Teamwork

By E.W. Stewa rtPRITCHElT, Tex. - Cake and

fruit punch were served to friends andrelat ives Dec . 3 1 as Mr. and Mrs.Arthur Binion ce lebrated their 60thwedd ing anniversary . Mrs. Binion hasbeen a membe r of the Big Sand ychurch for 10 years.

T he couple ' s gra nddaug hte rs .Gloria Hold er and Rita Ward ofOdes sa, Tex ., were hostesses of thediamond -anniversary ce lebration.

Mr . and Mrs. Binion are natives ofUpshur Cou nty, In which AmbassadorCo llege is located , and were married inGi lmer , the county seat , Dec . 31 ,1916 . Iva Moore was 18 years old andArthur 3 1.

The Binion s, retired fanners. live inthis sma ll co mmunity just 400 yardsfrom where Mr. Binion, now 9 1, wasborn in 1885. He is the olde st citizenofPritchett.

Among those attending the celebra­tion were the Binions ' three children.The co uple also has nine gra ndchil­dren and seven grea t-gra ndch ildren .

Mrs. Binion . a horticu lturi st , isknown in the area for the cl ippings ofivy and other ·plants she gives herfriends to enhance the beauty of gar­dens and homes. She lists flower ar- .ranging. cooking and sewing as hob­bies .

Besides being a farmer , Mr . Binion

in 60-year

. Longevity Report

WI C HITA , Kan . - Work er sbegan early , moving in tables, chairsand display racks for the many itemsof the church's arts-a nd-crafts fair .

ARTS-AND-eRAFTS FAIR - Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Campbell. left . andJerold Aust, Wichita, Kan ., pastor, stand among some of the items sold ata fair held by the church Dec. 5. Approximately $600 was earned towardthe purc hase o! a bus for the chur ch. (See " Longe Vity Report ," this page .)

Women ' s Club here met for its first held at the Ce ntral He ights Shoppi ngmee ting at the Holid ay Inn Emba ssy Mall here Dec . 5 . All item s wereRoom Dec . 15, with 26 members at - handc raf ted and do nated by thetend ing . brethre n.

Charles Sco tt , pastor here . d is- T he fair nett ed approx imate lycussed last year's goa l of becoming a $600, which was turned over to pas-virtuou s woman and annou nced this lor Jerold Ausl to apply toward a busyear' s goa l from Proverb s 30 :31 of the brethren have purchased.begi nning a lifestyle of c ivic, o r Ceram ics was the headliner at theneighborhood , involvement. third meet ing of the Wome n 's Club

Barbara SCOIl,direc tor of the cl ub. here . held Dec . 12 at Ca nterberrythen gave announceme nts, assign- Inn . Lois Fra nz and her dau ght erments and upcom ing event s, which Jamie , from Ark Valley Pottery .include a meeting with the mayor of gave a demon stratio n and lecture onSioux Falls in April. ceramics and encouraged the ladies

Gues t speaker Su zanne Knudson to add ano ther hobby to their lives .of the Drug Awareness House here Mary Ann Aust, pastor ' s wife,ledgave a talk on " new ness of life : ' a study about Sa rah , this month ' s

The ne xt meet ing will be on the wom an of the Bible .deve lopment of skills. Caro l Rein - Ma rilyn Brown gave a book reporting , on How to live to Be a Hundred. by

anthropologist Se lna Bennett . Thebook is abou t Hie longevity of thepeo ple living in the Ca ucasus Mou n­tains o f Ru-sia .

Eig hty -six wo men atte nded themeeting. Faye Campbell.

Reach Out

SAN DIEGO , Calif. - Service tothe bret hren and the co mmunity, aswell as perso na l grow th and de­velopment , comprise the goals of thefive units of women ' s club s formedhere during December.

T he program fo rm at . entitled" Reach Out," was ou tlined at eac hunit meeting by pastor James Frid­dle. It close ly fo llows the former ofthe women ' s club s of Amba ssadorCo llege . Mrs . Jim (Beve rly Pease)But ler , former Ambassado r student ,was named coo rdinator for all unit s .

