Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-31
.ClDEONS TO MEET
ORDER OF CHRISTIAN TRAVELLING
MEN WILL CONVENE IN FIT.
DODGE.
G. G. Thomas, Secretary Of Local
Camp on the Program for a Five
Minute Talk Calendar of the
Three Days Session Issued.

The program for the fifth annual
convention of the Iowa State Gideons
Of the Christian Comm ercial Travel
ing Mems association of America,
which is to be held in FIT. Dodge to-
morrow, Saturday and Sunday has
been issued and received here by mem
bers of the local camp. G. G. Thomas.
who is secretary Of the Ottumwa camp
No. s, is on the program for five min.
ute talk. The program is composed of
an excellent variety of short talks and
addresses of especial interest to the
members and the convention promises
to be an unusually successful one.
The Complete Program.
The program for the convention is
complete as follows:
Friday Evening.
Reception by camp No. in charge
of E. I. Leighton, secretary.
Address of welcome on behalf Of FIT
Dodge Gideons-W. E. MUTT, president
of Ft. Dodge camp.
Welcome from ministerial associa.
tion-Rey. M H. H. Lee, pastor of
Christian church.
Response-Former state president,
w. H. Darner, of Marshalltown.
Music.
Reading-Geo. E. Lundy, Of Mar
shalltown.
Music.
Social hour.
Saturday Morning.
$50 to $3.50 o'clock.
Opening session at Gideon headquar-
tiers at Y. M. G. A.
Song service led by j. G. Early, of
Fit. Dodge.
Prayer service, led by T. G. Belts.
OF Cedar Rapids.
$3.50 to IL NJ.
w. J. Howell, state vice president,
moderator.
Ten minute song service-J. e..
Early, of Fort Dodge.
Prayer-W. G. Wright, Street Chap
ter of Nevada.
Presidents annual essage-Chas.
E. Baker, state president, of Cedar
Rapids.
Report of state secretary-treasurer
M. E. Griffith, of Cedar Rapids
Report of auditing committee.
Report of state chaplain - w. G..
Wright, of Nevada.
Five minute reports by secretaries
of local camps.
Saturday Afternoon.
Business meeting in Y. M. G. A.
Charles E. Baker, state president,
moderator.
Ten minute song service, lead by j.
G. Early, of Ft. Dodge.
D,,o,yor DILL LJ1,tc6ipcop of Harm.
ton.
Reports of committees.
Unfinished business.
New business.
Fifteen minutes recess for review
ing the treasurer concerning the dues
to date.
Music, led by ]. G. Early, Of FIT
Dodge.
Annual election of officers.
Invitations for place of meeting fol
1905 convention.
General discussion and question
box
Gideon work.
Saturday Evening.
Camp fire, 1880 at Y. M. C. A.
Chas. E. Baker, state president
moderator.
Fifteen minute song service led b!
| J. G. Early, of Fort Dodge.
Prayer. r. E. Crowther, Waterloo.
Song. F. q. Potter Algona.
installation of the newly elected Off
GERS.
The charge, John II. Nicholson, ma
tional president.
Song.
| Five minute talks-J. I. Peterson, G
G. Thomas. N. w. Lundy, w. s. Muir
rell, j. G. Shumaker.
| Announcement of Sabbath appoint
merits fer the pulpits of the churches
OF Fort Dodge.
| 10 p. m. at Methodist Episcopa
church special watch night service
with an attractive program in charge
| OF Chas. E. Palmer, field superintend
ent.
Sunday Morning, Jan. I. 1905.
First Baptist church, 900 to 1000
a. m, "The Quiet Hour" leader, ]. E
| Marshall, Des Moines.
1O:30 a. Irregular services IL
churches. Gideons will proceed tt
their appointed places where they will
occupy pulpits as previously an
nounced.
Sunday Afternoon.
300 o'clock at I. M. G. A-Soul say
ing prayer and testimony meeting. En-
tire meeting in charge Of John H.Nich
olson, national president, GAINESVILLE
| Wis
Sunday Evening.
Great gathering of the young peopl
of Fort Dodge. Union young people
meeting 6:15 to 7:15 at Baptist church
led by s. D. Mitchell, Waterloo.
Closing Service.
| 7:30 p. m. at First Baptist church
Chas. E. Baker, state president, moo
orator.
Fifteen minute song service led b
J. c. Early. Fort Dodge.
Scripture reading, Judges Z, H.
Skemp, Dubuque.
All Gideons standing at the readin
"And they stood ETC." and sing tn
Gideon rally song, audience joining /
chorus.
/ Song.
Twenty minutes talk, w. A. Welty.
Song.
/ Remarks, retiring officers.
4 Closing service in care of John +
4 Nicholson. national president.