Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 264, Decatur, Adams County, 8 November 1963 — Page 6

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Jack Robinson To Head Church Group

By ROBERT M. ANDREWS United Press International Jackie Robinson, the first Negro to play major league baseball. has just been named president of United Church Men, a central department of the National - CounciT - 7~~of Churches. Now a vice president of a New York restaurant chain, Robinson will head the work qf a a nationwide organization that _ coordinates the -men’s activities of 10 million Protestant and Orthodox laymen. Robinson was elected unanimously by the organization’s board of manager's at Indianapolis, Ind. He will serve for three years, starting Jan. 1. in the unpaid position. Robinson is a member of the United Church of Christ, which gave him its 1963 churchmanship award. The denomination’s general synod cited his “Christian commitment of time, energy and skill in the struggle for social justice.” Robinson opened major league baseball for Negro players in 1947 when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. After he had left baseball for a successful business career, he was named to the baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. The church of the future may be seriously weakened if it doesn’t give its hard-pressed ministerial students more time to think, a high Methodist official believes. Dr. John O. Gross, general secretary of the Methodist Church’s division of higher education, writes in the current issue of Christian Advocate that many seminarians today not only are students but husbands and pastors at the same time. The result is that today’s seminarian hasn’t time for the

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reflection, wide f reading and sound scholarship required to prepare for the ministry, and often falls into the habit of just '■getting by.” ■ Dr, Gross that seminaries not require students to fill pulpits,- now that half of them are married. The Lutheran Church in ...America recently approved $3.953.000 more in construction loans tor.. mission _ congregations in 36 states,’ Puerto Rico and six Canadian provinces. So far this year, the church’s Board of American Missions has voted $9 million in such loans for 450 mission congregations. The Rev. Dr. Donald L. Houser, the board’s executive secretary, reported that new Lutheran missions "seem to be growing faster and organizing sooner." He also noted a record number of missions are being closed because of such unexpected changes as withdrawal of community industries. Enlists Thursday In U. S. Air Force David W. Becker, 18. son of Mr. and Mrs. William Becker, formerly of Talikwa, 111., enlisted Thursday for four years in the U.S. air force. A graduate frotn a heavy duty equipment school in Illinois, he expects to take a bypass exam in his specialty, and to be assigned this specialty, with a one-strip promotion to E-2 before basic. He left for Lackland Air Force base, San Antonia, Tex., where he will take an eight weeks basic training program. He was enlis’ted by Sgt. Ber Crosby, U.S. Air Force, who may be contacted at the Decatur selective service office on Mondays and Thursdays. COURT NEWS Estate Cases A schedule to determine inheritance tax was filed with reference to the county assessor in the Laura WuDiman estate, and also in the Selma Habegger estate. The inheritance tax appraiser's report was filed in the Sylvester Tumbleson estate, finding the het value of the estate to be $15,093.03, and that there is tax due in the sum of $654.51. It was ordered that the sum of $52.36 be certified to the county treasurer as inheritance tax appraiser fees, being e'ight per cent of the total tax due and payable in the estate. The last will and testament of Adolph Schamerloh was submitted for probate, and was ordered probated and placed of record by the court. A petition for probate of w>ll and issuance of letters was filed: an affidavit of death, proof of will and certificate of probate were also filed. The letters tesamentary ere ordered issued to Frederick Schamerloh and were reported and confirmed. In the Marie H. York estate, the inheritance tax appraiser’s,report was submitted, finding the net value of the estate to be $8,307.68, and that there is tax due in the sum of $14.80. It was ordered that the sum of sl.lß be certified to the county treasurer as inheritance tax appraiser’s fees, being eight per cent of the total tax due and payable. A schedule to determine inheritance tax was filed without reference to the county assessor in the Lilly Habegger estate and the notice ordered issued returnable Dec. 6. Demurrer Filed A separate and several demurrer to the plaintiff’s two paragraph complaint was filed in the case of Arthur D. Suttles vs Val-U-Dress Shops, Inc.

