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VOL. XII, NO. 20 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA SEPT.24,1984

G~est~akersnamed for Feast

Foundation'opens new 's~'a~on

withp'u;no'recimi in'A uilitorium

with about half'of'the U.S. sites hav­ing a small amount of extra seat ing.

"The site s in S1. Pete rsb urg[Fla.]. Jekyll Island [Ga.]. Pasa­dena and Sac ramento [Calif.] havereache d wha t we consider fullcapacity," said Mark McC ulley, anassistant to Mr . La Ravia.

He added that if Church growthcontinues, "We would be packed atevery site in 1985 and might not evenhave sufficient seating at some sites ifwedid notadd these newsites.". Mr. La Rav ia sa id that t he

C hurch plans to use all present 19Feast sites for 1985. "The additionof three new sites will hopefullyreduce attendance at some of themore popular present sites and thusredu ce housing and seating de­mands in those areas," he said.

Ellis La Ravia, evangelist HermanL. Hoeh, John Halford . RobertJones and Fred Ste vens; Ocho Rios,Jamaica: evangelist Richard Riceand Steve Nut zman.

Pent icton, B.C.: Arthu r Docken;Per th. Australia; evangelist RonaldKelly; Philipp ines (all sites): ColinAd air and Robert League: PortDickson, Malaysia: Richard wud­in g; Regin a, Sas k.: evangelistHar old Jackson; Roseau, Dominica:John Bald; Rotorua, New Zealand:evangelist Raymond McNair.

Tartane, Martinique: Ger ardClaude; Victoria. B.C.:Arthur Dock­en; Warm ambocl, Australia:evange­list Ronald KellyandGuy Ames.

'HWA Aimounces Radio DecisionPASADENA- Pastor General Herbert W. Armstrong announced

Sept. 18 the de cis ion to cancel future broadcasts of The WorldTomorrow on radio in the United States, according to David Hulme,director of media purchasing.

.'·We have been continually modifying our radio cover age down­ward for the last two years," Mr. Hulme said. " tn the United Sta teslistening habits and tastes have changed radi call y since Mr. Arm­s trong beg an broadcasting in the 1930s. Today , radio is jus t not a sefficient as television.It

No U.S . stations will ,carry The World Tomorro w aft er mid­October. " We will continue on radio In tntern attonal er eae such asNew Zealand, Europe and the Caribbean, where re spon se is rea ­sonable and th e medium is e ffecti ve ," he said.

During this year Mr. Armstrong has directed that funds desig­nated for radio be reinvested in Ministerial Serv ices, addi tionaltelevision coverage for The World Tomorrow, the Plain Truth super­market distribution program and Plain Truth s ubs criptions .

" To allow brethr en to hearthe powerful me ss ages Mr.Armst rongrecorded for the radio program. we are con sidering devel op ing aca s s ette series of programs for Church librari e s and co-workeruse ," Mr. Hulme said.

PASAD ENA c- Past~r GeneralHer bert W. Arm strong approvedthre e new U.S. sites for the 1985Feast, according to evangelist EllisLa Ravia. who directs U.S. Festivalplanning for the pastor general.

Th e three sites and their plannedatt enda nce are Corpus C hris ti,Tex .• 4.500; Pensacola, Fla.• 6,000;and Vail. Colo.•2.500.

Mr . La Ravia emph asized thatbrethren should not make housingarra ngements at those sites until theFestival Planner is dist ributed inApril, 1985. " We are presently inthe midst of housing negotiat ions,"he said.

Th e evangelist explained thatco nti nued Ch urc h members hipgrowth caused several U.S. sites toreach maximum capacit y this year, '

NEW 1985 SITES - The nbove aitea were approved for the 1985 Feastby Pa stor General Herbert W. Armstrong . [Map by Ronald Grove)

and Lynn Torrance ; Hamilton, Ber-muda: Ted Her lofson. .

Hengelhoef, Belgium: evangelistDibar Aparti an and Robert Sco tt:Hobart. Australia : evangelist Ron­ald Kelly; Hoogeveen, N etherlands:Rod Matthew s and Pieter Mlchlel ­sen; Hull , Que .: evangelist DibarApartian, Bernard Aud oin and Ber­nard Hongerloot; .J acmel, Haiti :Cyri1le Richard ; Jeru salem, Israel:Rich ard Frankel, Car l McN air.Kenneth Swisher and James Wells. .

Livin gstone, Za mbia : DexterFaulkne r; Mont e Hermo sa.'Argen­tin a: evangelist Leon Walker;Mut are, Zimbabwe: Dexter Faulk­ncr ; N anjin g, C hina: evangelist

HWA OKsnewFeast sites

over the proposed season for approv­al."

The evangelist added, " Mr. Arm­strong may not personally prefer'every musical group presented inthe Audi torium . What he does insiston," the evangelist concluded . '.'isthat the per former s and orche str asbe of the highest possible quality,and that the artists reflect the honor

_and dignity maintained in the Audi ­torium: '

Concerts presented in the Audi-· torium are sponsored by Ambassa­dor College in cooperat ion with theAmb assador Foundation. .

PASAD ENA - Mini;terial Ser­vices released the following list of 'assigned guest speakers for the Feastapproved by Pastor General HerbertW. Armstrong.

Unitfd Stateslsit~

Anchor age, Al aska : RichardThomp son and Ronald Howe; BigSandy: evangelist BurkMcNair and

..Don,Lawson; Biloxi, Miss.: RobertFahey; Dayton. Oh io: 'evangelist 'Dean Wilson ; ' Eugene, Ore. :Charl es Bryce and Michael Feazell;Jekyll Island, Ga.: evangelist Nor -

· man Smith and Gary Ant ion. ., Johnson City, Tenn .: evangelistDennis Luker and John Ritenbaugh;Lihue. Hawaii:Donald Ward.GeorgeGeis and Carlton Green; Lake of theOza rks, Mo.: James Friddle andSelmer Hegvold; Mount Pocono, Pa.:evangelist Roderick Meredith ; Nor­folk, Va.:GregAlbrecht .

Pasadena:evangelist JosephTkachSr . and Douglas Horchak; RapidCity, S.D.:David Hulme and DouglasHorchak; Sacramento. Calif: DavidAlbert and Gregory Sarge nt; St.Petersburg, Fla.: evangelist Ellis LaRavia. Saratoga Springs, N.Y .: evan­gelist Leslie McCullough.

Spokane , w esh .: ev an geli stRich ard Ames; Tuc son, Ariz.: C lint

· Zimmerman; and Wisconsin Dells.Wis.: Larr y Salyer . . .

