Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-19
FEL[|KGHAN MIL
GO 10 D[S MONIES
Accepts Call to Become General
Secretary of Capital City's
y. Nj. e. A.
WILL LEAVE ABOUT APRIL
Unanimous Call Extended BY the Des
Moines Board At Its Conference
With Mr.. FeIlineham Thursday
Niett-Resignation Will Be Present
ed to Local Board soon-Much Re-
greet Felt Here.

John II. Felingham, for six years
secretary OF the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A.,
will go to Des Moines to become the
general secretary of That city's assoc
ciation The call was extended to Mr..
Fellingham by the Des MONIES boarc
at the conference held in Des Moines
Thursday night, and today Mr.. Fell
ingham announced that he would ac-
cept Mr.. Fellinghain's resignation
viii he presented to the LEGAL board
to take effect about March 10. He Will
go to Des Moines on April i.
The call to Mr.. rockingham came af-
ter he had spent all of Thursday, on
the invitation of the Des Moines board,
in conference with the board at its
meeting held in the evening at the res
ldence of f. III. Jones. :ine call was
unanimous, but Mr.. rockingham gave
the board no definite answer He ac-
cepts the Des MoineS secretaryship at
Il salary of $1,000 u year and moving
expenses. which is more than the Of
flee has ever paid before
The departure of Mr.. Fellingnam
will oe felt with much regret by all
those who know him, and especially
by the association members and bust
ness men and others who have become
actively interested in the Y. Nj. e. a.
work To many it will seem little less
than calamity. What the association
has become and what it has accom-
"A rif dan ri f1on Z.
have been largely thru the efforts CT
Mr.. lfellingham, who has labored early
and late for the association.
When Mr.. l'ellingham came here six
years ago, thru the efforts of State
Secretary Magee, the local association
was In poor condition. 1t occupied the
old lilapidated building on the site of
the present one and the work was a
discc,uraging one to undertake. Mr..
Felliagham entered into 1t with zeal
and earnestness. He secured the con-
fidence and cooperation of business
men, the association grew. the new
building was built, the Searchllght CLUB
was formed educational and religious
departments were organized, ana a
physical department with capable d.
rector was built up, and all nave been
developing and extending until the as
ISOLATION during Mr.. Fellingham's term
of office. has doubled in membership.
Today scores of business men are mern-
bers and active supporters and friends
of the association, who six years ago
knew the Railroad Y. NJ G. A. only by
name.
While Mr.. Felingham regrets ex-
ceedingly that he will go, he feels that
with the Des Moines field so much
larger, and with such greater POSSIBLE
tiles and problems to solve; he feels 1t
is duty to go. Financially, he says, he
will lose rather than gain by the
change, as there is little difference In
the salaries here and there. He believes
that he has aided the association mere
by placing it on firm footing, and 1t
will go on growing under the direction
of some other secretary. Mr. Felling-
ham does not believe his going Will af-
feet the work here. He said IF !
thought that any serious or lasting
harm would come to the association by
my going, 1 would not have considered
1T for moment"