Thomas County cat., 1890-04-17
MISSIONARY MEETING.
A Large Attendance and the Work Ac-
cOmpliShed During the Past Year.
WA-KEENEY. Kans.

| 1ue Wolldu MlSSlO0arS society OF
Osborne Presbytery, Kansas, met in ihe
Baptist church Friday April1l 1890 at :
p. III.
Devotional exercises conducted by
Mrs. Aller, of Norton.
Meeting opened with PRAYER and sing
ing. Names of Presbyterial officers pres
ent. Mrs. Aller, treasurer; Mrs. Blair.
corresponding secretary.
Names of Presbyterial officers absent.
Mrs. BOYLE. president; Ms Atkinson, Isl
vice; Mrs Bruner, 81 vice; Mrs Ruth
Cassidy. Sd vice; Miss Patterson, 4th vice.
Mrs. Whimster, recording secretay.
Names of societies represented, Mort
on, Norton Band, Hays City, Wakeeney
Band, Colby, Hill City, Russell and Cal
vert.
| Names of societies not represented,
Oberln. Osborne. Phillipsburg, Bow
Creek, GoOdland, Downs and Hoxie
Greetings from Mrs Walker. and Mrs
Marshall, president of the W. c. T. L. of
Wa Keeney. Short talk by Mrs Hanna,
subject, philanthropy Laid the Founda-
ton Of Pioneer Work in Kansas
Financial receipts by each society were
reported as follows: 1Osborne. $4,000;
Downs $40; Oberlin,-; Hoxie. $500;
CColby, $500; Hays City, 5000; Hill
City, $3.50; Phillipsburg, 1866; WaKeen-
ey. $33.7 -; WaKeeney Pearl Gatherers,
s. 80; Goodland Band; Norton; SCI 21 !;
Norton Y. L. Miss. Band, $27.OO Russell,
| $14.O0; Calvert So 20; Bow Creek, 81. 10.
Total receipts for the year ending March
6, 1890, S.3s3S.
Adjourned Ito meet in the Baptist
church Saturday April 1a, 1890 at 3p. m.
Closed with singing and prayer.
Friday eve April H. 1890 popular and
very interesting meeting was given by
the Woman's missionary society of Os
borne Presbytcry at the Presbyterian
church conducted by the retiring moder-
ator Mr. Boyle, of Hoxie. Meeting open
ed with singing and prayer. Some very
interesting talks were given by Mrs.
Walker Revs Wilson, ,Aller end Bracken.
A very complete report of the ladies'
missionary board that met at Topeka
March % to q 1890, was read by Mrs.
Blair of Wa Keeney 1t gave us muG55en-
courc cement.
Saturday April 12, 1890 p. IN. meeting
opened with singing and PRAYER. Deyo-.
Es.otsni exercises for 80 minu; es conducted
by Mrs. Newell of Norton; greetings 5am
Mrs. Maxon Of the NJ E. church, "a
Keenev; defamation by Bert Durn;read-
Ing by Miss Della W?lker; letter from
a converted Hindoo. re.id by Mrs. Walker
question box. conducted by Mrs. Parker;
thanks offering amounted to $640; it
was ordered that the thanks Offering be
sent to the Mary Allen seminary Crockett
Texas
Mrs. Campbell, Mrs, Ailer and MRS Blair
were appointed to p: epare a report of the
society to present to Presbytery. The re-
port was presented and is as follows:
The woman's missionary society Os-
borne Presbvtery organized last October
with the following auxiliaries: Norton.
Hoxie. Wa Keeney, Hill City Hays City.
and Norton Band, reporting a member
shipo about 50 During the past six
months the following societies have be-
come auxi'iaries to the board of the south
west, Russell, Goodland, Osborne and
Colby.
The following societies have been Or
ganized Downs. Calvert, Oberlin. Phil
lipsburg. Bow Creek and Mission Band
of Wa Keeney. Of these al are now in
working order, except the band at Good
land. That church has been pastorless,
and the band without leader so far,
some months they have had no meetings /
We trust and pray that they are not dead.
but sleeping. and that they will soon
awake to glorious work.
The membe. ship in the Presbytery now |
numbers 173. The amounts which have
passed through the treasurers' are $l97 80
Number of papers aod books taken by
different societies ON mission work, g.
New Presby ,erial officers elected for
the year beginning April II. 1890: Mrs.
Cassidy, OF Russell. Pres. mis-. Blair, of
Wa Keeney. Cor. Sec; mrs. Campbell, of
Colby. Rec. Sec. MIS- Aller. of Norton,
Treas. MIS-. Hanna OF Wa Keeney, list
vice; Mrs. Atkinson, of Hill City, I'd vice;
Mrs. Flora Patterson ofDOwns, Sd vice;
Mrs. A. B. Garfield, of Colby, 4th vice.
The committee on resolutions beg leave
to submit the following report: Where
as be it resolved that the sincere thanks
of the ladies Presbyterial society are due
1st To God for His goodness to MS in
blessing our efforts and enabling us to
accomplish so much in the cause of mis-
sions
I'd To the citizens of Wa Keeney for
their cordial reception and generous en-
Sd. To the Baptist congregation who
has kindly given US the use of their