CHICAGO-MIDWEST-EDITION Volume 1 Issue 6 October 19, 1961 DUEL FEAST SETS RECORD TRA VELERS RETURN THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES by Dick Alexander "Thou shalt observe the Feast of Tauernacles seven days aft r that thou ha~t gathered in thy corn and thy wine," Deut. 16: 13. Thus the feast of Tabernacles was, observed in 1961 by thousands of Gods people all over the world. Here on the contin~nt of North America, because of the large and rapid growth of God's Church, it was necessary for God's people to observe the Feast of Tab~rnacles in two different place·s. Att~ndmg tI:3 Feast at the big Tabernacle near BIg Sandy Texas, WEre approximately 6,500 people: but also in addition to these th.ere were approximately 8,400 people attendmg ~,---Feast at Squaw VaIL;y, California! AI, ,t 10,000 people of North Americ~ from aJ] of the States, Canada and MexIco! : .nd ·what a glorious Feast of Tabernacles it was! It could not have bee·n anv more wonderful than last year's Feast, but it was. Inspiring spiritual food ; "Laws of Success", important lessons in "Child Rearing'" "Marital Relationships"; "Basic Teaching~ of the Church of God"; and this was only the beginning! "Health, Food and Fasting"; "How Well Do You Know God" -and also fellowship with brethren, entertainment with special music by the Pasadena, New York and Chicago Chorales; a fun show by the Pasadena Chorale, planned entertainment such as roller skating, swimming, square dancing, bowling, barbecues and a tour through a salt mine_ But let us slow down and examine some of these items in more detail. The Feast of Tabernacles started at sundown on Sunday, September 24, 1961. The first meeting was held at 7:30 that same evening. Mr. Garner Ted Armstrong and Mr. Herman L. Hoeh were with us the first part of the Feast along with all of our ministers in the eastern part of the United States. Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong and Mr. Roderick C. Meredith during that part of the F east were at Squaw Valley, and during the last part of the· Feast changed places with Mr. Garner Ted Armstrong and Mr. Herman Hoeh. An inspiring sermon on the "Laws of '-...)Jccess" was given to us by Mr. Herbert V. Armstrong, showing-us how we must "ave the right goal, training, health, drive alvl-"esourcefulness. Mr. Garner Ted Arm- Tabernacle, Big Sandy strong's sermon on "Child Rearing" was a very strong message to which we all must pay heed if we are to attain the Kingdom. Thus Provo 22:6 "Train up a child in the way h3 should go, and wh3n he is old he will not depart from it." "Basic T~achings of the Church of God" by Mr. Hoeh explained the basic points of God's Church, which we must all know. Mr. Deaa Blackwell, our pastor, gave us this challenge, "How Well Do You Know God?" Do we know and unde·rstand what Easter really means? Do we know that Easter is derived from Ashtoreth, idolat.rous worship of the Babylonian goddess Ishtar? Do we know that Easter can b3 found in the Bible in Ezek. 8: 16, "Their faces toward the east, and they worshipP2d the sun toward the east." Mr. Carlton Smith, pastor of the New York Church, gave us a sermon on "Health" -how we should eat, drink, exercise and sleep, to glorify God. 1 Cor. 6 :20 "Glorfy God in your body." "Don't For,q t", remember God's words, teachings, and works. Deut. 8:2 "And thou shalt remember." Mr. George Meeker, minister of the Milwaukee area, got the point across to us. Mr. Rod~rick Meredith's sermon on faith and endurance to the end was inspiring to us all. Her. 11 :6, "But without faith it is impossible to please Him." Cont. Pg. 3 Col. 1 by Edwa~'d Rudicel "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." We in Chicagoland have been blessed by the safe r eturn of those who had labored among us. During August we we·re gladdened-yet sobered-by the news reported to us by Mr. Frank McCrady, Mr. Hal Baird and Mr. Arthur Mokarow. Mr. McCrady returned from Ambassador College and resum2d his service to God's pe:Jple in this area. Since his return we have come to the realization that in GOD'S work there is nothing permanent except change! We had thought that Mr. McCrady would be settling down when ne'ws came telling of his being assigned to complete the bapti~ mal tour begun by Mr. Baird. As this goes to press, a later change has been made. Mr. McCrady has been given the responsibility of feeding the flock if! the newly-formed South Bend, Indiana Church area . Despit~ the loss of an e·lder whom we had just b2gun to know and appreciate, we were not left comfortless. Mr. Harold Jackson, returning from his tour, was pressed into service as local