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at'Charles PetermanWilla Hoganyoung people; Missjunior; Mrs. Ermel Blairprimary; Mrs. Harold Malyonbeginners. Mrs. Ezra Wild was a faithful primary teacher during the summer. Mrs.Peterman recently had another of herpopular parties for the young people.Miss Orlena Lynn from our missionin Japan spoke and showed pictures ofthe work in Japan at a joint meeting ofMORNING SUN AND SHARON, inSun Church on Septemberthe Morning22. It was a privilege to hear Orlena'sfine message.OAKDALE: Three young people joinedthe church at the time of the fall Communion. Theyare: Doris Jean Brammeier, Myrene Carson and Jerry Frieman.LAKE RENO: Mr. and Mrs. KennethSanderson gave good messages on thework in Latakia, Syria, at our annualThankoffering meeting, October 20. Asocial hour followed. It was a privilege tohave Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Allen with uson this occasion, on their return fromcommunion servicesin Winnipeg. Thewomen and friends of the church wereentertained at the parsonage the preceding afternoon, in honor of Marjorie. Itwas a pleasure to have the Sandersonswith us.OAKDALE: The Juniors were invitedto Earla Jean and Ruth Aulds' homeSaturday afternoon, October 23, for aHalloween party. All sorts of funnyfaces showed up for an afternoon of fun.The refreshments were good too!SHARON : The Rev. Philip Martin wasCommunion services atthe assistantSharon on October 10. The congregationappreciated his fine messages leading upto the signing of the Covenant and to theSacrament.OAKDALE: Miss Nannie Piper felland broke her legrecently. She is beingcared for in the J. Ren Piper home.LAKE RENO: Dr. A. J. McFarland wasa surprise and welcome visitor at the parsonage September 18-20, and spoke to thecongregation Sabbath morning. He wason a trip bookingC. A. message.radio stations for theTHIRD PHILADELPHIA:Mr. andMrs. Frank Haussmann were unitedwith the church at this time.The Sacrament of Baptism was administered on Communion Sabbath morningto Robert J. Everett, Mrs. Frank Haussmann and children, Nancy, Cathy andGerry.NEW ALEXANDDRIA: Week dayReligious Education is given this yearto the upper grades of the Public School.Rev. R. C. Fullerton teaches the 6th302grade. The class meets in our Churchevery Thursday afternoon.SHARON: Mr. Kenneth Sandersonbrought the morning message at SHARON on October 24. We have a greaterappreciation of the work in the schools ofSyria sincehearing his fine address. Mrs.Sanderson spoke to the Sabbath School.LAKE RENO: Dr. J. R. Elseyhis Rest Home and has moved to a beauhas soldtiful location in Glenwood overlookingLake Minnewaska. Dr. Elsey has givenmany years of service in the Glenwoodcommunity, first as practicing physicianand later as manager of a home for elderly people. His quiet, sympathetic,helpful ministry is appreciated by many.BIBLE READERS for 1955 are nowready for distribution. Do not wait untilyour order gets held up in the Christmasrush. Better to be an early bird than the"sorry-I-forgot-to-order-sooner"varietyof person. We have always had some ofthe latter stripe of individual who havebeen wont to urge us,"Send these airmail"; or, "Rush these along as fast ascan."you We wonder if, during the earlydays of the new year, our committee willhave the privilege of enjoying a rest instead of a rush !We have three types of Readers,theregular Daily Reader (short passages) ;the Chronological Reader (through theBible in one year) ;and the Children'sReader (first and second series). If youused the first series of the Children'sReader last year, you will need to orderthe second series this year.Prices are the same for all types ofReaders,Less than ten, five cents each;ten or more, three cents each; one hundred or more, two-and-one-half centseach. Order from Rev. F. F. Reade, Box102, Almonte, Ontario, Canada.HOPKINTON: On September 29 theMisses Helen and Florence Fattal wereguests at the parsonage. A reception washeld in their honor at the home of Mrs.Maude Joseph Smith. Mrs. MarjorieSanderson introduced them and spokewith high appreciation of their help inthe Syrian Mission. They answered manyquestions which were asked to the enlightmentand satisfaction of all. Theirservices to the Mission have been freelyand generously given through manyyears.The missionary societies of SHARONAND MORNING SUN met at SharonFriday, October 22 for their Thank-offeringmeeting. Devotions were in charge ofMrs. Merritt McElhinney and the guestspeaker was Mrs. Kenneth Sanderson ofSyria. A generous offering was received.Following the program a Tea was enjoyed by the ladies.LAKE RENO: Several have madetrips away from home this summer, andwe are happy to welcome them all backsafely again. The Charles Peterman family visited Charles' parents in Californiaand attended the wedding of his brother,Lyman. The Dale Blair family visitedrelatives in Corona, California, and Seattle, Wash. Miss Willa Hogan went toMorning Sun and to Grinnell, Iowa.Joanne Wild and Mitchels went to Grinnell. Mikey and Jim Elsey were in Scoutcamps several weeks. Roberta Elsey hadthe honor of being one of 101 Senior GirlScouts of the nation to attend a two-weekencampment at Cody, Wyo. Roberta, aJunior in Glenwood High School, spoke,October 26, at a three-state regionalGirl Scout Conference in Minneapolis.THIRD PHILADELPHIA: Rally Dayin S. S. was also Promotion Day, and atthe close of the exercises, several littlegirls gave their impressions of WhiteLake Junior Camp. The Women's Missionary Society had a fine October meeting at the home of the Misses Ray andOsee Forsyth.The SHARON CONGREGATION metwith the MorningSun congregation onthe night of October 17th for the closingservice of their communion to hear Mr.W. W. Weir concerning the work in Cyprus. All enjoyed his splendid message.LAKE RENO: Some of the men andwomen of the church combined work andfun in an all-day church cleaning, September 24. We are happy to have such afine church building in which to worship.THIRD PHILADELPHIA: Our newPastor's visitation in the community hasresulted in the addition of a number ofboys and girls to our S. S. classes, andseveral visitors at Sabbath morning worship service. Mrs. Price is quite a busyand efficient pastor's wife; going out tothe Bebusiness, keeping house, teachingginner's class and helping with the Teen-Group activities onThursday evenings.These Teen-Group metings are under theleadership of Mr. Price assisted by Mr.Walter McClay. We thank God for answered prayer in sending such a sinceredevoted shepherd-team to tend His lambsand sheep at Third Philadelphia. Twentyfiveto thirty people have been attendingmid-week prayer service.OAKDALE: The Oakdale Young People andYoung Married Couples' Classenjoyed a hay ride on Saturday, October16. The group met at the Preston Carsonhome to 'get on thewagon'and rode tothe woods where a big bon fire was waiting for the weiner roasting that followed.Dr. and Mrs. W. O. Ferguson were present for the evening, too. Mr. FergusonCOVENANTER WITNESS