The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-07-31
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Report Of Officers on Work During the
Past Year. s
Oakdale, the picturesque sllbur-
! ban residence Of w. B. King and
family, presented an interesting ap-
! pear last Tuesday afternoon,
! when the many carriages deposited
/ the w e. z. y. women aud their
friends on the lawn Mrs. King
proved herself as ever gracious
hostess The weather was favor
liable, King Sol having mercifully
yelled his face with clouds, thus
modifying the intense heat expert
fenced on previous days
When alarge company had gath
Iered, the president, Mrs. Goodacre,
called the ladies to order, and de
Ivotional service was held Mrs.
/ e. W Philbrick had arranged a
| charming program, Miss Ethel King
land Mrs: ] w. Fruen Of Mlnneap-
Eolis gratifying the audience with
three or four solos, and Miss Dale,
niece OF H. w Clipfell, gave some
reading with much dramatic effect.
These exercises were interspersed
with the routine business, and
served to enliven the evening
81 The secretary and treasurer S re-
ports showed the Union to be in a
fairly good condition. and the re-
ports Of the different superintend-
ents proved that much work had
been done along the different lines
OF work. Mrs. A. Whittet reported
lon health, heredity and non alcohol
ic medication. Mrs. j p. Jones
written report on anti narcotics
showed that she had done good per-
.sonal work. The excellency of the.
|antilaW was commented on, and
strength and help were invoked to
enforce it. The desirab ility of Chris
tian men putting better example
before the boys OF our city IN this
respect. was also commented on.
Mrs. Lusk as press reporter
spoke Of the courtesy Of the editors
of this city in publishing w G. Z.
". news, many columns having been
inserted in the papers during the
year. Miss Helen Hitchcock gave
just an outline of what she had been
enabled to do in the line Of work
that comes under the head of evan
gelistic, systematic and proportion
tae giving; she told of open air
meetings, of evangelistic services
held in the country school houses,
OF cottage prayer meetings.; also OF a
special effort made in the line of
bible study. Sermons were preached
on this topic in all the churches on
Sept. 9th, followed in both the Pres
byterian and NJ. E. church with the
organization of bible classes, IN the
club coursesof study recommended
by the w G. T. y. Fifty-six calls
had been made on the sicksand aged,
flowers carried and helpful books
circulated Miss Hitchcock closed
with some practical recommends
tions for the next years work
First, that each White Ribbon wom-
an spend half an hour daily in COM
smunio with God; thata plan Of sys-
tenatic house to house visitation be
formulated in cooperation with the
churches, if possible That special
PRAYER meetings be held to pray for
those enslaved in the bondage of
drink and the. tobacco habit; that.
we call conference Of the churches
and the w g. 7. u. to consider the
question, How to win and save. s
That the w e. T. u give hearty
coop eration as far as possible to.
the Salvation Army in their Sunday
afternoon services, more especially
during the fall months when so
many men from the harvest fields
and threshers are on our streets
over Sunday
/ Mrs VIM. Tiffany gare an excel.
'leas report on jail work, which
must wait another ortpnity,s
there were also several others we
cannot now mention. Miss Hitch
cock was then called to the chair.
to preside over the election Of offic-