Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 27, 1958 Page: 3 of 10
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TttCTtSPAT, NOVEMBER 27,1958
Former Livingston
Han Named Dean
Ofpeminary
THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, LIVINGSTON. TEXAS
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Dr;;James I McCord, dean of the
Austto Presbyterian ; Seminary
rince^je was 24, will become pres-
ident-of the nation’s largest Pres-
bytefijin Seminary when he is 39.
(>rt September 1, 1959, Dr. Me
CordEfook over the presidency of
Prindeton Theological Seminary in
Princeton, New Jersey.
ReflWSnized as one of the world’s
outstjmding Presbyterian theologi-
ans, tfk president of Princeton
Sen lipary he assumes a position of
high prestige among the nation’s
Presbjjrtdrian theologians.
Princeton is owned by the re-
centWmerged United Presbyterian
Chui*h in the U.S.A. Its enroll-
mdntrif'approximately 500 students
com^from aU parts of the world.
Du. .McCord has served on var-.
lous essignmcnts in South America
and Europe with the Presbyterian
Work! Alliance and the World
Council of Churches. Ho recently
concUMed a leave of absenie in
Geneva, Switzerland, helping to
elit for publication the sermons
IN YOUR
HOUR OF
SORROW
CALL ON US
We will take care , of
everything for you when
you are in sorrow.
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Funeral Home
CORRIGAN and MOSCOW,
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of John C.ilvin. He is on the exe-
cutive committee for the Alliance,
composed of organizations of the
world’s 47,000,000 Presbyterians.
Concerning his new post at
. ... It is with pardonable pride
that we will see him assume the
duties of his new post next full. He
will bring to his work the crea-
tivity, educational, and adminlstra-
life and work.”
Princeton, Dr. McCord Said: “ItJs. ability, that characterize his
very difficult to think of leaving
this area where I was bom and
reared; but without being pious, I
can say I think it is my duty to
go. I im tremendously interested
in the place of the confessional
seminary in this wirld.”
He feeiis that theological eluca-
tion now offers a new challenge
because it is ”n a state of healthy
ferment.
“We have now our best opportu-
nity to re-think all of our concepts
of theological education since the
reformation," he Said:
Dr. McCord listed these as fac-
tors in that concept:
1) We are now re-evaluating ed-
ucation at all levels;
2) All the disciplirtes of recent
years, such as psychology and so-
ciology, should be brought to bear
on theological problems;
3) The status of the ecumenical
movement—no seminary can work
without being sensitive to united
Protestantism;
4) The revival of interest in
biblical theology in our time.
The latter Dr. McCord explains
as “an attempt to get behind the
traditions to the beginning—which
is Christ himself. Let the Bible
speak with a freedom it has not
always had.”
Dr. McCord was bom in Rusk in
1919, where his ancestors on both
sides helped to. .found the Rusk
Presbyterian church. His mother,
Mrs. Marshal E. McCord, still lives
there.
He attended Austin College,
from which he received both bach-
elor and doctor’s degrees. His wife,
the former Hazel Thompson, is
from Sherman, where Austin Col-
lege is located.
Dr. McCord earned a master's
degree in philosophy at the Uni-
versity of Texas, where he also
taught, and a Bachelor of Divinity
degree from Austin Presbyterian
Theological Seminary.
He has traveled and studied
widely while serving on the Austin
Seminary staff as professor of sys-
tematic theology and dean of the
faculty. He did graduate work at
Harvard, Union Seminary in Rich-
mond,-and at Edinburglf* Univer-
sity in Scotland. He holds a Doc-
tor of Sacred Theology from Knox
College, Toronto, Canada.
Commenting on Dr. McCord’s
new appointment, Dr. David L.
Stitt, president of Austin Semi-
nary, said: “Dr. McCord has made
a distinct and lasting contribution
to Austin Seminary in his 15 years
Careful Driving
Urged For 1958
Thanksgiving Days
Thanksgiving Day — A day for
giving tRanks for the heritage of
our American Way of Life. A day
of rest. BUT — One part of our
heritage — the American Auto-
mobile — will cause, hundreds of
our .fellow Texans to have a (Jay
of suffering, pain and death. Wiy?*
Too many drivers fail to think of
the other driver when they are
behind the wheel of the family
ear. Over 85 percent of all of the
collisions in which someone is in-
jured or killed, or in which pro-
perty is destroyed is caused by
the driver."
