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way."
Public Schools for earnest prayer.
L. E. Kilpatrick, Presbyterial President,
March 30, 1955:
and Mrs. A. J. McFarland, Synodical Miss Fern Brown was united in mar
President plan to attend.
Rev. L. E. Kilpatrick preaches at the
riage to Mr. W. H. Fletcher on Feb
ruary 18 at Yuma, Arizona. They are
County Jail each Sabbath afternoon. now at home at 675 East 12th St.,
The Rev. F. L. Stewart plans to as Pomona, California. We wish God's
sist at our Communion April 10.
Mrs. Max Tener is taking a course of
treatments in Mississippi for her asthma.
Miss Eugenia Price was in Sterling
March 8 and spoke at both the college
richest blessings on them in this new
relationship.
Every Monday evening during March
there are being held two Cottage Pray
er meetings in preparation for the Re
and the high school, also on radio and vival Services and Communion, April
TV in Hutchinson, and at Convention 10-17.
Hall in the evening at Hutchinson. She On March 4 the older folk gathered
was a guest in the A. J. McFarland at the Chestnut home for dinner and
home during her brief stay.
fellowship, and the other members of
the congregation joined the group later
NEW CASTLE CONGREGATION
Mrs. Mildred McConahy has been wel
in the evening to shower our pastor and
wife for their 12th wedding anniversary.
We wish them
comed in the membership of this Con
many more anniversaries.
On Sabbath, the 13th of March, our
gregation from Rose Point.
guest speaker was Miss Blanche Mc
Miss Martha E. Dodds underwent an
operation for cataract in the Eye and
Crea, who took us to the American Acad
emy
Ear Hospital on March 15.
Girls, and we were so glad to
hear the fine testimonies of those girls.
Rev. Harold Harrington has concluded
God bless them all is our earnest pray
a series of evening sermons dealing with
er.
the various cults, and is now beginning
Mrs. Mable Olds, of this church re
a series on the Book of Revelation.
The Sabbath School is having a cently wrote her convictions in a letter
pre-
to the Fresno Bee recommending that
Easter contest, and it has increased
the Bible be restored to its rightful place
the attendance in both the Sabbath
in the public schools, seeing the rise
School and Church services.
of child delinquency as a result of bar
FRESNO NEWS
ring the Bible. A reply appeared in last
Friday's paper charging that the Bible
Friday, February 25, the World Day was too evil to be read in the schools.
of Prayer Service, conducted by the What foolishness! Mrs. Olds is right.
Evangelical Women's Fellowship, was The Bible does not corrupt youth. It
held at the Full Gospel Tabernacle teaches them how to walk "undefiled in
from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. The Noon lunch the
was called "POT
Is not
TRUST."
that much better than Pot-luck for us
Christians to use
Our Pastor is preaching a series of
sermons on the Book of Joshua. Here
ORLANDO
The Blue Banner Class had a very en
tertaining party at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Patterson on the evening of
are three of the sermon topics; "Jo February 1. Three people were honored
shua's Call," Salvation for Rahab," and
"Crossing the Jordan." We are learn
ing much from these kinds of sermons.
The Intermediates have organized and
named themselves, "Christian Soldiers."
The President is Edward Parnell; Vicepresident,
Charlotte Gentry; Secretary,
Pat Parnell; and Treasurer, Lloyd Presson.
Their Sponsor is our pastor's ef
ficient wife, Mrs. R. W. McMillan.
On Tuesday, March 1, the Blue Ban
ner Daughters met at the home of Mrs.
Jeanne Gouge. Miss Matilda Buck was
with appropriate words because of the
closeness of their birthdays.
During the month of February, every
one has been engaged in the task of
cleaning our church. At some of these
sessions various classes had parties to
go with the work. Some of those parties
are : The Fellowship Class held a supper
before starting work on February 18.
The Builders for Christ Class had a
luncheon on Saturday February 19. The
Young People's Class had refreshments
following their cleaning on the twelfth.
the devotional leader. The new officers The B.W.M.S. held their February
are as follows: President, Mrs. Annette
Fischer; Vice-President, Miss Lois Cope
land; Secretary, Miss Alice Smith; and
Treasurer, Mrs. Evelyn Webster.
The same evening the Men's Prayer
Group had Dr. Frank Dyer and Rev.
meeting on the fourth at the church.
The Misses Betty Nance and Cordelia
Price were hostesses.
Mr. and Mrs. William Richards and
their sons, Gary and Mark, were visitors
at our services February 27. Mrs. Rich
David Calderwood as guest speakers.
ards'
mother, Mrs. Elwyn Carson, was
They presented the matter of Senate
Bill 1152-Bible Reading in the California
here also.
Albert Donahue arrived home from
Korea February 19. He was home for a
couple of weeks, and then went to West
Virginia to see about an offered job.
As he travels, may he remember that
the congregation's prayers follow him.
GENEVA COLLEGE
The Genevans, 34-voice mixed chorus,
will begin their annual spring tour
March 28. They will sing at churches in
six states including Ohio, Indiana, Illi
nois, Kansas, Iowa, and Michigan. They
will be directed on the tour by Daryl
Wonderly, Butler, a senior at the col
lege. Wonderly is a graduate of the
Nyack Missionary Training Institute,
Nyack, N. Y. He will graduate from
Geneva in June with a bachelor of arts
degree with a major in Bible and a
minor in music.
The group's program will be divided
into five parts. Part one will feature
sacred music such as "Break Forth," "I
Waited for the Lord," and "Gloria Excelsis."
Part two will be Negro spirituals
including "Listen to the Lamb" and
"Steal Away." The third part will be the
Psalms consisting of Psalms 146, 31,
22, and 55. Part four will feature solos,
trios, and quartet selections, and a talk
by Rev. David M. Carson, head of the
Geneva political science department.
The final section of the program will
feature secular numbers including hits
from "Brigadon," "Barefoot," Bat
tle Hymn of the Republic," "Moon on
the Campus" and the Geneva
Mater."
"Alma
The Genevans wili make the 2600-mile
trip by chartered bus. While on tour the
members will stay in private homes of
the church congregations. The group in
cludes 19 women and 15 men. DeWayne
Kanagy, senior from Wampum, will be
the pianist. Rev. Carson and Mrs. J. G.
Vos are the sponsors. The Genevans will
sing at churches in College Corners, O.,
Bloomington, Ind., Oakdale, and Chica
go, 111., Kansas City, Sterling, and To
peka, Kan., Morning Sun, la., and Battle
Creek, Mich. They will return to Beav
er Falls April 7.
Although the 1954-55 Geneva College
basketball team didn't break any team
scoring marks, Captain Stan Yukica,
Midland, became the highest scoring in
dividual in Geneva cage history. The
6-5 junior center added 573 tallies to his
freshman and sophomore total of 773,
for a three-year mark of 1346. This bet
tered the former record of 1193 Pete
Kinkead, Monaca, made during his three
seasons of varsity
competition. With
one year of eligibility remaining, Yukica
has a possibility of reaching the coveted
2000-point mark.
Coach Cliff Aultman's squad estab
lished a Pennsylvania standard as it won
the state NAIA championship for the
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