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Saturday, Moy 6, 1950 Akron Beacon Journal Church Sponsors Youth Club Arndt Leads Seminar Of Lutherans AKRON'S NEWEST PASTOR IF. F. Saye Is Heard At Firestone Church MEET YOUR PASTOR Arthur Maly Story Like Alger Novel By JOE RUKENBROD Bearon Jovrr-ai Cburrh Writer THE REV. ARTHUR S. MALY admits he didn't want to be a minister and wasn't converted until he was 21 years old.

His boyhood was far from an easy one, but the story of his life reads like an Horatio Alger novel. Name Ragle Choir Chief At Calvary Jack L. Ragle will assume his duties as choir director of the Calvary Evangelical United Brethren Church Sunday morning. Announcement of his appointment was made by the pastor, Dr. C.

L. Allen. A tenor, Ragle will sing "Lift Up Your Heads," by Kieserling, at the morning worship service, and "Dear Iyird ami Fa-therj by Maker, in the evening. The son of Mr. and Mrs.

Paul O. Ragle of 1425 E. Tallmadge Ragle is a graduate of Tallmadge High School, a veteran of World War II and will be graduated next month from the Cleveland Institute of Music, of Cleveland, with a degree of bachelor of music. He will give his senior voice re AKRON'S NEWEST minister will preach his first sermon In the Firestone Park Church of Christ Sunday morning. The Rev.

William F. Saye will preach on "The Builder of the Church" at the 10:30 worship service. A formal service of inflation will be held at 3:30 p. m. with Dr.

Franklin II. Minck, minister of the High St. Church of Christ. c'Mnj; the sermon. An -9 ...3 A 1''-' i 'f J(f jViMTiritiili Jim i nlDiuMMtiTii imv tsrf iriMMMMiiWfiirit The First United Presbyterian Church is sponsoring a youth club for the purpose of bringing the church and the community closer together.

Working on a flannelgraph project are these boys and girls taught by Mrs. W. E. Wheeler, 1206 Oakland av. In the front center is Jimmy Foust, 11 of 38 Youtz av.

From loft to right in the second row are Beth Crowley, 14, of 5-13 Cage and Dorothy Lee Wolfe, 11 of 440 Crouse st. In the rear is Robert Arnold, 14, of 486 W. Thornton st. The club meets every Wednesday afternoon in the church for choral work, Bible study, crafts and followed by a dinner. Graduation exercises will be held May 21.

The Rev. John R.ay Louden is pastor of the church. He has been pastor of the North Hill Methodist Church since May, 1947. Rev. Mr.

and Mrs. Maly live at 864 N. Howard and have two sons, Neil Arthur, 12, and David Earl, 10. ARTHL'B MALY was born on Sept. 12, 1901 in southeastern Cleveland, the second child of a family of four.

When he was 12 years old his father died, and he later lost his two brothers and sister. When he was 14, he started work In a machine shop for $1.50 a day to help his mother, later worked for the Central Blast Furnace a subsidiary of the American Steel and Wire Co. During that period he also worked in various shops as a machinist, drill press operator, millwright in a steel mill and others. Four years after his father's death, his mother married a widower with three daughters and two sons. ARTHUR HAD QUIT school when he finished the eighth grade, but later he studied at night school to prepare for college.

He was 25 years old when he entered Baldwin-Wallace College at Berea, and soon received the urge to study for the ministry. He was given a scholarship to the Yale Divinity School, where he studied one year before entering Boston University School of Theology. Maly was awarded his Bachelor of Sacred Theology and Master of Arts degrees by the Boston school, and then continued his studies at Columbia University. Rev. Mr.

Maly's first charge was the Second Reformed Church of Cleveland. He later served Methodist Churches in Brecksville, Cleveland, Parma and Girard. Mrs. Maly is the former Elsie Margaret Conway, also of Cleveland. They had met while attending Baldwin-Wallace College, and were married on Nov.

9, 1933. The pastor's wife did work in religious education for a time, and took graduate work at Boston University. "I didn't want to be a minister, but I have lived to thank God a thousand times over because He patiently kept after me until I found myself," Rev. Mr. Maly said, "I love my work very much." Family Week Is Observed The Arlington St.

Evangelical United Brethren Church will observe Family Week with a special service at 10:30 a. m. Sunday. Families of the congregation will be seated together during the service. The Rev.

M. A. Wagner, pastor, will preach on "Give Your Home to God." There also will be reception of new members and baptism. The Joppa Masonic Chorus, directed by V. A.