Major Glen Rose, Commander
of Region 2, Texas Department of
Public Safety announced today the
Texas DPS is putting forth addi-
tional effort during this Thanks-
giving holiday to protect the peo-
ple traveling 'upon our streets and
highways. All uniformed person-
Donated Deerhides
Provide Materials
For State Hospitals
Deerhides to be tanned Into
buckskin for state hospital pa-
tients’ use began piling up at the
Austin Taxidermist Studio in_the
first week of the hunting season.
Cooperation' of locker plant opera-
tors is credited with the accelerat-
ed collection.
Sponsored by the Volunteer Ser-
vices Council for Texas State Hos-
pitals and Special Schools, the an-
nual collection provides soft leath-
er from which patients fashion
such items as purses, gloves, moc-
casins and billfolds. Previously
'designated for tuberculosis pa-
tients, a sufficient supply is being
sought this year for all the hos-
pitals and special schools, accord-
ing to Mrs. Malcolm Gregory of
Austin, Volunteer Council Chair-
man.
“We’re optimistic, too, that it
can be done,” Mrs. Gregory said,
because this year the Texas Inde-
pendent Meat Dealers Association
has endorsed this project and is
asking its locker plant and meat
industry members throughout the
state to accept a,id ship the hides
to Austin where L. M. Rathbone,
Austin Taxidermist, cures and
nel of the Deparfjnent, including stores them for tanning at the end
Reverend Jesse Bolin, Rever-
end G. A. Johnson and Reverend
Dudley Piefer conducted the ser-
vice with Burl Rowe rendering
two impressive songs.
Active pallbearers were Carter
Watts, Sidney Adams, Rodger
Dudley, Ted Hatcher, Russell
Watts and W. C. Faneher.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Clara Jones; a son,
Kirby D. Walker of Seattle, Wash.;
ar’ daughter, Miss Patsy Walker of
Houston; three sisters, Mrs. Nancy
Anderson, Houston, Mrs. Maude
Sisson, Longview, Wash., and Mrs.
Joanna Davis, Hutchison, Kansas.
Kirby Walker was a natural
leader and always ready to do his
part . . . and more, for anything
that would benefit his town, coun-
ty or state, his Lodge or church,
and never turned a deaf ear to
any person in distress.
He was born at Town Bluff in
Tyler County and had lived in
Moscow the past 43 years, during
which time he served as president
of the school board, deacon in the
Baptist Church, first president of
the Corrigan Lions Club, treasur-
er of Unity Lodge No. 102, A. F. &
A. M., and was voted a life mem-
ber of that Lodge some years ago.
A successful business man, a
loving and kind husband and
father, and a friend of man, Kir-
by Walker will long be remember-
ed by people of every walk of
life.
officers of the License and Weight
and Motor Vehicle Inspection Ser-
vices, will be assigned to patrol
of the season.”
Motor freight lines for several
years have hauled the hides with-
duties to strengthen the forces of i out charge when they are marked
the Texas Highway Patrol. Speed-
ing and Driving while Intoxicated
are expected to be the prime fac-
tors in these holiday accidents,
and all Department personnel
have been alerted to be on the
lookout for these violations. Radar
will be used extensively to help
curb the speeding violation.
Slow drivers also cause a great
number of traffic collisions. Many ^minding hunters to donate the
“charity” and consigned to the
Austin Taxidermist Studio, 2708
Fredericksburg Road, Austin. For
the past two years. Air Force Re-
servists have utilized a West Coast
training mission to transport the
collection to the tannery in San
Francisco. , __
Sportsmen’s Clubs of Texas give
“tremendous assistance" in re-
times a slow driver will cause
a nonjnally safe driver to take un-
necessary chances in trying to
pass. Slow drivers should be espe-
cially alert to traffic overtaking
them from the rear, and pull off
the road to let this traffic pass.
Major Ros£ urged those Texans
who are planning trips over thisi
Thanksgiving holiday to cooperate D■
with all police agencies by driving
safely, sanely and defensively,
throughout the holiday period.
