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12<br />

The WORLDWIDE NEWS<br />

Loca l church news wrap-up<br />

Neutral Ground<br />

AMARILLO. Tex. - The volleyball<br />

and basketball team s here<br />

co mpe te d ag ains t Albuque rque,<br />

N.M . • on neut ral gro und at th e<br />

Rhode s Field Hou se in Tu cum cari ,<br />

N.M.• <strong>No</strong>v . 21. The preteen s began<br />

the actio n, with Albuquerque winning<br />

its only game of the day , 22·14 .<br />

Todd Dufur of Amari llo scored 10<br />

points while A. Ga rcia aided<br />

Albuquerque 's victory with 20<br />

points.<br />

The Amarillo women won their<br />

games. 15-7. 15·1 and 15·3. The<br />

Amarillo YOU girls' team defeated<br />

Albuquerque. 15-0. 15·0 and 15·3.<br />

thus becoming reg ional champs.<br />

Amar illo continued its winning<br />

streak in the men's basketball game<br />

winnin g 97·47. Albuquerque' s high<br />

scorers were Rod Hamilton with 18<br />

point s. and Richard Lowery with J2<br />

poi nts . For Amar illo , Samm y<br />

O'Dell had 24; Alan VanLanduyt,<br />

19; Bill Dufur. 16; Jeff Booth. 12;<br />

and Jame s Bailey, 12. The team' s<br />

height ad vantage was a major factor<br />

in the big victory.<br />

The finale pitted the YOU teams<br />

agains t eac h other. Ricky Boli n of<br />

Amarillo dominated the offens ive<br />

and defen sive boards, scoring 39<br />

points in a 69-38 romp over Albuquerq<br />

ue. C. Bachelor and D. Stewart<br />

scored 14 and 13 point s respe ctively<br />

for the losing team . Sammy O'Dell .<br />

Wild Characters<br />

ANCHORAGE . Alaska - Fifteen<br />

wild characters arrived at a costume<br />

party for the first through sixth<br />

graders at the Kranich home here<br />

Dec . II . Several had been enco uraged<br />

to make larg e papier-macbe<br />

cost umes and had worked with the ir<br />

families to mold and pai nt their cre ­<br />

ations.<br />

A special-recogni tion ribbo n was<br />

given to each child for his cost ume<br />

efforts. Danny and Wendy Wegh<br />

gave a polka demonstration, and<br />

each character tried to learn the dance<br />

for use at the nexl family dance .<br />

Ten preschoolers met for a party<br />

Dec . 19. Their favorite games were<br />

pin-t he-button -on-t he -clown, un ­<br />

der- the- broom , and shoe scram ble.<br />

When it was clean up lime and chocolate<br />

frosting had to be washed off<br />

their faces, one j-yeer-old insisted<br />

mat his mother wouldn 't want him to<br />

get his face washed . Sandra Kranich<br />

and Alice Wegh.<br />

Mand olin Accompanimeo t<br />

ANNISTON. Ala . - Square.<br />

dancing time rolled around agai n<br />

Dec . JI for the Anni ston and Gads ­<br />

den , Ala ., churches. First the brethren<br />

enjoyed a potluck supper. Then<br />

followed a talent show with R.L.<br />

Pace as master of ceremo nies .<br />

Paul McWhorter did a number he<br />

wrote , "Old Bob and Me" ; Marlene<br />

McWhorter and her little girls sang<br />

two so ngs ; Bill Winner , pastor ,<br />

played a mando lin, accompanied by<br />

his son Mark; Gera ldine York played<br />

the piano and sang ; and the two small<br />

Parton girl s sa ng " Little White<br />

Duck ."<br />

The square dance was next, with a<br />

band playin g and Mr . Winner acco<br />

mpanying them on the mandolin.<br />

Vt'rna Fayt' Johnson .<br />

Defensive Effort<br />

ASHEVILLE. N.C. - The basketball<br />

team here traveled to Greenville,<br />

S .C ., Dec. 18 to play its team<br />

for the seco nd time this seaso n.<br />

The Asheville girls' team jumped<br />

into a fast-mo iling game and ran up a<br />