Internat ional sites

Bentota, Sri ' Lanka: Abn erWashing ton; Bonndorf, West Ge r­many: Robert Berendt ; Bredsten ,Denmark : evangelis t Dean Black­well and 'Rod Matthews; Brno,

/ Czechoslovakia: Robert Berendt ;Castries, St . Lucia: Randy Holm;Ch arl ottet own. P.E .I. : Fra nkMcCrady Ill; Christ C hurch. Bar­bados: Chuck Zimmerman.• 1 Crown Point. Trin idad: Carlos

' Perkins; Durban, South ' Afric a:evangelist Leroy Neff and Dexter

· Faulkner; EI Tabitc, Chile : evange-· list Leon Walker; Engl and (all

sites): evangelists Dean Blackwelland Gerald Waterh ouse; Fiuggi,Ital y: ' evangelist Gerald Wat er­house, Carn Catherwood, MichaelGerm ano and Vince Panella .: Free port , Bahamas: evangelistRic hard Rice. : Kevin Dean and

· James Snook; George. South Afri­ca: evangelist Leroy Neff and Dex­ter Faulkner ; Georgetown, Gu yana:Philip Sh ields; Gold Coast. Austra­lia: evangelist Ronald Kelly. Guy

' Ames and Lynn Torranc e; Gosford,Austr alia: evangelist Ronald Kelly

some performers will extend their. tours to per form in the Audito-

rium . . "Asked why the foundation con­

tinues to dr aw top artists andorchestras, Mr . La Ravia replied :" It' s a combination of two things . .First, artists like to perform in theAud itorium. We have a reputationfor super ior acou stics, and theartists like the beautiful sett ing andhow the y are treated here .

"Secondly," he continued, " wehave excellent contacts in the per­forming world that help provideartis ts. For example , the San Fran-

. cisco [Calif.] opera group is veryhelpful to Mr . [Wayne] Shilkret .[director of performing arts for thefoundation] and us in arranging foropera stars. _

" Our proven reput ation for excel­lence encou rages the musical man­agement agencies to cont act uswhen a major orch estra as the BerlinPhilharmonic is available. Plus,since we don't have a huge residentorchestra, we have more flexibilityto bring major orchestras as the Ber- :lin and Vienna philharmonics."

The evange list pointed out that'the Auditorium 's resident orches­Ira, the LosAngeles (Cali f.) Cham- _ber Or chestra, is scheduled 10 playon 12 Saturday evenings in the 'Audit orium . "T hey are very wellrece ived and nicely complement ourschedule, " he said. .

Mr . La Ravia and othe~ founda­t ion officials meet several times ayear with Pastor Genera l Herbert

. W. Arm strong. founder and presi­dent of the foundation, to discussconcert progr aming.

" After we've firmed ' up artistavailability. Mr . Armstrong goes

FOUNDATION PERFORMERS - Clockwise from above left : SopranoMontserrat Caballe, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and the London Phil­harmonic Orchestra will perform during the 1984-85 Ambassador Foun ­dation con cert series.

By Michael A. Snyd~r •PASADEN A - The 1984-85

Ambassador Foundation concertseason opened in the AmbassadorAuditorium Sept . 12 with a perfor­mance by Hung arian pianist Gyoer­gyCziffra.

Evangelist Ellis La Ravia, a vicepres ident of the Ambassador Fcun­dation, described the concert sched­ule as "one that promises to beanothe r of our out stand ing .sea­sons."

Artis ts and orctiestras scheduledto perform in the new season includesoprano Montserrat Ce belle, mez­zo-sopra no Dame J ane t Baker.Yehudi Menuhin conducting theRoyal Philharmoni c Orchestra of .London, cellist Mstislav Rostropo­vich, violinist Nathan Milstein ,gui­tarists Andr es Segovia and C hristo­pher Parkening, flut ist J ean-Pie rreRampal, and the London Philh ar­monic Orche stra . •

Explaining how a season is ached­uled, Mr . La Ravia said: " We try toprovide a balance of top quality per­formers and a numb er of new artists.Few concert halls will feature youngarti sts starting out, since it' s notavery profitable venture." .

Several pianists, violinists, vocal­ists and other performers made theirfir st major professional perter­mance in the Ambas sador Audi to­rium . " If we did not schedule thesewinners of top musical competl­tions, it might take them years torise to the same level of exposure ."

Schedulin g the season requ ireslooking forward a year or more, theevangelist said. Certain performersare sought every year, " but often weend up adapting to existin g tours ofmany performers: ' He said that

2 Th e WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday, Sep t . 24 , 1984

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The coal mine rs st rike. wr ot e veter ­an jou rnalist Per egrine W orst horn ei., the Aug . 26 Sunday Telegraph:" is th e first majo r st rike whe re theTV ca mera has brou gh t thi s ug lyreal ity (violen ce and inti midation )into peop le 's homes over and overagain. Just as the T V coverage ofVietnam raised the q ues tion ofwhethe r any civilized soc iety co uldtole rate in fut ure t he raw actua litiesof wur. so TV coverage of the miner sraise s the same qu est ion about theraw ac tualities of a major strike."

A vir t ua l orgy of pit violence hasbeen produ ced in some areas . Mar ­tyn S ha rpe in The S un Aug . 23:"The pit str ike too k a siniste r newturn yes te rday when 'storm troo p­er s' in para-military sty le uniform swent on an orgy of wrecking. Th e50· str ong mob - in ca mou flagejac ke ts. bo iler suits and baruclavahelmets - were led by a mysterywom an . Th ey left a tr ail of inj ury

(See BRITI SH, pave 71

which almost no beh avior is socia llyproscribed - is a lar ge and com pli­cat ed subject : ' said the Journal ed i­tors.

"But basical ly what happe ned isthat the new mor alit y ofbi gc it ies suchas New Yor k. Los An geles and SanFrancisco was imposed on the rest ofthe country by movies . TV . maga­zines. advertisi ng. mus ic. novelists.playwr ights and . th rough default, byorgani zed rel igion .

" The wave of sec ularization thatrolled across the U.S. in t he past 20years." conti nued the Journal. "d is­rupted man y pat tern s of mo ral beh av­ior amo ng adul ts and bet ween parentsand their childr en .. . Man y Ameri­cans. especially parents, badl y neededcounterarguments and support torestore moral balance to their fam iliesand com munities . But outside theevang elical and fundament alist corn­rnunities , that help never arriv ed .

" T he mainline Prot estant church­es and theAmerican Cat holic C hurchfailed to devot e sufficient resourc es tocreating a st urd y mor al answer toaggress ive modern secularis m. Ohsure. the church doors are open ever ySunday. But unhappily for those who

(See MO RA L, page 71

By John Ross Sch roeder

European Diary

BOREHAMWO OD . Eng la nd- Brita in has a repu tat ion for civi­lized be havior. As a rule th e Britishprefer d iplomacy over violence .

For ge neratio ns Eng la nd hasbeen known as on e of th is world 'ssa fest count ries, a have n for civi litywit h fri endl y st ree ts and a most lyu na rm ed po lice fo rce . Re ce ntevents ca use man y obse rve rs to takea second look . On some da ys ce rta inareas of th e United Kingd om resem­ble a battl ef ield.

Te levision has ch an ged th ings.

Robert CobblerGreensboro. N.C.

