Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-05
THE W. C. :. U. CONVENTION.
eIecii,n Of Officers and Resolutions on M
Last Day.

The second day of the convention
opened fair and warm The attend
ance was much smaller than on the
first day, many having returned home
on the evening trains of Thursday.
The devotional exercises We're led by
Mrs. Jenkins and all present received
a great uplift.
The chairman of the credsRtial COM
mittee, Mrs. Edna Hunnewell of China.
reported s. delegates and officers pres
ent from the Is unions in the county.
At 10 O'Clock, the election of officers
was held. Mrs. Holway, president of
Augusta Union, took the chair.
The following officers were elected
Miss Estelle NJ. Brainerd, China, pres
ident; Miss Emily 5. Weeks. Vassal-
boro, cor. sec; Mrs. Mary A. J. Wood
ward. Winthrop, rec. sec; Mrs
Blanche NJ. Friend. Augusta, treasurer.
There are % departments of work in
the county with the following superin-
tendents: Loyal Temperance Legion,
Miss Fannie Mitchell. Randolph; Scen-
tific Temperance instruction, Mrs.
Kate c. Pishon, Augusta; Jail and
Almshouse, Mrs. Lizzie Towle. Angus
ia; Press Work, Mrs. Jennie Packard,
East Winthrop; Hygiene and Heredity.
Miss n. Maria Plfmpton, Litchfield;
Social Purity, Mrs. Abbie jenkins,
Lambs Corner. Flower Mission, Mrs.
F. E. Hussey, Vassalbore; Franchise,
Mrs. Sarah G. Crosby, Waterville;
Peace and Arbitration, Mrs. Elizabeth
K. Jones, South China; Systematic
Giving. Miss Annie Nichols. Lambs
Corner: Evangelistic Work, Mrs.
Phoebe Wordsworth. Augusta: Mar
cotics. Mrs. Annie NJ. Woodsum, China:
Sabbath School Work. Miss Hattie
Hoxie, South China; Sabbath Obser-
vance, Mrs. Clara G.. Bowery, Win
throp Center; Fairs, Mrs. NJ. II. Les
Children. Mrs. c. p. Clary, Hallowell;
Work among Foreigners, Mrs. Eliza
beth Foster, Waterville; Young Wo-
mems Work. Mrs. Blanche NJ. Friend
Augusta; Soldiers and Sailors, Mrs,
Rose Swain, Augusta: Legislation and
Petitions. Mrs. Hannah J. Bailey. Win
throp: Literature. Mrs. Jennie Hodg-
kins. Gardiner; Rescue and Relief, Mrs
Lucy Wyman, West Sidney. This last
department was adopted at this con-
vention.
"Curfew Law How to In
crease Membership" Red Letter
Days" and prepared Yearly Pro-
grammes" were discussed by many OF
the ladies present in a very interesting
manner Several superintendent re-
ports were given and the convention
adjourned. at l p. NJ.
Mrs. Conklin, who was present
Thursday afternoon and evening, is a
young woman of great personal mag
netism. and a speaker of unusual force
and earnestness. In the afternoon, she
conducted an exercise which is called
| THE Cause and the Critic which is
really a question box where every pos
sble and impossible objection and
question concerning our beloved work
was brought up, limited at and answer
ed by the speaker in a very earnest
and effective manner. Some of them
| were: Il would join the w. c. T. L.
but am afraid it would hinder my
husbands business" Il cannot join
| the w. C. T. L. because it is politi-
cal organization" Am afraid it will
| interfere with my church work."
do not care to join because l could
not go to theatres, dances, card par
| ties. etc" 1t was a very lively half
hour and one full of profit to all pres
| ent.
Miss N. Maria Plimpton of Litchfield
conducted the Memorial service.
| The following resolutions were adopt
ed:
| Rejoicing in the faithful and persist
| ent work of our White Ribboners in the
past year, and gratefully praising Goo
| who has granted all needed courage
and strength. we, the kennebec Wo
mans Christian Temperance Union, il
this thirteenth annual convention in Au
gusta assembled, do hereby renew ou
covenant to seek first the kingdom o
God and His righteousness. claiming
His promise to supply all our needs, &C
cording to His riches in glory tho
| Christ Jesus, our Lord" praying tina
in every land it may before long b,
true that the Lord giveth the word
the women that publish the tidings ar,
a great host.
Resolved: That We express our ear