COLUMBIA UNION IN THIS ISSUE: * New Hospital in Virginia * Radio-TV Council Voice of Prophecy Offering pugt.rtAtION 'OF THE:COM*BIA UNION * -SEVENTH -4*T A064TISTS VOL. 69, NO. 41 OCTOBER 8, 1964 WASHINGTON, D. C. Community "Open House" eral Conference Executive Commit- tee. This year officers of the overseas divisions will be in Takoma Park, New Tidewater Memorial Md., for the council. The union and local conference presidents also will be in attendance during the series Hospital Opens in Virginia of meetings. Many of the overseas officials will By Arthur Kiesz be speaking in churches throughout Medical Secretary, Columbia Union Conference the Greater Washington area on Sabbath, October 17. Here is the list SEPTEMBER 7 was a "high day" for nock, Va. (telephone: HI 3-8500), of appointments as released by the the Tidewater Memorial Hospital. immediately? office of Elder R. S. Watts, Vice- For several years planning and May God bless this new self-sup- President of the General Confer- building had been in progress. Now porting institution and its ministry ence: the long anticipated moment had ar- to the community. Frederick, Md.—A. E. Gibb, Far rived. The new hos- Eastern Division. pital was opened to Hagerstown, Md.—C. B. Guild, Far the public. Autumn Council to Be Held Eastern Division. The hospital is Arlington, Va.—V. A. Fenn, Middle built on a beautiful In Takoma Park, Maryland East Division. elevation and is lo- THE Columbia Union Conference Glen Burnie, Md. — W. A. Wild, cated on 66 acres of territory again will be the site of the Southern European Division. ground, two miles annual Autumn Council of the Gen- Beltsville, Md.—C. L. Powers, Inter- out of Tappahan- American Division. nock, Va. It offers Washington First—E. W. Pederson, a commanding view of the country- Northern European Division. side and is fully equipped to offer the Now... VOICE Silver Spring, Md. — W. D. Eva, best possible medical service. Trans-African Division. The institution is owned by the of PROPHECY On Radio EVERY DAY Washington S a n i t a r i u m—R. S. Medical Group Foundation, a sub- Lowry, Southern Asia Division. sidiary, self-supporting group of MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY Seventh-day Adventist professional Washington Spanish—M. S. Nigri, WFAX, WASHINGTON South American Division. men and businessmen. It is operated 10:05 A.M. DAILY by the Tidewater Memorial Hospital Alexandria, Va.—R. R. Frame, Aus- Corporation. tralasian Division. The personnel are to be com- Spencerville, Md.—H. D. Baasch, mended for the fine work that has Inter-American Division. been done. The building is most at- Capital Memorial—C. P. Sorensen, tractive. The rooms are beautifully Far Eastern Division. decorated and well-equipped. Reisterstown, Md.—C. R. Bonney, The open-house services were con- South American Division. ducted in front of the building. A We invite our members in these large crowd of interested visitors churches to attend these special serv- from surrounding counties was pres- ices on Sabbath, October 17. ent. Speakers from the local com- munity voiced their commendations. Our great and immediate need is Daily inspiration with Notice for additional medical staff members H.M.S. RICHARDS, Speaker such as general practitioners, nurses, King's Heralds Quartet IF you have not already received and a board surgeon. If you who read your January, 1965, Film Rental this are available, or know of some- THE VOICE OF. PROPHECY BOX 55, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ' Catalog, please write for your free one who is qualified and may be se- copy to: cured, will you please get in touch The Daily V.O.P. series also can be heard on Pacific Union Film Library with the administrator of the Tide- the following stations: WHLL, Wheeling, P. 0. Box 146 W. Va.; WWHY, Huntington, W. Va.; WICU, water Memorial Hospital, Tappahan- Erie, Pa. Glendale, Calif. Hadley Hospital Head Admitted to ACHA HARVEY A. RUDISAILE, Administra- Bi-Conference Voice of Prophecy Radio Rally tor of Hadley Memorial Hospital, Washington, D. C., was admitted to the American College of Hospital Administrators at the professional society's 30th annual convocation Friday, October 9 ceremony, August 23, in the Arie 7:30 P.M. Crown Theater of Chicago's McCor- mick Place. The President of SLIGO CHURCH A.C.H.A., Robert Takoma Park, Md. W. Bachmeyer, who a 1 s o is Executive Harvey A. Rudisaile Director of the Youngstown Hos- pital Association, Youngstown, Ohio, presided at the ceremony. Before becoming the Administra- tor of Hadley Memorial Hospital, Mr. Rudisaile held responsible po- sitions in a number of Adventist hospitals. Among these are Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital, Florida Sanitarium and Hospital, New Eng- land Sanitarium and Hospital, and Washington Sanitarium and Hos- pital. Invited are churches of the Potomac and Chesapeake Conferences. The convocation ceremony is held annually preceding the yearly meet- You Are Invited to Hear ing of the College which takes place in conjunction with the convention of Elder H. M. S. Richards and the "King's the American Hospital Association. Heralds" male quartet on Friday night, October 9, in this big pre-V.O.P.