Both of these articles are from the Clarinda Herald-Journal June 1958. Click on photos to enlarge.
Going Away Pair Remember Nine Years
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| Showered....Mrs. Greenwood with fry pan, husband with watch, gifts from Methodists. Presentations were by (from right) Merle Stevens, Mrs. Earl Schenck, Cecil Irvin, Mrs. Ray Sherman. |
Appreciation night was spent by Methodists
here when they gathered for a social time before the Rev. and Mrs. Lester
Greenwood would leave for their new home at Ottumwa.
Four couples served as hosts at the door
and the half-hour of preprogram visiting.
Cecil Irvin was chosen to emcee the brief musical program, including a
violin solo by Robert Smith, banjo music by Harold South and two numbers by the
combined church choirs, more than 40 persons, with Miss Aletha Hutchings
accompanying the several numbers. Nelson
Crow led the congregational hymns.
It seemed that gifts just kept coming to the
couple who have been Clarindians nine years.
Mrs. Earl Schenck, WSCS president: Merle Stevens, Pastoral Relations
Committee chairman: Mrs. Roy Sherman,
Builders Class president: and George Woolson were those making the presentations.
The Rev. Ralph Allen, representing the
Ministerial Alliance, spoke concerning the community’s appreciation for the
honored couple. The Rev. Mr. Greenwood
responded by briefing the fine association in the church for nearly a fourth of
his entire ministry.
Mrs. Harold South and Mrs. Dale Bellairs
poured and Mrs. Hyldred Reese had planned and arranged for the refreshment time
for the 225 persons attending.
New Methodist Minster and Family
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| MOVED IN ... The Ashes, David and Martha (above) Robert, Cheryl and Richard, occupy the Methodist parsonage. They came from Nevada, IA Tuesday night to become honest to goodness Clarinda residents, their van arriving the next day. The Rev. Ash has been assigned the First Methodist Church after serving five years in the Story County seat. The Rev. and Mrs. J. Lester Greenwood went to Wesley Church at Ottumwa after nine years in Clarinda |
I am adding a photo just found, undated,(probably 1983 or later) but with four on the right local ministers.
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| With Rev. Miller in the picture, this would have to be after 1983 |
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