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PAGE 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Oct. 17, 1968 Winners of this year’s Fire Prevention essay contest at Speer Street school are shown above. From left, Jimmy Parr, Class 4-B; Trent Purcell, 5-A; Louis Hughes, 5-B; and Kelly Ann Gordon, 4-C. Kelly Ann and Trent were top winners for each of their grades. (Sunphoto by Steve Armfield) Regional ICCC meeting here October 1st Fifty-four people attended the Regional meeting of the American Council of Christian Churches at Mt Bethel South ern Methodist church on Tues day, October 1, 1968. Repre sentatives were present from Greenville, Clinton, Newberry. Laurens, Prosperity, Batesburg, Bowman and Lexington. The new officers elected for the Carolina-Regional ACCC were: President, Rev. Donald F. Wea thers, pastor of Bethel South ern Methodist church in Lex ington, S. C.; Vice President, Glen Bladsow of the Bible Presbyterian church, in Green ville, S. C.; and Secretary- Treasurer, Rev. David Clark, pastor of Reformation South ern Methodist church, Prosper ity, S. C. Elected to the Exe cutive Board were: Rev. Jas. Pond, Russell Stolpe and Har old Granger, all of Bible Pres byterian church on Greenville, S. C., Raymond Hill of Lees- ville Southern Methodist, in Clinton, S. C. and Adam Mayer of Mt. Bethel in Newberry, S. C. After the singing of some hymns, prayer, and the business of the Carolina-Regional ACCC Reverend Donald L. Gorham, Southern Representative of the American Council of Christian churches, with offices in At lanta, Ga. (PO Box 10994), showed colored slides and gave a report of the Seventh Plen ary Congress of the Internat ional Council of Christian churches. Tmis meeting of Christians “contending for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints,” was held re cently at the Christian Admiral in Cape May, New Jersey. “I am happy to greet the Seventh Plenary Congress of the International Council of Christian Churches and to wel come to our shores your many participants from abroad” said the President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, in a telegram greeting. “Your gathering is a fitting reminder that even in this age of up heaval and change, we have OPENINGS — FOR — TRAINEES • 2 Slubber Tenders • 1 Drawing Tender • 2 Loom Fixers • 3 Weavers NEWBERRY MILLS. INC. 1017 TARRANT ST. NEWBERRY, S. C. Apply at Personnel Office from 8:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M., Monday through Friday. 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The telegram from President Chaing pointed out, “The ICCC is known and highly esteemed around the world because of its stand on the fundamental faith, and for effectively ex posing the communist conspir acy and infiltration.” In his presidential address, Dr. Carl Mclntire said, “It is the International Council of Christian Churches and the Bi- ble-believing denominations that comprise this organization that God has given discernment and clear understanding con cerning this thrust of Com munism in its drive to destroy freedom and to abolish the name of God.” Speaking of professing Christians who belong to the World Council of Churches Mc lntire said, “How can these evangelicals, who because of their belief in God must and should be forever against god less Communism, justify their fellowship and communion a- longside of these spokesmen for the Communist world who are under the strictest discipline by secret police.” SEE AND HEAR JOHN K. GRISSO Republican Candidate for U. S. Congress Third District on TOPIC 2:00 p.m., unday, Oct. 20 WLOS-TV, Channel 13 Sharp lines were drawn be tween the World Council of Churches and the International Council of Christian Churches. Both began in the same year, 1948, both are church organi zations, both operate on the world level, but that is the ex tent of similarity. Within the World Council of Churches are Iron Curtain churches. Their ecclesiastics are numbered among the prominent on the Central Committee, the governing and policy making body of the WCC, Patriarch of Yugoslavia, German, according to Serbian Orthodox Church of North America and the U. S. Senate Internal Security Sub Committee report on Yugosla via, No. Ill, 1965, is a com munist agent of the secret po lice. Within the International Council of Christian Churches ''re several refugee churches. Executive Committee member of the ICCC and leader of the Ukranian Evangelical Baptist Convention—the Reverend Mr. O. R. Harbuziuk—declared, “ Despite Russian propaganda to the contrary, religious per secution is still a reality in the Communist countries. A reso lution on captive nations be hind the Iron Curtain resolved, “That the 7th World Congress of the International Council clearly identifies itself with all persecuted Christians under Communism and that this Con gress supports the urgent ap- neal cf the Ukranian Evange lical Baptist Convention to the entire Christian world to pray and to work for the liberation of all peoples from Communist tyranny.” Dr. David Hedegard, a res ident of Uppsala, Sweden said, “There were very few refer ences made to the bible as the Word of God in the recent World Council of Churches meeting. I more and more re ceive the impression that the WCC is a social institution.” A resolution unanimously pass ed by the 7th World Congress of the ICCC protested “vehem ently” against “such harmful mistranslations” as the Re vised Version and the New En glish Bible and warned that Bible Societies and warned that publication and circulation of “any translations thus based upon erroneous versions. The basic stand of the Inter national Council was spelled out by the Secretary for Europe. J. O. Maris of the Netherlands, u mi Tnnn j j _ want any other authority than the authority that Is inherent in the Word of God.” “Christ did not tell us to go out and abolish poverty, redistribute the wealth of all people, en gage in humanitarian reform movements or to try to bring peace on earth by human means. He gave us one great commandment: “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” These words by Dr. Harold Commons, President of the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism —one of the 22 mission boards with over 2000 missionaries be longing to The Associated Mis sions of the ICCC—were con cluded with, “Human better ment and social uplift inevit ably follow as a result of preaching the Gospel, but men today are reversing the order. RE-ELECT C. D. “Pete” COLEMAN YOUR Alden lan He will continue to repre sent all the citizens with integrity, fairness and lev el-headed judgment. YOUR VOTE WILL BE APPRECIATED BEER-toast to America’s economy The brewing industry is a massive and dynamic part of the national economy. Each year it pours billions of dollars into commerce and government. ■ $1.4 billion in state and federal excise taxes. ■ $3 billion to employees, suppliers and distributors. ■ $875 million in agricultural products and packaging materials. 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