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BAPTIST CHURCH
The parsonage Is being made
ready for occupancy . When -work
Is completed , the pastor, Rev. Wil-
liam Stafford Scott , and family will
move in.
The sermon topic for next Sun-
day morning, November 13, Is an- j
nounced as "What Is the Real Mean-
ing ot Stewardship?" The evening
topic will be, "Perplexing Times
and How to Meet Them." There
will be special Instrumental music
and gospel hymn singing. Mr. and
Mrs. Heman P. Crocker will spon-
sor the Youth Fellowship.
At the Youth Fellowship last
Sunday, wire recordings were made
of the voices of a score of young
people as they gave their favorite
Scripture or testimony as to what
Church and Sunday School meant
to them. Mrs. Dorothy Otis was
hostess to the group.
At the evening service last Sun-
day, Rev. and Mrs. Gordon Joynes |
of Falmouth gave musical selec-
tions, which were recorded.
WEDDING ACCOUNT
In the account of the Shepherd-
Simpkins wedding in the last issue,
the name of the groom was inad-
vertently omitted. Mrsr Miriam
Fenno Simpklns was married to
Mr. Perclval D. Shepherd of Boston
and Barnstable.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
CHANGE
Due to the fact that the date ot
the next Community Concert has
been changed from December 9 to
December 12, when the members
of the Barnstable Woman 's Club
have planned to hold their Christ-
mas meeting the women have post-
poned their program until Decem-
ber 14.
The Woman's Club held their
meeting Monday nig ht for discus-
sion only of heating problems of
the club house.
SHERIFF SPEAKS
Sheriff Donald P. Tulloch spoke
Friday at the Sandwich Woman's
Club on "The Duties of a County
Sheriff." Mrs. Lincoln C'roweli ,
chairman , and her committee served
tea .
WOMAN'S AUXILIARY
This group ot St. Mary 's Episco-
pal Church will hold its annual
Harvest Supper for members at
6:30 p.m. Monday at the home of
Mrs. William Cummlngs. A busi-
ness meeting will follow at 8.
KINDERGARTEN
Through the efforts of some of
the Young Mothers of the village a
kindergarten is being conducted by
Miss Marie Taveau in the upstairs
room of the Unitarian Church from
i) a.m. to 12 noon Monday through
Friday. Children who will enter
( public school , next year may at-
tend.
SEA SCOUTS
The local sea scouts motored to
Woods Hole with leader John R.
Tulls to learn navigation points
from the Coast Guard .
FIRE MEETING
The Fire Department held Its
monthly meeting at the Fire Sta-
tion on Thursday night.
CANNED GOODS
The local Cub Scouts and Boy
Scouts will assist Mrs. Doris
Travers, chairman of the annual
canned goods collection for the
Cape Cod Hospital. Every home in
the village will be contacted be-
tween now and Thanksgiving. Con-
tainers will also be set up in the
stores for the convenience of those
who wish to donate while at stores.
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cary and
son Bobby spent the weekend in
Milford , N. H., the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Irene Hallett , and
daughter,' Doroth y.
Mrs. Ethel W. Magill and Miss
Elwlnna Nickerson have returned
home after several weeks spent at
Miami , Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman C. Parker
have returned to their home in
Pittsburgh after spending several
weeks at their new home on Bone
Hill Road.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hallett have
returned after spending a week
with Mr . and Mrs. Ernest Matthews
at Berwick, Me.
Russell Sturgis of Flushing, N.
Y., is spending a few days with
his family.
Work has started on the new
home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon David
on Main Street.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Ewing Glasgow
have arrived in St. Louis, Mo., for
the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Hunter and
daughter have moved to Yarmouth-
port for the winter.
Mrs. Harry B. Ryder, accompa-
nied by her mother, Mrs. Catherine
Leonard , have spent several days
at their summer homes.
Mrs. Ethel W. Magill and Miss
Elwinna Nickerson have returned
after spending several weeks at
Miami , Fla.
Earl Teiro of Southington , Conn.,
was the recent guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Ansel Ryder over the week
end.
Charles P. Kimball's family have
returned to Rochester, N. Y., for
the winter months and have closed
their summer home here.
PERSONALS
Mrs. Mary J. Ellis Is having her
two weeks' vacation from the tel-
ephone office.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cary and
son Bobby have returned home
trom Annapolis Royal , Novn Sco-
tia, after a two weeks' trip by auto.
Mr. Cary had luck and shot several
deer and a cub bear. William E.
Simmons of Whitman accompanied
them. He also shot a deer.
BARNSTABLE
Former health officer of Barn-
stable County, Dr. Almon P. Goff ,
died November 8 in Muskogee,
Oklahoma, at the home of his son,
James S. Goff , at the age of 77.
Dr. Goff , from a practice in New
York , entered the U. S. Army dur-
ing the Philippine Insurrection, at
the close of which he entered the
Philippine Health Service. He
worked there, part of the time as
head of a hospital in Manila , until
the outbreak of World War I, when
he was recalled to Army service and
stationed in Siberia as head of an
army hospital.
