Arcadia Christian Church pastor David Petterson resigns

Mae Watt had a busy but happy day on Saturday, Feb. 6, when Allen and Linda Watt, Wichita, with two daughters and husbands, namely, Stephanie and Andy Schwilling and one-year old Gabriella from Winfield, Kan., and Michelle and Jarric Presnell from Valley Center, Kan., spent the day in Arcadia. There was good food and lot of laughter and love. The day went too fast for everyone. Then on Thursday and Friday the next week, Delton R. Watt Jr and Joseph Meave came from Fayette, Mo., to Mae's home. They first enjoyed a home-cooked meal then on Friday they took her shopping. Enroute home they stopped to visit brothers Tom Watt in his office in Overland Park and brother Bill and Karen Watt in their Missouri home.

Guests in Arcadia Christian Church on Valentine Sunday were newcomers to town, Joyce and George Martin and his brother Richard Martin. Th family with son Rusty Martin live at 300 E. Vine. To old time Arcadians, that is where Grace Davidson and her family lived during their school days. It was also known as the home of Billy Buck Buchanan who built a small cement fish pond is his front yard.

Jack Corporon writes from his home in Brooklyn, NY: "Harriett and I escaped unscathed from the Wilds of Kansas. As we drove from Kansas City to Lawrence last week in the face of storm warnings, a cold, misty rain enveloped us at the end of the journey. By the next morning we had a substantial snow, but it did not interfere with the meeting of the Willliam Allen White Foundation at the University of Kansas." At the meeting they put into place a White Scholarship that he had proposed last year.

Coming on to Kansas the Corporons hosted a great Chicken dinner at the Shead farm, rural Garland. Present were Mitzi and Joel Ray with children Cademon and Atalie from Tulsa, Charles Corporon, Pittsburg, Larry and Vickie Shead and Mary V. Shead, Arcadia where the New Yorkers spent the night.

Sunday dinner was shared together by Jack and Harriett and his brother, Mick and Eloise Corporon in Joplin, Mo. Superbowl Sunday party guests of Charles Corporon were Ms. Jo Ann Triplett, Pittsburg, Jack and Harriett, N.Y. All were PSU classmates in 1949. Jack and Jo Ann sang in the same choral groups. Jack and Harriett cheered for the Saints -- they used to live in New Orleans -- while the other two were for the Colts. They enjoyed Hors d'oeuvres and pizza and spent time reminiscing about the good old days.

In the Arcadia Christian Church on Valentine Sunday, The Parrish families presented each with a pink net covered Valentine cup filled with Valentine candies tied with tiny white bows. All expressed thank you for such a special favor. The congregation welcomed back Pastor David Peterson after his absence of four Sundays attending Seminary in Colorado Springs, Colo. Following his sermon he called the members of Church board, Gary and Patty Peterson, Vera and John Parrish and spokesman Wayne and Christie Parrish forward to announce that David Peterson has resigned as pastor of our church and Valentine Sunday was his last sermon as pastor in this church. He has held this pastorate from May 23, 2004 until Feb. 14, 2010. We give thanks for the five good years he has shared with us and wish him well in his future plans.

In the Pittsburg Lutheran Church where Ernestine and Forrest Berkey attend, flowers were given by them in memory of his mother, Evelyn Kerstetter. They took flowers to their daughter, Angela Redd that Valentines Day and visited granddaughter Kristen Redd at Gebhardt's that Sunday afternoon.