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trip into Alaska on the steamship "Chil-No incident happened to mar thecotin."never,"23 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. EdwardMontgomery.OLATHE: Martha and Anna Hutcheson, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs.Chester Hutcheson, will attend collegethis fallMartha at Geneva College andAnna at Park College. We will surelymiss them at Olathe. We were delightedto have them in our midst during theirlast two years at High School. They werefaithful to all the services of the Houseof God and took an active part in thewhole work of the church.WILKINSBURG: Mrs. J. S. Tibby andMrs. A. A. Wylie made a very pleasanttrip through the Northwest and up intoAlaska during the month of July. Theywere members of the Christian Fellowship Tour conducted by Mr. Philip L.Howard, Jr., Editor of the SundaySchool Times. A tour of Zion NationalPark, the Grand Canyon and Bryce National Park and the larger cities of thenorthwest was followed by a 2,710-milepleasure of anyone in the party of fiftyfour,made up of travelers from manystates and Canada. Family worship wasconducted each day when possibleon the train and a profitable BibleStudy each morning while on shipboard under Mr. Howard's fine leadership. Fine Christian friendships weremade. The last point of special interestwas Mt. Rainier in the state of Washington. It seemed to be the climax of thetrip. Its lofty, majestic, snow-coveredtop reaching into the heavens seemedto lift a song of praise and adorationand gratitude from every memberthe party to God, the great Creator ofall the beauty and wonder and mysteryseen on the trip.of(Signed)Ava Allen Wylie ; Mrs. J. S. Tibby.BELLE CENTER: Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur J. Keys and daughters, Mr. and Mrs.Don Lowe and son of Xenia, Ohio, visited in the home of their parents Mr. andMrs. George Fleming of our Southfield,Michigan, congregation recently.NEW CONCORD: Betty Blackwood,youngest daughter of Earl and MetaBlackwood is recovering nicely after surgery performed in Ohio Valley Hospitalat Wheeling, West Virginia.OLATHE: Mrs. Mary Tippin entertained the Women's Missionary Societyat her home Thursday, September 2.After a very delicious luncheon thePresident, Mrs. Frank Redpath calledthe meeting to order. Mrs. Anna Wilsonled the Devotional Period and Mrs. Harvey McGee reviewed a chapter from ourMission Study book on Japan. A gift ofSeptember 22, 1954$5.00 was sent to the Home for the Agedin Pittsburgh for Donaion Day, and$9.00 was sent to the Kansas PresbyterialTreasurer towards the Fund for the transportation of a foreign missionary thisyear.Mr. and Mrs. John Huston of Orlandocongregation have been welcome guestsin the home of Dr. and Mrs. T. C. McKnight. The WILKINSBURG folks haveenjoyed making the acquaintance of theHustons.ALLEGHENY: Robert Heck is confined to his home, and to his bed because of an extremely nervous conditionwhich has affected the use of his righthand.OLATHE: The following elders led theSabbath morning Worship Services whilethe pastor was attending Synod andduring his vacation period: Mr. HarveyMcGee, Mr. Clyde Redpath, Mr. GeorgeMilligan, Mr. Frank Redpath and Mr.Charles McBurney.NEW CONCORD: Dr. and Mrs. JohnColeman, the "first love" of their ministry to the New Concord Congregation,were with us for July 10 services. Wegreatly regret their moving farther awayfrom us, but will still be countingontheir coming back. Dr. Coleman's workas pastor began in 1908, his work inMuskingan College beginning a year laterand only the call from the Church-atlargeto take up the work in Geneva College persuaded him it was the Master'scall. The former students at Muskinganstill "rise up and call him blessed."GENEVA: Using as an excuse theproverb,"Better late thanwant to report the return of Donald Ledrick from Korea last April. Don is a senweior at Geneva College, playing football,one of his prominent activities. His wife,the former Peggy Lathom is a teacher inthe Chippawa township school. The Ledricksreside at 3422 5th Ave. in BeaverFalls,ALLEGHENY: Timothy Terrick underwent an operation on his heart the latter part of Julyfactory recovery.and has made a satisOLATHE: Mr. and Mrs. Harvey McGee invited the Olathe congregation andalso the Kansas City congregation to theirhome for a basket supper, Monday evening, July 5. A fine group responded andall enjoyed a verypleasant evening.Elder Charles H. Haslett, Dr. J. R.Patterson, Dr. R. J. G. McKnight andDr. E. L. McKnight had charge of theSabbath morning services at WILKINSBURG in the absence of our pastor.BLACKWOOD-TWEEDThe marriage of Miss Alta MarieBlackwood daughter of Mr. HenryBlackwood, and Mrs. Blackwood, of Topeka, to the Rev. John H. Tweed, son ofthe late Dr. J. Boyd Tweed, and Mrs.Tweed, of Beaver Falls, Pa., took placeAugust 5.The double-ringmarriage service wasread at 7:30 p.m. in the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Beaver Falls by thebridegroom's brother, the Rev. RobertB. Tweed, who was assisted by hisbrother-in-law, the Rev. Hugh J. Blair ofBallymony, Ireland, and the Rev. D.Howard Elliott, pastor of the church.The church was decorated with cibotum,ferns and candelabra holding lighted candles.Mrs. Howard Senior, organist, playeda half-hour of nuptial music precedingthe ceremony, including favorite selections of the bride.The bride was given in marriage byher father.Mrs.Merlin Wingmatron of honor for her sister.of Denison wasThe bridesmaids were Twila and DeliaBlackwood, sisters of the bride, and MissMargaret Long.Mr. Elwood Woods of Beaver Falls,served as best man. The ushers were theRev. J. Paul McCracken, Beaver Falls;Mr. Jim Steel, New Alexandria, Pa., andMr. Robert Marshall, Youngstown, Ohio.A reception in the church parlors followed the ceremony. The serving tablewas centered with flowers and a threetieredwedding cake. Assisting were,Cathy Morlis and June Rinko of Pittsburgh, Joyce Shotsinger, Gloria Klingensmith, Mary Ellen Mitchell and NancyMandeville, Beaver Falls and Mrs. Elwood Woods.After a short wedding trip the couplewill be at home in the manse at 3035Hudson Drive, Youngstown, Ohio.Mrs. Tweed is a graduate of DenisonHigh School and attended Geneva College. She has recently been employed asa secretary by Sahli's, Inc., in B'eaverFalls. The bridegroom, a graduate ofBeaver Falls High School, Geneva College and the Reformed PresbyterianTheological Seminary, Pittsburgh, is atpresent pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Youngstown, Ohio.OLATHE: A "farewellparty"of theW.M.S. and the Y.W.M.S. was given inhonor of Mrs. Chester Hutcheson in thehome of Mrs. James Redpath Thursdayevening, August 26. After playing a number of appropriate "travel" games conducted by Mrs. Harvey McGee, Mrs.Hutcheson was surprised with a "shower"of beautiful personal gifts. Delicious re-191