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small,"animals."millions."gospel."comparison."Certainly it seems an unfair chargeto make against those who decide a-gainst such contribution, that they havedetermined "to withhold the Word ofLifefromPossiblysuchChristians are as conscientious and asfaithful as those who decide to continue their contributions. Quite possibly some of these are making theircontributions elsewhere, where theythink they will do the most good. Surelyall those who do not give of theirmeans to this or that worthy agencymust not thereby be charged with "withholding theIt is true that the amount of theSociety's RSV publication is "verybut it is also true that it constitutes an American Bible Society endorsement of the RSV as a trustworthyversion. And that is no small matter.It is something like the contribution ofour church to the Society, really verysmall compared to their total budget,but considered veryvaluable for publicity purposes.So far as I know, no Covenanterhas wholly condemned the RSV, or evencharged that it is not in some placessuperior to the King James Version.The statement adopted byour Synodwould seem to be a fairer expression ofthe Church's attitude. The recommendation as adopted is, "That in view ofthe many imperfections of the RSV, it berecognized on a similar basis as otherprivate translations for purposes of reference orNo organization is perfect. Whetherthe good or the error in an organizationwarrants support or non-support is amatter for individual decision. Personally, I have no criticism of the personwho decides to continue support of theAmerican Bible Society, though for myself it has a far lower priority ratingin my giving than heretofore.Sincerely,EVOLUTIONLester E. KilpatrickGOES BACKWARDWriting under the title, "EvolutionUnwinds Backward at New York Cocktail Parties," Hal Boyle describes vividlythe drinking in the world's largest city:"The denizens of thegreat concretejungle foregather at a thousand waterholes at duskand begin the night pattern of life and death in the big cityforest. They call these watering placescocktail parties. Many people claimcocktail parties bore them. The truthis, the reason they go to them is theyare already bored."You can see in two hours the wholestory of evolution unwind. The guestsarrive as people. Three martinis laterthey are children, and from then on youcan watch them turn from children intoSTERLING: Mr. and Mrs. JamesHumphreys recently visited ten dayswith her parents Mr. and Mrs. Hindman of Fredericktown, Ohio.Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Wilkey and Mr.and Mrs. Foy Oline attended the funeralof Mrs. William Dill of Erick, Oklahoma.Dr. and Mrs. McFarland worshipedwith the Hebron Congregation October24 and 31, when Dr. McFarland filledthe pulpit.Scott Boyle visited with his grandmother in Topeka over the teachers'meeting vacation.Miss Ora Hays and Mrs. Sylvia McFarland attended the Kansas StateMeeting of English Teachers at KansasUniversity in October.Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Dill visited recentlyin the home of their son Dr. RaymondDill and familyat Auburn, Nebraska,where Raymond is practicing VeterinaryMedicine.Mrs. Truman Hugg and Mrs. LloydCopeland and children of Denison,Kansas, visited with relatives and worshiped with us on November 21.Miss Elda Patton accompanied by herbrother Renwick Patton of San Diego,California, visited relatives and friendsin Sterling during Armistice week. Several social events were given in theirhonor.WALTON: Rally Day in our SabbathSchool was held on September 26. Aninteresting program was given by thechildren. A miniature Bible, containingchoice verses from every book in theBible, was given to each child. Thesewere prizes for a recent attendance contest which the children's classes hadwon.ORLANDO: Mr. Grady Windham hasspent the last week in the hospital because of spasmodic muscles in his back,over work. He is on thecaused byroad to recovery and it is hoped that hewill be able to leave the hospital in afew more days.STERLING: W. M. S. met with Mrs.Isabelle Edgar, November 18. Mrs.Clara Patton led devotions and MissOra Hays gave the mission study.WALTON: The fall communion season, in Walton, was a fine one. Wewere privileged to hear the Rev. ThomasWilson of our White Lake Congregationas the assistant. Carol Henderson andLoretta Latin united with the churchon profession of faith. Pamela Holley,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Holley,Linda Sue Russell, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Clifton Russell, and LorettaLatin received baptism. The communionseason was climaxed by the signing ofthe Covenant. Rev. Hill led the congregation in this service.ORLANDO: Dr. Smith entertainedhis Sabbath class of middle aged students and their children in his homewith a Chinese checker tournament.There were around 20 present includingthe children.STERLING: The Young Adult BibleClass held its October meeting at thehome of Mrs. and Mrs. Joe McFarlandin Turon; Mr. and Mrs. Foy Oline wereassistant hostesses. Following dinner theMcFarlands were surprised with a storkshower.The November meeting of the YoungAdult Bible Class was held at the homeof Mr. and Mrs. Benhardt Fose, whowere assisted by Mr. and Mrs. SteveWilkey.Officers of the newly organized Intermediate Society are: Harry Wilkey,President; Vicki Wilkey, Vice President;Bonnie Morley, Secretary; Melody McFarland, Treasurer.WALTON: A Harvest Supper washeld at the church on October 22. Alarge number of members and friendsof the Walton congregation partook ofa delicious turkey dinner. Followingthis severalinteresting films wereshown.ORLANDO :Prof. Will White and wifereturned last week from spending thesummer in Almonte, Canada. They reported a rather cool summer. We areglad to have them back with us again.STERLING: John McFarland andLarry Oline won their letters in football atSterling this season. Sam Wilkeywon his letter for football at Nickerson.A football was presented to Sam Wilkey in a Nickerson school assemblyOctober 29. The football, presented bythe coach in behalf of the football boys,was autographed by the team andcoaches. Sam's record of 10 TD's and thedistance of 745 yards in five games wasrecorded on the football, making anaverage of 149 yards per game. Sam'sankle was broken in mid-season and hisfoot is still in a cast.WALTON: William Samuel Boyle wasDecember 8, 1954 365