17-0 score in the first q uarte r. However,<br />

a tremendous defensive effort<br />

held them to 6 point s for the rest of<br />

the game . Asheville still won , 23- 15.<br />

In a hard-fought me n' s game. thegame<br />

was tied up 55-55 when the<br />

PRIZED POSSESSION - Jerry Boyle. of the Fo rt Wayne: Ind.• church<br />

proudly displays his newly acquired Diseased Chicken Award. which he<br />

was presented after winning the second annual euchre tourn ament at an<br />

all-in-the-Iamily evening held Dec. 4. (See "Diseased Chicken Aw ard."<br />

this page.) [Photo by June Grovel<br />

buzzer sounded and sent the game<br />

into overtime . Asheville won, 61-59 .<br />

Richmond W. Crisp.<br />

Spirit of '76<br />

BEAUMONT. Tex . - The<br />

Beaumont and Lake Charles, La. ,<br />

churches held a bicentenn ial Spirit of<br />

'76 dance at the Orange Comm unity<br />

Center Dec . I t .<br />

Tbe decorations were made and<br />

put up by the young people here ,<br />

under th e di rection of Don and<br />

Miche lJe Mischnick.<br />

The da nce music was provided by<br />

the George Stevens Combo of Hou s­<br />

ton , Tex . Refreshments were plentiful,<br />

and table game s were provided<br />

for the children. Florence Nail.<br />

Helpf ul Hints<br />

BIRMINGHAM. England - The<br />

first meeting of the Ladies ' Club here<br />

was <strong>No</strong>v. 27, with 24 members attending.<br />

Joyce Suckling, wife of pastor<br />

Arthur SUCkling, is the club's<br />

president. Mr . Suckling,' the guest<br />

speaker, gave an introduc tory talk on<br />

the aims of the club and disc ussed the<br />

role of women, both within the<br />

Church and as wive s.<br />

The progr am continued with a<br />

get-to-know-y o u speech by Mrs .<br />

Suckling, followed by a table-t opics<br />

session and a helpful-hints feature .<br />

Other officers for the year are<br />

Janet Guy, vice preside nt; Eunice<br />

Arche r, treasurer; and Mau reen Foxall<br />

, secre tary . Maureen FoxalJ.<br />

Pocket cakolator<br />

BLUEFIELD. W.Va. - A Slew<br />

supper was held at the Virginia Rescue<br />

Squad building here Dec . 18.<br />

Following the meal of homemade<br />

beef stew , co rn bread and fruit salad ,<br />

the adults and teenagers played<br />

bingo . Prizes were awarded , includ ­<br />

ing a pocket calc ulator, one-half gal­<br />

Ion of hone y and a parallel version of<br />

the New Tes tament.<br />

During the bin go games, the preteen<br />

s were entertained by an artsand-c<br />

rafts co mpetition and a series of<br />

balloon-bursting co ntests.<br />

The eve ning was cappe d off with<br />

an old-fashio ned sing-a long . Tom<br />

Wiseman .<br />

Boosplel<br />

BRANDON. Man. - The ccngregation<br />

here made a clean sweep,<br />

but it wasn' t doing j anitorial work . It<br />

was the first church bonspiel, held at<br />

the Doug las , Man. , c urling rink<br />

Dec. 19.<br />

Bonspie l is the old Scotc h sport of<br />

cu rling, which has been fo nd ly<br />

adopted by the prairie fann ers of<br />

western Canada as a popular pastime<br />

duri ng the long, cold winters . The<br />

game is played with stones, weig h­<br />

ing ro ughly 44 pounds, th rown<br />

along a sheet of ice toward J<br />

butl's-eye pai nted on the ice<br />

surface 126 feel away . The Slone<br />

is guided by two members of the<br />

te am , who cl ea n and po lis h the<br />

ice surface with broo ms. This sweeping<br />

helps the rock go farthe r, impor ­<br />

tant because the close st rock to the<br />

butrs-eye coun ts for scoring.<br />

The action started at 10 a.m., with<br />

