Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, May 28, 1965 Page: 1 of 16
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ABILENE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1965
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ON MEMORIAL DAY — This is part of the crowd
that attended open house at the Church of Christ Chil-
dren’s Home last year. This year a similar dinner will
be held, and three well-known speakers will highlight
dedication of the new facilities.
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an automobile in New York and
drive across the nation to Santa
Ana, California.
After a short stay In this area,
and reporting to other congrega-
tions who have assisted in his
support, Pownall will take the
family to Santa Rose where he
has accepted work as minister
of the church of Christ.
In addition to establishing con-
gregations in Turin and the
nearby city of Moncalieri, Pow-
nall has assisted regularly in
the work of the Florence Bible
School, Florence, Italy.
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Also he has been instrumen-
tal in establishing a program of
nationwide church advertising
in soms of Italy's national mag-
azines. , ’ '
During his recent stay In Ita-
ly. Pownall conducted Bible
Correspondence Courses in both
the occasion with keen anticipa- I
tion.
Brethren from a wide area I
including San Joquin Valley on I
the north and San Diego on the
south have indicated they will
be present.
Program
It is expected t h a t visitors I
will begin to arrive from 9:30 !
to 10 a.m. All visitors should
first come to the Administration i
Building for registration. The
Administration Building fronts
on Chino Avenue and has the
street number 3683 on it in large
English and Italian over a wide
area with numerous baptisms
resulting. He and other mis-
sionaries have recently created
a new correspondence course in
Italian which now has more
than one hundred enrolled.
Concerning the new course
he says, "This keeps me busy
the better part of each morn-
ing. Some students have al-
ready arrived at the seventh of
the 10-lesson course. Fausto Sal
voni wrote four of these lessons,
Truman Scott two and I wrote
the other four. I am happy to
have had a part in this as tt ■
is a national program and will
continue long after my depar
ture.”
"We believe that Melvin and
Emily Pownall have done a tre-
mendous work for the Lord in
Italy," stated Santa Ana's el-
ders recently.
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"Commitment".
Theme Slated
At Camp Tanda
MONROVIA, Calif. — The an-
nual Grand Encampment at
Camp Tanda on Big Bear Lake
rill be held this year June 27
through July 4. The general
theme of this year’s talks and
discussions will be "Christian
Commitment."
The church of Christ in this
c!ty is again spqnsoring the
spiritual program of the week
and has announced that Jimmy
Jividen will be the featured
speaker. Programs will be mail-
ed soon to churches and breth-
ren in the southern California
area.
Tanda . officials report con-
tinued use of the camp through-
out the winter and spring. They
also state that there are now on
ly two weeks open during the
summer. Those interested in
this time are advised to call
Marti:; Christensen at 466-3321
(Los Angeles) for reservations.
Tanda spring vacation camp
was cancelled because of three
feet of snow. There had been
a very fine response to the gath-
ering prior to cancellation and
plans are underway to offer the
spring vacation camp again
next year.
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Dedication Services Slated
For New Children's Home
CHINO, Calif. — The Church of Christ Children’s
Home is planning dedication services on May 31, the
legal holiday for Memorial Day this year. The meeting
will be at the new facilities on the corner of Chino and
East 2nd Avenues two miles west of this city.
A chicken dinner with all the
trimmings is also being prepar-
ed and a thousand or more
friends and well-wishers are ex-
pected for the occasion.
On Memorial Day of last year
the Home arranged a similar
dinner at the Ontario property.
More than 700 friends and breth-
ren attended. -At that time it
was decided to have a Memo-
rial Day dinner as an annual
event.
Home officials feel it is par-
ticularly appropriate this year
to combine dedication services
for the new Home with the an-
nual Memorial Day dinner.
They are looking forward to
be built around the theme
"Leadership for Christ."
Twelve classes will meet each
morning, pre-school through the
high school and college level,
plus three classes for adults.
The adult classes will be taught
by Sherman Cannon, Maurice
Meredith and Mrs. Helen
Young Paul Methvin, admis-
sions counselor of Pepperdine
College, will teach the high
school class and direct the cho-
ral groups.
The morning lectures will be
delivered by M. Norvel Young,
Maurice Meredith and Sherman
Cannon
Joel Copptnger, Jr. of Tulare
will be in charge of the camp-
fire program each evening.
The church of Christ in Han-
ford, 1461 North Tenth Avenue,
is directing the encamp-
ment this year.
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Yosemite Camp Begins July 16
HANFORD, Calif. — The an- be built around the theme__
nual Yosemite Park Encamp-
ment for churches of Christ
will be held again in Yosemite
National Park July 18 through
25
Headquarters for the encamp-
ment will be in Camp 16 accord-
ing to a notice sent out by breth-
ren sponsoring the program.
' Daily services will be held as
usual in the Park’s church
bowl with M. I. Summerlin of
Port Arthur, Texas, as the fea-
tured speaker. His lessons will
_. ed to bring a folding chair and
The a large hat or parasol for *
shade. Home officials said,
"You will not need to bring
card tables for we intend to
feed you all in the dining room
snd we have plenty of tables
there. We are, however, asking
you to bring something for
shade in case it should be warm.
Our trees at the new Home are
too small for shade and we
want you to be comfortable dar-
ing the dedication services."
The new Home Is located just
off of Highway 71 which runs
between Pomona and the Ri-
verside Freeway near Corona
One may leave Highway 71 at
either Chino Avenue or Schae-
fer Avenue one-half mile to the
south. Visitors coming from an-
figures. There is parking space
in this area.
After registration and before
eating, friends are urged to in-
spect . the buildings that have
been completed. All buildings
will be open for inspection.
Dinner will be served on a pro-
gressive basis starting at 11
a.m. and running through 12:30
or possibly 1 p.m. This arrange-
ment has been made because
the new dining hall seats ap-
proximately 250 people.
plan is to serve everyone in the
dining hall on a "serve as you
come basis."
"By continuous serving we be-
lieve everyone can eat in the
dining hall even though we ac-
tually feed a thousand or more
people," said Superintendent J.
Fred Germany. "Also some peo-
ple may. want to take their
, lates with them and eat as
they look around. This will be
thoroughly agreerble to us."
The program will begin at 1
p.m. or as shortly thereafter as
possible. It will be held on the
grassy lawn just west of the
dining hall. There will be a
short program by children of
the Home *ei>d dedicatory _
speeches, interspersed with other direction may go west
choral selections and prayers, out of Chino on Riverside Ave-
Principal speakers for the oc- nue to East End Avenue, then
casion will be E. W. McMillan - - - -
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1. W. McMillan
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of Santa Ana, Francis H. Long
cd San Diego, and Gordon Teel
of Los Angeles, and other breth-
ren taking part in other ways.
J. E. Wheeler of Porterville will
be Master of Ceremonies.
Bring Chairs and Hats
Each person attending is ask-
ed to bring a folding chair and
ANA, Calif. — The 1
Church of Christ of
city has just announced
that the Melvin J. Pownall fami-
ly whom they have sponsored
t» Turin, Italy for more than six
years is returning home soon.
Pownall with his wife, Emily,
and their three sons. Tim, Tom
and Gary went to Italy for a
second tour of duty in the early
part of 1959. Both tours were
in the Turin area in northern
Italy. On their first trip they
were sponsored by the Perk and
Clark Streets congregation in
Bellflower, California.
The Pownall family will come
home by steamship, sail-
ing from Genoa, Italy on June
30 which is the last day before
the summer increase in rates.
After stopping at other porta
they will arrive in New York on
July 12. They plan to pick up I
RETURNING JUNE 30
Pownalls to Close Italy Mission Work
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