WWN 1975 (Prelim No 11) - Herbert W. Armstrong

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OF THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD 

VOL . III , NO . 11 PASADENA, CALIF . MA Y 26, 1975 

206 seniors graduate from college 

-Pasaden a 

GRADUATION - Left: Chancellor Herbert W. Armstrong , who delivered 

the commencement address at Pasadena, congratulates Shirley King, 

one of 112 who graduated fhere. Right: President GarnerTed Armstrong 

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OfOzarks, Pocono Feast sites 

BtG SAND Y - The Worldwide 

Church of God is currently negot iating 

the sale of two of its Festival 

sites, at Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. • 

and Mount Pocono, Pa.• with the 

outc o me of the sale of one of the sites 

possibly to be determined June 3. 

acco rding to Festival Director Bill 

McDowell. 

"All Ch urch-o wned U.S . Festival 

sites except Big Sand y [the two mentioned 

abo ve pl us the Wiscon sin 

Dells. Wis., site] are for sale, and we 

have been actively pursuing a sales 

and pro motional program ," Mr . 

McD ow ell sai d . " School ··of the 

Os age . in Lake Osage , Mo., has taken 

option on Lake of the Ozark s pending 

a schoo l-bond vote June 3. The Poco 

no Mount ain Vacatio n Bureau has 

an o ption runn ing until Oc t. I of this 

year pending a feasibility study by 

the federal government' s Economic 

Development Administration ." 

Mr . McDow ell said in each case 

the Churc h plans for-a " lease-bac k" 

-stipulation as part of the sale agreement 

so the facilit ies may continue to 

be used for the Festivals. 

" The sale of the sites will be a 

good thing all the way around;" Mr . 

McDowell said . " Not only will it 

. give us a sho t in the arm monet arily , 

but it will negate our cu rrent maintenance 

cost s on those properti es ." 

It is better to have the sites in use 

yea r-round than ju st for the brief 

period s the Church curre ntly uses 

them, he said. 

An othe r re aso n for the sa le : 

Th e C hurc h no lon ger ha s th e 

need it o nce had for its ow n la rge 

audito riums. 

" The re. are now so many conve n-' 

non fac ilities scaue red arou nd the 

Robert Ugucci oni," executive dicountry 

that we can hold the Fea st in 

virtually any major area we desire." 

Mr. McD ow ell said. " How eve r, 

many of these conventio n complexes 

didn't ex ist when we originally develo 

ped our own sites." 

Lake of th e Ozarks 

W .L: Curt wright, superintendent 

of Sc hoo l of the Osage , said his 

school system plans to conve rt the 

C hurch facility into a high school for 

grades nine through 12 if the purchase 

goe s through . 

.. Before we can buy we have to 

have our voters in our school district 

vote on a bond issue. " he said. " If 

we pass the bond issue , the n we go 

through with buying the propert y. 

The property is pretty cen trally located 

in our schoo l district. ,. 

Mr. Curtwright sa id the bond election 

would requi re a two-thirds majority 

for passage . 

" It takes two yes votes for every 

no for a bond issue, and that makes it 

tough. I do n't know if we can predict 

anythin g. We think we have a good 

chance of it passing . but the two 

thirds makes it hard to do, and we're 

aware of this." 

If purch a sed . the a udi torium 

would be co nve rted into 32 or 33 

classroom s, a large libr ary and a 

gymnasium. A fairly long excerpt 

from an article in an Eldon , Mo., 

newspa per is reprinted at the end of 

this art icle. The article , outlining the 

proposed purch ase from a local point 

of view, was termed " co mprehe n 

slve" and "factual" by Mr . Cu rtwright. 

Mount Poco no 

Big Sa ndy 

congratulates Randi Bloom , student-body vice president and one of 94 

seniors who graduat ed at Big Sandy. [Photos by George Buschmann 

and Scott MossI . . - '._.;._--,-...,............... ~ 

rector of the Pocono Mountain Vacation 

Bureau , a reg ional non profit 

tourism o rganizatio n supported by 

the State of Penn sylvania, said his 

organi zation is interested in the purchase 

-of the Festiva l site the re for 

cOlive'fsion·into·a co nve ntion facility 

._ for-trade show s.and other large gatherings. 

" There has been much conside ration 

given to using it in co nce rt with 

the bicentennial celebration," Mr. 

Uguccioni said. 

He said he thou ght the site wou ld 

be a "natural" fo r bicentennial concerts 

fea turi ng o rc hes tra s , hi ghschool 

marching bands or other large 

bands. 

. Despite the Poco no Mount ain Va 

(See CHURCH , page 151 

A Personal Letter 

;=~~ 

Dear brethren in God ' s Church: 

Greetings! I'm wri ting this ju st 

prior [ 0 de part ure to Europe o nce 

again, I had not really wan ted to retum 

to Europe so soo n afte r my recent 

trip , which took me all the way 

to Jeru salem, but with the upcom ing 

NAT O co nfe rence in. Bru ssel s, 

which Preside nt Ge rald Ford plans to 

attend , plus some very interesti ng 

top-level inte rviews arrange d by Ray 

Kosank e of our Brussels office . it 

was impossible for me to avoid . 

I hope to have interviews with a 

top"man-in NATO and the top architect 

of NATO defense strategy , and 

possibly I 'll also obtain entry to the 

press conference followi ng Geral d 

Ford's remarks at the NATO conference 

. 

It will be my very first opportunity, 

if it occ urs, to be in the same 

roo m with a President of the United 

Stat es whi le he is in office (1 saw 

former Presidents Eisenh ower . John 

son and Nixon, but nol while they 

were in office) , Possibly I will go on 

to Salzburg , where President Ford is 

to visit with Presid ent Anwar e l 

Sadat of Egypt for a few da ys, and I 

will be doing on-the-spo t radio program 

s fro m these location s as well as 

from the Paris Air Show . in Paris, 

France. 

At the prese nt time I do not know 

whether I will be able to visit with 

Franz Josef Strauss o n this trip. My" 

two attempts to contact his personal 

assistant, a Dr . Voss, have so far 

been unsuccessful. but I do have tentativ 

e plan s to intervie w Prime Minister 

Leo T inde mans of Belgium. 

Thi s wo uld be only my second opportunit 

y to interview a prime minister 

of a nation directly . (The first was my 

interv iew with Ian Smith of Rhodesia.) 

: 

-If yo u have been stay ing close to 

the news lately. you know that the 

Belgians are the final hold out in the 

deci sion for man y of the NATO 

countries to purchase the newly de 

~ i g ned Americanlightweightfighter. 

iSe. PE RSONAL. p... 1S) 

Tw o hund red six students rece ived 

the degree of bachelor of arts from 

the two Amb assador College s as the 

28th year of the college in Pasaden a 

and the 11th year of the Big Sandy , 

campus cam e to a close . 

Cha ncellor Herbertw. Armstron g 

conducted co mmencemen t exerc ises 

in Pasadena Frida y. May 16 , for 112 

' graduating men and women. President 

Gam er Ted Arm strong led the. 

ce remonies in Big Sandy o n the 

same day as 94 ended the ir co llege 

careers. 

Pasadena 

Th e lowe r gardens or the A mbu s 

sador campus in Pasadena were the 

sett ing for the college's 25[h commencement. 

(No one graduated the 

first three yea rs of the college.) 

After C ha nc~ lIo r He rbert Armstrong 

opened the exe rcise with the 

invocation and address of welco me . 

Stud ent Body President Dan Boyce 

gave a disco urse . " You Have Some 

th ing to G ive. " Chance llo r Armstro 

ng followed wit h hi s co m 

mence ment add ress , . 'T he Wo rld 

To day and Tomorrow." 

Mr. Armstrong talked of worse n 

ing world conditions and described 

(he political unrest he has seen in his 

trave ls. He said God will intervene ro~~ · 

.'e stablish the world government that 

is going to bring us peace at last and 

force [he way of life thai will not o nly 

produc e peace but give it to us,foreve 

r.·' . 

. , 

Atte nding the ceremonies as hon 

o red g ue sts were Bar bar a Y . 

Angeles, presiden t of Ange les UnilSee 

GRADUAT ION. page 161 

Work ordain~'\)-'''' . ' ol./ -,~ 

102ministers 

PASADENA - The Church Admini 

str ation Division (C AD) he re 

and ove rseas office s of the Work 

have announced ordinations of 102 

men . includ ing 44 preaching e lde rs 

and 58 local elders . 

" It is deep ly reward ing and fulfilling 

to all of us in Chrlsts ministry , 

and especia lly (hose:on various C AD 

learns around the world . to sec the 

steady gro wth and de velopm ent of so 

many dozen s of you fellows right out 

there 'o n the firing line ' serv ing and 

helping the brethren!" wrote Ga mer 

Ted Annstrong as he congratulated 

the newly ordained men in the May 

20 issue o f TJre Bulle tin , a magazine 

for ministers and other admi nistrative 

person nel: . 

in the United Slates , 26 .were or 

dai ned prea ching e lde rs, while 38 

were raised in rank to loca l e lders . Of 

the loc al e lders, 15 will be emp loyed 

by the Work . 

The Canadia n office named II 

preaching elders and 10 local elders , 

while the Australian Work o rda ined 

five preachin g elders and five loc al 

elders . . 

In England one was named preach. 

ing e lder and four were made local 

elders. .. 

The Philippine office ordained o ne 

preachin g e lde r. and the Ge rman 

Wo rk ordained a local elder . 

A co mplet e list appears e n page 2. 

Some were o rdaine d on Pen tecost. 

May 18. while the others were to be: 

o rdained shortly afterwa rd,

2 The WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday, May 26, 19 75 

,!,ette'U 

T O TH E EDITOR 

Mrs . Ga rn er Ted Arms tro ng 

. .. We certainly appreciate the article 

in The Worldwide News on Mrs. Gamer 

Ted Ar mstrong [April 28]. We've often 

wondered what she looke d like and what 

kind of per son she is . Thank YOiJso mu ch . 

Sar ah Marquis 

Delawar e. Oh io 

"" "" "" 

Than k YOU.'iO much for the enthusiast ic 

article thai you wrote abou t Mrs. Shirley 

Armstro ng. It was very en lightening and 

helped me.to realize what kind of prayers 

are needed for her and her husband and 

I would like (0 see more of this type of 

article about I~ wives of more of the 

leading ministers' wives in the Work. 

Keep up the good work 011 the newspaper. 

We all enjoy it very mu ch a nd look 

forwa rd to its coming. 

Carlene Ptle gl 

Un ion City . Co nn. 

"" "" "" 

Bravo ! Mr. (JohnI Robinson 's interview 

w ith Mrs. GTA was great! Thanks 

for grant ing the interv iew, Mrs. Ann 

strong, as you give IJS ladies someone to 

look up to and admire. (We were disappointed 

Mr . Arms trong's usual letter was 

missing, but this made up for it.] 

Tha nks for the pictures of tbe new min 

Isterial tra tnees . and, also, any infonnanon 

or pictures you print of the " old" 

ministers is most we lcome . 

T here is a s peci al need for the 

children's stories by Mrs. [Shirley) Johnson; 

the " Grapevine" is fasc inating; Mr. 

Ji m Thomp son 's articles are interesting; 

the picture s and articles labeled "Mis- 

. cellany" are fun; and we take time to read 

most every word _~ except that page of 

finely printed " ads:" 

We never imagi ned this newspaper 

would tum out to be so exci ting . Thank s 

10 all you hard workers there in good 01' 

. ''Big Sandy! 

Sharlot Whitcomb 

Wheat Ridge , Colo. 

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Just a few lines to let yo u know I surely 

do appreciate the paper and couldn' t get 

along without it. So muc h news in it that 

perhaps we might not recei ve at our Sab-' 

bath servic es, or hear any ot her way. 

Wan! to especially thank. you at this 

um e for the article in the last issue about 

~r s . Ga mer Ted Annstrong. Have been 

c wondering about the sons - David and 

.\'. . Mettbew - as to how they were gelling 

along, where tbey were, etc. Also more 

about Mark , since hewas no longe r on the 

T V sfaff. So tha nks aga in. Keep up the 

. good work . 

Miss Alma L. Gilles pie 

North Ca nton, O hio 

"" "" "" 

What a nice surprise ! I opened up the 

April 28 issue of The World wide News 

and there was an interview with Mrs . 

GTA. It was a pure delig ht! Thank you for 

such an intere sting art icle. I'm sure most 

wome n enjoyed it. Perhap s we could see 

more interv iews in the future with wives 

of other evangelists? Keep up the good 

work . 

Jane t Thomas 

Grand Junction , Mich . 

"" "" "" 

l j ust felt like I had to break my silence 

and ja r this quick note to you to let you 

know how well appreciated your Interview 

was of Mrs. GTA . 

First , I wa nt to honestly say that I have 

never read a better perso nal interv iew 

anywhe re, The style was magnificent, 

and the layout was j ust fantastic. 

But I' m not the only one in Chanenooga 

[Ten n.] who apprecia ted the article . 

I' ve heard many comme nts from people 

rega rding how much they liked it. And 

seve ral wome n comm ented on how much 

they apprecia ted it, especially the photos 

of Mrs. GTA . ' 

So I ju st fe lt " merit should be given 

where merit is due." and , hence, thi s 

letter. Tell everyone to keep up the good 

work! 

Ge ne Griffi n 

Rossvill e, Ga . 

"" "" "" 

Think you lor IIIiI . p l'lllli~ iloubl" 

page article on Mrs. GTA-. The photos an: 

so good . It' s one of the best thing s to 

appear yet in the WN . 

Th ank you also for Jim Thom pson 's 

two-part article on KJV (Apr il14and 28]. 

It' s very helpful and well done . I am reminded 

of a Peanuts cartoo n where in 

Lucy was asked , " What does R.5 . V.P . 

on this invita tion mean?" She replied , " It 

mean s Re vi sed Sta nda rd Ve rs io n, 

please : ' 

Mrs. T .G . John son 

Lincoln , Neb. 

"" "" "" 

Tha nk you, Mr. Ro binson , for the 

ver y inte res ting art icl e abo ut M rs . 

Shirley Armstro ng . I feel as if I know her 

much bette r after readi ng it. I also thank ' 

Mrs. Arm stro ng for grant ing you the 

inte rview and picture s. Now all we lack is 

a pict ure of the Arm st rong sons ! Than ks 

again for yo ur effo rt. 

Mrs. Va lley Worten 

51. Augustine , Fla . 

"" "" "" 

T hank yo u for you r interv iew with 

Mrs. Arms trong. It is so good to know her 

better and makes itea siert o pray for her in 

her big position and difficult position as 

Mr. Armstrong's wife. That isn' t an easy 

job . We like to know alltbe people better 

thaI are working full time for Christ 

realizing 100 that all peopl e whom God 

has called are working full time for Him. 

WN is such a wond erf ul pape r. Brings 

all the called ones closer together over all 

the world . I corre spo nd with members 

from Rhodesia, Scotla nd and Co lombia. 

Their letters are most inte resting . It is 

such an effect ive tool in God ' s Church. 

Esther Arenz 

Wauneta, Neb . 

Keeping In touch 

I would sorely ~is s m~ WN should u 

run out on me! It IS such a help for one 

such as me - Iiving in a remote area . Plus 

- I am not able to get to services as often 

as I wou ld like. The WN keep s me "in 

touch" with all the brothers and sisters 

and what the y are doing Ini heir respective 

churches. 

Anna A. Younkin 

Manson, Wash. 

"" "" "" 

Be kind to hawks . 

- Oh, poo r Shirley King Johnson ! Have 

you read her story for children, " Major 

Meets a Chic ken Hawk"? {April 28J . I 

just know she's going to get letters from 

the Be Kind to Hawk s people saying: 

" Don' t you know that hawk s are an 

important part of our natur al environment, 

culling the unfit and cleaning up 

ca rcasses? What do you mean by poisoning 

our children's mind s - setting the 

tender tots' attit udes towa rd hating this 

marvelous rodent limiter - calling his 

beak ' ugly' -stirring up perverted joy 

as the poor bird pityingly flops, mortall y 

wounded , into a soybe an field?" 

We ought to love Shirley John son more 

than the haw ks. Than ks, Shirley, for your 

stirring story . 

John Youngba uer 

Sulliva n, Mo . 

Lett ers to the editor, with 

the writer's name and address 

, should be sent to The 

World w ide News. Box 111, 

Big Sandy, Tex., 75755, 

U.S.A. Names wiil be withheld 

on reque st. but unsigned 

letters are not considered 

for publication. 

Now yo u know 

By Gertie Stewart 

VENTURA, Ca lif. - One candy 

thief is in for a surprise when he bites 

into the chocolates he stole from the 

Wes tern Union office he re. 

Th e c hoco lates are p lastic , and 

they won'{taste as good as they look , 

Western Union offic ials said . 

The fake chocolates were on display 

at the Wes tern Union office at 

3022 Telegraph Rd . They were first 

not iced missi ng May 8, and officials 

figure someone took them the night 

before while the night operator's 

back was turned. 

The di sp lay was n' t ex pe nsiv e , 

officials said. 

Tbey only hope someone didn't 

g ive the b o x to hi s mo ther fo r 

Mother's Day . 

ORDINATIONS ANNOUNCED 

The Church Administration Division (CAD) May 16 released a list of 

ministeri al ordina tion s. Some of-the men on the list were recently 

ordained ; othe rs are awaiting ordination. 

PREACHING ELDERS 

John Biedler . . . 

. . Tulsa, Okla. 

Don Billingstey . . Fresno, Calif. 

Fred Boyce . . . . . Jacksonville, Fla. 

Robert Bragg . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . Ailentown, Pa. 

John Cafourek . . Bismarck, N.D. 

Rod Carnes 

. Enid, Okla. 

Arno ld Clauson . . Erie, Pa. 

Curtis Cowan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

. . Cookeviile, Tenn. 

Gavin Cullen 

... Mackay, Australia 

Rod Dean . . . . Newcastle, Australia 

Dennis Diehl . . Toledo, Ohio 

Bill Dixon . .. . Sydney, Australia 

Joe Dobson 

Lawton, Okla. 

Russ Duke . . Topeka, Kan. 

Neil Earle . . . . . . 

'. Regina. Sask. 

Robert Elliott . . 

. . . Peterborough, Ont. 

Mark Ellis . . . . . . 

. Edinburgh, Scotland 

Gerald Flu rr y . . . . Norwalk, Calif. 

Chris French 

. Johnstown, Pa. 

Bill Jahns . . 

. .. . St. Paul, Minn. 