Tithing Enlistment Campaign By Church The First Baptist Church is engaged in a tithing enlistment campaign in cooperation with the Americai Baptist Convention. This Sunday will be decision Sunday, marking the beginning of the general visitation of the entire congregation composed of members and friends. The campaign will be completed by November 21. Although this is the first year that this church has participated in the tjthing enlistment program it. is the second year that the American Baptist convention has emphasized tithing in its sewardsip campaign. Work actually began last September 21 at a training clinic held at the First Baptist church of Huntington. Chairmen for the program attended this clinic. The campaign was then launched in the local church September 29. The goal of the entire effort is increased devotion to Jesus Christ and His church which shall produce a step forward in stewardship through the blessings of proportionate and systematic giving by tithing. The tithing enlistment committee members are Weldon Soldner, general chairman; Mrs. Lase Grimm, chairwoman of public-ity-;—Lafe Grim rn. —chairman of visitation: James Strickler, chairman of the loyalty dinner; Warren Lehman, chairman of the '/aith proposal. Members of the faith proposal committee include Harold Baughn, John Butler, James Strickler, Vera Lehman, Pat Luginbill, Mrs. Bell, Jerry Lobsiger, Velma Daniels, and Bryce Daniels. The publicity committee is composed of Susan McCullough, Sondra Lehman, Becky Soldner and Loren Nichols. The visitation committee includes Hope Moyer, Pat Luginbill, Frances Soldner and Frank Green as captains; Thelma Pence, Mrs. Stanley, Bryce Daniels, Velma Daniels, Sondra Lehman, Allen Lehman, Cal Peterson, James Robinson, Gerald Morningstar, Cora Richord, Jerry Luhman, Edith Green, Moria McQuaid, Vera Lehman, and John Butler as visitors. Heavy Rains Ease Drought In East By United Press International Heavy rains continued to ease the summer-long drought in New England today. Three inches of snow fell in Oregon. Rumford, Maine, reported I. inches of .rain during the night. The rainfall tapered off from Virginia northward but heavy showers still swept the Northeast. The Weather Bureau called the rain in New York “drought breaking.” The official rainfall at New York’s Central Park since the storm started Tuesday night was 4.28 inches—the most rainfall in any storm since Aug. 11. 1955. Nearly 3 inches of rain fell in New York City,, Thursday, the most in one day since July 30, 1955. Thick fog blanketed the nation’s midsection frorg the Great Lakes to the central Gulf Coast region Hazardous driving warnings were issued for northern Illinois. Visibility at Chicago’s O’Hare Field and Midway Airport, the Glenview <lll.l Naval Training Station and the Joliet. 111., airport was reduced to zero. A storm off the Pacific dumped almost 2 inches of rain at Newport, Ore., and 3 inches of snow fell at Burns in eastern Oregon. The Weather Bureau said blustery, rainy weather would cover most of the country during the day. Rural Churches MONROE METHODIST CHURCH Charles E. Elam, pastor 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:00 a.m Missionary Band 10:30 a m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Youth Choir 7:00 p.m. M. Y. F. Mission Study ———— 7:30 p.m. District Lay Rally at Fort Wayne TUESDAY 7:30 p.m. Christian Social Concerns Workshop at Decatur Methodist church WEDNESDAY 7:30-p.m. Adult Choir 8:15 p.m. Mid-week Service THURSDAY 7:30 p.m. Special Quarterly Conference Official Board SATURDAY November 16 Laymen's Retreat at Epworth Forest St. Luke United Church of Christ Honduras Robert R. Oleson, pastor 10:00 a.m. Sunday school 9:00 a.m. Worship Service Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Junior Choir Practice 7:00 p.m. Adult Choir Practice

