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Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
Students Course
In Vacations
Attended by 500

A total of 500 Central Union high
school and Junior college students
attended the vocational training
conference conducted at the school
Thursday by the El Centro Kiwanis
club vocational training committee.
Each class was taught by some
one actually engaged in the par
ticular profession or business taken
up at the classes The pupils Sc
lected the class in which he Or she
was most interested.
Glasses and those who taught
them were as follows: Accounting
by Joe Foss and his associates; ad-
vertising by Carl o'>ooss; agricul-
ture by Frank BeySchlag; art by
Miss Faye Williams; banking by Ira
Kensey; business by AL Missildine;
chemistry by John Rice; clerking
by Everett Shaw; cosmetology by
Virginia Maupin. government by
Bill Fox; engineering by Ed Akin;
Journalism by E. A. Fitzhugh ma
Continued on Pg. 6, Gel. q
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
Roosevelt Holds MAJ jority
Of Pledged Delegates

doubt about Illinois, which casts
SO. The favorite son commitment
in Ohio is reported to be merely a
technicality to conform with state
law.
The situation in New York is
more difficult to determine. The
state casts a whopping 96 conven'
ton votes. That Mr.. RooSevelt'S S
supporters control most of those
votes goes without saying. Farley
is the unknown quantity. He was
against third term, and he will be
convention opponent for fourth,
although none doubts that If Mr..
Roosevelt is renominated, Farley
will vote for him and reveal such
intention publicly, but without TAX
ing any part in the campaign.
Perhaps half a dozen would be a
fair estimate of Farley's strength
in the New York delegation. but 1t
might well be an underestimate,
too.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
Union Attorney
Sues Ward Firm

CHICAGO. May IL. (UP)-Fran-
els Heisler, attorney for the United
Relail, Wholesale and Department
Store Employees Union (CIO), filed
suit against Montgomery Ward and
company Thursday for attorneys
fees and damages of $4,000 to $780,
600.
Heisler said the union suffered
the damages as the result of an in
junction obtained by the company
limiting to % the number of pickets
at the Wards properties during the
strike last month.
Superior Judge John j. Lupe, who
granted and later dissolved the in
junction said he would hear argu-
ments on the suit Frioay.
z A temporary lull settled over the
case pending negotiations as the
federal government prepared to ar
raign Paul Sowell, an assistant
manager of the firm, late Thursday
for removing a government poster
from the building week ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11

WASHINGTON May II. tUP)-
Announced casualties of the U. 5.
armed forces now total POI. .454, an
increase of 1851 above the figure a
week ago, it was revealed Thurs
day
Secretary of War Henry l., Stim-
son told press conference army
casualties totalled l56,676 as OF April
~. OF these, 27,297 were killed,
64,32l wounded, SS,7I5 missing, and
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11

WASHINGTON, May IL.
(UP) = President Roosevelt
Thursday has a tentative
majority of Democratic national
convention votes sufficient for a
fourth term nomination, barring
substantial defections in the big
New York delegation where James
A. Farleys strength still Is to be
determined.
Ohio, West Virginia, Missouri.
North Dakota. and wyoming have
been added TO the Roosevelt. col
umn this week despite what Is
termed by OHIO experts here as
a nominal favorite son commitment
to State Auditor Joseph'T. Fergu-
son. Washington stillsis to select
delegates this week, probably to
Mr.. Roosevelt's further advantage.
COAST STATE
The fourth term campaign pick
ed up 118 convention votes in five
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
D AMsllNG
NEpoR1ER

Streets of Gold.
Now is the time for all good men,
women, and children to enjoy the
palo verde trees which line so many
of the streets in Ell Centre. --.-s-.
These trees are said to be one of
the few native to the valley. They
bravely grow whether there is
abundant water for them or not.
In the spring they bring forth their
brilliant yellow blossoms and scat
ter golcen petals on the streets.
There is something symbolic about
these sturdy little trees. They typi-
fly the courage and hardness Of
desert dwellers. They are the SYM
boil of lighthearted courage.
Another Symbol
There is something else that is
getting to be symbol of Imperial
Valley and that is the big pile of
junk along the railroad tracks at
Seeley.
Everybody, we'll. practically every
body If you want to be accurate,
Continued on = s. 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
Group
Ends
Strike
$4,000 in Ford
Plant Return;
Others Refuse
BY UNITED PRESS

