Northwest of Durham: Morning Star Church auction draws crowd
Durham correspondent
The public auction of leftover building material and tools of Morning Star Church was attended Saturday by a good-sized crowd. It was a very nice day for January.
Guests of Marcella Unruh Saturday afternoon were Ruth Thayer and Paula.
Supper guests Friday evening of Bruce and Cheryl Dirks were Palmer and Lucille Base, Lee Schoming of Roxbury, Warren and Jane Unruh, and Ruston and Lydia Dirks.
Overnight guests Saturday of Roy and Nadine Davis were Byron and Edith Janzen of Walker, Mo. Additional Sunday dinner guests were Gerald and Eva Davis, Richard and Charlotte Wiebe and Carlyn, John and Ethel Steiner and Randall, Dale and Kathy Jantz and Ruthann, and LaVae Koehn.
About 10 men from Morning Star Church left Sunday morning for Farwell, Texas, to help for a few days with the building of a church.
Travis and Sharon Koehn invited Clayton and Betty Wiebe, Warren and Jane Unruh, Greg and Charlene Wedel and Cadon, and Brian and Rebecca Thomas to be their Sunday dinner guests.
Richard and Kathy Dirks and Ron and Dora Unruh attended the 50th wedding anniversary celebration Sunday afternoon for D.A. and Erma Raber at First Mennonite Church, Newton.
Ken and Sandy Wiebe went to the Moundridge Manor Sunday afternoon to visit Helen Wiebe and other residents.
Morning Star Youth had a farewell Thursday evening for youth sponsors, Marcel and Wendy Unruh and a welcome for the new sponsors Jeff and Monica Ratzlaff.
Gerald and Debbie Unruh visited Sunday afternoon with Marcella Unruh.
