Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-20
YOUNG PEOPLES UNION MEETS.
To Talk Over Plan for Y. P. S. C. e.
Convention, Sept. Is to 81.

To Talk Over Plan for Y. p. S. C. e.
Convention, Sept. IS to 81.
There will be young peoples
union meeting at the First Congrega-
tional church Sunday afternoon at 8
o'clock, the object of which will be to
talk over the coming state convention
OF the Young Peoples Christian En-
deavor society. There will also be a
prayer service which will be lead by
Rev. j. R. Beard. The music will be
lead by the chorus which has been or
ganized by Mrs. Frances Clark for
the convention. The meeting will be
in the nature of a rally such as have
been held in the past, and every mem
Der of the society is requested to be
in attendance. The members of the
several Young Peoples SO cieties of
of the city are requested to devote Is
MINUTES of their sercice Sunday even
to prayer for the success of the COM
ing convention, which will be made
the most successful, spiritually, of any
meeting of this kind ever held IN the
state of Iowa.
The attendance at the coming con-
ventlon will be much larger than was
at first anticipated. Miss Jennie d.
the Y. P. S. G. E., attended a meeting
OF the general committee on arrange
ments, at the parlors of the Y. NJ. C.
A., Monday evening, and during a
brief address, assured the commit
tee that thre was need for acrion if
the members desired to accommodate
the delegates that will be here She
said that the advertising matter which
mas been forwarded from Ottumwa to
every portion of the state during the
past six months and the constant
work OF the committee appointed to
look after this matter, is now telling
with effect, and that instead of the
800 delegates estimated, there will be
| fully 600 or 700. W. H. Barber, chair
man OF the entertainment committee,
mas already received notices from del
egates who will be here and there is a
long list of applications for accomo-
dations upon arrival.
In view of the prospect for increas-
ed attendance the people of Ottumwa
who can accommodate one or more del
egates with board, are requested to
report their names and addresses not
later than Sunday evening, to Mr..
Barber. There is a deficiency IN this
iiSI 81 ldF, anu Cno committee fears
that unless the people respond more
literally there will not be accomo-
dations for all. Lodging and break
fast is all that is asked.
The decorating committee will be-
gin work at the Y NJ C. A. building
next Sunday afternoon. Besides the
headquarters in the Association build
ing the Grand Opera House, where
all the meetings will he held will also
be decorated, and the merchants of
the city have been requested to deco
rate in honor of the visitors. The
committee in charge of the decora-
tons request that as many members
OF the Y. P. S. c. e. as can, report at
the Y. M. G. A. building Saturday af-
ternoon to assist in the work.
The local committee on arrange
! ments and the chair1nen of the sew
eral subcommittee will meet at the
parlors of the Y. M. G. A., Friday
evening at o'clock, for the purpose
of making final arrangements for the
convention. This will be the last
meeting of the committee before the
convention and therefore every mem
Der as well as every chairman of the
subcommittee is urged to be in at
tendance.