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October 29, 19r3. A FAMILY PAPER, 11
NEW ALEXANDRIA, PA.
In the absence of our pastor, who
is taliing a rest for his health, our
commumon will be held by Prof. J.
Jl (Coleman, of Beaver Falls, Oct, 19,
Our Young People's study class met
last month at the home of Mr. and
Mrs, Wm. McFarland, near Latrobe.
After class, a pleasant time was spent
in different amusements. During the
evening, an elaborate and substantial
lunch was served by our hostess, who
excels in that line. All departed, feelingit
was good to be there.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Brown, of Pittslinrgh,
worshipped with us Sabbath,
Oct. 4, . _ 1
Our congregation contributed $80.00
to Science Hall in Geneva College.
We feel rather lonesome since so
many of our young folios have gone
\)iek to work. Marguerite Steel, Albert
McFarland and Carlyle Beattie have
gone to Geneva again; Misses ilary
and Clara Beatt e teach in Greeasburg;
Laura Duffield, near ilcKeesport;
Laura McClure in Claridge; Del l\lc-
Clure in Jamison No. 3; Geo, McFarland,
Baggley, near Latrobe; Teresa
Beattie in our home school; Miss Margaret
O'Brien teaches No, S.
Miss Violet Cannon is visiting her
sister, Mrs. S. M, Steel,
We are pleased to note Mrs. Mary
Beattie is able to worship with us
again.
We regret to say we have the Sunday
train and Sunday newspaper in
our little town,
Mr, Andrew Brown and Mr. Oliver
Beattie are building a house for Mr, J.
B. Steel on his farm in Hannahstowu.
Mr. and Mrs, R. A. Steel of Pittsbugh,
and niece. Miss Agnes Coleman,
of California, and Miss Margaret Porter,
motored down and were the
guests of Mr, and Mrs. Wm, Porter,
at Hedge Home,
REGINA, CANADA.
We have had fine weather here all
summer, We have not suffered with
either heat or drough, damaging
frosts or snow. Thrashing is progressing
rapidly, quality and yield of grain
is good.
IVIr, and Mrs, D, C, Patterson and
(laughter, Claire, of Belle Center, O..
visited with our pastor's family and
other friends here on their way to the
Pacific Coast.
Walter Bell, who was operated on
a short t'me ago for appendicitis, is
3t>Ie to assume light manual duties;
also Mrs. Delia C, Wilmot, who was
operated on for the same trouble, is
^Me to return to her home and is
"uproTing nicely.
Elder J, Muirhead has been absent
for a few Sabbaths, looking after his
Wm interests at Gull Lake, and has
"sen greatly missed by all.
Cleo, Chamber's mother-in-law, Mrs.
McCullough, and her daughter. Ruby,
«id son. Rev, w. J. McCullough, from
Pwomoke, Md., have heen spending
5 few weelfs with friends here,
^rs. A, J. :gtewart and daughter,
^^^'e. of Washington, Iowa, have
f^ei visiting at the home of her
'laughter, Mrs, Russel Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W, Edgar have returned
from their trip abroad, feeling
refreshed after their vacation, and are
enjoying the hospitality of Mr, Edgar's
old home, from which he had
been absent eight years.
Our pastor, Mr. Reed, is absent assisting
at communion. Rev, T. M. Slater
at Seattle, Sept. 28; Rev. P. D, Frazier,
Portland, Ore,, Oct., 5, and Rev,
G. W. Greer, Santa Ana, Cal,, Oct.
12, and attend ng the meeting of Presbytery,
Oct. 13,
Mr. S, D. Tiblset, of Hopkinton, la.,
has been vis ting at the home of Mr.
Thos. Chambers, We are glad to hear
our Winnipeg brethren are receiving
the services of Rev, F, E, AUen for a
tew Sabbaths, It is also gratifying to
us that one by one of our brethren
are beginning to realize the distance
is not so great, the cold not so severe,
and the foreign element not so
dangerous as was anticipated.
OAKDALE, ILL,
The L. M. S. held its regular meeting
Thursday, September llth. Interesting
reports were given by our
delegates of the Presbyterial meeting
at Bloomington, Ind,, on the third
of September. Mrs. J. W. Torrens,
Miss Edith Boyd, and Mrs. Lou K.
Auld, attended from our society. The
officers for the year in our society
are: President, Mrs, Flora Thompson;
vice-president. Miss Edith Boyd;
recording secretary. Miss Eva Murray,
and treasurer, Mrs, Lizzie Carson.
Miss Jane P per represents our congi
egation in the Sparta High School
this year, Oscar Floyd and Ringo
McClay, Roy Floyd and Bessie Carson
and Loyd Torrens are attending Nashville
High School,
Good rains have visited tliis section
and cooler weather prevails. Farmers
are busy preparing the soil for the
fall wheat crop.
Several delegates for the C. E. attended
the Young People's Presbyterial
convention at Coulterville in
August, Mrs, Jennie Davis and two
daughters, of Princeton, Ind., spent
several days visiting at Oakdale, after
the convention.
Southern Illinois Presbytery met in
Coulterville Church, the first Wednobday
of September, Mr, Bert McElhinney's
trials for licensure were
heard and those who attended from
this congregation are proud to acknowledge
that he was once one of
us, by baptism.