More than $4,000 employees
of the Ford Motor Co. of
Canada, Ltd, voted to return
to work Thursday at four
Windsor, Cnt., plants, but $500
foremen in IA Detroit war plants
refused to end their strike and San
Francisco bay region machinists
6enied a war labor board request
that they return to work.
Ford workers at Windsor voted to
end their strike, which began April
20 in a dispute over grievance pro-
cedure, when the Canadian wartime
labor relations board at Ottawa
ruled that the strike was in viola
ton of wartime labor regulations.
The boaro said it would consider
the dispute between the United
Continued on Page 6, Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
Russia Reudies
For Final Blow

LONDON. May II. CUP,-RuSsia
is ready!
The fall of Sevastopol cleared
the last obstacle to full Soviet par
ticipation in the Tehran master
plan for the smashing of Germany,
Allied military experts said Thurs
day.
If invasion in the west depends
on Russian participation for the
grand, two-way offensive. thcse
preparations are complete. they
said.
WEATHER Is. FACTOR
Only the Wef,thc,' remairB q
doubtful factor. A survey of wealth
er conditions On the various Rus
sian fronts between the Baltic
and tie Black Sea follows:
Southern sector:-the German
radio for the past week has been
stressing the hardened ground in
this section, where the Russianc
are getting in position for drive
through the GalatZ Gap to Ploesti's
oil, capture of which probably would
knock Romania out of the war
Central sector --latest reports
available in London indicate the
ground is little soft in this sec
tor which the Nazis know well is
the shortest route to Berlin.
Weather experts believe this
ground will be suitable for high
speed armor about the middle of
this month barring any unusual fall
of rain. This sector included Lwow,
which will be Russia's first major
objective due to is control of rail
and road communications.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
Hull Scans laps
Prisoners Aids

WASHINGTON, May H. fUPi--
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
said Thursday that the United
States has received from Japan a
proposal for movement OF supplies
to American priscners under Jap
anese jurisdiction.
He said he hoped study of
the proposal would confirm the A.
merican Red Cross prediction earlier
this week that the way now seems
to be opening up for shipments OF
those needed supplies to American
war prisoners and eiV!iion in'errees
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
Nazi freighter
Hits Mine, Sinks

STOCKHOLM, May II. tUP) -
A dispatch from Kiruna WedneS-
day said the $500 ton German
freighter Cdin sank outside Narvik
Tuesday with an estimated loss of
81 lives following an explosion pcs
sible due to a mine The ship was
reported carrying iron ore.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11

ers have dropped 7,730 tons Of
bombs on Rabaul where enemy air
installations have been rendered
useless.
In the Admiralty islands Aneri-
can forces have counted 3,180 Jap
anese killed and taken l58 prison.
ers of war. Stimson estimated an
other l,l00 japanese had died there,
and only handful are now left
AT Hollandia and Aitape. l,502
japanese have been killed and 200
captured while our losses have been
small.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
TERRAIN CONDITIONS

North Russia the ground here
hardens about the end of May.
when a drive to clear the Baltic
states is expected to start. 1t still
has some snow patches.
From a strictly terrain point of
view, the southern sector is ready
night now. the central eector will
be ready within another week, and
the northern sector in about three
weeks. The Nazis, of course, cannot
count strictly upon that factor,
however. because Josef Stalin's for
ces have proven many times that
they can advance under the most
unfavorable conditions.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
Casualties Pass
200. 900 Mark

3l343 prisoners of war, He added
that $1,000 of the wounded have
returned TO duty.
A navy casualty list released to-
day showed 44,778 casualties among
the navy, coast guard, and marine
corps. OF these, 1921 were dead,
12,070 wounded, 9,034 missing and
4,453 prisoners.
The total for all services showed
46,5a8 dead, 1881 wounded, 42,749
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
WASHINGTON, May II.

WASHINGTON, May II.
(UP)-Army air forces in
the Pacific in the first 27
months of the war destroyed 4O64
Japanese planes while losing l,l63
of their own, Secretary of War Hen
ry l.. Stimson announced Thurs
day.
Stimson disclosed the figures
curing a press conference in which
he introduced flier who has con-
tributed much to that record-Maj.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
SEES RATIONlNG EASING

BOSTON, May IL. CUP)- Col
Bryan Houston, deputy OPA ad-
minis'rator in charge of rationing
said Thursday that meat and can
ned vegetables will be returned to
reasonable raticn basis" before
the end of the year, but added that
serious food shortages we're unlike
ly for the duration.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
Spreading Rails
Caused Wreck

SAN DIEGO. Calf, May II. (UP)
The federal bureau of investiga-
ton Thursday said thorough
check showed the wreck of a IA
car freight train near San Juan
Capistrano Tuesday night was
caused by rails spreading under a
heavy engine.
Sabotage was not involved.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
BY JAMES c. McGLTNCY

