The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-17
ANACONDA NEWS.
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Eleventh Annual Convention
Opened Last Evening.
IMPORTANT ADDRESSES
More Than Two Hundred Delegates in
the City The Good Work of the
Sunday School Teachers.
The Committees.

Every train arriving in Anaconda
yesterday bore delegates and visitors
TO the State Sunday School convention,
whose opening session was held last
evening in the Presbyterian church.
The various committees did excellent
work in caring for the city's guests and
much praise is due to them.
Following is list of the commit
tees:
Reception committee-W. N Wright,
chairman; Rev. ]. S. Cederberg, Miss
Carlson, Mrs. w. N. Wright, Mrs. Is
man, Mrs. I. M. Rockefeller, Mrs, w.
b. Webb. Mr.. Hoverman, Mrs Harriss,
w. A. Elliott, Mrs. ]. D. Mckay.
Committee on arrangements-Rev. w.
7. Euster r. D. McRae, Rev. ]. A. Jen-
kins. r. L. Setter, Rev. Mr. Norris, H.
III. Taylor, Rev. B. F. Cleland, C. W.
Ramsey, Rev. j. S. Cederberg, Miss L.
Carlson.
Finance committee-Mrs f. G. Kin
ney, Emmett Thompson, D. r. McRae,
Esther Anderson, Douglas Lawson, ].
A. Dunlap, Miss Carlson, Rev. J. S.
Cederberg.
The official register for Montana is as
follows:
Presidential c. Arnold Helena.
Vice President-Rev. D. B. Price, Hell
ena.
Superintendent of Home Depart
ment-Rev. o. P. Rider, Hamilton.
Secretary Treasurer-W. T. Conner,
Henlena.
Chairman Executive Committee-E
Sharpe, Helena.
Superintendent Normal Department
Rev. w. S. Bell, Helena.
Superintendent Primary Work-Mrs.
Q. Railsback, Helena.
Executive Committee-Rev. S, r. Ia
Dor, Helena; John w. Wade, Helena;
Rev. w. S. Bell, Helena; E. Sharpe,
Helena; A. G. Newell, Butte; A. D.
Peck, Deer Lodge; M. Billiard, Hell
ena.
The convention will be held in the
Presbyterian church on Main street.
The delegates now here are:
Helena-E. Sharpe, Walter M. Jor-
dan, H. c. Arnold. w. r. Conner and
wife, Mrs. N. E. Church Hugh Cork
Mrs. w. N. Sloan, Mrs. r. Anderson.
Livingston-S. r. Robertson, E. H.
Talcott
Dillon-Henry S. Cope
Philipsburg-Rev. and Mrs. ]. A.
Smith, Miss L. Monker
Butte-Rev. E. j. Groeneveld. D. D.,
Miss Alice Rezner, Mrs. J. R. McGauf-
lin, Robert Brazie, Merle Davis.
Deer Lodge-Edith Earle, T. w. Cat
lin, Mrs. M. j. Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. Shoe
maker, Mrs. Tabor, Rev. A. A. Walker,
d Miss.Lulu Schultz, Mrs. Wagner.
III Bozeman-Mr. and Mrs. Waid, Mrs
May, Miss M. j. TAFT.
The Anaconda Sunday schools will be
represented by the following dele
gates:
First Presbyterian church-Rev. J. A.
Jenkins, w. N. Wright. Mrs. Isman,
Mrs. F. c. Kinney, Mrs. ]. T. White.
Presbyterian church-Rev. M. Gle
land, Mrs. H. H. Logan, Mr.. Ramsey.
Swedish Baptist church-Mrs. Ceder-
berg, Miss Carlson.
The Methodist and Christian churches
have not chosen their representatives.
The opening service, at the Presby-
terrain church, was attended by an au-
dience of 800. The address of welcome
by President H. c. Arnold was replete
with interest. He said:
"Why are we here? We come from
different parts of the state each year,
we who are interested in Sunday school
work, to renew old mountaineering
.rto form new friendships, to tell each
other what we know of Sunday school
work, to impart and receive new ideas
that will help us in the work in which
we are all interested. Some of the
thoughts we utter may be old and trite,
some that we receive from others may