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tionals and Mrs. Maude Randall re
viewed a chapter from the Mission
Study book. The following officers were
elected for the coming year: President,
Mrs. Dorothy Brown; Vice-President,
Mrs. Patty May; Secretary, Mrs. Mary
J. Cochran; Treasurer, Mrs. Carrietta
Brown. Party refreshments were serv
ed by the hostess and a time of Chris
tian fellowship was enjoyed by all.
We greatly miss the George Brooks
family in our midst. While living in
Lawrence, Ks. they were frequent visi
tors at our services, when they came to
visit in the home Mr. and Mrs. George
Milligan. They are now living in Boul
der, Colorado, where Mr. Brooks has
taken up his new work as District Ex
ecutive of the Boy Scouts of America.
We know that Mr. and Mrs. Brooks,
Bryan, Janet, Roger and Marjorie will
enjoy their new home in Colorado.
The Blue Banner Society had a social
and business meeting
in March and had a most
at the church
enjoyable
time. The Blue Banner Group decided
to "tile" the basement room of the
church in the
near future.
"Eats"
brought to a close a very pleasant
evening.
The March meeting of the W.M.S.
was held at the church with Mrs. Mary
Everett as hostess. A lovely luncheon
was served. In the meeting which fol
lowed, Mrs. Harvey McGee led the De
votional period and Miss Belle McGee
gave the Mission Study. The following
officers were elected for the coming
year: President, Mrs. Harvey McGee;
Vice-President, Mrs. Frank Stewart;
Secretary, Mrs. Maggie Rogers; Treas
urer, Mrs. Mary Everett.
A Congregational Valentine Party
was given on Friday night, February
11, at the church, honoring Mr. and
Mrs. Delmer Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs.
James Arnold, Baby Joseph Patrick Egner
and Baby
Marcia Ann Brown. Af
ter playing a number of interesting and
appropriate games under the leader
ship of Mrs. James Redpath. Dr. Stew
art presented to each of the married
couples a gift of sheets and pillow cases
from the congregation and Mrs. Stewart
presented to each of the babies a bank
containing "kale" because babies don't
like spinach. It was a very happy oc
casion.
(Oversize)
Mrs. George O. Klingensmith
The Hilltop Missionary Circle of First
Beaver Falls desires to pay tribute to
the Christian testimony of Louise Kling
ensmith who entered her heavenly home
on February 4, 1955 at the age of thirtynine.
After an association of a year or
more, Mrs. Klingensmith joined our con
gregation upon confession of her faith
April 6, 1955
in Christ on April 20, 1951. During these
years since, her "growth in grace and in
the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ" has been a witness for
Christ to all who knew her.
Although she was not in the best of
health, Mrs. Klingensmith was active in
all the work of the church. She served
for one year as secretary of our mis
sionary circle, was a counselor of girls
at Camp Stambaugh for two summers,
and a faithful teacher of the young peo
ple's Sabbath School class. Her home
was always open to the young people,
and they felt free to discuss their prob
lems with her. She ever pointed them
to Christ.
She is sadly missed by her friends and
her husband, George, and daughters,
Gloria and Linda.
"Precious in the sight of the Lord is
the death of His
STERLING
The Women's Missionary Society of
the Sterling Congregation wish to pay
tribute to the memory of Mrs. Flora
Cunningham, who passed away on De
cember 28, 1954 at Bellville, Kansas.
She had been making her home with her
daughter, Mrs. Wayne Milligan of Bell
ville. She was a very helpful member
of the Missionary Society as long as
her health permitted. She was especially
helpful in
the devotional and prayer
life of the Society. She was sacrificial
in her devotion to her Lord and to her
family. We
commend her loved ones
to the One who said "Blessed are the
dead which die in the Lord from hence
forth: Yea saith the Spirit, that they
may rest from their labors, and their
works do follow them." Rev. 14:13.
Mrs. D. B. Martin,
Mrs. R. J. Dill
MISSIONARY AVIATION
FELLOWSHIP
By Robert L. Constable, Vice-President
Moody Bible Institute
Dear Friend:
Imagine the excitement around the
mission station when the missionary's
son, Bobby, who was helping his father,
was severely cut by a power saw. Hos
pitalization was needed at once, but by
trail and canoe through the Ecuadorian
jungle it was seven days away.
Missionary
plane and radio service
was available at their station and the
plane base was contacted at once. The
pilot's wife took the message and re
layed it to her husband on his next ten
minute "position
Since he was
on his way home from another station
he changed his course. Within a few
minutes he had the little boy aboard,
and in less than two hours from the
time of the accident, Bobby was in the
hospital.
From a report of the Missionary Avia
tion Fellowship we have this word:
"George and I started our work here
twenty-three years ago. In those days
we had to ride four days on mule-back
down the steep eastern slopes of the
Andes Mountains to the jungle's edge.
But it was still another four or five
days on foot to our jungle station.
"The trails in the jungle are always
muddy. Many times we waded through
mud up to our knees. Often we'd have
to dismount and make our way along a
narrow ledge. Looking down sheer cliffs
at swirling water below surely did
things to my heartbeat.
"Fording those swift rivers was terri
fying too. Sometimes there would be a
bridge across a river. But what bridges!
The wood was rotten and they had no
guard rails. Most of them were only four
feet wide! The recommended procedure
was to send the pack animals across
first. If they made it, then we would
dismount and cross on
foot.
"Needless to say, we're glad we don't
have to travel like that any more.
"We've spent over
twenty years learn
ing a very difficult language and try
ing to win the confidence of these raw,
heathen Jivaros. Finally after all these
we have just
years of prayer and work,
recently baptized our first converts. The
harvest is just beginning and there are
signs of ripening fruit all around.
"Now, we're not what you'd call
physical wrecks, but we're not as strong
as we were twenty-three years ago,
either. There was a question whether we
could stand the rigors of the trail for
another term. We need a younger couple
to take over. At the same time, we
know the struggle a new couple will
have with the language, and in win
ning the Jivaros' confidence. We want
to be here to help them.
"The inauguration of the airstrip will
make this possible. Because a little
yellow airplane provides a lifeline for
us here in the Ecuardorian jungle, we
will have our missionary service leng
thened."
These stories have been repeated
many times over, with variations, on
mission fields all over the world as
missionary aviation and radio have come
into their own. Scores of lives, as well
as thousands of work hours, have been
saved by these modern inventions. In
many cases the effectiveness of just
one missionary has been multiplied
manyfold by their use.
A WRITING INSTITUTE
A special writing workshop for mis
sionaries is being offered at Moody Bible
Institute summer school this year.
From July 11 to 29 missionaries home
on furlough or missionary candidates
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