Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-06
PLANS FOR CONVENTION.
Christian Endeavorers to Meet in OF
tlInowa. Sentepohar o5.o7

Christian Endeavorers to Meet in OF
tumwa, September, 1927.
A meeting of the local executive COM
mittee selected for the purpose of
making arrangements for the fifteenth
annual convention of the Christian En-
deavor union OF Iowa, to be held in
this city Sept. 25-27, met at the par.
lors of the Y. M. G. A. last evening.
number of topics were under con-
sideration and some business of i'm
portance was transacted. The coming
convention will be the largest,perhaps,
that was ever held in the state by this
union, and the local committees are
making arrangements to entertain all
the way from 500 to 1000 delegates.
This has already occasioned a great
amount of work and as the convention
approaches the duties of the commit
tees multiply.
The meeting last evening was called
to order and presided over by G. G.
Evans, chairman of the executive COM
mittee. L. A. Culbertson was selected
as an assistant to Mrs. F. M. Clark,
chairman of the music committee, and
on motion it was decided to appoint
committee consisting of the leaders of
the several choirs in the city to assist
in the preparation of a musical pro-
gram. Mrs. Clark is preparing a list
of persons who vii participate in the
chorus work during the convention
There will be 200 voices in the chorus
and the first meeting for rehearsal
will be held at the auditorium of the
Y. M. G. "a. next Thursday evening.
A big open air meeting will be held
at Fullen's grove, Agency, Sept. 81,
the closing day of the convention. 1t
is expected that at least 1900 people
will take advantage of the excursion
and reduced rates and attend what
will be one of the best sessions of the
week. There will be addresses by En-
gineer G. w. Mcclure, of Atchison,
Kan; j. Willis Blair, of Boston, inter-
national secretary Of the Y. P. S. c. E.,
and j. Wilbur Chapman, of New York,
the noted leader of the quiet hour SER
vices. There will be music by the Wa
pello Chief band and every convent
ence will be provided for the dele
gates and their friends attending this
meeting. Charles Meredith and Sum-
ner Siberell have been appointed to
superintend the erection of stands,
seats, ETC., at the grove.
The Y. M. G. A. building will be used
as headquarters for the convention,
but the regular sessions of the same
will be held at the Grand opera house.
Both buildings will be appropriately
decorated, DR.. Mark Vance, John
Jones, Miss Lucetta Schenck, Ira
Beard, Folger Moss, Rev. Mcmillan
and Rev. D. A. Murray having been Sc
| lected as committee to look after the
same.
| T. D. Foster, who was to have de-
| livered the address of welcome will be
prevented from carrying out that part
of the program, owing to his absence
in Europe. A communication from
him will be read, however Prof. e. G..
PIERCE having been selected to READ
the same.
1t was the consensus of opinion
among the members of the executive
committee, last evening, that the Y. P.
S. G.. E. establish a booth in the down
town district during the street carni-
val for the purpose of advertising the
coming convention and at the same
time affording an excellent opportuni-
| ty of disposing of the Christian En-
deavor booklets which have been Is
sued. The committee will place a
large advertisement of some descrip-
tion in the Union depot this week. The
persons who have been selling book
lets and thus aiding in advertising the
convention are requested to sell as
many books as possible during the re-
mainder of the present week.
Another meeting of the executive
committee will be held at the Associa-
ton parlors next Monday evening.