The San Francisco call., 1896-11-14
YOUNG PEOPLE CONVENE
Seventh Annual Meeting of the
County Sunday-School
Union
Held in the First Presbyterian Church
of Berkeley-0ffcer for the
Next Year Elected.

BERKELEY. CAL. Nov. 13.-The sew
enth annual convention of the Alameda
County Sunday-school Union took place
this afternoon and evening at the First
Presbyterian Church, hllston way. At 2
o'clock this afternoon a devotional meet
ing was led by Rev. DR.. d. A. Ketchum,
pastor of the Berkeley Presbyterian
church. At 2:30 the business of the con-
vention was transacted.
1t was decided to divide the county so
that local meetings can be held which will
be visited by a regularly appointed super
intendent. The officers elected for the en-
suing year were as follows. President,
Rev. Robert Whitaker, pastor OF the
Twenty-third- avenue Church in Oakland !;
Miss Frances Alexander of Oakland; stat
istical secretary, William w. Kaye of
Berkeley; treasurer, Mrs. J. a. Plum Der
of Alameda.
The officers, together with the following
five mem bers, were chosen as the execu-
& w. Perry, Rev. J. F. Moody, Rev. II.
A. Ketchum, DR.. G. A. Davis and Mrs.
William Briggs.
At o'clock an address was given by
John Mccarthy of Berkeley on Teaching
to Give" This was followed by an ad-
dress on missionary Education in the
Sunday-school," by Rev. ]. K. Mclean of
Oakland. A discussion on the address by
Miss Alexander and R. T. Stewart fol-
lowed.
At o'clock "tea and talk" was held,
at o'clock a praise service, at 7:3O a
chalk talk by S. F. Langford of East Oak
land and at 3 o'clock an address on ''How
to Make the Sunday school Real School"
was gwen by Rev. F. d. Bovard of Ala
N@11zx ~, ~ nr
Bovard was an address on "Soul Winning
in the Sunday-school, or .he Sunday
school as an Inquiry room" by Rev.
James Curry, DID,, of Temescal. About
200 people were present.
Gift to Professor Putzker.
BERKELEY, CAL, Nov. 13.-Professor
PutZker OF the Department of German at
the State University was the recipient yes
terday of valuable gift from his classes
in German literature at the Mark Hop
kins Institute of Art, where he has been
1t was copy of the Standard Dictionary
with an elaborate holder, and also set of
resolutions expressing their deep appre-
citation of his efforts.
He Did Not Know 1t.
BERKELEY, CAL, Nov. 13.-George
Meiechia of Dwight way has had the Pc
culiar experience of living for week with
a broken leg and not finding it out.
Melechia fell from wagon about week
ago, seriously iniuring his right leg. 1t
was thought at first that the injured MEM
ber was only sprained, and it was treated
accordingly. A surgeon was called and it
was found that a serious fracture had
taken place.
DIR. Payne Slightly Improved.
BERKELEY, CAL, Nov. 13.-Dr. F. H.
Payne, who was so seriously injured last
Tuesday by being thrown from horse, is
slightly on the mend, but is still in a
very critical condition. it not being known
whether he will rally from the shock or
not. He is in a semi-conscious condition
most of the time. and only comes out OF
the swoon occasionally. Even tnen he
does not recognize those about him nor is
he aware of his condition. DR.. Eastman
said to-day that while he had hopes of DR..
Payne's recovery, there was no telling at
what moment relapse would come.