The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1959

February _1_95_9__________ THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Page Five IT'S NOT TOO EARLY .... PLAN FOR CAMP PATMOS NOW! 1' i11e we l{ a1--:) each ,veelt : he lul l thi year- J'iv Junior and four ,'e11ior. The followi11g ar di1·eet or s for J U IOI? ..t1.lll J.J J t111e ....9 to July 4 or111a11 Hoao· J t1ly 6 J11ly to 11 .xeo1·g·e O Ke fe J lllJr 27 to ug. 1 l\Ia1·ti11 I Iol111e · ug. 10 to ~ ug. 15 la1· 11ce rr0"\\ 7 11. e11cl Aug. 17 to 22 William Bro il{ 11g·. Other per onnel to be a11not111ce(l i11 next i 11e. Ther e ,,~ill be many .l EW feature · thi. · ·11mmer :- A 1 ENIO I? ( 1 Ailf P) J11lv 13 to .July I F~arl J;eiby • ~J 11ly 20 to fJ1ily 9r:.. 1lr1111 Gre 11 \voocl .... , 1\ 11g. :3 to 11g·. I1eo11arcl '1 1 ra\' is 1\ ug. ---± to uo· :...9 Ro l)er·t I~ey11 J1011 t o· Fir t- the new chapel. W e are all looki ng forwar 1 eagerly to th e fir. t rvi in thi. fine new hapel. In the chapel b11ildi11g ,,rill be the 11e,v boolc 1~oom, lo1111ge paee a11d : 11aelc cou11t 1·. In additio11 ,ve ,vill have h11ffle-lJoar l a11 l 1 i11g·-1)011g g·a111e. . Tl1e olcl cl1apel bl1ilcli11g ,,~ill be avail- able fo1 .. i11door r ecreation activitie . Re ervation will be taken on a ' fir t your r e ervation ea1·ly , The p1"'i e i Regi trar thi year. PL F R PAT I co11ie f i1·st ·e1·i 1 ed ba. i. a $15.00 $3.00 i11 adva11ce. vV! u t1al . I eecl we r·e111i11d 3rou- ~Ial{e RolJert Ba1"rett- Kipton, l1io i. the SHOULD CHRISTIANS JOIN FRATERNAL ASSOCIATIONS? By Jo eph Bower~, Emn1a11l1cl Bar)ti:t iJ1111·t h Toleclo, ( l1io The c1ue tio11 i freqt1e11 tly rai ed al)out the criptural po. itio11 ,vl1i ·h l1ot1ld be our. a. l1ri tia11 to- "\\7ard. affiliatio11 ,, 1 itl1 111en of the ,,.,.orld i11 their frater11al a,. ocia– tion . 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