New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-08-15
RUENITz ISAGAlN PRESIDENT
Successful Sunday School Conven-
ton Closes.
Christian Workers Have Carnival
of Good Things.
State President and Secretary
Meet With Convention.

Those who are interested in the work
of the Sunday schools of this county
are more than pleased at the result OF
the convention which came to q close
in this city Saturday evening. This
is the fourth time the Sunday school
workers of the county have come to-
gether and the meeting was a surprise
to most of those who attended.
Active workers in the county say
that they were more than pleased with
the reception given the convention by
the people of this city and the very
large attenda nce that marked the meet
ings of the association throughout the
entire time.
The last session of the convention
was held in the Methodist church Fri
day evening and the church was we'll
filed Notwithstanding therewas astreet
fair in full operation within a few
blocks of the church.
The meeting was in the nature of a
platform meeting-a sort of jubilee
and thanksgiving service, ora bene-
diction of praise-and it was we'll
planned and carried out in excellent
spirit. Each of the pastors of the diff
ferent churches represented in the con-
vention were given few moments in
which to express their sentiment of the
convention and then Otto Goethe,
president of the Redwood county assO-
citation was called to the platform and
introduced.
Mr.. Goethe holds one of the county
Offices in Redwood Falls and is can
didate for reelection, so far without
opposition, and he is one of the VIM.
Sunday converts. He is witty on the
platform and his short and pointed
talk kept the people good-natured and
happy and left with them the seeds of
excellent thought along the lines of
work that was pursued in Redwood
county in the attempt to bring that
county up to the standard of Brown.
He was followed by Frank Gold of
the same city. Mr.. Gold is president
of the state association of Sunday
schools and is also president of a
number of banks and one of the most
progressive of the young business men
of this part of the state and very
positive factor in the Sunday school
work of the city. His address showed
that he had the interest of the assOcia-
ton foremost in his mind and that he
was doing his utmost to bring results
out of his work.
In his address to the convention in
the afternoon as we'll as at this time
he emphasized the fact several times
that Brown county was the best or
ganized, and the convention the best
represented of any of the county con-
ventiOns in the state. He called it the
banner county of the state though he
thought at the rate some of the other
counties were travelling it would have
to keep working to hold the record. He
praised the young president of the
county association, E. J. Ruenitz of
Springfield, to whose enterprise the
success of the work in the county is
largely due.
He was followed by State Secretary
Locker, a man who appears to be
peculiarly gifted for the work to which
he is giving his time. He spoke of the
encouraging outlook for the work in
the state and painted picture of what
he expected to see in the line of Sunday
school work in this county and state.
He said he wanted to see the time when
the hosts of the Sunday schools of the
state should gather in Minneapolis and
attract as much attention at their an
nual convention as the G. A. r. is do
ing this week. He wanted host ten
thousand strong to march down the
streets with their banners flying, and
he was confident that that time would
come. If all of the workers in the
cause had the enthusiasm and could
impart it to others as Mr.. Gold, Mr..
Locker and Mr.. Ruenitz do, there
would be little to interfere with the
realization Of a project as large as
that outlined by the secretary
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: E. J. Ruenitz,
Springfield, pres; Miss Anna Schmidt,
vice-pres. of New Ulm district; VIM.
A. Anderson, vice-pres. of Sleepy Eye
district; Fl. Bendixen, vice-pres. of
Springfield district; Julius Rick,
Springfield, secretary; Walter Black
mum, Springfield, treas; Mrs. Elenora
Fritze, Springfield, supt. teachers
primary department.; B. 81. Deters,
New Ulm, supt. teachers training de-
partment and Mrs. Holm, Sleepy Eye,
supt. teachers home department.
Excellent music was furnished by a
mixed chorus for the meetings of the
convention and the strength of the
Prof. Tyler, of Amherst college, said