The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 26, 1954, Page 2

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meas. cemststaa bt ry And Problems Nat'l Council Of Churches Mee Editor's Note—The National low organization with membership , & “year- | representing miore than 35 million Persons, opens its biennial conven- tion Sunday. Here is the first of a two-part series explaining its history and its future problems. ARE Rhee: 4 A TV By GEORGE w. W. CORNELL BOSTON (#—The big ¢xperiment among American churehes—to see if. they could get along . working together—today is a giant, thriving concern, - Tt not only has made the grade, | but has become one of the dom- inant features of present-day Chris- tian activity. The hub of that burgeoning ven- ture, the: four-year-old National Council of Churches, opens its bi- ennial assembly heré Sunday. More than 2,500 church people from across the country, repre- Senting 30 Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican denominations ‘with 35% million members, part in appraising the deeds—and || needs—of the council’s program. “This program today embraces virtually every facet of the com. mon enterprises of thé churches,’ said Dr. Roy G. Ross, the council’s general secretary. It has grown into a far-flung, complex. miscellany of missions, education, relief, publication, evan- —THE— TRADE WINDS PATIO-RESTAURANT and COCKTAIL LOUNGE 303 Daval Street ‘Telephone 2.9457 “The Finest Food On The Keys” ¥Fdlks come back to the Trade- there is an originality to our menus, a promptness pf service, @ courteous and ret atmos- phere ... a bit of the charm of old Key West You'll Like It, Too! Cocktail Lounge | will take | Jets ts In Boston gelism, research—more than 75 di-| verse fields of ‘activity with a| budget of about 10 million dollars a year. its commissions, committees and boards, or work in its various branches. Most fo rm er] y,sepa- rate interdenominational Christian agencies—13 of them—now have joined the council. It has become so extensive that | some critics have complained the council was gaining too much as- eendancy in religious affairs. Probably the biggest step since the last assembly has been the jhammering out of a policy for declarin: basic Christian tenets on issues of modern life. Besides scores of council-spon- sored national and regional training institutes and study con- ferences on various special sub- in the last two years, here are a few of the other advances: 1, Starting of a novel seagoing chaplaincy by which 100 ministers ride ships to provide worship ser- sees Protestant chaplaincy supply to prisons and the armed services.) 2. Enlisting of noted profession- als in a new program to serve churches on matters of architec- ture, art, drama, literature, music and ways of worship. 3. Sponsoring 393 religious radio and television programs. 4. Publication of more than one er 300,000 . eeles -who live in new atomic defense communities.” 1. Helping set up two new Chris- | tian radio stations abroad—in To- kyo and Seoul—and starting church recreation centers for GI's in Ja- pan. 8. Recruiting 90 young Christian leaders to provide services in 17 national parks during the sum- to 250 college campuses. 9. Carrying out a national pro- gram to advance use of the bible. 10. Making the first broad sur- vey of television-viewing habits of | children, agd the implications for} christianity, __ 11. Issued major pronouncements on Chrstian ecoaomic life, against “threats to freedom,” and support- ing the Supreme Court decision against segregation, among other things. 12, Enabled 62,644, refugees to enter the United States—with 100,- 000 more to come, under present | Provisions. Turtles Stop Kansas Traffic PEABODY, Kan. (® — Terrified turtles—hundreds of them—stopped traffic on,U. 8. highway 50S here More than 4,500 people serve on! | - bway”” mers, and supervising ministries | - By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD #® — Holiday) musings— Join the movies and see the world. That’s still Hollywood’s | slogan, despite the end of the 18- month tax deal, for overseas work- ers. The studios are still using for- eign productions to get exotic lo- cales—and also to thaw some frozen coin in various places. A glance at the production sched- ule shows 37 movies at work. But | 11 are in foreign lands. Three are} in London, two in Mexico, and one each in Manila, Hong Kong, Egypt, Monte’ Carlo, Munich and Weis- baden. Working inthe overseas films are such stars as Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Gregory Peck, Shelley Winters and Joseph Cotten, No wonder the local unions are campaigning against “‘ruha- Wonder why ‘Marion - Brando played Napoleon with a British ac- cent in “Desiree.” Did he fear that a bit of Stanley Kowalski might creep into his little ‘cor- poral? Or és this part of the 20th) Century-Fox philosophy that .all| classical figures must speak in British tones? Things I can’t get used to: The sight of Zachary Scott wearing a loop of gold in his pierced ear at the legit opening of “Sailor's De- it”. ae _ STATION Francis at Truman DIAL 2-9183 Your PURE OIL Dealer Tires . . Tubes . . Batteries ACCESSORIES C. W. Morrison, M.D, W. R. 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Poinciana Center Tel. 2-6951 24 Shopping Days ‘Til Christmas USE OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN Friday and Saturday MONRO Regular Admission BIG DOUBLE FEATURE — BOX OFFICE OPENS Cameron MITCHELL- Anne BANCROFT LEE J. COBB-rxruono sure Prateend ty ROBERT 1. JACKS + tirected ty HARMON JONES « wirnten by LEONARD PRASKINS att BARNEY SLATER A PAMORAING PRODUCTION + Released by 20th CENTURYFOK, MISS ROBIN CRUSOE’ the billing over Ray Milland and crash that cost Sammy" Davis Jr.{scarcely been realized as yet, The | Pauleite Goddard in the reissue of|his eye. Maybe it’s because the}town-is pulling for his rapid re- ’ The latter |lad has tremendous talent that has}ccvery, Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, November 26, 1954 TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. Here ar vast is BEAU BRUMMELL... Fox News Box Office Open: 1:45 - 9:00 P.M. Daily 3:45 + 9 P.M, WEDNESDAYS CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE Q@ep- TELEPHONE 2.3419 FOR TIME SCHEDULE <gygy San Carlos Theatre Air-Conditioned Eskimo Nite Sunday Night 2 Pieces of Furs will be Awarded Each Sunday Night a Pogel-y7 ind 10:46 ROB ROY— WOMAN... NORTH COUNTRY ~ > : OLD MEXICO (oe 100% Air Conditioned STRAND ie Slice Opn at i Pot CONTINUOUS SHOWS FROM THERE ON The Finest and Largest Theatre in Key West Fri. - Sat., Tues. and Wed. yesterday. ‘The snapping turtles were turned j loose after a trailer carrying more that two tons of them caught fire. David Young, 25, a sailor at the Hutchinson, Kan., Naval Air Sta- tion, said he and a companion had spent several weeks gathering them and were on their way to the Chi- cago market when the trailer caught fire. Peabody firemen extinguished the blaze and then helped round up the turtles. 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