The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1966

Fl RE Destroys Two Boys' Cabins At Scioto Hills I 1111 (Edi tor's Note: Ju st prior to taking oi,r final copy to the printer, we re– ceived word from our brother Nor- 111an Bosworth concerning the fire at Scioto Hills. This comes at a diffi– cult ti,ne, just prior to the operiing of tl1e su ,n ,ner ca,np progra,n, bztt 01tr God is able. We must lean heavil)' o,i R o111a11s 8: 28. These dear fo lk need all tl1e prayer and financial he!p ,-ve can give them.) Two of the cabins at cioto Hill Baptist Camp were completely de– stroyed by fire Friday, June 10th. park from a drill being used to in– stall the plumbing for the bathrooms ignited the shavings, and set off the fire. The Fire ompany from outh Webster wa summoned, but were unable to contain the blaze which spread from one cabin to the other due to high winds. Twenty-five mattre ses were all that was saved, with both cabins burning completely to the ground. ire in– surance will cover the major cost of rebuilding but it will be impos ib]e to rebuild before our camp season l)cgins on June 27th. Adequate and con1fortablc, tem– porary housir1g is being arranged to hotis the ca111pcr so that can1p will J)f<.)Ceed a chedttlt.=d \\r. ithout rc- triction i11 f}1e nun1ber of c,tn1pcr or cl1ang i11 a11y of th-.:; schedtilc Most of the 111attre cover \\'hicl1 had b er1 n1ade for tl1e e cal>i11s l>y 1adie in tl1e cl1urcl1e of tl1e l,tte " re con u111 d. Iii i a11 SO. f r re- 11lacen1ent ! Additi nal in 11ce will 1.,.. needed to 1,1 ovide ad qtiate, co111- fi rtat,1 , t 11 p rar)' }1 u jng for tl1 u11 111 1. An~' }1e1J' ill IJ gr atl) ap1>1 c1at d, a111d 11ut t gu d ta • J " t r ' i II 1, r 1 J 1I l . 2 111 A ., 1u11 t,u , r,, u I r a 111 n a~ b c 11 t ct d a I c ·r 1 1 n g 11 • t t 1 • ·H OHIO INDEP ND BAP IST ~ J.:!. Following the morning wor hip ervice at the Fir t Bapti t hurch, Blanche ter, la t May 22nd, a ervice of dedication wa held. Rev. Wm. Large, mis ionary to Iquito , Peru under the A ociation of Bapti t for World Evangeli n1 wa pre ented with the key to a 1966 Dodge \ ' an. een above i Mr. Homer Pummell , repre entative of the Holl on ale and ervice Blanche ter pre enting the key to 'N!i ionary Large. Rev. Wm. Ru ell pa tor of the Blanche ter church i looking on. The purcha e of thi Dodge Van wa a pecial Ltndert ak ing of the Fir t Bapti t Church in their expand– ing mi ionary program. Rev. Large will u e the van in the di tri bL1 tion of Bible and other Go pel literature. Me111ber and friend of Fir t Bapti t have upported Rev. and Mr . Large for the pa t ixteen year and are happy now for the exten ion of their mini trv into the literature field. ., Cedarville College Quartet on Tour I olt111lt.:e1 s ttartct f 'etl ..\r\ 1 ille ( oil gc begt\tl a heavy st1111111c1 ~t.J1t:cit1l " tl1i J)a~t Jtttlt; lOtl1. lhc)' ,,ill l1c tra cllir1g rt:t)rt:scnti11g hrist a11tl tl1 " ollcgc. 1 h ir t )tar co,,t:r a fJcritH..l of l"> t lL'r tl1,,11 11i11 ,ve "~· 1 he, are l) ok cl al1lll)st t litl i11 ct1ur lit::: i11 hio, lle11n I- v, r1ia, Mill1ig, r1 1 ,, 't' c>rk , t:\ ' Jer · 111 iia11a, llli- nois, \\' i orl i11 , 11 I l1ssllt1ri. I 111l, r f tl1c gr tlJ) .. tc: l I I 11 J )fl s, , 11il 1 frL 1l1 t,1111 11 , Ii l1ig, n , 1 t11 llll)d , a Jt111i" r fr lJll ( r~ar1, , cl1 ter, J lllli 11l , f I ( n Jlli11 li · ., i111 I i11111l 11 , a 11i r fr >£ll l\l 111 11 i , 11 d l c: l I a r , , J t t n i r ro 111 \ ', I°'' \ , )l , I' clC JllJ) I\ d , l tJl l)i till }i[ - 0 1 , , r 11111, 11 Jr n1 I ittl 11" king, Iii . JULY, 1966 PAGE 5