There will be an Arcadia Old Settlers' Festival on Saturday, Sept. 9. Firemen will be serving lunch for a fee in the Community Center at noon. The festival will sponsor a cake walk. Our Gang has reserved the building that evening for their monthly dinner. Reservations must be made and $5 paid at the door. This is a group of Arcadia Grade and High School attendees through the years and their friends. After the evening dinner Bingo will be played sponsored by Our Gang. Fifty cents per game will be charged for one card. Additional cards are 25 cents each per game. The games are for the whole town to participate. Please bring white elephants for Bingo prizes.

Sunday, Sept. l0, Communion will be served in Arcadia Christian Church at 10 a.m. with church services to be held in the park at 10:30 a.m. All are welcome.

Hospital Dist. No.1 of Girard will conduct free blood pressure screening and PSA information from 11a.m.-noon before the Autumn Leaves Senior Citizens monthly dinner on Sept. 11. For information call (620) 724-0293.

Willing members of Abundant Grace Church of Fort Scott gathered at the community college on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 20, to help students move into the dorm rooms. Newcomers are invited to attend the Christians on Campus meeting on Tuesday evenings each week.

Belle Teague of Arma visited the Ladies Aid Quilters on Tuesday morning and enjoyed lunch with the ladies. She is a former member. Another guest was Pastor David Peterson, who furnished turtle cake for dessert to the delight of the ladies.

Joyce and Carl Turner with Jerry and Lilly Coonrod enjoyed dinner together at Chicken Annie's on Tuesday in Yale.

JOY Sunday School Class held it monthly meeting on Monday evening, Aug. 14, in Christian Church Bungalow with 17 present. Special guests were Jace and Jess Pavlik, who returned from their summer mission in Dearborn, Mich. teaching Muslim workers the English language and preaching.

President Patty Peterson opened the business meeting with the Bible question, "Who is the second oldest man in the Bible?" Jared was 962, his father, Methuselah, was 969 years old when he died.

Birthday offering was given for Jace and Jess, and anniversary offerings for Gary and Patty Peterson's 47th and Lou and Betty Deh's ninth. President's closing quote was "To succeed in life you need three things, a wish bone, a back bone and a funny bone."

Vera Parrish and Mary Lee Payne furnished the funnies for the evening. Others present were Bob and Ava Mae Adams, John Parrish, Bill and Linda Bridgewater, Jack Payne, Mae Watt, Mary V. Shead and David Peterson.

Alice Townsend returned to her home in Fort Scott after spending a week with her daughter, Mary Hay, on a trip to Birmingham, Ala. where they attended the 25th anniversary celebration of the Eternal Word TV Network. On her return trip, Alice met her brother Roger Easter in Mt. Grove, Mo. who brought her back to Kansas while Mary Ann returned to her home in Jonesboro, Ark.

Herman Tyler was back in his home on Thursday after cataract eye surgery in Joplin and spending a night with his daughter, Debbie Jeck and family in Pittsburg.

A reminder to buy your chances for the hand made quilt called Kansas Whirlwind to further the cause of the Cato Preservation Group who meet on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in Arcadia Community Center.

On Sunday, Aug. 27, Pastor David Peterson preached from 2Corinthians12 and noted that thorns in the flesh are weaknesses that we must accept but we must keep praying because God's grace is sufficient. Before communion time, Phoenix Dugan made her confession and was baptized after Betty Briggs explained to the children what baptism is all about as they were gathered around the baptistry.

Mae Watt gave an offering as a memorial of Delton Watt's 10th anniversary of his death and a birthday offering for Alex Ralston, Douglas Watt and for Bill and Karen Watt.

Allen Watt was recently promoted to crew chief at Cessna Aircraft in Wichita where he was honored with a 25-year certificate and presented a 2-diamond tie tack by his three bosses who also took him to dinner.

On July 13, Allen and Linda Watt attended the wedding of his daughter, Stephanie, and Andy Schwilling at Island Park in Winfield. The couple stood in front of a large waterfall as they repeated their marriage vows. A reception followed.