Paige Gogolek intently watched Tom Bolander playing the mandolin.  Tom and Art Meier provided great music for the Sunday worship service.

Doris Meier, Sheila Himes, Romaine Broughton, and Louise Humble were part of a group visiting before church.

Romaine Broughton was showing off the cake spatula she had purchased for serving the Saturday evening cake that was purchased to go with ice cream.  The cake and ice cream were great!  However, the chill had set in for the evening and everyone headed for their warm units after this.

Linda Hangsleben won the prize for identifying the most baby, young child, and/or high school gradation pictures brought by everyone.

The annual Christmas party will be:

1:30 p.m., Sunday, December 7, 2008
Holiday Inn in Mt. Vernon
The cost is $16.00 per person.

If you have not yet told the Whites that are you planning to attend, at least call them at 618-529-3379 by December 1.

As in past years, we can do a community service project by contributing a toy, game, or cleaning supplies for the Adopt a Family Program of the Olney Food Pantry.

Personal Notes

Conrad Jenkins is having a hip problem and checked it out with the doctor. He was told it was arthritis and not a broken bone. Carol Treadwell continues to make progress from her surgery, but slowly. Frank Keeser continues to go to physical therapy for his toe. Walking for a distance tends to be a hard task. George Britt’s shoulder is improving. Grace Britt fell and broke her left hand. She has had a cast on her left hand for five weeks. When she fell, she also put extra strain on her left leg which bothers her.

Max Doerr reported that Leon King, a former member of our unit, from Marion passed away on November 8. His wife Madelyn survives. Also, we want to remember Elmer Koen who died on November 11th. Several unit members were able to attend the visitation and funeral service. This past week, Max Doerr’s nephew, Gordon Doerr, and Sarah Doerr’s brother, Tom Parrish, passed on.

Our sympathy to all of these members.