1955 Miracle Yearbook

in front d om the f e five ye Their vi t street th th an old fri n k wledge of c 1 e restaurantfid 1 at his old routin Learning that ot l they came to Indians. Inquir oceeding there converting them From Paul se ly touring t wa the evangel Bill and this id, deser of a ace of bus Sup es. With and Bob who w poi t farthest st newspa B. wanted t' sto the local igh ny—teach tree arville. T surprise came whe learned English Depart d a s ecialis Shakes e in charge of the Reba peecE epa me These intrepi en loved to hike in mou tai their shoes and ne d'ed inents. Hunting up a Penn they found the mana er o Shoe Department to be none had been in this parti ore for three years. On the way home Bill and Merle visited another old schoolmate, Bill Patter , who tablished a missionary work in the Kentucky mo were ama, to see ge work which he had built up from scratch. Bi • the they h rrived at an op •rtune moment because on that par David Seld esenting a spedi ervice. Dave x is work in Alaska and ha rought an added attract :a pair of e seals. On th e our newspaper friends reviewed their happy experiences and ex- pressed considerable regret that they could not contact personally three of their former classmates. Shirley Wolcott and Alice Austin were both the wives of traveling evangelists and had not been in any of the towns they had visited. Gordon Wimer had just returned for another term in Africa. To have missed him was indeed a disappointment. Though tired by their long travels and practically empty of purse both Bill and Merle were buoyed up by the joy of old friendship and acquaintance renewed. And more than this, the experiences furnished material for many editions of the iSociety Column. i n ProJpect One morning while sitting at his desk at the Dayton Daily Gossi p newspaper office, Editor Bill Brown stumbled upon an idea for feature articles for th e Society Column. He had not seen most of his classmates from the Class of 1955, Cedar ville College, since graduation day ten years ago. He thought: Why not attempt to secu re some information concerning the wheilag****.-4,cr-Acii,what each was doing,-,t , human interest . article this cwld become! So. contactin • aelplyor.ter, Merle Joh Bil necessary /34.parations to hunt out each Leavirl with an air of great anticipation Bill and Merle headed their J aguar north- ward. InA eir local area, they first visited Verne Kirby and discovered h e was the pastor of the Etrst Baptist Church of Marysville, Ohio. Their visit with Verne w as spent in pl nt reminiscence of days Aperit -at, Cedarville Col • During the conversation Verne oned Jim Shaw and this 11:- - -that Jim was stilreng in the work of conver. ing Methodist churches into Ba ti churches. His record to. sho t ee succ and one failure. Upon,bidding kz .- 1 1 1 and Merle_ continu Detroit., gas a..,, :en e-iaL ek in the em 1:,Ks:: 4.• ity (fen'transf,erxed 15etroi _y 1 ft The E-67-cr-rOr f the restauran Dining Hall go ration. Her ;;;i• e -Schenck at Paul co etball wit •. a • e to to a stop lar. e but rs befor with Ii is • • I / •14 of e r cla tuck, of Paul's nd hi tain- s lea dthry a an At tt time inue • ollins. was.. was-le ittte -13 ace named Mick, was owner ecl,in the Cedarvill ros ering in its o ting ans and r mate •ved in orado. ere ife reveale laying bas • 41 t-huntint ed portion o ness was a to • ne en and angelis m. Gle te.zz estward they had to cross IS a • .- ntin ent A • the SU t ;11 •• • • irli ngWrit '• • plac en •.A • t nd r oz h emerge o to Detroit at. Looking down ey entered and found mice could not let her ste. She had built this iter, Ted Lemaire, was nd Me e traveled several days d a flouri hing work among be fo the local gymnasium. he I had succeeded in 11-p s an Grew were pre - n ser a- n leader while Bob eetings he bzarks. eath Valli . Driving through pon a ti oasis. In front and Plumbing dships with Mel reached the New Mexico, Bill learned graduates of ead of the • mold House ers wed old lassm v. Howre en V-i i "-Ong WI-io-m were tw James Johnson was 'S ry, but had wo ut ment Store in n Martin Edwar . He