elder over the colored brethren in Chicago. The surge of progress is not ended. Mr. Hal Baird is now ministering to the Churches of God in Bloomington, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. John Bald is now on active duty as assistant to Mr. Dean Blackwell in his overseeing of those being called out of this "Babylon-by-the-lake." From another quarter of the world came stirring accounts of splender and squalor. Mr. Mokarow, as a guest speaker, recounted for us the highlights of the summ'!r tours which he and his wife·, Claudia, had made through Europe and the Near East. "A side trip" to the rugged fastness of Petra was described with such pointed and p8r sonal detail that we were made to fee·l that we had been there too! After hurrizd greetings AND farewells, these two, also, we-re snatched from us by the nearing resumption of sessions at Ambassador College in Pasadena. With the world there are no things cer tain except d :ath and taxes, but in the work of God we can look forward to "Change With A Purpose." THE SPOKESMAN STAFF Editor-in-Chief __-------Dean Blackwell Advisors ____________ Raymond Roenspies Phillip Fowler Wilbur Ball Managing Editor ___________ Wilbur Ba.ll News Editor ______________ Kenneth EllIS Copy Editor ____________ Edward Rudicel Report?rs Elisha Crim, Vernon Johnson, Fred Mancewicz, Edwin Marrs, Clare·nce Svehla, John Fr2el, Maceo H~mpton, D i c k Alexander, Elame Tkach, Cornelia Henderson. Art ________________________ John Moon Sponsor ________ Chicago Spokesman Club WHAT'S YOUR WIFE QUOTIENT? by Elaine Tkach "If only my husband were more thoughtful' he never brings me flowers, etc., etc." Wei! maybe we haven'tin8!J!i~'ed them to do thes~ things for us! Check y?ur "vyife quotient" below. Allow yourself Inc POll1ts for each right answe'r, and if you don't come up with an impressive s(;or,!, maybe you had better buy him a bouquet! 1. Have I remembered my husband in every prayer? 2. Am I leaving anything undone that is in my powe'r to do to help my husband be more useful in God's work? 3. Have I allowed myself to become resentful toward or offended by my husband when he has said harsh things because he is overtired or perhaps a little "on edge" about something? 4. Is jealousy on my part holding my husband back and/or robbing him of the blessing of aiding other ladies? 5. Am I striving to be obedient and yielding in order not to cause him any extra burden? 6. Have I tried to create a pleasant atmosphere in our home? . 7. When he needs peace and quiet to meditate, do I do all I can to see that he gets it? 8. Am I being thrifty? 9. Can he trust me to guide the children and carry out his wishes in his absence? 10. Am I preparing well-balanced meals to keep our family healthy? 11. Am I careful not to bring shame on him in any way (such as loud talking, sitting carelessly, too much "joking around") ? 12 Do I disuss how "tough" I have it with everyone else in order to gain sympathy? 13. Am I an efficient, congenial hostess to his friends? 14. Do I belittle my husband in front of others by showing how "brilliant" .I am and how "dumb" h'! is? 15. Do I get up early in the morning, no matte~' how early it is, to fix breakfast and help to start his day right? 16. Am I doing what I can to encourage him and make his burden lighter? 17. Am I keeping "neat and trim," or am I inspiring him to hide me in the closet? 18. Do I try to influence his mind against others? 19. Do I go "out of my way" to be kind and considerate to his relatives? (Am I more concerned how I treat his relatives than how his relatives treat me?) 20. Am I putting all my trust in God, so that if I am patient and do all these things to th'! best of my ability, God will bless me with a happy marriage? HOLYDAY KEEPERS CELEBRATE AT HOLIDAY by Paul Kroll It was Septeomber 30, 1961. The place was Tabernacle grounds in Big Sandy, Texas. Rain beating incessantly on the Tabernacle's metal roof sounded like 1000 contentious women. We hopped into Mr. Wilbur Ball's 1961 Avis Rent-A-Car Chevrolet and buzzed day Inn near Tyler. Reason? To enjoy the festivities for the Chicago Church brethren. Upon arriving we bolted through the front door where Mr. Ted Efimov, (salesman for State Farm Insuranse) cordially accosted us. He and his wife tried to persuade us to buy some insuranc3. However, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Ellis, Co-Hosts of the Chicago get-together, came over in time to re'scue us. Next we filed past the beef, trout and chicken with the other 84 guests including Pastor and Mrs. Dean Blackwell, Elder Frank McCrady, Principal and Mrs. Harry Nelson, M1'. and