Sam Kneller 

. Montreal, Que. 

~~~o~U~~i~ k ': P:~?c~g~ ~l6 : 

Herbert Magoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pueblo, Colo. 

Cecil Maranv ille .. . . Lethbridge, Alta, 

Edward Mauzey . . Santa Rosa, Calif. 

Robert Millman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kamloops. B.C. 

Pike Mirto 

Manila, Philippines 

AI Mischnick . 

. . Lake Charles, La. 

Owen Murphy , Winnipeg, Man. 

Dan Orban . Bakersfield, Calif. 

Brian Orchard . 

. .. Temora and Albury, Australia 

Jim Peoples .. . Halifax, N.S. 

Bill Porter . . . . 

. . Albuquerque, N.M. 

Dave Register . . 

. . Calgary, Alta. 

Camllo Reyes . . Miami, Fla. 

Bob Rouls . . Grand Rapids, Minn. 

Lyle Simon s . . . . 

Edmonton, Alta. 

James Tate . . . . . .. . .' Charlotte, N.C. 

Tom Tullis .. . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . Iowa City, Iowa 

Mel Turner . . . , . . . . . . . . . . Huntsville, Ala. 

Peter Whitting . . . . . . . . . . Sydney, Australia 

Ledru Woodbury . . . .. . • . ..... . ... . ... Grand Junction, Colo . 

Will Wooster . Kingston, Ont. 

Dael Baughman . . . , , . , . 

Larry Brown .. .. , . 

Vincent Brown " " 

Eugene Burton . 

Jimmy Cothren . 

Richard Cox . 

Mickal Erickson .. 

Ken Farrow . . " 

Tom Ferrell . 

Irvin Gangnath . 

Norris Grous , . 

. Gilbert Gunderson . 

.Gerald Hoye r . 

John Kerley . 

Jerald Mclaughlin . 

Wiley Morgan . 

Gary Nlelander 

Robert Nork : .. 

William Pack .. .. 

Roland Robidoux 

Ron Sower . 

Joe Stoebner . 

Charles Tackett .. 

LOCAL ELDERS ON PAYROLL 

Craig Bacheller .. . . .. . . Regina, Sask. 

I;lick Beam . Montgomerv. Ala. 

Glenn Oolg .. Calgary, Alta, 

Arthur Dyer 

Sioux Falls, S.D. 

:~I~:n~:~':t il ' : : Me~~md';~~~~~~~ 

Kenneth Frank 

David Fraser 

Wayne Freeman 

r:~';I&~;ldlir " " " 

Winnipeg, Man. 

Winnipeg, Man. 

St. Louis, Mo. 

;-oro;,~~~~? 

Daniel Hall . Greensboro , N.C. 

Doug Johnson : Winnipeg, Man. 

Paul Kieffer . . . . Duesseldorl , West Germany 

Rod Ki ng 

Toowoomba, Australia 

Mlka Kneebone 

Yorklo n, Sask. 

Jack Martin . . . . . . . . Britain 

Marc Masterson . . , . , . , . 

. . , . Phoeni x, Ariz. 

Terry Mattson . . . . . . Kansas City. Mo. 

Peter McLean , , , , . . . . , .', , . Britain 

Rod McQueen 

Brisbane, Australia 

John Moskel . . . . . Minneapolis. Minn. 

David Noller . . . . . . . . .. . Mackay, Australia 

James O'Brien . Meiboume , Fla. 

Robert Regazzolli . . . . . . . . . 

Ballarat, Australia 

Mark Robinson . . .. . . . . . . .. . . 

. . Fort Worth, Tex. 

James Servidio . Belleville, III. 

Harold Smith . . . . . . San Angelo, Tex. 

TImothy Snyder . . Jac ksonvllle. Fla. 

Dave Stlrk . . Britain 

Rod Stoddart 

Britain 

Norman Straye r . . Burnaby, B.C. 

Ron Wash ington . 

. . Glendale, Calif. 

Glen Weber 

. . Castlegar , B.C. 

Virgil Williams . .. . . . . . . . . . . . Little Rock, Ark. 

LOCAL ELDERS NOT ON 'PAYROLL 

· .. Longvi ew , Tex. 

. . Phoeni x, Ariz . 

· . Rochester. N.Y. 

· . . Lexington, Ky. 

. Jacksonville, Fla . 

. . . . Toledo, Ohio 

. . . ... Grand Forks, N.D. 

.. . Cookeville. Tenn. 

, Lufkin. Tex. 

. Pasco, Wash. 

North Platte, Neb. 

.. .. Tacoma , Wash . 

. . . . Olympia. Wash. 

Chattanooga, Tenn. 

. Dayton, Ohio 

· Victo ria, Tex, 

Columbus, Ind. 

, Phoenix, Ariz . 

. .. . . . , Chattanooga. Tenn. 

Prov idence , RI. 

.... .... .- . . Boise, Idaho 

, . , Bismarck, N.D. 

. Lexington, Ky. 

Money bag 

getting bigger 

CHATTANOOGA . Tenn . - An 

unusu al wo rk project began here 

April 14. Jim Skinne r, a deacon who 

wor ks as a co nstructio n foreman , had 

learned of a scra p-meta l prob le m at 

his jo b site here . Scrap casi iron , 

stainle ss steel and alum inum neede d 

to be hauled awa y . 

Mr. Skinner asked the construction 

supe rintende nt if membe rs of the 

Chattanooga church could do the 

work (the company could write the 

scrap off as a donat ion). 

The superi ntende nt was agreeable , 

so arr angement s were made with the 

Spokesman Club . and a church work 

project got unde r way . Members expected 

to net abo ut $200 . 

They began wo rk Apr il 14 . Th e 

first load of scra p brou ght $ 194. And 

by April 17 the money sack co n 

tained $ 1,500 . 

C harl e s Hardy , C ha tt a"nooga 

member , said one more load was yet 

to be hauled . 

TVposition 

availa ble 

PASADENA - The Te levisio 

n Department has a job 

opening for an ex perie nce d 

TV video -co ntrol enginee r. A 

minimum of two years' e xperience 

in broadcast enginee r 

ing and at least one year in 

video-control operations are 

requ ired. 

-r-r -In addition, the dep artment 

prefe rs appli cants with general 

telev ision-maintenance experience 

who are willing't o .~. 

wont a swing shift"(4 p.m" to >-;. 

mid nig ht) and travel with a 

rem o te v id eo cr ew whe n 

necess ary . 

Any on e inte re sted may 

write the Perso nnel Depart 

ment, Ambassado r College, 

300 W, G reen St .• Pasadena. 

Calif., 9 1123 . 

Th ose who have '.applied 

fo r j ob s in th e pa st and " 

have not been hire d should 

not he sitate to reapply if in- 

te rested. 

~r ~orlll\tl lllr j}t1Dll 

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01 the Worldw~ Church of God, 

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annual Pen Convention. by Ambas sador 

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1975 , Worldwide Church of God. AU rights 

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EcHtor In Chief : Herbert W. Armstrong 

Edito r; Game r Ted Armstrong 

"'rw..u1ng Editor: Joh n Robinson 

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Monday, M ay 26, 1975 The WOR LDWIDE NEWS 3 

CHUCK DANIE LS AN D LA VONNE SMITH 

MIAMI.Fl.A. 

DAN DEININGER AHD VALERIEWOOD 

SPOKANE. WASH . 

MIKEAND DARLENE HENLEY 

MACO N, GA.. 

BRONSON AN D MYRA JAMES 

CHICAGO, ILL 

CURTIS AND TERRY PRICE 

LONG BEACH, CALIF. 

By Frank NeUe 

JOH ANNESBUR G, South Afri ca 

- The Ambassador College-o wned 

offices here are o n the northwe st 

cc mer of the 35th floor of the Carlton 

Ce ntre, the largest and tallest build 

ing in downt own Johanne sburg . 

Shortly after I p. m. on Monda y 

afternoon, April 28, we - the office 

staffers - were sta rtled by spo radic 

bursts of machine-gun fire comi ng 

from the streets below . We rushed to 

the windows to see small puffs of 

smoke, closely followed by the 

sound of rapid machine-gun fire 

coming from a building a me re 

stone's throw from us . The busy 

luncht ime crow ds were frantically 

scatte ring . 

Within minutes came the sirens of 

police cars and ambulances. Quickly 

abou t nine c ity block s were cordo ned 

offby the police. Sharpshooters took 

up positions on the roofs of buildings 

opposite the one from which the 

shooting had come. Ambulances 

conv erged on the spot to transport the 

wounded to hosp itals. 

Only then did co nflicting reports 

begi n to trickle in. Som e claim ed 

Arab terroris ts had occ upied the Israeli 

consul general's offices and 

were holding hostages . Other reports 

clai med a Japanese suic ide squad 

was respo nsible for the chao tic disruption 

. It later turned out that only 

o ne man , David Pro tte r , a 

24-year-old security guard at the lsraeli 

co nsulate , was responsi ble for 

the mayhem and destruction , possibly 

aided by his brother Charles. 

From our vantage point 30 floor s 

above the offices held by David Prot- 

TO THE FIE LD - Below 

eac h of lhese eight 

photographs are the 

names of the min isteria l 

trainee , his wife or fiancee, 

if applicable, and 

the area he will serve. 

Thos e gradu ating from 

Pasade na: Chuck Daniels 

, Dan De ini nger, 

Bronso n James , Curtis 

Price, Carl Brooks and 

Dana Vinson . From Big 

Sandy: Mike Henley and 

Steve Buchanan. Mr . 

Price, left. was one cttbe 

origi nal 28 grad uates 

assigned. but his pictu re 

was not available to The 

Worldwide News unti l 

now . [ Photos by Ken 

Evans and Scott Moss] 

Machine-gun battle erupts 

near South African office 

ter , we continued to witness the gun 

batt le betwee n him and the police . 

It was not until 5:30 the following 

morn ing that he finally surrendered , 

releasing the hostages he had held for 

18 hour s. 

When we arri ved at our office 

Tuesday morning, the whole epi sode 

was o ve r and the effects of this 

biza rre incide nt co uld be surveyed. 

Thirty-seven people had been injured 

by bullets or chunks of co ncrete that 

had been sent hurlin g throu gh the air 

by ricocheting bullets. 

One person was killed . 

Four bullets actua lly went through 

the windows of the offices below us 

on the 34th floor and lodged in the 

floo r beneath our feet. 

Alleg edly Mr. Proner. a South 

African Jew, has a history of mental 

instability. A perso nal grudge was 

said to have triggered his actions. 

Because of mental instabilit y he had 

been deporte d from Israe l in 1972. 

He is now awaiting trial. 

Nowyouknow 

PAS ADENA - According to 

Richard Rice , dire cto r of mail proce 

ssing , a woma n rece ntly wrote 

Herbert W . Arm strong: 

" If you write back to me , write 

slowly, beca use I can 't read fast. " 

Anothe r woma n mentio ned that 

receivi ng her litera ture in brown envelopes 

has cau sed a problem beca 

use her cal has a habit of " wetting" 

o n bro wn e nvelo pes . S he 

therefore requested that literature be 

sent to her in cellophane bags. 

CARL BROOKS 

CHtCAGO,lLL 

STEVE BUCHANAN 

CORP US CHRISn, ~ 

and Bron son James from Pasadena 

and Steve Buchanan and Mike Henley 

from Big Sandy . 

These men had taken a three -hour 

writte n examination on Bible knowledge 

and had been interviewed by a 

panel of ministe rs with about 70 

other men who had appl ied fo r the 

ministerial-training program. 

The ministers the n made thei r recommendations 

to a commi ttee made 

up of Gamer Ted Annstrong; C. 

Wayne Cole, director of the Church 

Administration Division; Leslie L. 

McCUllough. Inte rnatio nal Division 

director; and Rona ld Dart , executive 

DANA V1N9ON 

APPLETON, WIS. 

Church names sevenmore tr-ainees- 

PASADENA-Seven more men, 

five fro m Ambassador College here 

and two from the cam pus in Big 

Sandy , have been chosen as ministerial 

trainees fo r the Worldwide 

_Church of God in the United State s. 

Along with the 28 who were selected 

a month earlier (The Worldwide 

News , April 28), 35 men will serve as 

trainee s. 

The seven sen ior men we re 

notified the last week of classes, betwee 

n finals and graduation. of their 

selection . 

The y are Carl Brooks, Dana Vinson 

, Dan Deininger, Chuck Daniels 

vice president of t~ college at Big _ 

Sandy. 

The committee chose 28 of the ap- - 

plicants. The seven who were hired a .. 

month later were " next in line, " according 

to the CAD. 

Mr . Brook s and Mr . James will go e;- 

to Chicago, Ill.; Mr . Vinson w i l i~ /~3 

serve Appleton , wi s.: Mr . Dein inge r: . _ ~ 

. is assigned to Spoka ne, Wash .; Mr . 

Daniels will assist in Miami , Fla. ; 

Mr. Buchanan will be in Corpus 

Chri sti, Tex. ; and Mr. Henle y in Ma- . 

con , Ga . . 

Most of tbe men will arrive in the ir 

new areas in June. 

BIG SANOY'S NEW STUDENT·BODY OFFICERS - The three senior student-body officers for 1975-76 were 

an~ ounc ed at the Graduation Ball May 15 by President Garne r Ted Armstrong . From left are Senior Clees 

Pre ~ i den t Mike Hale of Peoria, III.:StudentBodyVice President Peny Hoag of Eagle River, Alaska; and Student 

Body President Tony Hill of Haxtun, Colo. None oltha class officers has been announced in Pasadena. [Photo ' 

by Scott MossJ 

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4 The WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday, May 26, 1975 

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By Paul Meek 

HRIC Asslstaut Director 

PASADENA - "People are not 

going to travel far from home this 

year." That' s the prediction of one 

newspaper publisher representing a 

small but popular resort town in 

Southern Californ ia. Last year 2.2 

mill ion people spent recre ational 

time in this same area, including a 

Memorial Day crowd estimated at 

50.000. 

Among fami ly breadw inner s 

searching for recession -proof vacations 

. proximity to home is bound to 

be a majo r co nside ration . Statistics 

reveal that, as family earnin gs increase, 

the range of vacations widens 

geographically . The cost of such 

vacatio ns obvious ly incre ases as 

well. 

For instance . the more eco n 

omy- minded U.S . nomad can pull a 

cam ping or tent trailer arou nd the 

countryside for $ 15 a day, $100 a 

week or $350 to S400 a month, with 

$75 to $ 100 rental paid in advance . 

Or motor homes, such as vans or 

bus types 26 feet long , can be rented 

for $75 10 $85 a da y, or $350 a week . 

plus 12 cents a mile. 

Thi s means a famil y of five will 

pay anywhere from $250 to $600 a 

week in trave l expenses alone, depending 

upon the type of co nveyance 

used and distance traveled. 

In fact, Americans spend more 

dollars on trave l in a year' s time than 

on any othe r budgeted items except 

food . Tourism today is a $61 

billion -a-ye ar industry _By 1980 that 

figUre is expected to reach S 127 billio 

n, in spite of rough times. U.S . 

trave l is 70 percen t by private automobile 

, 27 .6 percent by com mercial 

air transportation , 1.5 percent by 

. bus, 0.5 perce nt by passenger trains 

and le ss than 1 pe rcen t by other 

modes . 

\ ~ . Ameri cans travel ing mo re than 

~_:...- v ~ f.~ miles from home spend an aver 

- :-- , '. _ioage of $82 per perso n-trip . Include 

this figure in the preceding rates of 

travel with either camper trailers or 

vans and a fam ily of five will spend 

on the average a tota l of $4 10 for any 

trip over 100 miles. 

Next to convention-bound trave l 

ers who spend $ 138 per person-trip, 

vacationers spend $ 107 per"perso n 

trip, about 50 percent mor e than 

those taking nonvacat ion trips. And, 

most impo rtant for Americans unab le 

to afford lavish vacatio ns this year, 

those who visit friends and relatives 

spend the least: S61 per person -trip. 

Th at means Ame rican s will be sharing 

more food and lodging costs of 

visiting relatives on " vacation." 

Facts Tell the Tale 

By looking at the overal l picture of 

U.S . travel, one can betterdetennine 

whether vacation s are in this year or 

DOt, and , if so, which kind of vacation 

is most feasib le. Whether a person 

dec ides to take a vacation depends 

upon its neces sity even more 

tha n its costs. According to the 

Ne ws pape r Ad vertising Bureau. 

people who think vacations are a 

necess ity rather than a luxury ale the 

ones most likely to travel. 

Out of every dollar spent on travel 

in the United States, 36 .8 cent s goes 

for ' tran sportation, 23 .1 cents for 

lodging, 21.4 cents for food , 15.6 

cents for incide ntals and 3.2 cent s for 

entertainment and recreation . 

Who is apt to spend vacation dollars? 

Those under 30 who are college 

ed ucated and have family income s 

over $15,000, 

Tha t' s not all. American vacationers 

are likely to take trips on both 

Jong and short weekends, ·and they 

are likel y to have flown in the past 

three years . A survey for the Air 

Transport Association found. that 55 

percent of adult Americans have now 

flown on U.S . airlines . 

Tourism Paradox 

While breadwinners may be reticent 

in taki ng vacations in the face of 

econom ic slumps, the eco nomy on 

the othe r hand is counting on those 

breadwinne rs to do so . 

Of the 50 states, 46 rank tourism 

among their top three indu stries. In 

Florida , Hawaii and Nevada it is the 

lead ing indu stry . 

Accordin g to figure s of Joel Sleed 

of Newhouse News Service , 144million 

Ame ricans outofa 1972 population 

of 209 million traveled an estimated 

370 miles on trips of 100 miles 

or more away from home. Of that 

figure, 22 million took bu siness 

trips, 86 million vacation trips and 74 

million weekend trips. 

Further, the U.S .lO urism industry 

pays an estimated $4 .3 billion a year 

in local, state and fede ral taxes . How 

does this relate with private benefits? 

Four million person s areemployed in 

the tourism indu stry , which comes 

out to one of eve ry 20 in the civilian 

labor force . . 

Vacations Are In 

There is no need for fam ilies to do 

witho ut vacations, if the cost of 

doing so is carefully considered. 

Here are a few ways that will help cut 

cost comers: 

• First, cut down on travel , food 

and lodging costs. Visit points of intere 

st closer to home . Break up'vaca 

tion s into smaller time ca psules (for 

example , o ne vacation week into 

three weekends. in add ition to Satur 

day and Sunday; that stretches seven 

days into 13). Have more picnics and 

barbecues. Sleep eithe r at home , in 

somebody else's home , in tents or 

inex pensive rented campers, etc. 

• If trav eling gre ater distan ces, 

take advantage of new economy motel 

chain s . Such motels usuall y lack 

large restaurants. coc ktail loun ges, 

convention hall s, swi mming pools, 

color TV and roo m phones . And they 

scorn credit cards . But all these are 

savi ngs to you. Reservatio ns should 

be made in advance; they will be 

crowded. 

. • For the more Spartan families. 

more than 150 Ame rican Youth Hostels 

are' scattered acros s the Uni ted 

States (5,000 hostels in 47 countries), 

mostly in scenic, histori c and 

recrea tional areas and sometimes in 

popular ci ties such as Washington , 

D.C.• and Phoen ix, Ariz . 

Here is a description of yout h hostels 

taken from " Low-Cost Lodgi ng 

and Othe r Timely Trav el Notes," by 

Michael Frome , May, 1975: 

" They provide simp le facil ities . 

including kitchen and use of cooking 

equipment, at the extremelylow cost 

of about SI.50 to S2.50 per night. 

Generally there are separate dormitories 

for men and women, but occasio 

nally there are famil y units 'too . 

Hostelin g appeal s to people of all ages, 

and all are welcome . Most gues ts 

share an interest in o utdoo r activities 

such as hiking, bicycling , canoei ng, 

horseback riding and sailing. 

" The emphasis is on sim plicity 

and self-service. Hostele rs buy and 

coo k their own food and are ex pected 

to leave every hostel in good co ndition 

by sharing common cleaning 

chores. Hou se parents enforc e some 

strict rules. Smoking usuaJ1y isn't 

permitted and neve r in bu nk rooms; 

beer and othe r alcoholic bevera ges 

are forbidde n too . An essential requ 

