Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-08-10
COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE
she left Saturday morning.

she left SATURDAY morning.
John Engle, formerly a merchant
OF this village. now retired and a
resident OF California. who has beeu
visiting relatives In this vicinity for
some time past, was the guest OF his
uncle, Alvin Engle last Sunday and
met with a hearty greeting from his
many friends In Talmage.
Miss Mabel Hostetler OF Abilene
was visitor In Talmage for the
last week.
Chester Maring. George Hardin
and G. l.. Cook all took examination
for the position of Talmage postmas-
ter last Saturday. This s the sec
ond examination held for this posi-
tiOn.
ArlIe Stewart was the guest of
Elmer Morgan over Sunday.
There will be no evening service
at the Talmage church Sunday even.
Ing. The pastor at the request Of
the Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety OF Willowdale will preach n
thank Offering sermon for them at
that point anh the Talmage congre-
CATION Is invited to worship there
for that evening as far as practica-
BILE.
DIR. =. \. Chaffee was visitor IN
Manchester Monday forenoon.
The ladies Of the church will give
an Ice cream social on the vacant |
space about the old band stand Fri |
day evening. The Manchester cor
net band has generously donated It's
services for the evening and will be
present and make the evening more
enjoyable by rendering appropriate
music. The ladies also plan having
an all day picnic for their member
ship In the Arthur Chase grove on
August 10.
rhe intermediate department and
other young people OF the Sunday
school plan to take "truck ride"
from the church to the farm of Mrs
Gertie GreenOugh Thursday Of this ,
week. The girls are to furnish buns
md the boys weinnies and after
'oasting the weinnies they will
'egalc themselves with "hOt dogs"
Possibly other refreshments will be )
furnished for the more fastidious.
Threshng from the shock is al ;
most over in this vicinity; probably :
II of it will be completed by the end
# this week. The chatter Of the =
ractors pulling the plows and pre-
aring the fields for the fall sowing :
= heard on every side The flames
rom burning straw stacks can be
cen almost every evening. 1t seems
pity that better method Of using
his surplus cannot be devised. a
Rev. John Garretson, vice presi
ent Of the United Welfare Bureau
{ Kansas City, who is holding a
Welfare Institute at Industry the Il
rst three days Of this week. was in SC
he village Monday and made ar
to address the people of B
almage on the evening Of August e.
0. This bureau Is working in CO. u,
peration with the Children's Code
OF Kansas and the mes .,
age he brings. applied Christian +,
"" Is OF vital interest to every NJ
itizen Of the state. He Is said to NJ
2 very interesting, fOrcible and "
speaking.
The officers Of the Northwest Dis err
icE of the County Sunday School Nj
ss0ciatiOn met here Tuesday eveff-
6 and discussed plans for holding da
Sunday school picnic in the grove FL
st north Of this village on the date
their district convention, August er
!. II the plans are carried out the pli
ght schools in THE district the two fu
1anchester schools. Keystone,
leeyer, Zion, Bethel, Talmage and Su
will unite in the picnic,
sket dinner will be eaten, an anna
lr baseball game will be put on.
pervised plays will be had and the 10
,rkers will also carry on the con-
ntion program-and Of course To,
ere will be much singing Of the Os
ngs of Zion by the various schools. 10