Mrs. Kelly Barfield and Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Blackwell. After dinne'r there was an assortment of entertainment -dancing, lively conversa tion, meeting many guests and wine-tasting. With great searching and diligent effort, party organizers booked the Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman bands -on record8, that is! Thanks go to the Imperial School of Gladewater for the use of its record player. Everyone had a rollicking good time, especially the elder Mrs. Efimov. She was heard to say as she tripped the light fantastic, "Haven't had so much fun in ye'ars !" Later, the party gravitated to the Cabana suite of the Hotel Carleton in Tyler. Here in Mr. Phil Fowler's penthouse swimming pool, some hearty souls took a lunar (not akin to lunatic) dip. None acted childish; most were carefree; all were on the GO! and that spelled a mighty good time for the CHI C AGO CHURCH BRETHREN. 1 ! I j I If MILWAUKEE, U.S.A. by Harold Krueger Nearly five years have gone by since the beginning of a local Radio Church of God in this city. Today we are enjoying the attendance of over 100 people in the same location where services began that Friday evening in early November of 1956. Here began the fellowship and love t hat today haVe grown with the incre ·ase in the church We can look back and see Mr. and Mrs. Maron setting for us an example of diligent attendance; coming from Watertown each week on the bus! Also among the first to attend, (and still attending) were Mr. Andrew Kollo, Mr. and Mrs. Wes ley Olson, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Beottendorf, Mrs. Evelyn Bettendorf, Mrs. Ben Gitter, Mr. Ken Fischer and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Krueger. We are happy to claim a record in regard to sending the most students to Ambassa dor College -23 have gone thus far. We have recently bid farewell to Mr. Robert Gray and family, Miss J ean Ritke, Mr. Otto Kriese and Miss Shirley Lindner, the year's new students. Yes, we can certainly count our blessings with the fine hall we have and the warm association of the members. In looking forward we may use· the words of Peter who admonishes us to be diligent to add to our faith, virture, knowledge, u ----- perance, patience, brotherly kindness a)".. charity (II Peter 1:5-10). FEAST CHICAGO CHURCH PICNICS THE MILK QUESTION Cont. from pg. 1 Every day at the Feast brought about new things to do, different types of entertainment and inteLsting tours. We w~,'e ent8rtained at each meeting with special music by either the Pasadena Chorale, New York Chorale, Chicago Chorale or Gladewater High School Choral,. Planned recreation such as roller skating, bowling and ·vimming was enjoyed by the younger embers and by many of the adults. Many of us also indulged in fishing, boating and water skiing. HOUDAY INN" TYLER On one afternoon a fascinating tour was taken through a real Morton Salt Company mine, with it's tremendous salt mining operations, and cav,rns. Interesting salt crystals and formations were given to many of the brethren who desired them as souver~ ·. Another aft rnoon the Pasadena t Jrale presented a fun show which was a )aughng success, with Jimmy Durante (: . double from Ambassador that is) as 1\1. C. for the show which really gave us an idea of the talent at Ambassador College. A get-acquainted square danc: and barbe_ que for all eligible bachelors and maidens was sponsored by the New York Spokesman's club and was enjoyed by many of our unmarried brethren who are scatter d all over the United States. On the last Saturday evening of the Feast the very talented Pasadena Choral ~ presented the "Gay Nineties" concert musical which was a smash hit. The weather during the Feast was beautiful with 6 days out of the 8 filled with sunshine, temperatures in the 80's and 90's, ideal for swimming, boating and all types of recreation. Have you eV2r had the joy of serving others? You can hav2 very easily at the Feast serving trays, dir:cting traffic, driving busses, wrappng silverware, handing out food, helping serve th; elderly, all of these and working with your fellow brethr- n give you a joy and satisfaction you can feel only by doing. God certainly blessed us all at His Feast of Tabernacles. THANK YOU As each FEAST DAY succeeds the other, and the growth of GOD'S SHURCH commands a more extensivo ,taff of workers, it is with sincere grati tude that I wish to THANK ALL who rticipated in giving their full coopera tion and se·rvice in every endeavor of ;.:.:..