Show I 4 s H w i il i I J fr THE REV AND MRS Andy Underhill are honored at a reception following his resignation as pastor of Vernal First Baptist t Church The Rev Andy Underhill Resigns From First Baptist Church Here After nearly six years of service as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Vernal the Rev Andy Underhill has hns xv- xv signed He He- has indicated that al al- al although though his future plans are arc not entirely definite he will serve in the ministry in some capacity possibly in the utah mission field THE REV Underhill came cameto cameto to Vernal Aug 17 1957 from Hobbs N M 1 where he ser ved in the First Baptist Church there He has been in the ministry for 25 years He received his education in Oklahoma where he and Mrs Underhill were resident of Madill Pastor Underhill was a member of Vernal Minister Minister- Ministerial Ministerial ial Association and was ac- ac active active tive In Boy Scouts and the Royal Ambassadors a boys group af affiliated with the Southern Baptist Church HE W WAS AS moderator of Utah Baptist Church for four years and served as director of Ute the Daily Vacation Bible School of the Church each summer He was a member of A Ashley hley Masonic Lodge No 28 Under his leadership the Baptist Church here herb has grown to a membership of The Sunday School has advanced from 30 on Sunday mornings to as high as 86 in InI I attendance Mrs Underhill was active in Church work serving as president of the Women's Missionary Union and as Jun- Jun Junior br Training Union Leader vice president of the Association Association tion and as a Sunday School teacher THE REV AND Mrs Un Un- Underhill have a son Donald of Hobbs N M and two daughters Mrs Oneita Pool of Seminole Tex and Mrs Naomi Armstrong of San An- An Antonio Antonio tonio Tex whom th they y will vili visit prior to the Rev Under Under- Underhill's Underhill's hills hill's accepting another post A pulpit committee has been selected to contact pas pas pas- pastors tors who may be interested in the position The Rev and Mrs Under Under- Underhill hill were honored at a fare fare- farewell farewell well reception in the church parlor recently when they were presented a love offer offer- offering ing by their many friends and lay people of the Church MRS FRED LANG and Mrs Effie Peyton had char char- charge ge of the reception arrange arrange- arrangements arrangements ments The color scheme was carried out in lavender and white flowers and de decorations cora which also complemented ted the open shaped cake used on the serving table which later was pre to the Eileen furrell 1 Sandra Mer- Mer Merrell Merrell rell Tommy Murray Floyd Sterling Ivan Rance Searle Leslie Anne Sevy Brenda Smith H Karl Swain Howard La La- La LaDell Dell Brownie E Tomlinson and Roger Carl Patricia Walker Fred Weeks Dorothy Winder and Douglas Loren Winkler |