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W. F. Showers, Box 104, Pleasanton, Texas, March 22: "Our meeting which just closed in which Clifton Rogers of Port Arthur preached, resulted in three baptisms and two restorations. His preaching was of the very best and he is to be with us again in November of next year. Our Sunday morning broadcast is being well received. It is reported that the station enjoys a clear reception over a twenty-six county area. Drop us a card if you can hear the program-1380 on your dial—8:30 a.m. Sundays."

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L. D. La Course, 125 1/2 Forest Ave., South Charleston 3, West Va., March 20: "We are glad to report progress in this field. Our meeting with brother Lewis Mikell of Gallipolis, Ohio, doing the preaching, closed Sunday evening. Three young ladies were baptized and a husband and wife restored. To God we give the praise. Our radio programs over WKNA, Charleston are being well received in four states."

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Garnie Atkisson, Lovington, N. M., March 19: "There has been one baptism, six confessions of sin, and four to place membership since last report. The attendance for all services is the best in the history of the church."

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J. T. Marlin, Mayfield, Ky.: "I preached in a meeting at Bradenton, Florida. Seven responded, four of this number were baptized. Paul Murphy is the faithful evangelist there. I will be at \-Wewoka, Okla., March 30 through April 8. Interest is high in all fazes of the work here. Our prayer meeting attendance has been running near 300. Another record has been made in Bible school attendance. Mardell Lynch will hold a meeting here the first two Sundays in June."

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H. F. Sharp, Box 213, Blytheville, Ark.: "Brother Yater Tant preached in a meeting in Blytheville and there were five baptisms, one restored and one to place membership. Brother Tant did excellent preaching and we had 14 preachers present on one occasion and there were 20 different congregations represented during the meeting. It was a great meeting. Brother Tant will do you good. He preached over the radio each day while he was here and in Steele, Mo. He will return for a meeting in 1953."

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Rufus R. Clifford, Old Hickory, Tenn.: "I am in the second week of the meeting with the Grant and Summit St. Church, Portsmouth, Ohio. One has been baptized. Crowds are fair, interest good, with many visitors. Joe Gray preached at home last Sunday. I will begin in Pine Bluff, Ark., April 8."

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Hoyt H. Houchen, 2110 Lipscomb, Amarillo, Texas: "From January 14 to 24 I did the preaching in a gospel meeting at Pleasant Valley, here in Amarillo. There were eight restorations and five baptisms. I assisted the church at Idalou, Texas, in a meeting March 12-21. Two were baptized. I am to begin a meeting in Ontario, California, April 29 which is to continue through May 9."

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Hoyt H. Houchen, 2110 Lipscomb, Amarillo, Texas: "The work here at Central, 14th and Monroe, continues to grow. There have been 83 responses for the first three months of this year, 17 baptisms, 37 restorations, and 29 transfers of membership. Central's membership now numbers 1025.

We have averaged 493 in Bible classes so far in 1951. A. Hugh Clark of San Antonio is to do the preaching in our spring meeting which begins April 1."

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Joe H. Gerrard, 4401 W. Broadway, Louisville, Ky., March 19: "Since last report one has placed membership and one restored. Work on our new church building is at a standstill due to the unusually severe weather."

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W. Curtis Porter, Monette, Ark:: "Last May I met Cecil Abercrombie in debate at Taft, Tenn. The debate ran six sessions and covered the questions of class teaching and women teachers. This debate was recorded on wire. Arrangements have been made to have it published in book form, but we have been unable to get the records transcribed. I am wondering if some one has a machine who could transcribe the records for us. Or do you have a machine that I could use for the work. A Webster-Chicago Wire recorder with foot control is needed. May I hear from you?"

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Preston Gotham, Box 229, Childress, Texas, March 26: "From March 4 through 14 I did the preaching in a very enjoyable meeting with the church in Tulia, Texas. There were 15 baptized and four restored. Curtis Camp is doing a good work with this fine church. From March 18 through 25 I was with Jimmy Wood and the good church in Brownfield, Texas. This is a good church and they are really alike and active in the Lord's work. Brother Wood was a wonderful co-worker during this special effort. There were 19 baptized and two restored. Our spring meeting and vacation Bible school will be June 1-10 with Homer Hailey of A.C.C. doing the preaching and Don Finto of Memphis, Tenn., directing the song service."

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Thomas Allen Robertson, Box 175, McLean, Texas, March 26: "The work here in McLean, Texas, continues to pick up slowly—four have placed membership recently. Bible study attendance is up slightly, also the contribution. From March 5 through 17 I was in a very enjoyable meeting at Skellytown, Texas, which resulted in two young people obeying the gospel and much interest being aroused. At present brother Glenn A. Parks of Camden; Ark., is in what bids to be a fine meeting with the church here in McLean. Brother Parks is a very interesting speaker. From April 2 through 15 I am to be in my second meeting with the church at Southflats, Okla. I still have time open for meetings in 1952."