A d ifferent hostess and co hostes seac h meet ing will arrange the pro ­g ram and co nd uct the meetin g .which will con sist o f a main theme . ademon stration by a club member ,table to pics and , whenever possib le,a gues t spe aker. Susan Karoska .

C ivic Involvement

SIOUX FA LLS . S .D . - The

Mrs . Eddie Ecke rt at AmbassadorCo llege . gave a demonstrat ion o nflo ral arrangements. She mad e adini ng-room centerpiece. showingthe basic technique s for all floral ar ­ra ngemen ts , then answe red ques­tion s. Roberta LAshua .

Night at the Movies

ST . PETER SBURG . Fla . - Thechurch here held an ali-day yard saleDec . 5 as part of its fund-rai sing ac­uvit les .

For those who worked at the sale ,Sunday morn ing bega n as a large ,full moon was sett ing over the Gulf.Thi s scene. ho wever, chan ged to oneof fog j ust befo re sunrise , as theworker s were setti ng up the displayof hundreds of items that were do­nated by mejubcr s.

The first customers arrived at 7:15n.m., with a steady flow of custom ­crs co ntinuing throughout the day.The fog cleared and a beautif ul da yresulted . both in weather and saleresults .

The brethren here enjoyed theirfirst Night at the Movies this seasonDec . 18 . Film s ranged from theRoadrunner cartoon s and an Amo sand Andy te levis io n sho w to adoc umentary , African Safa ri.

Ref reshments were prepared andserv ed by the YOU member s.Lavene L. vorel ,

Blind andon his own

Wat ermelon Plot

ROC KHAMPTON. Austra lia ­The church here has been busy rais­ing money to help finance the GarnerTed Armstrong telecast in this area.Rockha mpton is situated on the cen­tral coa st of Quee nsland, and is o neof the smaller church areas. with only45 people .

After so me success ful street sta lls.the brethren decid ed to launch some­thing a litt le more adve nturou s. Aplot of la nd on John De Mey ' spinea pple farm was pUI aside andwaterme lon seeds were planted . Atfirst the seeds grew a lillie slowly,compa red to the weeds . Later . theproblem of wateri ng them during theFeast o f Tabe rnacles arose , but. inthe end . all the hard work paid off.

On Sundays duri ng Nove mber andDecember, the melo ns were picked ,weighed and roi d . Som e were sold tofruit sho ps , while othe rs we rehawked to peop le at the beach. In all .brethren here have raised $2,000 to­ward the telecast for this area . BruceDean .

By Helen Co ngdonCOCOA BEACH. Fla . - John

Cracke l is an unu sual young man . Heis compl etely self -supporting, doin gall his own coo king and clean ing .

That ' s not so unusual, you mightsay.

But it is fo r a 26-year-o ld who hasbeen blind since he wa s 12 . and co uldonly see a little out of one eye beforethat.

John works at the Wilway Co . hereas a machi ne ope rator , " ma kingbob b in g uides for coil -w in di ngmachine s. " he says.

He got his traini ng at the Schoolfor the Blind in St. Augustine , Aa .

He likes worki ng with electronicsand tape recorders, and for sports heenjoys swimming and waterskiing.He likes nearl y a ll kinds of music andlikes to dance . And he enjoys writ ingletters to and receiving them fromother Church members .

John fi rst heard Th e Wo rldTomorrow on radio in 1965 and wasbapt ized by Roger Fos ter of the Lake­land , Fla., church last March. Heattends church now at Melbourne.Fla .

Joh n has his own apart ment here,at 619 W. Peac htree , Apt. 9 , and isproud of the way he can take care ofhimse lf. He is also high o n Wilway.

••Here they give you a chance todo everything and show you how todo it," he says.

(Co nti nued from page 13tdu cted a lecture o n " Ma rri a geCo mmunica tions ," followe d by Mr.Mokarow with .• Achiev ing Mar italCom patib ility ." The programs in­cl uded lecture s, audien ce participa ­tio n, lab orator y workshops andque stion-and -answer sessions . DanFricke.

