Southeast Scott Area News

After two weeks of no church services, most people in the area were happy to attend services Sunday morning. Pastor Muhota's sermon was on Nehemiah. He stressed how he was a doer and asked that members of the congregation become more doers in the future. They were asked to read the book of Nehemiah this week. The Muhota children sang three specials. Clara Schofield and Bro Muhota had birthdays. The church will have an Italian dinner after the morning services on Feb. 18.

Dorothy Martens and Arnold Schofield are in the Saint John's Hospital in Joplin, Mo. Arnold had a knee replacement on Jan. 29. We wish him a speedy recovery.

Nellie Kalm was honored on her birthday, Jan. 24, when friends Dorothy Ketner, Anna Rourk, Esther Secrest and Beulah Queen went to breakfast at the NuGrille restaurant.

Monica Dikeman spent the weekend with Brittany Bingesser.

On Jan. 27, Carol Bingesser and Clara and Arnold Schofield attended an indoor track meet at Pittsburg State University where John Bingesser, as student at PSU, entered the high hurdles and several other events.

Birthdays at the CherryGrove Church on Jan. 28 were for Mac Lockwood, Carmen Hutchinson, Elma Underwood, Virginia Barnett and Vivian Giddeons. The special, "Jesus is the Sweetest Name I Know," was sung by Charlotte Dunlay and Donna Simpson. Pastor Dale's message was "Who is Jesus?" taken from Matthew 16:13-20.

Stan and Roberts Armstrong, from Arlington, Texas, were here for a few days visiting his parents, Howard and Agnes Armstrong, Dorothy DeCourdes and other relatives.

The Kan-Mo Jolly Circle Club's January meeting was canceled. It will meet Feb. 15 with Lucile Wolf.

Several in the community were saddened to hear of the death of Paul Potter of Polo, Ill. Paul grew up in the area. He attended the Sunny Slope School, just across the line in Missouri. He went to the Fort Scott High School and he and his family attended that Diamond Community Church. He married Kathryn Brown and they later moved to Illinois.

Dorothy Ketner, Beulah Queen, Anna Rourk, Nellie Kalm and Esther Secrest had lunch at Harry's Cafe in Pittsburg on Feb. 7.

Pastor Stephan's sermon at the Diamond Community Church on Feb. 4 was the second based on the book of Nehemiah.

We are happy to report that Arnold Schofield was able to come home from St. John's Hospital after a knee replacement. We wish him a speedy recovery.

I am sure we all hope the weather will improve so we can go about our normal activities and not have to worry about falling on the ice.

After three cancellations, the Thrift Club will have their March 7 meeting with Sylvia Edgle.

Sunday morning, Austin Schofield used a different mode of transportation to come to the Diamond Community Church. He rode his horse because when he got there the Sunday before there was no place for him to park his truck. His dog waited patiently for him until the services were over.