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Y.; Jim Pennington, Beaver Falls, Pa.;Barbara Huston, Winchester, Kans.;and Georgia Wilson, of Stafford. Theirwork was appreciated.Miss Ruth Stoltzfuss, who has beenMacCle-visiting her sisters Mmes. Lucyment, Selina Beckett,and Elsie Wilkey,returned to San Antonio, Texas,and wasmarried July 27 to Rev. Ervin I. Dresh,missionary to the Mexicans. Anothersister, Mrs. Coleman, is visiting inSterling.Mrs. Olive McNeil and Mrs. CarrieYoung plan to attend the National W.C.T.U. Convention in Long Beach, California starting August 22. They alsohope to visit Mrs. Young's sister, Viola(Mrs. A. C. Wiley), of Santa Ana.Robert president ofMcFarland, Forest Park Camp, spent the weekend ofJuly 31 in Topeka completing conferenceplans.Mr. and Mrs. Allen Linticum andCorajean of Longview, Washington.visited friends and worshiped with us recently. Mrs. Blanche Cunningham heldopen-house in their honor.MONTCLAnt, NEW JERSEYSabbath moming May 29 we countedit a privilege to hear of our work atthe Indian Mission from the Rev. andMrs. D. C. Ward. At the same serviceRev. Ward had the pleasure of baptizing their son Don's baby. They werevisiting their daughter, Mrs. Jane Reynolds and family in Tenafly.Those attending New York Presbyterial in Cambridge in May were; MesdamesT. M. Slater, Luther McFarland,Ethel Ferry, Arthur Marsters, JamesBeatty, and Florence Chaffee.Congratulations to our Graduates. Wehave three Geneva Collegegraduatesthis year, Wendell McBurney, MarionMeFarland and Thomas Park. DonaldMcBurney graduated from High Schoolin the upper fourth of his class. FaithMcBurneygraduated from the eighthgrade and Diane Messa from the ninthgrade. Jean Messa was elected President of the student council in her Junior High School.Captain and Mrs. T. H. Park; Mr. andMrs. John Park; Mrs. T. M. Slater:Mr. and Mrs. Edwin McBurney, Donald and Faith; Rev. and Mrs. LutherMcFarland and Gene went to BeaverFalls for the Alumni banquet and Baccalaureate as well as the Graduationexercises. Tuesday noon theyed special family gatherings.all attendRev. McFarland's and Mrs. Slater remained in Beaver Falls for Synod. MaryJane Park returned home with her parents, for the summer, after her firstyear in Geneva. Gene McFarland andTom Park are attending summer schoolat Geneva. Wendell McBurney and Mar-August 10, 1955ion McFarland are working; Marion isin an office of the U. S. Steel Co. nearPittsburgh; he plans to attend our Seminary this fall.Rev. and Mrs. McFarland were counselors at State W.C.T.U. summer campfor the Y.T.C. held in Peddie Schoolnear Trenton June 21 through 23. Mrs.Ella Pritchard Christner, the StatePresident, was the director.Our annual S. S. picnic was held atEagle Rock, July 9. Though a few wereaway on vacations we had a good attendance and a good time.July 12 Mrs. H. T. Hunter, with Mrs.J. A. Beatty co-hostess, very graciouslyentertained the W.M.S. in her home.The Montclair congregation was happy to welcome the Rev. Herbert Haysand family, Sabbath July 17, on theirreturn home after seven years in Syria.Since they docked just the day beforewe appreciated Mr. Hays bringing themorning message. They arrived on theRyndam at eight o'clock Saturday andwere met by his brother and wife, Mr.and Mrs. Robert Hays, the McFarlandsand others.Attending the Inter-State W.C.T.U.Inspirational Conference at OceanGrove in July were Mr. and Mrs. PaulChristner, Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Ferry,Mr. and Mrs. Luther McFarland andMrs. Elsie Voeste.Recent visitors have been Mr.andMrs. Abbott Cutter, Mr. and Mrs. RusselFaris and David; Mrs. Warnock,in her sister Mrs. Hagmann's home;also Mrs. Paul Wilson, in the JohnPark home.Mrs. Arthur Marsters is spending thesummer in Nova Scotia. Mr. Marstersand Russel have both spent some timethere.Mrs. H. T. Hunter, Mary and Elizabeth spent ten days with relatives inMercer, Pa. and Indiana.Mr. E. H. McBurney, Donald andFaith, went the last of June, to Quinter, Ks., for the wedding of Mr. Mc-Burney's niece. They brought back withthem, Mrs. G. R. McBurneywho willvisit for some time with her son andfamily.Capt. and Mrs. Thomas Park andMary spent ten days with the John Allen's of Pittsburgh, at their cabin onLake Erie, near Sandusky, Ohio. OnSabbath July 17 they attended servicesin Belle Center, Ohio and visited in theJ. D. McClure and Roy Templetonhomes.Mrs. T. M. Slater is going to spenda few weeks in her old home at Sterling,New York. Mr. and Mrs. N. Hagmannvisited Mrs. Hagmann's relatives inBoston recently.Miss Eleanor Boyd left in May for anextended tour of Europe. She has visitedFrance, Switzerland, Italy, Germanyand Holland up to the time of this writing and intends to go to Norway andSweden before returning home in October. She is greatly missed by the congregation..FOREST PARK CONFERENCEThere are many special features whichare planned just for you. We want youto come and enjoy the many times offellowship and fun which we know areahead for all who come to the ForestPark Conference. If possible, come tothe camp for the full week; you'll neverbe sorry you did. But if circumstanceswill not permit your coming for fulltime, try to come for some of the special evening meetings. The schedule forthese follows:Monday evening: Get together andmixerzTuesday evening: Outside speaker,Dr. S. Bruce WilsonWednesday evening: The Geneva andSeminary Program.Thursday evening: The life of AlJohnson, the converted bank robber. Hewill be there in person, with the movieof his life before and after he becamea Christian.Friday evening: Waldron Scott of theNavigator Staff will be the specialspeaker. He has worked in our missionin Latakia, Cyprus, and has many interesting experiences to share with us.Saturday evening: The preparatoryservice with Dr. Mac Robb preaching.Sabbath morning: Mac Robb will havethe consecration service, which is theoutstanding service of the conference.Why not include some of these evenings on your calendar? We're expecting you, and will be seeing you in onlytwo weeks!LAKE RENO, MINN.Mr. and Mrs. George Blair are thehappy parents of a son Mark John bornJune 23. He came to church when hewas two and one-half weeks old and toW.M.S. at three weeks of age.Roberta and Mikey Elsey and EileenMcCrory have won their awards in recent weeks by memorizing the ShorterCatechism. Eileen, twelve years old,youngest member of the class, learnedwell the 107 answers in three and onehalfmonths.A successful DVBS was held in ourchurch June 20-July 1. Of the 41 pupilsenrolled, one-half were from our church.There were few absences, interest wasgood, and teachers felt prayers werebeing answered as they met in an opening prayer group each morning. A largecrowdattended the closing program.The three who carried the main teachingprogram were : Mrs.Phoebe Blair,95