Photo shows history of resident's home in Arcadia

The Class No. 10 Feb. meeting held on the third Wednesday of the month was hosted by Judy Rawlings with the valentine theme in decorations and lesson given by Patty Peterson. She read from James l:l7 asking us to share our love! We are to live a new life and Love each Other.

The interesting family story was taken from a book called "Streams in the Dessert."

Roll call told of a special valentine you once received.

The Class received two gift cards in Memory of the late Lavon McKinstry, a former member. Her daughter, Shirley Landon, is employed by them.

Twelve cheer cards have been sent by the class since the first of the year. The March 18 meeting will be hosted by Carole Garrison. Lilly Coonrod will be giving a lesson concerning quilting. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.

Patty brought an interesting picture of an old building here in town. In more recent years, Dr. Hinkle had a dentist office upstairs and there were several grocery stores including McKays, Elliots, and others. Above one of the windows are carved the words reading Arcadia Times, indicating it was once a newspaper office. Beside the picture it says Bank of Arcadia -- Arcadia, Kansas. It is now a resident's home in Arcadia.

The refreshment table was spread with a red and white valentine plastic cover. Each guest received a small square valentine box filled with Chocolate hearts and kisses. Red streamers ran the length of the table.

Betty Dehn helped Judy serve the cheesecake and Coffee after she blessed the food. Others present were Lilly Coonrod, Carole Garrison and Mary V. Shead. The meeting was dismissed with the Lord's prayer.

On Sunday morning, March 8, the day we started an hour earlier, birthday offerings were given by Mae Watt for her relatives included Trinity Pruitt, 9; Dawson Watt, 8; and Sydney Siemens 5 and Jamie Watt.

Announcements included Walter Foulk is doing well following gall bladder surgery two weeks ago. David and Alicia DeWelt, will be guests at the Monday, March l6, JOY dinner meeting, to tell of their future trip as missionaries to Eastern Europe. He is the son of former Pastor Chris and Carol DeWelt, in our church after the family came home from their years in the mission field of Santiago, Chile. The annual Ladies Retreat in Arcadia Christian Church will be Saturday, March 28. All ladies are invited to attend.

Pastor David Peterson read from Ezekiel 34:23-31 that promised a new life by the coming of Christ both the first time and his future coming. Pass on faith to others. God blesses you to bless others. Famous men are remembered by their attractive tombstones, but Jesus Memorial is our time of communion each Sunday. Have no fear if you have God's peace. Remember Jesus said, "I am the good shepherd."

The JOY SS Class welcomed back their teacher, Gary Peterson, who with Patty Peterson were gone for two Sundays on a trip to Florida with the Citizens Bank, Fort Scott.

Benjamin Self, 10, son of Dr. and Mrs. Max Self, spent Wednesday and Thursday nights as guest of Larry and Vickie Shead at the farm last week. In Arcadia he bought milk shakes at the Bear Cat Cafe and enjoyed them with Vickie and Mary V. Shead. His hosts said he is a good worker on the farm. Benjamin is a student in Christian Heights School in Fort Scott.

Two more of my old time friends have died recently, Helen Shankles Palmer, 86, Arcadia High School graduate of 1939, died at Fort Scott Medicalodge.

Mary Wheeler Meier, 90, died in Sunset Manor, Frontenac. Mary and her sister Edna attended AHS but graduated from Pittsburg High School. Their father died when they were both young. Their mother, Fannie Wheeler, lived in Arcadia and Pittsburg and Oskaloosa in the girl's school days. In retirement years Fannie and Mary lived in Liberal and Lamar.

Thanks to the Fort Scott Presbyterian Village for sending me another copy of their monthly news, I found a friend's picture, that of Reba Mason. She was a long time friend to the late Edna Salsbury, distant cousin to Vickie Shead and lived her last years on the Shead farm. That is where I met Reba Mason when she and I were visiting with Ms. Salsbury. It was good to read about Reba's interesting life.