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Church News
Kansas. We are thankful that she is re
gaining her strength.
We are thankful that Mr. Raymond
Milroy did not receive serious
injury re
cently, when he slipped and fell 15 feet
while engaged in carpentry work.
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
The 145th Commencement
program
of the Theological Seminary will be held
on Tuesday evening 7:45 P.M. May 3,
1955 at the Wilkinsburg church.
The final student sermons by the
three Seniors will be given. The Board
of Superintendents will meet to hear
students preaching on Monday evening
at the Allegheny
church. The annual
business meeting will be on Tuesday at
the Seminary.
The Baccalaureate sermon
will be
given by Professor S. Bruce Willson,
Sabbath evening, May 1, at the Central
Pittsburgh church.
LOCHIEL
During the past year we have been
privileged to have had two of our mis
sionaries in our midst, Miss Eunice
McClurkin and Miss Orlena Lynn. They
brought their missions so close to us
with their fine reports and delightful
slides.
We are thankful to the Lord that
He has enabled Miss Jennie Jamieson
to return home from hospital much im
proved in health after a very trying
and painful illness.
Miss June Parke and Mrs. Robert
MacDougall of Clydebank, Scotland,
were married on March 11. June is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Parke,
formerly of Toronto, now of Lochiel.
BARNET, VERMONT
Pvt. Harold Hutcheson, presently sta
tioned at Camp Devens, Massachusetts,
was a weekend visitor at the parsonage
with his cousins, the Rev. and Mrs. J.
Paul Wilson and family. At the Sabbath
morning service Mr. Hutcheson gave an
interesting talk on the mission work in
Latakia, Syria, where he served a threeyear
term as a teacher in the mission
school prior to his induction into the
army.
Miss Winifred McLam who was a pa
tient at Brightlook Hospital for five
weeks is now recuperating
at home.
Officers of the W.M.S. for the coming
year are as follows: President, Mrs. J.
Paul Wilson; Vice President, Mrs. Roger
Berry; Secretary, Miss Mary McLam;
Treasurer, Mrs. Ellsworth Shields.
During the winter there have been
many
cases of measles in the congre
gation. Among
them was our oldest
member, Mrs. Jessie Gibson, who had
just celebrated her 80th birthday.
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Miss Lauren Wilson recently had the
misfortune to fall down stairs and break
her arm.
GENEVA
The regular Family Night Dinner in
March featured the showing of the mo
vie about the Cyprus Mission.
Numbered among our sick are George
Householder, Miss Grace Rodgers, Lois
and David Hemphill, and the mother of
Mrs. J. R. Lathom, Mrs. Mattie Davis.
The birth of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lathom's
daughter, Melodie Lynn, has in
creased our cradle roll membership.
We welcome back to our fellowship
Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Patterson, who
have spent the winter in Orlando.
Our young people's organizations have
each enjoyed two socials recently. In
February, the Juniors held a Valentine
Party while the C.Y.P.U. traveled from
home to home eating their Progressive
Supper. In March the Juniors had a
work meeting to fix Christmas cards to
send to the Syrian Mission, and the
C.Y.P.U. celebrated with a St. Patrick's
Day party.
Several of our congregational organi
zations have elected new officers. The
Sabbath School has selected Donald
Smith, superintendent; Willard Hemp
hill, assistant; Kay McCready, secre
tary; and Samuel Lathom, treasurer.
The C.Y.P.U. has elected as their offi
cers, Kay McCready Lauren Wolcott,
and Mary Lou Swager. The Women's
Missionary Society elected Mrs. Ethel
Young, Mrs. Samuel Edgar, Mrs. C. L.
Fallon, and Mrs. J. B. Willson. The Lil
lian McCracken Missionary Society will
be led by Mrs. E. F. Lathom, Mrs. Rob
ert Dean, Mrs. J. G. Vos and Mrs. W. S.
McCready. Officers of the Geneva Guild
are Mary Mitchell, Virginia Henery,
Kay McCready, and Sylvia Montini.
HEBRON
Our Blue Banner
(Young Women's
Missionary Society) met for a covered
dish supper with Evelyn Dunn. This
year's officers are: Evelyn Dunn, Presi
dent; Janice Henry, Vice President;
Shirley Goodin, Secretary; Sharil McMa
han, Treasurer. The group, while a
small one, does many interesting things
for their yearly projects. Their sponsors
for the coming year are Mrs. Clyde
Goodin and Mrs. Wilson McMahan.
Mrs. Albert Henry had major surgery
in St. Joseph's Hospital at Concordia,
LOS ANGELES
The session of the LOS ANGELES
CONGREGATION wish to pay tribute
to the memory of our senior elder Ed
win L. Dodds who passed to his Heaven
ly Home on January 8, 1955 at the age
of 82 years.
He was born at Lucerco, Pennsylvan
ia, on March 2, 1873 and came to Los
Angeles in 1910. He was elected elder in
1912 which office he held at the time of
his death.
His faithfulness in attendance at the
house of God was an inspiration to all
who knew him.
He held the office of precentor for
many years and the praise service was
improved because of his leadership.
He was very faithful in his attendance
at our session meetings and his council
will be greatly missed in our delibera
tions.
PORTLAND
On the evening of April 6 the Port
land Congregation had a surprise dinner
at the Thomas Chambers' home in honor
of Miss Elizabeth Knight. Miss Knight
has been very faithful to the Lord and
His Church through the many years of
service she has given to the Portland
Congregation since its beginning in 1911.
Miss Knight came out to Portland
from Evans, Colorado, where she had
been a faithful member and Sabbath
School Teacher. She found we had no
congregation in Portland and so en
couraged Rev. Frazer to come out and
start a Covenanter church in the grow
ing Northwest. Miss Knight then be
came a charter member and a tremen
dous worker in our church. She has
accepted responsibility
that of the average member and has ful
over and above
filled all her duties with utmost care.
Miss Knight is a Deacon, Treasurer of
the congregation and general overseer
of the physical needs of the church.
Mr. Carson presented a Bible to her
on behalf of the congregation. It was a
privilege for us to honor Miss Knight
for her unselfish service. How truly, "He
that is faithful in that which is least is
faithful also in
much"
!
We would like to thank her publicly
and desire for her the Lord's continued
blessing.
NEWBURGH, N. Y.
Out-of-bounds members and friends
worshiping with us recently were Mr.
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