Oct. 30, 1935

Staff

Published Wednesday, October 30, 2002

The lead story on this date 67 years ago:

Conference is urged practice of Christianity

Franklin Christian Church was crowded today as several hundred delegates from 44 churches gathered for the three-day meeting of the115th annual session of the Eastern Virginia Christian Conference.

The opening formalities had hardly ended when the conference keynote was struck by Col. Junious E. West of Suffolk, in reporting the annual report on the committee on home missions.

"If the Christian church is to do its part in the evangelism of the world, it must build a strong home base-and its membership must live Christianity as well as preach it," West said.

The report also expression the mission board's new policy of not extending financial aid to a debt-ridden church.

Democrats try to boost vote

A house-to-house canvas will be undertaken by the Suffolk Democratic executive committee in order to swell the number of votes to be cast in Tuesday's state election.

The canvas was agreed upon at last night's meeting of the city committee at the municipal building.

"If Suffolk wants a representative apportionment of delegates in the state convention, then we must have a representative vote," declared Chairman John K. Hutton.

Malaria control project started

A new malaria control project in Suffolk and Nansemond County put 11 of the city's jobless to work and will take out of the unemployed ranks at least 100 more over the next week.

The project authorized by the WPA, at a cost of $17,504, all of which is funded through a federal grant, will be supervised by the U.S. public health department. E.J. Moore, sub foreman, was in charge of the first gang of workers which started drainage of the branch running from the S.A.L. tracks at the end of Chestnut Street.

Squad in shape for game here

Suffolk will seek its fifth victory out of eight starts this season when its meets Morrison High School at League Park this Friday afternoon.

The Peanut eleven, showing the home folks something stronger in the way of offense than earlier this year, is expected to add 20 points to the score allowed the eleven to see what they were capable of under pressure. The team must take Morrison in stride - but it must not weaken its stride to do it.

Coach Al Hawkins' boys came through the Victoria game with few injuries but many bruises. And Victoria applied so much pressure that Suffolk fans seeing the home team in action for the first time, believed someone had been telling tales over the prowess of the Peanuts. No so before he game ended, however.

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