-r".ration. .llother note of appreciation to thos8 "'.IV made the APRONS possible. To Mr. NORMAN CARLSON, who graci ously cut everyone for us, and the will ing hands of his wife, JEAN. Also AT NORTH AURORA PARK by Carence Svehla The first Chicago area church picnic was held on Sunday, August 27, at North Aurora Park, on a beautiful tree-shaded island in the Fox River. The island adThe grown-ups and older children played croquet, badminton, darts, volleyball and baseball. The small children had a playground with swings, slides, merry·go-round and many other playground toys. There was an activity for every age. Fishing tackle was furnished for the children and some men brought their own. Michael Hitch caught the first fish and Mr. Sedlock caught the most-over 16 pan fish, which he took home to oat. Dinner was served foast styIe: all the food was put together on four tables and two lines were formed, thus each chose to e·at w hat eve r his heart (or stomach) desired. All who came spent a joyful day playing together and can look forward to another picnic next year. NORTH AURORA PARK One of the recent, very success:iul Chicago Socials THANKS to: Miss BERTHA FUHRMAN, Mrs. GLADYS FREY, Mrs. KIT HENDERSON, Mrs. ANN JOHNSON, Mrs. ELEANOR LaTOUR, Mrs. EMMA Zeal MILLER, Miss EDITH PERRY, and Mrs. THOMPSON; each made several aprons. We hopo that all had a wonderful time and will see each other again in the Spring. In CHRIST'S ROYAL SERVICE Mrs. VIOLA PEETS. by Dr. Kenneth C. May Milk is a complete aliment and is richer in calcium than any other food. Its various constituents -carbohydrate.s, fats, proteins and salts are present in balanced proportions and con t a i n vitamins. The amounts of these constituents, however, vary according to the species, race and general conditions of nourishment. There is a considerable difference betwe- en hunwn milk and that of a cow; the latter contains three times as much casein, a little more fat and lactose. In human milk the phosphorus is in an organic combination with lecithin and nucleoso and is more easily assimilated, whereas in all other milks at least half of it is in the state of phosphate of lime. Boiling of milk coagulates the albumen and depreciates its value, breaking up the salts of lime and magnesinm as well as dedroying the water soluble Vitamins B, B2 and C and also injures the microscopic fineness of the fat globules: this renders thc. milk less digestible. This in turn causes acidification of the system, since the breaking up of the calcium salts to which milk owes its alkalinity causes them to be unassimilable. PASTEURIZATION OF MILK Th? whole queston is fraught with controversy, but the fact remains that pasteurization of milk causes it to lose a great deal of its Vitamin C. The boiling of milk alters the lactalbumin and renders the casein less digestible; pasteurization does more harm than good. This heating p1'oeess called pasteurization or "safety treatment" kills the worst disease -causing germs so they won't kill you. A?tv temperature that destroys them also destroys the best health bu,ilders. At least twe-nty-five percent of the original Vitamin C is lost. and without Vitamin C the important tissue healer phenylalanine is not properly utilized in the body. Through pasteurization the enzyme phosph'Ltase is lost and the phosphorus and calcium are not absorbed. from the milk. No milk will protect your health except raw, safe milk. MOTHER'S MILK Human milk is subject to change by various cause-so Acid fruits eaten by the mother are known to produce unpleasant symptoms in the infant at breast. The complete digestion of carbohydrates by the mathe·r is important. When this does not occur, the incomplete products get into the blood and can cause fatal poisoning in the infant. Lack of B Vitamins in the food can produce incomple-te digestion. Children fed at the breast of a normal mother never suffe'r from infantile scurvy bec'luse a woman's milk contains from 0.4 to 0.7 mg. of ascorbic acid (Vit. C.) per ounce, depending on the nature of her diet. Cow's milk is much less rich in Vito C, and a child fed on raw cow's milk requires extra vitamins, given in the form of orange or other fruit fuice. Cow's milk contains about ten times as m1.lch curd as mother's milk, whereas the curd in the latter coagulates in tiny flo ceulent particles which can be attacked on all sides by the gastric juice, the curd in the Cow's milk coagulates into one solid lump which takes hours to digest, and is apt to lead to the production of excessive quantities of lactic acid and of even more irritent butyric acid, and consequent flatu lency (gas). The liver is especially concerned in the dige-stion of milk. Some people are unable to digest milk because of some