The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-09

W. A. Sonderman. Third Presbyterian
church; Miss Maude Jones. First Chris
tian church; Mr.. Q. G, Bean. Second
Christian church; Mr.. Men, Vance Mem
orial Presbyterian church.
Decoration committee-Miss Lizzie
Serlg. chairman; Mr.. George Hastings.
Mr.. H. E. Simpson, Mr.. Q. G. Bean,
Miss Alma Barber. +
Entertainment committee-Dr. Har-
riett B. Jones. chairman: Miss Nettie
Grade. Miss l.. Wheeler. Miss Elizabeth
Boyd. Miss Lillian Adams, Miss Bessie
Austin.
Reception committee-Mr. r. l..
Seabrisht. chairman: Mr.. ]. N. ]. Par
ker. Mr.. WA. Sondernan. Mr.. F. H.
Grafton. Mr.. VIII H. Colvig. Ei
Music commIttee-Mr. Homer Sim
mons, chairman: Mr.. W. B. Jones. Miss
Laura Serlg. Miss Annie Israel, Miss
Emma Row. Mrs. ". A. Sonderman.
Social coHmittee-Miss Maude Jones.
chairman; Mr.. Robert Cornish. Miss B.
thinner, Miss Emma Israel.
Junior programme commlttee-Miss
Clara Meyer, First English Lutheran
church: Miss Pearl Harris, First Chris
tian church.
Press communicable. Homer SIM
mons, chairman: Mr.. Francis Wilson.
A feature OF the convention will be
the grand chorus made up OF fifty
voices. under the direction OF Cborlster
Harry w. Bell, with Misses Anna Is
rael and Grace Schwarm as accom-
panIsts. The chorus Is made UP OF the
following voices:
sopranos-BessIe English, Harriet
Hutchinson, Edna jackson. Anna Nc.
Lain. Mary Serig. Cloda Serlg. Minnie
Warneke, Lillian Adams. Bessie RAIDER.
Alma Barber, Lulu Heide. Anna Burber,
Kathleen Phillips. Rebecca l.. Morgan.
Kate WeiSgerber. Fannie Fl. Bowers.
Bess Austin. Nell GilchrIst, Mrs. Fred.
W. Brown, Grace Lydick, Mary Bor-
deauX, Pearl Harris. Clara Meyer. Net
tie L. Grade.
Altos-Mayme a. Cushing. Bessie Nc
Lain, Daisy Baker, Ella Brown. Jean
Nesbitt, Mrs. c. ". Oliphant, Elizabeth
Boyd. Laura Serls,
Tenors-W. B. Jones, W. T. Nesbltt
C. D. Mayhall. E. C. LeIner. C. C. Ad-
ans. R. Truxell, Fred. W. Brown. VIII
a. Heburn.
Bassos-Edward W. S. Nef, Joseph
Weyrick. Homer Simmons George
Bruhn, Joseph Kuhn. John E. Carroll,
Frank Jones. Frank H. Grafton.
The Christian Endeavor Union OF West
Virginia was organized in February.
1891. at Salem. through the efforts
largely OF Rev. w. r. Wright, then the
pastor at that place. Mr. Wright was
elected president. which office he held
until his death In June. 1892. The sec
ond meeting of the union was held in
the early summer OF 81. at Fairnont.
The third convention was held at Park
ersburE. in 1892; and Rev. R. B. White
head, pastor OF the N. p. church. OF
Fairmont, was elected as the second
president OF the union. In 1893 the con-
ventlon was held In Wheeling. and at
Grafton In 1894. Rev. S. H. DOYLE. pas
tor OF the Presbyterian church. at
Moundsville, was the third president.
which office he held for two years. The
eastern part OF the state got the con-
vention for 1895. which was held at
Martinsburg, and in 1896 the convention
went to Clarksburg. Mr.. r. F. Richard
son succeeded Mr.. Doyle as the fourth
president. In 1897 the convention was
held In RaVenswood and Rev. Harvey
Golfer was elected as the fifth president.
In 1898 the convention went to Hunting.
ton. Rev. H. D. Boushner succeeding
Mn. Cofer as president.
In the West Virginia Christian En-
dearor Union there are 2oS Endeavor
societies. divided among the different
denominations as follows:
Methodist Protestant. 81; Presbyter-
ian. A: Christian, %; Baptist. u; Luth-
eran. I; S. D. Bapt!st.6: Methodist Epis-
copal, 5; F. W. Baptist. 3; A. NJ. E.. /;
Holiness. l; Onion. 81; unclasslfled, 5.