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Bob KantakChino Valley, Ariz.

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LettersTO THE EDITOR

Brttbrttl .IM» eareJust a few days ago I was discharged

from the hospital ... having had manyhospital experiences dur ing my 21yeanas a Detroit firefighter I just have to letyou brethren know that I had morevisitors during my II -day stay in thehospital than I had all during my careerwith the department .

I thank God so much for His callingmy wife and I into His Church .. . I'msure that no matter where we are. howold we become. and regardless of ourcircumstances we will always have Godand brethren who carc!

Wor k disc uss ionMy co-workers talk a lot about Mr.

{Herbert W.] Armstrong.They like him(See LE TTERS . .... 71

Loss of British civility

Import ance of feUowshipAfter reading about the lone brethren

in the last issue of The Worldwide N~W$I started thinking about just how impor­tant and wonderful it is to have fellow­ship with the brethre n. I think it issome­thing that we should thank G od for andtake full advantage of ... I realize nowthat there are those: who would givealmost anything for weekly fellowshipwith the brethren .

I would like to thank you for TneWorldwide News and for ellth e news ofbrethren from allove r the world that itbrings us. It makes us (eel we are all partorthe same family. and it also helps us toreal ize thesco pe of the work we area partor.

the leadi ng busine ssdaily, rather t hanin a religi ous publication. says some­thing in itself about the sta te of reli ­gion in America toda y:

" Th e transformation of U.S . soc ialand sexual mores in this period (from1965 onward] - fr om a fairl yst ra ight-laced tr aditi on to on e in

exten t. Now they ar e beca use thecountry is on the moral skids and themai nline churches are more or lessswimming with the secular t ide .

The March 20 WallS trut Journalca rried a powerful lc:adedit or ial con­demn ing the moral deca y in the coun­try over the past two decad es . Th atthese ed itorial comments appear ed in

W~RLDWATCHBy Gene H. Hogberg

' Dainty religious mush '

Mr . Reagan's liberal oppo nents aremost angry that he draws politica lsuppo rt from t he so-ca lled religiou sright - conserva tive evangelicalsandso-called born-aga in churches .T hesefundame nta lists were at one time notinvo lved in politics to any great

cry and in other important event s inthe Uni ted St ate s. But he added thatin the 19605 " the climate beg an tochange - we began to make greatsteps in secularizing our nation . .

" W ithout God there is no virtue."the President stressed ." Without Godwe are mi red in the materi al . . , with­out God dem ocrac y will not and can­not long endure,..

gio n and politics are nec essarilyrelated .. . We establish no religionin t h is cou ntry nor wil l weever ... But we poison our socie tywhe n we rem ove its th eologicalunderpinnings. We court corrup tionwhen we leave it bereft of belie f."

The President said religion playeda critical role in the abol ition of slav-

tions of Gad - not jus t lilli e sur facequ est ion s eit her.

W hen Moses' miss ion to Egy ptappeared to be doomed he asked ." Lord . why hav'c You brought trou­ble on thi s people? W hy is it You

. ha ve se nt me?" (Exod us 5:22.Revised Author ized Ver sion . unle ssnoted ).

Job crie d out in grie f from an ashheap , " W hy is life given to a manwhose way is hidden . whom God hashedged in?" (Job 3;23. New Inter­national Version ). Job a.sked. Wh ywas I bor n to suffer?

Th e apostle Peter . im petuo us andsur e of him self . ac t ua lly rebukedJe sus with a qu estionin g att it ude ." T hen Pet er took Him aside andbega n to rebuke Him , sayi ng, ' Farbe it from You , Lord ; thi s shall nothappen to You!" ( Ma tt hew 16:22).Ch rist qui ck ly answered and putPeter stra ight.

It is int er esting to note th at Godnever reprimanded anyo ne for ask­ing a sincer e que sti on . Rather. toever yone who wanted to und er sta ndand grow. He gave not only answe rsbu t more und e r st andin g a n dres po nsibility .

I am t hankful th at C hrist spo ke inMatthew 7:7: " Ask, and it will be:given to you; see k. and you will find ;knock . and it will be ope ned toyou."

I ans wered my son 's questi on thatnight prayerfully with th e help ofG od's Word and an swer s to qu es­tions I had asked God's mi nist ers .

M y wife followed up wit h moreins truc tio ns. wh ich ( found had apr o found impact o n his yo u ngmind .

Wh ile goi ng throu gh a mem ory­idea boo k I keep , I found a not e t hathe had written his mother j us t a fewdays afte r his bapti sm . He wrot e:" Mom. rem ember when you used totell me that you would walk thr ou gha wall to help and prot ec t me in theMillennium? (g uess you won 't haveto d o tha t n ow . W e ca n gotogether."

Our teaching and ans we r in gq uestions were not in vain .

As parents we must never say"ask me no q uesti on s." An oth erpart of the give \om)' is to be willing ( 0

take time to answer. In Proverbs22:6, God promises you can giveyour chi ld und er stand ing of God 'sway . Remember it 's an ongoing pro­cess of mutual growth each day thatwill have immediate joy s - andfuture rewards.

leave the ir bea utiful ga rden and towork hard to get r id of weed s afte rthat.

With a ser ious, conce rn ed look onhis face he replied. " T hat's a sha meisn't it ?"

T his illu strates an im port an t bib­lical principle: Lesson s from real­life expe riences and qu esti on s canbe much more effec t ive th an form alinstruction .

It seeme d to me now. si tt ingbes ide my concerned son, t hat all hislife he had been as king que stions.trying to discov er how things wer eput together. sea rc hi ng for answersin one way or anot her .

O ften our youngsters dr ove me todis tract ion with th eir incessantquest ions. At times I found it easie rto turn ofTmy ears or to t ry to hushthe m wit h " You as k too ma ny qu es­tio ns, son." Or . "Can' t you see I'mbusy. mister ?" ( had to adm it tha t itwas some times sim pler thi s wayth an sto pping to give the m fullatt en tion and hones t answers .

I d id not question t heir right toask. Over the years I decided thatinquis itiveness was a healthy sign ofgrowing mind s. How could chil drenlearn if the y di dn't have enoughcuriosi ty (0 look for informa tion andpract ical ski lls?

Our litt le ones tau gh t us tha t nomailer how tri vial or how ridiculousit may seem to us, a questiondeserv es to be answered wit h thesame ser iousness with wh ich it isasked . I learned th at a warm, posi ­tive respo nse is an invita tion to " askme anot her ."

The times ( felt best about werethose when I had not been too quickwith my answers . Instead . we hadgone to the libr ary for just the rightbookor taken a walk in t he park orread a proverb in the Bib le to find asolution .

( was fascinated in a persona lBible study to realize that the greatmen in sc riptures all asked q ues-

The President 's response was thatthe issue is not one of " establishingrel igion" but one of rekindl ing a senseof religious-based public moralit y.

