The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1954

r1 IE OIIIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST ~~-~-~----~-,_J_a_n_ua_1-=-·y_ 19~5_4 THE HOUSEWIFE SAYS GOODBYE TO AFRICA ti, \11{~ .\1{'1'11 l ' l{ <:. Ji Ji~' l'Zl·:ll. f 1 I< t'(/<111<1~ f)/11rJ • ·· 1~'liul1t ,1, f<)t' l (\<)l)t)lll, 111(' <ltltl .J,)llHlllll'"l lll't?. 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