Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-16
Pulpits of Ottumwa Churches
Filled Sunday by Prominent
Y. w. G. A. Workers
CLOSE OF goth ANNUAL SESSION
Officers of the Association Say it Waf
the Best in the History of the Organ
ization-EIection of Officers Results
in Present Incumbent Being Retained
Two Interesting Sessions.
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Special to imeS-Repubiican.
Ottumwa. Nov. 16-The twentiet
annual session OF the Y. w. c. A. clio.
ed here Sunday night The convention
was pronounced by the officers of the
association to have been the best In
the history of the organization. u
vas more largely attended and more
beneficial to the delegates than any
other state meeting of the Y. w. c. A
An innovation heretofore unknown in
Ottumwa was introduced in the Prot
estant churches of the city Sunday
morning, when the pulpit Of every
church was filled by a prominent Y.
w. C. A. worker In attendance at the
convention here.
The regular sermon hour was given
UP to Y. w. C. A workers OF note, from
various sections of the country, and
they presented to the congregations
Y. w. c. A. work In different branches
each speaker discussing her particular
branch of the work. The change prov
ed popular one and the attendance
at the churches. augmented by the
many delegates to the convention. was
in all cases exceptionally large.
Aside from the morning services In
the churches. the two other sessions
of the convention were also interesting,
and were attended by nearly all the
delegates. as but few left the city UNI
r. oil Of no fo rawntf
sion last night. at which an appropriate
sermon was preached by Dr. A. b.
Storms, of Ames, president of the Iowa
State College.
In the election of officers, all the old
officers were reelected, as follows:
Mrs C. A. Rawson, president; Miss
Mary Tone, treasurer; Miss Laura
Whitman, recording secretary; Miss
A. Estella Paddock. state secretary;
Dora A. Spencer. associate secretary;
all of Des Moines.
The next annual convention OF the
association will be held in Dubuque.
but the dates have not been set.
The features of of the Y. w. c. A.
state convention was the reading of
paper entitled History of the Y. w.
c. A. In Iowa by Miss Dora A Spen-
Ger. of Des Moines. assistant state sec
retarv of the association.
In her paper Miss Spencer began
with the first inception of the 7. w. c..
A.. and with facts and figures pre-
sented It's notable growth In strength
up to the present day. The paper was
heard by over 200 delegates. and at It's
conclusion Miss Spencer was heartily
applaudea.
AT the business session Saturday
Miss Frances A. Bridges. of Chicago,
college secretary for the American
committee. suggested plan for big
state school meeting at Lake Okobof
for the members of the Iowa Y. w. g.
A. for next summer, the meeting to
be conducted on the same plan as the
meeting held at Lake Geneva during
the past summer.
The plan met with general approval.
and i, was decided that II twice the
run,her of delegates could be secured
to attend meeting at Lake OkoooN as
the number who attended the Lake
Geneva meeting from Iowa 1871. the
meeting would be held. A ballot was
taken, and Of the 200 delegates present
at the convention all but few signi-
fed their intention to attend the pro7
posed meeting 1t is believed the full
nunber will be made up before next
summer.
The following women were elected
10 positions on the state executive
committee to All the expired terms OF