Rev, J. S, Martin gave us a very
forceful and convincing lecture the
first Sabbath of September, on the
IBible in the schools, Illinois, by action
of the Supreme Court, has authorized
it put out of the schools. It behooves
us to take heed thereto. From
this place he went to Coulterville.
then to Sparta, on the same mission,
Mrs, .lames Sloane and Mrs. M, A,
Gault attended services in Sparta,
Sabbath, the fourteenth of September,
Mr. and Mrs, Thomas M'cLean and
Mr, and Mrs. James Hood attende!
the funeral of an old-time friend and
neighbor, at Coulterville, recently.
OLATHE, KANSAS,
On October 9th occurred the death
of .Miss Nettie Thompson, a beloved
member of Olathe congregation, at the
home of her brother in South Dakota,
vhere she had been taken, in the hope
that the change mght benefit her
health.
Her last illness extended over a
year, and though her suffering was
great, it was borne with marked
patience and Christian fortitude. Funeral
services were conducted at the
church on Sabbath afternoon, October
12th by Dr. McConnell, a United Presbyterian
minister ot St, Joe, Mo, His
text: "For me to Lve in Christ, and
to die is gain," was especially appropriate
to the beautiful life and character
of Miss Thompson, who has left
behind her a noble example, and a
precious memory,
•Mrs, Elizabeth Hutcheson, who lives
with her son, S, R, Hutcheson, east of
town, had a serious fall on October
llth, which resulted In a fracture of
the hip. At the time of the accident,
she was visiting at the home of her
daughter, Mrs, McClellan, west of
town. Her great age and feeble condition
render her sufferings doubly
liard,
Mr, J, M, IWilligan had the misfortune
recently, to fall from the loft of
his barn, breaking three ribs, and
receiving severe bruises,
September 21st being Temperance
Day in the Sabbath School, our superintendent,
Mr, W, E, Wright, put
' j : j
the Sabbath School hour in charge of
the W. C. T. U, ladies of the congregation,
instead of the usual study,
the following program was given with
Mrs. J, M. Milligan as chairman:
Short talk, "General Temperance
News," by Mrs, J, M, Milligan, "Temperance
Statistics," by Mrs, Jas, R.
Wi'son. Paper, "Recent Legislative
Victories for Temperance," by Mrs,
Robert HemphiU. Paper, "Tobacco
and Cigarettes," prepared by Mrs, E,
R. McElroy, and read by Mrs, Sterrett
McElroy, Paper, "Encouragements in
the Work," by Mrs, W, S, Mtchell,
Short talk, Mrs. Wm, Cook, Paper,
"Y'our Part," IMrs, James Lawson,
CAMBRIDGE, MASS,
Our congregational roll contains 75
names.
Our Fall communion, held Oct, 12th,
was unusual in many respects. The
attendance was remarltably good at all
the services and the collection at the
mornng service was the largest ever
taken at a service in our church.
Our pastor was assister by Dr, H, H,
George, wlio preached to us with remarkable
power, in spite of the fact
that he was in poor health,
Mrs, George gave a very interestin-j
temperance address to the Young Peo
pie's meeting and was listened to by
the largest number that ever attendsd
a Y'oung People's meeting in our
church,
Er, George's last message to our
peo lie was in the form of a req-.ie t
to fo m a little "catch my pal" movement,
eve'y member takng the responsibility
to bring another one into
the church during the next year. He
promised to come back and help us
celebrate "he event if we could bring
in at least 15 or 20 in a years time.
On preparatory Sabbath, our pastor
baptised Mary Adelaide Olive, daughter
of the late Mrs, Adelaide McFall,
Olive and William Watson Stewart,
son of .Mr. and Mrs. Wm, C. Stewart.
The service was very impressive.
Miss Hannah Carson was operated
on for acute appendicitis Oct. 13th.
Although she was seriously ill for a
few days the prospects for an early
recovery are now more hopeful.
Our pastor is preaching an interesting
series of sermons on our Responsibility
toward the Immigrant,
Our session has authorized the preparing
of a history of the Covenanter
Church in Massachusetts.
Any who have interesting datr. or information
of any kind that would help
in this work are urged to send it to
George E, Elder, 31 1-2 Antrim street,
Cambridge, Mass,
We wouM like 2nd New York to
give us, through the Nation, the details
that led up to such a successful
Rally Day in their Sabbath school on
Oct, Sth,
WHITE COTTAGE, OHIO,
Miss Marjorie George is attending
Muskingum College,'
Our church picnic ths year was a
mammoth affair. Many came from
Utica and New Concord, and with our
own people made nearly three hundred
and the dinner embraced every
good thing anyone could mention, our
own people furnishing the ice cream.
It was a day long to be remembered.
The Ladies' Missionary Society held
an all day meeting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs, William Thompson, A
fine program was carried out. Miss
Eva Thompson wrote on our Mission
in China, Miss Lena McFarland on
our Cyprus IMisson and Miss Ethel
lhom.pson cn Southern Mission,
Mr, and Mrs, Jesse George of our
congregation are riding to 'church in
a fine new auto.
Mrs, Calvin George has had a most
pleasant reunion of her people this
summer. One brother from Kansas
and si5ter from New Y'ork, whom she
had not seen for many years, and other
relatives visited her at the same
time.
Cur communion will be held the
fourth Sabbath of Oct.
Mr, Eavid Gladstone has been able
to be at church once recently, but is
finite feeble at this writing,
Mr. and Mrs, Chalmers George, of
Pittsburgh, are visiting relatives in
this congregation.
Mis3 Esther Thompson, of White
Cottage, is attending High School at
Zaresville,
Mrs, G, K. McFarland has returned
from a pleasant visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Walter Spencer, of Frazenburg.
Misses Eva and Rose Thompson
have had as their guest. Miss Grace
l\'ccn, of New Lexington,