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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21
BY CASPAR NAMES

Religious News Editor Of The Star
There is always plenty of news
as well as a pleasant time to be
had at the weekly Baptist minis
ters luncheons.
The pastors gather in the rem
ovated garage attached to the
palatial headquarters at 1923
Sixteenth street NV. every
Thursday. There is a festive
spirit, quick give-and-take
interchange among the clergy
men and guests aimed at burst
ing any inflated ideas Of self
importance anyone might have
and some serious items about
Baptist doings in the Washing
ton area.
The gathering this week was
no exception. Several happen
ings. some in the future. of sig
niflcance for Baptists in the
Nations Capital came out during
TIE luncneOn h0ur.
One of the most important
was the information that Second
and Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist
Churches are considering a mer-
ger. If the consolidation should
go through, it would bring into
being a congregation having
about $500 members. At pres
ent Second Church has nearly
1900 members and Pennsylvania
Avenue Church about $50.
There are several factors in
nuenclng merger thoughts. AS
the Rev. j. Ray Garrett. quite
spoken and capable pastor of
Second Church observed. the
changing neighborhood has af-
1ected the stability of his con-
gregation. Until comparatively
recently there were few member
ship changes, but now the turn
over Is large. Second Church is
at seventeenth and East Capitol
streets.
Pennsylvania Avenue Church
Pennsylvania avenue and Thir-
tieth street Sc. was organized
only two years ago. on May 80
1884. Its pastor, the Rev. Walter
A. Mitchell. recently resigned to
accept a pastorate in Clovis.
N Mex. The congregation needs
new minister. Ray Garrett.
with his friendly personality.
would be an ideal man to weld
both congregations into one of
the city'S largest Baptist
churches.
Chaplain and Intern
June 6 is shaping up as a
milestone day in the life of DR..
M. Chandler Stith. popular ex-
ecutive secretary of the District
Baptist Convention.
On that day Chan, whose lean
appearance undoubtedly comes
from his hobbies of fishing and
hunting and telling tall tales
about both activities, will serve
as chaplain at the George Wash
lngton University convocation.
But of even more Importance
to him is the fact that his son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21
Sc Pilgrimage
To Start Friday

The sixth Washington Pill
grimage, stressing the religious
foundations Of our Nations life
will be held here next Friday
Saturday and Sunday.
Visits to patriotic and historic
shrineS and addresses by leading
Government officials and men,
berS of Congress will feature the
meeting.
Awards for the Clergy-Church-
man, Lay Churchman and
Church Woman of the Year will
be given at $3.50 pm. dinner
meeting next Saturday in the
Willard Hotel.
Billy Graham, noted evange-
list, will be given the Clergy
Churchman award; Paul T. Bah
son OF Boston, the Lay-Church-
man award. and Mrs. James D.
Wyker of Mount Vernon. Ohio,
the Church Woman of the Year
award.
President Eisenhower received
the Lay-Churchman award in
1855. His pastor, Dr.. Edward l..
R. Elson of National Presby-
terrain Church, was given the
honor for Clergy-Churchman in
1854. The awards were first given
in 1851, when the first pilgrim
age was held.
Headquarters. for the pilgrim
age is the Washington Hotel.
David c. Cook III of Elgin, ILL.,,
is chairman of the board and
Harold M. Dudley of Washing
ton. executive director of the
Washington Pilgrimage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21
Two Churchmen Given
Certificates of Merit

Two prominent Washington
Methodist Church members were
presented with certificates Of
merit last night for their con-
trlbutions to the denomination
C Wendell Shoemaker, an at
torney, and w. Carroll Beatty
banker, received the certificates
at the 9th annual dinner meet
ing of the Methodist Union in
Hamline Methodist Church, Six
tenth and Allison streets NV
DR.. Ralph D. Smith, minister
of Petworth Methodist Church
made the presentation to Mr.
Shoemaker, and E. Herman
Erickson, lay leader of the
Methodist Washington West Dis
trict, to Mr.. Beatty.
Mr.. Shoemaker has served as
treasurer of the Eldbrook Meth
odist Church Building Fund
Committee for 80 years, as
treasurer Of the District Board
of Stewards for 80 years and as
treasur of the Methodist Union
for 26 years.
Mr.. Beatty is chairman of the
official board. University Meth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21
'Unituriuns Set
.2-DoyMeeting