“Compliance wjth all traffic rules
deerhides, the chairman said, and
state game officials have “repeat-
edly endorsed it as a conservation
measure.”
and safety measures will‘help in-
of service here, and to theological |sure a sa?e anc* happy holiday
education in the entire Southwest | trip”, Major Rose said.
Prominent Moscow
Civic Leader Passes,
Rites Saturday
Funeral services were conducted
at the First Baptist Church in
Moscow last Saturday for Joseph
Mason^ (Kirby) Walker, who died
at his home Thursday morning,
November 20, after a long illness.
He was 72 years of age.
Mission Field
Film To Be Shown
At First Baptist
“Centerville Awakening,” a fea-
ture sound motion picture drama-
tically showing what can happen
to a church, its people and pastor,
when they become yielded to God,
will be shown at the First) Bap-
tist Church at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
November 29. The film’s appear-
ance in this area is being spon-
sored by Men of the First Bap-
tist Church.
The film tells the story of how
Ed and Laurie Damon, valiant
soldiers of the cross', were forced
by ill health to leave the mission
field. Offered the pastorate of the
church in Centerville, they find
their congregation made up of
Christians—altogether too typical
—who have permitted their spir-
itual lives to be molded by the ma-
terialistic philosophies of our mod-
ern world. . * ftf. •
Pastor Damon, however, - had a
theory. Though there may‘nevftr
be another national revival, any
individual or group of individuals,
who will meet God's conditions,
may enjoy all the blessings which
would accrue were a nation-wide
awakening to occur.
“Centerville Awakening” was
produced, from its inception, in
close collaboration with ministers
of many denominations. The ini-
tial stor^ treatment, the script, and j school, and
the edwed film w'ere carefully —-
analyzed by hundreds of minfsters
who share with Gospel Films, pro-
ducers of “Centerville Awaken-
ing,” “Seventeen” and other out-
standing films, the conviction that,
given a chance, the Holy Spirit
can work fnightiy in hearts and
lives today.
the Texas School System. He then
brought the discussion to the local
level by explaining the increase^
< redlts required for graduation
from our High School, the changes
in curriculum and in required sub-
jects which have been made in an
effort to raise the standards of our
to better prepare the
TV Program On
Explorers Set
For November 29
The Trinity-Neches Council Boy
Scouts of America announces that
a one-hour television show' deal-
ing with the great new Explorer
Program being launched this fall
is scheduled for Saturday, Novem-
ber 29, 3:30-4:30 p.m., over Chan-
nel 4, Port Arthur.
In the hour-long feature writ! be
Bob Hope and an outstanding cast
of well known TV stars.
J. Caldwell McFaddin, Chair-
man of this Council’s Exploring
Committee, urges the 1200 Explor-
ers and leaders in this Council as
well as others interested in the op-
portunities, ambitions and prob-
lems of the high school age boy
tune in on this show.
Ross Hightower
Guest Speaker At
P-TA Meeting
Ross Hightower was the speaker
for the Elementary Parent-Teach-
er Association meeting Tuesday
afternoon.
Hightower spoke on the general
subject “American Education”. He
expressed the belief that the test
of an educational system is whe-
ther it prepares the people to
meet the needs of the day in
which they live; and stated that,
in his opinion, American educa-
tion has, throughout the brief his-
tory of our nation, been adequate
to meet all needs.
Due to the changing situations
in the world today, there are needs"
for comparable changes in the ed-
uJftitiaflal standards of American
schools. He briefly outlined the
:rdle of tfiV ' Gilmer Aiken Com-
mittee in determining the curricu-
l\lm- apd scholastic standards of
students to meet the needs of the
generation in which we five.
Preeeeding Mr. HightpJVy’s in-
teresting and infoimaarwttftflk, the
Sixth Grade Chorus ^Etmtained
those present with sevlQ^jeauti-
fully rendered choruses. The Ele-
mentary Choruses are under the-,
direction of Mrs. W. B. Cayton.
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Kirgan, Joe Lee, Jr. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 27, 1958, newspaper, November 27, 1958; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth761861/m1/3/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.