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2 ;GODERICH SIGNAI.STAR, THURSDAY, NOVF,IdBBft 13, 1969
Missionary froom Biafra to
weak of Exeter service
•,.. Rev. Gerhard Becker, a •
missionary who has recently
returned from war-torn Biafra,
will be the featured speaker at a
Youth Missionary: Rally, to be
held on November 15, at •8:60
p.m. at the Exeter Town Hall.
Rev. Ozner Henderson,
recently appointed District
Overseer for the Church of God
in this area, will be in charge of
the Rally.
Mr. Becker began his
Missionary activities in 1965
when he and his wife and two
children were appointed to the
then eastern region of Nigeria to
serve their mission as director of
Educatipn. Most of their services
were rendered against the
background of political unrest
d Cation which erupted into
The Rev. Cecil E. Chapin, born,
brought up and educated in the
Bible Belt of the southern part
of the U,S.A. was at the Church
. of God located at ' McKay Hall
last weekend. Mr. Chapin served
as 9 police judge in Berrien
County, Michigan, for four
years, during which time he
meted out justice with a Law
Book and the Bible. He has been
• a minister with the Church of
God, North America's oldest
Pentecostal Church
Organization, for the past 23
years. He was recently elected to
the high office of Overseer
(Bishop) of the Churches of God
in Eastern Canada. He has
traveled extensively in Europe,
the Middle East, and Central
America. The purpose of the
meeting here in Goderich was to
• acquaint the local congregation - •
A
an agi
fullsoale civil war, when the
eastern region, in which the
Beckers were serving, decided to
break away fiom the Federation
of Nigeria to become the
Republic of Biafra. When war
became imminent, most foreign
nationals, including Mrs. Becker
and the children were evacuated
from the troubled area; however,
Mr. Becker elected to remain
behind to look after mission
interests. In the ensuing months,
the area became almost
completely sealed off from the
outside world ' due to the
blockade put into effect against
Biafra by the Federal
Government. As a result of this,
•
with the relative aspect of the
Bible to this twentieth century
society.
Town donates
4,7OO.75 to
cancer unit
Goderich donated a total of
$4,700.75 to the Huron County
Unit, of the Canadian Cancer
Society this year,,according to
,figures ' just released by Ken
Flett, treasurer of the local unit.
The figures were for the
period from October 1, 1968 to
September 30, 1969.
• Campaign receipts for other
areas were. as follows: Clinton,
$2,842.77; Exeter, $3,923.02;
Wingham, $2,223.35 and
.;. orth $2,152.78 fora total of
$15,832,67.
In m e m oriams totaled
$4,558.57; special grants $500
and bequests, $1,000.
Interdenominational
for UNICEF
Children from Victoria Street
Public School and Robertson
Memorial Public School had a
fine response to their Hallowe'en
appeal for funds for UNICEF.
The orange and black boxes
contained,, a total of
$378.98—$203.52 from
Robertson and $175.46 from
Victoria.
As .usual, only the children
who volunteered to he)p•in this
carried the UNICEF boxes.
Mr. Becker had difficulty getting
ip touch with his wife and
mission, and for a period of six
months, no one outside Biafra
knew anything about his
condition and whereabouts. This
mystery was lifted shortly after
Federal troops recaptured the
town, -where- Mr.- -Becker - was
staying early in 1968. After
another five mortths, which were
mainly taken up with refugee
relief work, Mr. Becker returned
W Canada and was reunited with
his family towards the e$d of
1968.
Mr. Becker's talk will be
centred around his experiences
during the fourteen months he
spent in the combat area.
Youth from Goderich,
London and other areas will be
attending this rally.
Everyone is Welcome
'The Bible
Today'
A common sight in a new
community called "Las Hig-
ueras," near Concepcion, Chile,
is "a paperback New Testa-
ment with a 'red, yellow and
brown cover, popping up all
over 'the place" says a reportRomanin an American Roan Cath-
olic magazine. The book is
the New Testament in "Popu-
lar" Spanish, published by the
Bible Societies in Latin Amer-
ica and used and distributed
by the Roman Catholic
Church in the new community
which has grown up around
a steel mill. Fifteen Bible
groups, composed of a dozen
people each, have been estab-
fished and the members meet
regularly for Bible Study.
