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Artist Margaret Keane Found Happiness In God HONOLULU (UPI) Margaret Keane, the world famous painter of big-eyed waifs, is spending her days knocking on doors with a Bible in her hand. The artist whose paintings of eyed children are internationally known is walking Honolulu streets, trying to get a foot in the door to talk about her new faith. Although her success is the envy of many other artists and her marriage a good one. Miss Keane has finally found by becoming a Witness. In her art-filled living room perched on a mountain overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Miss Keane explained that it was a knock on her door from a Jehovah's Witness that changed her life.

thought I was happy she said. had everything I ever wanted, success, a happy marriage and a family. But there was something faces in the paintings always had a sad, searching she said. think so popular because they reflect the need in so many of us to wonder why here. always thought about she said.

children have a haunting look about them, as though searching for an answer too, but their look is mixed with Miss Keane said she explored many religions, including the eastern ones, before that prophetic knock on the door. admit I was skeptical at first. I even insisted that I would never become a But she did start studying the Bible with the Bible student and found was fascinating. I put it realized that to pin happiness on worldly success is too she said. lasting accomplishments are the spiritual ones and the only ones we can hold tried to find a flaw in the she said, never found So Miss Keane and her daughter Jane, now 24, were baptized in the ocean in the summer of 1972, and nothing has been the same since.

used to spend all day Miss Keane said. was my recreation, my career, my therapy, my Now she is able to produce the same overwhelming volume of paintings just working a few hours at night and devoting her days to bible study, classes and knocking on doors, I never thought.I'd be able to Miss Keane quit smoking the day of her baptism after 22 years as a heavy smoker and claims she is accomplishing more artistically than ever before. Her success has kept pace with her spiraling faith. The Margaret Keane Gallery in Waikiki had a month when the gross in five figures, and another gallery has opened in a shopping center. The struggling artist who used to give away posters free in San Francisco sells oil paintings now, including portraits, for thousands of dollars.

Buyers of her works include Generalissimo and Madam Chiang Kai-shek, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jerry Lewis, Joan Crawford, Red Skelton and the late Adlai Stevenson. But Miss Keane said she prefers inventing faces to portraits. I start a painting I know what the face is going to lock she said. it will have the nose of one child seen, the mouth of The artist, who is now in her 40s, was always fascinated by eyes. are the windows of the she said.

of my old school books have eyes which I drew in the margins." Life was not always so pleasant for the attractive blonde from Nashville, Tenn. She started her career in New York where she went to art school and supported herself by painting designs on ties and cribs. Her first marriage ended in divorce in 1954 and the school also collapsed and was followed by a in San Union Square when Miss Keane challenged her former husband, Walter Keane, to paint a picture showing the famous eyes. Walter had been claiming the teary children as his own output, according to Miss Keane, but she claimed the work always was hers. Walter did not show up at the and Miss Keane, with her present husband Dan McGuire by her side, sketched eyes before a large crowd.

Miss Keane believes her faces are happier now, reflecting her own contentment with life. lost the haunting she said, I have found abiding NEW BIBLES The new Bibles, with denim covers, feature photos and appeal to youth, look much like the old ones but still best-sellers on the non-fiction list. A New Look Given To Good Book People used to buy the Bible in record numbers just because they thought every home ought to have one. Today the best seller is still the Bible, but because more people than ever are reading and studying it especially the young. A lot of things have been done to improve circulation, from cloaking the Good Book in blue denim to selling it in a variety of flavors strawberry, licorice, vanilla, etc.

all aimed at reaching the contemporary youth. But the biggest boost has been the by-product of making Episcopal Institute Scheduled Michael Ramsay, Archbishop of Canterbury and Roger Prior of the French Protestant monastic community of Taize; will be the chief speakers at the Trinity Institute at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, on February' 4, 5 and 6. Rt. Rev. C.

Kilmer Myers, Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of California and Rev. C. Julian Bartlett, dean of Grace Cathedral said the opening service of the conference will be at 8 p.m., Monday. The service will be a celebration of the Holy Eucharist at which the archbishop will preside and preach The Holy Spirit is the subject of the conference. Artistic Pastor To Illustrate His Messages Rev.

A J. Finkbeiner of Campbell will present illustrated messages at the Church of the Nazarene, 1 Arbor Circle, Novato, tomorrow through Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. weeknights, and 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Sundays. Rev. Finkbeiner makes Biblical truths come to life by creating artistic drawings while speaking, then highlighting them with colored lights and blaek light. The drawings are given away each evening to someone in the audience. TRINITY LUTHERAN Woodland at Son Rcrfoel Services 8:30 4 11 00; Sun.

