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Volume 4 Number 1 January 1964 

THOU PREPAREST 


A TABLE••• 

Before the eyes of the world, in the past week, Pasadena, California, has 
been privileged to serve as "Host"to an event which attracted people from 
all around the world. Unbeknownst to this thriving, bustling community, 
it has AGAIN been chosen to "Host" a SECOND event which ALSO attracted 

pteOJtle from all around the earth fore 
the eyes of the world. 

The TOURNAMENT OF ROSES 1964 
--with all its colorful beauty 
and pageantry has become history. 
The screaming throngs who witnessed 
the Rose Bowl Game have 
filed out and gone their respective 
ways. The MILLIONand ONE-HALF 
people who attended this spectacular 
event have returned to their homes. 
The television cameras have been 
removed and Pasadena is settling 
down to the peaceful routine for which 
it has become known. 

The aforementioned SECOND ewnt, 
though of much GREATER importance, 
is quietly "getting under-way" 
WITHOUT the benefit of TV cameras, 
swirling milling crowds, and a 
world-wide audience. THIS event is 
called by GOD ALMIGHTY -and in 
keeping with the example of the early 
Church (Acts 15:6) -is the MINISTERIAL 
CONFERENCE --1964! 

In this time of world chaos and confusion 
when the last flickering flame 
of order and decency is about to be 
extinquished, this Conference stands 
ALONE as THE most necessary and 
important meeting on earth today! 

As the true Ministers of God as


semble from Africa, Europe, Aus


tralia and North America it becomes 

more apparent that the Gospel of 

(cont. on page 4 ) 

however is NOT being presented be


NEXT EVENT 

by Merle May 

Because of the Minister's Conference 
it has been decided to bypass 
the January C h u r c h recreational 
event. Our usual event would have 
fallen on January 14, in the middle 
of the Conference. 

However, keep a date openfor February 
9, for the next event. Details 
will be announced later. 

TALENT SHOW 

HIGHLIGHTS 

by Stephen Grisham 

A night of fun -filledfrolic was held 
in South Gate on December 15 from 
5 P. M. until late in the evening. 
This was a combined Los AngelesLong 
Beach fun night, highlighted by 
an unpredictable talent show and an 
unanticipated, but hilarious movie. 

The surprise-filled night started as 
we all situated ourselves for a slapstick, 
silent film of the "oldies-butgoodies" 
-suchas Lrurel mdHardy, 
and Charlie Chaplin -when a RObert 
Young-Clifton Webb memory maker 
was projected on the screen. The 
reac t ion of the record-breaking 
audience of 610 was acclaimed very 
auspicious. 

The pot-luck dinner was marked 
with a new andvery effective method 
of servingbecause of the over-sized 
(cont. on page 4) 


Part of the crowd--sitting pretty! 


Thanksgiving Negro 

by Robert Fiske 

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TIZZIE WORKS 
WONDERS 


by Helen Ward 

One of my neighbors has the utmost 
respect and admiration for our 
church members. It all began not 
too many years ago when she lived 
across the street from the Lynn 
Torrances. 

It was one of those hot, lazy summer 
afternoons. They hardly knew 
each other, but Mrs. Torrance had 
invited my neighbor over to share the 
shade of her patio. As she was sitting 
there enjoying Mrs. Torrance's 
good conv e r sat ion and ice cold 
lemonade, they watched their 
children playingtogether in the back 
yard. 

It wasn't long before one of the 
neighbor's children did something 
that was strictly for b i dd e n. She 
called out to him, "Ricky,you dothat 
again, and I'll have to go home and 
get my paddle! " 

Actually, she didn't mean it at all. 
She didn't even have a paddle, and 
had never used one. Ricky knew that, 
too, and it was only minutes before 
he had repeated the offense. 

Immediately Mrs. Torrance spoke 
up. "Oh, don't go home, "she said, 
"BE MY GUEST!" and she handed 
her a well-worn ping-pong paddle. 

