The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
Iowa Items.

10 " ihopiVAtS w ObCl tth luoV
Prof. D. r. Read of Welsh was ir
this place Friday shaking hands witt
friends and looking after business in
/ terests.
Mrs. Augustine is quite sick at tn,
home of her daughter, Mrs. John LIE
Banc.
Esther Findley was sick Severa
days with malarial fever, but is nov
much better.
; II. c. Mccoy, pastor of the Congre
%atOnal church, became an ordained
ml1iSter Wednesday evening. The
services were held at 7:30' o'clock.
The thirteenth annual convention o1
the Third District, WOman's Christ.
ian TEMPERANCE Union, which was
held in Iowa, November -. IA and 10,
was pronounced one of the best that
las been held The homes of the peo-
pleG Iowa and the two churches,
congregational and Methodist, we're
thrown open to the delegates and Wis
itors, end all felt welcome and in
Spired TO enter into the work of the
convention.
The fist session was held Tuesday
evening in the NJ. L. Church, with
District President, Mrs. j. w. Tan
per in the chair. Rev. PolSgrove. OF,
Jennings, delivered the opening ad.
dress. Subject: "If | were God,n +
was full Of Logic and the only regret
was, that SO few men were present tn
hear it. Mrs. j. w. GoodelI, of Beam.
mont, Texas, gave 1.-The Drunkard' )
dream "a recitation well rendered /
Services were held Wednesday
iQ the Congregational church {
'HV0Il04a exercises. lead by Mrs Il
The usual formlua Of bust.
,anner. "'tar which little Doro-
ess followrd, =. 'tS recitation,
by BT 5nr do gave Attd p' dinner which
'aS serAed in the church, the conYen- u
ion was called to order and the re-
'ort of officers read. Mrs. Claudia {
Brown, of Lake Arthur, read spIen- \
id paper on L. y. l.. work. BY re-
uest Miss Nicely dismissed school and
ook the children to the church that
hey might be benefited by Learnt .,y
through Mrs. Browns paper, ore OF
his juvenile branch of W. -, i. U. q
york. Convention adj ,mrhe, to meet
It 1870 in the M. E. ch"rh,
A 1ts 1ne OPP .atng song service the
E " :,}nn d. dress was given by Mrs
,lnuleV ana response made by Mrs.
1oo ,efh NOur Youths" a paperI
I'D by Miss Shoush, of VintoL, was
much appreciated, and the flower
drill by ten little girls, in which at
the close they formed the letters, w, G.
Z. T., was the browning torture OF the
evening, except the silver medal con-
test. The contestants were Misses
Mae Lightner, Bertha SpaGldig, Ada
Fiadley and Winnie Lyon All did
well. AS but one could win, the judg-
Is decided that Miss Lyon, in her
OF "How YacOb became an
honorable member" had won the
medal, ana it was presented to her in
IL few Well chosen words by Mrs. Ber-
l'ian. The announcements Were made
and the convention adjourned to meet
at the Congregational church Thurs
dav mOraing.
After the opening exercises the re-
ports of district superintendent were
read, other business was attended to
ana the convention ad Journed for din
ner, which was again served in the
church. This was one of the most de-
lightful social features of the cOnven-
ton. AT two O'Clock the convention
was again called to order. Reports
OF the various committees were read,
followed by the election of officers, as
follows: Mrs. j. w. Tanner, of
Welsh, district president: Mrs. Mae
Berrian, of Lake Charles, yice-presi-
dent; Mrs. Lula Wardlow, of Mont
gomery, recording secretary; Miss s.
~. MctUrkle, of Jennings, CORES
bonding secretary; Mrs. L. E. Brown,
Of Lake Arthur, treasurer. Conven-
tion adjourned.
Opening of last session at 1870 p. m.
in Nj. +" Church. Rev. Panl Leeds,
Of Kinder, conducted the devotional
exercises, Mrs. B. ;F. Stockwell, of
Vinton, as Organist and leading so.
prano, was most helpful in the song
service. Rev. Leeds address was of
the best. His SUBJECT was the BIRD
Psalm. The speaker proved by each
verse, the blessings that come to those
who make the Lord their Shepherd.
This was followed by u parsdy, 1.-The
Saloonkeeper is my Shepherd. IL
shall always want. He maketh me to
lie down in the gutter. He destroyeth
my SOUL" etc. Rev. Leeds address
was spiritual, plain and one that all =.
knew to be true. Then followed the
gold medal contest. Participants:
Mrs. Mae Berrian, Miss Eva Vain.
right, Ut Lake Charles and Miss Ma. {
bel Reese, Of Jennings. The contest
was close, but was decided In favor of |
Miss Reese and the medal was pre- I
scented by Mrs. Mollie Ethridge, OF
Montgomery. The audience Joined in
singing that beautiful hymn that new. I
er grows old: God be with you till
we meet again." and thus closed one
OF the most SuccasSful pon yantiOps NJ n