The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 12, 1942, Page 2

PAGE TWO LEADER OF RELIGIOUS SECT DIES Wilbur Glenn Voliva, Self- Styled Prophet of Zion City, Passes Away (Continued from Page One) {ts billboards and at the mastheads { its publications; on gns warn- Ing guests not to drink, smoke or uge vulgar language; even at the head of its department store bills, Voliva was Zion's magnate and its prophet. From his office he direct- ed employment of his followers in bakeries, candy factbries, print shops and apparel plants. From the of a tabernacle patterned with the crutches of those whom prayer had healed, he preached Sunday to 4,000 followers, members of the Christian Catholic Church in Zion He owned the village. He head- ed its church. He edited its publi- cations. He directed the education of its children. He was all that his title of “general overseer” implied. | Nor did the village limits bound his domain, for factors and mis- sionaries ih Jamaica, Australia and the Otrient got mohthly allowanc-| es from him for preaching the gos- | pel and taking orders for baked | goods, and they sent him $1,000 fl} day from missionary clferings and sale of publications. Ascetic Life Yet Voliva himself lived an| ascetic life, supporting his family | on an allowance as meager as that| of many of his agents, working! days and nights at a time without | sleep, living with a modesty which belied his income. All the earn- ings went to a sinking fund. Business sagacity and unflinch- ing labor he called the pillars of his successful life, which began on a Newton, Ind, farm March 10, 1870, carried him into the pul- pit of the Disciples of Christ! Churchi at 16, attracted him to the | Christian Catholic Church in Zion | early in it§ history and brought; him its overseership at 37. ! In 1020, thé widow of John Al-| exandet Dowle, founder of the! cult, Accepted an invitation to| lead the enemies of Voliva's lead- | eiship, * and two years later six| residents of the colony filed an in- | voluntary petition in bankruptey against him. Incensed by the challenge to his authority, he retaliated by filing damage suits against leaders of thé independent fuction, alleging they had damaged Zion in- dustries. The bankruptey P was denied. Campaign of Prayer When in 1933, the Federal court appointed a receiver for Zion In- dustries and Institutions, Voliva prescribed prayer to cure eco- nomic ills and planned a far-flung spedking tour to raise funds and recoup control. The next year new adversity plagued him. His school board can- didates were defeated in an elec- tion. Irked, he closéd the schools but they were reopened over his edict. In 1937, his school board pulpit the slate lost again, but his flock ad- (it was announced today at the|junior clerk in the Department of to permit commercial motion pic- tures and bowling in Zion Bankruptey In a bankruptey petition filed in May, 1936, part of a three-year-old involuntary bankruptcy action, Vo- liva listed his assets at $1,200,000 | and his liabilities at $1,700,000. He agreed to the setting up of a trust | to liquidate his properties to satis- fy creditors and never was ad- judged bankrupt On April 2, 1937, fire destroyed the $600,000 Shiloh tabernacle where Voliva expounded his doc- trines of the proper mode of life, his frequent predictions of the end of the world, his forecast that he would lve until 1976 and where he castigated his opponents with vitriolic epithets. A youth con- fessed setting the fire to revenge fancied wrongs done his parents | by Voliva. He was acquitted Voliva's energy was evident be- fore he left the church of his first choice, for he held Christfan church pastorates at Linden, Ind., Urbana, I, York Harbor, Me, Albany, N Y., and Washington Court House, Ohio, before he was 35. The son of James H. Voliva, In- diana lawyer and farmer, he had been ordained to the ministry at 19, and had studied theology at Union Christian College of Me- rom, Ind., the Christian Biblical Institute ,of Stanfordsville, N. Y., Butler University and Hiram Col- lege, winning baccalaureate degrees in arts and divinity His evangelism for Dowie was a series of triumphs—107 converts in Chicago, another hundred in Cin- cinnati, 1,300 in Australia and new churches at Sydney, Adelaide and New Zealand in addition to the original congregation at Melbourne. Voliva headed every enterprise in the village with the assistance of “advisory boards.” He and his advisers decided whom Zion would support for state and national po- litical offices. He was always a Re- publican, wherefore the commun- ity was, too. “But once,” he remarked with a touch of chagrin, “there was a Democratic vote cast.” At 22 Voliva married Mollie Steele of Palestine, Ill, and they had two children, Paul and Ruth, of