Art Penner' s cras h instructio n course<br />

in curling for the nov ices. Yet from<br />

10:30 to 4 p.m . it was serious (we ll,<br />

not alway s) compe tition . Mrs . Cl uff<br />

Munro ' s hot dogs helped the hungry<br />

curlers rene w their strength as the<br />

day wore on.<br />

The winner of the A event was the<br />

team of Ro ss Hamil ton, Wayne<br />

Sm it h, Dorothy Hay and Be tty<br />

Bonnefoy . Winners of the B event<br />

were Richard Crook, Ellen Penner,<br />

Terry Hamilton and Steve Lindmayer<br />

. Ron Hamilton .<br />

MCP Confesses<br />

BRICKET WOOD. England ­<br />

The B Spokesman Club here held its<br />

first ladies' night of the term Dec . 15<br />

in the YOU club room on the former<br />

Ambassador College campu s . Mr.<br />

and Mr s. Ron Hulm e, members,<br />

prepare d a snack of beefburgers and<br />

beans.<br />

Tony Lod ge. an employee in the<br />

Mailing Department at the Radletr<br />

press, presented a selec tion of topics<br />

that drew a good ..es ponse from the<br />

ladies. as well as (he men. Toastmaster<br />

Geo rge Hender son introduced<br />

four speakers, in accordance with the<br />

regular cl ub format. They were Phil<br />

Stevens , Neil Jack son, Bill Wilson,<br />

who gave a book review, and<br />

Graham Flux , who ga lle a se r­<br />

monette . Mr . Jackson was awarded<br />

the most-effective -speaker cup for a<br />

hilario us speech, "Confessio ns of an<br />

MCP (Male Cha uvinist Pig) ."<br />

Director Paul Suckling expressed<br />

satisfac tion with the eve ning, saying<br />

he thought it profitab le, as well as<br />

entertaining. Bill Allan .<br />

Independence Day<br />

BRIDGETOWN. Barbado s ­<br />

Victor Simpso n, minister here , was<br />

guest speaker at the offic ial ceremon<br />

y at SI. C hristopher Gi rl s '<br />

Schoo l mark ing Barbados' 10th anniversary<br />

of independence <strong>No</strong>v . 26.<br />

About 365 students and teache rs<br />

listened to Mr . Simpson define independence<br />

and explain the ways in<br />

which they could make a worthwhile<br />

. contribution to the good of the nation<br />

. When Mr . Simpson men tioned<br />

in his co ncluding remark s that his<br />

birthday coincided with Barbados'<br />

Independence Day, the head teacher<br />

had the students sing "Happy Birthday."<br />

Afterwards, Mr . Simpson was invited<br />

to the home -eco nomics room<br />

fo r refreshments. He chatted with the<br />

staff, answeri ng que stions about his<br />

work as a minister of the Worldwide<br />

Church of God . <strong>No</strong>rma Nurse ,<br />

Ecumenical Caravan<br />

BUNDABERG , Au stralia<br />

Bruce Dea n, new pasto r here, and his<br />

wife were hosts for a get-togethe r in<br />

their home Dec . II. As adults enjoyed<br />

snack s and dip s, the children<br />

played downs tair s and devoured<br />

cakes and watermelons. During the<br />

party members were able to become<br />

acquainted, share ideas and make<br />

plans for fund-raising projects.<br />

The members embarked on their<br />

first TV fund-ra ising scheme Dec.<br />

16, when they held a street stall on<br />

the main street here and tried to outsell<br />

the cake shops. Members joked<br />

that there was ecumenical cooperation,<br />

because the minicaravan used to<br />

sell the goods was hired from the<br />

Methodists and was usua lly stored at<br />

the back of the Catholic Church.<br />

The caravan was inundated with<br />

goods from the brethren. They sold<br />

plants , cakes, homemadejams, pick ­<br />

les, sweets, lo llies (ca ndy) an d<br />

IS-do zen lamington s. O ne of the<br />

