W edding Bells June again brings us many brides and bride grooms who are, or have been, Biola. students. Below is a partial list compiled from the bulletin board in Lyman Stewart Hall, The Easter wed ding of Nicholas Simponis '31 to Maria Panousis in Athens, Greece, was celebrated in the Evan gelical Church. Their field is Ethiopia. May 12: Everett E. Bachelder '36—Mina May Stepina; Vancouver, B. C. June 3: John Smart Henderson 4^-Linda Woelk; Bible Institute of Los Angeles. June 4: Leonard George Booker—Imogene Helen Schroeder; Immanuel Mennonite Church, Los Angeles. June 8: Frank H. Peters—Helen Aliene Dabbs; Chapel of Roses, Pasadena, Calif. Loran C. Endsley—Frances Townsend; Mission Covenant Church, Lafayette, Calif. June 9: Russell Edwin Camp—Patricia Jean Roberts; Community Cove nant Church, Eagle Rock, Calif. Paul Irvin Barton —Nelda Rae Parker; First Baptist Church, San Jose, Calif. June 10: Albert Arthur Fitzpatrick —June Bennette Miller; The Village Church, Burbank, Calif. Lee David Burris—Lois Mary Paxton; First Baptist Church, Yucaipa, Calif. June 12: Hiram Richard Kater-—Marion Le- Master; First Baptist Church, Shelton, Wash. June 16: Stuart Giles Smith—Franceen Marie Posten; Memorial Baptist Church, Fresno, Calif. June 17: Wilbert Lee Spitz—Evelyn Louise Tyler; Sleeth Chapel, Tucson, Ariz. Duane Keith Kusler —-Eva June Baker; Bethel Tabernacle, Lodi, Calif. June 19: Arnold Duane Coleman—Cleva Louise Buckingham; South Los Angeles Com munity Church, Los Angeles. June 23: Neil David Pagard—Mildred Irene Caple; Scofield Memorial Church, Dallas, Tex. Herbert C. Fuqua—Grace Mary Howland; Calvary Church, Santa Ana, Calif. John Harold File—Elva Darlene Under wood ; First Baptist Church, San Pedro, Calif. June 29: Edward J. Kiefer—Marilyn Joy Hoyal; Methodist Church, Covina, Calif. July 1: Paul Ralph Owen—Lynnette Marian McCarley; South Modesto Baptist Church, Modesto, Calif. ☆ Biola Babies Barbara Lois (10 lbs. 4 oz.) joined Willard l M. and Doris Coffin-Aldrich ’30, and eight little brothers and sisters in their Vancouver, Wash., home on March 9th. This busy mother still finds time to make her monthly contribution “ Out of the Mixing Bowl” to the Doorstep Evangel edited by Dr. Aldrich, president of the Multnomah School of the Bible, Portland, Oregon. Lona Faye attached herself to the McCranv family, Jerome and Grace Hunt-McCraw '35, on May 8th at Cottonwood, Ariz. Dennis ’43 and Marie House- man-HoUiday *42 now have two sons. Floyd Leroy is four years old; Ronald Alan arrived Nov. 2nd, at Winona Lake, Ind., where Dennis has been making further preparation for the ministry. They are now located at Waynesboro, Pa., where he is pastor of the First Brethren Church. ☆ Vincent and Virginia Gizzi ’48, are accepted candidates of the South China Boat Mission. Owing to unfavorable conditions in China at present, a new work among the five millions of Jap anese boat people has been started; for this they have a real burden. Tiny Ruth Marie took up residence with the Gizzi’s in San Francisco on Nov. 9th. Jane E. Entz ’27, now Mrs. Walter A. Claassen, with her husband and children Donovan and Marla Mae, are in Uruguay (964 Vilardebo, Montevideo, c /o Men nonite Central Committee) where they have been sent to do an important work in connection with the settlement of 750 displaced persons in Uruguay. Three of the Entz sisters graduated from Biola in 1932. Of these, Helena is ministering to physical and spiritual needs as a deaconess in the Bethel Hospital, New ton, Kans.; Louise is a supervisor in the Archives Department of the Mennonite Headquarters in Akron, Pa.; Anna H. practiced medicine in Ohio for some years, and is now Mrs. To'rp A. Lapenas, R. 1, Box 52, Clayton, Ohio, and is devot ing her whole time to making a home for her husband and two little sons, George and Don. T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