Flo ral Arra ng ing

ST. PETERSBURG . Fla . - TheWomen 's C lub here met at the FirstFederal Savi ngs and Loan at Gate­way Mall Nov . 23 . The club wasmeeting for the first time of the year .and the newl y appointed officerswere an noun ced : Chery l Atki ns,pres ident; Janie Beal, vice presiden t;Janice McElroy, secre tary; VirginiaEdgar . treasurer. Roberta Lashua ,Worldwide News reporter.

The theme for the yea r. "Gettingto Know Each Other Benet;" wasd iscussed, and a name game wasplayed , with Ge rtrude Banks thewinner .

Deloris Fisher of the Tampa, f1a.,church . who formerly worked with

Monday, Jan. 17, 1977

Wrap-up

Student saved school

DAVID'S TRIPLE TROUBLE

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• . .. t Da vid ' s voice traile doff.

" Oh, David , I'm sony ifwe've neglected you the lastmonth. It hasn't been .inten­tional . We've had to do a lot ofplann ing with our increasedfamily . We'lI still find time 10do tbe thing s we 'v e alwaysdone together:'

" The n you still love LaRaeand me just like always eventhough you have the threebabie s?"

" Yes , David. Our love foryou hasn'f cha nged . Eventhough we have to share ourtime between you and LaRaeand the triple ts, this does n' tmeanwehave to share our love .We still love you as much asalways. We're just going tohave more love to give to thebabies. We may have less timeto spend with you and LaRae ,but we won' t love you any less.Our love hasn't changed foryou."

"J' rn glad 10 hear that, Dad .I was kind of worried ." Davidsmiled and leaned ove r to hughis dad .

"Dh, son:' Mr . Ol son said.return ing his SOD ' S embracewith a big bear hug . "No onewill ever take your place in ourheart s. not even three baby sis­ters ."

them , seems to be crying allthe time . And they all startedscreaming in the middle of thenight last night. And it seemslike all Mom ' s done sincethey' ve been home is chang etheir diapers , feed them androck them: '

Three's a Crowd

" k woe 't be easy adjustingto three bab ies in our house­hold, Dav id . Your mom isgoing to be awful busy. and weneed to help her all we can.Mrs . Walker' s going 10 comeo ver three days a week to bdpout too . Once we get into aroutine. I'm sure the babieswon ' t be so noisy ."

'" sure hope so . ,. Dav idlooked down . then spoke in alowered voice. " Dad. will westill be able 10 play ball 10 ­gether and go for hikes?"

" Why. sure . Wh y do youask?"

" Well:' David said , star­ing at his hands, which wereplaying with the button s on hissweater. .. It seems like eversince they were born you' vebeen so bu sy building thaIex tra mom and things. andyou' ve bee n talking SO muchabout the babie s. And yester­day when they came home allynu did was hold them and

book iron Arrow: a History , to which he contrib uted """,Iy one thirdof itscontents. The Iron Arrow Soc iety is a men's honor sociely Mr, Houghtal­ing helped found at !he university. (Right photo by Dennis Bennett ]

GoIng Home

David sat on the living roomcouch late one March after­noon , the daily newspaper laidout on his lap. He was look ingintently at the picture on thebott om of the fronl page . Thecaption below thepicl1lle read :"Olson triplets goin g hometoday . Jim and Nancy Olsonpose with their triplet daugh ­ters as they leave ClaytonCounty Hospital. The girlsare, I. to r., Melissa Ieaa,.Melanie Anne and MichelleLee . The Olsons have twootber children, David James,8, and LaRae Nancy , 5:"

" Hi, son," Mr , Olson said ,coming up beh ind the co uch .David jumped.: 'I'm sorry if!scared you ,"

" Hi, Dad : '" What are you looking at,

son?" David showed his dadtbe paper." 'W e made the frontpage . I guess it's not every daywhen Newport has a set of trip­lets : '

" Dad?"" Yes, David?"" I don 't think I'm going to

like having triplet sisters:'" Oh? Why is Ihat?" Mr .

Olson sat down beside David ." For one thing . they 're

awful noisy . O ne, if not all o f

5-year-old sister . Lagae, wasjumping up and down on hisbed. "Get up , sleepyhead: 'LaRae was saying .

" Hey , quit it !" Davidsnapped al her .

