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Falls, Pa., Wednesday, November 2.Speakers are : Raymond Joseph, ArmourMcFarland, and James Nye.The second service of this series willbe at the New Alexandria Church, Wednesday, November 9. The speakers, Donald Felker, Robert Fullerton, and Robert McCracken.Each year the Seminaryplans a special series of lectures or discussions onsome subject of vital interest to thechurch. In November, Mr. Charles McBurney has been invited to lead indiscussions centering in the subject:"The Pastor and the Praise Service."He will meet with the Seminary students three class sessions. On Thursdayevening, November 3, there will be aPsalm Leadership Clinic at the Seminary, for all percenters, choir directors,and others interested in improving thesinging of the Psalms in congregationalworship. Mr. McBurney will also bepresent to participate in the Presbyterial Psalm Festival inthe AlleghenyChurch on the following Friday evening,November 4.The Annual SeminaryReception andOpen House will be on Friday evening,November 18. A cordial invitation isgiven to all to attend.WALTON, NEW YORKOur pastor, Rev. J. A. Hill was absentthe first three Sabbaths of August onvacation. On August 7, Rev. RobertHenning of the New York congregationpreached for us. He was accompanied byhis youngest son Carl. On August 14,Rev. Walter Magee of Goshen preachedacceptably. He was accompanied by hisfamily and they were dinner guests ofDr. and Mrs. Walter Eells. On August21 many members were present at worship services at White Lake CovenanterCamp where Mr. Hill preached thatday.Misses Laura Boye arid Donna Henderson served as counselors at WhiteLake Junior Camp. The Junior Campattracted a large group from Walton, including : John Gilchrist, Hartley Russell,Robert and Kenneth Eells, Bruce Henderson, Nancy and Billy Henderson,Janet Boye, Holly and Agnes Puffer.Welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elwood who have arrived from Germany.Mrs. Elwood is the former Miss ErikaSchweigert of Berlin, Germany. TheWalton Missionary Guild held a Kitchenshower in their honor at the home ofMr. and Mrs. Thomas Henderson.Miss Isabelle Crawford of Third Philadelphia spent two weeks in the home ofMrs. W. M. Robb and was a welcomevisitor at our Bible school picnic heldat Bassett Park on the Saturday beforeLabor Day.254Dr. Walter E.Eells has completedtwenty-five years of service to Waltoncommunity as a physician.Miss Joan Adams was elected vicepresident of the Senior class at WaltonCentral School.The Walton church was host to visitors from White Lake, Newburgh, andMontclair, N. J., on the evening of September 9 for a Psalm Sing. The themecarried out in melody was "The Churchin the Psalms." A social hour was heldin the Prayer Meeting room afterwards.Mr. and Mrs. Victor Lynn of WhiteLake and Dr. and Mrs. Walter Eellswere celebrating a wedding anniversarythat evening.The C.Y.P.U. has recently begun aseries of Bible studies obtained from theoffice of Home Mission secretary, Dr.Remo Robb.The Trustee-Deacon Board has ordered 60 new folding chairs, which willbe a fine addition to our present furnishings.The large porch at the parsonage isbeing repaired and should be finishedsoon. The ceiling in the pastor's studyhad to be replaced recently, after alarge section of plaster fell.Dr. J. Renwick Patterson spoke inour church on September 25 on behalfof the National Reform Association.His subject was "The Scourge of Alcoholism."amounted to $48.The special offering takenThe Promotion Day program incharge of Miss Blanche Gilchrist washeld on September 25. Several classesof well-trained boys and girls gave us ademonstration of their knowledge of theBible.Mr. and Mrs. Millard Russell tooktheir son, John, also Wendell and WayneSpear, to Geneva on September 12. Theywere overnight guests of Dr. and Mrs.Frank Lathom, returning to WaltonTuesday.Dr. and Mrs. Frank Lathom of BeaverFalls visited recently in Walton. Mrs.Lathom stayed with the Millard Russell's while Mr. Lathom went to Barnet,Vermont, to assist in Communion.Walton congregation was againshocked and saddened with the suddendeath of Miss Blanche Calhoun, R.N.She died after a heart attack while onduty as head nurse at the DelawareValley Hospital in Walton. She had beena resident of Walton for the last twelveyears. She was born March 30, 1900 inAndes and died September 30, 1955. Shewas a member of the Walton ReformedPresbyterian church, the MissionaryGuild, and the American Nurses Association. She was a director of the NewYork State Nurses Association. She issurvived by her aged mother, threebrothers and two sisters.Her funeral was held in the church onMonday, October 3, with the Rev. J. A.Hill conducting the service. Nurses ofthe Delaware Valley Hospital and SmithHospital attended the service in a body,nurses'dressed in their uniforms. Burial was in the Andes cemetery.GENEVA COLLEGEDr. Charles M. Lee, president ofGeneva College, has been appointed amember of the National Association ofIntercollegiate Athletics Presidents' Advisory committee. The selection was announced by E. D. Fish, Emporia, Kans.,president of the NAIA.The committee will serve in an advisory capacity to the NAIA Executivecommittee in all matters of policy affecting the conduct of NAIA. It willgive special consideration to the problem of assuring sound educational standards for the adoption of rules and regulations and shall make recommendations on measures to be considered foradoption.The Presidents' committee will meetwith the Executive committee eachyear. The two groups will discuss theproblems of building and improvinga sound and active intercollegiate athletics program at each of the approximately 450 member institutions of theNAIA.Geneva has represented District 30in the national NAIA basketball tourney at Kansas City the past threeyears.Dr. and Mrs. J. Laurence Coon, Brodheadroad, Aliquippa, have been namedco-chairmen of the 1955 Homecomingcelebration at Geneva College.Both Mr. and Mrs. Coon are Genevagraduates. Dr. Coon, son of Dr. andMrs. Philip L. Coon, head of the chemistry department at the College was graduated in 1940. His wife, the formerGrace Harsh, was graduated in 1941.The festivities, scheduled for theweekend of October 21-22, will be highlighted by the football game with Westminster, Saturday afternoon, October22. The long-time rivals will meet inGeneva's Reeves field with the kickoffat 2:15 p.m.Preceding the football clash, theGenevastudent body will hold theirtraditional float parade through BeaverFalls and to the stadium. An informalreception will follow the game, and theannual Geneva alumni supper will beserved buffet style in Johnston gym at6 p.m.The dormitories at the College willhold open house Friday evening.BELLE CENTER BULLETINTwenty-fourBelle Center membersenjoyed a fine day offellowship withRev. and Mrs. W. J. Sanderson, Mr. andCOVENANTER WITNESS