The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-04-11
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THURaNAY. :ars1l: APRlL II, 1857
County Sunday school Assooistton
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604r Br6kAer-At tie annual meet
~ Af Che iowa Sabbath School Associa-
1b(n held st Iowa CITY, Jane WITH, 2Vtfl
and 2lst, 1S66y ypa We. 1hosen couusy
SECRETARY. for your county, for the snsu
81 ITsainnxysu,usay ilna II convenient L
neefean To doties pertaining to voul
sSnpOantment, especially chat of cffectinf
The organization of a County Sunda,
School Association, In your county, q
49, already organized and the collect
ingsof the required Information indicnt
.edin our usual statistical blank here
With sent you. 1t would be very desir
able to have the report from j our county
- complete as possible and returned e
me as early rs the 10th Of May next. I
Our last-apRual meeting was very
happy ana profitable one; our next, is
.11eeday uf June, 1857, nt which we hope
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School workers OF your county. R
Respectfully your, zss s->.t.
RoBERr GRANT, State Secretary.
q AcGregor, lows, January 1857.
In the PGstors. .stsl5o<A-ScAool 6Aspcssn-
ssnde,ass, and Friends Qf the .Sab6atx
School IN Cedar county. -.
- Dear Brrthren-The next annual
meeting OF the iowa Sabbath School
Association" will be held in Davenport,
commencing on the first Tuesday of
June, 1857. BY reference to the above
circular you observe that il is made my
duty to co!iate and report to the State
Secretary certain statistics in reference
70 the Sabbath School. ..-.u..
70 those Of you whose schools have
hare been closed during the winter, let
me affectionately urge you to ORGANIZE
AZ ONCE. "The winter Is over aud
gone, and the voice Of the turtle is heard
in the land" aud there are hundreds of
children and efficient teachers who are
ready for active work in this noble en-
terprise. Let every school house and
every church In our county have n liue,
ero-hiny school. and who can tell the
Influence for good they will effect. Let
cur beautiful prairies and groves and
towns be vocal with the praises of this
Sabbath school army. ...
Please inform me upon the following
points:
4. Total population OF youf township.
q umbcf o. persons between tie
ages OF ) andzi yeats.
:, Date OF Organization OF first Sabbath
.ScilnU1. .f~
4. Present. nunhc. o. Sabbath Schools.
5.<Numher OF officers Ell oiled.
U. Average $t.enla. &c o. officers. E
Y. NHasber ~ te,:ctless enrolled.
s. Average Attendance OF teachers.
-. Number ri scholars enrolled.
10. Average ate .rlanee 81 scholars.
II. Total enroiImeat.
u. Total AVERAGE attendance.
ID. 40. stilo!aGs a in ant c3usses
a.. do = lule med ale ci2ss -.
l.. No. nj l4l.s II. D.y4e GLASSES.
III. No. Of Circulating volumes N
libraries.
Il. Ne. Of eiiilaFen's papers taken Pc
rieaicallS, aud nuMpes # teachers pa
pers-
10. No. Of school- sustaining teache. 5
nJestiaS>.
10. No. OF schools open winter and
summer.
%. No. of lessons daily.
Il. At what hour held.
~. Amount collected for missionary
and other purposes.
% No. OF conversions during the year
wish, when go to the State Asso-
citation in June, to furnish them with
such report from Cedar county as will
make their hearts glad-let the report
therefore be as full and complete rs pos
sibis.
In accordance with suggestion from
BRO. Grant, will try and make arrange
meats to have, 1T an early day, pre-
liminary meeting for the purpose of or,
ganizing 4 County Association, auxillia
ry.to the iowa State s. s. Association.
know the Spring is late and hard wo.s
IL pressing upon all OF us--espccially
upon the farmers-but let me urge you
earnestly not to neglect this matter.
Please hand this "Circular" to you,
Secretary or Some efficient officer Of your
school, and send me, as early as the lotl
,of,May, the required information.
Yours in behalf of State S. 8. Association,
JOSIAH +. KENNEDY,
Secretary for Cedar co.
Upton, April 9Th, 1867.
1@.At . lottery held at the Clerk:
Office not long since, the following
named gentlemen drew pr and viii
meet ut the court house on the first Mon
day in June and await the order of tn,
Court:
Grand Jurors. b ElIyson. J NJ Down
ing. John Prescott, Geo. Slater. Jas. F
Miller, Jas. Patterson, S L GunsoIus j..
f Rice, A B Cornwall 4 Willett.. B NJ
Wilson II Pound, Israel Ncyus, G. c
Button, w + Morehead.
Petit Jurors. Fraseur. w =
VsDmeter, Stanford Jones, Thos. GRAY
q II Wadsworth, c + Bowers, A |
JeYesi. NJ F Rigby. r Porrie, Z B Kin
ney, a Gilbert, w n Hoey. VIM. Will
ford Peter 'Wingert, Jas. Wilson.
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