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Pleasant Mills Methodist Joseph E. Gibson, pastor Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Divine Worship, with sermonette for the children at 10:30. M. Y. F. this Friday night at 7:00. St. John United Church of Christ Vera Cruz Robert R. Oleson, pastor 9:30 a.m. Sunday school 10:30 a.m. Worship Service ESe 1 • Kroasj Er--' I 3 International Untiorm Sunday School Lesaont Victory Lesson for November 10,1963 Bible Material: Mptthew 28:16-20; I Corinthians 15 through 16. Devotional Reading: I Corinthians 15:111. YEARS AGO the first wife of the famous Lord Russell wrote a book on the right to be happy. Much that-she said could be taken to heart by Christians, but not all. For she had to face honestly the problem of death. Is it not true ( hat in the end death always wins” And if this K is so ' how can we Jabfe be happy in the 1 face of certain degMK*' feat at last? Mrs. Russell gave the M only answer an ■ TM* If unbeliever could ■ A flffl give. True, death’s Dr. Foreman triumph is assured, she admitted; so what we must do is to forget this and live as if it were not true. Can anything be sadder than that? Here is a person who wants to be happy, believes she has a right to be happy, but can be happy only by forgetting that all happiness ends in the grave. The last enemy There are persons within the Christian church who are just as hopeless as that lady was. They will tell you it is possible to be Christian without any hope of a life beyond death, that belief in such a life is no essential part of Christian faith. But they face (or should face) the same fact Mrs. Russell more honestly faced (for she did not pretend to be a Christian): Doesn’t death end all? And if it does, don’t you have to admit that all your hopes, dreams, accomplishments and ideals meet with final and hopeless defeat? If all the Christian can say is that death is the last enemy, the gate into Nowhere, then the Christian is no better off than the pagan. “If in this life only we have hoped in Christ,” St. Paul says, “we are of all men most to be pitied." Everybody in the world, people with no religion and people with religion, know the fact of death. They know the reason why death can be rightknown to God, and I hope also to your conscience.” The judgment of God and the judgment of the Christian conscience—these were both important to Paul. He mentions them in the same breath in II Cor. 5:11, Not that he thought as much of the approval of men as he did of the approval of God: but he was eager to have both. What people think of you is important, — and above all it is God’s approval that comes first.

For Him Good as this is, it is not topflight Christian living. The desire to keep one’s record clean will go a long way; but it will not take us as far as some other motives. For the pattern of the Christian life, the dedicated life, is not mainly a pattern of orders-and-obedience. For some people this is all there is to Christianity. “God tells me what to do and I do it.” But there is a' higher motive than simple blind obedience to the word of command. It is the motive of love. Paul does not use the word "love” in his letters very often, yet it comes out at crucial points. Paul says “the love of Christ controls us.” Paul puts this another way without using the word ,f love” at all. He speaks of Christian believers as living no longer for themselves “but for him who for their sakes died.” We go a long way farther for one we admire and love, than we will for orders, no matter what penalty may be attached. Christian life, in short, is not at its best when the driving motive is that of passing the inspection of the all-seeing God. It is at its best when it is not lived by rote or by rule, but when the rote and the rule, when they must be, come from one who has loved us long. The Christian life, in short, is at its best when it is motivated by gratitude to the One who died for all. Tha ministry as raoaaciUatiaa God Is not man’s enemy. God is for us. (This does not mean He smiles on every bit of foolishness or sin we can think of!) If that sounds familiar to the Christian reader, it was not familiar when Paul discovered it. Many outside the church and inside too need to discover it afresh. The feeling, the conviction, that God, is for me, that “He will not let me go nor let me down or let me off,” the discovery that His intentions for me go beyond my own imaginings—this can be the most powerful inner drive known to man. Every person who accepts the forgiving mercy of God has a right to con

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Salem Methodist Joseph E. Gibson, pastor Divine Worship at '9:30, Sunday School at 10:20. County Sunday School Convention at the First Mennonit Church at Berne at 7:30“~* Worship Services at the. County Home Sunday afternoon, Nov 17th All our people from both churches are urged to go to help in this service to our older folk in the Home. . United Brethren- in Christ Mt. Victory Church John O. Goodwin Pastor 2'i Mi N of 224 on the state line road 9:30 a.m. Sunday school 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship 6:30 p.m. YPMB meeting 7:30 p.m. Missionary Program at Mt. Zion 7:30 p.m. Wedn. Prayer Meeting Mt. Zion Church John O. Goodwin Pastor 2> 2 Mi So of 224 on 101 9:30 a.m. Sunday school 10:30 a.m. Class meeting 4:00 p.m. YPMB at Roman Sprungers 7:30 p.m. Thank Offering Program. Emmitt Cox, missionary now on furlough from our mission in Serra Leona. West Africa, will be showing slides and speak ing concerning the mission work there. The program will be in charge of the Zion Women’s Missionary Society. 7:30 Wed. Prayer Meeting Evangelical United Brethren Church Albert Straley Minister Bethel 9:30 a.m. Sunday school 10:30 a.m. Prayer Service 7:30 p.m. Evening Worship Sermon: “How Shall They Know?” Wood Chapel 9:30. a.m. Sunday school 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship Prince of Pease Declamations Wednesday November 13 Wood Chapel 8:00 p.m. W. & W. S. Thursday November 14 Bethel 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting Wood Chapel 8:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting and Youth Fellowship Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren “The Chapel at the Cross Roads.” Kenneth P. Angle, Pastor Tom Gaunt, S. S. Supt. Devotions Bible Study — 9:10 A.M. Lesson Theme — “Victory Over Death.” Scriptures — I Cor. 15. Text — I Cor. 15:57. “Thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Mission Classes for children — 10:00 A.M. (Beginners, Primary, and Juniors) Divine Worship for others—lo:oo A.M. Solo “My Task.”- By Ashford. Pam Gaunt. Anthem — “He Lives on High.”—B. B. McKinney. Sermon — “Saying a Prayer; or Praying a Prayer.” Which?— Pastor K. P. Angle. Adams County Sunday School Convention at the Methodist Church in Geneva — 2:00 P.M. There will be workshops. Adams County Sunday. School Convention at the First Mennonite Church in Berne, — 7:30 P.M. Speaker is Dr. John A. Huffman. Evening Family Worship at the Chapel — 7:30 P.M. We are planning for some special music by a guest. Youth and all are invited. , Pastor’s Sermon Theme — “Israel’s Unique Punishment.” (Read Amos 9:1-10.) Tuesday— 7:30 p.m. A meeting of the committee on Personnel at the church Wednesday — 7:30 p.m. “Good News Club” at the

