The Globe-republican., 1900-06-07
PROGRESS OF SUNDAY
SCHOOLS IN FORD CO.

-RecOgnIZIng the TACT that TINS report
should cover the work of the entire Elk
ecutive Committee, L have endeavored
10 make it do so as much as possible.
The past year has been a prosperou:
one with the Association In this county.
Closing the year previous with an in
spring convention. which caused the
workers to go out TO their several fields
of labor, aroused to their opportunities.
has caused Il warmer feeling toward the
Association and its work
Last year the conve utioH took some
advanced steps, namely: Selecting a
delegate to the state convention and obIi-
eating the association to pay his ex-
penses, second, organizing the Depart
ment of Home, Normal and Primary
work, and selecting a superintendent of
each.
| Your president was selected as dele
gate for the State Convention, but owing
to his public school duties could not at
tend.
After partly organizing a Home de-
partment i'll the Dodge City Presbyterian
school, our superintendent left the coun-
try without notifying the executive COM
mittee and the work was dropped SO far
as the county was concerned.
The other department superintendent
viii make their own reports.
At the close of the convention the new
executive committee held a meeting and
divided the county into districts as fol-
lows:
s. E. Dist.-Ford, Pleasant Valley,
Bucklin, Sodville, part of Bloom and
SPearviIle townships.
N. E. Dist.-Spearyille and Wheatland.
Grandview Dist.-Grandview township.
N. w. Dist.-RoyaI township and
Howell precinct of Fairview township.
of Fairview, Richland, Bloom and Dodge.
Dodge City Dist.-Dodgc City and con-
tiguous territory.
Also to hold convention in each dis
trict from September "a to October 1,
1899, to be attended by G. D. Wood and
county officers. This was done except in
the North west District, where it was
postponed ill November II, 1899.
AS your president, I attended all dis
trfct conventions and helped in any way
L could. DR.. Crumhine attended one
and Roy Martin two, outside of their own
district.
The following schools have been Wis
tied within the year:
Prairie Flower, Wright, Sawlog and |
Howell, three times each; Liberty, Sol |
diers' Home, Royal, Wilburn, Glover,
Fa1rview and Midland, one visit each.
In attending conventions and visiting |
schools, have travelled over 400 miles, |
furnishing my conveyance most of the |
time. Roy Martin has travelled $50 miles. |
In October, c. D. Wood, Sunday School |
Missionary; Joseph Worker, District |
President, and I, recognized Sodville |
and Prairie Flower, and Bro. Wood and |
[ organized Rocky Point. April L, 1900, |
I organized Midland School. Sodville
died out and re-organized at Kingsdown.
ID Il II
and Midland are doing well.
Bro. G. D. Wood held a ten days
meeting at Prairie Flower in December
for the Association.
The Executive committee have held
three meetings within the year, all of
which were fairly we'll attended, and |
have consulted with district and school
officers, whenever we have met them.
AS president, 1 have written 40 letters
re garding the work in the county, fur
nishing postage to the amount of so cts,
other expenses incurred in the work,
s. 40, and have spent about So days, all
or in part, at this work.
While at this work, / have observed,
among others the following: Although |
the different departments of Home,
Normal and Primary work have done
very little, they have opened the eyes of
your committee to the need and oppor-
tunities OF this work 1t shows a grand |
field for that branch of the Masters
work that ought not to be neglected, and
we trust that it will be cultivated more
e Efficiently during the coming year
Home Departmental Tim, 4:5.
Primary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES % IS.
Mark 1O:13-16.
Normal Departmental Tim, 10.
There is n lack of knowledge among
the district presidents concerning their
duties Bro. j. Worker, of the Southeast
visits all schools in his district
twice year. II Tim, AZ and z. Bro.
J. B. Barrow has been faithful also.
Upon you, District President, depends
the efficiency of much of our work, es-
pecially IN helping TO visit and gather |
statistics for the permanent secretary and
in culrivating a fraterual feeling among
the workers of your district.
The % schools of the county using the
Lessons are situated as fol-
lows: