Banner Graphic, Greencastle, Putnam County, 13 December 1974 — Page 2

1A THE PUTNAM COUNTY BANNER-GRAPHIC, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13,1974

1 thank God for the story of Peter’

By R. THOMAS MOODY Cloverdale Church of Nazarene ‘And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto

him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out. and went bitterly’—(Luke 22:61, 62) That was the turning point in the history of Peter. Christ had

said to him: ‘Thou canst not follow me now.’ Peter was not in a fit state to follow Christ, because he had not been brought to an end of, himself. He did not know himself, and

Calendar of events

Tcrie*, Keith Boehme of Richmond, Ind. will show slides of the Holy Land Friday at 8:30 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Petscher, 707 S. Locust. The public is invited. The two Fatima Rosary groups of St. Paul’s Catholic church will have a pitch-in dinner Friday at 6 pjn. at the home of Mrs. Jane Adams. Bring a covered dish and own table service. The Century Club will meet Friday at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Laurel Turk. Please bring your favorite Christmas ornament for decoration. The Women’s Study Club will meet at Asbury Towers with Mrs. Cavins Baughman on Friday at 2, p.m. Mrs. H. Fabian Underhill will have the program. Saturday Owen Lodge 655 will hold their annual venison supper Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

The Castle Squares Dance Club is holding their annual Christmas Dance Saturday at the National Guard Armory. A pitch-in supper will be held

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from 5p.m. to 7:30pm. and the dance will be from 8 pm. to 11 pm. Ron McPherson is the caller. Santa will be there. Sunday BAINBRIDGE- The Bainbridge Saddle Club will have their annual Christmas dinner and trophy award Sunday at 12:30 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Winings north of New Maysville. Turkey, rolls, coffee and tea will be furnished by the club. Bring a side dish. There will be euchre and ping pong played in the afternoon. Guests are welcome. The choir at the Presbyterian Church, 110 S. College, will be singing special Christmas music this Sunday at the 10:45 am. worship service. They will sing selections from the Christmas cantata, “The Song of the Angels,” by Van Denman Thompson, late head of the DePauw School of Music and DePauw organist. The choir is directed by Mrs. Stanley Caine, and the minister is Tom Heinlein who will give a brief meditation on the topic, “Will He Come Again?” Monday CLOVERDALE-Hurst-Collins unit 281 of the American Legion Auxiliary will have their Christmas party Monday at 7:30 p.m. Members are asked to bring a $2 gift for exchanging, something for refreshments and a can of food for the Christmas basket.

CLOVERDALE-Hurst-Collins American Legion Post 281 will elect a trustee and a canteen committee member

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during their regular meeting at the post home in Cloverdale on Monday at 8 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Tuesday The Penelope Club will have their Christmas dinner and gift exchange Tuesday at noon at Torr’s Restaurant. PUTNAMVILLE - The Putnamville U.M.W. husbands or guests will meet at the Putnam Inn Tuesday at 7 pjn. for their annual Christmas dinner. Please remember your $1 gift and $1 gift for your guest. Members Please note changes of place. The Putnam Senior Citizens will hold their annual Christmas dinner Tuesday at 6:30 with a pitch-ln supper at the VFW. Come bring a covered dish. There will be a grab bag. Men bring a man’s present and women bring a lady’s present, nothing over $1. There will be games and door prizes. Anyone over 50 is welcome to Come. The dues are $1 per year.

Beta Sigma Phi exemplar chapter of Greencastle will meet at the home of Mrs. John Pulliam, Water Works Hill, Tuesday at 6:30 pm. for their annual Christmas party. Members are reminded to bring gifts for their Secret Sisters and also a salad for the salad bar. Wednesday CLOVERDALE - Cloverdale Chapter 369 Order of the Eastern Star will hold a regular stated meeting Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Members are to bring a gift for the exchange and refreshments for the pound party following the meeting.

he therefore could not follow Christ. But when he went out and wept bitterly, then came the great change. Christ previously said to him: ‘When thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.’ Here is the point where Peter was converted from self to Christ. I thank God for the story of Peter. I do not know a man in the Bible who gives us greater comfort. When we look at his character, so full of failures, and at what Christ made him by the power of the Holy Ghost, there is hope for every one of

us.

But remember, before Christ could fill Peter with the Holy Ghost and make a new man of him, he had to go out and weep bitterly; he had to be humbled. If we want to understand this, I think there are four points that we must look at. First, let us look at Peter the devoted disciple of Jesus. Second let us look at Peter as he lived the life of self. Third, Peter’s repentance. Fourth, what Christ made of Peter by the Holy Spirit. 1. The devoted disciple of Christ. Christ called Peter to forsake his nets, and follow Him. Peter did it at once, and he afterwards could say rightly to the Lord: ‘We have forsaken all and followed Thee.’ Peter was a man of absolute surrender; he gave up all to follow Jesus. Peter was a man of great faith. When he saw Christ walking on the water, he said: ‘Lord,if it be Thou, Did me come unto Thee’ and at Christ command he stepped out of the boat and walked on the water. 2. Peter, living the life of self, he had left the boat and nets, but not his old self. Jesus said, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.’ 3. Third, let us look at Peter’s repentance. Peter denied his Lord thrice, and then the Lord looked upon him; and that look of Jesus broke the heart of Peter, and all at once there opened up before him the terrible sin that he had committed and Peter Went out and wept bitterly. All of this and yet not converted. In the Gospel of St. LukeCh. 22:3-32

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Jesus said, ‘Simon, Simon behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I haveprayed for you, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. St. John 14:15-17 If you love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be

in you.

Simon Peter, a man of absolute surrender; a man of spiritual insight, and yet how much there was wanting in Peter. Yet, like so many church members today that think if your good deeds outweigh your bad, that’s good enough, but, not so, there has to be a complete change in your heart, a complete change in your life. As the old timers use to say, it will cause you to change your hitching post, some of you readers know what I am talking about. Paul says in Romans 6:2 ‘How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Then in V.6 knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. There * will have to be a change inside. You take that little black and white kitty out of the woods, give it a bath, pour a lot of expensive perfume on it, tie a yellow ribbon around its neck and set it in the parlor, call it a two-tone kitty with a fluid drive, but you rile him up a little and you’ll find out , he’s still a skunk, there will have to be an operation to change his character, and especially his

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The old man that Paul is speaking about is,the carnal nature, that thing inside us that causes us to lose our cool when somebody riles us a little. But thanks be to God , there is a remedy, the Blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin. Too many people today relying on water and church membership to get them in, but that’s not enough, these are all right in their place, but they are secondary. Yes, Peter went out and wept bitterly. And the Christ who led Peter to Pentecost is waiting today to take charge of every heart that is willing to surrender itself to Him. None else but Christ Jesus can give deliverance from the power of self. And what does He ask? Only that you should humble yourself before Him.

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Cloverdale news

Swope returns from Florida trip

CLOVERDALE-Jack Swope returned home from a trip to Florida where he went skin diving in Warm Mineral Springs. This trip, he made a 70 ft. free dive, breaking his old record for skin diving and explored, skin diving, in a cave at Manatee Spring. Birthdays include: Dec. 10, Sharon Garrett and Mike McCammack; Dec. 15, Calvin McKamey; Dec. 16, Todd Dorsett; Dec. 19, Norma Ann Ray; Dec. 11, Mrs. Faye Cash. Anniversaries include: Dec. 14, Mr. and Mrs. Ira McKamey. Mrs. Glen Williams, who has been a surgery patient in the Union Hospital in Terre Haute has returned home. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Williams were Mr. and Mrs. Larry Williams and daughter. Tuesday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Davis were in Bloomington to visit Mr. Ralph Mariett who is a resident in the Hospitality House. Brad Sandy won his second year trophy for attending the Indiana Dance Convention at the Indiana Expo Center in Indianapolis Sunday, Dec. 8th. “Note of Interest”: Congratulations to the C.H.S. Marching Clovers and their director, Robert Hedge, upon placing first, and winning two trophies at the Christmas Parade at Crawfordsville on Saturday, December 7. They put in many long, hard hours of work practice marching in the snow, and the final march took place in the rain. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parker of Coatesville were Sunday afternoon visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Anderson of Quincy were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hankins. We wish to express our condolences to the Forrester Ison family upon the death of Mr. Ison’s mother, Mrs. Mary Ison of Kentucky, also the family members of Mrs. Ella Walker, and the family members of Mrs. Ida Fischer upon tne loss of their loved ones. “Thot: We need not fear the darkness of this world, for Christ the light is ever with us.” Our Daily Bread Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davis and family of Terre Haute were Mrs. Claudeene Shelton and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Garrett entertained Monday with a party in honor of the birthday of their daughter Sharon, who was eight years old on Dec. 10th. Guests present included Mark Garrett, Terri and Traci Sharp, Marla and Melissa Garrett, Todd and Angela O’Hair, Bruce and Vickie Whiting, Betty Evans, and Duane Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Allen Davis and family of Speedway were Sunday evening visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Davis and Claudeene Shelton. Note of Humor: Dr. and Mrs. Robert Orbick ate Thanksgiving dinner at Skyland Lodge. Mrs. Orbick relates that she feels more unpatriotic because all persons present were eating turkey, but she ordered steak, Spencer Steak at that, and to make matters worse, instead of pumpkin pie she ate (TOPS Please Disregard) ice cream. She states that she “will get in step one of these years.” Paul Hankins of Newago, TheCHURCH Of CHRIST 637 E. Washington St. Greencastla, Indiana Sunday Services: 9:45 a.m., 10:35 a.m., & 6 p.m. Bible Study: Wadnasday, 7:30 p.m Evangalitt Michael Hardin

Mich, visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hankins, on Wednesday, and all had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hankins and family in Plainfield. The Tuesday Club met Tuesday, December 10, for dinner in the Student Union Building at DePauw with twenty-one persons present. Following dinner, a secret sister gift exchange took place. The town has taken on a festive holiday look especially since the decorative lighting was turned on Tuesday night. Mrs. Audrey Staley is a patient in Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Mrs. I. J. Thesing, mother of Mrs. Margaret Kay, has returned to her home in Little Falls, Minnesota. Mrs. Thesing had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Leland Kay and daughter Charleen. Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell

Kay of Greencastle, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Kay and daughter Charleen, and Mrs. I. J. Thesing were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dietz of Indianapolis. Enroute home, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Kay and Charleen and Mrs. Thesing visited Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Kay and daughter Becky. Mrs. Isabelle Paugh, Mrs. Ralph Morgan, Joella Morgan, Mrs. Louise VanScyoc and Mrs. Barbara Moore attended the Christmas program, Tuesday night, at the Poland Chapel. Cloverdale Chapter No. 369 O.E.S. will meet December 18 at 7:30. Following the meeting a pound party and gift exchange will be held. Formals will not be worn to this meeting. Recent visitors of Mrs. Ruth Brant and Beverly included Mrs. Bernell Haltom and David Fivecoats-

Dear Abby By Abigail Van Buren (g 1*74 by Chicuus TribuM-N. Y. N#wi SynU., Ik. DEAR ABBY: I suppose every office has its own “Dirty Gertie," but 1 11 put ours up against the best (or the worst) of them. Dirty Gertie always has a dirty joke, a filthy limerick, or some kind of sexy gag to pass around the office. I’m a married woman, and I’m certainly no prude, but there are some young unmarried employees here who have been embarrassed half to death by some of the dirty stuff Gertie has come up with. Dirty Gertie has seniority here. She’s competent and knows where all the bones are buried, so there’s no getting rid of her. Is there some way I can let her know that everybody doesn't love a dirty joke? If vou print this in your column. I’ll stick it on her spindle. ‘ J. AT THE OFFICE DEAR J.: Consider this my contribution toward fighting office pollution. DEAR ABBY: The other day I went alone to a very nice restaurant and was seated at a table. I had no more than ordered when a man at the next table lit a cigar. I leaned over and politely said to him, “I’d appreciate it if you didn't smoke that cigar now as it bothers me. He leaned toward me and whispered back, "That cheap perfume you're wearing bothers ME and I lit the cigar to counteract it.” Abby, I am a man and I do not use perfume. Under the circumstances, what would you have done? TONGUE-TIED DEAR TIED: I’d have asked the captain to move either me or the cigar smoker. Hints for Heloise

Dear Heloise; I would like to share my hint with all of your readers. Sweet potatoes are great this time of the year and I used to try soap, cleanser, etc. to get that sticky goop off my hands after peeling them. Now I use a little grease, rub all over my hands, then use a paper towel, and wipe off. Presto! It’s gone. Mrs. J.L.B. * * * A little oil or margarine added to the pot you boil them in keeps the sticky stuff from sticking to the pot, too. Makes it easier to clean. Heloise Dear Heloise: Ever wonder what to do with all those loose twist-ties? I keep mine in an empty plastic pill bottle (without the

cap on) in my kitchen drawer. Fern Tomeu Saddle Club The Putnam County Saddle Club held their annual meeting at the Union Building with a dinner on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m. Sixty members attended the meeting. Reports were given on the progress of the past year. New officers and directors were elected for the coming year. They are president, Don Ottenbacher; secretary, Mabel Vermillion and treasurer, Clifford Frazier. Other members of the Board ot Directors are Gail Arnold, Hugh Henry, Frank Boyce, Robert Poor, Charles Phillips and Ronald Guenther.

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