church. Bible Stud y & Prayer time for youth and adults. Saturday — 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Pastor’s Class for Juniors at the Church. Future Events — “Harvest Home Service next Sunday — 10:00 a.m. Please bring your contributions and placethem at the altar. Sunday, Nov. 24, is commitment Sunday. Pleasant Mills Baptist Church Joe Carter Intrim Pastor 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Lowell Noll S. S. Supt. 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship Sermon by pastor: No evening services because of Adams Co. S. S. convention. All are urged to attend. 7:0o p.m.’ Wednesday The WMS will meet with Mrs. Paul McCoullough. Read Esther St. Paul Missionary Church 2 mi. East and 2 mi North of Monroe Robert R. Welch, pastor Friday 7:30 Revival Meetings Sunday 9:15 Morning Worship — Rev. Rettig speaking. 10:15 Sunday School 7:30 Evening Service. This will be the closing services of our Revivial Meetings. — Wednesday 7:30 Missionary Convention begins.

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"LORD, HELP ME IN MY NEED" Rev. James R. Meadows We all get into trouble sooner of later. On the whole, troubles are not bad things. They are mostly good things, if borne in the spirit of Christian faith and fortitude. Many a soul has lived to say, “It is good for me that I have been afflicted.” If the affliction is bitter enough, almost every soul will do what human nature has almost always done — cry to God for protection and deliverance. When the trouble is some little passing circumstance of the day, small folks become peevish, big folks measure up, saying “I can take care of myiself." But inthe day of real trouble, when the waters are deep and the night is dark, knees bend involuntarily aand the soul cries out, “Lord, help me in my need.” A soldier returning'home was asked whether he met many infidels in the army. He answered, “None up front,” implying that if there were any infidels in the army they were mostly behind the firing line. Doubtless, the farther back one went the more apt he was to find the marks of irreligion. It was the soldier “up front,” facing the worst and enduring the worst, who had the heart to sing: “O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast. And our eternal home.” All men in the hour of extremity (exceptions are few), throw themselves into the hands of Almighty God, and cry to heaven for protection. They cannot do otherwise. The deepest instinct of human nature, the sense of God, will rise up in such an hour, completely mastering the soul. When has a man the right to claim divine intervention? Under what circumstances may he confidently expect it? What are the conditions attaching to the prayer, St. Paul Lutheran —— Preble -— Norman H. Kuck, pastor Early services 8:15 a.m. Sunday school, Bible class 9:15 a.m. Late service 10 .a.m. STIEFEL GRAIN CO. PURINA CHOWS SEEDS — FERTILIZER Baby ChixCheck-R-Mixing KELLY’S Fabric-Care Center Dry Cleaning — Laundry Fur Storage Coin Operated Laundry & Dry Cleaning 427 N. 9th St. Decatur hAMM 0 N D FRUIT MKTS , INC. Fresh Fruits & Vegetables > . in Season 240 N. 13th St. Phone 3-3703 Hi-Way Service Station 24 HOUR Body Shop—Complete Garage WRECKER SERVICE Night Phones Decatur 3-2024 or 3-9368 1013 N. 2nd Decatur 3-2928 Frits Ellsworth G E B B E " ’T~ ' Sleets Surniture 150-152 S. 2nd St. Phone 3-2602 Decatur FEDERAL LAND BANK FARM LOANS Thomas E. Williams, Mgr. Rose M. Gase, Field Office Clerk 21« S. 2nd St. Phone 3-3784 “FOR THE BEST AT CLAIM TIME” BURKE INSURANCE SERVICE 139 N. 11th St. Phone 3-3060