Unitarian churches in the Dis
trict. nearby Virginia, Maryland
and Pennsylvania will hold a
jtwo-day meeting next Friday and
Saturday at All Souls Unitarian
Church, Sixteenth and Harvard
streets NV.
Also attending will be the As
lsociate Alliance, the women's
organization for the conference
of Unitarian churches, known as
the Joseph Priestley Conference.
Ted Silvey, CLIO education di-
rector, will speak at a public
meeting at 8:l5 pm. Friday on
THE Challenge of Attenuation
to the Churches"
The conference opens with a
luncheon at l pm, Friday, con-
tinues with a banquet at $50
pm, and concludes with a 1890
pm. luncheon Saturday. The
business meeting will be held at
9:15 am. Saturday.
The Rev. Ross Allen Weston of
the Arlington Unitarian Church
| is president of the conference.
Mrs. Laurence C. Staples of
Washington is president of the
Associate Alliance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21
Chaplain and Intern
Church to Mark
Welfare Activities

Mount Vernon Place Metho-
dist Church will observe Socia,
Welfare Sunday tomorrow.
The Rev. Albert P. Shirley
minister of the church, will speak
on The Church in Action" al
the 9 and 11:15 am. services
The Rev. Henry c. Koch, pastor
OF Concordia Lutheran Evan
gelical Church, will speak at
the 6:45 pm. service on "Tne
Role of the Church in Socia,
Welfare.
The Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church has two pro.
fessional social workers. a Viz.
ginia camp for underprivilegec
children and does welfare work
with people in the area near the
church.
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Interesting Figure
Film to Show Story
IOt Captive Missionary

A moving picture about the
Rev. John D. Hayes. missionary
10 China who was imprisoned by
the Chinese Communists during
the war, will be shown at 8 pm.
Monday in National Presby-
terrain Church, Connecticut ave-
nue. and Eighteenth street NV
The picture, The Brain
Washing of DR.. Hayes" was
first shown on the Readers
Digest television program
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21

EvANGELIsTlc SERVICES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21
Catholic Students Plan
Two Outdoor TuIks

The Washington Catholic Evil
dence Guild will sponsor talks on
indifference to Religion" and
other subjects from 2 to 4:3O
pm tomorrow at two outdoor
locations.
Students from Catholic Uni
Iversity will speak at Ninth street
and Constitution avenue NV
and at Seventh street and Penn
sylVania avenue Sc.
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Gen. Lane to Speak

Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Lane,
District Engineer Commissioner
will speak at $3.50 am. tomorrow
at the communion breakfast for
young people of the Shrine of
the Blessed Sacrament. The
breakfast will be held at the
Kenwood Country Club after an
g am. mass at the shrine, COOL
Western avenue NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21
Chapel of Air Speaker

Air Force Chaplain James r
Davidson, jr., of the Office of
Chief of Air Force Chaplains
will speak at 9 am. tomorrow
over WTOP-TV on the Chapel
of the Air" program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21
Dr.. Holloway to TuIk
On Spiritual Power

DR.. Gilbert n Holloway
teacher and philosopher. will
talk on How to Attract Love
Happiness and Success Through
Spiritual Power" at pm. to-
morrow in the Little Auditorium
1000 P street N. w.
DR.. Holloway will also speak
at 1880 p m tomorrow. Tuesday
Wednesday and Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21

INSTRUMENTATION
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21
HUMAN SIDE OF RELIGION
News Items EMERGE
From Baptist Meeting

James Logan Stith, will be
graduating from the university
medical school. Young Stith will
begin his internship at Garfield
Hospital July /. If he proves
to be as good a doctor as his
father is a minister. our city
will have a first-rate addition
on its role of physicians.
X \
New Church Member
The Rev. James Duncan, ener-
getic pastor Of Hillandale Baptist
Church and editor of the Capt.
tai Baptist" reports that the
daughter Of the famous home
run king Of earlier years, Home
Run Baker" recently Joined his
church. She is Mrs. James Wei
mar. who entered the church by
baptism.
Cause for Pride
The Rev. Frank K. Brasington
pastor of Silver Spring Baptist
Church, would be bursting his
vest buttons these days if he
wore a vest. One reason is his
new church. which is scheduled
Tor completion this fall. Accord
ing to Frank. it is almost a dup
llcate OF the unusually attractive
Takoma Park Seventh-dav
Church. Full details on this must
await opening of the structure
or else the story would be spoiled
The other cause for pride in
Mr.. Brasington is the addition
OF William Foster to the Silver
spring Church staff the middle
OF next month.
Bill Foster is an athltet who be-
gan his college career at the
University of Texas. intending to
become a physical education in
structor. But during his college
days he felt the call to the
ministry and enrolled eventually
at Eastern Baptist Seminary in
Philadelphia.
Franks pride in Mr.. Foster
may be better understood when
a lew highlights of the latter's
career are cited. Bill was on the
staff of the. University of Texas
Baptist Student Union as we'll
as on several of the schools
athletic teams. At the seminary
he served as director of its
physical education program. and
IN his last year was president of
the senior class.
X x X
Interesting Figure
The Rev. John E. Briggs is an
amazing person. He was at the
luncheon, and no one hearing
MIN speak, seeing his alertness,
and seeing the way he obviously
was enjoying himself would
suspect the pastor will be SO
years old on July l.
Perhaps the dean of Washing
ton pastors Dr. Briggs, probably
also is the only living clergyman
IN our city who has a church
named after him-Briggs Bap-
tlSt Church, Westmoreland Hills.
Md.
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odist Church. He is also lay
leader Of the Washington East
District, vice president of the
Methodist Union and delegate to
the general and jurisdictional
conferences Of the national
church.
The award, made for the first
time last night. will be an an
nual event. The Methodist
Union is an organization of the
Washington East and West dis
trictS for church extension and
other assistance to Methodist
churches. Harold L. Briggs is
president and DR.. Philip c.
Edwards, executive secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21

