, 1935-03-10
Prayer Week
Observed By
Baptist Union

DONNA. March 9.-The Women's
Missionary Union OF the baptlst
church observed the Annie W.
Armstrong week OF PRAYER tot
Home Missions. during the tlrst
week in March. They met Tues
dav afternoon at the home OF MRS
porter. with Mrs. p. w. Wood as
program leader. the subject TOT
the afternoon being Work Done
Among the Cubans and the Italians
Of the South" The meeting Wed
nesday afternoon was at the nome
OF Mrs. Hill. with Mrs. Hardin p
Mrs. Bear in charge OF the pro-
gram. the study for that afternoon
being the work OF the missionaries
among the Indians. Thursday the
regular monthly business meeting
was held at the church. with MIS-.
J Z. Gibson. the president OF the
w. NJ. u. presiding. The STUDY
for Friday afternoon was mission
arv work among other foreign peo-
pies living in the United States.
Circle one OF the Presbyterian
church held an all day meeting
Thursday at the home of Mrs. Cot
ton. south Of Weslaco, with an
attendance Of II members ana
three visitors The devotional was
held in the forenoon. with Mrs.
w. S. Petch as leader and was eS-
pecially inspiring as 1t was a re-
view of the book Of Mark. which
has been the devotional study Tor
the An excellent covered
dish luncheon was served during
the noon hour. after which the
game Of Proverbs was enjoyed n
iii time for the afternoon program.
Mrs. Matteson was in charge OF the
program. which was "A Busy Day
in Brazil" On a large map she
located the various Presbyterians
missions in Brazil and Mrs. Bald
win and Mrs. Levine each gave an
interesting talk on the work OF the
missionaries in this country. Mrs.
Cotton. the chairman. was IN
charge Of the business meeting.
The amount in the Friendship
Basket, which had gone the rounds
OF the members Of the circle, was
S. and the special offering for the
day was about Sl2. This was the
last circle meeting of the church
wear and was a day rich in inspira-
ton and fellowship. At the close
Of the meeting coffee and cake
we're served TO those present.
The ladies OF Circle two met at
the home Of Mrs. Forrest Groves
on Thursday afternoon. Mrs
Groves was leader Of the devo-
tional. which was in the form Of a
review OF the Book Of Mark. from
which the devotions for the year
have been taken. Mrs. John
Weimer was program leader for the
afternoon and Mrs. w. q. Taylor
and Mrs. Schelley each read in
tcrestieg accounts OF the work Of
the missionaries in Brazil. During
the social hour which followed the
program cake and fruit punch were
served The next missionary meet
inr will be when the Auxiliary
meets Thursday afternoon. March
18th. at the home OF Mrs. w S.
Petch. This will be the last
Auxiliary meeting Of the church
year and all business and reports
will be completed at this time.
A delightful hospitality Of the
past week was the lovely party
Thursday afternoon. when Mrs. r.
r Cummings entertained with five
tables OF bridge, honoring her sis
ter. Mrs. G. O. McCray and Mrs.
G. w. BAYLOR. both Of harrington,
Illinois. The rooms we're beauti-
fully decorated with spring flowers.
Mrs. Z. A. Boyce held high and
Mrs Alvin Collier was second. Deli
cious refreshments we're served at
the close of the afternoons play
ing.
The Sunshine Sisters Embroidery
club was entertained Friday, BY
Mrs. Bert Coates OF Pharr. Re-
freshments were served TO Mes
danes Marvin Armour. Bert Coates,
j. Fl. Day. Ivan Todd. z. L. Gilliland.
j. w. Monk. A. w. Nations. G. L.
Tracy. Z. <. vickers. w. +. Wind
ham. w. 4. Whigham Of McAllen.
c. +. Wood. John Wood. David
Wilson. Carmen Boyce and o. A.
Prather.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duckwall and son.
Junior, Of Abilene, Kansas. were
guests Of Mrs. vi Carson the past
week. MI. Duckwall is president
OF 3S chain stores and with his
family spent a week in the Valley.
stopping at Corpus Christi. Hous-
ton and Galveston on his trip
home.