Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
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Reception Church DOings
DR.. John ]. Bunting, our new dis
trict superintendent, was here ant
presided over the First Quarterl!
Conference Of this conference year
held. in Salem NJ e. Church at 7.3l
o'clock on Thursday evening of las
week. Immediately following th'
close Of the meeting the official boarG
OF the church escorted the pastor
and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. E. M
Shockley, and DR.. and Mrs. Bunting
over to the club room in Red Mems
Hall where a joint reception was
sponsored by the Ladies' Aid Society
IN honor Of the two parties. The
reception in honor of the return Of
Rev. and Mrs. Shockley was with
held. until the occasion Of the first
visit Of the new superintendent, due
to the fact that DR.. Bunting was
born and reared in our sister town,
Bishopville, Nd. and is well known
here, many OF his former associates
being present to extend greetings
and welcome to a former friend in
his new field of labor.
Mrs. Hester Dunn, the church or
ganist, and Mrs. Ethel Long had
charge of the musical part Of the
program which opened with a piano
duet by the Misses Rachel Morris
and Virginia Long, followed with a
reading by Mrs. Della Bunting, and
two selections by the male quartette
from the church choir, composed of
the Messrs. Carl Nichols, Wirrie
Long, Edward L. Brasure, and Ma
son Sprague. The meeting was then
given over to Mr.. IRA Long, who in
behalf of the church membership ex-
tended an address of welcome to Rev.
and Mrs. Shockley, and. also gave
report of a very successful years
work under their leadership. In re-
spOnse to this, Rev. ShOckley said
he had no speech prepared, but was
comfortably waiting to hear one from
DR.. Bunting, in whose honor he
thought the reception was being
given. Next Mr.. Long gave an ad-
dress of welcome to DR.. and Mrs.
Bunting, having been a college friend
of the former, and then introduced
those who were not so well known.
Coffee, homemade cake and home
two ministers and their wives ex-
pressed their hearty thanks and ap-
probation for the lovely evening they
had spent.
AS was announced last week, a
sketch entitled What have l Rem
dered'' was presented at the evening
service on Sunday under the direc-
tion of Mrs. Shockley, program chair
man of the WOmen's Foreign Mis-
siOnary Society. Mrs. w. A. Law,
the president, was in the chair for
the worship program, prior to the
presentation of the sketch. The |
characters are as follows: Mrs.
Jones, Mrs. Julia Shockley; Mrs. |
White, Mrs. Margaret Watson; Mrs. |
Smith, Mrs. Bertha West; Mrs. Saun-
ders, Mrs. Alberta Watson. A con-
cealed voice speaks and sings, Mrs. |
Delphia Davis, acting as the voice
of conscience. The scene was in an |
ordinary living-room, with Mrs. /
Jones too busy with her cleaning
and social affairs to teach Sunday /
School class or go to the monthly /
meeting of the Missionary Society 4
when asked to do so by the different
characters who called upon her, but
finally is thoroughly stirred when
the voice of conscience speaks and
sings IL Gave My Life For Thee,
81 Spent Long Years For Thee, and
"What Hast Thou Done For Me?"
The scene ends when Mrs. Jones
with bowed head confesses her guilt
and asks the Lord to stir her heart
to give, to go, but most of all to
pray.
A special Mothers Day program
will be presented during the Sunday
School hour next Sunday morning
and also during the remainder OF
the day.
Rev. and Mrs. ShOckley were given
quite a surprise last Sunday morning
when a special bus and two private
cars stopped in front of the parson-
age and fifty-three friends-most of {
hem members of the EpwOrth
League of their former pastorate,
M. E. Church, Whining
on, alighted and accompanied them
o the church in a body for the morn '
ng service, returning to the parsOn- I
,ge again where all enjoyed lunch
ogether,' the weather conditions
laving prevented an out-Of-doors I
unch as had been planned by the \
,arty. Late in the afternoon the
larty left for Smyrna where they :
we're conducting an Epworth League
ervice in the evening.
Jews Items
Miss Loretta Long spent the week
nd with Miss Evelyn Baker at her
ome near town.
Mrs. Norman Davis has returned
rom few days stay with her uncle
nd cousin, Mr.. John Niethamer and
aughter, Miss Ethel Niethamer, in
DR.. and Mrs. G. E. James went to
iewark on Sunday to visit their son
lilly, at the University Of Della
'are.
Armell Long also of the U. of ID.
as at home with his parents and
sters,, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank M. Long,
nna Lee and Dorothy, over the
Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn S. Collins of
spent Saturday night
ith the formers brother-in-law and
steF, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond B.
orris and daughters Rachel and
lnet, and on Sunday DR.. and Mrs.
I. o. Daisey of Fruitland, Md, came
yer and the entire party spent the
~ as the guests of their brother
-law, Mr.. Roland West of Millville.
Mrs. Prudence e. Long and Will
am t. Hudson, Sr., were called to
by the sudden death OF
cir brother, Mr.. Peter Hudson, on
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