The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-04
MODERATOR OF ca PRESBYTERIAN, IS
 WELCOMED HERE

The NOTUnern Llgnt PreSbyterian Church and the Memorial Presby- terian Church were co-hosts Tues day, to the Moderator of the Gen. eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA, MT. Wilbur La Roe, Jr who is also a prominent lawyer in Washington, D. c.
 MT La Rec, his wife, and the Rev. U. Earl Jackman, DID,, Director of the Unit of Work in Alaska for the Board of National Missions, are making a flying tour of the Terri tory by plane, having arrived here from Ketchikan, and will visit Sitka,
 The ladies of the churches met with the World Service Circle in the Northern Light Presbyterian Church at pm. Tuesday with Mesdames Harvey Starling, w. B. Heisel, Sam Troutman and c. E. Warfield as Ihostesses. Mrs. Paul Prouty led the devotions, and Mrs. Wilbur La Roe, the speaker for the afternoon, charmed her listeners with her sin cere and comprehensive informal discussion of church and world problems. Mrs. Simon Hellenthal ar ranged the tables for the tea which followed at which Mrs Ernest Gruening poured
 At 330 pm. MT. La Roe conducted an informal discussion with the min isters and men present on the prob lems of the Church in Alaska.
 Evening Program
 A large congregation greeted MT. La Roe in the Northern Light Pres byterian Church Tuesday evening, at which service Miss Frances E. Paul beautifully rendered T will Extol Thee" from Eli The Rev Will lis R. Booth presided over the ser vice; The Rev. Kenneth Fox of Hain- es read the Scripture Lesson; The led the evening prayer, and the Rev. Walter A. Soboleff introduced Rev. J. Earl Jackman, DID. who intro
  duced MT. Wilbur La Roe, the Mod orator. Lay-worker Cyrus Peck pro- nounced the benediction. A combined ,hoir from the Northern Light Pres tyterian and the Memorial Presby- terian Churches sang the anthem, God So Loved the World under the direction of George B. Schmidt.
 Impressive Address
 MT La Roe, a fluent and forceful speaker, impressed the congrega- ton with the need of the laymen as well as the ministers to wage re- lentless warfare against militarism and national corruption of all kinds and to advance continuously a uni versal church, placing Christ first in all of life.
 The audience felt that the mes sage had only begun when he clos ed
 A large crowd forming in line in the Church parlor greeted the La Roes and pr. Jackman and the min isters from Juneau, Haines, Kluk- wan, Skagway, Hoonah and the Princteton-Hall Ms.
 Reception
 Elders wives from both churches who poured during the reception which followed the service were Mesdames H. L. Faulkner, R. E. Robertson, J. w. Leivers, Edwin Sut- ton, c. E. Warfield and Ralph Wright from the Northern Light Presbyterian Church, and Mesdames Frank Barlow. Mike Mercado and Roy Peratrovich from the Mem orial Presbyterian Church. Young people from both churches served the cake.
 The MS Princeton Hall the mis- sionary ship of the Church, under the Captaincy of Rev. Paul Prouty General Missionary, brought atten- dants from Lynn Canal, among whom were the Rev and Mrs. John K. Dodge, of Skagway; the Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth Fox, of Haines; Miss Emma Staufer, Haines House, Hain- es, and worker Cyrus Peck from Klukwan The Rev. George R. Betts came from Hoonah via Alaska Coast al Airlines.