"You know, "my neighbor said, as 
she was recallingthe incident to me, 
"I was embarrassed into using that 
paddle. " 

"Yes," her husband added, "the 
Torrances called their paddle "Tizzie. 
" And we haven't been without a 
Tizzie in our home ever since!" 

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giving Day. The place was the Long 
Beach Women's Club where we hold 
our weekly Sabbath Services. For 
all of us present this was truly aday 
for which to be thankful. 

A sumptious and delicious dinner 
complete with all the trimmings, 
including our traditional turkey, 
pumpkin and mince pies, was a delight 
and joy for all that were present. 


Belated thanks to all the brethren 
that made possible this fine, wellbalanced 
dinner. By sharing and 
combining all the food together we 
had a bountiful variety of things to 
eat. 

After this imlusive dinner thatfilled 

us brim-full, group games were 

organized and directed by Mr. James 

Kunz. 

Concluding this day we all sang 
many old favorite songs. After this 
we gathered our personal belongings 
together and were on our way to our 
homes; giving God thanks for the 
many bleSSings and being able to 
share as a family in the fun, food 
andfellowship,knowing this day had 
been well spent and would be long 
remembered. 

THE SABBATARIANS 

MY OLD CAR 
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by Howard Thompson 

December 8, was the first time the 
Negro ladies had a chance to viSit 
the special class held for the Negro 
men in Pas ad e n a at Ambassador 
College. 

Some of the ladies participated in 
some of the exercises we had. All 
of the ladies seemed to be very interested 
in what was being done. 

After the class (which consisted of 
voice exercise, current events, 
spelling, study of a booklet relating 
to the Bible, vocal reading, and three 
comical speeches), the group 
gathered at one of the b e aut ifu I, 
spacious, fascinating, upper gardens 
facing Del Mar Street. Here is where 
lunch was served. Each partook of 
the tasty, delicious p I ate of hors 
d'oeuvres and punch. 

Everyone seemed to have enjoyed 
the occasion. 

The next activity will be a banquet 
for Mr. Harold L. Jackson who is 
now a Preaching Elder,pastoring the 
Negro congregation in Chicago. We 
expect all the adults to attend this 
activity on January 9, 1964. 

REALLY 

HAV£.

GREAT 

YOU 5EEN

.sERMON 

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L.A.News 


by Shirley Smith 

Several new faces, more visitors, 
a baby, a baptism, and lovely music 
-the headlines for December! 

New Faces -Mr. Alphonso Jefferson 
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed 
Cheneworth, Mrs. Nettie Williams, 
Mrs. Bowman, Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. 
Moore, Mr. Philip Sutton and Mr. 
William Wilson. Welcome to all of 
you! 

Visitors -Mr. and Mrs. Kurley 
from Tennessee, Mrs. Carrozzo 
from San Diego and Mrs. Bonnie 
Adair from Washington. Ni c e to 
have you with us! 

Baby girl -to the Warren Kriegers!! 
Congratulations parents! 
Baptized -Mr. Boreing. We 
rejoice with you, sir! 

Special Mus i c -the choraliers, 
Mr. Ron Miller, the Ambassador 
Octette and Miss Garnet Ziska. 
Thank you all, very much! 

AFish Story 


by T. E. Whitson 
The Boys' Forest and Field Club 
outing for the month of December was 
a Pacific Ocean fishing trip. This 
trip, taken Sunday, December 29, 
was a "Bucks Outing" and could be 
enjoyed only by those boys who have 
passed the first test. Twenty-threa. 
boys have passed this test and twenty 
boys went fishing. 
The scheduled time for leaving, 

6:00 A. M., was considered by some 
as too early, not so for the Bucks. 
Questioning of the boys revealed that 
many were awake at 4:00 A. M. and 
ready at 5:00 A.M. We departed at 
6:15 A.M. 
We 
boarded the Redondo Beach 
(cont. on page 4) 

Gleanings from 


Long Beach 

by Geraldyne Zebrowski 

Comings andgoings occupy much of 
the news this month. The Fishers 
have moved for the winter to Arizona 
in hopes that his health \\QuId improve. 
Mrs. Burch has returned from the 
desert. Mrs. Quam is off to Hawaii 
for a vacation. Mrs. Nancy Bald and 
her son Jimmy are visiting Mr. and 
Mrs. James Bald for a few weeks. 
Mr. John Bald will be out for the 
Ministerial conference. For mer 
members now in college who came 
to see us were Melanie Harford and 
Larry Neff. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald 
Fricke and their two children are 
visiting from N. Dakota for two 
weeks. They are staying with the Dan 
Frickes. Since it is 400 miles to 
Rapid City, S. Dakota, they are only 
able to attend Bible Stud y there 
occasionally. 