irem ent is an Americ an Yo uth 

Hoste l Pass, the key to 5,O hostels 

in 47 countries. The cost range s from 

S5 for a Youth Pass (for those unde r 

18) to SI0 for an Individual Pass and 

Sl2 for a Family Pass . 

,. American Youth Hostels and its 

33 local co uncils are in the midst of 

an ene rgetic bicentennial program to 

double the num be r of hostel s by 

1976; already 12 have been added in 

the heart of the Co lorado Rocki es. 

AYH also conducts a series of leisurely 

paced guided tour s co mbining 

travel by foot power, bicycle, bus, 

train and plane in the United States 

Cook Cook takes the cake 

LA FAYETTE, Ind . - Toasted 

Butter Pecan Cake has always been 

something speci al for the Jerry Cook 

family of Wolcott , and now it' s extra 

special since Mrs. Cook won the 

sweepstakes prize in the Journal and 

Courier' s fourth annu al recipe contest. 

Enterin g the conte st for the first 

time thi s year. Jacqu eline Cook captured 

the top prize with the rich 

three -layer cake she makes for her 

family on specia l occas ions. 

She fo und the recipe in the Farm 

Journal several years ago and adapted 

it to her family's taste s. 

C ity Girl, Farm Husband 

The recipe was j ust one the newly. 

married city girl from San Diego , 

Calif. , disco vered while searching 

Mrs. Jerry Cook of Wolcott . 

Ind .. ente red a recipe contest 

sponsored by a Lafa yette, Ind ., 

newspaper. Out of 2.800 recipes 

entered. hers won fir st place . 

Mrs. Cook is a member of the 

Worldwide Church of God -in La - 

faye tte. : 

This article is reprinted with 

pe rmiss ion from the Lafayette 

Journal and Co urie r of March 

25 . 

magazines and fann publi cation s for 

dishes to please her midwestern-farm 

husband, a graduate of Purd ue University 

. 

Now a Hoosie r fann wife hersel f. 

Mrs. Cook enjoys cooking and espe 

ciall y likes to bake and try different 

TAKI:5CAKI:- Mr.;, Jerry COo~ '5 recpe, Toasted6uner Pecan Ca ~e, 

won first place out of 2,800 recipes entered in a contest sponsored by the 

Lafayett e, lnd., Journal and Courier. [Photo courtesy the Lafayette 

Journal and Courier) 

recipes incl uding one s in the other 

thre e issues of the Journ al and 

Co urier 's " C re ati ve Cooktng" > 

which she has kept. 

The Cooks and their four children. 

Stan , Mike , Laurie and Annette , 

moved recentl y from Wolcott to a 

large farm home on Route 2. Here 

they enjo y having the space for animals 

. Stan is now old enough to be 

active in 4~ H and has the expert guid 

ance of his father , vocational-agri 

culture teacher at Tri-Ccunry High 

School. 

The children also enjoy helpin g 

the ir mother in the kitchen ; both the 

boys are " real helpers ,II while the 

girls, still a little young for some 

tasks , like to help knead bread doug h 

when their mothe r is baking . 

Mrs. Cook had planned to ente r all 

24 ca tego ries in the recipe co ntest. 

but the move to their new home came 

during the time the entries were to be 

submitted and she found she didn 't 

have the time. 

A Real Winner 

However , one of the recipes she 

did send turned o ut to be a real winner. 

Toasted Butter Pecan Cake: 4 Y.l 

table spoon s butter; 2 cups chopped 

pecans; I cup butte r, 2 cups sugar; 2 

teaspo ons vanilla ; 3 eggs; 3 cups sifted 

flou r; 21/4 teas poo ns bakin g pow 

der; 'h teaspoon salt; I cup milk . 

Place pecans in shallow pan ; dot 

with three tablespoons butter. Toa st 

in 350-degree o ven 15 minut es, stirring 

occasionally. Stir one cup butter 

to soften . Gradually add sugar and 

cream until light and fluff y; add vanilla 

. Add eg gs o ne at a time , beating 

well after each. Add sifted dry ingred 

ien ts to cream ed mixture alternatel 

y with milk , beatin g well after 

each add ition . Fold in l 'h cups of the 

toa ste d pecans . Turn into thr ee 

g re ase d-a nd-flo ure d e ight-inch 

round cake pan s . Bake in a 

350~de g re e oven 30 to 35 minutes; 

remov e from oven and cool cake in 

pans 10 minutes ; remove and coo l 

co mpletely. Frost with Butter Pecan 

Frosting. 

But ter Pecan Frosting: Mix until 

smooth: 4'h tablespoo ns sort butter; 

4 Y:z cups sifte d confec tioner's sugar. 

4lablespoonslighlcream; t teaspoon 

van illa. 

Stir in remaining toasted pecans. 

Use to frost cake . 

and other countries. Make resewetion 

s nowif you want to take a guided 

tour this summe r. Write Just in Clire, 

American Youth Hostels, Department 

WD, Delaplane . Va.. 22025," 

• Finally , an eye should be kept 

open for tourist home s and gue st 

hou ses inthe suburban Marv land and 

Virginia. as well as Washington, 

D .C . , areas. Whal wa s an an 

swer to U.S. travel before the:motel 

boom may now be on the way back as 

part of the: reaction to high costs and 

impersona l tre atment found in 

toda y' s lodging. Designed for private 

hou sing for vacatio ners , including 

continental breakfast, built-in 

bab y-sitting (for a reasonable fee), 

kitchen facilities and the run of the 

house , these Americana dwellin gs 

may be had for$IOtoS2 1 for a family 

of four. 

For furthe r inform atio n on whe re 

such touris t homes and gues t hou ses 

are located , write to Hilda Baum, 

Holid ay Hosts , Inc. , Depa rtme nt 

WD, Box 1108, Langley Park, Md ., 

20787. 

Rocky's road 

wasn't always 

as easy 

By Clay F. RIchards 

WAS HINGTON (UP!) - When 

he was a youth in 1930 , as Nelson 

Rockefeller'tell s the story , he wanted 

to furni sh his first home in expensive 

Ameri can antiqu es, but his father 

didn ' t want to pay for them . 

So, without identifying himself. 

the enterprising young Da rtmouth 

graduate went door to door through 

Vermont and New Hamp shire and 

bought the furnit ure from fann ers 

and townfolk at a price "he co uld afford 

. 

" The re was an old house where 

Geor ge Washington was supposed to 

have sle pt in - one of those Dutch 

Coloni al houses - and my mother 

was fixing it over and I was going to 

live there when I got marr ied ," Mr . 

Rockefeller exp lained to repo rters 

during a chat on Air Force II recently 

. 

" So I said to my father . I would 

like 10 get some antiq ues - pine and 

maple - Early Ameri can . and he 

said it was too expe nsive, " the U.S . 

"vice president said . 

His fathe r, John D. Rockefeller 

Jr., said he would pay to furni sh the 

hou se in antiq ue reproductions. Th e 

hou se was on the famil y estate, Pocant 

ico Hills, ove rlooki ng the Hudson 

River al Tarrytown, N.Y. 

.. I took th e blue pri nts of the 

house. I laid out the furniture in each 

room, 1 then took the price of the 

reprod uction and put it on each piece 

and then I added it up for eac h roo m 

- the totals - then I went to my 

father and said, 'IfI could furnish the 

house within this total , will you lei 

me have the money ?' .. Mr. Rockefeller 

said. " So he said yes. " 

" Then I spent my weekends the 

last year at coll ege going around to 

old hou ses in Vermont , New Hampshire 

, in the attics and buying these 

pieces , knoc king on doors ," be said. 

"It was a little embarrassing." 

" Did you tell them your name? " 

he was aske d. 

.. No . I j ust knocked on the door 

and said, ' Could I look"in your attic ? 

Ha ve yo u go t anyt hi ng in th e 

bam ?' .. he replied . "There were a 

lot of nice people out there." 

Mr. Rockefeller said when he was 

resea rching the project the books by 

the expe rts said there was no such 

thing as an Ea rly American pine 

grandfather's clock. 

" 1 found two ," he said. " One I 

bought for $ 12 and one for $ 16. so I 

!tallydidprety well. 

" I furnished the whole bouse thaI 

way and for co nsidera bly under the 

price:'

Monday, May 26 , 1975 The WORLDWID E NE WS 5 

Ministerwins $23,000 ongame show 

By Mac Overton 

BIG SANDY - What' s a pastor 

going to do with a bar stereo? For thai 

mat ter. what's he goi ng to do with a 

Peter Mal; prim. two free cars, two 

tri ps to Eu rope and othe r prize s worth 

a total of $23.2 401 

Tha t' s the prob le m facing Bill 

Cowan Jr. and his wife Betty. who 

are bein g reass ig ned to the Chat 

tanooga. Tenn. , church follow ing a 

two-seme ster sabbatical at Ambas 

sador College. Pasadena. 

Shortl y before the end of the sabbatical, 

Mr . and Mrs .. Cowan appeared 

on the CBS daytime televi 

sio n game show Gambit and walked 

awa y with the fourth-largest winnings 

in the four -yea r history of the 

show. They appeared on four show s, 

all taped May I in Hollywood . Calif. , 

for sho wing nat ionw ide May 13. 14. 

15, and 16. 

The Cowans' prizes, co unting 

welcoming gifts and farewe ll prizes, 

incl uded : 

• Two American Moto rs Grem 

lins, valued at $3 ,790 .60 each . 

• His-and-he rs Zod iac watches 

worth $42 5 . 

• His-and-hers Po laroid SX- 70 

cameras. 

• A car stereo . 

• A Peter Max print wort h $250. 

• A Bell & Ho well movie came ra 

and projector. 

• Jewelry by Monet worth $300 . 

• A Wh irlpool air conditioner. 

• A Whirlpool dishw asher. 

• A Wh irlpoo l range . 

• A garde n party in Den mark and 

a dinne r in Paris that include the cost 

of the pan y and dinner plus air fare 

from Los Ang ele s for eac h trip . 

• A Carnegie bar ste reo . 

• A raccoon -and-lea ther jacket 

worth S600 . 

• A S218 cloc k assortment . 

• Zcbrick worth S75 . 

• Four ca rtons of Flint-rock tile . 

• Deod orant worth- S25:- --- 

• Rug shampoo worth S25 . 

• Fro zen Me xican food worth 

$25. 

Mr s. Cowan said their children, 

Miche lle, 8, and tw ins Rod and Ron , 

6, fe lt the grand prize wa s $25 

worth of suga rless bubble gum. 

"Wow! You should have see n [he 

grins . They were reall y happ y," Mr . 

Cowan sa id. 

Doesn't Seem Rea l 

Mr. Cowan said the experience 

still doe sn't seem rea l since the prizes 

were all wo n in one afternoon and 

most haven't been de livered yet. 

They picked up the fur jacket and 

Peter Max print before the y left 

Ca lifornia and rece ived order form s 

for the Gremlins while they were visiring 

Mrs. Cowan ' s parent s in Illinoi s 

last week. 

The othe r prize s will be de livered 

to Chattanoo ga . 

He said the ca rs come with man y 

options, including V·8 engines and 

5250 ea ch to pay ta xe s and title 

fees . 

The trips were the on ly prizes they 

co uld cash in. The y decided to take 

money instead , because hote l costs 

and living expenses were nOIcove red 

by the prizes. 

M e. Cowa n said the air fare to 

Copenhagen was wo rth 51.082, and 

the Paris air fare was wo rth S 1,080 . 

Th is pushed the ir ca sh winnin gs 10 

about SI O.800 . 

How It Happened 

Mr . Cow an sa id Mel and Ben y 

Tu rne r, a min ister and wife also at 

the college for a sabbatical, •'o rde red 

some ticket s to go see the show live 

while it was being taped and they 

ordered some tickets for us also ." 

At the stud io, those in the audie nce 

were asked if they would like to be 

interviewed for theprogram. 

That was in April. 

" The re were abo ut 660 peo ple in 

the audie nce tha i day," Me. Cow an 

said. •,and aooul500 to 550 pro bably 

filled out cards to be inte rv iewed. In 

between the sho ws they inte rviewed 

evervone in the audience that wanted 

to ~ intervi ewed. but it was very 

short - about a minute pe r perso n." 

At the end of the progr am abo ut 50 

names were ca lled o ut. Tho se persons 

we re given written tests 

" They said if yo u couldn' t answer 

the questions o n the te sts . yo u 

wou ldn' t do ve ry well on tele vision 

under pre ssur e . " he stated. That 

weeded out several and tho se that 

passed we re given an appointment to 

report back for another interview 

which was " sort of a screen test. " 

How It Works 

Gambit is based on the card game 

blackjack, or twe nty-o ne , in whic h 

the objec t is to get ca rds whose value 

most clo sely approaches 21. 

Two co uples play the game . Ques 

tions are aske d , and the co uple that 

presses a buzze r first gets to answer a 

qu estio n. If that co uple answe rs correctl 

y, it ge ts control of a card that 

has the same point value it wou ld 

have in blackjack . Without its point 

value being know n. a card is either 

accepted or passed to (he other co u 

ple. 

" The o nly card yo u see is the first 

card in the ga me," Mrs. Cowan said . 

" The othe r canis stay face down.' 

New deck's are supplied every 

match of three ga mes, and after each 

ma tc h contestants go to the "Gambit 

Board." Cont es tants go to the board 

when the y w in two out of thr ee 

games in a matc h. 

The hoard has numbere d sq uares . 

W he n a co ntes ta nt c ho oses a 

numbe r, it flips ove r, revea ling the 

prize he 's j ust won . The objec tive is 

to achieve a score as near21 as possible 

witho ut go ing ove r, or " bust 

~~g: " . 

Mr . Cowan co mplimented the 

emcee of the show , W ink Martin 

. dale . 

" He' s a very fine fello w, very 

likab le , very affable, real friend ly. 

In between the break s when we were 

winning, or during commercials. he 

wou ld always come ove r and shake 

our hand s and talk to us and congratulate 

us. I co uld tell he was pleased. 

We were winni ng and he seemed to 

be very happy about it." 

Mr s. Cowa n agreed . 

" He was a very sincere perso n; he 

d idn't just put on a sho w, " she said. 

"He reall y meant what he did." 

'What Church?' 

O n the first sho w Mr . Martin da le, 

while in tr oducing Me. Cowan , 

noticed his introduction card said he 

wa s a mini ster. 

" What c hurch?" he asked . 

" Wo rld wide Ch urch of God, " 

Mr . Co wan said in his deep, resonant 

vo ice . 

.. Did yo u hear that voice'?" the 

em cee e xcla imed . " Would yo u reo 

peal that ?" 

All shows fo r a week.are produ ced 

on th e same a fte rnoon . During 

break s betw een sho ws the Co wan s 

had to change clo thes to give the impression 

the shows had been filme d 

on different days . 

Mr. Co wan said several comments 

cam e from the aud ience . produce r, 

tele vision crewJ'camerarne n and 

others abo ut " he lp" he and his wife 

rece ived beca use he is a min ister . 

The anno uncer fo r the show. who 

prese nts the gifts. said du ring o ne of 

the break s, " Mr. Cowan, I gues s I'm 

goi ng to sta n goi ng back tochurch .,. 

One of the came ramen co mme nted 

10 the audi enc e: " You can beat two 

people playing this game , but it sure 

is hard to beat three . lf you look over 

the mini ster 's sho ulder there you'll 

see this guy stand ing behind him with 

halo and wings , whispe ring in his 

ear ." 

.. It rea lly see med to be quite a 

wit nes s [0 the people there . because 

we we re the fo urth couple to go as 

hig h as we went," Mr. Cowan said. 

The ot her three wo n 525 .000 in 

prizes, the show ' s maxim um . 

Mr . Cowan said the prizes will be 

treated as inco me for tax purposes. 

"They will send me a W-2 form ," 

he said. " The re's no specia l tax like 

a gift tax, luxury tax or some thing 

like that. They'll be sending me a 

W ~2 that will say the exa ct amount 

that my winnings are to the penn y. 

That will go onto my income . So all I 

do is pay straight inco me tax . 

" I understand that I will be able to 

average my income over three to five 

years, so that should save quite a bit 

on taxe s ." 

'M ixed Feelings' 

Mr . Cowan still has " mixed feel 

ings" abo ut game sho ws. 

" " 1don 't like to see peo ple just go 

be rserk . On man y of th e ga me 

show s they pick people that a re 

highly vo latile and emotional and 

they scream and shout - just ge l so 

excited abo ut winning a caror losing 

- they'll cry and break down or 

something like that. 

" We were excited and very thankful 

that God was blessing us, but I 

do n', think we everlos t con trol of our 

feel ings or emotions or any thing: like 

that. Many times the sho ws will try to 

bring [his sort of thing o ut. The produce 

r actuall y talked 10 us. to all the 

co ntestan ts that were the re, abo ut it 

befo re-we went on camera and said he 

didn 't like this . .. He sa id, to him , 

people are just ma king idiots out of 

themselves. He didn't like it and he 

didn 't want anyone to react like that." 

Mr. Co wan was the pastor in Little 

Rock, Ark. , before co ming to college 

fo r postgrad uate co urses . He 

had gone into the field as a min isterial 

trainee in 1966 aftergraduation from 

Ambassador Colle ge in Pasadena and 

wa s as sign ed to the Little Rock 

area . 

He and his wife will ce lebrate their 

ninth wedding ann iver sary June I , 

Mr s. Cowan is the former Bett y Welshans 

. Her parent s live in Fairview 

Height s, III. 

Wh ile a! headquarter s, the Cowans 

lived in co llege-o wned apartment 

s. A few mont hs before leaving 

Little Rock in ' August , 1974 , the 

Cowans had purchased a home there. 

No w They Can Buy a Home 

.Tbe Cowans said the prizes come 

as a real blessing , because no w they 

can af ford to buy a home in C hattanoo 

ga . And man y o f the prizes are 

things they needed . 

" Moving into a ne w ho me it' ll be 

kind of hard to tell exa ct ly wha t we 

will need ," Mr. Cowan said, " but 

we did win a Wh irlpool range . We 

don 't have a stove because where we 

lived pre viou sly had abuilt-in stove 

and range so that can definitel y be a 

bles sing. 

" We won an air co nditioner and a 

dishwasher, and it was the exact 

model and type that my wife wan ted. 

We had it in a hom e bu ilt ea rlie r and 

she just love d it and so we wanted to 

~uy the sa me identical type . God justgave 

us one . 

.. And there were several thing s 

that we will be able to use . The Carnegie 

bar ste reo - that will be real 

nice in my office . $0 rea lly all the 

ite ms we won we 'll be ab le to use . 

" 1don't hav e a mov ie came ra o r a 

projec tor so that will be very nice . We 

plan to keep one of the Gremlins as a 

second car and sell the othe r one ." 

Mr . and Mrs. Co wan both said the 

show was a c hallenge . 

·· It's more than a card game. ,. Mr . 

Cowan said. 

..A lot of time s we were ju st sitting 

the re like du mb dodoes and God 

wou ld wo rk it out despite us," he 

said . "We wo uldn't know the an- 

GAME-SHOW WINNERS ·- Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cowa n Jr. recently won 

more than $23,000 in prizes on the CBS telev ision game show Gambit. 

This picture Ol the Cowans was made at Big Sandy during the 1973 Feast 

of Tabernacles. He now has a mustache . Me.Cowan , who just completed 

a sabbatical atAmbassaoor College, Pasadena , has been reassigned to ' 