Schiller, will sing at the 7:30 p. m. service. The group is sponsored by Joppa Lodge 666, Free Accepted Masons. Missions Day International Missions Day will be observed by the church school of the Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church at 9 a.

m. Sunday. Former Akronite Celebrates Mass Here A FORMER AKRONITE recently ordained to the priesthood will ceelbrate a solemn high mass at 12 o'clock noon Sunday 1LLIAM SAVE Mav Crown in; Is Observed At St. Marv Young: women of St. Mary Catholic rarish will hold their Annual May crowning of the Blessed Virgin fit 3 p.

rri. Suntlny in the church. Helen Funk, vice president of the Voting Laities Sodality, will be the rronner, and Bonnie Dun-hrosky will lie the crown bearer. Delores Crnsky, Marlon Chlntenlo, Ann Korsak and Joan Shrorkl will carry the Blessed Virgin statue, and Marjorie Bolibin, the modality banner. Attendants will he Dorothy Crosky, Monica Domhrnsky, Clara Kaplinski, Eleanor Kaplinsky, Dorothy Lessiter, Joan Lessitcr, Cella Lysiak, Lorraine Muskinski, Rita Bymanski and Helen Wrohel.

The girls will receive Holy Communion in a body at 8 a. m. Following the crowning ceremony, there will he a soeiM program for mothers of the parish In observance of Mother's Day. Fr. Tennissen Goes To N.

Y. The Rev. Thomas P. Tennissen, formerly of Akron, has been assigned as assistant director of the New York City office of the Msryknoll Fathers. The son of Mr.

and Mrs. Anthony Tennissen, 314 Vaniman st Father Tennissen has been teaching for the last year at. Maryknoll Junior Seminary, Brooklme, Mass. He is a graduate of Annunciation School and East High School here, and entered Maryknoll in 3939. He was ordained in 1948 and for a year was an instructor at Maryknoll Novitiate of Bedford, Mass.

37 To Receive Fiit Communion A class of 37 boys and girls will receive first Holv Communion at a solemn high mass at 9 o'clock Sunday morning in St. Bernard Catholic church. Following the mass, a breakfast will he served to the children In the parish hall hv the Altar Society. The Rev. Edward A.

Wolf will he celebrant of the flemn high mass. F. Dr. William Arndt, prominent Lutheran churchman, will be the leader of a seminar here Sunday arte moon on 'Present Lutheran Fellowship Negotiations." He is chairman of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Committee Doctrinal Unity and professor of theology at Concordia Theological Semin Dr. Arndt ary, St.

Louis. Lay leaders of the church in this area will join in the discussion, for which E. W. Schroeter, assistant executive secretary of the Lutheran Laymen's League, will be moderator. Arrangements are in charge -of the Greater Akron-Youngstown Board of the Lutheran Laymen's League, of which R.

G. Henry of Redeemer Lutheran Church of Cuyahoga Falls, is chairman. He is assisted by G. J. Felton, of Faith Lutheran Church of Kent.

The pastoral adviser of the board is the Rev. George Mennen, associate pastor of Concordia Lutheran Church of Akron. OTHER BOARD members are Carl George, Walter Harnack, Vernon Zittle, Frank Weiland, Paul Royka, John Bodonski, Ralph Spigelmire, Jack Koch, Leonard Burkhardt, Charles Walker and Malcolm Bullock. The seminar, beginning at 3:80, will be held In Zion Lutheran Church, Bowery and High sts. There will be a supper and fellowship program at 5:30 In the Zion School.

The Rev. Ottomar Krueger, pastor of the host church, will conduct the devotions. Negotiations between committees representing various Lutheran bodies have been taking place for a number of years, and the Sunday afternoon program will give the people an opportunity to voice their opinions on the proposed union. Dr. Arndt will preach thp sermon in the Faith Lutheran Church of Kent at the 10:45 a.

m. worship service Sunday. Ruth Mav Heads League Ruth May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter May, 584 Clifford has hpen elected president of the Walther League, young people's group of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, A junior at Garfield High School, she has been an active leader in the league for the last three years, serving as a member of the executive board for two years, and as head of the Christian growth department for the last year.

Other officers are Donald Rain-ey, S60 Fess vice president; Adaline Lang, 1093 Wilbur secretary, and Mary Detzel, 1101 Seventh treasurer. The society directs the young people of the congregation in active church work. Blosser To Head Vacation School Dean Blosser will he superintendent of the daily vacation Bible school to be conducted this summer hy the Firestone Park Brethren Church. The pastor, the Rev. J.

