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Welcome
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Neighbor!
M. S. M.
“If from cherished child
hood scenes
Fate and fortune have
brought you here,
And your heart still home
ward leans;
Remember — New friends
with time grow dear.
Your joys, your SOrrows are
of ours a part,
So, help us to know you
that we may share
This experience of L:fe,
with open heart;
Welcome Neighbor! We're
glad you are here.”
There is something a little
special in the privilege of wel
coming our native sons and dau=-
ghters; and such is the case with
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L, Kinman,
for Mrs. Kinman a Covington na=-
tive, is the former Jeanette Rem
ley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. M, Remley. They returnfrom
Colorado Springs, C 01.,, where
Mr, Kinman was stationed after
returning from Vietnam, where
he was wounded. They are now
at home at 3126 Mill St.
Mrs, Kinman is a water sports
enthusiast, with skiing topping
her list of hobbies, She also
enjoys hunting, fishing and
spectator sports, Mr, Kinman,
an Athens native, is with C, R.
Bard Company. He shares his
wife’s interest in skiing, and is
an avid sports fan, with outdoor
sports predominating.
We feel a little apologetic
about the ‘¢cold reception’ Old
Man Winter has extended the
Gary R, Deßemers and their
little 19 months old Kevin; for
they come from warm and col
orful Miami, in the Sunshine
State-of Florida. However, we
can assure them their welcome
in our midst remains warm and
sincere despite the snowand fri
gid antics of Winter. They re
side on the Dixie-Starrsville
road.
Mrs. Deßemer, a native of
Miami, loves homemaking, and
finds bowling, reading and spec=-
tator sports relaxing hobbies.
Mr. Deßemer, a Columbus, O.
native, also enjoys bowling; and
is keenly interested in the field
of politics, He is affiliated with
UNIVAC with headquarters in At
lanta,
We are indebted to Hercules
for bringing us Mr. and Mrs.
James G, Smith, who have re
cently arrived from Brunswick
to make their home at 3156 Floyd
St.
Mrs. Smith, a Perry native,
is one of those versatile young
matrons who combine business
with pleasure, by filling dual
roles of homemaker and secre=
tary at Hercules. Cooking is
her favorite labor of love; and
water sports and club work are
among her hobbies. She is a
member of the Jaycettes, Mr.
Smith, also a Perry native, is a
production foreman at Hercules.
An active, Jaycee, he names golf
and fishing as his most interest
ing hobbies. The Smiths will be
welcome members of the Metho=
dist congregation.
We join other Newton Coun
tians in cordially welcoming
these new residents, who will be
valued additions to the churches
of their choice; neighborhoods;
school, civic and social groups
which will be enriched by their
contributions.
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Mr, and Mrs, Trent (Skippy)
Costley announce the arrival
of a daughter, Susanne Larrie,
on November the Ist at Newton
County Hospital, Larrie’s mo
ther is the former Susan Mayo.
Her maternal grandparents are
Mr, and Mrs. Paul Mayo of San
dersville, Her paternal grand
parents are Mr, and Mrs, John
Virgil Costley Sr., of Oxford,
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Mr, and Mrs, James H, (Jim)
~ Dunn announce the arrival of a
son ‘James Carliss born Novem-=
ber 7, at Newton County Hospital.