Biola Flashes Harold S. Dutton ’34, directer of the school and home for Alliance mission aries’ children in French Indo-China, has been transferred to Dalat, Indo- China, c /o Missiona Evangelique, B.P., 151. Nora E. Jordan ’24, and Beatrice Spies ’27, co- laborers in evangelism for 18 years, now have a five-day-weekly program for shut-ins over The Dalles, Oregon, broadcasting station. Ray S. Harris ’48, resigned his pastorate at Hollydale, Calif., to become the commu nity chaplain of the Los Angeles General Hospital. Newest missionary fr*m Biola to Chili is Lyle Eggleston ’49, who will work under the Soldiers’ and Gospel Mission at Temuco, Chili. Two Biola registered nurses serving under» the Christian Leprosy Mission, Beth Albert and Jeannette Lape, both ’47, doing dep utation work in the states, are eager to return to their field across the Pacific. Edward C. Bowlen, former student, has had a varied experience in life. Possibly the one he will longest remember is, while singing in an Episcopal choir, his voice suddenly changed in the middle of his solo! Earning several degrees since those days, he is now the pastor of a church in Fillmore, Calif. Ruby M. Mil ler ’48 is the new secretary in the Jewish Department of the Bible Institute. Ger aldine Hinote ’32, sends an SOS for prayer. She has been transferred to another station where there are many problems. Camilla Drake and Ula Smith ’48, for several years employed in the business office of Biola , flew to Boston in May, where they became accepted candidates under the Conservative Bap tist Mission Board, for service in Alaska. Ula is on a deputation trip to Denver. Wedding bells rang for Miriam Bracken, a faculty secretary at Biola for several years and now field secretary for Gospel Recordings, Inc., on March 20th, when she became Mrs. Chalmers Cree, in a lovely home wedding in Washington, D. C. Arvid Carlson ’39, pastor of the enlarged Mission Covenant Church, 539 N. Lake St., Pasadena, has been elected Southwest Regional Chairman of the NAE. “ Cowboy Evangelist” Leonard Eilers ’30, closed a 15-day revival meet ing in Grangeville, Ida., where a number o f persons made a public confession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Some families drove as far as 20 miles reg ularly to hear the gospel messages, see the motion pictures and educated ropes and hear the guitar and harmonica. Velma Fries ’45, an R.N. from the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, is leaving soon for Manaus, Brazil, situ ated in the Amazon Valley. She will be engaged in medical missionary work among the Portuguese and Indian tribes, under Mid-Missions, 1120 Chester Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Kenneth Henry ’49, Oil Hill, Kans., enthusiastically reports the 60th Annual’ Conference of the Evan gelical Alliance Mission held in Chicago in May. The conference was bathed in a spirit of prayer under the preaching of b r. Harold J. Ockenga, Dr. L. E. Max well, Dr. Paul W. Rood, Dr. Torrey M. Page Eighteen
“ Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men” (2 Cor. 3 :2 ). ☆ Johnson and others. Among those at tending were 51 missionaries home on furlough, and 149 candidates preparing to leave for foreign service. Carol Terry K e d g a o n , Poona Dist., India, asks
Lyle Eggleston ’49
prayer for her new assignment of proof reading the Bible as it is being issued in the Ramabai version printed in Ma rathi. The work is very hard on her eyes. Pray for 60 teen-age girls whom she is teaching. Called to participate in the Junior High Bible Camp of the Kentucky Mountain Mission at Beatty- ville, Ky., Bill ’39, and camp-hostess Barbara Lewis are in Kentucky for a few weeks. Bill is a student at Fuller Theological Seminary; his residence is 619 E. Dewey, San Gabriel, Calif. ☆ The long-delayed announcement of the wedding of Nicholas G. Bakan ’26, 5117 Vincent Ave., Eagle Rock, Calif., is due to our inability to learn before this time the name of the bride. It is Mina Kalo- mira Tziotis who came from Greece to be married in Toronto, Can,, on Sept. 3rd, 1948. The Bakans have a son, George Stephen, born May 19th, 1950. Nicholas states proudly, “ And even though I do say it, he is a lovely baby. We thank the Lord for him.” Mr. Bakan has ministered to the Greeks in Los Angeles for more than twenty years.
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