Sch 9:45 LCMS Arthur C. Pastor 454-4135 HURCH OF CHRIST 18 W. Crescent Son Rafoel Phone: 453-3190 or 453-2749 ree Bible Correspondence Course mail, or a free showing of ibie film in your home Write or hone, no obligation. SUNDAY SERVICES B.bie School 9 45 Worship 10.50 a.m. 4 6:30 m.

Wed. 7:00 p.m. the Bible easier to understand and to read. In the long run this has attracted by far the largest number of young readers, according to Tyndale House publishing company. Young people continue to have a lot to do with the rise in Bible sales up 20 per cent last year.

starting Bible study groups in ever-increasing numbers and providing the challenge to their elders to follow their lead. Living is a paraphrased translation which has changed many of the conventional patterns of Bible distribution and reading. The publisher maintained, however, that it has taken its share of the Bible market from the mass of people who yearn to understand what the Book is saying to them. Tyndale puts out a full paperback Bible called Each book of this Bible is introduced with contemporary photographs of young people, coupled with relevant comments. For instance, Ecclesiastes is prefaced by a photograph of a young woman New Superior Named To Fairfax Province Sister Claire Coutu has been elected Superior of the Vice- Province of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit and will leave Putnam, Monday to take over her new duties in Fairfax.

Sister Claire succeeds Sister Therese Morneau. DHS, the first Vice-Provincial Superior of California, who has completed her term of office. She holds an M.A. and a Ph. I), in Spanish from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and has taught on the elementary level in Moosup and Plainfield, on the secondary level at Putnam Catholic Academy, and on the college level at Annhurst College in South Woodstock.

While at Annhurst. she also headed the Spanish department and was later appointed chairman of the modern language department. She aided students as dean of women, moderator of student government, and mother." She left Annhurst College in 1968 when she was appointed superior-principal of Cathedral High School in Bridgeport. Following two summers of inner city work in New Haven, Sister Claire was granted permission to work full time in the inner city apostolate. Transferred to Hartford in 1971, she worked out of St.

Parish to assist the Spanish-speaking people of Hartford. There she became involved in ministry with minorities and migrants. Because of her background in Spanish, her concern is chiefly the plight of the Spanish-speaking and to educate them to means they can use to bring about needed reforms, working to secure fair trials for them, providing Spanish religious services for prisoners, and picketing stores disregarding the lettuce boycott. On July 2 Sister Claire ventured into a new' area: teaching in an English as a second language program at the Cheshire School of Corrections. Sister Claire is a native of West Warwick, R.I., the daughter of the late Albert C.

and Rebecca (Brodeur) Coutu. She has been a member of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit for 30 years. standing by a souped-up Volkswagen. New Testament versions of Living Bible" include one for young people called and one for blacks, called Food." Each utilizes the photographs and pertinent copy which makes it a book of practical use. The next market Living will try for is women.

Paul Mouw, advertising manager for Tyndale, pointed out that control most of the money and interested in passing on the faith to their children." Spring Rally Of Seminary Is Monday The spring convocation rally of the San Francisco Baptist Theological Seminary will be held in the auditorium of the Hamilton Square Baptist Church at the corner of Geary and Franklin Streets. San Francisco, Monday at 7:45 p.m. Dr. Arno Q. Weniger.

Ji. who grew up in the life of the hnit church, where his father is the pastor, will be the speaker. The San Francisco Baptist Seminary is a graduate institution of theology, which prepares men for the gospel ministry. Tea Series Judith Aston and Susan Sal- vason will present body awareness program at Devta. 122 Ward Street, Larkspur.

The third in a series of Sunday evening tea sessions will begin at 7:30 p.m. Mill Valley Church of Christ Almonte Hall 388-6837 Almonte Blvd. Wisteria Way Services Sunday 10 m. 4 6 p.m. Presbyterian Church OF NOVATO 710 Wilson Avenue Worship 8:45 4 a Church School 1000 a.m.

U.P.Y. Meeting 7 P.M. Postors: M. Rayment 6. Dole Soms Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (ALC) S.

Novato Blvd. at Midway Dr. Novato, Calif. Family Worship 8.30 10:45 Sunday School Serendipity 9:30 Pastor Stan Giervik 897-2123 883 7568 CALVARY BAPTIST BIBLE Bo It 4 Holcomb Aves larkspur Sunday School 9 45 A Morning Worship 1 1:00 A Evening Worship 7:00 P.M Wed Prayer Meeting 7:30 P.M. Dovid A.

