The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-26

Upon application TO Mr.. Rolla V.
Watt, chairman '97 transportation COM
mittee, Y. NJ. c. A. building, San Fran
cisco, beautiful pamphlet, giving the
fullest Information as to rates, stop
overs and excursions, will be mailed to
any address.
While every Endeavorer in California
will do his utmost to make the Eastern
visitors feel that they are most well
come on the Pacific coast during their
stay yet upon the reception committee,
numbering over nine hundred members,
led by a staff of thlrty-five, officially
devolves the duty of giving attention
to this matter. The ladies and gentle
men of this committee will wear white
caps with purple band and the desig-
nation Reception Aid" Those of the
executive staff will have extra bands
over the tops. These caps will be worn
both indoors and out.
The railroad section will meet dele
gates coming by the northern and CEN
trail routes at Sacramento, about one
hundred miles, and on the southern
routes at Fresno. about two hundred
miles from San Francisco. At both of
these cities a large local reception COM
mittee will be in waiting. and dele
get foregleam of the welcome await
ing them in the convention city. When
the trains proceed, they will be accom-
panied by members of the reception
committee for the purpose of giving
any desired information. All necessary
data will - collected and wired on to
headquarters so that all may be in
readiness for their comfort.
At Oakland they will be taken in
charge by the Alamenda county En-
deavorers, who will be on duty at Six
teenth street station and the oakland
Mole, to direct and escort the arrivals
aboard the ferries and across the bay,
when they will be given over to the
charge of the station section, which
Will escort them in parties to the head
quarters al the Pavilion. This section
will also have charge of the Valencia
street station, the Tiburon and Sausa-
Ito Ferries, to receive the local coast
delegates. The wharf section. assist
ed by the Floating society of Alamenda
county, will receive Endeavorers COM
ing by steamboat at the several
wharves, and will escort them to the
Tayilion headquarters.
The headquarters section will have
charge, as its name implies, of the
HEADQUARTERS, all of which will be To-
Gated in the Mechanics Pavilion. 1t
will be the duty of those serving here
to receive the delegates as they arrive
from the stations and wharves, to give
them hearty welcome, TO assist them
to register, to be prepared to answer
any and all questions promptly and
correctly, and, to do everything pos
sible to give them a most cordial re-
ception. In orde" to facilitate the
work of this section and prevent any
from being deprived of attending the
meetings, those serving will be divd-
ed into three shifts-the morning, af-
ternoon and night. There will be TWEEN
~ six headquarters for states in ad-
dition to the California headquarters.
In each of these will be stationed mem
hers of the reception committee who
will be in constant attendance. In
addition to the foregoi ty, there will be
reading, writing, resting, correspond
ence and cloak rooms, branch post
office, emergency hospital, bureau Of
information, and telegraph offices, all
of which will be cared for by this sec
tion. After having registered, the del
egates will be directed by the head
quarters section to their stopping places
and lodging houses.
The 1.acEaNanna county Sunday
school convention will be held AZ thu
Y. NJ, {, \, rooms Scranton, Thursday
July /, 1897. There will be three ses-
sions beginning at 10, 2 and 1880
o'clock. The convention is for all the
Sunday schools of the county, and del
gates from each school will be well
coined.
Messrs. Roop and Kephart of the
state association will be present at each
session.
Rev DIR. Manley S. Hard addressed
the Epworth League at Elm Par,
church Monday evening on "Using Our
Opportunities" Rev. j. G. Eckmap. T..
D., offered prayer. Mr. F. C. Witte-
more conducted the singing. He an
nounced the arrangements made for
transportation TO Toronto. 1t was
decided that each chapter send two
delegates and that all delegates pay
their own expenses.
The following programme will be
rendered at the Children's day SER
vices to be held in Trinity Lutheran
church Sunday morning at 1890
o'clock:.. D.
enItnei SI '''''''''''''''''''''''.. Choir
singing Observation-Disclosures. School
Irayer t.............,........... Pastor
Address of welcome. Lille Blaschke
Recitation .................... Grace Brown
olhSlnS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. School
RECITATION ,................ Harry Konecny
RECITATION Harry SchuleI
singing .............,,..,....... Glass No.