Queenie Hughes ’20, has been teaching a Sunday school class in the First Pres byterian Church of Hollywood for many years. She speaks of the warm friendli ness of “ dear old Biola.” C. J. Kopp, ’38, Mrs. Kopp and twin sons, Tim and Tom, have moved from Luampa to Chizera, North Rhodesia, Africa, which marks the establishment of a Bible Institute, the opening of which will affect the whole future of mission ary endeavor in Kaondeland and adja cent territories. Chizera is about 100 miles west of Muking Hill Station, and is advantageously situated in that it is accessible to all three North Rhodesian stations. The Kopps are alone in the midst of a new tribe, which means a new language to learn, but from the very first Sunday, services have been held, for which a garage was used for a meet ing place. Sixty-one attended one Sunday service. The Kopps ask prayer for their many needs in this important new work. Rev. Alan S. Pearce ’19, former fac ulty member of Biola, and for many years active in the Brethren churches of Southern California, has resigned the assistant pastorship of the First Breth ren Church of Long Beach, Calif. In the July issue of the Brethren Mission ary Herald, Dr. Louis S. Bauman pays him a high tribute: “ By night, as well as by day, he stood by me, ready to re spond to every call. . . . a true servant of the entire church . . . in a very real sense my own right arm.” The Church at Fifth and Cherry sustained a loss in the resignation of Dr. Bauman not long ago, Alan Pearce is now associated with Keith L. Brooks (former editor of the King’s Business) President of the Amer ican Prophetic League, and editor of Prophecy Magazine. Garvey, California, witnessed the dedi cation of a new Brethren church in which a large number of Biola Family Circle participated. J. Keith Altig, ’32, pastor of the First Brethren Church of Whittier, Herbert R. Bruce '43, pastor of the First Brethren Church of Los Angeles and Biola Faculty member, El len Anderson, Lee Burris, Gerrit Zwall, Clarence Niusma and others, participated in this happy event. “ Pastor Altig . . . dips a neat paint brush” observes the narrator in the Brethren Missionary Herald. Richard W. ’39 and Mrs. Hightower (Nancy Gilgert ’41), in a short note, say: “ Greetings from Africa . . . Thank you for The King’s Business which has been a real blessing to us here on the field . . . Please change our address to Lokumba, Tanganyika, East Africa.” More Biola Family Doings Adolph J. Liden ’43, is pastor of the First Baptist Church, 911 South St., Corning, Calif.; Riedar M. Kalland ’42, is pastor of the First Baptist Church, 348 W. Poplar St., Compton, Calif.; Lil lian Curtis ’19, P.G. ’26, of the student library force, flew to Kentucky to spend her vacation doing pioneer missionary service with Annie Bethke, '19, Box 551, Jackson Ky.; Mary Lopp-Fields ’36, ’38,
is saddened by the passing of her father following a lingering illness: Wm. H. (Bill) Lewis ’39, has enrolled as a stu dent at the Fuller Theological Seminary. Bill will deputize each Wednesday for the Kentucky Mountain Mission, and preach at the Grace Trinity Church at Valley Center (near Escondido) on Sun day. Barbara and the children will re main in La Mesa where a home has been provided for them; Mary Bartlett, former student, and a Wave in the serv ice of. her country, after spending a few • days visiting in Phoenix, Ariz., is now in Spokane, Wash., where she has been accepted as a student at Whitworth Col lege; Bertie Broyles, former student, whose smiling face and helpful hand have brightened the day at Biola’s in formation desk for a number of years, has resigned in the hope that she may regain her health. Pray for her; Helen Bliss, serving in Biola business office three years, is now living at 1856 Emory St., San Jose 11, Calif.; Martha Wolfe ’43, residing at the China Island Mission Headquarters, 238 S. Ave. 51, Los An geles, is active in the Montecito Park Union Church pastored by Lowell C. Wendt ’40; Alma C. Kludt ’46, has been accepted by the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society for service in India; Eula May Flippo ’46 has been commissioned for