Members of the First Wesleyan
va The speaker will Wilson Syracuse Y of
wesleyan Methodist
enowshp hall church office pastors study
81 memberS-Star - 800 - " -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-10
EVangeliStS Listed

Churches starting their cru
SADIE services tomorrow and the
evangelists conducting them are
as follows:
1880 p.m.-Jerusalem, Fairfax
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-10
IRudio-T Course
Set for Week End

The fourth annual regional
radio and television workshop,
sponsored by the radio and tele-
vision department. Washington
Federation of Churches, will be
held next Friday and Saturday
at American University.
Sessions wilt be held from 9
am. to 9 pm. Friday and from
9 am. to pm. Saturday. Reg
istration is open to the public.
Courses, taught by staff mem
bers of broadcasting stations in
the Washington area. will be
offered in station management,
station relations, radio and tele-
vision script writing. and pro-
duction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-10

Station. Va, the Rev. r. G. Key
Iof Mount Vernon. Va.
7:45 p.m.-Greenbrier, Airing
ton. the Rev. James S. Haskins
of Vine Grove. KY: Maryland
Avenue. DR.. James McGinlay of
Brooklyn, N. Y; Mount Vernon,
Alexandria. the Rev. Fred Dab
ney of Spartanburg, S. c..
Providence, Tysons Corner, Va,
the Rev. I. Beryl Roberts of Lees
burg, Fla.
8 p.m.-BallSton, Arlington,
the Rev. Leland Wyatt of Hern-
don. Va; Baptist Temple. Alex
|andria. the Rev. H. o. Hester of
Birmingham, Ala; Carmody
Hills Md, the Rev. Alden Nor
ris of Baltimore; Chevy Chase
Md DR.. Henry j. Stokes, jr.,
of Macon, Ca: Del Ray. Alex
andria. the Rev. George Shriver,
ST., of Wake Forest, N. c.; Du-
.pont Park, the Rev. Wendell G..
Davis of Statesville, N. c.;
Georgetown, the Rev. Wardlaw
w. Long of Canton, Va: Hyatts-
vile Md, the Rev. William D.
Huntington of Boston; National
Gardens, Falls Church. Va, the
Rev. Edward E. Rutledge of
Hampton, Va; Wisconsin Ave-
nue.. DR.. John R. Maddox of
Picayune, Miss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-10
'Loymen Seminary
Sponsors 6 TuIks

DR.. Harold A. Durfee, asso-
ciate professor of philosophy at
American University, will be the
speaker at a series of six talks
sponsored by the Laymen's
Seminary of the Friendship
Methodist Church. Falls Church,
Va.
The talks. starting Tuesday
and to be given on successive
Tuesdays through April IT. will
deal with the theology of Paul.
The meetings, at 8 pm, will
be held in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Goodman. 2617 Gal
lows road. Falls Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-10
Church Plans
First Service
'InNewHome

The first service in the new
100000 Kensington Baptist
Church will be neld at IL am.
tomorrow.
The Rev. j. Guy Saunders,
pastor, will speak.
At 230 pm. the cornerstone of
the church will be placed. DR..
Cline L. Vice, president of the
Maryland Baptist Union Asso-
citation and pastor of First Bap-
fist Church, Glen Burnie, Md,
will speak.
The new. structure seats 500 in
the auditorium and 200 in ad-
joining rooms. 1t has a dining
room. nursery, kitchen and
church offices. The educational
unit has 25 classrooms and a
chapel seating 81 persons. The
congregation, organized in 1922,
now has.600 members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-10
BAPTIST CRUSADE
76Churches in Area
To Join Campaign
BAPTIST CRUSADE

