CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, September 26 - October 2, 1997 - 21
C,00PE LIFE
Rehoboth's Epworth Cl[urch holds centennial celebration
Spirit by the Sea beams forth as time-
honored traditions mingle with new
Rehoboth Beach's Epworth
United Methodist Church cele-
brated its Centennial Year with
two special services Sunday, Sept.
21, followed by a luncheon at
Rehoboth Convention Center.
The large crowd was welcomed
by church member the Hon.
William S. Lee, with pastor the
Rev. Anne Pruett-Barnett giving.
opening remarks and blessing.
Honored guests included former
pastors the Rev. David Baker and
his wife Florence, and the Rev.
Jonathan Baker and his wife Don-
na, assistant pastor The Rev.
Leonard Hatch and his wife Mari-
an, and interim pastor the Revl
Thomas Starnes and his wife
Wave.
The Rev. Paul McCoy, son of
the Rev. J.C. McCoy, pastor at
Epworth in the 1940s; Josephine
Branford, the daughter of the Rev.
Harry Branford, pastor in the
1930s; and David Buckson, repre-
senting the Rev. I. Charles Car-
penter, pastor from 1931-34, were
also honored guests, as were the
Rev. and Mrs. Sterling Green, dis-
trict superintendents.
Recognized for membership in
the church of 50 years or more
were:
Grace Cooper, 68 years; Hazel
Bowman, Kathryn Marsh and
Sarah Melvin, 67 years; James
Downs, Granville Kunsman, Ray-
mond Simpler and Mary Taylor,
65 years; John Marsh, 62 years;
Dennard Quillen, 60 years; Louise
Joseph, William Joseph, Mar-
guerite Becker, Geraldine Deloy,
James W, T'avis Jr. and Esther.
Anne Wilson, 56 years; Edna Mac
Paley and Gertrude Simpler, 55
years; Doris Webb Davis, Electa
Kunsman, Charlotte McDaniel,
Richard Messick, Elizabeth Pool-
er and Juanita J. Quint, 53 years;
Doris Downs and Edward Hill, 52
years; Jean Russell, Pierce Rus-
sell, Shirley Carey, Ruth Hudson,
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Carol Fehrenbsch photos
Grace Cooper (left) and Ellen Pugh were two of the church
members recognized during the celebration, the former for 68
years, the longest of any other member, and the latter for 50
years.
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Clella and Dick Harp sing out "In the Good Old Summertime" during the eelebrati0n of the
centennial of Epworth United Methodist Church as part of the original play "Spirit by the
Sea," which was performed Sept. 21 during the anniversary festivities.
Carol Fehrenbach photo Angle Moon photo
The Ray. Jack Abel relates to the crowd how former pastor Jonathan Baker helped him
decide to pursue the ministry at the age of 28. Baker, his wife Donna, and Carenda Baker, who
was also inspired by Baker to enter the ministry, look on. She is now serving as a part-time
pastor in Greensburg, Pa., while Abel is pastor in Port Deposit, Md. At right, "flower children"
(l-r) Lauren Pettigrew, Noelle Baisch and Haley Staples sing in the new generation.
-You can tell a freshman parent a mile away
AROUND TOWN
Nancy Katz
major in "Government Urban
Development In Third World
Countries Beginning With The
Initial 'P'."
For one thing, the senior in col-
lege always has the furniture out-
A lot of people could identify
and sympathize with the first fam-
ily dropping their daughter off at
college last week. The first time
is always somewhat traumatic.
It's not the anxiety of saying
good-bye that grips a parent as
they pull up the station wagon full
of boxes fastened with duct tape
and marked with astrological
signs, but the knowledge that the
whole world will now know how
your child has lived. And that
includes the board of health, the
department of social services and
some roommate's parents.
You can always tell the differ-
ence between the arrival of a
freshman's family at college and
the arrival of a senior's, some of
whom actually are seniors, having
spent the last six years looking for
one more credit to complete a
side of the dormitory, usually on
the front lawn or on a deck that is
half hanging down the side of
another structure with live wires
sticking out of any opening
through the wall. They go from
the couch at home to the couch
covered with ivy parked next to a
fire hydrant.
I saw a scene similar to this
when I was on an above-ground
subway in Boston and we passed
an apartment complex where a
family had been evicted and their
entire possessions were out on the
street.
There is nothing inside the dor-
mitory room or an on-campus
apartment but a gigantic stereo
system with speakers the size of
gas station pumps and two pitted
olives in a refrigerator that is leak-
ing some kind of anti-freeze mate-
rial out of the bottom.
This was the look of my son's
apartment, which I had the fortu-
nate experience of touring when
he was a senior in college. The
parents of the other roommates
and I held hands to form a chain as
we stepped out onto the deck three
floors above the ground. There
actually were some termites still
lying around, sleeping it off, from
the party the night before. This is
known in British circles as the
quick walk-about. Thirty seconds
later, you've written the check and
in your car doing 90 miles an hour
and trying to remember medita-
tion techniques you learned from
some infomercial that was on at
three in the morning.
And there is a different cama-
raderie when you arrive on cam-
pus to drop off a senior in college.
That child that you have nurtured
all those early years and made
sure he ate all their vegetables is
greeted with "Hey Six Pack!" and
"Sudsy!" or just plain "Dude!"
And they carry no luggage
except a duffel bag that has not
been opened since they were
freshman and holds one broken
lacrosse stick that they cannot live
without and a set of worn under-
wear that belongs to someone
else, which they fully intend to
return someday.
So, you may as well enjoy drop-
ping off that freshman with the
curtains and bookshelves that you
so thoughtfully planned. Things
change quickly.
And, oh yes, you wouldn't real-
ly be a senior in college unless
you showed up with that Golden
Retreiver.