service under the same organization with her field, as yet, un determined; The Evangelical Beacon, June issue, mentions two 1948 graduates of the Bible Institute, Esther Gustafson of Austin, Tex., and Phyllis Jacobson of Tumwater, Wash., as having planned to serve the Evangelical Free Church in the home mission field following their graduation; Mrs. Albert Wall (Margery Williams ’36), Port Orchard, Wash, flew to Los Angeles to assist in the care of her mother who was dangerously ill with asthma and heart complications. Albert is pastor of the Bethel Community Church at Port Orchard. Wedding Bells Paul J. Bayles—Marian Schmidt, both of the class of *47, Ausr. 8rd, at the Southwest Community Church, Los Angeles, Calif.; Jay Howard Futch—Marjorie Lee White, '48, Aug. 28th, at the Little Country Church of Hollywood, Hollywood, Calif.; Rev. Gordon Seibold—Lois Jessica Crane, Aug. 13th, at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of Santa Rosa, Calif.; John Archibald Campbell—LoUise Richardson Aug. 14th, at the First -Brethren Church, Whit tier, Calif.; Thurston Ott—Beverly Louise Hun- nicutt, Aug. 22nd, Hope Union Church, Rosemead, Calif.; John David Galloway—Margaret Elinor Brading, Aug. 22nd, Centropolis Baptist Church. Kansas City, M o.; Rev. Elwin Ernest Pelletier— Lois Basha Uhlinger, *41, Sept. 10th, at Oicha, Beni, Congo Beige, Africa. Lois is also a regis tered nurse. With her husband, she will take up work under the Conservative Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, succeeding her brother, Paul Uhlinger, who so recently laid down his life in a plane accident in connection with the estab lishment of the new Bible School at Ruanguba, Rutshuru, Congo Beige, Africa. Biola Babies Bora to Howard A. and Jessie Jo Brunner Van Loon, *44, a son, Philip Kenneth, July 14th, at the Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, Holly wood, Calif. • To Frank and Frances Stradley, ’42, Box 784, Seward, Alaska, a son, Daniel Lee, May 3rd, at Portland, Ore. • To Virgil and Allison Selway Arrowood, '38, a daughter, Marilyn Joyce, July 8th, at ManiBtique, Mich. Mrs. Arrowood has, for a number of years, prepared the Helps for the Children Sunday School lessons for The King's Business. T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
“ Wherefore God also hath highly ex alted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Phil. 2:9-11). California Baptist Seminary announces bestowal of degrees at their commence ment upon four Biola Family Circle members: Louis Audrey Thomas and Evelyn Reeves ’36, Master of Religious Education; Melvin N. Krug, Bachelor of Religious Education, and Roswell Chester McFadden, who received his diploma in Theology. Respectively these will: return to John Brown University to teach; leave for Hawaii to do mis sionary work; resume pastorates, and possibly Mr. Thomas may decide for further education. E. Rexford ’27 and Grace Weller-Smith ’26, 221 W. Stubbs St., Edinburg, Texas, write, of their deep appreciation of The King’s Business, mentioning especially Mr. Einar Anderson’s illuminating arti cles on Mormonism. The Smiths have been laboring sacrificially to assist in the establishment of a Mexican Bible Institute at Edinburg. There is a nice begimling of a faith work among the Spanish-speaking people living in the community surrounding this border town. Rex and Grace have two lovely children. They will appreciate our prayers. Eileen L. Crain ’46, writes: “My dear est dream has come true. By the will of God I am a missionary under appoint ment by the Latin American Mission; soon I shall be flying to San Jose, Costa Rica. With joy I anticipate going to His appointed place of service.” Raymond and Elizabeth Gillis-Genet, both of the class of ’36, are engaged in the Lord’s work at Yucaipa, California, where Elizabeth is the secretary-treas urer of the new Christian school. Fol lowing their graduation, they went as missionaries to Venezuela, but as both suffered from asthma, they were obliged to return to the homeland. They have three sons, all of whom were saved when" four years of age. Pag* Twelve
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