“Lord, help me in my need?” None may pray for divine deli—verance from some overwhelming trouble unless at the same time he is using every known means to protect himself. None may lean upon divine guidance amid life's perplexities unless he is consciously and purposefully moving indestiny with God. THIS WEEK’S BIBLE VERSE “The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.” — II Peter 2:9. CLARK W. SMITH BUILDER ' “A Complete Home Building Service” Indiana’s leading trailer courts, is located on highway U. S. 27 near the south city limits of Decatur, Ind. A modern laundry, outdoor playground, new indirect lighting, picnic area, a recreation building and a tennis court are provided for the convenience of the residents. Phone 3-9H2S JOHNSON’S STUDIO Candid Weddings Portraits, Commercial, Baby & Confirmation. Roll Film Developing-All Kinds 110 S. 10th St. Decatur Miller’s Grocery Groceries, Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, Meat, Ice Cream 937 N. 2nd St. Phone 3-3307 Fleet-Wing Products BEAVERS OIL SERVICE, INC. Dependable Farm Service Phone 3-2705 ROTH ELECTRIC Electric Heat & Wiring Home Komfort Insulation FREE ESTIMATES Phone 6-5161 Monroe, Ind. QUALITY PRODUCTS, Plus Courteous, Prompt Service. DIAL 3-2561 DECATUR READY-MIX CORP. ADAMS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-op Berne - Williams - Monroe Pleasant Mills - Geneva Everything in Farm Supplies Treon’s Poultry Market Fresh Dressed Poultry Fresh Eggs — Free Delivery Phone. 3-3717 SMITH DRUG CO. 149 N. 2nd St. Phone 3-3614 Your Rexall Drug Store “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.” Psalms 122:1. REYNOLDS ELECTRIC WEMHOFF MEMORIALS Hi-Way 27 - 33 N. Phone 3-2060

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBERS, 1963

PHOTOGRAPHY by Dave and Edith Cole EVERYTHING FOR YOUR WEDDING. Portraits Today Are Priceless Tomorrow. 1409 W. Monroe St. Call 3-3861 Gillig & Doan FUNERAL HOME Thomas N. Sefton, Mgr. Phone 3-3181 Decatur, Ind. HARMAN’S MKT. GROCERIES - MEATS PRODUCE 618 Adams St. Decatur BOWER Jewelry Store Diamond and Wedding Rings TEEPLE GENERAL TRUCKING Daily Service Between Fort Wayne and Richmond. Phone 3-2607 STUCKY FURNITURE CO. MONROE, IND. SMITH PURE MILK CO. Your Local Milk Merchant Grade “A” Dairy Products 134 S. 13th at Adams V. F. Hurst and Son ORNAMENTAL IRON WE FINANCE Phone 3-4481 104 N. 15th St. Decatur, Ind, GAY’S MOBIL SERVICE 13th and Monroe Sts. Phone 3-3609 ■"■"■■■'■■"■■"■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Ml 1315 W. Adams Phone 3-2971 The First Stale Bank DECATUR, IND. Established 1883 Member F. D. I. C. Decatur Equipment Inc. ™ Sales and Service Hiway 27 North Phone 3-2904 ADAMS COUNTY TRAILER SALES, Inc. NEW and USED TRAILERS Decatur, Ind. 803 N. 13th St. Phone 3-3138 LAWSON Heating — Plumbing Appliances Sales and Service Phone 3-3626 1835 W. Monroe St. If No Answer Call 3-4539 Tom Weis Men’s Wear QUALITY CLOTHING for MEN and BOYB 101 N. 2nd St. Phone 3-4115