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lewi sand 
daughter from Garden Grove are 
new, also Mrs. Janet Orchard and 
her daughter, Holly, who moved to 
Redondo Beach fro m Mis sou r i 
recently. Mrs. Betty Bergman and 
her three children ue from Wilmington. 
Mr. Melvin Williams, the 
son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Williams 
is attending regularly. 

Two baptisms cause rejoiCing this 
month. Mrs. Lila Horton and Mrs. 
Eunice Houk were baptized. Mr. 
Houk is 78, showing you're never too 
old to start God's way. 

We were certainly sorry to hear of 
Mr. Leroy Neff's infirmity, but glad 
he has started to improve. Jonathan 
Hill, too has shown improvement. 

This month saw a visit from the 
Pas a dena Choir. Other special 
music included solosby Leroy Diem 
and Ron Miller -all delightful. 

Getting 
Acquainted 


by Lonnie Tarver 
Get acquainted with Mr. Richard 
Wendling, his wife DeAna ("Dee") 
and children: Teresa 7, Scott 6, 
Suzanne 4, Stephen 2, and Michael 
8 months. 
Mr. Wendling is a native of Minnesota. 
A three-year enlistment in the 
USMC brought him to Cal if0 r n i a 
where he met and married Dee. He 
is employed as a shipping clerk and 
also serves wholesale costumers.in 
a garmet factory in West Los Angeles. 


Dee is one of those rare native 
California adults, and lived 14 years 
in Stockton. As an amateur roller 
skater in the 1954 U. S. Championship 
in Akron, Ohio, she placed first 
in figures and third in free-style. 
She later was a professional instructor 
for two years. Now she is a 
full-time professional housewife and 
mother! 

They listened reg u 1 a r 1 y to "The 
World Tomorrow" broadcast for a 
year and are now members of the Los 
Angeles Church, having been baptised 
last November. Welcome to 
all of you! 

ON THE MOVE 


by C. E. Miller 

At 6:30 P. M., December 17, seven 
husky men, like vultures, swooped 
down on the Arthur Docken residence; 
twenty minutes later the house 
was in shambles! Desks, chairs, 
beds, etc. were heaved out the front 
door into waiting trucks. Mr.Docken 
and family were moved lock, stock, 
and barrel (like it or not) into their 
new home at 210 South Allen. Within 
two hours the old home was vacated. 


* 
* * 

"A boy should learn right orwrong 
at his mother'S knee or across his 

Mr. Whitson setting the example. 
father's. " 

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Adventure I 


by Donald Wendt 

September 26, 1950, was one day in my life I shall never forget. I was 
working for Swift and Co. in So. St. Thul, Minnesota, in the sausage department. 
My forman came up to me as I arrived on the job that morning 
and asked me if he could have a word with me. "Of course," I replied. 
During that fifteen minute meeting with my foreman, he informed me of 

something big that was to happen. I 
r.eceived wor~ that a new assembly 
lme was opemng at 1:00 P. M. that 
same afternoon, and I was picked to 
set the pace as to how m any ~ans. of 
meat were to go thr?ugh t~lS hne 
per hour: The CIO Umo? wh.LCh was 

TALENT SHOW HIGHLIGHTS 

(cont. from page 1) 
audience. What was the novel idea? 
Come to our next big social and find 
out for yourself! 

