Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-23


smile, Mr.. Tippett has been in !
that he was in the building
business in Boston, where he
had a builders license.
My experience in this area
has been helpful through the
years." he says. 81 can do
carpenter and cabinet work,
handle electrical chores, and
do brick-laying and cement
tasks. You can see how valu-
able that has been around a
mission or a children's camp"
Cites Satisfaction
His years in rescue work
have provided many Satisfac-
tons, especially in knowing
men he has helped have made
good. Here are two examples.
During Christmas 1860 Mr..
Tippett was home with his
family. The telephone rang.
When the minister answered |
he recognized the voice of a.
man he had helped eight years
earlier at the Bridgeport
Comm Christian Union mis-
sion. At that time the man
was a complete social outcast,
unable to go back to his home
town because Of an unsavory
reputation.
The mission superintendent
worked with him for several
months until he saw the an
swer to his problem was faith
in Christ. From then on the
battle was gradually won. To-
day he holds a responsible job
with q good firm. The tele-
phone call to Mr.. Tippett that
Christmas was to say thanks"
for what the latter had done.
On another occasion the SUI
: perintendent returned toI
Bridgeport where one of his
three sons owns a gas station.
Mr.. Tippett was there when a
car drove in for gas. The driver
had come to Bridgeport in 1912
without a cent and with no
place to go. A college graduate
and a theological seminary stu
dent, he had given up and was
adrift in an indifferent world.
Aided at Mission
The mission door was open
to him. After several weeks of
close work with the drifter, Mr..
Tippett got him started upward
again. The man eventually re-
turned to the seminary, COM
pleted his degree, and held sew
eral paStorates. He later left to
enter business in order to sup
ply his family needs. Once
again the mission superintend-
ent experienced the satisfac-
ton Of job well done.
This is the first time MI.
Tippett has lived in Washing
ton, though he has been COM
ing here for nearly 25 years
and knows Central Union Mis-
sion well. He pays high tribute
to the late Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bennett and the late DR.. Her
bert E. Eberhardt, who died in
April, and whose place he is
taking, and Mrs. Eberhardt,
who is continuing as director
of the Missions children's work.
cooperative spirit of the Wash
ington churches.
Halls Cooperation
The new superintendent is
tremendously impressed by the
co operative sprt of the
Washington churches.
1T is probably the best of
any city I have been in" Mr..
Tippett said. ut is we'll or
ganized and the ministerial
council is exceptionally strong.
The members of the board of
directors come from different
church backgrounds - PreSby-
terrain, Congregational. Luther
an. Methodist. Baptist, Dis
ciples, Episcopal and Commune
ty Church. Merritt Smith, its
president. is a man of out
standing ability"
. The auxiliary groups Of Gen.
trail Union Mission impresseS
the new superintendent.
There are four fine organi-
cations. three women and one
layman," he pointed out. LAS
a rule II a mission has one
organization we are fortunate"
The women's auxiliaries are
particularly helpful in an un-
expected way.
'White Collar" Mission
1T is very noticeable that
more men in Central Union
Mission have white shirts than
at any other mission I know"
Mr.. Tippett explained. Our
friends send in clothing and
when it needs buttons or re-
pair one of our women's sew
ing groups, m ting each
Wednesday. does the job. That
is why the shirts and other
items are so quickly available"
Tomorrow the 60-year-old
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