Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-10
oTTuMWANs CHOSEN.
Are Elected to Offices in District Ep-
worth LEAGUE.

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The names of several Ottumwans ap-
pear in the list Of officers for the OF
tumwa District Fpworth League of the
Methodist Episcopal church. There
was quite large attendance of the
delegates from the various churches
throughout the district and the con-
vention was of great benefit to all who
attended and it is expected that the IL
SEPARATION received by the delegates
from it's sessions will be means of
increasing the enthusiasm of the work
ers on the different charges.
The Officers.
The officers of the district for the
coming year as elected at the conven-
ton are:
President George F. Heindel, OF
tumwa.
First e-President-Miss Helen
Lambert, Ottumwa.
Second Vice-President-Miss Bessie
Matson, Martinsburg.
Third Yice-PresiGe Marie
Van de Ven, Ottumwa.
Fourth -President-Miss Eliza
beth Miller, Sigourney.
Fifth Notwithstanding Mollie
Barber, Abba.
Corresponding Secretary-Miss Stel-
la Main, Moravia.
Recording secretary-E. R. Curtis,
Knoxville.
Treasurer-C. E. Bedell, ottumwa.
Superintendent of Junior work
Mrs. Cynthia Chasey. Richland.
Executive committee appointed con-
sisting of Presiding Elder j. w. Lam
bert, of Agency, and the pastors of
the churches at Hedrick and Kirk
vile.
Successful Convention.
The Epworth League convention,
which was held at the Methodist
church in Richland during the past
week, was one of the most successful
gatherings ever held in the history of
the district organization. The mem
bers of the local chapter were untiring
in their efforts for the entertainment
of the delegates. TIL. sessions of the
convention were we'll attended. On
Tuesday evening the opening meeting
was held at which time Rev. Pool,
pastor of the church at Richland de-
.livered the address of welcome. DR..
A. E, Craig, of Ottuanwa, responding
with appropriate remarks. One of the
most interesting parts of the, conven-
ton, was the address delivered on
Wednesday, evening by DR.. ]. G. w.
Coke, of Washington.
The Delegates.
The delegates who attended the
convention held in Richland this week
were:
j. w. Lambert C. Is. Hankins, Lula
Lambert Fannie PuInphrey. Lula M.
Allen and Will f. NyG, of Agency ~
Miss Mollie Barber, of Abba.
Miss Eta Hughes. of Brighton.
Rev. and Mrs. Hardy A. Ingham,
Blanche White, Irma Pringle, Ocean
Dash, James Potter, Carrie Stone and
Mrs. Laura White. of Brighton.
Grace Brown, Olive Strowner. Will
liam Bunch, Edith Stevens, Mabel
Dimmitt, Ralph Wilson and Ashford
Mccoy of Kirkville.
Mrs. Mile McCorkle, Miss Telitha
M. Hunter, DR.. ]. c. W. Coke, of Knox
VILE
w. L. Fry and Bessie Matson of
Martinsburg.
A. G. Hall and c. R. Norton of Mo-
ravia.
Bertha Norman, Mrs. Minnie Gard
ner, Laura Gillette, Edith Norman,
Mrs. M. E. Caughlan and Mrs. Fannie
Lyon. of Packwood.
R. Vern Pike, Stella B. Holloway, of
Cedar.
G. E. Hawk and wife of Chillicothe
Ella Darner, BERTHE Quinn, Lenora
Thamon, Maud Hursey and H. B.
Scoles, of Hedrick.
Helen Lambert, C. E. Bedell, Grace
Lewis, Rev. w. F. Gilmore, Albert
Gushing, Alice Skuily and Claudine
Sallee. of Ottumwa
M. l.. Sanders, Mary E. Fryman, of
Pleasant Plain.
A. s. Loveall, j. Frank Barnes Ella
Adams and Elizabeth Miller. of Sigour-
ney.