CAPTAIN J. W. ROBERTS, USN
Commanding Officer
THE
CDR R. L. STRAUB, USN A D A K
Executive Officer S U N
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Worldwide Bible Reading Program
| An invitation to residents
% of Adak to join what has
§ been described as the "worlds
% largest Bible reading class”
| was extended today by Chap
11 lain Perry, when he announced
U the beginning of the annual
1| Worldwide Bible Reading pro
ll gram, sponsored by the Amor
11 ican Bible Society.
p, |1 Millions of people, in fifty
If countries and in dozens of
|| languages, will be joining
r v’ simultaneously. The program
starts on Thanksgiving Day and contin
ues through Christmas.
On each day, people all over the warldi
read the same passage of the Bible from
a pre-selected list. The list is pub
lished in the form of a bookmark and
copies are available without charge at
the Chapel.
(Continued next column )
A distinguished board of laymen spon
sors the annual program. Among these
laymen are all living, former presidents
of the. United States, Herbert Hoover,
Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Thr program, now in its 13th year, was
born during World War II when a lonely
Marine on Guadalcanal wrote his family
in Philadelphia to suggest that close
spiritual ties could be maintained by
agreeing upon selected Bible passages in
advance and having each family member
read them on the assigned day. The so
ciety was asked by the mother to provide
a list and did so. The next year, soc
iety officials decided to suggest the
practice to others with relatives in the^
armed forces and the program subsequently
grew Into worldwide dimensions in peace
time. •
The program starts with the reading of
the 23rd Psalm on Thanksgiving Day and
is highlighted by the reading of the
Christmas Story from the Gospel of Luke
on Christmas eve*
NSW CHIEF OF ARMY CHAPLAINS
Washington - Charles E. Brown Jr.,
the new Chief of Army Chaplains, assumed
his new duties and was promoted to the
rank of major general in ceremonies herel
early in November.
Maj. Gen. Brown organized and was the
first president of the Army Chaplain
Board, 1945-46. He was the second chap
lain to be graduated from the Command
and General Staff College, in 1948, and
the first chaplain to be graduated from
the Army War College, in 1952.
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hot griddle, or if your area has trash,
debris or flammable or combustible items
in it and not in the approved storage
containers and area} Pire will apread
in your area as fast as molasses on a
hot griddle. So clean up to halt the
spread of a possible fire.