Teenagers also have another
community ommity in the parish, and
they in turn minister to the
younger children, using the
same Version Popular New
'Testament. The, whole plan
aims to develop and involve
the community in the parish.
way
Obituaries
JOHN JOSEPH CONNELLY
John Joseph Connelly, 57,
Colborne Township, died
suddenly November 5 at
Alexandra Hospital.
A sora of 'Clair las _,Connelly
and Elizabeth Decorsey, the
deceased was born January 16 in
Loean Township, Perth County.
He was married October 5,
1938 to Josephine Murphy who
survives. Until 1947 he was -a
guard at the reform school, at
Guelph. He then moved to St.
Augustine where he lived until
1952 when he took up farming
in Colborne Township.
He was a member of . St.
Peter's Roman Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife;
two sons, Dennis, Colborne
Township and Stanley,
Goderich; two daughters, Mrs.
James (Colleen) McKinley,
-Kitchener, and Marlene at home;
his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Connelly, Hillside Nursing
Home, Stratford; five sisters,
Rex Humbard
invites you to
attend a special
TV RALLY
STRATFORD FESTIVAL
THEATRE
Stratford, Ontario
MONDAY, NOV.17th
7:45 p.m.
-- 2,300 Free Seats —
Inspirational Music by. ..
Cathedral Quartet
Vic Clay
Johnnie Hope
and an inspirational
gospel message by
Rev. Rex Humbard
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9:45 - 10:45 a.m.
WINGHAM
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10:00 - 110O a.m.
Funeral service ,was Saturday,
November 8 from St. Peter's
Church with Rev. Fr. R.
Moynahan officiating. Interment
was in St. Peter's Cemetery in
Colborne Township.
Pallbearers were. :Terrance
. Hunter, Clem Steffler, ' Garnet
Stright, John Redmond, "Ben
Chisholm and Joe O'Brien.
Funeral arrangements were by
Stiles Funeral Home.
JOSEPH HENRY WILSON
Mrs. Howard (Agnes) Ishe,
Mitchell; Mrs. Joseph (Alice)
Regan, Mitchell; Mrs. Patrick
(Madeline), Coffield, Detroit;
Mrs. James (Anna) Sweeney,
Guelph; and Mrs. Laverne
(Marie.) Rol'ph, Mitchell; four
brothers, Gerald, Hamilton;
Thomas, Mitchell; Clarence,
Guelph; and Emmett, Toronto;
and two grandchildren.
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Joseph Henry Wilson, 121
Queen Street, Goderich, died
suddenly at his home. Friday,.
November. 7. He was 89 years'
old.
A son - of 'Joseph Bernard
Wilson and Elizabeth Bull, he
was born October 27, 1880 in
Goderich. In 1885 the family
Moved to Goderich Township
where Mr. Wilson resided until
his retirement in 1956. He then
moved back to Goderich where
he has lived ever since.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Emma Powell; one
daughter, Mrs. Keith (Vera)
Miller, RR 2, Bayfield; one son;
William J., Huron _ bark; five
grandchildren and two sisters,
Mrs. H. A. (May) McCreath
Goderich and Mrs. Charles�va
Muir, London.
Funeral service was Monday,
November 10 from the
McCallum Funeral Home with
Rev. Leonard Warr officiating.
Interment was in IflaitlAnd
Cemetery at Goderich.
Pallbearers were Arnold
Miller, Bud McCreath, Howard,
Fowler, Bill Carruthers, Arlie
Lockhart and Cliff Sturdy.
Flowerbearers were William
Snyder, Orville Powell, Jim
Sturdy and Ernest Powell.
Relatives and friends attended
from Campbellville, Toronto,
Milton, London, Brantford and
the surrounding area.
The figure on the monument at the cenotaph in Court House Park seems to die saluting the
Canadian Flag in this photograph taken during Tuesday Remembrance Day service. Many adults
present remarked ,on the large number of children who were present and on the behavior of the
children during the service. Many of the children may, be seen to the left in the photo.
