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this<br />
"<br />
Church News<br />
ing more about our missions as the<br />
various missionaries are home on fur<br />
lough.<br />
The Juniors met at the church Satur<br />
day afternoon, March 12 to work on<br />
their scrapbooks. Refreshments were<br />
FLASH: Synod's Budget of $110,062 has<br />
been paid in full,<br />
and more than $3,500<br />
of the extra $5,000 was announced on<br />
April 10, with six days left to make up<br />
the balance. We hope the goal<br />
reached. Praise the Lord!<br />
ALLEGHENY<br />
was<br />
We are glad to have Mrs. S. E. Greer<br />
of Philadelphia in our midst for several<br />
weeks while she was visiting<br />
with the<br />
pastor's family and giving temperance<br />
talks in schools and Sabbath Schools<br />
in this district. She spoke to our own<br />
Sabbath School the day of the Temp<br />
erance lesson. The main feature of<br />
the program of the March meeting of<br />
the Blue Banner Club consisted of a<br />
very informative film showing the re<br />
lation of smoking to lung cancer.<br />
Mrs. Wyman S.<br />
Robb is recovering<br />
nicely after a serious operation, and will<br />
soon be able to leave the hospital.<br />
Our congregation joined with Central-<br />
Pittsburgh, Wilkinsburg Parnassus and<br />
New Alexandria congregations in a un<br />
ion service at Wilkinsburg. Sabbath eve<br />
ning, March 27. A large number as<br />
sembled to hear the Reverend Samuel<br />
Boyle speak on<br />
Communism and the<br />
Church in the Far East. Mr. Boyle's<br />
address was<br />
tive,<br />
interesting<br />
and informa<br />
and challenged to greater evan<br />
gelistic effort at home and abroad,<br />
and to more agonizing in prayer for<br />
lost souls and for sinful nations. Christ<br />
is the only<br />
world.<br />
solution for the evils of the<br />
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA<br />
We are very glad to report that little<br />
Tommy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell<br />
Kennedy, who received severe grease<br />
burns about a month ago is recover<br />
ing nicely.<br />
The young people enjoyed an evening<br />
of skating at the Bedford Skating Rink<br />
in February. Later, the group<br />
was serv<br />
ed delicious refreshments at the home<br />
of David and Dickie Wampler.<br />
The Senior Adult Sabbath School<br />
Class has selected as their new teacher,<br />
Mr. John Minnick. Mr. Minnick was<br />
formerly<br />
Dean of the School of Edu<br />
cation of a Philadelphia College. He has<br />
now retired and is making his home in<br />
Bloomington. We are very<br />
glad to have<br />
both Mr. and Mrs. Minnick with us.<br />
A number of students from the Indi<br />
ana University campus have been meet<br />
ing at the parsonage after the Sabbath<br />
evening<br />
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services for Bible study. The<br />
group continues to grow. Many of these<br />
students attend our regular services<br />
also. We are very glad to welcome them.<br />
The Phoebe Missionary Society has<br />
selected as officers for 1955-56: Presi<br />
dent, Mrs. Ray Wampler; Vice-Presi<br />
dent, Phyllis Moore; Secretary, Mrs.<br />
Anna Gregory; Treasurer, Maudeline<br />
Faris.<br />
We greatly enjoyed the concert given<br />
by the Genevans on March 29.<br />
It. is<br />
always a pleasure to entertain these<br />
young people in our homes. A carry-in<br />
dinner was served in the basement of<br />
the church before the concert.<br />
The Young Adults and Students' Sab<br />
bath School Class held a party in March<br />
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John<br />
Robertson. The attendance was very<br />
good and an evening of good fellowship<br />
was enjoyed. We are sorry some did<br />
not get to attend because of illness.<br />
WINCHESTER NEWS NOTES<br />
Rev. Sam. Boyle conducted a week of<br />
services in our church March 7-13.<br />
These services were climaxed by the<br />
signing<br />
morning.<br />