Tudtfr. Pastor 924 CHURCH OF CHRIST 807 Grant Novato You are invited to attend services Sunday 9:45, 10:45 4 6:00 Wednesday 7.30 p.m. Phone 897-9565 UVING w6ftb LUTHERAN CHURCH CKirch of the Wisconsin Synod 9:00 A.M. S.S. 4 Adult Bible Class 10:00 A.M.

Worship Service Marimvood Community Center 775 MMor Creek Phone; 892-3423 or 456-8379 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SAN RAFAEL (SBC) 1411 Lincoln Ave. Sunday 7:30 A KTlM 9 45 A S.S. 11 00 A.M. Worship 6:00 M. Training 7:00 P.M.

Worship Wednesday 7 30 P.M. Praver Pastor, Barrett M. Lampp 454-6618 MARIN COVENANT CHURCH Sunday Morning MILLER CREEK SCHOOL 2255 Ub Avmm 9:30 Worship (Nursery) 10:45 Church School OFFICE: 25 Mitchell Blvd. Gary Copeland, Pastor Marv L. Fogieman, Associate 479-1360 Tiburon Baptist wy Church I 445 GreneeH Beach Rood (So.

Bapt. Conv.) Sunday Sch. 9:45 a.m. (all oges) Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. C.T.

5 p.m. Eve. Worship 6 p.m. Midweek Worship Wed. 7:30 p.m.

Rev. Raymond Ozasa, Japanese Minister Dr. John Johnson, Dr Jerry Ashby, Minister 'Possession' Claims Laid To Movie, The Exorcist' By GEORGE W. CORNELL NEW YORK (AP) out of him, 0 accursed devil, and yield place to Christ who has won his So goes the key phrase of the ancient church rite of exorcism, preceded by an extensive sequence of other prayers a ritual that is getting considerable notice these days. attention is a bit frenetic, a kind of hysierial says the Rev.

Edward B. Brueggeman, a Roman Catholic theelogian of Xavier University in Cincinnati and a specialist on the subject. of it is hokum about 95 per cent of However, as a result of the current movie, and the general fascination with the occult, many churches and their institutions have experienced a wave of claimed cases of demon possession. "All of a sudden pleth- era of it all over the land, says Father Brueggeman, who teaches a special course on cults in the modem world. Church Page 28 Saturday, February 2, 1974 Professor Will Talk About Old Testament Professor Luis Alonso-Scho- kel, S.J., noted professor of Old Testament at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Italy, will lead the Lecture-Dialogue Day program at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary at Strawberry, Thursday, Feb.

7. at 9:50 a.m. The public program will bo held in Room 210 of W. Conner Hall on the campus. Professor Schokel is currently serving as visiting professor of scripture at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley.

He is also engaged in the Spanish Bible project in Madrid, Spain, translating the books of the Old Testament (with his commentary) into contemporary Spanish. He is striving to use authentic Spanish literary forms to capture the spirit of the corresponding Hebrew literary forms. In the Lecture-Dialogue Day Concert Slated By Wailing Wall The Liberated Wailing Wall, a group of Jews for Jesus artists, will present a concert at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Holy Episcopal Parish, 2 Tamalpais Drive, Corte Madera. Their selections, vocal and instrumental, are both ancient and modem and designed to proclaim glory.

The group recently recorded an album which in the first month of its release sold more than 1,000 copies. LUIS ALONSO-SCHOKEL Old Testament professor program, he will be speaking on the subject. developing some practical instance of literary criticism of the Old Testament. Seminary Course An introduction to transactional analysis will be presented Feb. 8 and 9 at the Lewis Marshall Lloyd Educational Center at San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo.

Church of Alt Faiths 5461 todto Mffoa Worship 4 Classes at 10:00 'Jeses' TMdwKj of Ubervtioo' Ed Wright, Pastor 924-2297 FUST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH San RafaaJ 8 North Son Padro Road Worship 10:15 a.m. Nursery Care Provided PEACE LUTHERAN LCMS VaR ltd. at ShoroBno Hwy. Tamalpais VaRoy ffoaffy? Worship Service 10:00 S.S. 9:15 MARIN LUTHERAN 649 Ortve Family Worship 9:15 Church School 10:05 Worship Service 11:00 Nursery Care at all Services KDWOOO PRESS YTBBAM CHURCH TIO Magnolia Larkspur Morning Worship KfcOO A.M.

