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now stationed at Ft. Monmouth, N. J.His address until May, 1955 will bePvt. Norman W. Hutcheson, U. S.55462769, Co. C, 9404 T.U., Ft. Monmouth, N. J.Mrs. Donald I. Robb was receivedinto the fellowship of the CAMBRIDGECONGREGATION on letter of transferfrom the Central Pittsburgh Congregation; Miss Janet Davis was received onprofession of faith. We are happy tohave them with us.The annual Selma party was held bythe Sabbath School of the NEW CASTLE CONGREGATION on Thursdayevening, November 18 under the leadershipof Miss Anna M. Dodds. A largenumber of toys were received for theSelma mission. Rev. Harold Harrington conducted a short devotional periodand then showed the pictures which hehad taken in Scotland. A social timeand refreshments followed.NEW YORK CITY: The Women'sGuild held their monthly meeting Friday, November 26, 1954, at the Home ofMiss Adele Newell. Christmas articlesfor Selma were collected.GREELEY: The Young People havebeen able to arrange services eachmonth in the Weld Co. Nursing Homeand the GreeleyConvalescent Home.Ken Meeker is arranging these serviceswith each of the young people takingpart.OLATHE: Mrs. Carrietta Brown entertained the Y.W.M.S. in her home fortheir November meeting. Mrs. DorothyBrown led Devotions and Mrs. Mary J.Cochran reviewed a chapter from ourMission Study Book. At the close of themeeting tasty refreshments were servedby our hostess. We were happy to haveMrs. Bruce Stewart of Greeley, Colorado, as our guest.CLARINDA :The Juniors held a Halloween party at the church, and Virginia Whitehill and Charles Perry drewthe prizes for the best character costume and funniest costume respectively.Mrs. Knox McCalla and Mrs. Leslie McCalla are the Junior sponsors.Darrell Kennedy, son of Mr. and Mrs.Kenneth L. Kennedy of the NEW CASTLE Congregation is enrolled as a student at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.The Semi Annual Business meeting ofthe CAMBRIDGE congregation was heldon October 11.Good reports were received from all the organizations showing signs of attentiveness to the Lord'sWork. Our pastor Rev. D. I. Robb wasaway at the meeting of Presbytery butleft a heart warming letter to be readto the congregation tellingDecember 8, 1954of his workand plans for the coming season. Thecongregation has rejoiced in the earnestness of his ministry and the fellowship ofboth Rev. and Mrs. Robb.GREELEY:Congratulations to Dr.and Mrs. Owen F. Thompson on thebirth of a grandson to their daughter,Dorothy.Mrs. Edna Kennedy of the NEWCASTLE CONGREGATION has beenconfined to her home on account of illness for several weeks.Hurricane Carol left her mark on theCAMBRIDGE church to the extent of$136.00 in stained glass window repairs.The large maple tree at the street curbwas blown over against the churchbuilding and has since been removed.Hurricane Edna, not to be out done, leftfour feet of water in the basement ofthe church. We are grateful that theLord cared for the members of the congregation in that none suffered anyserious damage to their property.OLATHE: Rev. and Mrs. Bruce C.Stewart, Douglas, Cynthia and Donaldwere welcome guests at the manse, theweek of November 9.GREELEY : Larry Stephen Dunn wasbaptised on Sabbath, October 24. Hisparents are Mr. and Mrs. James Dunn.CLARINDA: The semi-annual birthday dinner was held at the church recently and sponsored by the Golden Ruleclass of which Mr. Howard Caskey isthe teacher. Those having birthdays duringthe second half of the year wereentertained.GREELEY: Our beautiful new pulpitfurniture and choir chairs were dedicated at the morning worship serviceon Sabbath, November 7. This furnitureas well as the new furniture in the entrance hall, and the new rubber tile inthe entrance hall was presented to thechurch by Mrs. Edward C. Withrow andMr. and Mrs. James A. Stewart.CAMBRIDGE : Release time Religiousinstruction class is under way again with15 pupils in attendance from the fourthgrade of the Longfellow School. Our ownStephen Kouyoumjian is one of the students. Rev. Robb is the instructor Wednesday morning from 8:30 to 9:30 eachweek.*** The Board of Deacons of the OlatheCongregation wish to express their appreciation of the life and service of ourlate secretary, Miss Elsie McGee, whopassed to her Eternal Home M^y 3,1954. All her life she was a steadfastand faithful worker in the church, andwas an inspiration to all who knew her.She was always going about doing goodin her quiet, humble way. She had beena member of the Beacon Board forTwenty years.***Wanted To know the address ofDoris Ann Grier, so I can mail her theprize she won at Grinnell, Iowa, JuniorContest. I recently learned she is not inCentral Pittsburg Congregation.J. Ralph Wilson, Morning Sun, Iowa.Mrs.NEW YORK CITY: Thursday, November 25 at 10:30 a.m. the annualThanksgiving service was conducted.The NEW CASTLE CONGREGATION was represented at the Seminary"Open House" on November 19 by Rev.Harold Harrington, Zoe and Ena Cover,Gloria McCreary, and Robert Kennedy.UNION, MARS, PA., had the privilegeof hearing Lincentiate Paul Robb ofthe Seminary and Dr. J. Renwick Patterson, executive secretaryof the National Reform Association on the second and third Sabbaths of October. Onthese Sabbaths Dr. Elliott was assistingat communion at Central Pittsburgh andGeneva congregations.NEW ALEXANDRIA : On the eveningof Nov. 2, the Alva Jack MissionarySociety and the W.M.S. held a jointThankoffering Meeting in the Church.Miss Orlena Lynn, on furlough fromJapan, gave a very interesting talk onthe work there. She also showed pictures of the workers and many scenes.She answered numerous questions concerning the work.Lunch was servedafter the meeting. Mrs. J. W. Steel entertained Miss Lynn.CLARINDA: Justin Shackelford wasunited in marriage to Miss MarthaWolf at the Baptist church in Clearmont,Mo., on the eveningof Nov. 20.OLATHE: The annual Thank Offering Meeting of the W.M.S. and theY.W.M.S. was held Wednesday night,November 17.The meeting was preceded by a bountiful "covered-dish" supper at which time Miss Blanche McCreaand Miss Odessa McClellan were ourguests. Mrs. Charles McBurney led theDevotional Period which was followedbya short program by the childrenunder the leadership of Mrs. Harvey McGee, as taken from Mrs. Anna Mc-Kelvy's book, "Taught of the Lord." Wewere very happy to have Miss BlancheMcCrea with us on this occasion andto hear the recording of the Christiantestimonials of some of the young people in Nicosia and to see the pictures.Our combined Thank Offering was$166.50.CAMBRIDGE: The Sacraments of theLord's Supper were observed by Rev. D.I. Robb October 24 following a week ofinspirational preparatory services.Duringthe Friday evening services preceding367