pastor the churc h at Chattanooga, Tenn. They appeared on four shows , 

all taped May 1, which were televised May 13 to 16. Before returning to 

college in August, 1974 , for postgraduate work , Mr. Cowan had served 

eight years in the field ministry. [photo by Eugene Smyda] 

swer to the q uestion or some thing thin g at least it was very intere sting to 

like that and the othe r peop le wo uld see how they taped the program and 

get a card and the y'd bust[go over21 wha t all was invol ved. Of co urse , . 

poin ts) or pass t~ card to us and ~ive win~i~g. mad~ it eve ~ mo~ ex~ iti? ~ :-;..t -.-: ' .' 

us 21. We recei ved fou r 21s In a and l ts J ustk lOdof h ke B d l sa id . IC ~Y, :;- -~ l 

row ," a reco rd for the show . hard to reali ze it's real . It happened - ""'""'-'~ 

"I thought it was a real goo d ex- so fast and all in one evening. It'sjust . 

perience ;' Mrs. Cowan said . "We reall y hard to realize it's real , but I'm 

thought that even if we did n't wi n a thankful that we were on it." 

BACK AT COLLEGE - Mr. Cow an and other ministers recently on 

sabbatical at Ambas sador Colleg e. Pasadena, leave a classroom in the 

basement of the Auditorium.From left are Felix Heimberg, Me. Cow an 

and BobCloninger. Before the end of his sabbatical, Mr. Cowan and his 

wife appeared on the CBS television game show Gambit and won more 

than $23,000 in prizes. [Photo by Gary Georgel 

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. 6 The WORLDWIDE NEWS 

Monday, May 26, 1975 

She's 'alway s done something' 

Member handy with handicrafts 

• 

By Paulette S, Jameson 

STATESBORO, Ga. -c-After Lucille 

Kersey, a member of the Walterboro, 

S.C., church . moved recent 

ly, she decided she needed more 

kitchen cupboards in her house . So 

she tore out a wall and built them 

herself. 

Unusual? 

Well, maybe for most women, but 

not for Mrs. Kerse y. 

Mr s. Kerse y not only doe s 

carpentry work, she enjoys wood 

carving. About six years ago she 

ARTISTRY IN WOOD - Items 

carved by Mrs. Lucille Kersey include 

. far left, top, a tiny rocking 

chair, achairin a bottle, a tiny stool 

and wood en shoes. Far left: Mrs. 

Kerse y also carved this smallscale 

model of a stagecoach. Left: 

Mrs. Kersey demonstrated how to 

make thread on a spinning wheel 

she ca rved with a wood lathe . She 

made the spinning wheel from a 

pattern in Popular Mechanics . 

[Photos by Ronald K. Jameson] 

carved a sp inni ng wheel out of 

boards from an old chicken coo p, 

using a pattern from Popular Mechanics. 

She has also carved, from a pattern. 

an e xtremely detailed stagecoach 

with leather seats . 

Mrs. Kerse y says she has "always 

done so mething,, . ever since she can 

remembe r. She's also done basketwo 

rk; made doll s . wo rked with 

leather (she' s even made a small sad 

dle ), created picture s from seashell s 

and done all kinds of needlew ork. 

include cross-stitch, embroidery and 

cre welwork . 

How did she learn to do all these 

hand icrafts? 

" 1 eithe r got a book or fig ured it 

out for myself ," she says. 

Mr s. Kerse y , a mem be r since 

1972 , lives here and works as a quality 

supervisor for Marydell Styles. 

She has three chi ldre n: Tomm y of 

Cos ta Mesa. Calif. (he and his wife 

attend services in Santa Ana); Sarah 

of Los Angeles ; and Kenn y, who is 

married and lives here . 

Mrs. Kerse y says, " The re's still 

lots of other things I still want to try . 

such as macram e and deco upage ." 

First 'sa br a ' 

baptized 

in Israel 

By Ch risto pher J . .Pa tton 

JER USAL EM - Nea r the end of 

~ his recent trip to Israel, Gam er Ted 

--- -·-_""'t\rmstrong baptized Edi th Pla ta u. 

23: ~of Ghat, a kibbutz . Miss Platau 

is the first"sabra (na tive israeli ) to be 

4 baptized in Israel during this age of 

Goo's Church. 

. Her pare nts. Avrah am and Ruth 

Plat au, came separ ate ly to Israel 

from Germany in 1934 . T hey mel 

and marri ed al Kfar Rupin , anot her 

kibbutz , in the Jordan Va lley. In 

1944 1hey mo ved 10 Ge var.just north 

of Megi ddo and southwest of Naza 

reth. 

Miss Platau has two bro thers. 

Amo s and NiT. Amo s was born at 

Kf a r Rupin. Mi ss Plat a u and Nir 

were born in Gcvat . 

Miss Plarau"s life has been typic al 

of a kibb utznik. She grew up in 

children's houses in which boys and 

girls of about the same age eat , play 

and sleep together , only seeing their 

parent s for several hours a day in the 

afternoon s, 

At 18 she e ntered the ann y and 

was stationed in Beersheba . 

Released in August, 1971, she returned 

to kibbut z life. 

Until his acciden tal death a year 

ago , Miss Platau' s fathe r was director 

of Gevat's volunteers. One of 

those voluntee rs introduced Mis s 

Platau to the Work through long talks 

and literature . Eventuallyher interest 

led to contact with Richard Frankel , 

then manager of the Work's office 

here , in the summer of 1974. 

For Miss Plata u, that first talk with 

one of God' s ministers proved to be 

an " eye-opening experien ce" that 

quickly led to further growth . 

Her greate st obstacle has been language 

. Althou gh she studied English 

in school, she knows only the fundamentals 

. She has literally spent 

hours on a single page of the Correspo 

nde nce Co urse . Bible and 

Hebrew-English dict ionary in hand . 

She plans to improve her English and 

pick up secretarial skills .during the 

comin g yea r to prepare to attend 

Ambassador College, whieh she 

hopes to do beginning in the fall of 

1976. 

.lMIN .lHOnS13 

TWIN TROUBLE 

"I wish you'd keep your rock collection 

in the basement," I said. " It' s making 

our room a mess." 

Poking her fingers through a small box 

of collected stones, Jill did not even bother 

to look up as she replied, ' 'I'll straight · 

en up late r." She dum ped out the rocks on 

the top of the dresse r that we sha re. 

" Do you have your poem memorized 

fo r tom or ro w' s sc hool p ro gram?" 1 

asked . 1 knew she didn 't. She puts off 

everyth ing to the last pos sibl e minute . 

" I don 't have one picked out yet," Jill 

replied absently . 

"Honestly!" 1scolded. I walked out of 

the room and quietly descended the 'stairs 

to the kitchen. It isn't easy to be 12 years 

old and have a twin. Everybody says Jill 

and 1 look as alike as two raindrops, but 

the similarity stops there . She' s an awful 

tomboy; she plays ball with the boys in the 

neighborbood and she's a one-man humane 

society, rescuing cats from trees and 

returnin g stray dogs to the ir owners. She 

doesn' t mind how tangled her hair looks 

or how wrinkled her blou ses are or how 

faded her jean s get. The trouble is, the 

whole word think s, There goes Janet 

Evan s, untidy as ever. But it' s Jillthey see 

and I'm getting her awful reputation. 

" Will you set the table , Janet?" Moth 

er asked as 1entered the kitchen . She was 

starting supper. 

" Yes, Mam a. May we use the new 

plates?" 

Mother smiled . " I think we'll save 

them for the Sabbath . Then they'll be special 

. Do you like the new dishes?" 

"Oh, yes, they're so refined. And culrural." 

I added this as Jill clattered down 

the stairs and burst into the kitchen. 

" Don't put on a plate for me," she 

chirruped. " Barb want s me to go on a 

picnic with her family : ' 

Mother turned from the stove. " But 

surely Janet was asked to go too?" 

" Nope." She paused at the back door. 

I elev ated my nose . " Bartl and Jill 

know ( loathe picnics . The mosqu itoes 

and bugs are - ugh!" 

" All right, Jill , but don 't be late, You 

have that poem to memorize for the school 

program." 

" Okay, Mom ." She hurried on out the 

doo r. 

Poem Finding 

In the mornin g Jill finally came to her 

senses.• •Jan. you 've got to help me find a 

poem ," she pleaded as we combed our 

hair. " I don't know any good poem s. 

What are you recitin g?" 

" ' Little Orph ant Annie ,' by the wellknown 

Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley 

," 1 replied. Opening my book , Best 

Loved Poems , 1 said: " Here. You might 

do ' T he M idn ight Ri de o f Paul 

Revere.' " I passed her the book with it 

ope n at Iliat poem . 

Jill gave a squeak . " It's a mile long ." 

" How about something from Mother 

Goo se, then?" I asked sweetly . 

" Jan, please help me. Miss Anthony 

said everybody ' s got to participate in the 

program. I wanted to be in Peggy's skit, 

hut I asked too late . She only needed three 

people ." 

" I' m sorry , but you must learn to stop 

procrastinatin g." 

" Pro - what?" 

" Puning off what you should do the 

minute it' s assig ned . Here. T urn back to 

my poem and prompt me , will you? I'll go 

over the last verse one more time to make 

sure I have it right. " 

Like a good scout, she let me show her 

the place on the page and she said, " Go 

ahead ." 

" ' And little Orphant Annie says when 

the wind goes woo-oo . . .' " 

' ·W oo -oo-ew '" Jill said , making a 

windy sound. 

.. " ,,:,nd yo u hear the crickets quit 

"Crick! Crick !" said Jill . She plopped 

on the bed beside me. " Jan, why don 't 

you have me be your sound effects? " 

" Be what?" 

''I'll do your sound effects. Look at all 

the places ( could jazz up this poem ." She 

ran her finge r down the page . " Every 

li me yo u say "gobble-un s' I' ll say 

A STORY FOR CHILDREN 

By Shirley King Johnson 

' boo!' " She studie d the first verse a moment. 

" You say, 'S hoo the chickens off 

the porch,' and I'll go , ' Cluck!Cluck!' " 

I have to admit that Jill does good irnitations. 

We went over the whole thing and I 

deci ded to let her try it. It was kind of 

unusual and it would be fun . "If we do 

this, you've got to prom ise you won't put 

things off any more . You ' ve got to reform.' 

" I prom ise I' ll do better." 

Shrieking Aud ience 

We didn ' t tell Mama what we'd cooked 

up beca use the pare nts were invited to the 

afternoon program and we wanted to surprise 

her. 

She was surprised . 

The audience shrieked with laughter as 

Jill' s sound effects came out from behind 

the stage scenery near whe re I stoo d. 

Afte r I finished all the verses they burst 

into applause. 

Miss Anthony prese nted pape rback 

books, gift wrapped, to the " most dese rving" 

students . " First place goes to Peggy 

Nelson," she announced . " The original 

skit she wrote was excellent. And the 

Evans twin s have seco nd and third places. 

Janet wins for her good memory work 

with such a long poe m, and Jill was so 

original with her sound effects." 

On the way home from the program in 

the car . Jill and I unwrapped our books. 

The Hardy Boys Lost in the Al7Ulzons was 

the title of mine, and the co ver picture 

showed a snake curling on a vine above 

two boys' heads . I closed my eye s and 

shudde red . 

Jill moaned on the seat beside me . 

" Linda Lovely - Fashion Model, How 

boring." She saw the title of my book , 

" Wo uld you con sider trading ?" 

"I certainly would ." We traded . 

"Well," Mother said as she swung the 

car into our driveway, ·' 1 wish Daddy 

could have been there . It was a very satisfying 

afternoon, was n't it, darlings?" 

Jill gave me a happy glance . "Fun." 

I opened my new book to page I . 

"Quite satisfactory," [ agreed.


Th e WORLDWIDE NEWS 

7 

WHERE ARE THEY GOING? 

PASADENA 

Ly gl a Alvarez . . Spanish Departmen t, Pasadena 

Dan iel Bates . . '. . . . . . . Undec ided 

Diane Saue r _ Gradua te wor k 

Ro• • Beath ",' Ministena l trainee. Melbourne. Austral ia 

An ita Wickham Becker . 

. Homema ker 

Wayne Becker . . Undecided 

Carole Beeston . . Married Philip Sh)elds 

Beve rly Blatt . . . . S.E.P.. Orr. Minn . 

Roger Blekeberg . . 

. . Undecid ed 

Mart in Bode . . Minister ial trainee. South Africa 

Danny Boyce . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . -•. Seeking emplo yment 

Larry Boyts . 

. . Ministeriaf trainee , Santa Ana . Calif. 

Carr Brooks 

Ministeriallrainee. Chicago. III. 

Harta n Brown . . Seeking employment 

Joyce Cia rk . 

. Undecided 

Theodora Clay . . . 

Dutch Department, Brickel Wood 

Glenn Co nnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . Undec ided 

Robert Coser . . Seeking employment 

Eduardo Cre pinsek 

Spanish Departme nt, Pasadena 

Cha rles Dan iels 

Ministerial trainee. Miami. Fla. 

Daw n Dav ies 

Receptionist, Pasadena 

Dan Dein inger . 

. . . Ministerial trainee . Spokane , W·ash. 

Ann a Dunlap . . Accounting , Pasadena 

Mic hael Eash . 

. Undeci ded 

Lynn Egbert . 

Undecided 

Gary Eure . , , Seeki ng employment 

Susan Flesher , Booklet Dep artment, Pasaden a 

Richard Forkun 

Ministerial trainee, Toronto, Ont. 

Wayne Garratt . . Undecided 

Jennifer Gehr 

Married Grant Spong 

Julia Gillen 

Receptioni st, Pasadena 

John Goodwin 

.. Unknow n 

Bruce Greenaway . . Seeking emplo ymen t 

Marinus Gruter 

Undecided 

Sarah Guemtro 

Undecided 

Franklin Guice . . Undecided 

Lona Haggerty . 

. .. Seeking emp loymen t 

Paige Hall . . ; . Marrie d Philip Reid 

Denn is Halllngstad . . Seek ing employm ent 

. Kenneth Harpe r . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Seeking employ ment 

Victoria Hleb 

Seeking employ ment 

Ronald Hiebert . 

. .. . S.E.P.. Orr. Minn. 

Diane Hoo t . . To marry Melvin Rhodes 

Bronson James 

Ministeria l trainee , Chic ago, III. 

Dav id Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . Undecided 

Patty Johnson . . Secretary. Pasadena 

Anne Jule 

Graduate school 

Kenneth Karas . .. . ... . . .. . . . .. . . . . •. Seeking employ ment 

Co lin Kelly . . Ministerial trainee. Auckla nd, New Zealand 

Gary King . Grad uate schoo l 

Shlrtey King . . . . . . . Data Processing Departmen t. Pasadena 

Wanda King .... . . . . • . . . .• , , , . Spanish Department, Pasadena 

Paul Krautmann . . 

. .. • . . . . ... . Seekin g emp loymen t 

Linda larkin 

-:-. Ubrary , Pasadena 

Dennis lawrence 

Undecided 

Michael Lohr . . _. 

. . . .. . . . .. .. .• Seeking employment 

Peter Longley 

Seeking emp loymen t 

Roger Ludwig . 

. Ministerial trainee. Pittsburqh . Pa. 

lorrel Ludy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . Undec ided 

Kathle"'n Mathews . . Data Processi ng Departmen t. Pasadena 

Thoma. Mathews .... Data Processing Departme nt, Pasadena 

lelia McMichael . 

. . Publications Departmen t, Pasaden a ' 

Donald Melville ,. . Undecided 

Sharon Muehlbauer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secre tary, Pasadena 

William Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . .. Graduate schoo l 

Edward Nau . . Seeking employment 

Bernie Nikolai . 

. . Seeking emplo ymen t 

David Parker , 

', Graduate school 

Bsrbara Patton . . . , , Receptionist, Pasadena 

Atexander Peck . 

. . . . . Theology Department, Pasadena 

Philip Perkins ... .. Seeking employment 

Stephen Powell . . . . . 

. .. . Ministerial trainee , Akron , Ohio 

Senior Grundy PUlley .. , . , Homemaker 

Victoria Quartz , . . • . . , Seeking employment 

Alan Redmond . . . . Ministerial trainee , Winnipeg, Man . 

Worldwide News reporters at Pasadena and Big Sandy 

contacted each new Ambassador graduate to ask what his 

postgraduate plans were. Fifty-three gJaduates are seeking 

employment outside of the Work; 36 have been hired by the 

Church as ministerial trainees ; 24 have been hired on the 

campus in Pasadena; 11 have been hired in Big Sandy; 10 

are marrying ministerial trainees; 32 are undecided ; several 

didn't respond to the survey. 

BIG SANDY 

Nassam Ab raham . . Undecided 

Thomas Adam s . . Brookside Farms Labora tories . New Knoxville, Ohio 

Lan a Akers . 

. ... " ..... S.E.P., Orr , Minn. 

Wayne Aman . 

_Seeking employment 

Lindsay Anderson .. , 

Seeking employment 

Sherry Bardahl 

Seeking employmen t 

Harol d Bar ksdale 

. Bank officer trainee 

Kathy Batchelor . 

. Secretary . Big Sandy 

linda Benton . 

. ... . Secretary, Big Sandy 

Pau l Beshoner . 

. , Undecided 

Randi Bloom 

Ministerial trainee, Atlanta , Ga. 

Curtis Borman . 

Insurance adjuster 

Steve Buchanan . Ministerial trainee, Corpus Christi, Tex . 

Joe Cochran . 

Festival Office, Big Sandy 

Wood Coston . 

AC Ranch, Big Sandy 

Bill Crumpler . . . German instructor, Big Sandy 

Suzanne Davis 

. .... Seeking employ ment 

Bruce Dean 

Ministerial trainee, Brisban e. Australia 

Denise Garrlson 

To marry Dave Dobson 

Tom Doerr . . . . . Sales manager 

Wes Eckles . . . . 

. . . Compu ter technician 

Tom Fitzpatrick 

Ministerial trainee , Flint, Mich. 

Ross Flynn 

Ministerial trainee. Philadelphia. Pa. 

Barb Gereaux 

Home Economics Department, Big Sandy 

Steve Grabowski 

Seek ing employment 

Bob Grace ., .. ............. . . . .. .. Book salesman 

David Gray : _. . Insurance salesman 

Byron Griffin 


Trevor Hames . . . Seeking employme nt 

Bob Hildebrand 

. . See king emplo yment 

Tom Hamlfton . . Farm ing 

Mike Henley . . . . 

. . Ministeria l trainee, Macon . Ga. 

Jim Hepper . . ..••. , . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. Machinist 

Bernard Hongerloot . . . . Ministerial trainee , Paris, France 

Bob Howell . • • . . . . . . . . . . 

. . . Seek ing employment 

Kevin Hudson .....• . 

. .. Ministerial trainee, Newa rk, N.J. 

Ian Hutton .. , . . . ... . . ... 

. Undecided 

Cindy Issler . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 

. . . . . . Conti nue educatio n 

Charles Jvtn s • • • • . • . . . . ... . . . ,-. . . . . . Insurance representative 

John Jackman . . . . . . . . . . .. Seeking employment 

Robin Jackson . . • . .. 

. . See king employment 

Wayne Jan.s . Farming 

Brenda Johnson . 

. Secr etary. Big Sandy 

Greg Johnson 

. ..... , .. Seek ing employment 

Judy Johnson 

. . _. , To marry Bob Corban 

Lesley Kalber 

.. _. : . . . Transfer to AC, Pasadena 

Malvina Kardos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. _. _. . Seekin g employment 

Bruce Keener . . Seeking employment 

Ron Kylmala . ,. . . .. Landscaping Departmen t, Big Sandy 

Glenn LaMountain . . . . . . . . . . . • . . Minister ial trainee, Columb ia, Mo. 

Julia Lane . . . Seeking employment 

Janet Leske 

To mar ry Trevor Hames 

Gordon Lind . . Seeking empl oyment 

Terri Lowder . . Undec ided 

Tom Mahan . . , . . Design landscaping 

Toni Huffmln Maddison . . 

. . . . , . . . . Homemaker 

Becca Marshall . . . . . . Married Royce Rampy 

thalia Martin , , . . . . To marry Ian Hunon 

DaVid McKee .",. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seeking employment 

Creighton Miller 

, . Music 

Debbie Mohler .. 

. . . To marry Randi Bloom 

