Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 18, Number 6, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 January 1948 — START NEW YEAR BY READING BIBLE [ARTICLE]

START NEW YEAR BY READING BIBLE

Covington, Dec. 30 - The Rev. R. B. Minton, pastor of the Assembly of God church; announced today that as the chimes ring in the New Year of 1948 a group of readers will begin a non-stop reading of the Bible in the courthouse here. Roscoe Sprague, mayor-elect, will read the first chapter. About 100 other readers will follow Sprague, and the reading should he completed in 80 hours.