The grandparents are Mrs,
Robert Bush of Covington and
Mrs, W, H, Dunn of Clayton,
Alabama,
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Covington Chapter 337 Order
of the Eastern Star will meet
tonight at the Masonic Hall at
8 p,m, District Grand Deputies
will be honored along with Friends
Night, All members are urged
to attend,
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Mr. And Mrs. Spillers Feted By
Family On 25th Wedding Anniversary
The Fellowship Hall of Coving=
ton First Baptist Church formed
the appropriate setting on Sunday
afternoon, for a reception given
by Mr, and Mrs, Alva Spillers,
Mr, and Mrs, G, C, Moseley,
and Mr, and Mrs. Cloud Aber
nathy, honoring Mr, and Mrs,
Alva Otis Spillers upon the oc
casion of their twenty-fifth wedd
ing anniversary,
A mass arrangement of emer
ald fern fronds in a white fern
stand was used effectively in the
foyer, The guest book table
was overlaid with embroidered
white linen, apd garnished with
corner rosettes of pink and sil
ver lace ribbon, A silver vase
of pink carnations and a feather
staffed pen lent decorative in
terest on the table, where Mrs,
Louis Davis, wearing a royal
blue crepe shaft, with flowing
chiffon sleeves banded at the
wrist, and white carnation cor
sage, kept the guest book,
Mrs, Spillers, honoree, chose
a theatre suit in turquoise silk,
with jewelled buttons, with which
she wore a corsage of whitecar
nations with miniature numerals
“25" in silver glitter, Receiving
with the honor guests were Mr,
and Mrs, Moseley who wore a
blue silk linen model with floral
embroidery emphasizing the em
pire bodice, and Mr, and Mrs,
Alva Spillers, wearing a navy
skimmer in crepe. Both ladies
wore white carnation corsages,
For the occasion, Mrs, Abernathy
chose a satin brocade model in
capri blue,
The three tiered, white embos
sed anniversary cake, with spun
sugar rosebuds and basenet ruff,
was topped with silver numerals
“25%?; and formed the center
piece of a table covered with
hemstitched white linen, Flank
ing three branch, silver cande
labra of white tapers, garnished
with pink carnation nosegays;
pink and silver corner rosettes
centered with small white
wedding bells, and napkins with
the date and anniversary pair’s
names inscribed in silver, furt
her keynoted the nuptial theme,
Mrs, John Jernigan, wearing a
canary crepe with jewelled man
darin neckline and sleeves, with
a white carnation corsage,assis
ted in serving the cake,
Mrs, Herbert Vining, whowore
a two piece costume in mint
green silk, with lace appliques
trimming the bodice, and Mrs,
Dan Clower in a mauve lace
over satin model, assisted in
serving at the refreshment table
centered with an artistic arran
gement of pink carnations and
white snowflake chrysanthe
mums, interspersed with fern
Newborn WSCS Gives Offering To
Missionary In Brazil For Church
The Women’s Society of Chris
tian Service of the Newborn
United Methodist Church met
Wednesday afternoon in the
fellowship hall of the church.
Mrs, T, W, Binford, President,
called the meeting to order, The
song ‘I Would Be True”
was sung, Mrs, D, W, Loyd led
in prayer, Mrs, R, D, Murelle
read the minutes, Miss Mellie
Pitts, treasurer, gave the finan
cial report, Dues were collected,
The president welcomed the
members and the Starrsville
Engagement Os Miss Stone And
Mr. Perkins Announced Today
Mrs. Louise Stone of Tampa,
Florida announces the engage
ment of her daughter, Freida
Louise Stone, to Richard Louis
Perkins, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. David G, Perkins, Jr., of
Clearwater, Florida. Miss Stone
is the daughter of Raybun Fred
rick Stone, Sr. of Forest Park.
The bride-elect is a native of
Macon and is the granddaughter
of Mrs. J. O, Wilson and the late
Mr. Wilson of Covington, Sheisa
graduate of Hillsborough High Sc
hool at Tampa, and a student at
Santa Fe Junior College at
Gainesville, Florida, where she
will graduate in the March class
of 1969.
Mr. Perkins is a graduate of
Clearwater High School and will
also graduate from Sante Fe
Junior College in March 1969.
The wedding will take place on
January 18, at 7:30 o’clock at the
Woman’s Missionary Society Group
Met At Church On November 4th
The Lucy Wright Woman’s
Missionary Society of the First
Baptist Church met November 4,
in the assembly room of the ch
urch. Mrs. J. W. Alexander
opened the meeting with the
group singing of ‘‘We’ve a Story
to Tell”, followed with prayer
and the welcoming of the 13
members present.