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Rev. Rex Hurnbard at Stratford Nov. 17
MRS. STANLEY LYON
•
Funeral services for the late
Mrs. Stanley Lyon of Blyth were
held on Thursday, Nov. 6 from
the Tasker Memorial Chapel,
with the Rev. W. 0. Mather of
Blyth United Church and Rev.
C. Heckendorn of Londesboro
officiating. Interment was in
Blyth Union Cemetery.
Mrs. Lyon was in her 69th
year. Born in Hullett Township,...
Nellie May Manning, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.
Manning, she spent her entire
life in this district.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by two daughters, Mrs.
John (Frances) Balmer,
Edmonton and Vera, Montreal,
and one sister, Mrs. Joe (Elsie)
Shaddick of Hullett Township.
Pallbearers were Clare
Vincent, Clarence Crawford,
Bert Shobbrook, Emerson Heck,
Bert Lyon and Bill Cockerline..a
Flowerbearers, were nephews,
John and Bill Shaddick, Murray
Lyon and Harold Kerslake.
If -you ask people to name the
personality whose show is.
carried by the largest number of
television stations, they'll
probably answer Johnny Carson
or Ed Sullivan. In both cases,
they'll be wrong. It's Rex
Humbard.
The Rev. Rex Humbard,
evangelist, pastor and self
confessed super" salesman has his
own ' brand of' that "old time
religion" aired on 200 stations in
Canada and the United States
and • 'viewed by a weekly
audience of 18,000,000, people.
In doing this, he is realizing a
teenage ambition—"To put. God
on Main - -Street - where He
belongs."
The Pastor of the world's
largest' Interdenominational
church,. who draws a
congregation of 8,000 to ' his
Cathedral of Tomorrow in
Akron, Ohio every Sunday, will
be appearing at the Stratford
Festival Theatre, on Monday
evening, November 17 at 7:45
p.m.
His church operates its own
Bible team
will be at
Calvary
Baptist
television station in Akron and it
is there that Rex Humbard
produces his television shows
before they are shipped across
North America.
The Little Reck born minister
has been taking religion directly
into homes ever since he was 13
years old. For it was then that
he looked to the radio to sell his
evangelist ,'father's revival
meetings.
When he saw the potential
impact ol television, it was to
this electronic miracle that Mr.
Humbard hitched his spiritual
wagon.
God isn't dead, he says, it's
the organized.. church that is
collapsing under the weight, of
ritual ceremony so that only ten
A team from the Detroit Bible
College ' Extension Service
Department will appear Sunday
evening at Calvary Baptist
Church, 2'31 Bayfield
Road(Highway 21).
The College is - one Of the
agencies responsible for some of
the fine musical groups currently
touring the country. It is also
the Alma -Mata of Rev. K. , J.
Knight, pastor of Calvary .Baptist
Church in Goderich.
PastorKnight stated, "Since
the service will be mostly music
and totally conducted by young
people, the youth of the town
are encouraged to attend and see
that not all young people are
protestors. Some of 'our finest
are for the established church."
The program starts at 7:30
p.m.
percent of the population attend
church any more.
" It is to the 90 percent at
home that he beams his message
of hope. They won't come, out
of their homes on Sunday, so
he's gone right in, there after
them.
The evangelist believes that
there are four main problems
which face the people of North.
America today. 1. Speed
, without direction. 2. Thrills
with -but happiness. 3. Houses
without homes. 4. Religion
without Christ.
He believes that het can help
answer these problems . by
putting God on Main Street
alongside the peopl:e, through his
television shows..
Church of God
(PENTECOSTAL)
Oldest Pentecostal Denomination in North America
Pastor: REV. OMER HENDERSON
Friday, 8:00 p.m. Youth Services.
SUNDAY SERVICES
10:00 a.m.— SUNDAY SCHOOL
11:00 a.m. and -7:00 p.m. — CHURCH
North and Nelson — MacKay Hall
Phone 524-7129
W.E-L-C-O-M-E
Corner
T. PRYDE and SON
MEMORIALS 7 MARKERS & CEMETERY LETTERING
CLINTON — EXETER SEAEORTH
Goderich District Representative
FRANK McILWAIN
524-7861 or 200 Gibbons St. — 524-9465
REG. J. BELL
45 Cambria Road $. — 524-7464
RED CROSS
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WED., NOV. 19
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SPECIAL YOUTH: SERVICE
FEATURING THE
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Musical Gospel Team
Sunday 7:3L. Al Calvary Baptist Church
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CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET
"A FELLOWSHIP CHURCH,'
NEED A RIDE? CALL FOR BUS PICKUP
524-9565 or 524-6445 -
"MORALS ,MANAGEMLNT
_SI/WO Music by Men's Trio . .
SUNDAY SCHOOI FOR ALL AGES -- 10:00 A.M.
11:00 a.m. - MORNING WORSHIP
Evening Service —= "Total Family" Hour — 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.— Bible Study
PASTOR: REV. KENNETH J. KNIGHT
WESLEY MEMORIAL CHURCH
THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH
Park Street at Victoria
H. Ross•Nicholls., Pastor
SUNDAY SCHOOL — 10:00 A.M.
WORSHIP -y 1 1 :00 A.M.
EVENING SERVICE — 7:00 P.M.
— All Welcome
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
(Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec) -
MONTREAL STREET near The Square
— A WELCOME TO ALL ---
10:00 a.m. — Adult Bible Class and Sunday School For All
11:00 a.m. — Communion Service.
"HELPFUL LIFE"
Supervised Nursery
Minister: Rev. Arthur Maybury, B.A., B.D.
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH.
24th Sunday after Trinity — November 16th
8:30 a.m. — HOLY COMMUNION..
11:00 a.m. — HOLY COMMUNION
AND SERMON.
Nursery at 11 a.m.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES
AT 10 and 11 a.m.
Rector: REV. G. G. RUSSELL, B.A., B.D.
Organist—Choirmaster—Miss Marion Aldous,
A.Mus., Mils. Bac.
Knox Presbyterian Church
THE REV. G. LOCKHARTTROYAL, B.A., Minister
WILLIAM CAMERON, Director of Priase
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16th
,
10:00 a.m. — CHURCH SCHOOL
11:00 a.m,-DIVINE WORSHIP
Sermoft "THE WAY TO RUIN"
(Nursery and Junior Congregation) •
7:.30 p.m. —• Young People's Society.
Enter to Worship Depart to"Serve
North Street United Church
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16th
1Q:00 a.m. SENIOR SCHOOL.
11:00 a.m. — JUNIOR DEPT.
11:00 a.m. —WORSHIP.
REV. J. R. GRANT, B.A., B.D.
Calvary United Church; London, Ont.
Supervised Nursery
—WELCOME—
Rev. J. Donald MacDonald, B.Sc:, B.D., Minister
Rev. W. J. Maines,•B.A., Assistant Minister
Mrs. Eleanor Hetherington, A.C.T.M.,
Organist and Choir Director
Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle
Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
CORNER OF ELGIN AND WATERLOO STS.
REV. R. CLARK, Pastor
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16th
'10:00 a.m, SUNDAY SCHOOL.
11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. — CHURCH.
Guest Speaker: MR. BILL MORRISON --
Worker in the Pacific Garden Mission, Chicago '
will show a special film, entitled
OUT OF THE NIGHT "
Sunday, November 16 — 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Victoria Street United Church
The House of Friendship Rev. Leonard Warr
10;9Q..a.n3.- BIBLE SCHOOL FOR ALL GRADES.
11:00 a.m. — WORSHIP SERVICE.
Sermon: "HOLY WRATH" -
1:30 p.m. — BENMILLER WORSHIP SERVICE
AND BIBLE SCHOOL.
— W -E -L -C -O -M -E —
Mrs. J. Snider Mrs. L. Warr
Victoria St. Organist & Choir Director' Benmiller Pianist &
Choir.t irector
UNITED HOLINESS CHURCH
62 CAMBRIA STREET NORTH
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16th
9:50 a.m.— SUNDAY SCHOOL
11:00 a.m.— WORSHIP SERVICE
7:00 p.m. EVANGELISTIC SERVICE
Mid -week Prayer Service Wednesday 8 p.m.
"A WELCOME AWAITS YOU"
Pastor: REV. C. A. JOHNSON, B.A. PHONE 524-6887
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