The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-08-23
WALNUT GROVE.
Large Attendance at the Campmeeting
This Year. All the Cottages
Occupied.
REMOTE SECTIONS REPRESENTED.

The twelfth annual assem- bly,
of the churches of God on TIE
grounds of the Walnut Grove as
soclation near Maddensvllle, Hunt.
ing don county, opened August
1lth, and is largely attended. All
the cottages are occupied and
more could have been rented
The religious services, aud en-
vlronments OF the location con,
tribute to physical rest, mental
recreation and spiritual growth.
The annual convocation is be.
coming more popular each year
and more remote sections are be.
ing represented.
Among those from distance
we note the presence OF Jackson
Lamberson and family, Peter
Cutchall and family, and Blanche
Kephart and Mary Lorenz, of
Huntingdon; Bertha Madden, one
of Blair county's most success.
ful and talented teachers; George
Nonemaker and family, David G.
Locke and others of Altoona;
Jacob Bare, of York, and j. A.
Myers, of Monaghan, York coun-
ty; Elsie Ashton, of Broadtop City;
Dice Locke and wife, Of Woodvale;
Miss Susan Myers, Rush and
Herman Locke, Mrs. Anne Wool.
let and George W. Ashton, of
Pittsburg; Miss Ora Slick, Lem
uel Ramsey and family, William
Daley and family, and William
Houp of Saxton; Mrs. Sadie Cool.
ldge, of Smith Center, Kansas,
and her father Judge S. l.. Buck
ley and his daughter, Miss Anna,
of Fort Littleton; also Frank Bare
and wife and little Margery, Mrs.
Bel tina Bare, Sheriff Fleck and
wife, Benjamin Wllds and wife,
and Miss Ca, RE Hill, of Fort Lit
tleton; Harry Hamil, wife and sis
ter MISS Nell Hamll of McCon-
nellsburg; Alice Long, Bessie
Wagner, and Nettle Heater, II.
O. Hamill Mrs. B. r. Cline, and
A. l.. While and wife of Knobs,
vile. Mr.. While is the popular
tonsorial artist and is gladly greet
ed each year by his many pleas.
ed patrons. From the "Ruck-
eye" state we observe Judge Fer
renberg and Daniel Ferrenberg
and wife, of Gibsonville.
The Pacific coast is represent
ed by Wesley Stevens and wife
and Samuel Weight, of Long
Branch, California, aid Miss Sa-
die Grove, of Pasadena, Cal.
Sundays services were well
attended and deep interest was
manifested In the able and elo-
quent sermons delivered by Rev.
Strayer, Rev. j. II. Fleegal, of
York, and Rev. Ocker.
Inspiring music is rendered by
the congregation, led by choir
of young people. MISS Bertha
Locke presides at the organ with
grace and efficiency.
The best of order prevails and
the social feature is a happy Incl
dent of the occasion.
e. r. While, wife, daughters
and helpers are IN charge Of the
dining hall and restaurant and
furnish a bountiful supply of
palatable viands to feed the hun
CRY masses; ice cream and other
refreshments are also served.
The Oldest member of the
church in attendance is Grand
pap" Philip'Locke, now IN his
elghty-niuth year, but well pre-
served physically and mentally.
His quiet, unassuming manner
indicates the depth of his piety,
and the purity and solidity of his
principles. He stands among us
like the sturdy oak or stately
pine of a broken forest, unscathed
by the storms of nearly a century,
that have stricken down we'll
Niehall the companions OF his
youth.
With fair weather next Sunday
will w,tnass n vast thronU In OF