"Ge t up , sleepyhead . "Lakae gradually slowed downher jump ing, her long, auburnhair sti ll bouncing on hershoulders . • ' G uess what.Mommy had three babies thismorn ing!"

"What? ' David sa l up ." Yc u mean triplets?"

" Yes , three girls," LaRaesaid , noddin g. •'Daddy will behome sOODarid will take Us -toschool. Mrs . Walker is fixingus breakfast , so huny up andgel dressed, slowpoke -s

LaRae jumped off the bedand ran out of the room .

" Boy, what luc k. Threemore sis ters . Ugh." Davidgrimaced . then slowly ga l outof bed .

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The sound of voices wokeDavid Olson out of a deepsleep . He knew it wasn 't timeto get up because his room wasstill dark . He could hear hisfather and mother talk ing, andthere were other voices too .David sat up. Could that havebeen the cry of a baby beheard ? It was so faint it wasbarely audible .

. . I mu st be - imagin ingthin gs." David said aloud ." Mom said my baby brothero r sister was due in April . Thisis only February: '

David heard the sound of hisdad's footsteps co ming downthe hall to his room, and hejumped out of bed and ran to

.. open his door ." Dad, what' s happenin g?"

David asked, opening the door ." Son , yo ur moth er gave

birth to a baby girl .. ."" Can I see it?"" Not yet, son. The baby is

very small; she's two monthspremature. MIS. Butl er , themidwife, is getting the babyread y to go 10 the hospital .We ' re go ing to ta ke yourmother into the hospital too . Itlooks like your baby sister is 10have a twin."

" Twins!" David yelled .·'Sh-h·h . Your s is te r is

still asleep :'"Maybe I'll gel a brother

too ! Whoopee !" David ex­c la imed, hi s brown eye ssparkling.

" Maybe. " Jim Olson smiledat his son. "Anyway, Mrs .Waiku is here, and she'll staywith you whileMrs . Butler and Igo to the bo sp ital with yourmother and new baby sister ."

"Can I slay up and wait foryou . Dad?"

"No, son. you need yoursleep for school in the morn­ing. It sounds like the ambu­lance is here ." Mr. Ol sonwalked over to the windowfacing the stree t. "Yep , it'shere . Gatta go . Please ge tsome sleep. David . I 'Il be backas soon as I can ."

Mr . Olson kissed David onthe forehead and disappearedout o f the room . Da vidcl imbed back in bed and fellasleep shortly after the ambu­lance drove away.

New Baby Sisters

The next thing he knew , his

FIRST STUDENT - Francis S . Houghta ling, left, enrolls as the firsts tudent at the University of MiamiOct. 15, 1926 . Right: Mr. Houghtalingproudly displays his Iron Anow Soc iety membership ce rtificate and the

Now you know

Open Arms

D uri ng th e 50 th · ann ive rsarycelebration Mr . Houghta ling washono red man y times. He sat in anelaborate car riage pulled by twoArab ian horses in a homecomi ngparade; an honor breakfast was givenfo r him and four other men (the re­mai ning five of the origina l ninemembers of tile Iron Arrow Socie ty) ;at a banq uet at the Co ral Ga bles(Fla. ) Coun try C ub he was honoredwith the presentation of (he AsheIn-Memo riam Medall ion.

" I walked into open arr as everyplace I went during the anni versaryce lebration," M r. Houghtalin g said ." It was a very heartw armin g experi­ence.'

By Donnis IIen....1COLUMBUS. Ohio - Francis S.

Houghtaling, member of the churchhere . was guest of honor of the Uni­ve raity of Mia mi, Fla. , for theschool's 50th anniversary ce lebra­tion in Oc tober. Mr . Hou ghtalingwas the firs t stude nt to enroll in theUniversity of Miami , on Oct. 15,1926.

Had it not been for Mr. Houghtal­ing, the Universi ty of Miami mightnever have come into e xistence . Justbefore the sched uled Oct. 15 ope ningof the unive rsity in 1926, a hurricanetopp led the rosy dreams of Mr.Ho ughtaling and Bowman Ashe .fo unde r an d president of theuni versit y ,"

Letter From Presldenl

After return ing home from UM hereceived a letter from the president ofme University ~ Henry King Stan­ford, in which Mr. Stanford said toMr. Hought al ing;

.. It was a great pleasure to haveyo u bac k fo r the 50 th BirthdayCe lebration of our University . Yourpresence here was a real boost to thece lebration because you are our veryfirs t stude nt."