Philip Reid ". Minister ial trainee , Greensboro. N.C. . Dave Molnar , . . . . 

. . Ministerial trainee, Columbus, Ohio 

Santin. Reyes 

... Seeking employment Larry Moluf , Ministe rial trainee, Kansas City, Mo. 

Oanl.1 Robert . 

. . , . Spanish Department, Pasadena Ken Murray . . . . Seek ing emplo yment 

Brenda Roblnaon 

Seeking emplo yment Ken Nelson . . . Seeking employment 

Philip Schneider , . .. Undec ided Stormy Norman . Unknown 

Cynthia Schoon • . ... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Married Scott Murra y Sam O'Dell . . , " , " , See king emp loyment 

Marlo Selgll8 . . . . . . Ministerial trainee . destination unknown Fran O'Neal , . . Graduate school 

Vlctor'Slmp.oll .. 

. . . . . Ministerial trainee, Puerto Rico Jenny Osborn . • • , , . . To marry Guy Swen son 

. Lalvonne Smhh . . . , .. Married Char les Daniels Glenda Osborne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _. To marry Ken Pearson 

Harry Sneider : Physical Education Department, Pasadena Angle OtaHvic . Switchboard, Big Sandy 

Grant Spong 

. Seeking employment Anthony Owens 

. . Seeking employment 

Chris Starkey _. . . , . . . , Undecided Dan Payne .. . .... _. . . . Seeki ng emplo yment 

Ed Stonlck -. . 

, .. Seeking employ ment Royce Rampy . 

. Ministerial trainee, Springfield, Mo. 

Bruce Tepley 

. ... Graduate school Manln Regtlen 


Alexander Thomson . 

. Undecided Norm Rowe 

Undecide d 

Beverley Tl nworth . . ',' . . . . . .. . .. Married Cotin Kelly Mel Searts 

Sec retary , Pasaden a 

Angelika Tlr.chler _ French Departmen t, Pasadena Ed Shanklin . Undecide d 

Clayborn Umberfield . _ Undecided Glynn Smith . . . 

. . . Seeking employment 

Jeanen. Usken .. . , . . Undecided Cathy Snyder . . Seek ing employment 

Christina Van De Polder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undec ided John Stalnaker 

Seek ing employment 

Matthes van der Wende 

Married Roger LUdwig Dave Sutton . 

. .. Seek ing employment 

Dana Vinson 

Ministerial trainee. Appleton. Wis Dave Swaim 

Agronomy instructor. Big Sandy 

An na Wagner . . Married Richard Wilkinson Guy Swenson . . . Ministerial trainee, Duluth, Minn. 

0 'Arcy Watson . . ..... ; ... . Undec ided Ed -Topler . . ... Brookside Farms Laboratories, New Knoxville , Ohio 

Annette W.ather1ey 

. .. Married Richard For1

THE FACES OF 

GRAOUATION 

These graduates 

were all smiles 

after commencement 

exercises on 

the Pasadena 

campus May 16. 

At left: Wayne 

Garratt. Photos 

beginning at right: 

Susan Zimmer 

man ; Valerie 

Wood ; Kathy Mathews; 

Alex Peck; 

Barba ra Patton 

and Sally Guerre 

ro . (Photos by 

Warren Watson , 

George Busch 

mann and Ken 

Evans] 

) 

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) 

1975 gr 

.......~.::: - 

, -- - '-- - - - - 

DISCOURSES AND DEGREES - Pasadena's graduation exercises , above left, were held 

in the campus ' lower gardens , while at Big Sandy ceremonies were in the field house, below. 

Three Big Sandy graduates , below left, get together after receiving their diplomas moments 

before (from left, Ross Flynn , Kevin Hudson and Dave Molnar) . Photos within box: Addresses 

were given by Herbert W. Armstrong and Student Body President Dan Boyce, second from 

left, in Pasadena . Ross Flynn, Big Sandy stUdent-body president , and GamerTedArmstrong 

spoke at Big Sandy. (Photos by Scott Moss , Warren Watson and George Buschmann]

aduation in pictures 

1 

I 

COMMENCEMENTSCENES - Big Sandy graduateAngie Otasevic, above, was one 0194 to 

graduate from Big Sandy , while 112 received diplomas in Pasadena. Suzanne Davis, below 

left, w~h diploma and well-wisherChartesMcKenzie at Big Sandy .Atteridingthe ceremonies as 

honored guests in Pasadena were ,below , Barbara Angeles , presidentolAngeles University in 

the Philippines , and her husband, Emmanuel Angeles (standing next to Mr. Armstrong), 

executive vice president of the univers~ . Also shown are Ambassador officials Michael 

Germano , left, and Frank Brown. /photos by Scott Moss and George Buschmann]

10 

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Seniorclass tours Mexico City 

BIG SANDY - Ninety-five ' 

membe rs of the senior class of Ambassador 

College , Big Sand y. took a 

five-day clas s trip to Mexico City 

d uring which the y toured the city . 

visited histori c sites . "experienced 

the culture in general" and jo ined 

Mexican brethren in a spec ial Sabbath 

service. according 'io Dave 

Molnar. class president. 

The senio rs left here Wed nesda y, 

May 7. and trave led by college bus to 

Nuevo Laredo. Mexico. from where 

the y flew to the Mexican capital 

aboard a Mexicana Airlines je t. They 

returned to Nuevo Laredo by je t 

Mond ay . May 12. and traveled the 

rema inder of the way agai n by bus. 

Me. Molnar said the staff of Instilucian 

Ambassador (the Mexico City 

office of the Work ) " was ve ry helpful 

to us durin g our visit. They lined 

up o ur tours, arranged for our buse s, 

arranged for tou r guides and made 

sure that things ran smoo thly duri ng 

our stay there . They did this despite 

ve ry, very busy sched ules in the of· 

flee.' 

Mr . Molnar said a high poin t cfthe 

trip "was when we were able to attend 

Sab bath services with the brethren 

there ." The services turned out to 

be an " internat ional affair," with 

serrno nettes from Australian senior 

Bruce Dean and Californ ia Studen t 

Bod y Pre side nt Ro ss Fly nn, the 

opening pra.yer in Spani sh and the ' 

closi ng praye r in Eng lish, 

All of the Eng lish portion of the 

meeting, inc lud ing the sennon , 

given by WN managing edit o r John 

Robi nson, who served as a chaperon 

on the trip, was trans lated into Spanish 

by Pablo Dimak is, an office employee 

in the Work the re. 

" It was a good experience for bot h 

students and members ;' Mr . Molnar 

said . " It was good for the students to 

sing in Spani sh (no Eng lish book s 

were avai lab le), and since the Mexico 

City brethren haven't been meeting 

regularly I think they got a big lift 

out of it. Both parties seemed rejuvenated 

after service s." 

After church the loc al brethren 

prepared and served a buffet lunch 

outdoor s. 

Mr . Molnar said Mexico C ity was 

chosen for this year's senior trip over 

severa l other cho ices. "One reason 

we chose Mexico was the monetary 

cons ide ration, the fact that we co uld 

afford to go to Mexico rather than 

several other places that were being 

considered in the U.S. 

" Secondly was ed ucatio nal value 

of the trip . College officials as well 

as most of the stude nts fe lt that Mex i 

co C ity provided a golde n op port u- 

By Thomas Rog er s 

PASADENA - Gil bert Carbonnel, 

pastor of the co ngregatio n in 

Fort-de-France. Martiniq ue. has beg 

un a program of public Bible studies 

in the French lang uage throug ho ut 

M art in iqu e . He reporte d to the 

French Departmen t here that he has 

conducted two studies so far with 12 

non members present at eac h. 

Th e first study 'was in Riviere 

Pilote , a town of 12,000 near the 

so uthern tip of the island . Th e tow n 

of Basse-Pointe in the north was the 

'site of the second study. 

Mr . Ca rbo nne I sa id the studies 

have gone " smoothly, " although he ' 

has had difficulty in lining up mee t 

ing place s. Since he is operating in 

to wn s o uts ide the cap ita l, fe wer 

places are ava ilable. and he has been 

refu sed by ow ne rs who don't want , 

studies held on their prem ises. 

In any e vent. these diffic ulties 

have not been insurmountab le and do 

- not threate n to dampen the success of 

M artiniqu e ' s publi c -B lb le -study 

prog ram . said Mr. Ca rbo nnel . 

nity to learn abou t another culture: , 

The trip was financed entirely by 

stude nts via the student-body fund . 

Money in the fund is ea rned primari 

ly throu gh Feast of Tabe rnacles 

fun show s, record-album sales and 

con cessio n stands, Mr. Molnar said . 

.'W hile in Mexico City we were 

able to visit most of the famo us sites . 

includin g C hepultepec, the Flowing 

Gard ens of Xochimilco , University 

Ci ty, the Universi ty of Mexico. the 

Olym pic stadium that was there and 

the facilitie s connected with that , the 

pyramids of the Moon and the Su n," 

Mr . Molnar said . .. Some of the students 

we re able to climb Mt. Popocatepetl, 

while others went to the bullfights 

, some to the Ballet Folklo rico . 

" It see ms that we were very 

blessed this yea r on the senior trip . In 

years past there has been a great deal 

of sick ness because of the change of 

food , water and climate and ju st the 

physiological things that go along 

with that. This year we had very little 

sick ness . I think there were o nly 

three anoi ntings , which I fee l must be 

some type of Mexico City record. 

The weathe r was beauti ful and nearly 

every com ment that I hea rd about the 

trip seeme d to be that it was very 

enjoyable and that we cou ldn't have 

picked a bette r site to have a seniorclass 

outing likewe did ." 

Monday, May 26 , 19 75 

i'~ ." 

ME XICO CITY SERVICES - Above : Me xico City member Irma J ime nez 

draws directions to a flamenco night spot for seniors Angie Otasevic and 

Debbie Mohler. Below: The song service was conducted in Spanish so a 

senior attempts to follow along in the hymnal. Bottom: Miss Jimenez,l eft, 

Mrs. Takenobu Kise. center, and an unidentified member prepare a 

buffet lun ch that fo llowe d services. Below left: Pablo Dirn akis, far left, 

translates services for Spanish -speaking brethren . [Photos By David 

McKeel ' . 

German Work's budgetgood, 

director ofBonn office says 

BIG SAN DY - " We ' ve got a 

real good budge t, a safe budge t that 

will allow for a maximum growth," 

said Frank Sch nee , director of the 

Gerrnan Wo rk, afler he met with leslie 

McCul lou gh . di rector of the 

Inte rnatio nal Division, and others in 

the division in Pasadena the week of 

May 12 to 16. 

Mr. Schnee was inte rviewed here 

on the Texas cam pus of Ambas sador 

College on his way bad to Bonn 

from Pasadena. He was here to meet 

with la ng uage stude nts who will 

work in the Germ an office this summer. 

Accordi ng to Mr. Sc hnee. the 

German Work' s budget was cut by 

one third when a 517 5,000 subsidy 

was endedby the Internati onal Division 

in late 1974. 

" No w the Bonn office almost pays ' 

all ex penses for the Germ an Wo rk 

except for the salaries of four German 

ministe rs." Mr. Schnee said , 

Last year' s income from the Work 

in Germany was more than a million 

deut sche marks (about S350,OOO), 

Mr. Schnee said. The ex pected in- 

co me for this year will be near 1.2 

million deut sche marks. 

Mr. Schnee said the Gennan Work 

budgeted for a 12.5 percent increase . 

althoug h the actual income for the 

yea r now is at a !3 . 1 perce nt increase 

. 

" We a re go ing to watch o ur 

budget close ly," Mr . Sc hnee said, 

and German -l angu age ca mpaigns 

will be scheduled "as we can afford" 

them . 

Ge rman-language chu rche s are in 

Hamburg. Hannover, Be rlin. Duesseldorf, 

Frankfurt. Stuttga rt. Zurich, 

Bon n and Sa lzb urg . wit h a to tal 

membership of abo ut 300 . 

The two churc h area s in which 

campaigns have been held so far have 

expe rienced a marked upt urn in attenda 

nce. In Duesseldorf. where a 

cam paign was held last Septe mber, 

25 people are attendi ng reg ularly, 

and in Berlin. whic h had an Octobe r 

- ca mpaign. ::!:Opeople are no w attending 

services . 

Befo re the cam paign no service s 

were held in Berlin, whic h had o nly 

three members . 

DISCUSSES WORK - Fran k Schnee discusses growth olthe Church in 

Germany while vis rtinq Big Sandy. [ Photo by Tom Hanson) 

P astorstarts 

publicstudies 

in Martinique

M onday, May 26, 1975 

BABIES 

ADA. Okl•. - Luc inda Jean Moor....con d 

_ughtar, !Ourth ch ild 01 Varno n and Delo ris 

MooN , ",,"1 25. 7:09 •. m.. 7 po un lll3Y.1OUrlOU. 

BARRI E. On!. - Sharon Lynn Greider. firs' 

~:6fi~~;'o~~d BonnteGraide r, 

BIG SANDY, T... Oan iel To dd Haworth , 

secon d eon, thi rd child o f Larry and Ma ry 

Haworth. "" • .,.10, 7:01 p.m ., 8 pound. 8ounces. 

B RIDG EPO RT. Conn . - Amy Rose and 

Rebec:ca Jo BcKocai (twinS). 1m and NCOM 

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8 pounda and 7 pounds 12 ounces. 

OETROIT, Mich. Manhew George Chalmers, 

MCOnd son. fourth ch~d of Jerry and Marsha 

~=.~rs . April 27 , 12:10 a.m., 9 pounds 9 

DICKSON, Tann . Rachel Ann Bean . first 

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HOBART, AUSlraUa Sharon Lois Solyma, lint 

dauGhter, IrS! ch~d 0 1 O resl and lois Solym.l. 

Feb. 19. 10 :49 a.m., 6 pounds 10 Ot.nC8S. 

LAKE CHARLES . La. ShatOn Elaine Heatofl . 

lir,' daughter, second child 01Warren and Marti 

~:n.~:.' April 23, 12:36 p,m ,. 6 pounds 15 

LIB EAAL Ken. - Nian Aoy Fl~ler . Ihird soo. 

third child 01 0 ......nd Linde Fiedler. M.y 10, 

1:05 p.m.• 1 pounds 1.. Oa.lces. 

MIDlAND. Mich. - Alan Todd Palmer . third son. 

thirdch~dolAlanand Mary Palmer . April 5. 10:54 

p.m.• 9 pounds 7 ounces . 

MINNEAPOLIS. Minn . - 

PASADENA . Calif. - Stace y Michele Justus . 

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SANTA CLAAA . Calif. _ Donn. Mari. F.rranti, 

daughl.r and firsl child of Ron .nd AUceFerranti , 

May 12. 5:15 • .m.• 5 pounds gounces 

SEATTLE . Wash . - Vikki Marie Vaughn. second 

d.ugh ter . second child of Paul and Lin d. 

V.ughn. May 4, 6:25 a.m.• 5 pounds 9 o~s . 

SHERIOAN, Wyo , - Jame s Arnold Ble...ins, first 

son, third child of Owighl and Betty BI. vins , Apnl 

28. 3:30 a.m.. 8 pound s, 

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The WORLDWIDE NEWS 


that provided an opportunity to see 

clothing made by the women . Anicles 

varied from T-shirts to evening 

formals . John Torgerson . 

MEMBER PARTICIPATION - More than 100 Plain Truth public Bible 

lectures are planned for South Africa and Rhodesia. A number have 

already taken place. Members in the areas help make the lectures a 

success by giving of their time and effort. These photos show Duman 

members stuffing envelopes with letters inviting interested Pla;n Truth 

readers to a lecture in their vicinity . Beginning with the top wedge , going 

clockwise, are Alan Surgeson, Dave Oliver and Bob Fann; Greg 

Johnson; Wally Young, Euodia Venter , Louise Lees; Dave Oliver ; Jock 

Bennie; and Norah Winterburn . [Photos and artwork by Geoffrey 

Neilson] 

Localchurch news.wrap-up 

Walk in the State Forest 

BLUEFIELD. W.Va .-Asunny 

April 27 will long be remembered as 

the first spring hike for 30 teenagers. 

Camp Creek State Forest pro vided 

the mountain trail, with yellow , purple 

and white wild flowers and flowering 

mayapples. Rippling streams 

and waterfalls added to the beauty 

and enjoyment. 

Hot chili beans , cookies and iced 

drinks later welcomed the hikers . 

Games followed in perfect weather 

. Ruby Estep . 

New Spokesman 

ANCHORAGE. Alaska - The 

Spokesman Club held a ladies ' night 

and graduation meeting at the Captain 

Cook Hotel here April 20 . The 

dinner menu included 14 salads and 

baron of beef and all the trimmings. 

The hotel was the site of Alaska 's 

1973 and ' 74 Feasts of Tabernacles. 

The speak ers presented the top 

five lessons in the speech manual to 

let the ladies hear just what is required 

of graduates. 

Vic Emery received the Most Improved 

Speaker award. The Most Effective 

Speaker award; went to Bill 

Kranich . 

The high point of the evening was 

when Leonard Ballard read a letter 

written to headquarters justifying an 

additional graduate. Much to his surprise, 

Bill Gordon, pastor of the Anchorage 

and Kenai churches, was 

Saturday.Nlght Special 

TUPELO, Miss . - After Sabbath 

services and a Bible study the afterawarded 

a Spokesman Certificate of 

Completion signed by minister David 

Antion . 

Mr . Gordon received a standing 

ovation. Although Mr . Gordon has 

been a Spoke sman and director of the 

clubs for years, he had never received 

a certificate. 

The evening ended with dancing 

and cocktails. Stuart Aiken. 

International Night 

GRAFTON, Australia - A barbecue 

and " international night" was 

held here at the home of Bill Mawhinney, 

a deacon , April 19. 

Attending were Hindus , Chinese , 

French, American Indians, Pakistanis 

, English gentlemen, Irish and 

Welsh ladies, Russians, Sikhs , a 

kilted Scot, Arabs, a Canadian lumberjack 

, Mexicans, a beautiful Ital ~ 

ian, Austrians, Hawaiian hula girls , 

karate experts, Uncle Sam and some 

hippies. 

They performed songs and dances 

of their respective countries. 

The star performer was singer Allan 

Manewell . 

Grafton is a church area in northern 

New South Wales in which Rod 

Dean conducts a monthly Sabbath 

service and Bible study. Robert J. 

Reeves. 

noon of April 12, the Tupelo church 

had a fish fry and square dance. 

The fish were caught by some of 

the area 's " better" fishermen, as 

Ron Haines , local elder , said . 

French fries and coleslaw were 

served with the fish. 

For dessert members of the 

Ladies' Club had made all kinds of 

delicious, fattening pies . 

William O'Neal, a deacon from 

Memphis, Tenn ., called the square 

dance. 

During a break in the dancing, 

Don Moss, Steve Schrock, Margie 

Anus , Charlene Waters and Collette 

Murff performed several numbers. 

Fanny Shurden , 

Away From Concord! 

CONCORD. Mass . - The church 

here held a potluck supper and movie 

after Sabbath service s April 26 in 

Worcester, Mass . (The event had 

originally been scheduled for Patriots 

' Day, April 19 , but as soon as 

minister Rowlen Tucker had found 

out that thousands oftourists, sightseers 

and other visitors would converge 

on the Concord area to celebrate 

Paul Revere' s ride and reenact 

the traditional British and Minuteman 

Patriots' Day exercises, he 

shouted, "Away from Concord! 

Away from Concord!") 

The potluck was a group effort, 

with everyone contributing to the 

evening, even if it were only his 

appetite and appreciation . 

The women set out decorations 

and centerpieces on the tables with an 

unusual and exotic variety offood. A 

bake sale was also held to benefit 

teenage activities. 

Later, members watched the 

movie Kimberly Jim and cartoons for 

the kids . While the children and 

others saw the movies , the more athletic 

played basketball. Harry F . 

Aiguier. 

Bales of Hay 

WISCONSIN DELLS . Wis . - A 

western roundup? In Wisconsin? In a 

country club? 

