1950 was a wonderful year! In 1950:
The average American made $3,216.00 per year
A new house cost about $14,000.00
A new car cost about $1,500.00
A new television was about $200.00
A gallon of milk was .82
Gasoline was .20 per gallon
A loaf of bread was .14
A postage stamp was .03
“All about Eve” starring Anne Baxter and Betty Davis won the Oscar for Best Movie of the Year!
“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, “Mona Lisa”, and “The Tennessee Waltz” were #1 hits on the radio and in record sales!
In 1950, the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4 games to 0 in the World Series!
In June of 1950, President Harry Truman committed US troops to repel North Korea’s invasion of South Korea beginning our involvement in the Korean war which ultimately cost the lives of 36,940 US soldiers. Today, South Korea is (by percentage of population) one of the most Christian Nations on earth!
On Monday, July 17th, 1950, at about 10am Eastern Standard Time, in Clearfield, Kentucky, I was born!
And, on Thursday, August 10th at 10am, Central Standard Time, “Moderator W.T. Waring (Pastor of Herald of Hope – now Pennsylvania Avenue – Baptist Church in Urbana) called the Association together after which the congregation sang, ‘Standing on the Promises’. Brother Avery Abbott led in the opening prayer. Elder Floyd W. Bandy (Pastor of Oakland Avenue – later, Lakeview Baptist in Decatur) led the devotions from Psalm 119:108 on the subject, ‘The Written Word.’”
Evangelist Hyman Appleman, who was conducting a city-wide crusade in Decatur at the time, preached the dedication sermon. An offering for the work was received in the amount of $130.98.
And thus was born, on Thursday, August 10, 1950, the Sangamon Valley Baptist Association, now known as the Central Baptist Association of Decatur, Illinois.
Happy Birthday CBA! We thank God for the hundreds of Pastors and their families; thousands of lay leaders; and tens of thousands of dedicated lay men and women who have prayed, given, and labored over the past sixty years to share the light of the gospel to the people of Central Illinois, North America, and the World - and for all who continue to do so to this very day.
May our Association have many happy and fruitful years yet to come!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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