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come visitor at the Elliott home for a
few days and spoke to the Sabbath
School and the congregation on May 29.
The congregation enjoyed a bountiful
supper in the new recreation room of the
church on June 3 and the annual sum
mer picnic is planned for June 17 at the
Eden Hall Farm which is operated by
the H. J. Heinz ("57") Company of
Pittsburgh.
Mr. S. B. Woodruff, our newly elected
elder,
passed through a very serious
operation some months ago and is still
not fully recovered. This not only kept
him from his work but has long pre
vented his attendance at church. Mrs.
Woodruff, by invitation, speaks each
Tuesday at 11:45 a.m. (E.D.S. time) on
the Jerry McConnel evangelistic pro
gram over Pittsburgh station WPIT.
Miss Patricia Sterrett, daughter of
Mrs. Myrtle Sterrett, is graduating from
the Oliver High School in Pittsburgh
with high honor.
Mr. W. R. McWhinney
and his wife,
Mrs. Jean Barr-McWhinney, since clos
ing their work at the Aged Peoples
Home have moved near to Evans City,
Pa., which brings them into the vicinity
of our church at Mars.
WINCHESTER NEWS NOTES
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Steuart celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary April
26. Many friends called to extend best
wishes at an open house, planned by
their children, held at their home on
April 30.
The Father-Son Banquet, sponsored
annually by the churches of the com
munity, was held April 27. A good
crowd attended.
Graduates from our
congregation this spring were Barbara
Huston and Roy Freer from high school
and Carol Wray and Garry Milroy from
grade school.
Paul Hensleigh, Jr. was a member of
the Jefferson County 4-H Land Judg
ing Team which went to Oklahoma
City April 29 to participate in the Na
tional Land Judging Contest. The team
placed fourth among the 24 teams from
over the nation entered in the contest.
Mrs. Ross Keys was elected to the
National Board of the Y.W.C.A. at the
national convention in New York re
cently. Mr. Keys visited his brother, Dr.
Robert Keys and family at Darien,
Conn. On their return trip they visited
their daughter Mrs. Harry Clark and
family in Detroit and were present at
the baptism of their new grandson,
Harry Meade Clark III.
Mrs. Dale Curry rode part way with
Mr. and Mrs. Keys and went on to
Toronto, Canada, to visit her parents.
Mrs. Zetta Huston was elected Y.W.
C.A. president for the coming year. Mrs.
Edith Milroy continues as secretary.
Two local 4-H Clubs had good dele
gations at our church on May 15 in ob
servation of their National 4-H Sabti@i. Q qSjinqS Q. %J[
Mrs. Mary Ann McElroy and
TommBAy Iltta^ BXf~h
of Salina visited her sister, Mrs. Mark AXfitrflllQsi A H
Dill recently. Mrs. Esther Amidon of '
Kansas City, worshiped with us May 1.
Mr. and Mrs. John Madory and children,
and Miss Mary Jane Curry of Denver,
visited at the Neil Curry home.
The Community Vacation Bible School
was held from May 23 to June 3. Rev.
Caskey was superintendent of the school
this year. All previous attendance re
cords were broken with a total enroll
ment of 145. The demonstration program
was held in our church on June 4. The
church was filled with friends and rela
tives for this occasion.
THE REV. PAUL COLEMAN,
Th.D., D.D.
From 1923 Until July, 1954, He Was a
Covenanter Pastor
Last Week the Reformed National
Synod Made Him Honorary Moder
atorPresident of a Church Board.
The Rev. Paul Coleman, 70, of 2421
West Forty-ninth terrace, Kansas City,
died yesterday at the University of Kan
sas Medical Center. He was pastor of
the Reformed Presbyterian church at
4400 Wyoming street, from December,
1923, until last July.
Only last week the national synod of
the church, now in session at Beaver
Falls, Pa., made him honorary modera
tor. He had been secretary of its Board
of Publications and was President of the
board of Church Erection.
Born at Beaver Falls, the son of a
minister and with three brothers in the
same denomination, Dr. Coleman had
forty-two years of professional life be
fore retiring because of illness last July.
His only other pastorate was at Blanch
ard, la.
Dr. Coleman formerly was treasurer
of the Kansas City Ministerial Alliance,
Chairman of the commission on leader
ship for the Kansas City Council of
Churches and worked seventeen years
in the weekday
church schools of Kan
sas City, Kansas, both as a principal and
a teacher. In 1938 his congregation sent
him to Scotland for the tercentennial of
the signing of the National Covenant of
Scotland.
Completing his undergraduate work
as valedictorian of the 1905 class at
Pittsburgh university, Dr. Coleman stu
died at Harvard and completed his mas
ter's work at Columbia in 1911. It was
not until 1936 that he achieved his Doc
torate of Theology at the Central Bap
tist Theological seminary.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Margaret
Coleman, and a daughter, Mrs. D. G.
Weimer, of the home; a son, Richard B.
Coleman, San Luis Obispo, Calif.; two
brothers, Dr. John Coleman, Philadel
phia, and Dr. George Coleman, Beaver
Falls, Pa., and a sister, Mrs. R. H.
George, Bradfordwoods, Pa. K. C. Star
LOS ANGELES
May 22, Sabbath. Miss Jennie M.
Dean and her sister, Mrs. Miller, wor
shiped with us. They were the guests of
Miss Alice Robb.
May 29, Sabbath. Miss Margaret
Crockett of Syracuse, New York, and
Mr. Burney from Denver, Colorado, wor
shiped with us. Mr. McBurney is visit
ing his sister Mrs. Hamilton of Los
Angeles.
June 5 Sabbath. Mr. John Elliott of
Phoenix, Ariz, worshiped with us.
We are happy to welcome Mrs. Nash
back after a long absence when she
suffered a broken shoulder.
Miss Edith Fowler has left for Van
couver, Canada, for a vacation and will
be visiting relatives there.
Our delegate to the 1955 Synod was
Elder Donald R. Dodds, who left by
plane Wednesday evening, June 8.
Mrs. Wilbur Aikin, our Sabbath School
program chairman, was responsible for
the fine Children's Day Program May
12, and many children took part with
scripture and psalms. Mrs. Arthur Rus
sell, the superintendent of the D.V.B.S.,
was introduced and gave a fine rally
talk on the D.V.B.S. which starts June
20.
July 14 is the date set for the ordina
tion and installation of our pastor-elect,
Lie. Paul Robb. We ask for your pray
ers as we take up the work of this con
gregation together.
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