That's right , partner! 

Western Roundup was the theme 

of this church 's spring social at the 

Baraboo Country Club April 20 . 

_Bales of hay , lanterns, saddles and a 

painted western scene adorned the 

club , and many of the 145 people 

attending were dressed in western 

garb . 

The main activity was a square 

dance called by Jim Underwood. 

After 2lh hours of dancing was a 

catered meal of barbecued ribs and 

chicken. 

Then Dianne and Greg Resler, 

children of Mr. 'and Mrs. Tom Resler. 

sang " A Cowboy Song." Jim 

Buckmaster and Mrs . Anita Hey ~ 

wood sang " Hey, You're Adorable" 

and " Mother." 

The event ended with a style show 

florida Dance Party 

TAMPA. Fla . - Tampa and 

Lakeland . Fla., held a dance party 

here April 12. 

Dancing was to the music of Dee 

and the Js , with a Paul Jones dance 

for the singles and Jim Webster singing 

and playing the guitar. 

In a party-hat contest parrygoers 

wore bird cages. a chicken laying 

eggs, a floating island and othercurious 

hats. 

About 160 attended . Carol Clark . 

British IJo.Si·Do. 

BRISTOL. England - Somebody 

said, " Let' s do something new, exciting, 

different and suitable for anybody," 

Bruce Kent . local elder. said, 

"Yes, let's." 

So after sunset Saturday, April 5, 

members here held an American 

square dance . . 

The caller, a local professional, 

Mike Nash, brought his group, called 

the Nashcotheque, along to show 

members how . For three hours 

square dancers danced , do-si-doed 

and whirled around the floor . 

At halftime the Nashcotbeque 

team gave a demonstration . 

The Nashcotheque has now been 

booked for the Feast of Tabernacles. 

Eric Wood . 

Small Flower 

CINCINNATI. Ohio - Twentyseven 

women from the North and 

West churches here met at Cappell' s, 

an arts-and-crafts shop, for two hours 

April 23 to study several types of 

crafts. 

They learned how to make flowers 

from ribbon, wire and tissue paper 

and how to make temporary molds 

for plaster objects that can be painted 

and used in mini boxes or on 

plaques . 

Each woman present received a 

small flower made from wire and 

ribbon . 

After the demonstration the wornen 

looked over the supplie s available 

for the crafts . 

This outing was organized by two 

women from the Cincinnati North 

church . James E. Reyer. 

Historic Ft . McHenry 

BALTIMORE. Md . - Contin 

gents from the boys' and girls' clubs 

here toured historic Ft. McHenry 

April 13. 

The fort is on a promonto ry overlooking 

Baltimore Harbor and was 

prominent in the defense of Baltimore 

during the War of 1812. It was 

during the night hours of that battle 

that Francis Scott Key, a prisoner on 

a British ship, wrote the words to 

"The Star-Spangled Banner." 

The two groups , led by Morris 

Williams and Jack Wetzelberger, 

saw a film and exhibits that included 

cannons and firearm s of that era . C. 

Kelly. 

Split Doubleheader 

LONDO N. Ky . - Teenagers and 

young adults from the church here 

traveled to the Riverside Stadium in 

Cincinnati, Ohio , to see the Cincinnati 

Reds in action agains t the Houston 

Astros . 

In the doubleheader baseball game 

the Reds took the Astros 5-3. In the 

second game the Astros won overthe 

Reds 6-5 . Fran Morris . 

ScentUiating Treatment 

HONOLULU, Hawaii - Members 

and guests of the Spokesman 

Club here recently toured the Kaneohe 

Sewage Treatment Plant as 

part of a dub outing . 

Deacon And)' Silva, who is employed 

by the plant , was the guide . 

The scentillating experience was the 

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Wrap-up 

(Continu ed f rom Pae- 12 ) 

high point of an afternoon picnic and 

softball game held near the home of 

Tom Blackwell, pastor. Sleven E. 

Brightb ill. 

Expo '75 

AUSTIN , Tex . - Membersof tbe 

church here participated in a Jaycee 

sponsored fair called Expo ' 75 by 

setting up and staffing a literature 

booth April I I to 13 at the Austin 

Municipal Auditorium. 

The Jaycees' Expo has become the 

largest trade show in central Texas 

over its 28-yea r history . with this 

year's attendance estimated at 

13,500. 

LarryNeff, pastor. announced tha t 

despite rainy weather the booth attracted 

in 14 hours 447 interested 

adults and teenagers and 93 requ est s 

for literature. This included one ee l 

lege professo r's request for booklets 

to use in his class room.Jean Talbott . 

Half the Moonbows 

LONDON, Ky. - This cburcb's 

first social of 1975 was March 16 at 

the Dupoin t Lodg e at Cumbe rland 

Falls. noted as -one of two places on 

earth where a moonbow may be seen. 

Then was a buffet di nne r and 

dance for 150 people , incl uding 

guests from the Lex ingto n and Pike 

ville , Ky. , churches . 

Music was provided by the Bill 

Cannon Band of Cincinna ti, Ohio. 

Mrs . Mel Dahl gren , Mrs . Geo rge 

Pinkne y. Mrs . Ead Ingle and Earl 

Joh ns entertained with music acco m 

panied by the band . 

A door prize was won by Mark 

Ingle of Lexington, and a grand prize 

was awa rded to Vicki Grif fin . Ann a 

Jacobs and Harold Hill won a prize as 

the couple who stayed on the dance 

floor the longest. Fran Morris. 

Senior C UJzens Pla y 

for Senio r Citizens 

TITUSV ILLE. Fla. - The senior 

citize ns of the Melbourne, Fl a. , 

church had an unusual evening of 

entertain ment April 19. 

The event began with a potluck 

dinner , and the n the Go ld to ne s 

Nove lty Band , composed also of seniorcitizens, 

performed. The ir director, 

Vivian Edge , is also direc tor of 

the City of Melbourne's recre ation 

depa rtment . 

The music put the audie nce in a 

danci ng mood . So the men aske d 

some band members to dan ce with 

them; the ladies disc ar ded the ir 

instruments and accepted while the 

remainder continued to play. In this 

way the audience became acquainted 

with the performe rs in a new and 

unusual way. 

Refreshmenrs of sherbet, cookies 

and drinks were served. Ray and 

Mary Johnson . 

Allies Raided 

MODESTO, Calif. - More than 

S880 was sent to the Building Fund in 

Pasadena by members here as a result 

of a three-day garage and bake sale 

April 20 to 22. 

The sale commi ttee, led by Bob 

McNeel y, used an abandoned service 

station on a busy come r in nearby 

Ce res, Calif. 

Mem bers raided their own attics , 

garages and basem ents for salable 

items . Others voluntee red for stints 

as sales cle rks , de live ry person s, 

price markers and cake bakers . Some 

women wor ked all three days from 

early mornin g until late eve ning. 

Of the results, Art ie Satterfield, 

local eld er, said: 

" I feel like God was really with 

us. Whe n the sale sta rted , it ju st 

didn ' t look like we had very much to 

sell . I reall y didn' t expect results like 

this ." Vern Kerr and Carol Barlow. 

Three Brave Families 

HAMMO ND, La. - Three brave 

familie s from the Baton Rouge, La., 

church cam ped our at the William 

Bradford farrn , north of here , the 

night of April 25 . The next da y local 

elde r John Lee held Sabbath services 

in the wilderness, with 28"attending. 

Then, Sund ay, 170 picnickers arrived 

for a day of volle yball , sack 

race s and ice cream . 

But lunchtime was the highli ght of 

the day . Landis Singletary , ad eaco n, 

had prepared the meal. Who else but 

a ca fe te ria man ager woul d hav e 

known how to prepare 90 pounds of 

beef , slow-cooked in closed pits, 60 

pounds of fried pota toes, nine heads 

of lettuce, plus otherin gredients for a 

tosse d salad, and 10 gal lons of tea all 

at the same time ? 

After lunch Les Meitzler' s softball 

team played a New ' Orleans team , 

which had come up for the game . 

Baton Rouge won 14·10 . Wilson A . 

Grice. 

Truly Ama zing 

EUGENE, Ore. - Cburc h members 

and visitors toured the Irving 

Grange Hall March 30 to examine 

displa ys at the Arts and Crafts Fair , 

sponso red by the Women ' s Club 

here . 

Displays ranged fro m safety-pin 

jewelry to collec tors doll s; fro m 

embro idery work to baby clothes; 

from qu ilts to paintin gs'; from stitchery 

to unleavened pastries . 

An unusual display was that of 

Mrs. Catherine Turco tt of Roseburg, 

Ore ., who had used blea ch bottles 

and other plastic containers to make 

hats, coin purses , handb ags, gadget 

bags and beve rage coasters . 

A card collection of famous base - 

The WORL DWIDE NEWS 

Rummage for Sale 

CHARLESTON, S .C . - Th e 

Walterboro , S.C ., Women' s Cl ub 

held a rummage sale here April 27 to 

raise funds for local expenses and a 

special offering for the Work . 

The rummage sale , with a simultaneous 

bake sale and arts-and-craft s 

sale, took in $480. Paulette Jameson 

. 

Isolated Ladie s 

ANCHORAGE , Alaska - Mrs. 

Hairy McLaughl in, a mem ber of the 

church here , lives in the state capital, 

June au, 573 miles southwest of here . 

Juneau is in a fjord nestled between 

4,OOO-foot -high mountains , so it is 

not accessible to radio signal s carry - 

SI!NIOR CITIZENS ENTERTAIN - Members of the MelbOurne, Fla., church asked the Goldlones Novelty 

Bandto entertain at a social. (See "Senior Citizens Play for SeniorCitizens," this page.) [Photo by Henry Phelps] 

ARTS AND CRAFTS - Catherine Glover won the grand prize in the 

stitchery category at a Eugene, Ore., arts-and-crafts fair. (See "Truly 

Amazing," this page.) 

ball and football players and a selection 

of model cars were displayed . 

The young women weren ' t left 

o ut. They showed .artwo rk , tabl e 

decorati on s, needlework and addi 

tion s to a des sert table . 

Th e an work displayed ranged 

from oils to watercolors, from acryl 

ics to landsc apes and still life; from 

pencil drawings to port raits . One 

painting sold for $50; a perso n could 

have his port rait drawn for Sl. 

The Women ' s Club also staged a 

chili-and-salad lunch . 

The Boy Scout troo p had a room 

set aside for game s and refresh ments . 

Older teen age boys ente na ined 

with a homemad e dunkin g pool. 

A com ment heard ove r and ove r: 

" Truly amazing." Dave A/bert. 

ing The World Tomorrow broad cast 

and not accessible' by car . The only 

access is by ai rplane . 

Ano ther member here, Mrs . Edr a 

Pfe iffer , lives 870 miles east of Juneau 

and 330 miles southwest of Anchora 

ge. For Mrs. Pfeiffer, living on 

the coast of the Berin g Sea allows her 

to receive a few signals from the 

co ntine nta l United St ate s, bu t, 

than ks to the mou ntai ns , no t the 

broadcast fro m Anc horage . 

O n March 18, 1972, the Anchor 

age Spokesman Club began a program 

of circula ting casse tte tapes to 

Mrs. McLau ghlin and Mrs. peeiffer. 

Lennanh Fran ssen record s the 

tapes here in Anc horage. Tbe circulation 

program in the ensuing three 

years has been a complete success for 

the isolated ladies. Mike Pickett. 

British Squares 

BRICKET WOO D, England 

The college here may be clo sed, but 

the Sp or ts and Social Activi ties 

Club . headed by minister Paul Suckling, 

continue s. 

The most recent chu rch activi ty it ' 

sponsored wasasquare dance with a 

profe ssional calle r. 

A bar and hotdog-and-ice-cream 

sta ll co mpleted the progr am , togetherwith 

the colorful dresses of the 

gals and shins and scarves of the 

guys . . 

Square -dance caller Pete Skithins 

said, " I never saw anyone go wrung , 

but then I wasn 't looking real close." 

John D. Stettaford. 

Two-Hour Ho ur 

PERTH , Australia - The cburch 

here held a two-hour amateur hour 

April 9 at the City Beach Civic Centre 

. 

About 30 items on the program 

featured the best that the Perth ama 

teurs could provid e . 

Ray Harve y emceed. 

After the first sessions - which 

had begun with Ken MacLeod pre 

sent ing an Irish ditty while accom 

panying himself on the guitar , and 

which included ins tru mentalists, 

solois ts and a children's group - tea 

and coffee wer e serv ed by Koba 

Noordewier. 

The second session produced more 

acts. 

Some outstanding item s durin g the 

evening were N.C. and the Jazzmen, 

a trio of John Suda on guitar. Martin 

Schroeders on drum s and Noel Caro 

on piano; Peter Carter singing " Sud 

denly The re' s a Valley" and " April 

Sh owers," acc ompan ied by Bob 

Bank s on guitar, and Mrs . Verona 

Dan iel s reci ting a poem ent itled 

" The Lorex ." 

The show was stolen in the last act 

by Mrs . Daphne Aphleck when she 

sang "Will You Love Me When I'm 

Munon Just the Same Now I Am 

Lamb? " , accompanied by Mrs . Ray 

Harvey on the piano . Bert Kershaw . 

Educational Club 

OAKLAND, Calif. - The East 

Women ' s Club here met April 27, 

with Carlton Sm ith, pastor . and his 

wife as gues ts. 

A speci al effe ct had been created 

for the club with a cake decorated 

with lifelike red rose s on tbe left side 

and pan of a quot e fro m Proverb s 1:5 

on the right . 

The speaker's table was ado rned 

with a vase cont ainin g three red , 

roses, and another graced an open 

book beside the vase . A pair of glasses 

rested near the book . 

The topic of the cl ub was edu cation, 

formal and infonn al. Speeche s 

on this subject cove red result s of and 

proc edure s for re se arc h , formal 

cla ssroo m education arid inform aleducation 

situations. 

Suggestion s were made for helpf ul 

classes, time and cos ts invo lved and 

study methods for special interes ts. 

The dire ctor , minister David Johnson, 

closed the meeting and suggested 

help ful reading material. Phyllis 

Alexander . 

Mu sic Award 

TOCC OA, Ga . - Gina Leig h 

Shockley, l l-year-old daughter of 

Mr. and Mrs . Thomas Shockle y of 

the Athe ns, Ga., church , was recently 

honored with a summer music 

grant. 

The grant came from the Steve 

Sto vall Mu sic Ed ucatio n Fund. 

whic h is in memo ry of Steve Stovall, 

a student director of the Stephe ns 

Co unty High School Band , who was 

killed by light ning during a band 

practice last August. 

Thirty studen ts were nomi nated 

from the area . The list included six 

high-school student s seeking S200 

grants for summer study; the remaining 

stude nts were to be considered 

for lower grant s. . 

Those nominated were c utstanding 

music stude nts who wished to 

continue to work for the benefit of the 

band program and the schoo l. 

Winne rs were announced during 

the S to v ~ lI Memori al Co ncert April 

15. 

The Stephens COUnty Hig h School 

Band had been selected as one of the 

top 10 band s of the state to tape a 

30 -minute televi sion sho w for 

WGT V in Athens . 

Gina played flute for two years in 

the Merritts Elementary School Band 

and is in a gifted-stude nts class at the 

schoo l. 

Besides band , Gina is invo lved in 

choru s and 4·H project s. 

Her hobbie s are coo king, sewi ng 

and bicycling. Susan P. Lovell. 

Geltlng Together 

OMAHA, Neb . - A senior-adu lt 

get-togethe r was held here May 4, 

with 14 people attending. The gettogether 

began at noon and lasted for 

three hour s. 

Coordinating the event, Ca l Bone 

led the group throu gh games that includ 

ed a household quiz, riddl es, 

brainteasers, jokes, word games, 

mem ory aids and completing proverb 

s and unscrambling words . 

The group later saw a film and 

slides . 

Alice Bone and Joan Taylor served 

during the activity. Pam Havir . 

Belfasl Bam Dance 

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BELF AST, Nonbem Ireland 

The second Belfast Barn Dance was 

held here at the War Memorial Build 

ing April 8. 

As patrons arrived, they walked 

through saloon doors. 

After an accordion band had taken 

position , a square-dance caller summoned 

young ilIld old 10 U1ic the 

floor , and the dance was off to a 

flying start . 

The band, which had been hired 

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14 

Wrap-up 

(Conti nued from P-ve 13) 

for the occasion , enjoyed eve ry minute 

ofthe dance . One musician asked 

the minister. •. How do you make 

these people so happy?" Augustus 

Roycroft . 

Mexican Fi.e5ta 

SEATILE. Wash.-Agalafiesta 

dance was held at the Yassa Park 

Community Center on Lake Sammamish 

May 3. The dance was spo n 

sored by the church here . with gue sts 

from Sedro-wooftey and Tacoma , 

Wash .• and Vancouver, S .c. 

Giant paper flowers of all colors 

had been attached to cardboard cac ti. 

Candles in bottle s and huge sombreros 

on the walls gave a Mexican 

atmos phere to the dancing . 

Beverl y Vacca had made the flow 

ers , 80 Overby had constructed the 

cacti, and Al Peterson had painted a 

scene of a Spanish bullfight. 

Mu sic was provided by the 

church's band . with Pat Peterson on 

lead guitar, Mrs. Joanne Peterson on 

piano , Tim Shafer on bass and Pat 

Lamb on drum s. 

Hal Reid emceed the enterta inment. 

Spanish music was performed by 

Mary Re id , Mik e and Ann Me 

Dermott, Mary To rkelson and a trio, 

Lila Milhuff, Margaret Lundqui st 

and Jean Lingey . Mike McDermon . 

On th e Dance Floor 

OMAHA, Neb . - Fourtee n 

young people met at the Willow 

Brook Cl ubhouse May 3 for dance 

lessons . 

Providing the instruction for the 

grou p were Barbara wolcott, a dance 

instructor here, and Ted Carlson, 

who has ballroom experience . 

The rhythm for the night was provided 

by Steve Moore. 

Joinin g Mr . Carlson and Miss 

Wolcott on the dan ce floor were 

Vance Bell. Larry Bishop. Monte 

Blackburn, Debbie Kelle y , Jud y 

Burk, Ted Carper, Kurt Frantzen, 

Janet Halvor son , Dave and Pam Havir, 

Linda Naylor and Debra Wal 

lace. 

After the dancing , the young people 

had refreshments and conversed. 

A follow -up get-together was held a 

week later . Pam Havir. 

Dancing Shoes 

RENO, Nev. - A social was recently 

sponsored by the Spokesman 

Club here . 

Activities included a potluck dinner 

, after which all nongraduares 

gave three-minute speec hes that were 

recorded. 

Evaluation s were then given . 

Tracey Rog ers, minister, said , 

"Speaking ability Ilsl definitel y on 

the way up, and that' s the only way it 

could have gone ." 

A fte r th e potlu ck dinne r and 

speec hes , the membe rs of the Reno 

church put their dancin g shoes on and 

danced to folk music from different 

parts of the wor ld. Steve Ladnier and 

Virgil Yalesq uez. 

Hawaiian Greeting 

COLUMBIA, S.c. - " Aloha" 

was the greeting at the church's annual 

fonnal dinne r and dance , held 

April 20 at the Carolina Inn here . 

Hawaiian music was played during 

the meal of roast beef au jus and 

ba ked po ta to . The church band 

pla yed fo r dancing; Cheryl and 

Becky Davis sang . Paulette lame- 

Leaping Flea 

'ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Two 

dozen women met at the home of 

Mr. and Mrs . Leonard Ballard for a 

Hawaiian -style luncheon April 30. 

As they stepped into the foyer, the 

ladies were greeted with palm trees 

lindHawaiian music . Hawaiian travel 

posters and pictures of Mr. and 

Mrs. George Wegh's Hawaiian Feast 

trip decorated the walls in the downstairs 

recreation roo m, in which corsages, 

hors d' oeu vr es and a 

volcano -shaped punch bowl were 

waiting. 

One of the two games played before 

lunch was matching a list of Hawaii 

an wor ds wit h the ir Eng lish 

translat ions. After a flying start with 

aloha , lei , luau and muumuu came 

such words as mahalo ("thanks"), 

ono (" tastes") and pupu ("small 

snack"). Sue Rolinski got 14correct 

answers out of 25. One Hawa iian 

word was an easie r guess , auw e , 

which means "ouch." But the one 

that stumped the most was ukulele , 

which means "Ie aping flea." Prizes 

were shell and seed necklaces from 

Hawaii. 

The group moved upstairs , where 

a buffet of salmon, roast turkey , 

pineapple, watermelon, sherbet, salads, 

rolls, raw vegetables, sponge 

cake and coffee was served. 

Then the women played charades. 

Laurie Pickett . 

One Feller 's Family 

KINGSPORT. Tenn . - The regular 

meeting place of (he churc h here 

was the setting for a concert by the 

Kingsport -church choir after Sabbath 

services March 15 . 

On the program was a medley of 

patriotic songs by the choir, under 

the direc tion of Hal Salmon. and 

solos, duets and trios by choir members 

and othe r participants . 

Highlights of the evening came 

with a skit, "One Feller 's Fam ily," 

with Lynn "Pa " and Inez " Ma" 

Barlow and Hal " Lukey " Sa lmon. 

The n came toothpaste , soap and 

beer commercials and a pillow dance 

by the Big Heads. 

Concessions were handled by the 

young people with help from parents . 

Minister Joe Mills was ove rall coordinator. 

Ray King served as announce 

r and emcee . Gordon S. Widener 

. 

The Inner Willie 

AKRO N, Ohio - A new dimension 

was added to youth activitie s 

here with the full-scale production of 

The Inner Willie , a play written by 

Bet tey Knapp . 

Unde r the overly solicitous eyes 

of his three maiden aunts , Willoughby 

has for too long dutifu lly practiced 

the piano. swallowed gallon s of codliver 

oil. eaten turnips and listened to 

his aunt s argue whethe r he should be 

a lawyer, musician or architect . (He 

wants to be a geolcgisr.) 

Wil loug hby (Kent Sutton) has 

problems until he asse rts himself and 

begins to make his own decisions. 

The three a unts (VauncHe 

Schlarb, Annette Perry and Anita 

Manze lla) charmingly steal the scene 

from time to time as they fuss over 

him with smother love . 

Others in the cast filled supporting 

roles well . The y were Bob 

Dezso (Stanley Clark), Sandi Detwile 

r (Carol Martin ), Jay Brothers 

(M ike Baxter), Charla Knowlton 


PIT TSBUR GH . Pa . - T he 

churches here held their spring formal 

April 20 at the Edgewood Country 

Club, with 208 attend ing. 

Entertainment was provided by a 

sing ing trio of Rick Caldwell . Joe 

Bellotti and Larry Anderso n, accomparrie 

d by Ron Adame se and his 

group. 

The Pittsburgh Quartet . including 

Earl Henn , Bill Krivac h, Larry Kifer 

and Ed Szalank iewicz, "harmonized 

to ''I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy. " 

Mrs . Mozelle Herbert played a 

piano solo . 

Mrs . Joann e Buc hser sa ng a 

medle y of Geo rge M. Cohan 

songs. 

_ 

Mr . and Mr s. George Kuhns 

ended the talent show by pantomiming 

to " The Bickerson s. " 

Graduating high -school students 

were honored during the evening . 

The y included Rob ert Szalankie 

wicz, T ina Su skal o , Gale Kifer , 

Nancy Dorman , Kathy Disher, 

Cathy Galloway and Sherry Mc 

Feeley . 

Dance music was provided by Ron 

Adamese and his group and by Harry 

Bente and his records . G. Suskalo. 

Inte rnational Look 

PASCO , Wash . - The Women's 

Study Group of this church enter 

tained husbands and guests at an 

Interna tional Dinner at the Richland , 

Wa sh . , YM CA the ev e ning of 

March 3. 

Mary Boles and Conn ie Parker 

we re in cha rge of decorating the 

room with an intern at ional look , 

YOUTH ACTlYmeS - Akron youths, from left, Jay Brothers, Bob Dezso, 

Kent Sulton and Tom Delamater, act out the play The Inner Willie. 

(Sea "The Inner Willie," this page .) 

$1,500 So Far 

JACKSONVILLE, Fla . - The 

brethren in the church here and the 

Gaine sville , Fla .• ·church are paint- . 

ing houses to raise money for Sherwin 

McM ichael's campaign, scheduled 

forJacksonvilleJuly 18 and 19. 

So far they have raised about $1,500 . 

Fred N . Boyce . 

Farming Forum 

BROOKINGS, S.D . - An agriculture 

forum sponsored by AmbassadorCollege 

was held in the Sta urolite 

Inn here April 27 . The forum was 

present ed to 185 Churc h members 

and guests by personne l of the Department 

of Agricultural Research of 

the college at Big Sandy . 

Charle s Scott, pastor of the Siou x 

Falls and Watertown , S .D., churches, 

was master of ceremonies and 

introduced the speake rs. 

Dale Schurt er , director of the farm 

program at Big Sand y, lectured on 

the crisis in agriculture. He said reports 

from over the world echo one 

major factor governin g food and fiber 

production that overshadows all 

othe r problem s: weather. 

After Mr. Scburter's lecture Allen 

Stout, a college veterina rian . presented 

a slide show on animal health 

and nutrition. 

Neal Kinsey, a registered soil con 

sult ant with Br ook sid e Fanns 

Laboratori es of New Knox ville, 

Ohio , and an Ambassador Agricul 

ture Departm ent employee , narrated 

a slide show on soil fertility , fol 

lowed by slides and narrat ion on family 

gardeni ng by Zoell Colburn , a 

graduate of South Dakota State University 

and Ambassador College and 

now an Ambassa dor emp loyee . Mr. 

Colburn emp hasized family garde n 

inS for relaxation and lower food 

costs with more nutrition al value. 

Lunch was served by wo men of 

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FARMING FORUM - Dale Schurter,. second from left, director of the farm program on the Big Sandy 

Ambassador campus, lectures In Brookings, S.D., on the crisis in agricUlture. Flanking him are, from left, Zoell 

Colbum, Allen Stout and Neil Kinsey. (See " Farming Forum," this page.) [Photo by Floyd Melrose) 

(Marybelle Turner), Cindy Ackerson . using travel posters and fore ign flags the two South Dakota churche s dur- 

(Trudy Marshall ) and Toni Manzella to carry out the theme. ing two breaks in the program . 

(Janet Marshall ). Beth Cox was stewarde ss. greet - After the formal presen tation was 

The play wa s directed by Lee ing guests at the door and giving a que stion-and-answer period that 

Chovan, wife of local elder Milan them program s of the evening's began at 10:30 p.m . and lasted until 

Cho van. event s in the fonn of airline tickets . after I a.m . Frieda Tupper . 

More than 400 peop le attended, Mrs. Arch Bradley. wife of the 

with some returnin g for a second per- pastor , welcomed the guests and then 

Objective of Service 

formanc e. - with her husband led eve ryone by the 

The proceeds from this eve nt will buffet . Nancy Oettel was in charge of 

be used to finance a young people's food , with a flag from the appropri ate 

spring form al. Charlotte I . Hensley , country decoratin g each dish. 

Sue Gangnath was in charge of 

Dance in Pittsburgh 

entertainment, which included skits. 

To carry out the intern at ion al 

theme were three folk dances, performed 

by eight wome n dressed in 

peasant costumes. NancyOe nel , Sue 

McCo rkle . Este lle Lenhart. Nena 

Bradley, Sandy Sampson , Marie EIder 

and Pat and Rene Gould danced 

Russian. Scott ish and Israeli dances . 

They had been taught the steps by 

Mary Lou Fletcher. 

For the finale, all members of the 

Wo me n ' s Study G roup sa ng " I 

Enjoy Be ing a Girl," from Flower 

Drum Song . 

Later Jean Gangnath present ed 

Mrs. Bradley a red silk rose as a 

token of appre ciation from the group. 

Beverly Daniels . 

SANTA ANA , Calif. - With the 

recent outside empha sis on liberation 

movements and the questioning and 

delineating of the role of women in 

this changing society , the Santa Ana 

Wo men's Club was formed to fulfill 

the object ives of personality, character 

and intellectual grow th. 

In a recent meeting President Roberta 

Harrison introduce d ! service 

goal for the month that also will help 

the club meet its objective of se rvice 

to the local church and communi ty. 

A word for the day and table topics 

were presente d . stimulati ng thinki ng 

on various subjects . 

Flor al expert June Shave r demonstrated 

aspects of flower arranging 

and how to preserve flowe rs. 

Nutritious epi cure an delic acie s 

and Ru ssian tea were sam pled by 

me mbe rs , thank s to club hoste ss 

Paola Brown and her com mittee. 

Ken Smylie , minister, gavea brief 

Bible study geared to the club on how 

to make the Sabbath enjoyable for 

childre n. 

Otherclub officers are Alice Murray, 

vice president; Donna Johnston , 

secret ary ; and Vivian Fakh oury , 

treasurer . Sheryl Nakashima was appointed 

to head a white-elephant sale 

for the annual church country fair. 

The sale netted $78 to help finance 

the Gamer Ted Armstrong booth for 

the Orange County Fair in July . Amy 

Harman . 

Night of Fun 

LONGVIEW, Tex . - The spotlight 

shone here April 20 as parti cipants 

took center stage in the Spring 

Fun Show . Inhibition s disappeared 

as men, women and children dis 

played their talents and contributions 

in the night of fun . 

Piano solos, guitar strumming. an 

accord ion . medley , vocal solos and 

skits brought out hidden talent. Minnie 

Pearl was there , along with Louis 

Ann stron g, complete with hom and 

handkerchief, and Sir Walter Ralegh 

via telephone. 

Two music group s, one from Ambassador 

College. Big Sand y. the 

other a combo led by Bill Bartholomew 

, als.o performed . 

Jerry Au st, pastor , complemented 

the show with several voice rend i 

tion s. 

Ed Mitchell was in charge of the 

show, with Tom Cash as emcee. 

Then . on May 4, a church picnic 

was held at McWhorter Parle here . 

Those who we re more energetic 

played volleyball in the morning and 

burned up calories after lunch with a 

softball game . Some enjoyed table 

games , while small children took advantage 

of playground equipment. 

Older childre n were entertained most 

of the day with their own softball 

game , Carol Klotz. 

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• (Continued from page l' 

the Northrop F· 16. The F·16 will be 

on display at the Paris Air Show , 

and it has been indicated tha t Norway. 

Den mark and the Netherlands 

have already opted in favo r of the 

F- 16 ove r the French-built Mirage I 

(b uilt at the sam e plant in which the 

Falcon is built). The reason for foot 

dragging on the part of Belgium is 

rather obvious, with the very close 

tie s be twee n Belg ium and France and 

the fact that nea rly half of the Belgian 

s speak the French language 

flue ntly . 

However . it is felt that all these 

NATO countries will choose the 

F-16 over the French-bui lt Mirage I . 

It has been annou nced that this dec i 

sion may be made pub lic following 

private talks between Gera ld Ford 

and the prime mini ster of Belg ium. 

Actually . I had hoped to delay my 

trip until the latte r part of Augu st, at 

whic h l ime I had expected to ob tain 

an interview with President Sadat of 

Egypt and perh aps othe r Arab lead 

ers, as well as Israeli leaders, for a 

full-length speci al on the Middle 

Ea stern si t uat io n. However, our 

tele vision crew tell s me it wit! be far 

sim ple r all the way aro und to go 

ahead with this prese nt co mm itment 

and not req uire our c ameram en to 

.remain abroad for up to six weeks , 

with the e'isk of sickness and all the 

proble ms of traveling wit h up to 14 

separate pieces of equi pme nt necessary 

for our telev isio n program. 

Three-Night Kenya Campaign 

My father left just the other day 

and follo wi ng a brief stopover in 

Pa ris wen t to T he Hague , where he 

had a testimonial dinn er attended by 

literall y d ozens of top diplomats 

from all ove r the world. Amb as sadors 

and t op co nsulate officials from 

Brit ain, the United Slates , the Sov iet 

Union, Bul garia , Egypt , Japan and 

man y other co untries , including several 

fro m Bla ck Africa, were present. 

Seated at the very same table with 

my fathe r was the papal nunc io to the 

Net he rla nds, w ho also heard Mr . 

Arm stro ng 's remarks concerning the 

unde rlying cau se of wo rld trou bles 

and wha t the real sol ution must be . 

Mr . Rader told me over the telephone 

that my father's remarks we re 

very wa rmly received by all pre sent 

and rhar the testim oni al di nner in The 

Hague was a great success. 

Sho rtly after you read this, Mr . 

Armstron g will be holding a threenight 

cam paign in Nairobi , Ken ya . 

New Fiscal Budget 

In a dlvision-head mee ting just the 

othe r day in the boardroom on the 

college. cam pus here in Pasadena, I 

went over Ihe entire budget for the 

1975 ~76 fiscal year . As I have reite 

rated so man y times, we have ef· 

fected all the req uired bud getary 

surgery necessary to brin g our cos ts 

down with in o ur mean s. And . even 

though we have ho.d some negative 

tre nds from tim e to time in income. 

we hav e also had some ve ry POSITIVE 

trends that ha ve largely offset the 

ne gative ones . And all the main indicators 

are definitely up! 

For example , last month the 

Work o f G od experienced the 

largest inco me of an y other April 

in history. April , 1975. broke all 

in c om e record s for that month. 

Howev er, the property fund ha s 

fallen off again, and the se cond 

. and third accounts are also down 

rather significancly, so that, even 

though income (that is. tithe s"and 

offerings of all the brethren, the 

co wo rke rs and the donors) was 

dramatically up , the overall trend 

was slightly negative for the year 

10 date. 

.~v; n though we had I record 

:..breaking-month for April, May has 

taken a seriou s downward trend, and 

that one record- break ing month was 

not enou gh to offse t the negative 

trend in the mo nth preced ing it o r for 

the first thre e week s of May . 

Whil e we were ve ry enc ouraged 

by all of the pos itive indi cator s, we 

must never lose sight o f the fact that 

there is a DAIL Y and WEEKLY responsibi 

lity on all of us in a continuing 

se nse to support God's Wor k as 

much as we poss ibly ca n! 

1 wish we we re able to 1.ITE RALL Y 

SATU RATE thi s cou ntry with these 

powerful o ne-ho ur specials , wh ich 

are strong, solid prea chi ng of the 

Gospel directly from the Bibl e (1 

hope the majority of all of yo u can 

see them !). But income sim ply does 

not permit us 10 expand at the rate we 

wis h we cou ld . 

20 to 30 Million Reached Weekly 

Breth ren , thi s is a GI ANT Work, 

girdling the globe and having a dramatic 

'effec t on the lives of liter ally 

tens of MIL LIO NS! It is es timated I am 

heard by somewhere between 20 to 

30 million Americans e ver si ngle 

week ! In many other countries (notabl 

y Ca nada ami Sout h Africa). we 

have had a tremendo us impact on the 

pop ulatio n, with upward s of 85 o r 90 

percent of the tota l po pulation full y 

aware of our Work and having already 

bee n expo sed to it! Remembe 

ring Jesu s' wo rds that we sha ll not 

" have gone ove r the cities of Israel " 

until the So n of Man be come, we can 

only feel by looking at the combined 

force of chao tic world eve nts and the 

. growth of God's Work that we tru ly 

are livin g ve ry close to the tim e of the 

end of an age as Ch rist predicted. 

Budget Indicators 

In ex plai ning all o f the bu dget 

ind icator s to the d ivision heads, and 

talking about expenditure s for the 

co ming year, we made it clea r that 

we had merely taken the annual 

expenditures of each division (such 

as Media, meaning radio and television, 

or Data Proc essing or Mail Processin 

g or othe r suc h di visions) and 

had sim ply projected next year's 

budget on the exact amount of money 

they had required for the. past yea r, 

pius the built -in increases nece ssary 

to offse t the pre sent rate of inflatio n. . 

Actually , then, we are adopting 

th e most co nse rvati ve possible 

budg et for the fiscal yea r of ' 7 5 ~ '7 6. 

and all of us, including Mr. Frank 

Brown in the Bu sine ss Office, very 

.ChurchnegotiatessaleofOzarks,Pocono 

(Continued from P-ee 11 

cation Bureau' s interest in purchasing 

the site , It has not been able to get 

the necessary response from the U.S . 

governmen t' s Economic Development 

Administration (EDA) because 

of red tape . 

"We are still wa iting for the federal 

government to dec ide if the y are 

go ing to subsi di ze the fea sibility 

study:' Mr . Ug uccio ni said. " This 

is ~ot government fund ing for the 

purchase but rather for the feasibility 

study . The y require an additional option 

and so me othe r ma terial before 

th ey would con sider fun ding the 

feasibility study. 

" We have submitted all that mate 

rial to them and they are now in the 

process of waiting for the ir approval. 

They real ly en couraged us in the 

beginning to the extent that we didn 't 

go anywhere else . We stayed with 

the EDA because they had indicated 

to us that this was a very doable 

thing . 

"Unfortunately, we put all o f our . 

egg s in that basket and we'u be a 

little late now to go to otheravenues, 

We have [U.S.] Sens. Hugh Scott 

and [Richard] Scbweicker who are 

most interested in this project and 

who lilt helping US with it." 

Mr. Uguccioni said one ?f the 

firmly expe ct that actual inco me will 

surpass o ur ve ry co nse rvative bud get 

plans . 

However, I feel God is ce rtainly 

go ing to ble ss us a grea t deal more 

than we mi ght expect in the com ing 

yea rs because of the man y indicators 

whic h are rig ht now occ urring in all 

face ts of God 's Work . Fo r example, 

you brethren as a whole gave a 13.4 

perc ent increase ove r last yea r on the 

Day of Pente co st. 

When I talk abo ut " ind icators , tt I 

mean the entire pict ure of respo nse 10 

the radio broadcast, the telecast, the 

Plain Truth , The Good News , o ur 

