Bill and Viola Genung—Several years ago Phil Tharp, a bus worker was calling in the little community of North Pekin. As he went down Sunset Street he met a short little boy on the curb. His name was Billy Genung. At the time there was some sort of bus route promotion going on. When Brother…
Meet the Buckland Family
What a surprise! Bobby (Sylvester) Roberson and his wife came through Chesterton, Indiana unexpectedly. Bobby was saved at Fairhaven Baptist Church in 1980. His wife, who has never visited here, said that he’s always talking about Fairhaven, Fairhaven, Fairhaven! Bill Smith was his children’s bus captain. He said he used to close the blinds when he…
Howard and Delina Sly—In the early spring of 1975 Oscar Meyer, a fine bus workers was making contacts on South Eleventh Street in Pekin. He came across a little girl by the name of Leslie Sly. He talked to Leslie’s mother and asked her if she could ride his bus, #21, to Sunday school that…
Dave and Carmen Moore —In 1971 when a bus ministry was just beginning, Dixie Gray, a first time bus workers knocked on the door of Dave and Carmen Moore in the little town of South Pekin. Dave Moore was a jazz trumpeter in a dance band that played in area night clubs. The Moores had…
Meet a Fairhaven Bus Teen