The Feb. 2Los Angeles Timeses s­Iyzed Mr. Reagan's moral agenda :

"President Reagan set out in 198 1to ret urn the country tcthe idealsofanearlier era -a time, he recalled , whengovern ment and pri vat e cha ri tiesstood by to help the old and the sickbut when able- bodie d Amer icansproudl y preferred to get by on t heirown ambit ions andenergy .

" lt wasalso, he remembered,a timewhen moralit y and social values weremolded by church and fam ily, not byliberal court decis ions or by govern ­men t re gul at ion s ... Re agan ' sspeeches duri ng the 1980 ca m­paign . . . echoed a growi ng pub licconcern that societ y was losing itsmoral beari ngs."

Th e President att acks secular ide­als in this camp aign as well - to thedismay of the libe ral intellectu a ls. Inaspeech before the Economic Cl ub ofC hicago. III.• the President decl aredan end to Am eri ca's " hedonistic hey­day" of false values. In the past fewdecad es , he added . " many of usturned away from the enduring val­ues. the faith . the work ethic and th ecentral im por tance of the family ."

Dur ing the Repu blican convent ionin Dalla.s. Tex.. Mr . Reagan. a tt end­ing a prayer breakfast. said : "Politicsand mo ral ity are inseparabl e, and asmorality 's fou nda tion is relig ion . reli-

~; Jwt OM ntO'te,~By Dexter H. Faulkner

O nce . when our oldes t boy was 9 ,he cra wled int o bed a bit more q uiet­Iy than usual. Wh en his mot herleaned over to kiss him good night .she detected an uneasy seriousnessnot nor mal in active grade sehoulboys . H is teac he r to ld us that hesee med at tim es preoccupied atschoo l.

Thi s eve ning I was loo king on aseac h boy was mad e co mfortable fort he night. Sensing what his motherhad. I perched myself on the edg e ofhis bed . Perh aps to nig ht we couldget to the bott om of t he problem.

Caut iously I probed . tr ying topers uade him to ta lk about his trou ­bles. S ure ly. no th ird grade r couldhave worr ies so grea t that his par ­ent s could not be of some ass ista nce .I reasoned .

But when he finally sha red hisquest ion . we experien ced a greatlesso n.

" Daddy, what will it be like in theMillen nium ?" he blurted out, " Ifyou an d mom ar e spirit bei ngs. whowill take care of broth er and me ?"

I sta red at my you ng son insilence. Thi s was a deeply co ncernedquestio n for one so young. His qu es­t ion reminded me of the sta tement Ionce read , "Child ren are growingup when they star t asking q ues tionspare nts can 't answer ."

I t hou gh t back to t he innocen tand amusi ng kind s of questions heasked whe n he was a very little guy .At age 4 my son and I were workingin our backy ard garden.

"Did God make weeds. Dadd y?"he as ked as he pulled one from hisrow of radi shes .

I sta rted to give a qu ick answer sothat I could goon with m y work , butth en reali zed t hat thi s was an oppor­tunit y to teach a spiritual lesson. Iex plained to him about Adam andEve and how God put them in abeautifu l ga rd en without anyweeds. I explained how after Adamand Eve di sobeyed God, weedssta rt ed growing and the y had to

Morality I~ rea l issue

In genera l. the issue is not so muc hone of religion per se, but what themoral basis of'Ll.S . socie ty is destined10 be. Is it to be a morality returned tothe nation 's Judeo-Chr istian heritage- or one relega ted to the shiftingsands of godless . moral relati vism ,condo ning abe rra nt behavior?

President Reagan reacted angrilyto the liber al press who worr y abo utwhet her his position undermines thefirst Amend ment to the U.S .Const i­tut ion, which declares that "CongressshaJl make no law respec ti ng an estab­lishment of rel igion . or prohibiti ngthe free exerci se thereof . . ..

Give your child answers

PASA DEN A - Religion hasemerged asabig issuein the 1984 U.S.elec tion campaign. President RonaldReagan's stan ds agai nst legalizedabortion and the federal ban againstprayer in the public schoolsanger hissec ularist oppo nents .

Meanwhile. Democratic vicepresi­dential candidat e Geral dine Ferraro ,a practicing Roman Ca tho lic . isdoggedonthecampaign trailby right.to-life:groups. They lambast her forsaying that while: she is personallyagainst abortion . she would upholdgovernme ntal policy regarding therightofwomentohaveabortions.

Both Mrs. Ferr aro and New YorkGovernor Mario Cuomo were round­lycri ticized for their ambivalent posi­t ions on abor tion by t he archbishop ofNewYork,JohnJ.O'Connor.

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As dawn broke Thursday, Sept.13. the winds and rain began to Jess­en . In two days. Hurricane Dianapoured 18 inches of rain into theWi lmington area according to theu.s. National Weat her Service.S he left beh ind estimated damagesof more than S70 million. accordingto the Wilm ingt on Star-News.

Wilmington brethren did theirpart by preparing for the storm andpraying for God 's protection , Mr .Ellett said. In the midst of Diana' sfury they trusted in His protection.As they began the cleanup, theywere thankful that thei r lives andproperty were spared.

Cha rles & Nadine Knowlton"'IOCI. I.p• • lorCh.tt.noog., r.nn ., .ndMurphy. N.C.

Second-Tithe AssistanceMembers shou ld not go to the Feast without suffic ie nt funds

expecting assistance at the Festival site. According to Minist eria lServ ic es . only limited funds for ge nuine emergenc ies will be avail ­able at the Fest ival locations, and then only with the local pastor 'srecommendation.

Tuesday night, Sept. II , windslifted a storage shed belonging toDavid Martin, a Chu rch member inWilmington , and tossed it over thefence. Wednesday he removed itsconte nts. Wed nesday night windsflattened and folded the building likean envelope . His home, garden andautomobileswere untouched.

This author and her family lis­tened as a funnel cloud screeched itsway over the house Tuesday night.wednesday night a twiste r toucheddow n in the next-door-neighbo r'syard, tearing to ps ou t of maple tr ees

. and snapping off great pines nearthe ground.

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Danl e' & Juli anne Hop eChurc hp• • lorAbbot.fo rd. B.C.

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ownsand leases out.T he owner of" the billboard

insisted on repairing th e sho p, andMrs . Russe ll had already saved thefunds to rep lace the leaki ng roof .Water damage to the shop and cot­tage was min imal .

Before the storm Church mem­ber He len Wade left her mobilehome in Southpo rt. N .C., and wentinlan d to Durha m, N .C. , Upo nret urning , she found some spoiledfood in her ref rige rato r and outsidewas a downed power line. "Therewere trees down in all directionsaround the trailer," she said. " Butnone hit it!"

The eye of Diana passed direc tlyover the homes of M ichae l Boyd

. nea r Ho lden Beach and Ron ieMooney of Shallotte , N.C. Bothfami lies reported numerous tre esand branche s down, but no seriousstructural damage.