-Offering-date rally. Elder Richards also will speak on Sabbath morning, October 10, at 9:30 o'clock, in the Washington Sanitarium Church and at 11:00 "On the Air" Is Service A.M. in the Capital Memorial Church. For Pastors PASTORS who are seeking to make Features the community more aware of the • Sermon by Elder Richards. Seventh-day Adventist Church in its • Music by "King's Heralds." midst will welcome "On the Air," a • Report of Radio Voice of Prophecy. religious news service provided by King's Heralds the General Conference Public Rela- tions Bureau. The weekly mimeographed sum- Ingathering Pastor Scheller met a ing Bible studies in their home," he mary of religious news around the couple who regularly listen to the wrote. The couple were baptized on world is taped and broadcast by a broadcast on Station WTTC. "This, June 20. growing number of pastors who re- of course, was a help to me in start- Since each of the broadcasts is port that the program is well ac- identified as a service of the local cepted by both station managers and Adventist church, the weekly radio listeners. Statement of Ownership, reminder of the church is well worth- "I feel that broadcasting religious Management, and while. Several pastors supplement news is good advertising to help me "On the Air" items with news of Circulation get acquainted with the community," local church events. The Columbia Union "Visitor" is owned, operated, said Pastor Eugene R. Taylor, heard and managed by the Columbia Union Conference of Copies of "On the Air" are mailed weekly on Station KROE, Sheridan, Seventh-day Adventists, a non-profit religious organ- every Wednesday from Washington, ization. The purpose of the publication is to serve as Wyo. a medium of exchange with the members of said or- D. C.—by air if regular delivery ganization in the states of Maryland, Delaware, New "I've met people downtown who Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, would take more than one day. A have expressed appreciation for the and the District of Columbia. The total circulation of year's subscription (52 issues) is the Columbia Union "Visitor," as of the issue of program," said Pastor Paul Greg- October 1, 1964, is 20,199. The publication maintains available for $9.50. a policy of free distribution to its constituent mem- oroff, who presents "On the Air" on bership and costs are paid by the eight local confer- To place your subscription, or to WMVO, Mount Vernon, Ohio. ences of the Columbia Union Conference. The publi- receive a sample copy and more in- cation is printed by the Washington College Press, an A gasoline station attendant and a industrial unit of Columbia Union College. formation, write to "On the Air," Neal C. Wilson, President bar b e r readily recognized Pastor Thomas Roy Gardner, Secretary-Treasurer Bureau of Public Relations, 6840 K. Scheller of Towanda, Pa., as the Don A. Roth, Managing Editor Eastern Avenue, N.W., Washington, Warren F. Adams, Editor "radio news pastor." Last fall during D. C. 20012. 2 COLUMBIA UNION VISITOR Radio-TV Council Held VXgt:;;-.4 At VOP Office "BREAK—THROUGHS" for radio-tele- vision in North America's evangelis- tic advance were reported early in September at the annual Advisory Council of the Radio-TV Department of the General Conference, held this year at the Voice of Prophecy head- quarters. Unprecedented use of mass audio and visual media was reflected in the report that before the end of the year upwards of 50 radio stations in the United States and Canada will be using the Voice of Prophecy Daily Broadcast series. Faith for Today also reported a new "high" in sta- tions using the television series on a public-service basis. Representing the Columbia Union Conference at the four-day meeting Photo by Wayne Hooper was Don A. Roth, Secretary of the COUNCIL. Present at the Council were Radio-TV Secretaries of General and Union Conferences Radio-TV Department. About 40 as indicated. Left row, bottom to top: E. R. Walde, General Conference; Gordon Engen, Lake persons from the various organiza- Union; A. R. Mazat, Southwestern Union; S. S. Will, Southern Union; Herbert Ford, Pacific Union; Perry F. Pedersen, Northern Union. Right raw, bottom to top: J. 0. Iversen, Associate, General tions attended the annual planning Conference; Don A. Roth, Columbia Union; D. E. Caslow, North Pacific Union; W. G. Soloniuk, session of the denomination's radio Home Missionary and Sabbath School Secretary, Canadian Union; H.