August 20, 1968 UHFOFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE LAKE UNION CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS Volume EX Number 32 akm Vol. LX, No. 32 August 20, 1968 GORDON 0. ENGEN, Editor JOCELYN FAY, Assistant Editor MARIAN MENDEL, Circulation Services EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: J. D. Smith, Chairman; W. F. Miller, Vice-Chairman; Gordon Engen, Secretary. CORRESPONDENTS: Eston Allen, Illinois; M. D. Oswald, Indiana; Xavier Butler, Lake Region; Ernest Wendth, Michigan; J. M. Davis, Wisconsin; H. M. Wynne, Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital; Horace Shaw, Andrews Uni- versity. NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS: All articles, pictures, obitu- aries, and classified ads must be channeled through your local conference correspondent. Copy mailed directly to the HERALD will be returned to the conference involved. MANUSCRIPTS for publication should reach the Lake It started months ago, when Elder E. N. Wendth and Albert Needham studied Union Conference office by Thursday, 9 a.m., twelve days before the dote of issue. The editorial staff reserves the various designs for the 1968 Michigan Conference float. right to withhold or condense copy depending upon space available. ADDRESS CHANGES should be addressed Circulation De- portment, Lake Union Herold, Box C, Berrien Springs, Mich. 49103. Always give full name, old address, and new address. If possible, send address label from an old issue. Please allow at least two weeks for change to become effective. NEW SUBSCRIPTION requests should be addressed to the treasurer of the local conference where membership is held. Conference Directories LAKE UNION CONFERENCE Box C, Berrien Springs, Mich. 49103 (616) 473-4541 President J. D. Smith Secretory-treasurer W. F. Miller Auditor E. J. Gregg Associate Auditor Arthur Opp Educational Secretary G. E. Hutches Lay Activities Secretary t A. W. Bauer Sabbath School Secretary I Public Affairs Secretary Public Relations, Radio-TV Gordon Engen Religious Liberty, Ind. Rel. Publishing Secretory J. W. Proctor Missionary Volunteer Secretary Fred Beavon Notional Service Organization Secy. Medical Secretory ') Temperance Secretory J. P. Winston A S.I. Secretary ILLINOIS: W. A. Nelson, president; Elton Dessain, secre- tary-treasurer. Of fice Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fri., 8 o.m.-12,30 p.m. Office Address: 3721 Prairie Ave. Mail Address: Box 89, Brookfield, III. 60513. Phone: (312) 485-1200. INDIANA: R. S. Joyce, president; Lorry Davis, secretary- treasurer. Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 8.00 a m.-12:15 p.m.; 1-5:15 p.m.; Fri., 8 a.m.-12 noon. Office and Moil Address: 1405 Broad Ripple Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 46220. Phone: (317) 251-9292. LAKE REGION: C. E. Bradford, president; M. C. Von Putten, secretory-treasurer. Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 8 o.m.-12 noon; 1-5:15 p.m.' Fri., 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Of- fice and Mail Address: 8517' S. State St., Chicago, III. 60619. Phone: (312) 846-2661. MICHIGAN: R. D. Moon, president; L. G. Wartzok, secre- tary-treasurer. Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs, 7:30 a.m.-12 noon; 1-5:15 p.m.; Fri., 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Office Ad- Needham then went to work, checking the design of the float with artist John dress: 320 W. St. Joseph St. Mail Address: Box 900, Lansing, Mich. 48904. Phone (517) 485-2226. Derringer, a member of the South Flint church. WISCONSIN: R. E. Finney, Jr., president; G. H. Crumley, secretory-treosurer. Office Hours. Mon.-Thurs., 7:30 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.; 1-5 p.m.; Fri., 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Office Address: 802 E. Gorham St. Mail Address: Box 512, Madi- son, Wis, 53701. Phone: (608) 257-5696. Entered as second-class matter in the Post Office, Berrien Springs, Mich. Printed weekly, 50 times a year (omitting the weeks of July 4 and December 25) by the University Press, Ber- rien Springs, Mich. Yearly subscription price, $4.00. Single copies, 10 cents. Postmasters: Send all notices to Lake Union Herald, Box C. Berrien Springs, MI 49103. COVER The Michigan Conference float, both o soul winner and a prize winner in fairs and parades throughout Michigan, posses the grandstand at Ionia. Needham selected materials carefully, checking material he had on hand for use on the float. LAKE UNION HERALD 2 The Anatomy Of a Prize-Winning Float Three first prizes from the first four parades which missionary projects, for he donates his labor, believing offered awards is the current record of Michigan's float in the public witness the floats bring. for 1968. In all, 10 appearances will be made this year Other laymen, like