Here in Co lumbus Mr . Houghtal­ing is an active reg iona l director ofme Amba ssado r International Cu l­tural Foundation .

Fonnd 125 Sludents

The hurr ic ane wiped o ut M r.Ashe ' s finan cial backing . and he nolonge r had money .

Mr . Houghtaling protested to Mr.Ashe : " It ' s too late to ge t intoGai ne svill e. They 've a lreadyopened . I'm going to lose a yea r ofco llege. "

Mr . Ashe told him , " If you canfind 100 students willing to enrollwe' ll open somehow : '

Mr. Hou ghtalin g found 125 stu­dents and the university opened asscheduled.

Mr . Ho ughtaling also played animportant ro le, along wi th M r .Ashe, in the founding of the IronArrow Society , a men ' s honor soc i­ety .

Men are se lected to join the soc ietyby a tapping ritual based on folkloreof the Seminole Ind ians. For a man tobe "tapped ," he must be se lectedand unan imously voted for by o thermembers of the soc iety . New memobers are se lected and rapped becauseof contribution of time . effort andtalent.

TROY , N .Y. - Da vie. j-year­old so n of M e. and Mr s . TroyAgee, member s of the Albany .N.Y .• church . o verheard his parentsd iscuss ing Herbert W . Armstrong'scampaig n in the Phil ippines o f sev­eral month s ago.

" Mommy, wh)' is Me. Arms trongcamping o ut with the Philistines?"Davie asked .

Celebra te. 50th anni vercry

Mond8y, Jan . 17, 1977

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PASAD ENA - Ray Kosanke ,fo rmer regional edit or for The PlainTruth statio ned in Brusse ls. Be l­gium. and mo re recently em ploy ed

RAY KOSANKE

by the International Divis ion . willmo ve here from Brussels 10 becomean assistant to Leslie L. McCul­lo ugh . director of the InternationalDivision .

Mr. Kosanke, who served the In-. tem ationa l Div ision by coo rdi nating

the material translated from English10 French fo r the French -languagePlain Truth . among other thin gs, ar­rived here Jan . 12 10 meet with Mr .McCu ll ou gh . He w ill re turn toEurope briefly befo re moving per­mane nt ly to the United State s with

.his Belgian wife. Daniele. and three

daug hte rs ' in late February or ea rlyMarch .

Mr. Kosanke said he is "lookingforward to returni ng:to the U.S . andheadqu arter s .,.

Mr. McCu llou gh , referrin g to the6-foo t 9% · inch Mr. Kosanke , said itwas abou t time " we had someo nearou nd the office everyone will lookup to . "

In ot her news in the ln temariom lDi vi sion . Mr. McCu llou gh sa idHenrv Stu rcke , who wo rked forMr. Ko sanke in Brussels and waslater transferred to o perate the PT'sregio nal off ice in Was hing ton , D.C . ,unti l its clo sing in May , 1976 (TheWorldwide News , May 10. 1976J,has bee n hired to work as a minls,e­rial trai nee in Mon treal, Que .

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PASADE NA - Mor e th anS I5,(O) was eame d by 180 Am bas­sado r Co llege students selling conce s­sions before. during and after the SuperBowl football game here Jan . 9 at theRose Bow l Stad ium, acco rd ing to SIU­dent Body Pres ident John Stryker,

The students usuall y ea rn mustof their annual budg et each Jan . Iselling co nces sions at the Ro se BowlParade here, but this year Jan . I wasa Saturday , so the studen ts offe redtheir serv ices to O lympic Co nces­sio ns , ow ners of the co nc ess ionfranchise , which paid the stude ntswages and bonuses that amo unted to$7.3 5 per man-hou r.

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The SI5 ,(O), which Mr. Strykersaid is SI ,500 more than the tota lea rned last year du rin g the Ro seParade . wil l be used for studen t serviceprojects. the yearly senior trip andothe r student expen ses .