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night, Sept , 12, she came back.Dia na made her land fall at 1:15

a.m., Eas te r n Da yli ght T im e(EDT), Th ursday , Sep t. 13, at Fort

.Fisher, N .C.• sout h of Wilmington.Acco rd ing to the . U.S . Na tio nalWeat her Service, gusts reached 110miles an hour at Carolina Beach and120 miles an hour at Ho lde n Beach.T he Wilmington Mu nicipal Airportclocked winds at more than 70 milesan hour.

Several miles inland Diana wa­vered , then moved west ofWilming­ton.

Church member Pear l Russell, atCa rolina Beach , waited out thestorm in her thre e-room cottage. 'Part of her living-room ceiling col­lapsed beca use .of wat er leakingfrom the roof.

About 4a.m.,aftertheeye passed 'over, a billboa rd missed her car andhouse as it blew onto a shell shop she

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By Daw n Evans RadferdWILM INGTON, N.C. - All

Wilmington area brethren in the .path of Hurricane Diana escapedpersona l injury and serious loss ofproperty, ..according to BriscoeEllett II, pastor of the Wilmingtonand New Berlin , N .C., ch·urches.

Dawn Evans Radford is amember and attends the Wil­mington. N.C.. church.

Ministerial Refreshing Program IIISession 9, Sept. 5 to Sept. 18

Tuesday,Sept. 11, brethren com­pleted last-minute preparationsaround homes and busi nesses . Somemoved to more secu re locations. ByT uesday evening, stro ng breezesand misty showers had grad ually .built to gale-fo rce winds and to rren­tial" rain. During the night, Dianawhipped the coas t with 12o-mil e­an-hour winds and then moved off­shore and stalled . On Wednesday

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en, unde r the dir ection of Ma ryWa gler , served salads. trim mingsand dessert .

FARGO. N.D . , took first place ina softball tournam ent in Fargo Aug.12. Minn eapo lis. Minn. , South wassecond, and Minneapolis Non h wasthird . Other parti cipatin g team s were .Bismarck, N.D., St. Paul , Mi nn.,and Winnipeg , Man .

Fargo c hurc h women were incharge of refreshments.

Marnie Hills and Earl D. Jackson .

W . Va .• YES progra ms. Th e fieldday took place at Barkcamp StatePark in Belmont, Ohio.

The group participated in sucheven ts as riflery, fishin g, hiking andswimming . Hamburger s and ho tdogs were the main cour se for the

_ picnic lunch . Parents and singleadult s served as counselors and activ­ity instructors , and were involved inpreparing and servin g the meal.

Reinh old Fuessel, pas tor of theWheeling and Cambridge congrega­tions, con gratulate d the worke rs on awell-o rganized and enjoyable day .T he field day was a means of movingthe members a step closer to fulfillin gGod 's desire to see the heart s of thefathers turned to the children and thehearts of the ch ildre n turned to the ir

. fathers .

Kenneth Murray and Jeffand LoriMcDonald .

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One hundred teenage rs from theBRISBANE, TOOWOOMBA ,CABOOLTURE , WARWICKand GOLD C O AST. Au stra lia.churches anended a banquet Aug. 19at the Roseville Restaurant in Bris­bane . Pastor Ge nera l He rbe rt W .Annstrong has eaten at Roseville ashave world dignitaries .

The YOU members dined in 19thcentury historic charm and danced inthe open courtyard under tropicalplants and beside fountains. .

Rodney Dean , pastor of the Bris­bane Nonh and Cabcolture, Aus­trali a, churches, his wife . Vicki . andKevin Thomson, a local church elderin Brisbane, and his wife, Shirley,were complimented by the owne r ofthe restaura nt on the fine behav ior ofthe young people . ,

Aug. 19 was YES Field Day forthe yo ungsters of the CA M ­BRID GE, Ohio and WHEELI NG,

ELEGANT DINING .- YOU members gather for a banquet Aug. 19in the Roseville Restaurant in Brisbane. Australia. (Photo by KennethMurray]

Banquet, fieldday take place

pl ace . In the me n's B division,Kitc hener defea ted Toron to West forfirst . place .

In th e wom en ' s div isi on theKingston and Smiths Fa lls teamedg ed out the Kitchener wo me n forfirst place .

Close to five hundred bret hrenattended the barbecue after thegames . The Kitchener men , underthe d irect ion of Herman Kschesin­sk i, barbecued c hicken and ham­burgers while the Kitchener wom-

Twe my-s evenments and wo ­me n's softball learns met Aug . 12at Rive rside and Vic to ria parksin Cambridg e , O nr., fo r the an­nu al ONTARIO softba ll tourna -ment . .

Te am s cam e fro m W ind sor,Sam la, Lo ndo n . Ham ilt on . To­rent e East and Wes t . Barrie .Kingston and Smiths Fall s. Ottawaand Kitchener . .

In the men ' s A division , Kitchene rdefeated Toronto East t? ca pture first

Teams take part insoftballtoumaments• • • l ' .

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consisted of a softball throw. stand­ing lon g jump and lOO-yard dash forboys and girls in three groups: ages 6and 7, 8to JOand II and 12. Winnersreceived ribbons. Ribbon s with med­als were awarde d to the best overallin each category. Rec ipien ts wereKevin Gree nwood . boys II and 12;John Birkenstock , boy s 8 to 10;Dawn Childress . girts c l I and 12;Michelle Spencer. girls 8 to 10; andKamesha Thomas; girls 6 and 7.

Othe r attractions included horse ­back riding and swimming .

The Bcnnyville, Alta .• and North ,Battleford and Lloydminster, Sask . ,churches mel in LLOYDMINSTERAug. I I for co mbined Sabbath ser­vices . A sandwich buffer follo wed .That eve ning many of the bre threngathered at Lake Manito u RegionalPark for a sing-along and camp-out.. Sun day morni ng bega n with a

pancake breakfast. The main attrac­tion of the day was a YES summero lympics wit h chocolate medalsawarded to the winners of the events .All participant s received choco latecoi ns and YES summer olympi c but­ton s as souvenirs of the day . Anadded att raction was Ed Sabo urindressed up as a clo wn on stilt s. Awiener roast ended the day .

GAI NESVILLE, Ga .. breth renwere on hand for an annu al churchpicnic Aug . . 26 at Mar y Ali cePark, with family activities plannedfor the day .

Mike Grogan won a YOU sackrace. and Mark Qu intana won in

.the j unior YOU race . Vickie Erwi nwon a women ' s nail-driving con­te st. and Ja n Payne and WayneWhited loo k firs t In a hors eshoetourn ament .

Loretta Hardiman, Jan Hender­son. Timothy and Donna Love, Bon­nie Griswold . Terry David Cole ,Barbara Wesley, Linda Blanchard.But Gay, Manya Gusto/son andAdeline Sanoy and Wayne Whited.

States. The works supplied cannonsand cannon balls for the U.S . rev.

_. oluti onary army .

Brethren played volieyballthrou gh out the day . Other act ivitiesorganized by deaco n John Card ie in­cluded Frisbee golf. horses hoes, athree-legged race and a wa te r­balloon toss .