booklet progra m , the Corresponden 

ce Co urse and all of the open 

Bible st udies and Sa bbath se rvices as 

well as the campaigns! From the se · 

, and man y othe r sources (incl ud ing 

fair booths, direct member con tact 

with friend s and neighbors. as we ll as 

telev isio n speci als) , we are reali zing 

a fan ta sti c harve st in new li ve s 

brou ght in co ntac t with God 's Wor k . 

As I have sai d recently , it is very 

encouraging to see the Plain Truth' 

circulatio n soaring well above the 

three m illion mark and to see sol id 

grow th in SUbscri pt ions to The Good 

News.' 

Very soo n now it will be time for 

my one-ho ur televi sion special ofthe 

Port land , Ore .• campaign to be aired 

in many cities all across the Un ited 

State s and Ca nada. 

We will keep all of yo u informed 

throu gh the page s of the WN so far as 

the sc hed ule is concerned . In the 

other half-ho ur specials tha t we have 

placed in brand-ne w television market 

s allover the cou ntry , we' ve expe- . 

rienced overw hel ming succe ss, with 

very large numbers (a lso rec ord 

breaking in many cases) of te lephone 

respon se s. . 

Ordinations, Field Assigoments 

As I mentioned in my last " Pe r 

so nal," we have been able to send a 

very large number of young college 

graduate s directly int o the field 

m inistry as mini sterial trainees from 

the colleges! And even more recen tly 

I have been able to give my congratulat 

ions to the 58 brand-new ministers 

who were ordained either on the Day 

of Penteco st or shortly following . 

Thi s type of so lid growth in God's 

Church is very encouraging to us all! 

I wa s able to co nduct co mmencement 

exercises in Big Sandy while 

my father cond ucted those on the 

Pasadena campus just prior to his destumbling 

blocks 10 the EDA aid was 

that the main co nventio n building 

doe s not have an y heating or air co n 

ditionin g . 

" To use it year-round we will have 

to install air conditioning and beat 

ing, ,. he sa id . 

Ozark Reprint 

Here are excerpts from the art icle 

on the proposed sale of the Lake of 

the Ozarks, Mo ., site from the Eldon 

; Mo .• Advertiser. a weekly 

new sp ape r: 

" Th e cro wd attendin g [a mas s 

meet ing at the Worldwide Church of 

God propenyl Thursday was takeo 

by the churc h's shuttle train for tours 

of the landscaped grounds and black 

topped parking area and given a view 

of the 104,ooo.square·fee t interiorof 

the metal fest ival building which 

would be co nverted for high-school 

use. Planned are facilities to accom 

modate a projected high -school enrollment 

of up to 400. 

" The architectural finn of Pran g 

kiser & Hut chens, Kan sa s City, had 

dr awn up pteliminary plan s to adaptati 

on ofthe building to provide 32 or 

33 classrooms, large library and 

gymnasium. · Pl an s call for the 

'noise-producing' areas such as music. 

shop, cafeteriaand kitchento he 

located aJong the southeasterly side 

parture. It was very mo vin g and inspi 

ring to .see the very larg e clas ses 

( 112 in Pasaden a and' 94 in Bi g 

Sand y). a number of whom will be 

go ing direc tly into God 's Work in 

one capacity or another, and ALL of 

whom are certainly a cre dit to the 

college and rep resen t so lid and substantial 

growth in what ever loc alch 

urch area in whi ch they fina lly 

choose to settle. 

As I'm sure you all-know , we fully 

ex pect tha t many of these yo ung peopie 

, whil e not immed iately " hired " 

into the m inistry , will become a ve ry 

vital part of local -church co ng rega 

tion s and within mo nths or years, be 

ca use of their Amb assad or Co llege 

train ing , will no doubt be called right 

on into Christ's m inistry. 

I am plann ing to add ress all ofyou 

in 3. serm on to be de livered here in 

Pasaden a just a few hours from now . 

Rather tha n infonn yo u of the SUbjec t 

in these pages, I will simply let yo u 

wai t to hea r the se rmo n for yourselv 

es. But I feel it is very timely and 

much needed fo r the entirety o f 

God's Church at thi s time . 

1 received suc h a tremendous respo 

nse -from the taped sermons I sent 

out on tw o previ ou s occ asio ns that I 

had intended to se nd yo u ano ther 

sermon sometime in the ea rly sum 

mer. I beli eve toda y is the best ti me , 

since I have to be overseas again for a 

sho rt lime . 

I inten d to stop in Wa shin gton , 

D.C ., on the way back to atten d co n 

fe rence s dea ling wi th the nex t 25 

yea rs whic h will be addressed by 

what is perhaps the most disringu 

ished co llection of top sc ientists 

and " futurists" ever to be assembled 

in one area, including man y I per 

.so nal ly interviewed in past visits to 

the Am eri can Assoc iat ion for the 

Ad vancemen t ofScience meet ings in . 

Ch icago , Bost on , Dallas and New 

York . 

Tithing Booklet 

As I write, I am work ing on the 

fina l app roval for the booklet on the 

subject of tithing ,. whi ch upon cornplerion 

will automaticall y be mailed 

to each member of the Church. 

This booklet is a little didactic in 

it s approa ch a nd is a th or 

ou gh and sc ho la rly biblical ex 

position of the subject , bu t we feel it 

is absolutely es sential to have it in the 

hand s o f all members of the Church 

so they can be completely rooted and 

grounded in the kno wledge of God ' s 

of the building. On the other end 

would be class roo ms . 

"In the vaulted area between the 

two would be the gymnasium, near 

exi sting rest roo ms, some of which 

would be used for locker rooms. 

Roll-away bleachers, seating some 

2,500, would se rve the gymnasium. 

The sta ge would be left at the ocher 

end of a 30, OOO-square.foot aud i 

torium. By rolling the bleachers to a 

diagonal position and putting addi 

tional seat s on the auditorium floor, 

space would be prov ided for seating 

approximately 5 ,000expec ted fo r future 

church festi val s. . 

.. ' We feel that we can seat the 

churc h people in the center and still 

have school,' Superintendent Curtwright 

sai d . 

"The c h urc h group normall y 

co mes in on Friday and Saturday. 

" Frida y-night se ssions and weekend 

day s would not conflict with 

school, leaving only Monday 

through Thursday if this eight-day 

schedule is followed. 

" ' We might have to put fourdays 

-c-orfive - at the end of tile schoo l, ' 

the supe rin tende nt said , ' if we dismiss 

for the fest ival.' 

"Estimated cost of convening the 

festival center, providing 77 ,000 

square feel ofhigh-scbocl space. was 

$1.232,2S0. The administration 

truth on the subject of tithing as reveal 

ed in the Bib le . 

. Late r we plan to pro d uc e ye t 

ano the r booklet , whi ch will be:aimed 

mo re toward people in the world in 

gen eral and will , of co urse, not contain 

q uite so tho rou gh an explan ation 

of Sc ri pture, for it would no t appeal 

to the mi nds of most uncon vert ed 

peopl e and pro bab ly woul d not even 

be read . For yo u brethren, how ever, 

we wanted to place in your hand s a 

very thorough and co mp rehensive 

ex po sit ion of the entire su bject. 

Along the line of reading ou r literature, 

I want to enco urage yo u to 

read every single wo rd of The Good 

News magazine ! We have had some 

really POW E RFUL articles of late , and 

I know it is one more method by 

which the brethre n are reall y being 

fed . 

In my lette rs to o ur min istry I have 

co ntinually mentioned the kinds of 

sermons which I know you brethren 

want, and I know that our m iniste rs 

are do ing a tremendo us jo b in feeding 

the floc k and keeping you brethren 

informed and up to date on all of the 

lates t happenings within the Work. 

I ca n' t tell you ho w per sonally 

thankful I am for the creation of this 

new spaper and all that it has meant to 

the Church of God in these last years 

to keep us thoroughly and completely 

info rm ed of everything tha t is hap 

pen ing in all pha ses of the Work . It 

keep s M E very much cl oser to yo u 

brethren , and I hope it keeps you 

m uc h close r to me and m y 

father. 

Th at ' s about il fo r now . I wi ll give 

yo u all the news abo ut my trip to 

Eu rope as soo n as I return. 

In Jesus' name , 

Ga me r Ted Arm strong 

Now you know 

LAWTON : Okla. - The church 

here held Pentecost se rvices May 18 

at the Montego Bay Motel, the site 

whe re serv ices had bee n held d uring 

the Days Of Unleave ned Bre ad . 

During the noon meal the members 

wondered when bread wa s going 

to be: served. It nev er was . 

Why? 

O ne of the membe rs o verheard a 

waitress say: " Th ese are the peopl e 

who don ' t e at bre ad . Don 't eve n 

serv e them cr ackers. Th ey won't eat 

those either." 

building with its more than 11.000 

sq ua re fe et would be u sed for 

offic es . .. 

" When the {schoo l] board was 

first approached about purchase of 

the church site, the price quoted 

woul d have taken all the d istrict's 

bo nd ing capacity, leaving nothi ng \' 

for remodeling , he [Bill Bassett, 

school-board president] sa id . 

.. ' Our bonding man told us our 

bonding capacity wa s approxim ately 

$2 .6 milli on . The architect sa id we 

co uld co nvert to a high school adequat 

e fo r 400 students for aro und 

S1. 2 million . We need ed another 

$IOO,()(X) for contingenci es . 

" ' Th is left us $1 .3 million for the 

site . We took the figu re to the church 

and told them we were bound by certain 

laws .' 

"From thi s emerged a "lease-back 

pric e, ' allowing the church to use the 

facilities for 10 years for its fall festivals. 

U 'For the difference in the price 

with aJI the plu ses here, we felt we 

couldn't go wrong ,' Bas sett sa id . 

'The board itself is asking you to 

support us . . . ' 

" He foresaw that thi s arid future 

generations are'going 10 Ix:proud in 

years to come of another Scbcol of 

the Osage ,' ..

16 

~ G RAP EV I N E 

PASADENA - Charles F. 

Hunting, dire ctor of the Work in 

Britain , was here Ma y 19 to discu ss 

the budget for the British Work with 

Leslie L. McCullough. director of 

the Intern ational Division . 

Mr. Huntin g had co me from 

Brickel Wood via Mount Pocono , 

Pa.• where he conducted Pentecost 

servi ces May 18 and returned by way 

of the Can adian office in Vancouver, 

B.C. 

Foundation would be introduced to a 

" distinguished group of French c itizens," 

Mr . Rader said . 

On May 25 he was schedu led to 

depart fo r Kenya to prepare for a pub 

lic appearance there June 6, 7 and 8. 

"Immediatel y th er eafter it is 

necessary for us to fly to To kyo for 

our first meetin g of the board of directors 

of the Ambassador lntemational 

C ultural Foundation of Ja 

pan ," Mr . Rade r said . . 

He added that Mr . Ar mstr on g 

hoped to visit Warsaw. Poland, and 

Tokyo, Japan, on this trip . 


By John Zahod y 

PASADENA - Keith Erickson, 

profe ssional basketball player for the 

Phoenix (Ariz.) Sun s. visited Ambassador 

Colle ge here May 9. 

. After meet ing Ga rner Te d Armstrong 

and tourin g the campus, Mr . 

Erick son spoke to the Amba ssado r 

Ro ya ls - the college ba sketb all 

team - and their coac hing sta ff. 

headed by physical-education director 

Jim Petty . 

Mr . Erickso n, 31, reviewed hiscareer 

as an athlete , beginning with his 

early years of playing tennis under 

the guidance of his fathe r, a professional 

tenni s instructor. 

Late Bloomer 

Calling himse lf a " late bloom er ," 

ket ba ll tea m to win the na tiona l 

cham pionshi p. His team mates Included 

such players as Ga il Goodrich 

and Walt Hazzard . 

Betw een his j unior and senior 

years he made the Uni ted States 

Olympic Volleyball Team and trave 

led to Japan to compete in the 

games. Then. during his sen ior year. 

UCLA aga in won the national basketball 

c ham pionship. 

Tha t wa s 10 years ago . Since 

then Mr. Erickson has played profe 

ssionally in the Nat ional Basketball 

Associa tion . Beg innin g his 

career with the San Francisco Warriors, 

he went on to play for the 

Chicago Bulls and the Los Angele s 

Lakers bef ore jo ining his present 


Pro player visits Ambassa dor 

team . the Sun s. two years ago . 

Interest in Special Olympics 

Aside from his athletic ca reer, Mr . 

Erickso n said he has become deeply 

inte rested in the Special Olympics 

program for the menially retarded 

and handi capped (The Worldwide 

News, May 12). 

He spo ke enthusiastic ally abo ut 

his invo lvement with the program : 

" This is one of the greate st thin gs 

I' ve ever taken part in. It' s really 

important that I spend time'out there . 

beca use I' m so thankful that I have 

what I have ." 

Mr . Erickson is marr ied and is the 

father of two children. He has sub: 

scribed to the Plain Truth for abou t a 

yea r. 

CH ARLES F. HUNTING 

BIG SANDY - Th e boa rd of 

trustees of Ambassa dor Co llege , Big 

Sandy, passed a reso lution May 16 

changing Ronald Dart's title from 

deputy cha ncellor to exec utive vice 

president of the college here. The 

RON A LD D AR T 

change in title follows Gamer Ted 

Armstrong's title change from vice 

chancellor to president of both col 

leges. 

Boa rd membe rs prese nt for the 

meeting were Mr . and Mrs . Ga me r 

Ted Armstrong, Norvel Pyle and 

J oseph Scudder. The two rem aining 

board member s, Herbert W. Armstrong 

and Harold Treybjg, were 

not present. 

O AKLAND. Calif. - Herbert 

W. Armstrong spo ke to the cornbined 

Bay Area churches here Pente 

cost, May 18. 

Abo ut 1,800 brethren represe nting 

eight churches attended . _ 

Mr . Annstron g deliv ered the main 

message in both mornin g and afte r 

noon servi ces . During the noon break 

he met with ministe rs and wives . 

- Me. Armsuong flew back to 

Pasadena that evening and left on 

anothe r round -the-wor ld trip the fol 

lowing day . His first scheduled stop 

was Pari s, France. 

According to Stanley R. Rad er . 

vice president for finan cial affairs of 

the Wor k. Mr . Armstro ng wa s 

sched uled to attend a luncheon May 

21 in The Hague, Netherlands, held 

by Justice Manfred Lac hs, pre sident 

of the International Court of Justi ce , 

and a dinner on the same evening 

given by Justice Nagendra Singh. 

Mr. Annstrong was to attend a 

dinner inParis May 2) at which the 

Ambassador International Cultural 

BIG SANDY - Dale Schurter. 

head of the Amb assador Co llege 

Agriculture Department , has been 

appointe d a one-man task force to 

" research de velopment and fund 

ing" for the college here, accordin g 

to Ronald Dart, e xecut ive vi ce 

president of the colle ge. 

" Dale has been given the assignment 

of fact finding for the next six to 

12 months on the subject of developme 

nt as it relates to our institu 

tion and development in public af ~ 

fairs o r publi c relation s. as it is sometimes 

called," Mr . Dart said . .. It 

may well be that he wilJ become directo 

r of de velopmen t for the college 

at the end of that period of study , but 

for now he still hold s his present job 

with the ranch ." 

Me. Dart said " development," or 

" the cultivation of vario us sources of 

income for the institution;' is a new 

concept for the college and " none of 

us reall y understands it fully yet." 

" Dale is going to be the workhorse 

who will dig out the informa tion we 

need, .. .he said . 

PASADENA Michael 

Germa no , dean of faculty of Am 

bassador College here, announced 

the. appointment of Donald 

Carruthers as asso ciate dean of 

facult y. 

Dr. Carruthers, who began as a 

facul ty membe r at the now -closed 

Ambassador Co llege in Br icket 

Wood . England , was chairman ofthe 

Joint Sciences Department and a pro 

fessor here. He will begin his new 

duties June I . 

K EI TH ERI CKSON 1 

he said he didn' t begin playin g varsity 

basketb all until his senio r yea r in 

high schoo l. Then, after a year at 

junior college , Me. Erick son applied 

to the University of California at Los 

Angele s (UC LA ) at the urging of his 

. colle ge basketball coach. 

He was accepted and began playing 

for the now-legendary Jo hn 

Wooden, recently retired UCLA 

basketball coach . 

••I played three years for Jo hn 

Wooden," said Mr. Erickson, " and 

I got to know very closely the grea t 

est coach and the greatest influence 

in my life ," 

In his jun ior year Mr . Erickson. 

was a memberof the first UCLA bas- 

HUSBAND AND WIFE 

Royce Rampy and his wife. 

the former Becca Marsh all. 

depart after their wedding in 

the lowe r valley of the Ambassador 

ca mpus in Big 

Sandy May 16. Many couples 

married on graduation 

day or shortly the reafter. 

[Phot o by Scott Moss] 

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY-leM: Beverly Blatt and Dawn Davies , both 1975 graduat es of Ambas 

sador College , Pasade na, react to commencement in two different ways. Right: Glenda Osborn e and Aand i 

. BloominBig Sandy. (See related articles and photos. pages 7. 8 and 9.)(Photos by Warr en Watson and Scott 

Moss) . 

Graduation 

(Continued from page 1) 

ve rsity in the Philip pines , and her 

husband. Emmanuel Y. Angeles, 

executive vice president of Angel es 

University . 

Angele s Universi ty co nferred an 

ho norary degree of doc to r of 

hum ani tie s on Mr . Arm strong in 

May, 1974 . . 

Bi ~Sandy 

G raduation ceremonies were conducted 

in the Ambassador College 

Field House by President Ga rner Ted 

Armstrong. Nine ty-four st udents received 

B.A . deg rees wh ile five 

sophomores recei ved the degree of 

associate in arts. 

In the co mmence ment address, 

" Was It Reall y Worth It?", Preside 

nt Arm st ron g de scri bed recent 

world eve nts. with spec ial emphasis 

on the recent seizure of the U.S. merchant 

ship Mayagu ez by Cambodia. 

He drew an -analogy betw een the 

marines who look part in the action of 

freeing the Mayaguez and Ambassado 

r graduates. Both need " bas'ic 

train ing" before they go into action . 

he said . 

He ended the addre ss by speaking 

directly to the graduating class: 

" Battles lie ahead ; tough choice s 

lie ahead ; daily temptations, chal - -. 

lenge s, uncertainties lie ahead . Onl y 

when you have faced all of those will 

yo u answer the question, 'Was it really 

worth it?' .. 

Student Body President Ros s 

Flynn ' s discourse was "Return the 

Investment." He said members of 

the Worldwide Ch urch of God have 

an investmen t in each graduate, and 

it is the duty of each graduate 10 return 

that investment. . ~ 

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