Dr. Ralph Poeper of Frankenmuth before the float is retired. and George Balli of Ionia, have also seen witnessing Although consistently winning awards since the con- possibilities in the float. Both of these men have per- ference's first participation in this form of public rela- sonally cared for the rental charge of the floats used in tions, the prime objective of the float is evangelism. their area. It was in 1959 that the evangelistic team of Robert And the float does witness to the millions who each L. Boothby and Charles H. Henderson, working in the year line the streets to see the parades, watch them on Detroit area, decided to put evangelism on wheels. They television, or hear the reports on radio. planned a float that would reach the eyes of thousands Three years ago people nearby watched a lady slowly who had never seen the inside of an Adventist church. read the message on the conference float Her expression This first float featured a large head of Christ and strongly suggested that she had never heard of Seventh- carried the dual message that Christ was the hope of day Adventists. But on that day she found out that the the world and that Adventists were preaching Christ church existed, that it was working in 189 countries, to the nations. and that it preached Christ. Elders Ted Rasmussen and Keith Morey designed and Public relations ventures of this type help to prepare helped build the float. During the process they ran into the way for other soul-saving activities. But on at least technical difficulties and were put in touch with Albert one occasion it had a definite and immediate part in Needham, a Flint Adventist and a professional float returning a backslider to the church. builder. Needham was an adviser on the first two projects, At Port Huron the local pastor, H. W. Spiva, was but in 1956, when the public relations department took at the reviewing stand receiving a prize awarded for over the project, he became the professional builder of the float. His wife, waiting at the foot of the steps, saw the conference floats. This has been One of Needham's a lady approach crying out excitedly, "Our float won, Elder Henry Kenaston holds plaque received for the entry of the Adventist float in the Davison Homecoming Parade. Needham works on the frame work of the float, building it Admiring the plaque are the three girls who rode the float. carefully so it can be reused by various churches in the conference Kathy DeBolt of the South Flint church, and Cheryn Briggs and throughout the summer. Barbara Seitz of the First church. August 20, 1968, Vol. LX, No. 32 3 our float won!" Mrs. Spiva was puzzled, for she did not recognize the lady as a church member. But it was soon revealed that she was an Adventist who had drifted away. Because of that contact, this lady very shortly returned to the church. At least in one place the float has been a definite help in changing public opinion, according to Elder Don Myers of Traverse City. At one time the city fathers seemed to delight in doing anything that might hinder the work of Adventists. In 1962 the float was entered in the Cherry Festival parade and was given a position at the tail end. However, that float and succeeding floats so impressed officials that in two or three years it has been moved to the front to become the first entry after the color guard and city and parade officials. "The work of the church has been easier ever since," says Elder Myers. An honest evaluation of the float will reveal that there are many which are more elaborate and beautiful than the Adventist entry. Why then have we consistently won top awards, such as first of all floats in last year's Detroit State Fair parade, the largest yearly parade in Michigan? It is the belief of the conference public relations de- partment that we win because we carry a message. This year's theme is "What the World Needs Now is Christ's Love." When people applaud the Seventh-day Adventist float and when judges and officials stand in tribute when it passes by, we know that putting evangelism on wheels Albert Needham ties a protective cover over the float for is a worthwhile venture of the Michigan Conference. traveling from parade to parade. Our cover girls for this issue, Julie Sanderson, Linda Sanderson, and Cathy Grimaud, rode the conference float at the Ionia, Mich., Fair. 4 LAKE UNION HERALD It's Almost Time for Our For full particulars on the three new food service training programs and the existing five programs, write Academies to Open Again to the Seventh-day Adventist Dietetic Association, Box It Won't he many days after you read these lines that 75, Loma Linda, Calif. 92354. You will receive a colorful our academies in the Lake Union will be opening their 16-page free brochure describing the eight fascinating doors again to the youth of this area.