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Briars left on July 27 for her home inLisbon, New York, after a two-year visitwith her daughter and family. A gift ofSamsonite luggage was presented to thehonored guest. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar weregiven a set of blue sheets and pillowcases as a reminder of their wedding anniversaryand Lois Edgar was presentedwith a small traveling case.UNITED CONGREGATION,PHILADELPHIAOn August 22, 1954, Rev. WilliamDodds occupied the pulpit of the UnitedCongregation, Philadelphia, in the absence of the Pastor, Dr. McCracken, whowas at the White Lake Conference, NewYork. Mr. Dodds was appointed by theSynod of the Covenanter Church in Ireland as an observer to the I.C.C.C. Congress in Philadelphia.Mr. Dodds baptized his great-nephew,Douglas Malcom Ashleigh. Present atthe ceremony were Mr. Ashleigh's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Winter, ofBeaver Falls; his mother and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cobb, fromBaltimore; and Mrs. Ashleigh's aunt,Mrs. Gertrude Dodds Bell, of Vancouver,B. C. Mrs. Ashleigh was formerly Frances Dodds of Philadelphia.STERLING. Dr. and Mrs. A. J. McFarland and Robert worshiped withQuinter friends August 15,where Dr.McFarland preached in the evening.From there they went to Colorado Springswhere Robert obtained employment, andMrs. McFarland accompanied her husband on a C.A.M. radio booking tourthrough Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Nevada,Arizona and New Mexico. She returnedhome by train from Albuquerque, NewMexico, to attend the Kansas StateTeachers Association Workshop forPresidents in the Kansan Hotel in Topeka, August 23 and 24. Dr. McFarlandproceeded south and west for anotherten days, booking 35 stations or more.GREELEY: The Sacrament of theLord's Supper was observed on Sabbath,August 15. Our Assistant was the Rev.Paul Faris of Quinter, Kansas; his messages were most helpful and instructive inleading us to the Communion table andus to sign the Covenant. Wepreparingwere happy to have Dr. Owen F. Thompson, Dr. Frank L. Stewart, and the Rev.D. Ray Wilcox with us for this occasion.SHARON: Rev. and Mrs. John Edgarand Louise have returned from a vacation spent in Lisbon, New York andQuebec, Canada.GENEVA: Sabbath August IS. wewereproud to have worship with usGladys Robb Dill and her husbandfrom Orlando, Florida; her brother, Philip and his wife from Aliquippa. Also inour midst were Dr. and Mrs. Matthew156Mitchell from Providence, Rhode Island,and Dr. and Mrs. Ross from Urbana,Illinois.GREELEY: A Psalm Sing was held atthe church on Tuesday evening, August10, under the leadership of Mrs. MelvilleMartin of Seattle, Washington. A finenumber of folks came up from our Denver congregation to join with us in thisthrilling experience. About midwaythrough the program the Rev. MelvilleMartin showed slides of Cyprus andplayed a tape recording narrated by theRev. Clark Copeland which explained theslides as they were shown. A time of fellowshipand refreshments followed.STERLING: The address of Mrs. D. B.Martin will be 426 No. Broadway, Sterling, Kansas. She has been with herson, Rev. M. W. Martin, at Seattle,Washington, the past winter and expectsthis coming winter to be helping in thechurch at Sterling.UNITED PHILADELPHIA: About 22of our people attended the conference atGrinnell and gave interesting reports ofit. Several persons are now at WhiteLake Conference, Rev. Dodds preachedfor us in his place. Manystill away on vacations.others areYOUNGSTOWN: Mr. and Mrs. Wm.Lathom and Dick are back after a tripsouth through Tennessee and Alabama.Richie Marshall spent two weeks atCamp Fitch, a Boy Scout Camp nearErie, Pa.SHARON: Rev. and Mrs. Lester Kilpatrick and familyof Sterling, Kansasvisited the home folks at Sharon on theirwayto Grinnell. Lester occupied thepulpit on Sabbath morning, July 11.GREELEY: Reports of Grinnell weregiven at the morning service, July 25. Thefollowing attended Grinnell from our congregation: Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Carson,Miss Ruth Carson, Miss Maurine Dunn,the Misses Gwen and Marcia Elliott, Mrs.H. C. Gilchrist, the Misses Helen andMarjorie Keys, Mr. Ken Meeker, Mr.Glen Willcox, and the Rev. and Mrs.Bruce C. Stewart and Douglas.STERLING: The C.Y.P.U. and theirsponsors, Joe and Roberta McFarland,enjoyed a watermelon feed at the WilburWilkey home the evening of August 26.ALMONTE: The Almonte W.M.S. heldan evening meeting in June at the homeof Mrs. Alan Burns, Carleton, Ont.; refreshments were served following themeeting.GENEVA: An Alumna of our congregation, now a member of the Oakdale,Illinois, congregation, Mrs. Kenneth Luney, the former Maud Slater, worshipedwith us Sabbath August 22, renewing herDr.friendship of former days.and Mrs. Paul D. McCracken andfamily, Rev. and Mrs. Kermit Edgar andfamily and Rev. and Mrs. Philip Martin and familyvisited in the SHARONcommunityafter Grinnell. Mr. Martinoccupied the pulpit on Sabbath evening,July 25.STERLING: Mr.and Mrs. HerbertDavies and daughters of Topeka and Mrs.Marty Howell of Philadelphia worshipedwith us August 22 and were guests in theMaurice Reed home.ALMONTE: In June Mrs. S. T. Burns,son Danny and Mrs. Burns' mother, Mrs.Johnston of Hamilton, Ont., visited withMrs. S. J. Burns and Bill of CarletonPlace and friends in Almonte.GREELEY: Duringour Pastor's vacation, Dr. Frank L. Stewart preachedAugust 1, and the Rev. Paul D. Whitepreached August 8.Recent visitors at our Sabbath serviceshave been Jim McCready, Mrs. Ida Aikinand Kathleen from the Geneva Congregation, Phil McFarland from New Alexandria, and Rachel George from Allegheny. We are always glad to have visitors worship with us, and invite all to lookus up at the corner of Hudson and Boston Aves. in YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio.GENEVA: A newcomer to our midst,David Scott, born August 19 to Mr. andMrs. Harold Greig. Mrs. Greig is theformer Kitty Metheny, daughter of C. B.and Mrs. Methenygrandparents.who are the proudSHARON: Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Robertson, Dwight, Linda and Carol spentpart of the summer in MorningSun withMr. John Robertson and other relatives.They have returned to Texas where Aliceteaches.STERLING: Celebratingher 80thbirthday on August 25, Mrs. Jennie Anderson was the guest of honor at an afternoon reception, in the church parlors,given by her daughters. Present for theoccasion were: Mrs. Anderson's entirefamily; her two daughters and their families, Rev. and Mrs. Luther McFarland(Ethel), Montclair, New Jersey; Mr. andMrs. Dean Cunningham (Hazel), Mrs.Bob Cunningham, Johnny and David,Glen Elder, Kansas; Mrs. Anderson'stwo sons, S/Sgt. Ralph of the AmericanAviation Corps, enroute from Yuma,Arizona, (4 years) to Labrador for some18 months, and Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson, Judy and Jack, Brookfield, Missouri. Several other nieces and nephewswere present. A short program of music,presided over by Mrs. Joe McFarland,included piano solos by Melody McFarland and Vickey Wilkey and a ladiesquartett, Mrs. Foy Oline, Mrs. Maurice Reed, Mrs. Lester Kilpatrick and Mrs.COVENANTEE WITNESS