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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1956)
Rev. Edwin A. Svendsen Lutheran Pastor Takes Over Duties Edwin A. Svendsen has recently arrived at College Station as the new pastor of Our Saviour’s Luth eran Church and campus pastor at A&M. He is succeeding the Reverend Thomas H. Swygert. The Svendsen family come to the community from Eugene, Ore- Rev. Hall Named To Wesleyan Staff The Wesley Foundation at A&M announces the addition of Rev. Charles E. Hall to their staff. Rev. Hall will serve as the assistant di rector of the Foundation working primarily with freshmen students and the genei'al student program. He is a recent graduate of South- western University in Georgetown, Texas. For the past two years he has served as the pastor of the Maysfield - Ninerva Circuit of Methodist churches. While at Southwestern he served as section al officer in the YMCA movement. A native of Huntsville, Hall as sumes his duties with the begin ning of the Fall semester. Rev. Charles E. Hall gon where Rev. Svendsen seiwed the Lutheran Churches of the Na tional Lutheran Council as cam pus pastor at the University of Oregon. He was graduated from the Uni versity of Minnesota and had his Theological training at Trinity Seminary in Nebraska and his gradviate work at the Lutheran Theological Seminary of Chicago. His twelve year ministry includes a parish ministry on an Island community in Wisconsin, chaplincy in the Navy Corps and with the Marines, a period of service in an Oklahoma Cherokee Indian Mission and a four year directorship of the Lutheran Student Foundation of Oregon while also serving as campus pastor at Oregon State College, CorvalliSv Reverend Svendsen is called by Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church and also by the Lutheran Student Foundation of A&M College, which is a State-wide Foundation repre senting all the churches of the Na tional Lutheran Council. The con gregation which Pastor Svendsen will serve is by its very nature in clusive of all of Lutheranism of the National Lutheran Council. The pastor comes to this congregation from another affiliation indicating the free and open relationships which exist among Lutherans on the American scene. Reverend Svendsen is happy about the recently completed new church building of the congrega tion and makes this statement: “the striking beauty of the new church and the complete break through of all that which is ti-adi- tional in church architecture is de serving commendation to the de signers, the builders and to the congregation. It certainly will serve as a ready tool as the church ministers to the community at large and to the campus commun ity.” LOOK STU DENTS! We have hundreds of combinations of special type for your Olympia Portable! (the finest precision made portable). Also feaeturing the extra slip on type! BRYAN BUSINESS MACHINE CO. Junior Garden Club Organized; Senior Club Outlines Flans Theme for the 19!56-57 Garden Club, w’hich held its initial meet ing Monday, will be “Through the Ages”. Subjects discussed on a panel moderated by Mrs. E. L. Angell, were pertinent to fall gardening. Panel members and their topics were Mrs. J. E. Roberts, “Soil Preparation”; Mrs. Carl Wil liams, “Perennials to Plant Now”; Mi's. C. B. Campbell, “Bulbs of All Kinds”; and Mrs. C. C. Doak, “Pests”. Mrs. T. R. Timm outlined plans for the establishment of a Junior Garden Club under the leadership of Mrs. Ed. Garner and herself. The organization will be open to boys and girls through the eighth grade. The program has been plan ned to stress the growing and ar ranging of plant material. First meeting will be held Satui’day, Sept. 29, in the YMCA. Also at this first meeting of the Garden Club Mrs. W. L. Penberthy, chairman of services, announced that Mi's. C. W. Pewthers would name the committee to judge Christmas decorations and Mrs. Marion Pugh would be in charge of assembling flowers on Mother’s Day. Named to the Hospital Ser vice Committee were Mesdames E. D. Parneell, chairman, R. L. Brown, P. W. Burns, W. C. Freeman, Ed. Garner, Geo. Huebner, T. W. Leland, R. E. Patterson, and George Potter. Mrs. W. W. Armistead, in her report “Tips for the Toiler”, offer ed a list of annuals and vegetables which should thrive if planted at this time. The arangements for th>e day, taken from the Flower Show schedule, were “Garden of Eden” and “The Stone Age”. Mrs. Timm and Mrs. Nelson were in charge of these. Mrs. R. R. Lyle was winner of the door prize. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING The Executive Board of the Can terbury Association will meet to night at 7:30 in the Parish Hall at St. Thomas Chapel. • RIFLES & SHOTGUNS • HAND GUNS • AMMUNITION Social Whirl AGRONOMY WIVES CLUB will meet tonight at 8 in the Cabinet Room, YMCA, to make plans for the year’s activities. A special meeting,will be held in two weeks to welcome new members, Mar garet Gilmore, president, announ ced. ★ ★ ★ Margaret Gilmore will serve as president of the Agronomy Wives Club f07’ the fall semester. Other officers are Esther Ellis, vice- president; Mary Lyles, secretaiy; Pat Stone, treasurer; Nine John son, reporter, and Rilene Heffner, social chairman. ★ ★ ★ The presiding officer for the Architect Wives Club this fall will be Barbara Jones. Lillian Powers will serve as- vice-president; Sue Cox is secretary; and Ann McMinn • SCOPES & MOUNTS • BOATS & MOTORS • FISHING TACKLE Located in the Plantation Shopping Center The Battalion .... 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