Mrs. R, L. Prather gave the
devotional from Rev, 8:8-11, fol
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Mr. and Mrs, Otis Spillers
tips. The silver coffee service,
silver punch bowl, silvertrays of
cheese wafers, bonbon dishes of
mints and toasted nuts, and cor
ner rosettes of pink and silver
ribbon, centered with miniature
wedding bells, perfected the at-
Wesleyan Service Guild
Held November 5 Meeting
The regular monthly meeting
of the Wesleyan Service Guild
was held at the Church on Nov.
5, 1968 at 8 p. m. with Mrs.
Mary Frances Wofford , Mrs.
Lois Smith and Mrs, Joe Hay=-
more as hostesses. There were
18 members present, one visitor
and one new member, Mrs. Val=
ma Davis. The social half hour
was given with refreshments at
the beginning. The meeting was
opened with prayer by the pre=-
sident, Mrs. Tom Freeman and
followed by business. Reports
from the various officers were
heard and Mrs. Freemanthanked
all the members who participated
in the Charter meeting held in
October.
Under items of discussion a
letter was read from the Ethel
Harpst Home of Cedartown tel
ling us that the child the Guild
had sponsored for several years
had left the home to live with
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WSCS who met with them,
She thanked the committee who
prepared for the meeting,
The group voted to send Rev,
Wrightley who is a missionary
in Brazil, an offering to help
build a church there,
A report was given on the
cards and rememberances sent
the sick and shut-ins,
Following the meeting a baz
aar was given to Mrs, Gray Hin
ton who sold the items,
Punch and cookies were served
by the refreshment committee,
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lowed by prayer. Mrs. E, W,
Allen read the minutes of the
October meeting. Mrs. A. D.
Barnett was in charge of the
program study on Preshyterians
and Lutherians, Other Ways and
Other Patterns. Participatingon
the program were Mrs, John Bush
and Mrs, Jim Harris, World Day
of Prayer was observed with Mrs,
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tractive appointments, Those
assisting in serving, wore white
carnation corsages.
Some one hundred friends, of
the anniversary couple were in
cluded in the reception’s guest
list,
her family again and that we
could obtan the name of another
child. For this year our group
will send a check to the home to
be used where most needed and
then we will select a child.
Several names were mentioned
as being bereaved and ill to be
given to the sunshine chairman.
Several dates in the future given
by Mrs. Freeman for the Guild
to remember. A time change
from 8 to 7:30 was set up for
our future meeting with the ex=
ception of December, which will
be a covered dish supper at the
church at 7 p. m, with families
or friends of the Guild being
guests. Mrs. Freeman and Caro=
lyn Watson hostesses. Each
member was asked to bring a
gift for a shut-in shower.
The Call to Worship was gi=-
ven by Mrs. Fred Harwell, Spi
ritual Life Chairman followed by
a talk on prayer and self-de=
nial theme by Mrs. M. H. Wag=
goner. She stated that there are
9 points that our church women
support by their gifts at this
time and she chose Vashti School
for Girls at Thomasville, Ga.
and gave some points about how
this very important school is con
ducted and some of the girls
attending. It is for girls with
problems and those that have bro=-
ken homes. Then followed acol=-
lection for the school, and other
educational work so that others
may also have an abundant life,
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Pilot Club
Met Thursday
The Pilot Club of Covington
held its regular monthly meet=
ing Thursday evening, November
7, in the Educational Building of
the First Baptist Church. The
Pilots had as their guests the
Pilots and Co-Pilots of Mon=
roe and Conyers and from the
Hercules Plant were Mr. Win=
ston Conway, Area Supervisor,
and Mrs. Conway; Mr. Maynard
Kessinger, Production Superin
tendent, and Mrs, Kessinger; Mr.