A perplexedmaster of ceremonies, 
Mr. Bob Smith, presented us with a 

very strLCt and forceful m ~hlS com-talent show with some good acts that 

pany had other pl~s. Elght. ot.her 
men ,;ere-also asslgne.d to thlS Job, 
all bemgvery strongumonmembers. 
Just before 1 o'clock that afternoon 
these eight men came up to me and 
told me not to run over 450 cans pilr 
hour or there would be trouble. A 
few minutes after that my foreman 
told me to r.un about 600 ca~s an 
hour so the lme would be profltable 
to the company and still pay the 
wa.ges for the employees. When the 
umon and the company approached 

me before starting time with a different 
number ofcans I was supposed 
to run per hour I knew I was in 
trouble. 

One o·clock came and I began working. 
Mter the first hour had gone by 
I could see the tension building up 
between the foreman and the union 
steward. I tried to run 500 cans per 
hour so Iwouldn't be plaesing either 
one, but still they hated me for it. 
The tension kept building up to the 
place where the men were throwing 
meat at me and shaking their fists. 
I thought to myself "Just who am I 
working for anyway? Who hired me 
and is paying my wages?" That day 
I could see it was impossible to serve 
two masters. By obeying my foreman 
and running 600 cans and more 
each hour I received a raise and was 
offered a permanent job for as long 
as I wanted. The other men who 
listened to the union steward were 
either fired or transferredto another 
department. Fro m this lesson I 
learned as Christ said in Matthew 
6:24, that you cannot serve two 
masters. 

* * * 

A mummy is a woman who is 
pressed for time and all wrapped up 
in her work. 

* * * 

Money may talk, but today's dollar 
doesn't have enough cents to say 
very much! 

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didn't show up and a bad one that did 

(i. e., Mr. Avery McKinney with his 
horn). All in all it was a "fun show 
of talent" of which the Churches of 
God would be well-pleased. 
A delightful dance took the "flowers 
off the walls" andplaced them on the 
dance floor where they belong. 

Do you enjoy laughing, eating good, 
wholesome foods and fruitful conversations? 
Weil, don't just sit 
there! Start preparing for our next 
social event that is coming soon. 

FISH STORY 

(cont. from page 2) 

fishing barge at 7:20 A. M. and proceeded 
to unpack and assemble our. 
fishing gear. Following an hour of 
"How do you tie a fisherman's knot? f) 
we fished for seven ho ur s. This 
was an exciting adventure for all of 
the boys. Some caught their first 
fish; some caught the most fish they 
had ever caught; some caught the 
largest fish they had ever caught; 
the clubmaster even caught fish. 

The final assembly at Verdugo Park 
revealed 20 tired boys and their 
leaders were victorious and triumphant 
over 110 fish. 

L.B. Boys' 
New Skills 


by Charles E. Walters 
Sunday, December 22, the Long 
Beach Boy's Scouting Group traveled 
to the nearby mountains, winding up 
narrow dirt roads to a peaceful, secluded 
area ideally suited for scouting 
games, climbing, and hiking. 
The lesson for the day was "how to 
stalk." Two of the boys were stationed 
half way up a steep, brush 
covered slope, on a rocky ledge overlooking 
the canyon below. Their 
assignment was to watch with "eagle 
eyes" for the approach of anyone. 
These boys were the "prey." The 
rest of the group had been divided 
into squads with assigned leaders. 
The object was for each leader to 
guide his squad as near the "prey" as 
possible, undetected. 
This was only one phase of training 
the boys will receive as part of the 
Long Beach Boy's Scouting Group. 
They are learning to handle themselves 
in the rough, to keep from 
getting lost, use a compass, shoot, 
swim, climb, and survive under 
adverse conditions. 
Boys of eligible age have a wonderful 
opportunity in this club to 
acquire skills which they will be very 
thankful to have in the near future. 

"THOU PREPAREST A TABLE ---" 

(cont. from page 1) 
Jesus Christ is continuing to spread 
throughout the world as a POWERFUL 
witness heralding the soon 
coming WORLD TOMORROW! 

Though this event is not receiving 
the a c cIai m of the people of the 
world -WE as the people of God 
should be praying for the success 
and the final conclusionthat all things 
be done according to His will. 


Five miles to go! ! !