The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
RECEPTION TO HOME
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RECEPTION TO HOME
 MISSION DELEGATES. Last evening a beautiful reception
 was given in the Sunday School rooms of the Court Street Methodist Church
 by the members of the Home Mission Society of the Court Street Methodist Church and the Young Womans society of the Church and the event was most delightful one, bringing together a large number of the most prominent women in the Methodist Church throughout the South.
 The spacious hall was elaborately decorated in a plan of white and green and the rostrum was massed in artis- tically pldced palms, ferns and crimson roses.
 In the receiving line were Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Rice; Mrs. E. c. Adams. Pres ident of the Board of Home Missions or the Court Street Church; Mrs. Phares Coleman, President of the Young Wom- ems Society of the Court Street Church Miss Belle Emmett, President of the Board of Home Missions of the Metho- dist Church South; Mrs. Mcdonald. Sec retary; Mrs. Kirkland, Mrs. Syler. Re- cortiing Secretary, and Mrs. Spruell, President of the Home Mission Society of the Dexter Avenue Methodist Church. From four beautifully appointed ta- bles adorned in green and white roses
 
 served the following ladies presiding: Mesdames McDuff Cain, w. D. Hud- son; Hubert Dent. owen. Brewer, R. F. Ligon, O. c. Manor, R. A. Ashley. w. H. Moore L. B. Whitfield. Thomas Me Cough, M. H. Holt, E. M. Graves; Misses Lucille washburn, Louise Allen, Blanch Stokes and Emma Jackson
 During the evening dainty refresh ments were served by number Of the nf tho church who Anly assisted in entertaining the guests. This was a happy occasion and fitting beginning of the Home Mission Convention which has assembled the large number of notable women Tn whose honor 1t was given. Three hours were delightfuly spent in social inter course when the delegates became ac- uuainted with each other and with the women of Montgomery. who are their
 hostesses.
 MEETING OF THE NO NAME CLUB, The No Name Club held a delightful and interesting meeting on "Wednesday morning with Mrs. J. A. Kirkpatrick. It was reciprocity day in the cluo ana | the literary program consisted or pa pers read by members of the other focal clubs. Mrs. James Andrew, Pres ident of the club, in appropriate re- marks gracefully welcomed the visit ing club women. The program was opened by an interesting and instruc- tive paper on Arcade" by Mrs. Ray
 Rushton of the Magazine Club. Mrs Charles Coleman of the Ionian Club then read a delightful paper on The Society of Bath in the days of Queen Anne and the Georges. Mrs. McKin- ney of the Honey Bees, in charming manner, recited one of her own beauti- full poems entitled 'The Garden at Home" In response to an encore she recited Two Songs" and by special re- quest "The Perriwinkle and the Lily and Tn the Attic."' Mrs. Charles Coleman read the paper from the Tin tagil by Miss Nlmrod Greene on Burns" the paper awarded the prize by the reciprocity committee of the State Federation at their last meeting held in Mobile. Mrs. Dowdell of Ope-
 lika and Mrs. Taylor of Madison, Wis gave interesting talks on club work At the close of the program luncheon
 was enjoyed. The guests of the club were Mrs. Rushton, Mrs. Coleman, Mrs
 Mckinney. Mrs. Walter Fisk, Miss Fan nie Mathews, Mrs. Taylor of Wiscen- sin, Mrs. Schley, Mrs. Pierce of St | Louis, Mrs. Dowdell of opelika, Mrs Ross of Opelika, Miss Bishop, Mrs | Crabtree, Mrs Shackleford, Mrs. Stokes of Birmingham, Miss Lumpkin of Co., l lumbus, Ga, Mrs. Liddell.