Malcolm Kessinger, Personnel
Supervisor and Mrs. Kessinger,
Everyone enjoyed a delicious
box supper servedby the Finance
Committee, Mrs, Neal Banks,
Chairman; Mrs. Hugh Harris,
Miss Ruth Parker and Mrs. Jack
Allen,
Mrs., Neal Banks introduced
the guest speaker, Mr. Malcom
Kessinger; Personnel Bupervi
sor of the Hercules Plant, Mr,
Kessinger spoke to the Club on
The Hercules Plant and invited
everyone to be hisguest onatour
of the Plant,
On arrival at the Plant the
guests were divided into three
groups with Mr, Winston Con=
way, Mr. Malcolm Kessinger
and Mr, Maynard Kessinger ser=
ving as tour guides. The tour
was most interesting and in=
formative. Much was learned
about the manufacturing of the
fiber that goes into the making
of Herculon Carpet. The mach=
inery was seen in operation and
also boxing for shipment. The
Plant is very large and is the
tallest building in Covington.
From the roof you are able to
see for miles and at night it was
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Miss Ellis
Honored
Miss Zora Ellis, Talladega.
Alabama, house guest of Misses
Bell, lLeila and Eva Gardner, was
honored with a buffet dinner in
the Gardner home on Thursday
evening, November 7. Sharine
honors with Miss Ellis were the
Newton County members of the
Alpha FEta Chapter of the Delta
Kappa Gamma Society.
Miss Ellis is a Past Presi=
dent of the International Delta
Kappa Gamma Society and is
very active in every phase of the
work of the society, serving on
many very important commi=
ttees.
Those attending the dinner
were Misses Ethel Belcher, Hon=
orary Member of the Alpha Eta
Chapter, Annie Laurie Brown and
Maud King, Mesdames W, A.
Carlton, L. M, Burke, W, J.
Dickey, J. W. Gregory, D. C.
Moore, W, H. Thompson, J. R.
Thompson, Misses Lurline and
Mary B. Thompson.
The house was decorated with
bronze and yellow mums, roses,
pyracanthus berries and camel=-
lias. The buffet table was cover=
ed with a white linen cutwork
cloth and centered with a com=
pote holding white mums,
The Gardner sisters were as=-
sited in serving and entertaining
by Misses Lurline and Mary B.
Thompson,
Troth Os Miss White And
Mr. Ramsey Is Announced
Dr, and Mrs, Charles D, White
of Gastonia, North Carolina an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Judith Lucille, to Geor
ge William Ramsey, 111, the son
of Mr, and Mrs. George W, Ram~
sey, Jr, of Mountainside, New
Jersey,
The bride-elect is at present
a senior at High Point College,
High Point, North Carolina and
is majoring in Applied Music,
Mr., Ramsey is a junior at
High Point College, majoring in
philosophy, and is a member of
the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity,
He is the grandson of Mr, and
Mrs, J. M, McCollum of Con~-
yers and Mrs. G, W, Ramsey,
Sr. and the late Mr. Ramsey of
Covington,
The wedding is planned for
January 4, 1969 at the First
Miss Chiistian PBecomes Biide
O Gordon Hall In Tuoker
Miss Glenda Jo Christian, the
daughter of Mrs. H. P, Chris
tian, and Gordon Hall, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W, T, Hall, were
united in marriage on Friday
evening, October 25, by the Rev.
Harvey Singleton, at his home in
Tucker,
Standing with the couple as
they took their sacred vows was
Franklin Smith, brother inlaw of
the groom and the bride’s sister,
Miss Ann Christian., Miss Chris=
tian wore for the occasion a
three piece Butte knit suit of
green with matching acces=-
sories.
For her wedding the bride was
attractively dressed in a white
lace over crepe, street length
dress with elbow~length sleeves
and high, round neckline, With
this she wore a circular head=-
piece with a brief veil and an
orchid corsage.
Following the wedding a small
reception was held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Smith on
Brown Bridge Road.
Mrs., Hall is an employee of
Atlanta Linen Service in Atlanta
and Mr, Hall is employed by
Brown Trailer Division of Clark
Equipment Company, also in At=-
lanta, They are making their
home at High Point Apartments
on North Main Street in Conyers.