Seventy-six Baptist churches
in Washington and nearby
Maryland and Virginia will take
part in an evangelistic crusade
during the next two weeks. Serv-
ices will be held daily except on
Saturdays.
Many of the churches will
open the campaign with special
services tomorrow, but most of
the congregations will start on
March Is. The crusade ends
March 25.
DR.. Walter E. Woodbury.. sec
rotary of evangelism, American
Baptist Convention, will direct
the drive.
Other Campaign Chiefs
He will be assisted by DR..
Robert S. Cooper, chairman of
the steering committee, District
Baptist Convention, and the
Rev. Paul Carter, chairman of
the steering committee for
Northern Virginia Baptist
Churches taking part in the
campaign.
Report luncheons will be held
Monday through Friday next
week in Fountain Memorial
Baptist Church. DR.. Woodbury.
will speak at the first three
meetings. The following week,
March 1928, the luncheons will
be held in Brookland Baptist
Church.
DR.. William j. Crowder, direc-
tor of the department of mis-
sions and evangelism, District
Baptist Convention, reported
today that the last evangelistic
crusade held in Washington, in
1855, had a churches taking
part. More than 1879, 900 persons
attended the services and there
were 1,195 additions to the
churches.
EvangelistS Listed
Churches starting their cru
SADIE services tomorrow and the
evangelists conducting them are
as follows:
1880 p.m.-Jerusalem, Fairfax
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-10

LUTHERAN LEADER
Bishop Hams Lille of Han
mover, Germany, president
of the Lutheran World Fed
Grafton, will speak at 8 pm.
Tuesday in Luther Place
Memorial Lutheran Church,
Thomas circle. A dinner,
sponsored by the Lutheran
Laymen's Fellowship, will
precede the public address.
Bishop Lille is also a mem
Der of the. Central Com
mittee, World Council of
Churches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-10

A. IA. E. ZION
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-10

It's easy to register and
qualify as a District voter. Go
to registration headquarters on
ground floor of the District
Building and sign up.
The coastland times., 1956-12-21
NEW MARINE RADIO
STATION IN SERVICE

A new marine radio station has
gone into service at Point Harbor
to offer improved ship-to-shore
communication facilities along the
coastal waterways.
X. C. Wilkinson, Belhaven man.
ager for Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Company, said the new
station went into service November
9. He added that initial operations
have been Every satisfactory"
Mr.. Wilkinson said the better
radiotelephone service off the Caro-
lima and Virginia coasts will be of
particular benefit to boats operat-
ing between Norfolk and Whining
ton. The project, he added, was a
joint undertaking of the Norfolk
and Carolina Telephone Co., South
ern Bell and the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Co. of Virgin
ia. The new transmitter and re-
ceiver are located at Point Harbor,
but calls are handled by Norfolk
marine operators of the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Company. This
radiotelephone service permits peo-
pie on board boats to make calls
to any telephone on shore.
"The growth of this coastal area
as a sports and commercial fishing
CENTER" Mr.. Wilkinson said, "as
we'll as it's industrial expansion,
played large part in the decision
to build the new station"
The coastland times., 1956-12-21

grower could expect an income of
$1,000 per acre for his crop. Keep
in mind, says Whitfield, that this
is the value after 10 years. But,
he points out, this is far greater
than other forest type crops and
compares favorably on a per acre
per year basis with corn, small
grain, beef, hay and other alterna-
tive enterprises, assuming you dis
count revenues from Christmas
at rates between three per cent and
five per cent per year.
1t should be pointed out, says
Whitfield, that peak labor require
ments for Christmas trees do not
conflict with some other farm
crops. If you want to go in the
business, he warns, take all these
facts into consideration.
The coastland times., 1956-12-21
CENSUS TO SURVEY
FARM WAGE WORKERS

Special questions on farm wage
workers will be asked in the De-
cember Current Population Survey
at the request of the u. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, according to
Supervisor Joseph R. Norwood Of
the Census Bureaus field office in
Charlotte which will participate in
the survey.
Information to be collected will
cover days worked, earnings from
farm and nonfarm work, number
of different farms worked on dur
ing the year and how farm wage
work was obtained. Migrant farm
workers will be asked additional
questions to determine how far
from home these workers went to
do farm work.
The farm work questions will be
asked in addition to the regular
monthly inquiries on employment
and unemployment. The Current
Population Survey is being con-
Quoted in Hyde and Dare counties
and in 329 other sections of the
country this week.
Current Population Survey in
formation will be collected locally
by Mrs. Margaret D. Walker of
Wanchese.
The coastland times., 1956-12-21
ROANOKE ISLAND CLUB
AND LODGE MEETINGS