Aboul90 TERRE HAUTE; I~d .,brethren gathered at Deming Park fora picnic , including volleyball. kick­ball, swimm ing and child ren's ac­tivities organized by Melody Punt­ney and Nancy Cooksey. C hildrenrode on a miniature locomotive in thepark.

Frank McCrady Jr. , pasto r of theTerre Haute. Indianapol is and Co­lumbus , Ind .• churches, and Chrisand Andy Higginboth am providedguitar music for a sing-alon g.

Thi s was the first Terre Haute so­cial for Mr. McCrady and Jame s lee .assoc iate pastor. The picnic markedthe sixth ann iversary of the TerreHaute church .

Aug. 5 SAULT STE , MARIE,Onr. , and WOLVERINE, Mich .,

. brethren attended their annual picnicalong the banks of Ihe Sturgeo nRiver . Fea tur ed we re chi ldren 'sgames . a soft ball tourn ament. crazy

. relays and a mud pie auction . Ponyride s were available for young andyoung-at-heart .

Lunch was bar becued chi ckenwith Dean McPherson ts sec retsauce . It was followed by an inner­lube float. John and Linda Sackri dercoo rdinated the activitie s. _

The , SHREVEPORT, .: La . ,church had an outing in Mike Wood sPark in Bossi er City, La.• Aug. 19.The mornin g activities ..were teamgames for the different age grou ps.The young children sharpened skillsin a bean-bag throw , the jun ior YOUparticipated in an egg race and thesenior YOU had a cardbo ard race .Adul ts part icipated in a three-leggedrace . Lunch was a potluck served atthe park pavilion . After lunchmanyplayed "volley ball. c sc ftball, 'touch"foot ball and horsesh oes . O ther splayed table games 'or fellow sh ippedbeneath shade trees .

Aug. 19 the MEMPHIS, Tenn .,church had its final summer picnic atMeem an Shelb y Forest State Park.. Acti vitie s began in the morn ing

with a j unior olympics competit ionand horseshoes. Afte r lunch coedsoftba ll. volleyba ll and the continua­tion of the junior ol ympics provide dexercise and cha llenge for part ici­pants as well as excitement for spec­tators . Junior oly mpics competition

CANADIAN CLOWN - EdSabourin, weari ng a clown suitand on stilt s. poses with chil­dren at the YES summer ojyrn­pics Aug . 12 in I:loydmins ter,Sask.

(Cont inued f rom p8ge 4).Bonnie Griswold and were invited to acommast at thehomeof Kenand IreneAlmas, members of the Sr .Catberire s,Om., church. Young people of the St.Catherine s church helped entertain thegroup., Besides the'com roas t and fellow­ship . the gro up playe d a get­acquai nted game and swa m in abackyard pool. ,

Despite morning ra in'. theVINE LAND, N.J., church 's annual

.- picnic too k place Aug . 19 at the Bat-: sto Village a nd his tori c park in

southern New Jersey . Brethren tooka step back into the 17005 by louringBatsto, a former site of iron and glasswork s that played a majo r part in theindustrial deve lopme nt of the United

Isolated brethren find ways to attend

Guyanese look forward to FeastBy Lowell Wagner Jr.

PASAD ENA - For some ofGod 's peo ple in Guyana. a count ryon the northeast coast of SouthAme rica, th e Feast of Tabern aclesis one of th e few oppo rtunities tohear God's min isters and to fellow ­ship with brethren, accordi ng toPau l Krautma nn, pas tor of t hechurch the re .

Lowell Wagner Jr. is an edtt o­rial assistant/or You th 84.

Sin ce much of G uyana can bereac hed only by ai rplane or by long,ha rd riv e r jour neys , t ra ve l toGeo rge town. the capital and themeet ing place of God 's C hurc hthere , is a d if fic ult . expensi veund er laking. So th e once-a-yea rreuni on wit h brethren from aroundthe coun try makes th e Feas t an evenmore joyo us ti me , Mr . Krautmannsaid.

There is also cause for celebrati onin Guya na abo ut the work of theChurch. Acco rd ing to Mr. Kr aut ­mann : " I' m expecting a lot ofgrowth this year and next yea r.People like The Plain Truth. theylike the literatu re. we have a lot ofpeople gelling the Co rrespo nde nce

Course and The Good N ews is goingup quit e a lot : '

A nd al th ough Th e Wo rl d ,Tomorrow is no longer broadcast onthe government radio station - itcan still be hear d in G uyana overRadio Antilles. from Mon tserr at in

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th e Ca ribbea n - the growth of Th ePlain Tr uth hasn 't slowed.

Mr. Krau tmann said th at word ofmout h is spreading The Plain Trut haround the count ry. Someone willborrow a frie nd 's cop y and thenwant a subscript ion.

Most of th e 7Smembers live in ornear Georgetown where weekly ser­vices take place. Man y membersalso live east of Geo rgetow n whe reMr . Krautmann conduct s monthlyBible studies.

Lik e ma ny of the world 's devel op­ing nations, Guyana suffers fromthe global recession . To help bal­ance its budget . the govern me ntseverely limits impor ts .

Th is affects people most at thed inne r tab le. "That 's our daily prob­lem : ' Mr . Krautmann said. T heimport restr ict ions mean th at onlylocall y gr own foods ar e easily avail­able . lead ing to a lack of variet y." T he c hildren are always asking,' Yo u got anyt hing to ea t? You gotanything to eat ?' But th ere 's noth ­ing int er esting to eat - always riceor cassava or plantain chip s."

The pr oblem is greatest inG eorget o wn . I n t h e fa rmi ngareas . peop le have mor e abun­da nce and varie ty.

Mr. Krautmann said 'that bre adsells for S2.50 a loaf and chees e for$7 .50 a pound. The per cap it ainco me in Guya na in 1982 wasS603 .

C hurc h membership is a crosssect ion of th is d iverse nat ion . Th er e

are teach ers, civi l serva nts, carpen­te rs, farme rs and even gold miners ,Mr . Kraut mann said.

M r. Krautmann, born in E n­gla nd , came to G uya na in 1969 .After gr adu at ing from Pasaden aAm bassador Co llege in 197 5 hemoved back to Guyana. At the .t ime , th er e was no m inister andno regul ar services. Mr. Kraut­mann was ordained a local elderin 1978. Although he kept hisBri tis h c it i ze n s h ip w he n hebecame a G uya nese ci ti zen, he .has no des ire to leave th e coun ­try.

" I like being there beca use it is achallenge:' he says .

Unite, his Guyanese-bor n wife,laughs. " H e likes problems. T hat'swhy he likes it ."

"If I went anywhere .else," heagrees; " ! wouldn 't be happy at alI. Ilike Gu yana for the challenge . I' mfrom England. but , to be honest. Ij ust would n't be happy in Eng landeven th ough I enjoy the phys icalblessings of being in Eng land . . . Ilike Gu yan a for the wor k th at isbei ng done the re a nd what I' m ableto do there."