Miss Nesbitt And Byron Hays
Tell Os Their Wedding Plans
Dr, and Mrs, Robert D, Nes~
bitt of Atlanta, announce the eng=
agement of their daughter,
Nancy-Jo Nesbitt to Sgt, Byron
Ralph Hays of Mansfield,
Miss Nesbitt, the grand
daughter of Mr, and Mrs, T,
A, Parker of Arlington, Georgia,
and the late Mr, and Mrs, Ray~-
mond T, Nesbitt of Verona, New
Jersey, was graduated from Bre~
nau Academy in Gainesville, and
is presently attending Oxford
College of Emory University.
Sgt, Hays, the son of Mr, and
Mrs, Fred B, Hays, of Mans~-
field is the grandson of Mr,
and Mrs, Ernest M, Hays of
Mansfield, and the late Mr, and
Mrs, Ralph W, McDonald of Cov=
ington, He attended North Geo
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Miss Head And Mr. Williams
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The Lovejoy Methodist Chu
rch formed the appropriate set
ting on Saturday night, November
2nd, for the candlelight service
uniting Miss Carolyn Elaine Head
and W, C, (Billv) Williams. Rev,
James E, Luke officiated at the
sacred double ring service,
A program of nuptial selec
tions by Miss Nancy Mask in
cluded ‘I Walk Beside You,”
¢‘Happy the Home When God is
There,” “O Perfect Love’’, “0O
Promise Me’’, ‘“The Wedding
Prayer’ and ¢‘Because,’’
Candles were lit prior to the
service by Jimmy and Jerry
Williams, younger brothers of
the groom. Serving as ushers
were Travis Towns and Leslie
Fuller and Gary Taylor served
as best man.
Centering the altar before wh
ich the couple took their wedding
vows was a white basket contain
ing a mass arrangement of white
gladiolus, mums and pompons
flanked by seven branched cal
delabra of white tapers.,
Serving as maid of honor and
only attendant for the bride was
Miss Kathleen Head, sister of the
bride., She wore a floor length
gown of emerald green with lace
bodice and lighter green crepe
skirt, The empire waistline was
accented by a green satin band.
A lace panel extended from a
flat bow at the back neck line the
length of the skirt, Her head
piece was fashioned of a green
bow with back satin ribbon str=-
eamers and she wore matching
shoes, She carried a cascade
arrangement of yellow daisies
with green ribbon streamers,
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, worea floor length
wedding dress of peau de soie
featuring elbow length sleeves
and a scooped neckline trimmed
with lace. The empire bodice
featured a flat bow at the cen=
ter front with center front pleat,
A back panel trimmed with mat=-
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Mrs. S. J. Morcock Guest Speaker At
Mary Mallard WMS Meeting At Church
The Fellowship Hall of Cov=
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Mr, and Mrs, W, C. Williams
ching lace hung from a bow at the
waist to the hemline. Her elbow
length Mantilla of illusion was
trimmed with lace matching that
adorning her dress. She carried
a bouquet of Frenched carnations
with cymbidium orchids fashion
ed on a white prayer book, She
honored the tradition of some
thing old, new, borrowed and
blue with the six pence in her
shoe.
Mrs., Head chose for her dau
ghter’'s wedding a beige crepe
dress with which she wore brown
The Oxford Woman’s Club Met
Tuesday At Home Mrs. Davis
The Oxford Woman’s Club held
its November meeting Tuesday,
November 12, at the home of
Mrs. Graham Davis, with Mrs.
Frank McCoy and Mrs. Robert
Blackshear serving as co=hos=
tesses. Due to illness, neither
Mrs. McCoy nor Mrs. Black=
shear could be present but they
served in spirit with Mrs. Da=-
vis, even though they were not
present in person,
Delicious refreshments were
served as the guests arrived.