men attempted to make toffee apples ,<br />

but, when even his own children<br />

wouldn't touch them , he decided not<br />

to try to sell them .<br />

Although it was a first attempt and<br />

much was to be teamed in the pricing<br />

of items, the members made a $ 117<br />

Monday, Jan . 17, <strong>1977</strong><br />

profit. Do" Dr Mamiel and Bruce<br />

Dean .<br />

Heirs Together<br />

COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.<br />

- Th e Co lorado Sp rings and<br />

Walsenburg, Co lo ., Women' s C lub<br />

met in the Baily Room of the Broadmoor<br />

West for lea and cooki es Dec.<br />

5. After refreshments, the meetin g<br />

was called to orde r by President<br />

Susan Pet er son . Sh e intr odu ced<br />

Betty Ramsey, vice president, and<br />

Sue Yandegriff, secretary-tre asurer.<br />

The theme for the club thi s year-is<br />

" Heirs Togeth er." The memb ers<br />

were e ncouraged 10 read and study<br />

several articles about women in rece<br />

nt issues of The Good News.<br />

Small vases of flowe rs had been<br />

arranged by Charity Sarv is and were<br />

presented to the oldest lady at each<br />

table .<br />

A bake sale was planned for Dec.<br />

23 at a shopping center in Pueblo,<br />

Co lo . The ne xt meeting will be<br />

Jan . 2.<br />

The 5O-and-Ove r Club met for<br />

breakfast at the Raintree Inn im ­<br />

mediate ly after the Garner Ted <strong>Armstrong</strong><br />

telecast <strong>No</strong>v. 28. Due to a<br />

snowstorm , attenda nce was sparse .<br />

Th ose who co uld get their c ars<br />

sta rted were Le e and De lph a<br />

Th om as, Ed and Helen De nkl er ,<br />

Bessie Jones and her daughter Bess.<br />

Frank Pierce , Leona Hines, Ethel<br />

Hackman and Tommi e Joe Stewart .<br />

The club' s purpose for the year is<br />

fellowship and fun. Later there will<br />

be horseshoe s, croq ue t, picnics and<br />

more . Tommie Joe Stewart.<br />

Groaning Bones<br />

COOKEVILLE. Tenn. - YOU<br />

membe rs . guests and chapero ns<br />

gathered at Cox's Skat ing Rink in<br />

nearby Cros sville for a skating party<br />

Dec. 19. YOU members from Chattanooga<br />

, Tenn ., were also invited .<br />

Wheels whirred, bones groaned and<br />

the floo r received a good dusting .<br />

After the skating party the group<br />

retrea ted to the lodge at Cumberland<br />

Mou ntain State Park and enjo yed<br />

sandwiches, drinks and a marsh mal ­<br />

low roast . 'Then the young people<br />

danced while the parents and chaperons<br />

played cards . Ark. BryanJ.<br />

IIIus100lst Perfonns<br />

DALLAS, Tex . - The inv itation<br />

simply stated , " Come to a party ."<br />

but what a party it was . Sixteen chil ­<br />

dren , ages 4 through 10, from the<br />

surrounding area gathered Dec. 18 at<br />

the Gilberts' home in lrving, Tex ., to<br />

play games, win prids, see a profe s­<br />

sional clown and watch Kelly Cunningham<br />

, an illus ionist, perform.<br />

Cookies and punch were served.<br />

B, ny Gilbert .<br />

DIseased Chicken Award<br />

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Most<br />

people have heard of an Oscar , an<br />

ISM WRAP·UP. _ 131<br />

., .<br />

.....<br />

THANKSGIVING GIFTS - The Baltimore, Md.• chu rch pitched in for its<br />

second annual sharing of food <strong>No</strong>v . 20. Thirty bushels of horne-cann ed<br />

arid comme rcially canned food, as well as fresh ,fruits, vegetables and<br />

meat s, were colle cted ana oislributeo to 30 families. A totalof$63 was<br />

given 10 help other burdened budgets.

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