functional inefficiency of the liver. Howe-vel', some freshly sqUeezed lemon juice stirred into the milk until the milk curdles in light flakes, will e·nable it to be digested. (To be continued) MILWAUKEE NOTES by DW'oth!J Kemnitz This has been a full, happy summer for us. Our son George was home from Am bassador College and it pleased us to see how much h~ has grown in the knowledge of God's word. The two Ochs girls, Dorothy and Barbara, and Mandy Bansemer, who were also spending the summer with their parents, were lights to all of us here in the Milwaukee Church. As we read in Malachi 3 : 10, the Lord has poured out blessings upon us. We have had the wonderful privilege of having in our homes many of th3 students who were passing through while on vacation from the college. Being able to meet and talk with these young peopl ), have them at our table, and in many cases, stay over, was a great joy to us. I know I can speak for Mr. and Mrs. Ochs, too, as they have had their home just filled almost every week-end with young people traveling through. And that is not all -on August 6th the Ochs family had a lov::-ly lawn party to honor their da ughter Dorothy, who, while at Ambassador, became engaged to Mr. Carl McNair. Since Dorothy and Carl were to be married on the college campus in September it was decided to have the engagement party so everyone would have the opportunity of meeting Mr. McNair. The Lord blessed us that day with beautiful weathEr -how could 230 people fit into one house in the event of rain? Dorothy's relatives, friends, and many of the Milwaukee Church people atte·nded. We wae overjoyed to have the ministers of our area attend. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Blackwell and daughter Gina, Mr. and Mrs. George Meeker, Mr. Frank McCrady (who had written to the Ochs family his regrets at not being able to get to Milwaukee by that date, but, to our very happy surprise, was able to cocme after all), Mr. and Mrs. John Bald, Mr. Guy Engelbart, and Mr. Vernon Hargrove. It was a very joyous gathering. Mr. Kemnitz did the outdoor cooking -all the steaks and wie·ners one .cQuld eat, plus cakes and drinks. Everyone was very happy to m~et Mr. McNair, and we could see that he was a very happy man. We do wish them every hap pin e s s and continued blessings. Now the summ3r is ove·r for us. Our young people have returned to Ambassador College. They drove back and stopped at places of interest on the way. They have also taken back to Californa two new students: Jean and Shirley Lindner. Although we miss our son, George, and the girls V2r:r much, we do know we have no worries concerning them, such as other parents must have when their sons and daughters are away from home, for our youngsters are at God's own college and will be taught THE WAY of life. WELCOME CORNER b!J Ma.1"tin Filipello Greotings Brethren: More good news this month, as God continues to increase the quantity -30 new members. We in God's Church continue to increase the quality. Two states were represented by those neWly-baptised members -Illinois and Indiana. As Jesus Christ said, we are the. salt of the earth. When you salt something the grains are usually widely distribut: d. So as salt is scattered about Illinois is represented . by these cities: E~anston, Rockford, Elgm, DeKalb, Batavia South Chicago Heights, Wooddale, Midlothian, Momence, Hampton Park, Aurora West Chicago, Wheeling and Chicago. In'diana's contribution was the big steel city, Gary. S: ptember 2, 1961 was a day these people will never forget. Mrs. Brenda Adkins Ru?y May Wall, Mrs. Fannie Ecker, Mrs: Ahce Byron, Mr. and Mrs_ Elmer Davis, THE SOUTH BEND CORNER by Ardis D. Zellers The progress Club Building at the cor ner of West Colfax and Taylor Streets in South Bend was the scene: another ne.w church was born! This church was started under th ' direc tion of our working pastor of Chicago, Milwaukee and Blooming''ln, Mr. Dean C. Blackwell There was an at.tendah_e of 165 that Sabbath of July 22, 1961. Along with Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell came Deacon and Mrs. Joseph Tkach from Chicago to aid in the organizing of this newly-founded church. Mr. Tkach has proven quite valuable in assisting and is an inspiration to all. The South B nd Church serves a wide spread area, for people com~ from a milE:· or two north of Kalamazoo, Michigan and as far east as the Ohio state lin ) area along with brethren who live as far south as th,~ Logansport Trading area. Already South Bend has been visit d by several of God's ministers and trainees ex pounding His Word. Mr. Hal Baird, Mr. F rank McCrady, Mr. G