of the covenant on Sabbath<br />
Gene Stewart is spending some time<br />
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Stew<br />
art, after completing his service with<br />
the United States Army and receiving<br />
his discharge.<br />
Mrs. H. M. Clark and Phyllis of De<br />
troit visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.<br />
Ross Keys. They came to fill the family<br />
circle on the surprise celebration of<br />
Ms. and Mrs.<br />
versary<br />
Keys'<br />
on March 10.<br />
35th wedding anni<br />
Mr. Henry Fulton is in Vail Hospital<br />
in Topeka for observation.<br />
We held our spring<br />
communion the<br />
weekend of April 2. Rev. Harold Thomp<br />
son of Southfield served as assistant.<br />
On Sabbath morning Rev. Thompson<br />
baptized his nephew, Jay Kenneth, the<br />
son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene O'Neill.<br />
Rev. Caskey baptized Martha Anna, the<br />
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dill.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Davies and Ruth<br />
were greeted back into our congrega<br />
tion .at<br />
communion season, too.<br />
OAKDALE<br />
We were privileged to have Rev. Sam<br />
Boyle with us on Wednesday evening,<br />
March 16. The evening started with a<br />
"Family Night" supper after which Rev.<br />
Boyle spoke and showed several films<br />
from Japan. The attendance was good<br />
and we are much interested in learn<br />
served after the work period.<br />
The Genevans<br />
presented their con<br />
cert at the church March 20. The writ<br />
er finds it hard to express how much<br />
everyone enjoyed the evening! A super<br />
was served in the church basement<br />
preceding the concert. Following the<br />
concert, the audience was invited to<br />
the basement for refreshments. A large<br />
crowd was invited for the fine music<br />
a number coming from our Sparta<br />
and Old Bethel congregations. The music<br />
was superb and the fellowship refresh<br />
ing. We're hoping Oakdale will be in<br />
cluded on the Genevan's itinerary again<br />
soon.<br />
Our Spring communion has been set<br />
for April 24, and we are looking for<br />
ward to having Rev. Raymond Hemp<br />
hill with us.<br />
Mr.<br />
and Mrs. Harold Auld recently<br />
visited with their daughter and son-inlaw<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Musselman in<br />
Kansas City.<br />
These officers<br />
SANTA ANA<br />
were elected at the<br />
April 8 congregational meeting: Mr.<br />
Hugh McCrum,<br />
chairman of the con<br />
gregation; Mrs. Mary Tippen, secre<br />
tary; Mrs. Gordon Betts, S. S. superin<br />
tendent; Mr. Lewis Keys, S. S. assist<br />
ant-superintendent; Mrs. Edna Nelson,<br />
S. S. Junior superintendent; Miss Viola<br />
McClurkin, S. S. treasurer; Mrs. Mae<br />
Vinson, S. S. secretary.<br />
Miss Joyce Allison became the bride<br />
of Mr. John Allen at a double-ring cere<br />
mony in the <strong>Covenanter</strong> Church on the<br />
evening of April 2. Dr. Samuel Edgar<br />
had a part in the ceremony. Misses<br />
Sharon and Rose Ellen Nelson were in<br />
charge of gifts and the guest book.<br />
Mrs. John Curry and Mrs. Harold Sedgeley<br />
assisted at the reception.<br />
We expect the newly-chosen<br />
pastorelect.<br />
Lie.<br />
of May. It is with joy<br />
Glenn McFarland, the last<br />
and thankfulness<br />
that we anticipate his coming.<br />
SYRACUSE, N. Y.<br />
During the time that we have had no<br />
pastor, we have had the following<br />
preach for us: Dr. Remo Robb, Dr.<br />
Robert Park. Rev. Charles Sterrett,<br />
Rev. E. R. Hemphill, and Messrs Paul<br />
Robb, Gene Spear, Robert McCracken,<br />
Ray Joseph, and Robert Fullerton. Mr.<br />
Hemphill told of the work at our Ken<br />
tucky Mission at Sabbath School and<br />
at the Young People's Meeting.<br />
The sympathy of the congregation<br />
is going out to the families and relatives<br />
THE COVENANTER WITNESS-
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