Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-08-17
{ i NJ N i NIFTY
MEETING is
SUCCESSFUL
Fine Musical Program Is
Delivered BY Noted
Talent
STANDARD HALL
PACKED TO LIMIT
Definite Action for Community
Church To Be Taken at Once

The Standard theatre was filled a
most to capacity Tuesday night b
the representative citizenship of tn
community attracted by the an
nouneement that Lieutenant Cover
nor Baldridge of Parma and ToI
Blodgett of this city would discus
the merits of a community churc
for Mountain Home.
The comittee on arrangements con
sisting of Mrs. May Barrett, Johi
Robinson and VIM. Talley had tn
meeting thoroughly advertised AM
provided an unusual treat proceeding
the addresses.
Williams of Boise who was visit
ing DR.. R. E. Whitaker sang in ;
most acceptable manner Face t.
Face"
Mrs. Carl Johnson of Los Angeles
Calf, who is visitin with her
mother Mrs. Electa RhOades thrilled
the audience with her wanderfu
Life" and responded to an enthus-
iastic encore with adore and Be
rendition of Longfellow's Song oi
Still by Gunrod
Mrs. Johnson is well konwn in
radio broadcasting circles and Noun
tain Home audiences have heard her
from the Los Angeles station on num-
erous occasions. Her fame in Or
iental costume recitals is interna-
tional.
The Minglers male quartet con
sisting of Messrs Norell, Sessions,
Clayville, and Taley, sang with their
-wRal degree OF excellence.
y The audience sang a number of
sacred selections under the diree-
tion of VIM Talley who had charge
of the musical program.
The first address of the evening
was delivered by Tom Blodgett, who
opende his remarks with the state
ment that the audience present was
fair sample of what the average
Sunday night audiences would be
when the Community church was or
ganized. His hearers gasped a bit
when he gave the startling statement
that Mountain Home gave more at
tention to the welfare of scabby
sheep, cholera hogs and tubercular
cows than it did to the young people
who composed the men and women of
tomorrow. He followed these remarks
by challenging anyone to successfully
refute the truth of this statement.
1.-The first of September will close
my ministry in Mountain Home in
all probability, and my interest in
the Community church is not a self
ish one" continued the speaker.
There is not single place where
our boys and girls can meet for legit-
innate recreation and amusement in
the city; no gymnasium or clean
sports to occupy their minds. The
boys either have to stand around
with their hands in their pockets
or else play "Hinkies," shoot craps,
or drink moonshine whiskey under
present conditions.
with five Proestant church build |
ings and half dozen other religious
in operation since the
town was founded, we have never
reached first base in a program of
real Christian service to the COM
nunity.
Denominations have been built
lp at the expense of the program of
Jesus Christ and our selfish church
interest have absorbed our money
md divided our strength until no
tion has accomplished any
hing worthy of the name.
Some folks act as though they
would rather their boys would take
he short cut to hell rather than give
lp their denOminational prejudices
md get together on a united com
nunity church program that will
the interest of the young
,eople of the community.
"The trouble is not that the good
,eople of Mountain Home have not
,rayed earnestly, and worked and
acrificed untiringly and spent mon
y until it hurt, but the results of
IL this sacrifice have not been worth
fhile because the efforts have been
ivided and no one church has had