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achievemewhich had most of the group wonderingif they really read their Bibles, a business meeting was conducted for the purpose of selecting a teacher as Mrs. Coleman is planning to make Philadelphiaher home in the near future. Miss AdellaLawson was selected and later gave heracceptance. With God helping her, mayshe see us bearing fruit which is love,joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,goodness, faith, meekness, temperance,against such there is no law."PHOENIX: Mr. and Mrs. MelvinMeans and children Timmy, Marilyn andWayne spent their vacation in BeaverMeans'Falls, Penna., with Mr. and Mrs.parents.STERLING: The weddings of two ofour young men are festive occasions inAugust. James Humphreys,son of Mr.and Mrs. T. A. Humphreys to MaryHindman at Mineola, August 20; andKarl Cunningham, son of Mrs. BlancheCunningham, to Joan Lukens, at Beloit,August 23. James will farm at Sterling,while Karl returns to Gypsum to continue high school teaching.TOPEKA: The August meeting of theW. M. S. was held at the home of Mrs.Grady Stegall with Mrs. E. H. Nusbaumas devotional leader. We were privilegedto have Pastor Awad speak to our groupand to learn more about the MissionarySocietyof Syria.STERLING: Dr. and Mrs. L. P. Rosinski, Miss Marie McConnell, and MissNancy Dunn of Kansas City visited theirAunt Mary Moore, August 6-7.TOPEKA: Miss Elizabeth McElroyis now with us visiting in the homes ofher sister, Mrs. Grady Stegall and herbrother, Mr. Wilbur McElroy.BLOOMINGTON: Mr. and Mrs. David Wilson and children, of Lake Wales,Forida, visited us on Sabbath, August 8.David is Principal of the High Schoolat Lake Wales.GENEVA: The offering taken on thesecond Sabbath of August during theSabbath School hour was sent to theIndian Mission where Rev. and Mrs. D.C. Ward are laboring for the Lord.STERLING: The Sterling pulpit wasfilled August 1 by Rev. Luther McFarland, Montclair, N. J.; and on August8 by Rev. M. W. Martin, Seattle, Washington.TOPEKA: August 8 marked the lastday of church services at the TopekaChurch, 920 Clay Street. This propertyhas been sold and the church is to be relocated in a more favorable area of thecity. A congregational meeting is tobe held September 3 at which time favorable building sites will be presented.It is hoped that a decision will be reached110at this time as to where our new churchhome will be established. Meanwhileservices will be held at the Women'sClub Building, 9th and Topeka.STERLING: On July 28, PastorAwad, Latakia, Syria, spoke to an appreciative audience following a churchsupper. This was not onlyRev. Awad'sfirst experience of attending a churchsupper, but also his first cafeteria service.BLOOMINGTON: Rev. and Mrs. R.S. McElhinneyentertained the LouisDonahue and family of Orlando overthe week-end as they were on their wayto the young people's convention at Grinnell.STERLING: Joe McFarland went toLima, Ohio, August 2,where he purchased and drove home a new schoolbus for the Turon schools. Joe is theelementary principal of Turon again thisfall.Joe and Roberta McFarland are theC.Y.P.U. sponsors this summer. Joe hasalso taught the high school SabbathSchool class.BLOOMINGTON: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Moore have returned to their homeafter a twoweeks'vacation in the West.TOPEKA: Mrs. Anna Lyons was atChurch August 8 for the first time sincefracturing her hip last spring. We rejoice in the healing power of the Lordand that it was possible for her to attend the last services in the churchbuilding.STERLING: The R. M. Edgar homehas been a "beehive'' of joy and excitement with all of their children and families gathered home during the secondweek in August. Donald and family fromElizabethton, Tenn.; Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Kelsey (Margaret) and family ofTampa, Florida; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mc-Kinley (Mary)and family, CollegeSprings, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Reid Hindman, (Carol) Mineola; Mr. and Mrs.Howard Edgar and family, Hutchinson;and Misses Jean and Alice from Hutchinson.GENEVA: Miss Eva Hayes took herfirst plane trip to California to spendher vacation with friends on the westcoast. Eva is employed in the businessoffice of the college and worships withus. She is a member of the Cornwallis,Nova Scotia congregation.TOPEKA: Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McElroy and Lynn are taking a trip toPhoenix, Arizona, to visit their daughterMarjorie who was married July 13 toRobert D. Cox.STERLING: Among those attendingGrinnell from Sterling were: the Rev.Kilpatrick family, the A. J. McFarlandfamily, Joe and Roberta McFarland, Mr.and Mrs. Robert Dill, Mrs. Fay Oline,Larry and Dianne, Marjorie Humphreys,Alice and Jean Edgar, Karl Cunningham,Joan Lukens, Carolyn Young, MaryAdams, Wendell and Ruth McFarlandand Dr. Eunice MeGill.TOPEKA: Mrs. Belle Adams of ourKentucky Mission spent a week in thehomes of her daughters, Mrs. Elmer Graham and Mrs. Gene Spear.STERLING: The Maurice Reeds vacationed in Colorado during the heat ofJuly.TOPEKA: The last recreation night ofthe season was held August 3.DR. JOHN W. OLIVER, for manyyears a faithful member of the Boardof Trustees ofthe Central PittsburghChurch, retired after 31 years of serviceas the head of the History Departmentat the University of Pittsburgh.He was born on a farm in SouthernMissouri that nasi been in his family forfour generations. He received his B.A.and M.A. from the University of Missouri and his Ph.D. from Wisconsin.After World War I he served with theState Historical Society while teachinghistory at the University of Indiana,coming to Pittsburgh in 1923.Besides being an outstanding teacher,as those of us who have had the privilegeof being students in his classes can testify, Dr. Oliver is a writer of note. Mostpeople quote the Encyclopedia Britannicaas an authority, but with Dr. Oliver it isthe other way roundhim.""it quotesHe is cited as anauthority in his articleon Francis Parkman, noted Americanhistorian, which first appeared in theWestern Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, 1924.After many years of studyand research Dr. Oliver has just completed a36 chapter volume on the "History ofAmerica'sTechnologicalwill be published at an earlywritingAge,"whichdate. Theof this book is the greatest undertaking historically since FrederickTwener wrote the History of the American Frontier. His thesis ia: "ThatAmerica's power its preponderance today is not based on anymilitary power but basically en her scientific and technologicalHe begins with the landingpolitical orof the Pilgrims and goes all the way down to theAtomic Age. Because of his pioneer workin this field the U. S. Government hasrequested him at various periods to furnish it with the history of research anddevelopment for the Board of Engineersof the War Department. Among hisother works are papers on the life ofTHE COVENANTER WITNESS