There were twelve members
present and one visitor, who is
a newcomer to this area and also
a prospective new member of the
club,
The meeting was called to or-
the scene on Thursday mornirg
at 10:00 a, m, of the Mary Mallard
WMS meeting, over which Mrs,
Richard George, director, pre=-
sided, Mrs, S, J, Morcock was
the morning’s guest speaker,
Mrs, George graciously wel
comed members present, and the
two visitors, Mrs, Morcock and
Mrs, A, D, Barnett, WMU Dir
ector,
Mrs. John Rickman, Program
Chairman, gave a brief review of
the November Study, *‘Strategy
of Missions in Other Denomina=
tions,”” prior to the inspiring
devotional brought by Mrs, Joe
Thomas, Mrs, Rickman then
presented Mrs, Morcock, Pres
byterian Chairman of the Com
mittee on Personal Faith and
Family Life, atthe Atlanta Pres
bytery, who gave a most inter
esting and informative resume of
the various Mission Projects of
the Presbyterian Women of the
Church,
In the brief business session
which followed, Mrs, George
called attention to the World
Day of Prayer to be observed on
Thursday November 21; and re-
accessories and a corsage of
cymbidium orchids.
The mother of the groom was
attired in a wine wool dress with
matching accessories. A cor
sage of cymbidium orchids also
adorned her shoulder.
Misses Donna Allgood and Lin~
da Finley kept the bride’s mem=
ory book at a small table in the
lobby of the church.
Following their honeymoon
Mr, and Mrs, Williams are mak=-
ing their home at 302 Monticello
Street in Covington,
derby the President, 1"s, Laura
R. Dodson. The club collect was
ready by Mrs. W. J. Dickey.
The group stood to salute the
Flag of the United States as well
as our own State Flag.
After the reading of the minu
tes of our last meeting and the
Treasurer’s report, Mrs, Davis
announced what our program
would be.
It was a paper prepared by
Mrs. Frank McCoy when she was
a traveler in India. Mrs. John
Tate did the program, whichwas
a most interesting history of the
Taj Mahal, Mrs, Tate took us
by rocking chair on a flightfrom
Oxford to Atlanta, to San Fran
cisco, to New Delhi, India and
then to Agra, the site of the Taj
Mahal. It is a magnificent mau=
soleum, of white marble, built
about 1631 by the Emperor Shah
Jehan at Agra, India, containing
the tombs of his favorite wife
and himself,
With Mrs. McCoy’s paper was
a beautiful picture in color of the
Taj Mahal. It is thoughttobe one
of the beautiful buildings of its
kind in all the world,
It was not a lengthy paper, so
after Mrs., Tate had completed
our tour of India, Mrs. Davis,
our hostess, put up a screen and
showed some lovely pictures ta=
ken by Chaplain Graham Davis
of many Oxford homes and
buildings of historic interest in
our own area,
Mrs. Davis is studying Inter
ior Decorating and she flashed
on the screen for our enjoyment
many pictures being used in her
training course,
The meeting was then adjour
ned but it had been a most inter
esting and enjoyable afternoon
for us all,
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Rev. Moody Was
PTA Speaker
The Palmer Stone PTA will
meet Monday night, November
18, 1968 at 7:30 p. m. Rev.
Hudson Moody will be the guest
speaker. Following the meeting,
Open House will be held in each
classroom. Refreshments will
be served.
Attention!!! Students!!! This is
your last chance to have your pa=
rents join the PTA to be eligi=-
bie to win SIO,OO. ;
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Singing At Magnet
Singing Saturday night, Nov=
ember 16, 7:30 p.m,. Thesingers
will include the County Line Bap=
tist Choir and also other special
groups, Everyone is cordially
invited,
Come and sing with us at Cal=
vary Baptist Church near Magnet,
Pastor, Rev, William Atha,
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minded the group of the Mission
Study book to be presented joint
ly, to the Societies atthechurch,
on Monday November 25, inpre=
paration for the Lottie Moon Ch=
ristmas Offering, during the De=-
cember 1-8 Week of Prayer,
Mrs, Barnett, WMU Director
brought an interesting report of
WMU projects underway; and
distributed literature to the So=-
ciety’s respective officers,
The meeting was concluded
with the benediction offered by
Mrs, Mallard,