LONDON, May II. UP)-Mili-
tary sources said Thursday that
the United Nations appeared to be
winnig the pre-invasion battle of
brains against Axis spies and that
there have been no leaks on such
vital information as the date of
D-day and oteh.' Allied invasion
plans.
Civilians are basing their prog
nostications (on the invasion date
on their own imaginations and what
they read in the papers," an officer
said.
STRESS SECURITY
We've had to harp on security
until everybody is sick and tired
of hearing about It," the officer
said, but it's paying Off"
He disclosed that counter-espion-
age agents are filtering through
roop units in the British Isles to
offset the Axis agents known to be
at work. They loiter unobstrusively
in pubs, restaurants and other pub
lie gathering places and monitor
thousands of telephone lines.
Little can be revealed now of
German spying, but the officer
commented
Its now or never for them
They have had their greatest chance
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
British Sink
No U.Boats

LONDON, May IL. (UP) The
British Frigate Spey sank two Ger
man submarines which attacked a
convoy in the north Atlantic rec
emily, the Admiralty announced
Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11

White Russia this area, guard
ing the gateway to the Polish plain
and Lithuania, still is wet and the
marsklands are soggy from winter
SHOWS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
Allies Prevent
Spy Activities

to gather the most information in
the shortest time. They undoubted-
ly are trying to take advantage of
it."
So much operational information
is available in London that agents
are taking unusual precautions.
They conduct frequent document
raids" on various military head
quarters, playing the role of spies
and trying to enter without passes.
Once inside they search offices to
see if they can find important
papers that weren't under lock and
key.
IRELAND'S THREAT
Northern Ireland was described
by the officer as constant threat"
to military security
Much counter-espionage work, he
said, was just hard, dreary work, ="
checking upon girl friends who tried
to pump soldiers for secrets, tracing
down rumors such as the one that
the British were delaying the in
vasion to prolong American SPEND
ing, and investigating reports that
school teachers were encouraging
children to make note of American
troop insignia. AS to this laSt-they
discovered no spying was involved
1t was merely hobby of the chill
dren
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
BASEBALL
BY UNITED PRESS

NATIONAL
New York .... 600 0OC GO1-3- 60
Cincinnati -. COO 600 13x-4-ll-l
Fischer and lombard; Delacruz,
Shoun, Ferguson and Mueller.
Brooklyn ...-....... 600 O10 100-2-3-l
st. Louis .......... 600 600 1Ox-.l-8-1
Davis and Owen; Gumbert, Wilks
and O'Dea.
AMERICAN
Detroit ...-....,...., 100 600 OOl-2- IL
New York -... 0O4 O0l OOx-5-13-l
Overmire, Gillespie e. Richards;
Borowy and Hemsley.
Cleveland-010 o
BOSton--102 o
Reynolds and Susce: Bowman and
Wagner.
Chicago-10O
Philadelphia-2OO
Lopat and fresh; Flores and
Hayes.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-11
WEATHER

Maximum Wednesday 80, minimum
Thurs. 81; S am. Thurs. 50, humid
ity IS; noon Thurs. IS, humidity 81;
pm. Wednesday IS, humidity 81.
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Settlement

Mrs. Omar Gratz, accompanied her
husband to Detroit on Wednesday.
Rev. Emerson slatterback will oc-
cupy the pulpit at the Ebenezer Men
MONTE church, Sunday morning.
Francis Moser transacted business
at Dayton, Tuesday.
William B. Luginbuhl of Bluffton,
who sustained a fractured right leg
when he fell six feet while repairing
the barn on his farm, northwest of
Bluffton, is resting easier at his home
in Bluffton. The farm is tenanted by
the Merlin Zimmerly family.
Miss Jennie Beery, daughter of
Joshua Beery, who is in the army
nursing corps, has been promoted
from the rank of First Lieutenant to
Captain, it was learned by relatives
the first of the week. She is chief
nurse in an Army hospital ship. Miss
Beery has been in army service for
the past two and one half years. Her
father is patient at the Bluffton
hospital and is quite i'll. Her aunt,
Miss Sarah Beery, who is i'll at her
home remains unchanged.
Mrs. Gid Lehman of Beaverdam at
tended a funeral recently of Miss
Georgia Hopley at Bucyrus, and visit
ed with her granddaughter, Miss
Aletha Horst at Orrville.
Harry Winkler, who was in a c. c.
C. camp at Lurvay, Va, was honor
ably discharged and returned to his
home here Thursday. He is employed
again in the Hofstetter dairy near his
home.
Hiram Welty and family of Ft.
Wayne, Ind, attended the ]. w. Am
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East Orange