G. Dodds, will be director of the school, which will open June 12. Mrs. Lulu Wallace will be toast-mistress for the annual mother and daughter banquet of the church st 6:30 p. m.

next Friday. The guest speaker will be Mrs. Marjnrie Thomas, wife of the Rev. C. C.

Thomas, superintendent of the Haven of Rest Rescue Mission. AT tr I Easy to enjoy I ice cream in Hour owJ Rev. Mr. Save comes to Akron from the First Christian Church of Worcester, and succeeds the Rev. G.

Lynn Pugh. Since Rev. Mr. Pugh resigned several months ago. the interim pastor has been the Rev.

Owen Levingood. THK KV minister was born on Nov. 18, 1900 in St. Louis, and received degrees from the University of Missouri and the Yale Divinity School. Hp has held pastorates In Webtder Groves, and Niagara Falls, X.

and has been active In various ministerial, chureh and religious education organizations. His wife, Marion, is a native of Poughkeepsie, N. a graduate of Wellesley College and has been affiliated with missionary and Bible school work, including a position as district secretary of the Women's Missionary Society of Western New York State. Last summer, she was director of the Pioneer Camp of the Disciples of Christ at Lake Winnl-pesaukee, N. H.

The Sayes and their two children, Mary Evelyn, 13, and Franklin 12, will iive in the church parsonage at 32 E. Wilbeth rd. 'Adam And Fallen Man9 To Be Topic "Adam and Fallen Man" is the subject of the lesson-sermon which will be read in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday. It will have for the C.olden Text: "When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy mercy, Lord, held me up" (Psalms Included in the citations which comprise the lesson-sermon are the following correlative passages from the Bible and from the Christian Science textbook. "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.

"So Cod created man in his own image, in the image of Cod created he him: male and female created he them. And Cod saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good" (Genesis 1:27, 31 to "All that is made is the work of God, and all is good." (Science and Health, p. 521). District Youlli Session Sunday Final meeting of the subdlstrict level of the Summit County Methodist Youth Fellowship will be held at 7 p. m.

Sunday in the Main St. Methodist Church. The Rev. Harry Hull, minister of youth of the Palnesvllle Methodist Church of Painesville, will be the guest, speaker, and new officers will be elected and installed. Baptists A summer activities conference for all children's workers of the Akron Baptist Association will be held Tuesday In the First Baptist Church, 39 S.

Broadway Doris Ktansbury, state director of children's work of the Ohio Baptist Association, will conduct the conference, beginning at 10 a. ni. Luncheon will be served by women of the church. Sermon Series The Rev. Norman Young Pilchard, assistant pastor of the First Evangelical and Reformed Church, will present the third in a series of sermons on human adjustment at the 8 and 9.45 services Sunday morning.

His topic will be "Life Begins with My irst Job." Family Week The annual observance National Family Week will he marked at the Sunday morning worship service in Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church. The choir, directed by Frederick Karres, will sing "The Heavens Resound," Beethoven. West Baptist The Rev. George M. Hillrne, retired, will be the guest speaker at the Sunday morning service of the West Hill Baptist Church in Schumacher School.

The Corn Covey Chorus, directed iV jrs William McKusick, will sine at the evening service. Mrs Mildred Holmes is the piano aerotnpar.ist. cital at 8:30 p. m. Thursday in Willard Clapp Hall of the Cleveland Institute of Music.

His piano accompanist will be Desmonde Ward. RAGLE HAS been choir lead er of the Bethany Preshyterian Church of Cleveland and is a member of Grace Methodist Church of Akron, where he has served as assistant to the choir leader. The position of choir director at Calvary Church is a new one, the work having been formerly handled by the organist, Mrs. Russell Martin. Ragle and his wife and their daughter, Karen Lee, live with his parents at the Tallmadge av.

address. Christian Family Week will be olwerved with a special program In Calvary Church. Members and friends of the church will be seated in family groups for both the morning and evening services on Sunday and again on May It, Mother's Day. A slide film in sound, "At Home With God," will be shown at 7:30 p. m.

Wednesday, and annual mother and daughter banquet will be held at 6:30 p. m. Friday. Communion Observed Members of the Firestone Park Baptist Church will observe the lord's Supper at the 10:30 service Sunday morning. The Rev, Evan Roberts, pastor, will give a meditation on "Gratitude Expressed." New members also will be received at the service, with music by the chancel choir.

Holy Communion also will be celebrated in the Second Baptist Church at 11 a. m. Sunday, with the pastor, the Rev. Stanley E. Lynton, speaking on "The Message of a Song." Heidelberg Dean To Speak Dr M.