One of the challenges is the lackof t ransporta tion for C hurch activi­lies. O nly one member owns a ca r, soany act ivit ies mu st take place near­by. "A nyp lace else you have to gettransport ation for, and th at' s d iffi­cult :'

But at th is time of year , trans­porta tion problems or not, Guya-

nese brethren find a way to get toG eorgetown. From the isolatedAme rind ian sett lements near Bra ­zi l. from t he sugar plantat ionsalong the coast, from the gold ­mining camps in th e interior onthe Essequibo River. membersfind a way to make it to God'sFeast of T aberna cles .

GUYANESE FEAST - Much ofGuyan a is roadl e s s, wilde rnessjungl e s . ma king it a challenge formem ber s in the Interior to travel toGeorge to wn for th e Fe as t of Tab ­e rna cles. [Map by Ron ald Gro ve ]

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. Rick FryerCarpentersville, III .

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Steven E. AthinsonArlington. Tex.

God's way found profitableI am sixteen and have been attending

the Worldwide Church of God foraboutthree months. Ever since I have startedgoing God's way, my life has changedgreatly for the good. I am giving a dona­tion because I feel this is truly theChurchof God.

acknowledgement of God's existencealmost totally outofthe collect ive lifeof the American society - a develop­ment, as some noted, that came closeto making atheism our state religionbydefeult ."

President Reagan , said to be aneternal optimist, is nevertheless con­cerned at the trends in the nat ion heobviously loves so much .

In the book Reagan Inside Out.author Bob Slosser quotes the Presi­dent as saying : "The time has come toturn back to God and reasser t ourtrust in Himforthehealing of Ameri­ca. This means that all of us whoacknowledge a belief in our Judeo­Christian heritage must reaffirm th atbelief and jo in forces to reclaim tho segreat principles . . . ..

On another occasion the President,as reported in the May 24 New YorkTimes. said simp ly:

" We are a nation under God. And ifwe ever forget that, we'll be just anation under."

Richard ZangriLawrence, Mass.

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(Continued from page 2)and have always found out, by referringto the Bible, that he always speaks thetruth .

LettersTO THE EDITOR

'Trapped' teen seeks way oulI'm fifteen and it seems like everyone

around me is drinking, doing drugs andlistening to heavy metal music. They actreal strange, and they're always angry.At first I thought it wasmy imagination,but now it seems I'm being pressuredinto things I knoware wrong.

. I know the only way for me to get outof this trap is to have the faith of JesusChrist. Thank you for publishing ThePlain Truth for free. I used to think allofthe churches were out to make a fastbuck, but now I realize there is somegood in the world. "

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enter, much contemporary Americantheology has come to be based in thisperiodon·a kind of dainty religiousmush that has more in common withthe sentiments of Rod McKuen andJohn Lennon than the precepts ofIsaiah orSt . John ."

Sins notdenounced

One can be sure there have beenprecious few sermons oflate based on .Isaiah I to Sin the mainline churches.

Where, for exampl e, is the con­demnation from the pulpit of the gay­rights movement? Some churcheshave chosen to " understand" it, over­looking that God refers to the nationas "You peopleofGomorrah" (Isaiah1:10, Revised Authorized Versionthroughout).

American society issick "From thesoleofthefooteventothehead.[with)wounds and bru ises and putrefyingsores." But there is noone to bind upthese afflict ions, whichare spiritual innature (Isaiah 1:6) .

God takes the "shepherds ofIsrael" - the self-appointed mini s- .ters of the land - to task because,"The weak you have not str ength­ened, nor have you healed those whoweresick" (Ezekiel34:4).

" w ho can heal you?" God asks inLamentations 2:13. Certainly not theblind spiritual guides of today .

Inverse 14God says,"Yourproph­ets have seen for you False and decep­tive visions; Th ey have not uncoveredyour iniquity" - exposed sins to thelightofGod'sWord. .

The false shepherds have not doneasGod 's true servant in this age has­"Cry aloud, spare not ; Lift up yourvoice like a trumpet; Tell My peopletheir transgression, And the house ofJacobtheirsins" (Isaiah58:I) .

The result of this spiritual inatten­tion , writes William Rushee. ed itor ofNational Review, is th at the UnitedStates has become , in th e publi c, col­lective sector , virtually an athei sticsociet y by default . He wrot e in aMarch 23 syndicated column : .

" It is only in recent decades thatatheist views (oft en mor e gent lydescribed as 'secular' ) have grownvocal enough and strong enou gh toinsist upon a st ricte r interpretation ofthe Constitutional prov isions, and toper suad e the courts to conform totheir view .. .

"The net effect was to drive

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TORONTO. Ont. - Ruth ElizabethColquhoun, 73, died Aug. 3 followingabrief illness.· She was baptized in April, 1982, andattended the Toronto Eastchurch .

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. .....:.... Caro­line Weiler, 81, a member of the Churchsince 1963,died here Aug. ~2.

.Miss Weiler was born in Blue Earth.Minn.She movedto Minneapolis, whereshe taught accounting and typing in abusiness college until a fewyears ago.

Miss Weiler is survived by one sister.

-"" of Avon Lake and Jean Bartholomew ofVienna, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. H. Kiser ofButler, Pa.; 15 grandchildren; and 16great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted byLloyd Briggie, pastoroftheMercer, Pa.•and Youngstown churches.

FINDLAY, Ohio - OpalHuston,75,a member since 1964,died Aug. I ..;Mrs. Huston is survived by nine chil-

· dren , 27 grandchildren and 16 great­grandchildren. . ..

Funeral serviceswereconducted Aug.3 by James Haeffele, pastor of the Find­lay and Mansfield, Ohio. churches. ~

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CAMBRIDGE, England ""::' A~gailLouise Hammond,S days old, died hereJuly 25. Her parents, Jim and Mary, are

· members of the Cambr idge church.Funeral serviceswere conducted July

29 by Harold Sullivan, a minister in the'. Cambridge church . .'

. .He is'survived by hisparents, Norman

·and Patty, members of the Sacramento,· Calif." church ; three sisters, Sharon,

Susan and Judy; and one grandmother ,Kathryn Wagoner. . '

Lawrence Neff, pastor of the Sacra­mento church. conducted graveside ser­vices Aug. 23 in Auburn .

AUBURN, -Calif. _- Nathan Ale xStewart, 13,died Aug. 19in aswimmingaccident. Nathan was an outdoor enthu­siast, a flute · player and talented ingraphics.

NATHAN STEWART

Midlands and North England."What is happening in England

today goes beyond a mere industrialdispute. As one coal-board officialquoted by Mr. Johnson said, "Theincidents are more like public lnsur ­rection than anything to do withpicketing or an industrial dispute."

The rule of law is being threat­ened in Britain today. Respect .forcivil authority is at a low level. Someseem to believe in civil disobedi- .ence . They want to do what is rightin their own eyes . .

