Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-05-22

and concrete, in early American
style.
The present crowded condition
of the church required that the
new building be completed as
soon as possible.
Sunday, May 25, will offer a
special Memorial Day Service
at the Church, at eleven am.
On May 80, The Young Peo-
pies group will present a tab
leau in the Memorial Day ser
vice.
A the Sunday morning SER
vice, June /, the graduates will
be presented with a gift from
the church.
Bptist Church NEWS
The Department of Christian
Education of the Cleveland Bap-
tiSt Association will meet at the
Chester church for their retreat,
on Saturday, May "a. The ladies
of the church will serve lunche-
on at noon.
The Fellowship Class trip to
the Plain Dealer Saturday night
May 81, was arranged by Mich
ael Lab, who is employed
there.
The parsonage is now resplen-
dant with two coats of white
paint. This was accomplished by
a group of volunteer painters,
who worked forothree Saturdays
The women helped also as they
prepared noon meals for t h e
workers. AS soon as these paint
ers get their breath, the church
exterior will also get a coat of
paint.
Riverview Bible Church
The Sunday evening service
and the youth service at River
view Bible G. .hurch for June /
are cancelled because of the
West Geauga Baccaleaureate
Service.
n May 81 the Sunday school
teachers meet at the church.
The May-Po party scheduled
for May Is at the Siplock re-
creation room, Cedar Rd., has
been postponed to May %.
On Saturday evening, May II
the Youth Group of the River
view church attended a Victors
through Christ meeting at the
South Madison Church.
On May 10 several men of the
church attended a Fellowship
dinner at the Church in the
Vale.
Chester Grange
Highlighting the program at
the Chester Grange meeting held
on Tuesday evening was a tab
leau, 1.-The American Mother
Through the Years.. This was
arranged by Mrs. Albert Fresh
ley who was narrator. Mrs. Ar
thur Battles appeared as the
Pilgrim mother. She wore a
plain dress of gray with white
Puritan cap. Mrs. J. J. Lyman
as the pioneer mother wore a
replica of an old style gown in
dark print with white lace at
sleeves and neck. An old fash
ioned sunbonnet completed her
costume. Mrs. Forrest Bond re-
presenting the Civil War moth
er wore her grandmother, Sylv-
ia Heath Dewey's wedding dress
which she wore when she mar
ried a soldier of the Civil War
on July 4, 1862. The "Flapper"
mother was represented by Mrs.
Ralph Smith. She wore a dress
Of Mrs. FreShley's of over 25
years ago. 1t resembled very
much the New" dresses being
introduced today. The modern
mother in sleeveless blouse and
pedal puSherS was Mrs. Roland
Mapes. She had with her a fa-
mily including Douglas and Ka-
rem Mapes and Sue Smith. Mr.
FreShley rendered appropriate
piano numbers during the tab
leau.
Other numbers on the pro-
gram were a talk "TipS on Ros-
es" by Mrs. r. Stone and a
reading, MA and the Auto" by
Mrs. George Parr. Each woman
present was given a question
naire regarding the number of
years married, grange attend
ance and various other ques-
tions. Mrs. George Mapes with
a total of the most points was
declared the Chester Grange
mother of the year and present
ed with a plant. Final announce
mentS for the Memorial Day
program were made. The Exc
cutive committee including Cla-
renee Battles, Roland Mapes &
Albert Freshley also Milan Pei
ton were appointed to look into
the County Home decorating
project. Lunch was served by
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Pelton
and Mrs. Leonard Petersen.
Chester Grange will to to Clar-
idon for mass degree work on
May 27. The next regular meet
ing is June 10.
West Geauga WOodwOrkerS
The organization meeting for
the West Geauga WOOdWOrkerS