Eddie Baker of Toledo spent last
week with his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charley Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. John Carts of Findlay
spent Sunday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. o. w. Nonnamaker and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Williams and
children, Donald and Joyce of Lake
View are spending a couple of weeks
at the old Williams homestead. Miss
Violet Williams and Clyde Willims of
Findlay were callers on Sunday.
JOINT Agin formerly of Bluffton is
quite poorly in the home of his dau-
ghter, Mrs. Grace Hartman of Will
Jamestown.
Callers in the B. J. Boutwell, home
the past week were: Rev. and Mrs.
C. M. Harsh of Rawson, Mrs. Edith
Stager, Mrs. Dorothy Ream, Mr.. and
Mrsc. Will Boutwell, of Ada, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Carts of Findlay and Ito
Agin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Boutwell, of Ada,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. J. Boutwell, called in
the Jess Shilling home near Alger,
Sunday evening.
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Pandora, will take place at Lafayette
Wednesday evening. July 10.
Earl Grismore is home from the
Pacific Islands on furlough. Earl is
with the navy and makes his home
on submarine. He has many
adventuresome stories to tell.
Mr. and Mrs. Milford Haas made
a business trip to Chicago last week.
Mr.. AMI Mrs. Harry Schumacher
and Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson Basinger,
newly weds, were belled Friday night
and given a truck ride to Bluffton
and back.
Mrs. Oliver Locher visited friends
in Chicago a few days last week.
Thirteen boys from Pandora at
tended the boy scout camp near
Findlay last week. Thirteen boys
from Pandora attended. They were:
Charles Krohn, Charles Riser,
Dwight Probst, James Baumgartner,
James Zuercher, Thomas Burkholder,
Grover Geiger, Donald Lehman,
Richard Hilty, Dwight Baumgartner,
Keith Lehman, George Huser, Rich
ard Basinger.
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ArmOrsville

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hall and fam
lily of Carey, Mrs. Daisy Steinbren-
ner of Lima spent Saturday night
at the w. |. Moore home.
Mrs. Victoria McCarty and son,
Rosella and Morris Moser spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd McCarty.
Cpl. Clyde E. Klingler returned
to Fl. Bennings after spending his
furlough with his wife and son and
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. E.
Klingler.
Mr.. Crist Henzie called at the w.
/. Moore home, Monday.
Sunday callers at the Erwin Moser
home were Mr.. Waldo Hofstetter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Keiffer and Mr..
and Mrs. Morris Criblez.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Moore and
family spent Sunday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Linden Basinger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schantz and
son Billy called at the Chas. Mont
gomery home, Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Klingler called
on Mr.. and Mrs. w. |. Moore, Sun
day evening.
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stutz re1nion which was held Sunday
at the Albert Winkler home. It was
quite we'll attended by other relatives.
Mrs. Paul Sommer of west of Beav-
erdam, who is a patient in Bluffton
hospital and who has been quite i'll, is
improving.
Funeral services for Mrs. n. n. Ba-
singer were largely attend by rela-
tives and friends at the Paul Diller
funeral home, Sunday afternoon. Her
brother, Milton Pifer, who is a patient
at the Memorial hospital at Lima is
in a precarious condition. His limbs
are paralyzed.
Mrs. Clara Geiser of Bluffton sold
her SO acre farm to Merlin O. Hetrick
last week. 1t formerly was the Roush
farm east of Rockport and was occu-
pied by her son Paul Geiser and fam
lily. Mrs. Geiser is now at her home
again after long illness of rheuma-
tism and is slowly improving.
Mrs. ]. C. Eyman and sister, Mrs.
p. H. Frahm of Los Angeles, left last
Friday for their home in west, after
bringing the body of their father,
Memo Zimmerman here for burial.
He passed away in a hospital at Los
Angeles, June 10.
Pfc. Eric Schumacher of Keislar
Field, Miss, is spending several
weeks with his home folks. At the
end of his furlough he is to be sta
toned at Lincoln, Nebraska.
Miss Marjorie Jacquot of Akron,
spoke at several of the churches in
this vicinity last Sunday. She is
spending the summer months among
the migrant folks of Putnam county
as an instructor in Bible.
Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth Geiger and
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family of Goshen and Rev. and Mrs.
Dick Reilly of Napannee, Ind, are
spending a few days in the Hiram
Geiger home this week.
Rev. and Mrs Clayton Steiner and
family returned Monday after spend
ing some time in different parts Of
Michigan.
A large audience attended the sing
spiration at st. John church Sunday
evening. Special numbers featuring
the program were those presented By
the "Glad Gospel Trio" and Myron
Nelson very promising young soloist
all of Ada. A boys quartet from
Ebenezer also furnished two good
numbers.
David, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
den Hilty of Chatham, New Jersey,
is spending the summer vacation at
the home of his grandmother, Mrs.
D. c. Steiner and other relatives
here. His mother and daughter are
expected to arrive here also within
few days.
Mrs. Josephine Moser is spending
some time in the home of her daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Keith Frary in
Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Billy the older
son of the family submitted to an
operation for appendicitis the pre-
vious week.
Homer Wenger recently sold the
Peoples Store block to Noah Bixel.
Mr.. Bixel is using the building to
conduct his egg business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Schumacher
were given a real old fashioned bell
ing by large crowd of friends last
Friday evening. The couple was
taken for a truck ride and later in
the evening Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson
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EBENEZER MENNONITE
CHURCH

