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By Betty Etchison West
Cana/Pino Correspondent

You are invited to Christmas Breakfast Saturday, Dec. 21 at Wesley Chapel United Methodiist Church. Serving is from 6:30-10 a.m. with country ham, sausage, scrambled eggs, grits, red-eye gravy, sawmill gravy, homemade biscuits, baked apples, jelly, orange juice, and coffee. There is no set price for breakfast, but donations are appreciated. Wesley Chapel is three miles west of Farmington just off of NC 801 North on Pino Road. We hope you will come, have breakfast, and spend time during this Christmas season visiting with friends.
There will be a Bazaar held in connection with the breakfast on Dec. 21. There will be crafts and maybe some baked goods for sale. If anyone wants to rent a space, call Kathy Ellis at 336-830-5123. The fee for renting will be $20.
Bob and Kathy Ellis and Kathy’s Aunt, Ann Cline, Rick and Judy Wilson, Judy’s mother, Violet Coursey, have returned after spending a week at the N.C. Outer Banks.
Susan, Al, and Oliver Cujas of Cana and Missy and David Michalski of Lewisville returned from visiting Cujas relatives in Ford City, Pa. When they returned home, they had to drive in snow from Pennsylvania through West Virginia.
The Wesley Chapel Women of Faith were guests of Kathy Ellis at a brunch before the monthly meeting. Kathy served brunch food, which she had prepared, not only for the Wesley Chapel Women of Faith but also some women from Union United Methodist, the other church on the charge.
The descendants of Floyd and Elma Dull had Christmas Dinner at the Wesley Chapel Fellowship Hall on Sunday, Dec. 8. Twenty-nine members enjoyed this special holiday occasion.
Gideon Henry Alveraz, son of Peter and Autumn Spillman Alvarez, and, grandsonof Henry West, was honored on his first birthday at the Wesley Chapel Fellowship Hall.A nice group of Spillman and West relatives helped him celebrate. Gideon or Little Henry, as his Grandma West calls him, was carried away with a truck or tractor which he could push. That gift was from his grandfather, Henry West.
Gary Fish, father of Jamie Fish, has returned to his Pino home after having heart surgery. He seems to be doing well. Everyone in the community sends Gary their best wishes.
The members of Wesley Chapel want Ronald Howell to know that the are concerned about him and want him to get better. They miss him and his dear wife at services. They also miss Sandy King and Cindy West and want them to feel better soon. Church members hope they will soon be able to occupy their front row seat at church.
Rick and Judy Wilson and Judy’s mother, Violet Coursey, have returned home after spending a week at Lake Ann in Virginia. It is a beautiful place with a lake that is 16 miles long.
Betty Etchison West’s book titled, “The Cemetery at Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church and Information about People Buried” has been published. Call if interested.