Guest Preacher Rev. Jaws McKwghai 'Dtsdpln Whfc Divided lopttm Both in theology and through the church's experience, he added in a telephone interview, the phenomenon of Satanic possession is extremely rare, although there are Scriptural premises for its possibility. know there are powerful spirits of evil in the world through the freedom permitted by he said. time had its stark demonstrations of that in Hitler and Stalin. And it's well that we should realize this." However, regarding the current spate of upset people complaining they or others are suffering he said the danger is that their problem usually is psychological, such as unleased guilt feelings or mental illusions, needing treatment.

Typical of cases in which his advice has been enlisted, he said, was that of a young woman who was hungry for attention. It was a case of a disturbed mind more than anything else. Nevertheless, a rash of such complaints and inquiries have descended on church officials and pastors, usually as a result of the movie. A St. parish in Bloomfield Hills, the Rev.

James Chichon says about 20 people, mostly college students, have showed up there reporting prolonges loss of sleep or other effects. Many other parishes report a spate of alleged cases by people given nightmares or other anixeties by the movie. Of a youth who claimed some of the odd audiovisual sensations, the Rev. Vinee Connor of St. parish in suburban Denver, says: said the prayers of exorcism over him more for his own consolation than as part of the ritual." Schools Report The Rev.

Thomas Riley, assistant superintendent for planning and evaluation of the archdiocese of San Francisco, will report on the status of schools in the archdiocese at a meeting of the parent-teacher group at our Lady of Loretto School in Novato at 8 p.m. Feb. 5. Christ The Victor Lutheran Church- ALC fir hmtk Mi Church School 9:15 Worship 10:30 loves rower Holy Communion MARIN FELLOWSHIP OF UNITARIANS Chonning Way San Rafool 11 A W.K» land erf MA 4 II AM Prop ai mame Kcnrf F. btvrtta Duty.

479-3131 CHINCH OP TUB 9:45 a.m. Study 11:00 a.m. Worship SERMON: Science: What Is Sin?" 7:00 p.m. Informal Worship FaMorc LL Roger Hoffman, Mkhaol Riley 177 BfHMdt MiH Valley Phone: 388-4516 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Son Rafoel 1510 5 th Avenue WORSHIP AND CHURCH SCHOOL 9:30 AM Nursery Both Services Special Adult Classes SERMON: "CHRISTIAN LOVE" Mantwi: Charles C. Griffin, Stephen W.

Smith Cljurtlj AMERICAN LEGION LOG CABIN San Frunicsco Boulevard San Anselmo Member of (he State and National Spiritualist Association of Churches PHONE 924-4422 DEVOTIONAL SERVICES SPIRITUAL HEALING SUNDAY 10:00 AM LECTURE Respect the Law of Consideration Richard P. Goodwin INTERDIMENSIONAL COMMUNICATION Bee Dorbandt Kay Hammel Richard P. Goodwin Awareness Classes-A 12 week course based on recently published book, "The Living Registration Limited Conducted by Richard P. Goodwin Church Brunch Immediately following Devotional Services Church Dinner Social Feb. 16th, 6:30 REV.

RAY BRINGHAM Four Marin meetings Movement's Founder To Visit Marin Rev. Ray Bringham, founder and president of the Inter- Church Renewal Ministry, will make four appearances in Marin County tomorrow and Monday. At 3 p.m. tomorrow Rev. Bringham will be speaking at the Tada residence, 400 Marion Avenue.

Mill Valley, and at 6 p.m. will speak at the Assembly of God Central. 1675 Grand Avenue. San Rafael. On Monday he will be conducting a luncheon get-together for everyone interested in starting an Inter-Church Renewal Ministry in Marin County.

The meeting will be at noon at Lyons restaurant. 189 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Green- brae. At 7:30 p.m. Monday he will address a group at the Mill Valley Scout Hall, 177 East Blithedalc Avenue. A pastor for 20 years.

Rev. Bringham has sponsored an airlift of young people and leaders to Copenhagen. Denmark, for a witness in the streets, universities and churches. He also arranged for pentecostal dialogues at the Vatican and led a delegation to an Inter-Faith Congress at Pontifical University in Salamonica, Spain. childREN can help WONdERINq.

And they wonder a lot about God. They seem to have a natural awareness that He's here, and that He's important. But they want to know more In the Christian Science Sunday School, God nearness and goodness become practical realities to children. They study and discuss weekly Bible Lessons, and how to apply their truths each day. They learn to look to God for His unfailing help.

No need for your child to go on wondering. Let him start discovering, at our Sunday School. We ll be delighted to welcome him and his friends. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SUNDAY SCHOOL Christian Science Churches of Marin See your telephone directory for the church nearest you..