Congregational Life
Engaged
Stratton-Hull
Sally Stratton and Richard Hull have announced
their engagement. Sally is
the daughter of Judith Kranmeister, Cartersville, and William Stratton,
Richmond. Richard is the son of John & Peggy Hull, Maple Shade, New Jersey.
Sally is employed at Hertzler Farm and Feed and Richard at
Virginia Sprinkler Inc. in Ashland.
An October wedding is planned.
Baby Announcement
Powell
Sam and Lora Powell, Hartville, Ohio, announce the birth of
their third child, Dakota Wayne, born March 25, 2004.
He weighed 8 lbs. 4 ozs. and was 19-1/2 inches long.
Dakota is welcomed by siblings, “Little” Sam (V) and Skylar, grandparents, Sam and Poe Powell, and great-grandparents, Sam & Dorothy Powell and Vernon & Frances Weaver.
The
True Tale of Four Red Hens
Once upon a time there was a very pleasant lady who lived
down on a long lane in the country. The
lady loved flowers, watching her songbirds and caring for her small flock of
four red hens whom she named Auldine, Martha, Lillian and Alice.
The hens gave the lady much pleasure as she watched them clucking around
the yard grubbing for bugs and worms. Auldine,
Lillian and Alice were very industrious and regularly laid a golden brown egg
for the pleasant lady’s breakfast. But
Martha refused to lay any eggs despite repeated stern warnings. One bright sunny
day the pleasant lady decided that Martha had been stubborn long enough and that
evening a fat hen was eaten for supper.
Moral of the story: Hens
who don’t lay eggs will
be eaten for supper!