MASONS: Manteo Lodge, Sec
ond and Fourth Monday Evenings,
in Manteo Town Hall. Wanchese
Lodge, First and Third Thursdays,
Wanchese Lodge Hall.
EASTERN STAR, Second and
Fourth Thursday evenings in Wan
chese Lodge Hall.
ODDFELLOWS, Second and
Fourth Thursday evenings in
Manteo Town Hall.
REBEKAHS, First and Third
Monday evenings, Manteo Town
Hall.
MANTEO ROTARY, each Mon
day evening, and MANTEO
LIONS, First and Third Tuesdays
in Community Building.
WANCHESE RURITAN, third
Fridays, Wanchese schoolhouse.
DEGREE OF POCAHONTAS;
Second and Fourth Fridays, 1880
pm, Wanchese Masonic Hall.
The coastland times., 1956-12-21

The protective cellophane on a
new lamp shade should be re-
moved. The heat of the lamp would
shrivel the cellophane and pull the
shade out of shape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28
Railroads Urue
Freight Hike

Reporting an urgent need for
substantially improving their
rate of return. railroads of the
East and West yesterday petit
toned the Interstate Commerce
Commission for a is per cent in
crease in freight rates.
Without such improvement"
the petition said, "the railroads
will continue to fall back and
lose place in the national econ
omy to the serious detriment of
the public interest,""
Lacking improvement in their
ate Of return, the petition added,
will cause the carriers to "be
unable to attract capital on rea-
|sonable terms, to improve effic-
|iency and adequacy of service,
and unable to maintain their
competitive position"
1t will likewise make it i'm
possible for railroads to meet the
detectives Of the national trans
portation policy. thereby imped-
ling the progress Of the Nation
and weakening the national de-
Tense, the petition maintained.
The Eastern and Western rail-
roads also asked the ICC to ''in-
stitute an investigation into the
adequacy of all rates and charges
OF all carriers by railroads Of the
United States" making all Of the
railroads a party to the pro-
lceedinR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28
Bank Lending OfRcers
VIII Attend Conference

A group of Washington bank
Lending officers will attend the
And national conference of Rob-
|ert Morris Associates at San
Francisco October l4-l7.
Members of the Organizations
Chesapeake Chapter in WASH
ington and Baltimore, who will
attend, include: Roland T. Carr,
vice president. Riggs National
Bank; Paul ]. Settler, vice presi-
dent. American Security g. Trust
Co.; Richard j. Watkins, assist
ant vice president. National Bank
OF Washington; r. Perry Yeat-
man, vice president, National
Savings and Trust Co., and their
wives.
Ray M. Gidney, controller Of
the currency. who is past ma.
final president and life mem
Der Of Robert Morris Associates
VIII speak at the conference
Other speakers will be out stand
ing leaders in business and fl.
nance, whose addresses will cove,
many phases Of the bank credit
neld and current business con.
ditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28
Boosts
Savings Rate
|To21 Pei.

National Savings g. Trust Co,
will pay interest on savings ac-
counts at the rate Of az per cent
a year. effective October I, Pres
ident Bruce Baird announced to-
day. The previous rate was 2
per cent.
The higher rate will be paid on
all balances in excess Of IS, being
computed on the lowest balance
for each quarterly period of thu
calendar year and credited on
June 80 and December 81, the
announcement said.
National Savings g. Trust be-
comes the seventh Washington
bank to adopt the az per cent
rate on savings. Many suburban
Maryland and Virginia institu.
tons pay the same amount.
Other Washington banks are
known to be considering an adj
vance to 212 per cent, the limit
allowed by law, include: Union
Trust. Munsey Trust, Industrial
Bank. Security Bank, City Bank
and Anacostia National.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28
Quarters Expanded
For CumuIier and
Buckley Shop

Camalier g. Buckley, Washing
ton luggage, leatherware and
gift firm. is expanding its quar-
tiers at 1141 Connecticut avenue
NV, to provide for increasing
volume. it was announced today
Additions to the first and Sec
ond floors as well as the meg
zaine are being made at the rear
of the store. The increased
space will permit expansion OF
the luggage department.
The 26-year-old firm has a
branch store in the Western ano
Wisconsin avenue shopping CEN
ter at the District line and will
open a second branch in the bic
new Seven Corners shopping
center.