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eceive"is being arranged for Wednesday. Devotional speakers for Wednesday morningand afternoon are Paul Faris and DarylIkenberry. General Theme: John 8:32,"And ye shall know the truth, and thetruth shall make you free." A. M. "ActTruth."ing upon Qur Knowledge of theP. M. "The Freedom of Living whereTruth Prevails."C. E. Caskey,Clerk of Midwest Presbytery.Board of Publication will hold its regular meeting on the above date,at 2:00 P.M.same placeCINCINNATI: Mr. Esty Pickelheimerspent the last two weeks in Christ Hospital recovering from major surgery. Weare glad to report that he is makinggood progress.Paul Mathews had a short vacation athis home in WILKINSBURG after asummer's work on the farm of his cousinat Morning Sun, Iowa. Paul enters Geneva College this year as a senior.OLATHE: The Rev. Khalil Awad,pastor of our Covenanter Church in Latakia, Syria, preached at the Sabbathevening service, August 8. It was a joyto have him in our midst and to hearfrom him an account of our work inSyria.TOPEKA: The Gene Spear family leftTopeka, September 11for Philadelphiawhere Gene plans to attend WestministerSeminary this coming year.Mrs. Nancy Willson Green who hasbeen living at THE AGED PEOPLE'SHOME for the last few years suffered astroke on Friday, September 3, andquickly lapsed into a coma from whichshe slept away the next afternoon. Services were held the next Monday eveningand interment was at Morning Sun,Iowa.GENEVA: It is always nice to havepeople of other churches worship with us.Mr. and Mrs. Walter Magee and theirthree children Mary, Evangeline andJohn from Goshen, N. Y., were with usSabbath September 5. They are membersof the Presbyterian church there. Maryis to start to Geneva this fall. Mr. Mageewhen asked why they chose Geneva said,"We know it is a goodschool."We welcome any others to our worship servicewho are coming our way this fall.NEW CONCORD: The New Concordand White Cottage Congregations wereprivileged to have Miss Eunice McClurkin as our speaker for a Sabbath in Juneand greatly enjoyed her message, her fellowship and seeingof workmanshipthe different articlesshe had with her.WILKINSBURG: Mr. Charles H. Haslett,Sr., spent a few days of his vacation190in the home of his son Ward Haslett andfamily at Binghamton, New York.BELLE CENTER: Our annual congregational picnic was held Thursdayevening, August 19, 6:30 p.m. at O'Conner'slanding with a good attendance. Mr.and Mrs. J. Roy Templeton were pleasantly surprised when they were presentedwith a wedding cake at the close of themeal, in honor of their 25th wedding anniversary. This was planned by theirchildren Alice, Jim and Bob while theirparents were spending a few days in thehome of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Murphy inBeaver Falls, Pennsylvania.TOPEKA: The W.M.S. met September2 at the home of Mrs. Lloyd McElroy.Mrs. Herbert Davies led the devotionals.We enjoyed the talk of Miss ElizabethMcElroy who gave us a much clearervision of the work that she is doing inSyria. She also spoke for a brief periodbefore the congregation on September 5in a part of the morning service. We haveappreciatedhaving her in our midstthese past weeks and our prayers go withher as she leaves for Chicago.OLATHE: A "covered-dish" dinnerwas given in honor of Rev. and Mrs. RayWilcox and family on Friday evening,August 20, as they passed through Olathe on their way home to Beaver Falls.A group of about 60 was present andgreatly enjoyed the fellowshipWilcox family.of theThe Chairman of the Social Committee,Mrs. James Redpath, called upon Rev.and Mrs. Wilcox, and then upon everyone present who had been away on vacation, to give an account of their trip.It proved to be most interesting! Rev.and Mrs. Wilcox and family were entertained over night in the homes of Mrs.Ella McGee and Miss Lila Smith.The ALLEGHENY congregation hadtwo guest ministers during the month ofAugust The Rev. Roy C. Fullerton D.D. exchanged with our pastor on August1 and the Rev. Edward L. McKnight,D.D. had charge of the service on August29 when Rev. Edgar was preaching forthe Rehoboth congregation. The Rev.Hugh J. Blair, pastor of the Ballymoney,Ireland congregation preached for thecongregation on September 5. It was aprivilege to have these three ministersbringus inspiringmessages.WILKINSBURG congregation is having a iate summer "build-up" with thereturn of many vacationers :the S. BruceWillson family is home after some weeksin various parts of the church; AgnesLiggett was in the Musquoka Lakescountry in Canada; the Ray Stohner familystopped for a visit in Cleveland ontheir way to and from Grinnell (Mr.Stohner was our official delegate toSynod); Dr. and Mrs. T. C. McKnighthad their vacation in the mid-west andcentral states; while Miss Rhoda Beattywent as far as the Thousand Islands andAlmonte, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. JohnHickey and Mr. and Mrs. Merle Hodgkisswent to Niagara Falls, and the HaroldHoffman family to the New EnglandStates. Alice Hodgkiss flew to Washington State for a visit with friends there.Others home from vacation are the Robert McKnights and Hugh McKnight,the Jim and Bob Brown families, BeaFluke, Sandra Schwinn, the T. H.Clarke family, and Mrs. J. S. Tibby.CINCINNATI: Mr. Kenneth McGalaleft Wednesday, August 25, for service inthe United States Army. He is stationednow at Fort Knox, Kentucky.TOPEKA: Lie. Gene Spear preachedfor us September 5, Rev. Phil Martinthe 12th and Rev. Sam Boyle the 19th.We appreciate the work of our pulpitcommittee in supplying the pulpit eachSabbath and for the messages we receive through His servants.OLATHE: Norman Hutcheson enteredmilitaryservice August 23. He is nowstationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. We werehappyto have Norman at Olathe forseveral weeks before he enlisted.GENEVA: We as Christians find illness on every side. Mrs. Ernest Lathomwas called to the bedside of her mother,Mrs. Monti Toole of Princeton, Indiana,who underwent a serious operation. Mrs.Russell Lathom flew to Florida twoweeks later to be with her mother, Mrs.Davis, who also underwent a seriousoperation. Mrs. Davis has spent the pastseveral summers with her daughter andhas made many friends. Mr. ClarenceFallon spent some time in a local hospital for rest and observation. As we aremuch in prayer for them, let us rememberthe words of Christ himself who said"And all things, whatsoever ye ask inprayer believing, ye shall21:22).(Matt.Mrs. C. T. Hutcheson sailed fromJersey City for our Syrian mission on theExcalibur to join Mr. C. T. Hutchesonwho has been in Latakia for the pastyear. Rev. Khaleel Awad, pastor of theLatakia congregation, also sailed on thesame ship. The Excalibur left Pier Dat 4 p.m. on Friday September 10. On thepier to see them off were Dr. and Mrs.W. W. Weir, Miss Lola Weir, Rev. Luther McFarland, Rev. W. C. McClurkin,Miss Eunice McClurkin, and C. HaroldHutcheson. The ship left New York harbor under an overcast sky with hurricaneEdna approaching.ALLEGHENY: The Young Adultgroup held a corn roast Monday, AugustCOVENANTER WITNESS