Sunday morning a special worship service was led by the Rev. Canon Richard Toll and Ray and Joan Boulter. Special music was provided by Randy Brown, husband of Loyce Joplin Brown. This letter was received due to the efforts of class member Jan Shirley Knox who sought and acquired the special letter of congratulations to the class. Opening ceremonies included the reading of the club collect lead by Claribel Sebesta and the repeating of the Pledge to the United States flag lead by Lena Harpham, both given in unison by club members. President Joyce Morton, who presided during the gathering, distributed yearbooks presenting highlights and giving pertinent information.
Today is a present just waiting to be opened.
Secretary Catherine Travland read correspondence which included thank you notes from The Modern Study Club's golden Girl of the Old West candidate Stephanie Pharaoh and Martha McIlvain of Carlsbad, daughter of former memeber of the club, Vivian Hudson, for the going away party given in Vivian's honor in June by clubmembers. Juracy McCall, treasurer, presented a report re club finances. Special goodbyes were said to Claribel Sebesta, longtime member and former officer in The Modern Study Club, who will be leaving Pecos in October. Claribel received an oil landscape painting featuring an old barn with bluebonnets and trees, as a parting gift. The back of the canvas bore a parting message of well wishes and the signatures of club members.