Mr. Johnson wrote: "Intimida­tion by organized mobs is nowbecoming part of the British way oflife . . . The rule of fear is winning 'because intimidated miners knowfrom experience that the men ofvio- .­lence will make good their threats ifthei r commands are disobeyed." .

-T bese are not all the rantings andrav ings of sleazy ; 'back -st reet"tabloids. When writers like Mr .Wor sthorne and Mr. Johnson startusing this kind of. rhetoric, some- .

. thing is amiss . All is not well in theBritish Isles. A potential businessrecovery has been slowed. The ruleof law is under . siege in certainindustries. Prime Minister Margar­et Th atcher had to cancel an.exten­sive tour of the Far Eas t. She wantsto remain at 10 Downing Street.

YOUNGSTOWN; OMo- Mary"Frances White, 87, died July 29 of anillness in a nursing home in Avon Lake,Ohio. She was baptized in January,

' 1972, and wasa member of the Youngs­town church until she moved to AvonLake in May, 1983, and attended theCleveland, Ohio, West church .

Mrs. White is survived by two sons,William of Darlington, Pa., a member ofthe Youngstown church , and Robert of ,Youngstown;two daughters , Kay Usher

vived by herhusband, Raymond, also amember of the Church .

Funeral services were conducted byDan Creed, pastor of the Minot, Bis­marck and Dickinson, N.D., churches.

- ROCHESTER, Minn. - G~raldAlbertson, 43, died June 6 after a longillness . He has been a member inRochester since 1978.

Mr. Albertson is survived by his wife.Bette; two sons; two daughters; threegrandchild ren; his parents . Mr. andMrs. Joe Albertson; one brother; and

.. two sisters. .Funeral serviceswere cond~cted June

8 by evangelist Burk McNair , pastor of ,the Big Sandy and Tyler, Tex., church ­es.

CROSBY, N .D. - Paula Anderson ,78. d ied her e Au g. 18. She suffered froma heart condition for a number of years.

Mrs. Anderson has been a member ofthe Church for eight years. She is sur-

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and destruction in the Doncastercoalfield . The gang struck at dawn,looting pit stores and offices, andwrecking TV security cameras ."

Paul Johnson, a journalist-hi sto­rian not given to overstatement, .wrot e in the Aug. 29 Daily Mail:" For the first time since the 1930s,gangs of politi cal thugs wearing un i­forms have appeared on the Britishscene . . . The org anizers of large­scale violence in the NUM [N ation­al Union of Mineworkers] appear to

. control a force of about 5,000 men,mainly unmarried miners, who canbe moved virtually at will by bus andcar .t hroughout a large area of the

For the record

IContlnued from pege 61Claire. Wis., and S1. Paul .congrega·lions.

PASADENA - In the Aug. 27Worldwide News. the number of

. countries represented by campers atthe Summer Educational Pro gram(S EP) in Scotland was incorrectl yreported ' to be four. There wereteen s from 14 countries . at th isyear 's ca mp, and sta ff membersfrom nine countries.

Obituaries

WASHINGTON. Pa.- Merlecur­. ton Grable, 65, . a member of God's

Church since March, 1980, died July28.

Mr. Grable was one of the originalmembers of the Washington church,started in 1981 . He was skilled in wood­working and donated nower stands and acustom-made library to the congrega­tion .

Mr . Gr able is survived by his wife.Mildred ; five daughters. of which two,Henri etta and Dorothy , are members inWashington; and ason .

Funeral services were conducted byJohn Dobr ttcb, pastor of the Washing­ton and Belle Vernon, Pa., churches, atGreenlee's Funeral Home in Fredrick­town , Pa.

Major meets Tornado"It wouldn 't have happened at all if

you'd obeyed me," Grandfather cor ­rected : He shook his head as theywalked. "We must obey those in author­ity over us. Think about it. Susie couldhave been killed."

"Yes, sir. I'm sorry, real sorry.""['m glad you are. I hope you never

disobey me again .""Yes, sir."They walked on." I' ll have to punish you, you know." .Jim looked up into his Gr andfather's

face. "How ?""You're not going to ride Prince

again while you're on this visit.""Yes, sir." Jim hung his head misera­

"b ly, He had disappoin ted his grandfa­ther and that's what hurt the most.

As they turned into the driveway .Major reached up and licked Jim 's handto console him. Looking down, Jim sud­denlysmiled."Grandfather, I guess youdon't know how much Major helped us.He gave that bull a bite on the leg to keephim from chasing Prince on down thehill while Susie wason him ."

"Good dog!" praised Grandfather."What would we do without you?"Bending, he gave the beagle three firmstroke s of affect ion across his head andback.

Major's tail waved as he walkedbetween them .And he smiled .

. door of the house and walked to the sidegate . He was taillike Harry, but morethickset, and a blond mustache coveredhis mouth . " Hello. Wilson. Enjoying arid e on our horse?" he called out.

."Hello." Grandfather replied . He ledPrince over to the gate and handed thereins to Mr . Sterner. "Y ou might say [did. [ think you need a new latch on thatfeedlot gate. Your bull got out, but I puthim back in for you. Come on , Major: 'They walked down the driveway. Asthey reached the road, Jim told Harrygoodbye and joined them for the walkdowrithehill .

"You were great with that bull!" Jimsaid. "A real cowboy!"

"Thank you. But let's talk aboutyou," Grandfather said a little sharply ."I want to know why Susie camescreaming into our driveway on Princeafter [said for her not to ride alone ."

"I can explain," J im said in a scaredtone. "It was Harry's idea. He said if we

.walked beside Prince, Susie would besafe."

"Safe! SAFE? She could have been. killed!" .

"Harry didn't think it would hurt,"Jim continued, almost in tears. "Wedidn't know the new bull could get intothe road. All of it wouldn 't have hap­pened if the bull hadn't been loose."

Grandfath~r herded the bull into thedriveway and on into the feedlot throughthe open gate . Dismounting. Grand­father closed the gate and securelylatched it.

Harry 's father came out of the back

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Grandfather looked up the hill, sawTornado tearing up the grass along thefence where Major barked at him safelyfrom the other side. He set Susie on herfeet ."Run into the house and stay there.I'll deal with you later!" Turning, hewent tothe backofhis truck, grabbed upa long length of rope , untied Prince'sr e ins and mounted up. "Giddap!"

. Prince wheeled and trotted down the 'dr iveway,

They came up the hill at a full gallop :"All right you overgrown bully!"shouted Gr andfatherto the bull, wavingthe rope ina whirring circle ."You get on ./ 'home and bequickaboutit!" ,

Startled, the animal shook his head,eyes quizzical.

"Go on, I say!" Grandfather repeat -ed, whirling the rope nearer. "

Tornado backed off, turned, and lum- l)bered up the hill. Grandfather followed" ?"closely on Prince.

Slipping under the fence, Majorlagged along at asafe distance.

Harry and J im had moved into theyard that enclosed the Sterner farmhouse and watched in amazement as