The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-03
THE FIRST CONVENTION.
Railroad Department Of the V.
M. G. a. Will Meet Here.

ne railroad department ,of she Y.
Nj. c. A. in Virginia is the growth OF a
year, and the first annual convention
will be held in Roanoke this week.
Roanoke is the starting place of sAis
branch of the association in Virginia.
About year ago the railroad men Oh
this city organized an independents
Christian association, which has since
been merged into the Y. M. G.. A.
proper as the railroad department of
that organization. During the past
year associations have been organized
In Richmond, Crewe, Shenandoah, Rad
1ord, Blueheld and Hinton, w. Va.
All OF these places will be represented
at the coming convention. Altoona, Pa.
Is expected to send quite large delega-
ton, and prominent Y. hi. C. A. men
from Newport News and other parts of
the State will be here. Among the
visitors will be G. e. Hubert, general
secretary OF the Y. M. c. A. for Penn
sylvania; General Secretary Michaels.
OF Richmond; General Secretary. Auker-
man, of Altoona, and j. c. Hicks. sec.
rotary OF the international committee
OF the railroad department OF the Y. M.
c. A.
The Pennsylvania delegation will
arrive here here Thursday and others
are expected Friday. About seventy
five visitors are expected and the local
association is busy preparing to enter
tain their guests. The convention will
opon Friday evening and close Sunday
evening The evening services will be
held In Greene Memorial Church and
the day sessions in the hall of the local
association.
The following is the programme for
the meeting:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH.
EVening-s:oo, prayer and praise SER
vice, j. Il, Grubb, general secretary.
Shenandoah. $50, words of welcome,
Jesse Blanton, vice chairman, Roanoke.
Responses, r. e. Michael, general
secretary railroad department., Rich
mond. S:45, address, The Young Mems
Christian Association and it's adapta
bility to the lives and needs of railroad
men," c. E. Hurlbert, State secretary
of Pennsylvania.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH.
Morning-s:O0, testimony service, w.
z. Moore, Altoona, Pa. 1000, paper.
"The value of the work Of carefully
prepared statistics" w. A. Morrill,. gen.
eral secretary, Radford. 1890, CONVEX
satlon committees, how organized and
made effective" w. Il. Caughey, Lynch
burg. Hoo, "Bible class teaching in
our association" 81. o. Williams, State
secretary of Virginia 11:3O, paper,
Social Work: what methods have
proven successful" j. B. Moore, gen.
eral secretary, Bluefield. 1900, PRAYER
service, Walter Hutchins, chairman
Roanoke department..
Afternoon 2:30, Bible reading, w. R.
Haight, assistant State secretary. 800,
The Relations of the Associations to
the Officials of the Contributing Roads,"
G. IL. Winslow, general secretary, Hin
ton, w. Va. $40, conversation, Ell
nancial Mismanagement. How Over
come" 400, "The Personal Factor in
Our Work." r. E. Michaels, general
secretary, Richmond. 4:3O, conversa-
tioD, "Hindrances Peculiar to Railroad
Work and How TO Overcome Them" III.
j. Alderman, general secretary,
Altoona. Pa. 800, promises Proven"
c. c. Kent, Jr., general secretary. New
port News, Va. Evening-7:45. PRAISE
Service" w. c. Nycum, general secre-
tary, Roanoke railroad department..
Sis, address, Recent Developments in
Railroad Young Mems Christian Asso-
Citations. c. j. Hicks, railroad secretary
of the International committed S:45,
address, The Railroad Work of Vir-
ginia," John II. West, chairman Virginia
State committee
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6.
0:C0 a. m, conservation service. 400
p. m, meeting railroad mon. 400 D. M,
meeting for ladies. 400 p. M, meeting
for boys. 7:30 p. M, platform meeting.
9:30 p. M, farewell exercises.