The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13
WEST SIDE EVENTS.
Meeting Of the City Epworth League in
Hampton Street NJ. E. Church.
New Officers Chosen.

About 200 members of the F.pworth
League Union of the Methodist Epis-
copal church of Scranton and vicinity
assembled last evening in the Hampton
Street Methodist Episcopal church for
the purpose of electing officers for
years term, and also to discuss next
years national convention, to be held
at Toronto. The union is represented
in the following churches: simpson,
Dunmore, Elm Park, Asbury Green
Ridge), Providence. Court street, Cedar
avenue, Little England, and the Hamp-
ton street church. To the convention
last night, which is the last of this year.
each church sent as large a contingent
as was possible.
The officers elected We're: G. +. Whit
temore, president; Rev. William Ed
Simpson, B. T. Stone, Hampton. eXecu-
tive committee; Miss Grace Engle. Dun
more, corresponding secretary; f. n.
Beidleman, Elm Park. recording secre-
tary; Miss Katherine Brader, Court
street, treasurer The real result of the
meeting was in arousing enthusiasm
within the Epworthians to attend the
convention at Toronto in the second
week of July. 1t is expected that fully
500 people will leave the Lackawanna
and Wyoming Valleys for the Canadian
city. Special rates for railroad and
hotel accommodation will be secured,
and it Is just little likely that efforts
will be made to attract the 1898 con-
vention to Scranton.
President-elect Whittemore has for
months past been at work locally in
the interests of the Toronto convention,
and from this time on the subject OF
attending the big meeting will be talked
of in Epworth League circles in this
and other cities.
After singing of hymns Trust and
Obey" and Throw out the Life Line"
Attorney George l.. Peck, retiring pres
ident of the union, formally opened the
meeting. Rev. A. F. Chaffee, Of AS
bury church. led a prayer, and the re-
tiring secretary, C. +. Pross. had read
the minutes of the last quarterly con-
VentiOn, held at the Court street
church.
Another period of singing and the
reports from the several chapters We're
heard. Nearly every church was rep
resented as follows: Asbury, Il. l..
Bower; Cedar avenue, Miss Mayme
Clearwater; Court street. Miss Clara
Vail; Elm Park. G. +. Whtmore;
Providence, Warren Reese: Simpson,
Miss Rinker.
President Peck then announced that
the nominations for officers We're in
order According to precedent all the
officers except that of president We're
placed in nomination before the con-
vention by a committee composed of
the vice presidents of the different
chapters, as follows: Simpson, Josie
Knauss; Dunmore, Theodore Henwood;
Elm Park, +. a. Beidleman: Asbury,
T.. T.. Tenant; Providence, Jonathan
Broadbent; Hampton street, j. T.
Randle: Court street, Miss Clara Vail;
Cedar avenue, a. c. Meyers; Little
England, Harry Slack. In nominating
a presiding officer to succeed President
Peck, Rev. j. Ii. Sweet named G. X.
Clarke, of Court street church. Mr..
Clarke, in declining, urged the honor
upon c. F.. Whittemore, of Elm Park
church. Though Mr.. Whttemore was
averse to accepting the Office it was
insisted upon by the convention by an
unanimous vote.
Mr. Whittemore took the chair. He
needed no Introduction from the retr-
ing president. The nominating COM
1nittee reported the names of the Of
1icers given in the introduction and the
convention approved the selections with
an unanimous vote, cast by the secre-
tary. Several of the ministers talked
on the work of the League, and the
convention adjourned to meet at the
call of the cabinet.
During the evening, at times when
business needed q breathing spell, an
entertainment was given by the fol-
lowing young people, connected with
the Hampton street church: Misses
Margaret Williams. Marjorie TIT,
Charles Cadugan and August Phillips.
ON THE DEATH OF d. NJ. JONES.
Resolutions on the death of the late
Hon. ID. NJ. Jones were passed by the
trustees of the First Welsh Congrega-
tional church of Scranton, while in ses-
sion Sunday morning, November s. They
are as follows:
Whereas, in the course of divine events
we were suddenly called to mourn the loss
of a distinguished citizen, generous neigh
Dor. faithful church officer and loving par
ent, the Hon. ID. NJ. Jones, who was taken
from our midst In the prime of life and
in the enjoyment of a promising future:
Whereas, on account of his social quail
ties and his connection with many forms
of industries and institutions his name be-
came familiar and was endeared to a wide
circle of friends, especially the First
Welsh Congregational church. in whose
interest he served as trustee for years;