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PASADE NA - Dean Wilso n,recent ly appo inted region al directorof the Aust ralian Wo rk, left here Jan .15 for his new assig nment , followin ga semester at Amb assador College ,Pasadena, as a part o f a sa bbaticalprogram .

Acco rding 10 Les lie L. McCul­lough, di rec tor of the Intern ationalDiv ision , Mr. Wilso n's departur ehad been " s lightly delayed" by" pa pe r -wo rk pro b le ms with hisvisa ." Mr . Wil son, an evangelis t andforme r regio nal director o f the Cana­d ia n Work , and hi s w ife weresc he d uled to arr ive in A ustr a liaJan . 17 .

Mr . McCullough also said HennisLuke r, the man Mr. W ilson is re­placing in Austra lia, and his familyarri ved here Jan. II . Mr . Luker isbegin ning a semester's stay at Am­bassador Co llege as par t o f theWork ' s sabbatical program .

"The Luker s are happy to be bac kin the St ates ," Mr. McC ullou g hsaid. "They are busily gett ing set­tied, and Denn is is looking forwar dto a semester of college . "

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JO HANNESBU RG . South Africa- Robert Fahey, di recto r o f the Af·rican w ork.r-and personal assistan tDa vid Hulme visited Swa ziland Jan .13 and 14 to arran ge for Herbert W ,Ar ms t ro n g's next visit there March28 . M r. Armstrong is ag ai nscheduled to see Swazi land 's KingSobhuza II .

From there Mr . Fahey and Mr .Hulme will travel to the Kingdo m of

Leso tho , where they wi ll arrange forMr. Armstrong to meet Prime Mini s­ter Leab ua .lona tha n Apri l 6 . Be­cause of his rece nt ankle inj ury . Mr .Armstrong was unab le to meet theprime ministe r on a prev ious visit.

In ot her news . 17 girls and 16 boyslook part in the first black SummerEducationa l Program (SEP) in Ai ·rica , at Haruma nskr aal . near Pre ­toria. The young peo ple cam e fromall ov er So uth Africa as well asSwaz iland and Lesoth o for eight day sbegi nning Jan . 9 and partic ipated incanoeing, water skiin g, sailing, hik­ing , ten nis, vo lleyba ll. swim ming,soccer and soc ial activitie s .

J ohn Bartholomew, SE P supe r­visor , said the pro gram went well .For the major ity of the yo ungstersmos t of the activ ities were a " once­in-a- lifetime o pportunity ," he said .

Tw o pub lic lectures wer e con­ducted in Nairob i, Kenya , Jan . 8 and9 . Owen Willis. a mini ster fromSo uth Africa , is undertaking sometwo week s' visiti ng af ter a good re­sponse 10 the lectures .

Pet er Natha n. reg iona l circu la­tion manager for The Plain Truth ,has spent a week in Na irobi , work ingoutlegal derails for the regi stratio n o fihe Worl dwide Church of God in the

PASADENA - Ambassado r 'stelevi sion -prod uction crew has beentap ing a half-hou r te levision spec ialcalled " Welcome to Ambassador"to be aired nationall y in time s lots ofthe Garner Ted Armstrong telecast inMarch.

Directo r Larry Omasta feel s theprogram em phas izes to the prospec­tive student why he or she sho uldco me 10 Ambassador.

"The program sho ws the strongpoints of the coll ege ," he said . " Itshows tha t we're not ju st a rel igio us

M onday , J an . 17, 1977

co llege o r j ust a fun one . We'resomethin g more : '

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BIG SANDY - The chairman ofthe Depa rtme nt of Speec h Com ­munications and Public Relatio n.. ;.II

Ambassador Co llege here . F. Ken ­net h Bra sted , is scheduled to transferto Pasaden a Aug . IS , 1977 . to headthe Ma ss Co mmunications Depart ­ment (here, acco rd ing to Big SandyDean o f Faculty Donald Wa rd .

Dr. Brasred' s ca reer spans co l­legiate and co rporate education and a

DR AND MRS. F. KENNETHBRASTED

pubfic -rcl at ion s ca reer . He wa~founding presiden t of Dallas Univer ­sity .