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Dean Bullock, Box 61, Bellaire, Texas, March 20: "This congregation closed an eight-day meeting Sunday, March 18. Ten different preachers took part. Six were baptized and one confessed sins. One was baptized and two were restored the Sunday immediately preceding the meeting The singing was capably led by brethren Gene Delks and Hollis Blackmon."

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COMMEND T. H. TARBET T. H. Tarbet has been a faithful and efficient servant of the Lord at Hobbs, N. M., for the past two years. HE has striven at all times to build up in the most holy faith all who would be saved. He has endeared himself, together with his family, to all of us, and we, the undersigned elders, find it hard to adequately express our regret in seeing him leave our midst. He goes with our prayers.

Much growth has been enjoyed during his stay, which seems altogether too short. He has resigned of his own accord, effective the last of May.

Brother Tarbet and family are fine citizens, upright Christian workers, and are greatly loved by us. We will miss them. We commend them to any congregation interested. We understand that no definite plans have been made as to where they shall move.

W. A. Watson; Carl Bassham H. A. Taylor; C. M. Tucker

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Felix W. Tarbet, 1200 South Washington St., Casper, Wyoming, March 20: "Since I moved to Casper last September 17 there have been fourteen additions to the congregation. Four of these were baptized, two restored from the Christian church and eight were identified with the congregation. We are conducting a radio broadcast over the strongest radio station in the state each Sunday morning at 8:45. From February 25 through March 11 we had a combination Bible school and meeting. Mimeographed outlines of each lesson were distributed each evening, each lesson was thrown open to questions and discussion. We used large colored charts to illustrate each lesson and at the close of each lesson gave an exhortation and invitation. Good crowds attended and much good was done. Of the above mentioned responses, two were baptized and one identified with the congregation during this effort. Since coming here we baptized a teller in a local bank and his wife. He has decided to devote his life to preaching the gospel. He studies with me two nights each week with that in mind. We also have a men's training class in which we teach courses in general church leadership and also in public speaking and sermon building. Casper is a town of about 30,000 people, but the church is small. (Only about 60 members.) But you will be hearing from the Casper church in the future; we have a lot of good material to work with and excellent opportunities here."

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Evangelizing In "The Lumber Capitol Of The World"

Arley E. Moore, Coos Bay, Oregon We moved to this great mission field the last of June, 1950 to establish the Lord's church. There were only five members of the church known to us within a radius of thirty miles of here. All except one lived from eighteen to twenty-seven miles from Coos Bay. We met for the first time for worship in our home the first Sunday in June. Six members were present for that service, three beside my family. Thus the church began.

Soon after we came we began broadcasting over KOOS, the local radio station. This program is financed by the church at Eugene which is "sponsoring" my work. Later we began broadcasting over KWRO in Coquille (the county seat of Coos county). A brother and sister in California pay $15.00 per month on this program and we pay the remainder. These are weekly fifteen minute programs. We hope to begin a weekly program on KFIR in North Bend soon. Then we will be preaching the gospel on every radio station in the county. The manager of KFIR has promised us time free of charge. We mention this as evidence that we are not unmindful of our responsibility to preach the gospel and that we are on the job. Our radio work has been the most effective means of getting the truth to the people of this area and of contacting other members of the church. The Lord has richly blessed our efforts. The growth has been phenomenal. We now have twenty-nine members. Seven have been baptized within the last two months. Four were baptized last Lord's day. Also one was restored recently.

We soon outgrew our home and secured the American Legion hall as a place to meet. This at first cost us only $5.00 per week, but they have increased the rent to $15.00 per week. For a number of reasons this place is very unsatisfactory as a place of worship.

We recently had an opportunity to buy the old Episcopal church building. The price was $5,000. We raised $2,000 among ourselves which we paid down and have obligated ourselves to pay the remainder at the rate of $75 per month. Two corners of the building have sunk and damaged the adjacent parts. These places will have to be repaired before we can use it. It is very important, therefore, that we get these repairs done as soon as possible. It is estimated that five or six thousand dollars will be required to completely repair the building. Those who know the value of the property have said that we really got a bargain, and that when the repairs are made it could not be replaced for $20,000. But the few of us here have exhausted our resources in raising the $2,000 for the down payment, and we will have to continue to sacrifice to take care of our local obligations. Can and will you help us meet this emergency? We will appreciate either a loan or gift. Until these repairs are made, beside the monthly payment on our property, we will have to pay sixty to seventy dollars rent on the hall. We would like to stop this as soon as possible.

Coos Bay, we believe, is a strategic point for the beginning of the work in this virgin field. It is an industrial town and is known as "The Lumber Capitol of the World." There are about twenty-five to thirty thousand people in this area. Coos Bay is on the scenic coastal highway number 101. The congregation here, as far as we know, is the only congregation on the entire coastline between Crescent City, California, and Aberdeen, Washington, which indicates the vastness of this field and the great need of the pure gospel.

If you can and will help us meet this great need let us hear from you soon. Also, if you know of Christians in this section, give us their names and addresses.