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ples'DELIGHTFUL GUESTS in Coldenham last summer, at Various times wereRev. Khalil Awad, the Misses Helen andFlorence Fattal, and Eunice McClurkin,and Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Sanderson, ofLatakia, Syria. This is no news, ofcourse, but there are still fresh andpleasant memories of these brief visits.On the evening of October 23, we witnessed a very pretty ceremony at theCorner Stone Baptist Church in CAMBRIDGE when Miss Myrtle Gibbs ofWaltham and Mr. Ralph McKeown ofArlington of our Cambridge congregationwere united in marriage. The bride hadthree attendants besides two little flowergirls, and was given away by her father.Her pastor, Rev. Gardner, performed theceremony. A reception was held in thechurch parlor. Their new home is in Lexington. We wish this Christian couplemuch happiness.TOPEKA congregation has been worshiping in the Woman's Club auditoriumsince the sale of their church last August.There was ample seating capacity, 600 or700. We have now moved into the UnitedBrethren Church, 12th and Quincy Sts.which they have loaned to us rent free,pending a possible sale. Very generous ofthem and very convenient for us.On November 16 at 8 p.m. a babyshower was given for Mrs. ThomasSmyth at the home of Mrs. Russell Faris.Amid the "oh's" and "ah's" and "Isn'tthatsweet,"the bassinet was graduallyemptied. We hope before long to be ableto say, "Mother, Father, and Babyareall doingwell."(Cambridge).ESKRIDGE: Rev. and Mrs. Joe Caskey are glad to welcome little Alice Mabel into their family. She was born onSabbath, December 19, at Stormont-VailHospital in Topeka.OAKDALE:The Senior Ladies andthe Willing Hands societiesMissionaryheld their Thankofferingservices at theOakdale Church Tuesday, November 30.Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sanderson of ourSyrian Mission both gave interesting accounts of their work and of the spiritualgrowth of the young people attending theschool there. The Juniors took part in theService with the singing of a psalm, recitation of Bible verses and several exercises. A pot luck supper was held in thechurch basement preceding the service.Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McElhinney donated the dark green shingles for the414MORNING SUN church. Besides puttingthese on the church roof, light greeninsulation shingles were purchased bythe congregation for the outside of theparsonage, and some additional stormwindows. In case you do not know theoccupants of the Manse they are Joe,June, Jennie, Jimmy, Jerel, Janis andJohnie McElroy.REHOBOTH: We were blessed withmore than sufficient crops of all kinds.Lack of help both for house and farmwork compels less stock feeding.OAKDALE:Licentiate Milton Harrington preached for us the first andsecond Sabbaths in December. The congregation appreciated hissages.helpful mesCAMBRIDGE: Two Young People'sgroups recently combined in a VisitationProgram. On the evening of November5, those visited were Miss Rebecca Carson of Medford and Mrs. White of Brattle Street, Cambridge, both of whomseemed to enjoy this kind of a "surpriseparty."Singing, Bible reading, and prayerproved such palatable refreshments,seconds could have been served, hadtime permitted.Aphrodite Trombettas, of French Somaliland,Africa, a senior at GENEVACOLLEGE, is one of six Geneva studentsparticipating in a language-teaching experiment in the Beaver Falls school system. Miss Trombettas, who plans to return to her homeland after graduation inJune 1955, teaches French in the fourthand fifth grades at the Thirty -seventhstreet elementaryschool. The BeaverFalls school system started the experiment last year. French was taught in thefourth grade, and this year Spanish is also taught. During this season of the year,the children learn foreign Christmascarols and other holiday games and customs. The pupils do not have writtenexaminations, and Miss Trombettas seldom writes French on the blackboards.Thechildren learn basic conversation,days of the week, how to tell time, andother practical lessons. The classes meettwice a week and class sessions last ahalf-hour. Miss Trombettas, fourth gradeclass includes 30 pupils, and she has 21in her fifth grade class.senior ischology.The Genevamajoring in Bible and psyCAMBRIDGE: On November 12Women's and Young Women's Missiontheary Societies served a covered dish supper at the church, after which Miss Orlena Lynn gave a vivid account of theexperiences of herself and the other missionaries in Japan. Miss Lynn wasted notime and held the attention of the audience from start to finish. She had appeal, humor, pathos, and down-to-earthfacts of the remarkable way God is leading many into the fold and sustaining thenative and foreign laborers there. If youhave not heard her, do. The offering atthis Thank-offering meeting amountedto $150.00 from the W.M.S. and $77.00from the Missionary Guild.ningThe OAKDALE YoungMarried CouClass met at the church Friday eveDecember 10, fora chili and piesupper. After the meal the light fixturesin the church auditorium and SabbathSchool rooms were cleaned.HOPKINTON: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. G.Dunn have a remarkably fine set of pictures of Bible scenes, and Mrs. Dunnexcelsin her description and presentation of them. They showed them at Hopkinton for the Bible school in the afternoon and in the evening for the congregation and friends on December 13, 1954.MORNING SUN: Elizabeth McElroywill complete her school at Moody BibleInstitute in December and plans to visither brother Rev. J. E. McElroy and family and her father.HOPKINTON: Mr. R. J. McNeill, anelder in the Hopkinton congregation, hasbeen in the hospital at Monticello formore than three weeks as a result of aheart attack. He is somewhat better.OAKDALE: Mr. and Mrs. HaroldAuld visited recently with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. DaleMusselman in Kansas City. On the returntrip they visited with relatives in Clarinda and Morning Sun. Mr. and Mrs.Preston Carson and children have returned from Florida where theythe home of Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Harsh invisited inOrlando. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harsh ofSidney, Ohio, accompanied them on thetrip.REHOBOTH, PA.: SHUT OUT OFCHURCH. That's what we did to thestarlings.They had built a large nestdown from the top of one of the flues.A long hand fire shovel, a longer wirehook, a peck of nest removed, and awrapping of one inch mesh poultry netting around the flues solved the problem.Two boys from the OAKDALE Congregation have returned to the UnitedStates after having completed their timeoverseas.They are Paul Auld, son of Mr.and Mrs. Ward Ault, and Larry McClay,son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McClay.COVENANTER WITNESS