Prugh, dean of men at Heidelberg College, Tiffin, will be the guest, speaker at the Sunday morning worship service in Westminster Presbyterian Church. His sermon will be on the topic, "The Gospel in an Age of Gadgets." The Westminister Choir, directed by James Roger Boyd, will sing "Almighty God," by Thomas Ford, and "Sing Alleluia Forth," by Eric Thiman. The Rev. William F. MacCal-mont.

minister of the churrh, is in Miami. Via. for the annual convention of Klwanis International. He is a vice president of the Akron Kiwanis Club, Nurses Attend Church In Croup Students of the Peoples Hospital School of Nursing will attend church in a body Sunday in observance of National Student Nurse Day. The girls, in their uniforms, will attend the 10:45 a.

m. in First Methodist Church. Dr. Joseph B. Rosemurgy, the pastor, will preach a special sermon on "Such As We Have." Choir Leader Mrs W.

O. Caudill, 477 Malvern has been the choir director of the First Evangelical anil Reformed Church for the last three years. A native of Akron, she received her music degree at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and took additional work at Kent State University and in Boston. A former music teacher, she has been a substitute teacher in the Akron district schools and before taking her present position pang in the (hoir of the Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church. The Caudills have two daughters, June, 13, and Valerie, 10, pupils at King School.

wJ ini-eiii. iwi inr iJ 11' 4 Luther League Chorus Sings The Luther League Chorus, directed by Mrs. Gerald Wilch, will sing the anthem, "Day by Day," by Abbott, at the 10:15 worship service Sunday morning tn St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church. There also will be Holy Communion, conducted by the pastor, the Rev.

George C. Wagner, and his acting assistant, the Rev. Ralph Hershberger. Dr. Harmon DeGraff, professor of sociology at the University of Akron, will address the Young Married Lutherans Club at 7:45 p.

m. on "Moods for Living." Portraits Ry JAMES J. METCALFE He is the young apprentice who Has gotten his M.D But who must still attain the goal Of true ability He doffa his cap and gown, and dons An apron and a mask To watch and help his elders as They go about their task In sickroom and in surgery Ho learns to diagnose And when to operate and when The risk appears too close His books are always handy and He studies night and day To heal the wounds of ail the world And keep disease away And only as he preserves With skill and dignity Does he deserve his license and His medical degree. WHY BE SICK? Rheumatism, Diabetes, Liver, Kidney, Neuritis, Bladder, Stomach St Nervous Disorders Relief With Mineral Water IIU Kenmore Blvd. PL-1AXS PEACOCK NURSERY j0s TODAY'S SPECIALS t-tt.

Dwarf Ulnbe ArberTitae H-fl. IrlKh Jonlper 10 While Sprore 3-ft. Amrrlcan Arborrltaa I'MHI --ft. Pfltier Juniper a -11. Pinee (Tall Groweral IS.ii rull i But VarlfUfO H.0O to 00 flurs CiJrow" ABINOANT ROOTS IKSHLV 1 DUO ri is- Grown Right Priced Right AT COPLEY Jfef Since lir-'H iifV I 1 '4 A REV.

ARTHUR S. MALY Church Holds Breakfast Rite Sunday Members of the First Universal-ist Church will hold their third annual May breakfast Sunday morning in the church. Sponsored by the Friendly Circle, breakfast will be served from 8:30 to 10 cafeteria The affair is for the entire family. Prof. H.

W. Distad, of the University of Akron, will discuss "Re ligion and Education" at the 9:30 a. m. meeting of the Adult Forum Class. Dr.

Lawrence Wesley Abbott, the minister of First Unlversalist Church, will talk on "Invisible Allies" at the 10:45 worship service. Dedication of the new organ has has been set for May 19. The dedication service will follow the Spring parish meeting. Candlelight Pageant Set Members of the St. John C.

M. E. Church will present a candlelight pageant at 7:30 p. m. Sunday in the S.

Arlington Methodist Church, S. Arlington st. and Corice av. Title of the pageant is "Qualities of a Christian Life." Those taking part include Mrs. Swanson Shaw, wife of the pastor of St.

John Church: Myriah Jefferies, Mrs. Arlene Thomas, Mrs. Mae Ritten-house, Mrs. Flora Potts and Mrs. Juanita Collins.

Music will be by the St. John Quartet, and Vada Palmer will recite a poem, "Hold High the Torch." The Rev. Clarkson J. Mayhew is pastor of the S. Arlington Church.