Arnold c. Schultz, Pastor
Thursday: r
900 p. m. Choir rehearsal
$3.50 a. m. Prayer meeting
Sunday
9:30 a. m. Sunday school
1890 a. m. Morning worship.
Tie pastor will bring the message.
$3.50 p. m. Radio Program from
WIN, Findlay
500 p. m. {. Z. programs for all
ages
8:45 p. m. Evening service
The public is cordially invited to
the services of the church.
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STOCK SALES

Manure hay and header forks S1.05
up. CANDLES dealer store.
Service bulls delivered any time ex-
cept Sunday. Phone Ada, Red 1860.
C. N. Long G. Son. If
Wanted-All kinds of butcher
cattle, steers, heifers, cows and bulls;
also unlimited number of veal calves.
Stowell Packing Co. Call n. ?.
Steiner & Son, Agt. Bluffton phone
189-W. If
For rent-Bulls: Shorthorn Here
ford, Angus and Brown Swiss. Ira
Moser. If
For sale-Very choice dairy heifers
s25 each. Holsteins, Guernseys and
Ayrshires. Non-related bull free
with 5 head. Shipped c. Q. D.
Sayre Dairy Cattle Co., Sayre, Pa. Is
For sale-Fresh Guernsey cow and
calf. Marion Hochstettler on Fred
Badertscher farm. Phone 586-T.
For sale-18 feeder shoats, avg. so
10 so lbs. Guy Scoles, l mile north
of town.
For sale-Two male goat kids. See
F. A. Hofer, Bluffton phone.
For sale-Day old calf. Waldo
Hofstetter, Bluffton phone.
For sale-Two pure bred Hamp-
shire sows; also shoats avg. 80 lbs.
Carl Derringer, 2 miles south on
county line. Call after p m.
Tubes not rationed now; all sizes
in stock including pre-war tubes in
some sizes. CANDLES dealer store.
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EVANGELICAL K REFORMED
CHURCHES

V. L. Uppermann, Pastor
Emmanuels: ~t
$3.50 a. m. Church school
10;45 a. m. Morning worship
The choir rehearsal Thursday even
ing at 900 o'clock.
Girls Guild meeting has been post
poned until Thursday evening July 81
st. Johns:
9:30 a. m. Morning worship
1890 a. m. Church school
Choir rehearsal Thursday evening
at 500 o'clock.
The Edith Lahr Missionary Circle
meets at the home of Misses Nina
and Lucy Bessire on Thursday even
ing at 500 o'clock All members
are urged to attend.
The st. Johns church will sponsor
an ice cream social on Wednesday
evening, July 26, from 7:30 to 10:30
p. m. on the church lawn. The public
is invited to attend.
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Basinger who are also newly weds
were picked up for the same trip
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Miller and
sons Of. smithville, Ohio. visited in
the Noah Bixel home over the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schultz and
family Of East Orange, New Jersey
are spending a part Of their summer
vacation with relatives here.
Miss Freda NJ. Jones, daughter of
Mr.. c. Y. Jones, will be graduated
from Moody Bible Institute, Chicago,
Thursday, August 8.
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CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST
$3.50 a. m. Bible school
1920 Lords Supper
Everyone welcome.
Friday evening July 21 the Ever
ready class will have a picnic at the
home Of Gertrude and Floyd Basing-
er. Meet at the church at $50 for
transportation. A kitchen shower
will be held after the picnic in honor
of Freda and Jake Warkentine. All
the young people of the church are
invited.