Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27
Mot in Annual Meeting.

Inc e1gQGl annual meeLlnR Ol tne
Woman's Missionary societies OF the
Presbytery of St. Cloud was held in
the Willmar Presby terian church last
Thursday and Friday. There was a
good representation of the women o1
the Presbytery, and interesting ses'
siOns were held. The first session
was that of the Home Missionary So.
ciety. 1t opened Thursday afternoon
at 2 O'Clock, the following being the
program:
Bible Reading, led by Mrs. Thos.
Scotton.
Music-Vocal solo by Miss Gerda
Wenuerlund.
Minutes of last meeting; report oI
treasurer; reports of secretaries
Freedmen, Literature, Y. P. S. c.. E.;
reports from auxiliary societies; new
business.
"A Birds Eye View OF State Work, -
paper by Mrs. T. M. Findey, Spicer.
Music-Vocal duet by Misses Zyl-
pha Williams and Gerda Wenner-
lund.
"Golden Rule of Missions," paper
prepared by Mrs. Charles Cairns,
and read by Mrs. E. F. Pomeroy,
Minneapolis.
Reports OF committees; election OF
officers; offering; prayer.
The following program was given at
Friday mornings session, which was
occupied by the Foreign Missio aary
Society:
Devotional Hour. Mrs. M. E Baum.
Music-Vocal solo by Miss Eleanor
Nielsen,
Business: reports of secretary,
treasurer, secretary of literature, Sec
retary of Y. P. S. G. E., auxiliary
societies; committees; new business;
conference.
"The Crisis in China" paper by
Mrs. E. V. Lewis.
Address by Rev. T. M. Findley,
Pastor at Large of Presbytery.
New Ideas, New Plans, New Work
for the New Century. General Dis
cussion.
Reports of committees; election;
collection.
The election of officers resulted as
follows:
Home Missionary Society-Presid-
ent, Mrs. w. B. Mitchell, St. Cloud:
vice president, Mrs. M. E. Baum,
Litcbfield; treasurer, Mrs. O. II.
Campbell, Litchield; corresponding
and recording secretary, Mrs. Thos.
Scotton, Willmar; secretary of liter
ature, Mrs. Geo. Pollock, Litchfeld;
secretary of Y. P. S. G. E., Mrs. S..
E. r. White, Atwater; secretary of
freedmen, Mrs. c. H. Sherwood,
Willmar.
Foreign Missionary Society
ident, Mrs. T. M. Findley, Spicer;
vice president, Mrs. G. H. johnson,
'Willmar; treasurer, Mrs. Agnes Beid-
ler, St. Cloud; recording and cores
ponding secretary, Mrs. H. G. Erwin,
St. Cloud; secretary of literature,
Mrs. M. E. Baum, Litchfield; secre-
tary of Y. P. S. G. E., Miss Grace
Andrus, Willmar.
On Thursday evening reception to
delegates and friends was given at the
home of Mrs. J. H. Brown and Mrs.
G. w. Tyler. 1t was pleasant gath.
ering and gave the ladies a better
opportunity to become acquainted
with each other. A musical aud liter.
ary program was given as follows;
Recitation, Miss Bauer: cornet solo,
J. T. Otos; piano duet, Mrs. Handy
and Miss Andrus; vocal solo, Miss
Nielsen; recitation, Miss Hart:
address, Mrs. Pomeroy. Remarks
were made during the evening by Rev.
T. M. Findley. A fine luncheon was
served.
The following delegates and visitors
were in attendance at the sessions:
Observation-Disclosures O. II. Camp.
bell. G. A. Greenleaf, M. E. Baum, J..
N. Wheeler, Penney, Geo. C. Pollock,
Miss Mary Pollock.
Greenleaf-Mrs. D. H. Duckering
Mrs. Rev. Boyd.
Atwater-Mrs. s. E. P. White.
KerkhOven-Mrs. John H. Handy.
side.
St. Cloud-Mrs. W. B. Mitchell
Mrs. Bingham.
Spicer-Rev. and Mrs. T. M. Find
ley.
Minneapolis-Mrs. E. F. Pomeroy