whom the former died in boyhood. Mrs. Voliva died in 1915 and her hus- bahd married Ida R. Emanuelson. E—— ALERT MAY BE HELD TOMORROW AT 11:20 A. M. If the weather is fairly good tomorrow, the Juneau Defense Council plans to call a practice alert for 11:20 a.m., especially for the benefit of school chil- dren, R. E. Robertson, director, said today. Auxiliary Police and Air Raid Wardens are asked to permit school busses to operate dur- ing the alert period tomorrow, as they will take home the smaller children. The alert will last approxi- mately 15 minutes. s ST FUNERAL SET FOR NATIVE TOMORROW Funera] services for Laventry Se- dick, native of the Pribilof Is- lands who died here last week, will be held at 2 pm. tomorrow in the Russian Orthodox Church here, hered to his teachings by refusing Albert Pete ~ BRINGING UP FATHER BUT I'M AFRAID TO NOTICE ALL BILLS DUEE. 0. DAVIS, on garbage collections up to October Ist, are payable at the NORTH TRANSFER OFFICE, Third and Franklin Streets. After that date bills are payable to OH-ME-I'M DYING TO SMOKE- DO IT AROUND THE HOUSE-AS TH' Charles W. Carter Mortuary. rson. Signed: E.0.DAVIS. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA President Visifs a Tank Faclory | | [ Left to right: WPB Chief Donald Nelson; Keller, unidentified man, M avy Photo) troit. dent.—Official U Roosevelton Tour at Willow Run This was the scene outside the Willow Run bomber assembly plant as President Roosevelt’s car (fore- ground) passed a line of Army bombers.—Official U.S. Navy Photo SITKA FLIGHTS o MADE SUNDAY, IMRS. CHRIS ELLINGEN TAKES RELIEF POSITION TEA HONORS THREE Mrs. Louis Delebecque and Mrs. R. W. McCrary, who are plan- | ning to make their homes in S(‘-‘ attle, and Mrs. Hartman DeMers, | &arily For Mrs. Chris Ellingen has tempor- rejoined the Baranof Hotel TODAY BY A(A Who recently arrived in Junea, COffee Shop staff as cashier to | Passengers leaving here for Sit- Mrs. Alf N. Monsen was at home TelicVeyd CEgaTI RO TR ka Sunday with Alaska Coastal|3aturday afternoon rrom 4 il ST Airlines were Willis Brown, Ro-|g owioe,. | BUY DEFENSE BONDS |bert S. Stone, Larry Moore, J. J. - ¥ M il L S e N SN 5 Kerr and Sidney L. Fendley. Ar- ¥ Iriving in Juneau from Sitka with ACA Sunday were Emmett 8. Brown, Jack Bryan, R. R. Critch- low and William J. Garvey. R| Leaving here for Sitka with ACA E this morning were John D. James, Wiity whkson | Mrs. John D. James, H. L. Rose- ~, Sup;mrl tor | berry, R. M. Douglas and Harold plaster | Bates. 3 ‘V;(lnl-_-muu(hrvl & E% | R T 14. Addition to a EIWE] | TAKES NEW JjOB Bl 4 &: ditectid IE] '1 hf!m_\' Jane (‘vnnhf‘r.”)uuvnu gi'rl.i i ‘,;.’,..;" 4 ']rmr“}o\'ering INJA] has taken a temporary pesition as 16. Ancient 19 m tellatfon ic liquor | Social Security here. ot ) ve prefix Solution Of Saturday's Puzzle Solemn promise 57. On the highest Piecy nt | e out b Presently Paths 59 fiAtently DOWN | Diminishing 60, i S 1. Rebuft . Lubricate 61 65. Depend 2. Healthy | 3 American Indian "o which k up A Se ck apart as one’s share 8. Public carrier . Destructive beetle . Variable star in Perseus Shines now runner . t Vestibule Help Continent Brave ntirely 29. Verdant 3. Settle money upon 4. Kind of rubber . Nautical hailing orhearing k NN Qe L il NENd) JEE// n/ N e A 7/ aARR/ e gaE AdEEmE call 40. Faucet . Consisting of tiles armnouse Yellow ocher lowering plant Roa teacher one's © of sugar of wood stone Refuse . Be profitable AT BARANOF COFFEE SHOP | z By GEORGE (OM. RICHMOND ' TAKES COMMAND (. 6. SHIP HAIDA Com. N. . Leslie Receives Transfer fo C. 6. Of- fice in Seattle Commanc A. C. Richmond, who arrived here ten days ago from California, took over the command of the U. S. Coast Guard cutter | Haida from Commander Norman C Leslie ear \day morning and left with the vessel immediately after the transfer took place Cemmander Leslie, who has com- manded the Haida since Aug 1941, has received his transfer orders [to the U. S. Coast Guard District Office in Seattle, and with Mrs. Leslic and their daughter, Jane, will leave in the near future to assume his new duties { The new commander of the Haida is no stranger to the ship or Alaska waters as he was attached to the vessel as Executive Officer nine vears ago. Commander Richmond had been in command of a Maritime Commission vessel based in Cali- fornia before coming fo Alaska this fall. .- R. M. DOUGLAS LEAVES FOR SITKA THIS A. M. | R. M.Douglas Alaska supervisor | for the Standard Oil Company left |today with Alaska Coastal Airways | to examine the Standard Oil station |in Sitka. He will be absent for the next three or four days. Mr. Douglas arrived her week after having completed e dJast on business for his company. | AT 7 S A | Empire Classifieds Pay! 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