Times Independent | 1969-11-06 | Page 9 | Children of Moab Church Collect 1,000 Cans of Food for Area Needy

m J:i H !'V:j?-J. U u :n , j x.vi ' ;) The Halloween can collectors . this year were (back row. left to right) Becky Mun- sey, Richard Larsen, Karen 'Eckright, Jean (Rowe, Cassie. Jenco, Teresa Eckright, Lois Hill, Eberle Eckright and Hazel Day. Front, Lester Day, , Joyce Eckright, Jim Jenco, Vicky and Russell Dunn and Daryl Rowe. Absent for picture;were Robin Larsen Lar-sen and Dail Magee. Children of Moab Church Collect 1,000 Cans of Food for Area Needy More than 1000 cans of food were collected by Moab young people over the Halloween Hal-loween weekend to be used for the needy of this area. Children of the Seventh-day Seventh-day Adventist Church throughout throu-ghout the United States perform per-form a public and commun ity service at Halloween time. Instead of threatening residents res-idents with tricks they request re-quest food, clothing or cash. They then use those items for persons and families suffering suffer-ing from unfortunate circumstances circum-stances such as accident, disease di-sease or disaster. This weekend children of the local church collected 1,109 canned and boxed foods. They also gathered 242 pieces piec-es of, clothing and more thar: $70 'in cash. Elder of the local Seventh-day Seventh-day Adventist Church, Dr. J. P.Munsey said the outstanding out-standing collection was due to the generosity of the Moab Mo-ab public for which they deserve de-serve a good deal of credi. The items collected will be used in the weeks ahead for those ' in need. Dr. Munsey said that if Moab residents are aware of neighbors or families ' in the local area that need help, they should call Mrs. Alberta Rowe, director dir-ector of the Welfare Department Depart-ment of the Church. The number to flail is 253-5964. This service is open to persons per-sons of .any nationality or creed. Church members will also be preparing Thanksgiving baskets in a few weeks to brighten the holidays of fam-iliesin fam-iliesin need locally. " The surplus goods will be sent to the Navajo Reservation Reserva-tion for the Indians.