Dr. Br asted ha s tau g ht at thehigh -school and un iver sity level inFlo rida a nd in a ug urat ed theacade mic program in pub l ic rel ationsat the co llege here when he joi ned thefacu lty in 1975 . His wife , MargaretAn n, teaches secretarial studies parttime at Ambassador, Big San dy.

Rep lacements for Dr. and Mrs.Brasted for the 197 7-78 schoo l yearat Big Sa nd y hav e not yet bee nnamed .

Summerprogram offers education, recreationBIG SANDY - " I' ve never seen

so much packed into two weeks ,"said Pat Lowe ry. a widow from New ­nan , Ga ., who attended Ambas­sad or's pilot pro gram of co ntinu­ing educ at ion last summe r in BigSandy.

The Te xas campus of Amba ssadorCo llege wi ll again of fer the sum merprogra m. which made to1 lege· lcvelco urse s avai lable to more than 50people - co up le s, widows andtee nage rs - fro m 13 states andCanada in 1976 , anno unced Dona ldWard , college- faculty dean and pro­gra m coordinator .

When asked for her impressio ns o ftasr year ' s pro gram , Wilma Lath rop,a cos me tologist and acco unta nt from

Sheldon. Mo .• saxt :·' 1th ink the program is fantastic. I

wish more peo ple wo uld be able toco me. We're gai ning an insight intothe co llege and whe re our tithes andof ferings go and reall y gelling behin dit more so lidly than we have before. "

The pro gram for 1977 will again letparticipants combine a vaca tion withfurthe ring their education , Dr. Wardsaid .

Dates Set

The co ntinuing -ed ucation serieswill again las t two wee ks. The datesfor the pro gram have been set fo r laterin the summer so mo re stude nts canatte nd . Cl asses will beg in July 18 andend July 29 .

The prcgram -' has tremendo us po­tential by informing the peo ple wh at isgo ing on at the co llege and enr ichingthe ir own ed ucational experience ,"Dr. Ward sa id .

The courses to be offered wiIIcove rfina nce , leadersh ip tra ining . homegardening, caree r and educatio nalplanning, church and co mmunity re­lations and theology .

Recrea tion and Housing

In add ition to classes , all stude ntsand the ir families will have access toAm bassador ' s recr ea tio nal oppor­tunities, inclu d ing fac ilities for bas­ketb all , handba ll , racke tba il, soft­ball , golf, tenn is , ho rseback rid ing ,canoe ing, fishi ng and swimm ing.

Air-cond itione d stude nt hou singwill be ava ilable for $2 5 for eac hone -roo m student res idence , whichwill house two adults and a sma llc h ild . Th e co llege 's campin gfacili ties wi ll also beopen for a co st o f$ 10 per site .

Meals may be eaten in the co llegecafeteria for a co st of$ I .50 a mea l orS50 for 12 days. Tui tion will be S ISfor eac h co urse .

Thou gh no co llege credit is givenfor the co urses, each student at the endof the two weeks will rece ive oneCo ntinuing Ed ucation Unit (CE U)for every 10 cl ass hours .

" TheCEU is defined as 10co ntacthours o f part icipat ion in an organizededucation experie nce under responsi-

ble sponsorship , capable d irectio nand q ualifi ed instruc tio n," Dr . Wardsaid .

Tbe CE U is used by U. S . edu ca­tional institutions taking part in jheco ntinuing -ed ucatio n pro gram tomeasure , reco rd. repo rt and tecog­nize participation in co urses of studythat in the past were not formall yrecorded in any way.

Since un its are not u ansferable col­lege credi t hour s , arnone who is in­terested may register for the classesregardless of h is educational beck ­ground .

All interested in atten ding o r wan t­ing mo re information abo ut the pro­gram may fill O UI and mail tbe ecccm­panyi ng coupon .

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS - Those who attended thp two -weekcontinUing-educat ion program last summer at Big Sandy combinedstudying and recreation. The campus' recreational facilities are alsoa vai la b le to the s tudents a nd their fa milie s. (P ho to s by John Wr ight)

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