Club Dinner The Speakers Club of the North Hill Methodist Church will hold a covered dish dinner and business meeting at 6:30 p. m. Wednesday in the church. Carl Pluntze will be toastmaster, and Kent Thompson, topic master. Speakers will be Paul Oplinger, Clyde James, Charles Ireton and Harold Sell.

Dr. Dallas F. Billington Vailor and Founder Bible in St. Vincent Catholic Church He is the Rev. William Smith, a member of the graduating class of I IMS of St.

Vincent High School, and now of I.os Angeles, Cal. Father Smith is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, now of Iyis Angeles. He studied at St.

Mary Seminary of Cleveland, and at St. John Seminary of Los Angeles, where he was recently ordained and celebrated his first Mass. HE WILL be assisted Sunday by the Rev. Francis L. Osborne, deacon, and the Rev.

William M. Cosgrove, subdeacon. They are assistant pastors of St. Vincent Church. Father Smith's visit to Akron with Ins parents was prompted by tlie members of his high school graduating class, which recently presented the new priest with a chalice.

Members of the class also will tie minor ministers for the mass Sunday. Also present at the mass will be the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward B.

Conry, pastor of St. Vincent Church and dean of the Akron Deanery. He will not take part, however. Revival Ends At Hrown St. Three special services will be held in the Brown St.

Church of Christ Sunday, final day of an evangelistic campaign which started a week ago. The services will be at 10:40 a. m. and 3 and 7:45 p. m.

The evangelist is Fny E. Wallace of Oklahoma City, and the song leader Is Marion Davis of Fayette, Ala. Woodland Church Mrs. H. I Flanick will direct the senior choir in the singing of "Still, Still With Thee," by Foote, at the Sunday morning service in Woodland Methodist Church.

The offertory solo will be sung by 1 Stephen McClarnon. anananaasflnana While Limestone For Driveways THE W. K. WRIGHT CO.g 4M S. Main, opp.

Goodrich ISL-IIH tiCflBB u-itiViHT "abitSBUBI Aft Cheer For Pope Needed A Bit Of Rehearsing Hy GFOKf.K WKI.I.KR fhifnfo Dailr Newe Foreign Sfrtlre VATICAN CITY- -Kmliarrassment at cheering the Pope nearly fouled up a recent audience accorded American sailors oft the Mediterranean flagship "Newport News." American visitors to the Pope PURE IN YOUR OWN EYES hold His Holiness in such awe that they find the Italian custom clapping him Irreverent. The cries of "Via Papa" seem to them ton familiar. They stand silent while thousands cheer. Cr.ap!s:.n Bemsiid V. Cunningham, Ann-n an hlue-Ja'-kf a.

a -'it Hie American -i'lce S'- he steps hefor the Naval au isrm-e to have h.s ntl'-'-H' rela.v -I one r.ste hut" to Mep out in front, after the and bad a cheer for 'he War i But the her itself was untehearse-l. "(if WHAT a cheer!" one tailor a'erward. "How can you say; Hooray! pe!" We aren't Italians. I was still on when my shipmates were already or, 'Hooray' P.v tre I got the words out tt-r'-at the cheer was over," When passing r. tt.e im-f antic -9 tf "o.noo people, pope Pins r.

7.e the fanuhar of Fleet and pa (, to jr've the A sailois Ins with uper ial direct B'jt there are go.ng to ha.e to te cheering rehearsals r.pht after nipboard services. to the flagship scuttlebutt. GARDENING Good Quality at Saving n2 Proverbs 30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet la not washed from their filthiness. If you desire to hear the truth preached In the daring style where men obey God rather than man attend all the services at the Baptist Temple Sunday. Akron is full of men and women who say "I have committed no sin" after nights of drunkenness, running around, living double lives.

You are like the one God has spoken of in your own eyes you are o.k, but God said you are filthy. Hear the truth at the Akron Baptist Temple. SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00 Adult Bible Class Rev. James D. Moore Be Thrifty in '50 a liar Your Shnoi Renewed in Polfc'' iaOO lamoui SHOE fiV HKPA1R vV 5 Vinnfe lleel Lift hC Service wi You give your thoet the Ofst In rppulr and up-lterp hoe repair eenrlce.

It'i irl Pnlsky for ehoe djelng Jjr f. 3 7hrse li AOVf'RTISFMFN'T 10:00 Young Peoples' Class Rev. Charles Billington THANK YOU! My siiifcre thanks and dp op apj profififion go to all nf you who V'h'd for mo in tho primary for stato ropi'PFentativp. F. W.

SPICER MORNING WORSHIP 11 :00 A. M. Rev. Charles F. Billington EVENING SERVICE Baptismal Service Communion Service Speaker Dr.

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