Dr. Goff was a graduate of the
University of Buffalo and served
in hospital and health work in va-
rious places In this country. In
1924, he came to Barnstable Coun-
ty as health officer , serving until
his retirement in- 1946. Since then
he has suffered ill health.
Surviving him are, besides his
son, a daughter , Margaret B. Goff ,
of Hyannis; two sisters, Mrs, Mel-
vln J. Bromley and Mrs. Elizabeth
Travis, both of Hornell , N. Y.; a
niece, Mrs. Irene Garvey of Cam-
eron Mills , N. Y.; a nephew, Hiram
H. Goff, of Kane, Pa., and two
grandchildren.
Burial was In Rathburn , N. Y.
Dr. Almon P. Goff
Under sponsorship of the Ameri-
can Legion, Barnstable Post 206, a
square dance instruction class for
adults will bo inaugurated at Le-
gion hall, November 17. The class
will be free to all.
Lawrence B. Loy will conduct
the class, and assisting in arrange-
ments are Carl Fraser of the Barn-
stable County Extension Service
and Sidney V. Wright of the Town's
Playground and Recreation Com-
mission,
Adults May Learn
Square Dancing Free
Some 400 and more persons at-
tended lust Sunday afternoon tho
second annual ecumenical service
of worship in the First Congrega-
tional Church , Falmouth , sponsored
by the Cape Cod Clerical Club.
Dr. Henry Smith Lelper , execu-
tive secretary of the World Council
of Churches , came from New York
to deliver the address. Dr. Lelper
spoke of the increasing spirit of
unification among the 250 Protes-
tant denominations , saying that ,
during the past year, about 30 con-
solidations had taken place.
The offering, after deduction of
expenses, was used to further
World Christian Service. It netted
$63, according to report .
Participating clergymen were the
Reverends Robert W. Nicholson ,
St. Mary 's Church, Barnstable; E.
Gage Hotallng, First Baptist
Church , Hyannls; Robert C. Dodds,
Union Congregational Church, Den-
nis; Ralph H. Long, First Congre-
gational Church , Falmouth ; Ste-
phen H. Smith, Congregational
Church , South Yarmouth , and
Thomas E. Pardue, Federated
Church, Cotult.
Mr. Long and the Rev. Leslie F.
Wallace, rector of St. Barnabas
Memorial Church , Falmouth , were
co-hosts to Dr. Lelper.
Several more Cape ministers
marched in the processional , sit-
ting in a body at the front of the
church.
Mr. Franklin Leech was at tho
organ.
MIAMI IS WEST
Miami , Florida, is farther west
than Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Cape-Wide Attendance
Ecumenical Service The subject of "Pre-Marltal Coun-
selling" was discussed at a round-
table Monday, Nov. 7, at the meet-
ing of the Cape Cod Clerical Club
at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
in Fnlmouth. Those taking part in
the panel were the Rev. Robert C.
Dodds of Dennis, the Rev. William
Stafford Scott of Barnstable, the
Rev, Thomas E. Pardue of Cotult
and the Rev. Adam J. Schutz of
South Yarmouth. The speakers em-
phasized the need for counselling
young couples before marriage, and
suggested books and pamphlets
which they found useful in such
Interviews.
Reports "were given on the sec-
ond annual Ecumenical service held
Sunday in the First Congregational
Church ot Falmouth. It was an-
nounced that after all expenses
were paid, a check for $63 was be-
ing sent to the World Council of
Churches from the offering at the
service.
The Rev, Seter Palches of Oster-
ville, chairman of the hospital com-
mittee, reported on the project for
employing a part-time Protestant
chaplain at the Cape Cod Hospital
and the Pocasset Sanitarium. A bud-
get of $600 for this work was adopt-
ed, and each of the Cape churches
will be asked to make a contribu-
tion to this project.
Next meeting of the club will be
December 5 at the Community Bap-
tist Church in Bass River.
MOSQUITO MORTUARY
Although some strains of house
flies are becoming resistant to
DDT , mosquitoes are not develop-
ing this immunity, the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture reports.
Clerical Club Meets
*unerai services were con'ye nooni, llniitiHt Church , II a.m.
to I p.m.
Eimtham Studio—Locust Itond
No CluirKe for AllllltloilN
Telephonei OI-I CIIIIN tll)-W I
The annual meeting ot the Barn-
stable County Soil Conservation
District will take place In the
Town Building. South Yarmouth,
Tuesday, November 15, at 8 p.m.
Darrell Shephard , Farm Planner,
will give a report of progress on
the BOII conservation program; A.
B. Beaumont, state conservationist,
will give an illustrated talk on soil
conservation problems and the dis-
trict program as a means of solv-
ing them. Bertram Tomlinson, sec-
retary, will give a report. Officers
will be elected .
Refreshments will be In charge
of the Community Service Commit-
tee of the Yarmouth Grange.
The meeting is open to all farm-
ers and those owning three or more
acres of land , who are interested in
soil conservation.
Chairman of the meeting Is G.
Everett Howes, who Is chairman of
the Board of Supervisors. Others on
the Board are Osborne W. Bearse,
treasurer, and Ben D. Fleet.
Soil Conservation
District An. Meeting