Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-22
EXPECT Stokes
At BIC BANQUET
NEW YORKER Is THE SENIOR
Y. M. C. A. WORKER
Founded ST. Petersburg Branch at
His Own Expense and Is Devot-
ing Time and Wealth
to the Cause

James Stokes of New York city vii
probably deliver an address at the ban.
quet to be given by the Young Mems
Christian association at the Hotel Alex
andria, March 26.
Mr.. Stokes arrived in Southern Cal
ifornia a few days ago and is spending
n few days in Pasadena. He came here
for the benefit of his health, but he is
so greatly interested in association
work that he is always eager to lend
his assistance to any movement along
this line, and he has stated to the local
directors that IL it is all possible for
him to do so he will deliver an ad-
dress.
The committees in charge of the
banquet arrangements were partiCu-
larly anxious to secure the presence
of Mr.. Stokes, as it will give the busi-
ness men of Los Angeles an opportunity
to meet a man who not only has been
for years prominent in commercial cir
cles, but who also is one of the leading
Young Mems Christian association
workers in the world.
Retired From Business
Mr.. Stokes, who is one of the wealth.
lest men in New York city, retired
from active business several years ago,
and since then has been devoting prac-
of the Young Mems Christian associa-
tion in this country and abroad, He
enjoys the distinction of being the old
est man in point of service in associa-
tion work in the United States. and
the results he has accomplished in this
line are remarkable.
Mr.. Stokes is chairman of the board
of trustees of the international commit
tee of the Young Mems Christian asso-
ciation which has headquarters in New
York. Although deeply interested in
all phases of association work nearly
all his life, during recent years he
has devoted all his attention to devel-
oping this work abroad
One of his most notable achievements
was the establishment of Young
Mems Christian association in St.
Petersburg five years ago. He met
with the strongest opposition but final
ly gained his point through a personal
appeal to the car and today this as
sociation has a membership of more
than 1900. Associations also have been
organized in Paris, Rome and other
large cities in Europe.
Mr.. Stokes bore the entire expense
of founding the st. Petersburg asso-
citation. and has contributed largely to
the maintenance of nearly all the others
organized by him abroad. He may be
said to have presented the association
work to the crowned heads of the
world.
one of Mr.. Stokes most recent
achievements was the establishment in
New York city of what is known as
the international building. This is the
headquarters for all the foreign Young
Mems Christian association delegations
that visit the United States.
II also was as a result of Mr.. Stokes
efforts that delegates were sent from
nearly every foreign country to attend
the Jubilee conference in Boston. held
in celebration Of the fftieth anniver
sary of the founding of the Young
Mems Christian association.
With two such men as Mr.. Stokes
and Henry Weinstock of Sacramento to
aid them, those in charge of the Young
Mems Christian association banquet
feel confident that the affair will prove
q great success.