Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-09
BUSINESS CONCLUDED,
Women's Home and Foreign Mission
airy Societies Adjourn.

The annual union meeting of the wom-
ans Home and Foreign Missionary Soce-
ties of the presbytery of Washington city,
which was held at Takoma Park Friday
last, adjourned at o'clock in the after
noon. The attendance was greatly in
creased at the afternoon session by the
arrival of number of delegates from the
city, making the attendance about 300.
The addresses by Mrs. E C. Starr, on the
Navajo Indians. and of Mrs. E. D. Camp
bell, on Alaska, proved to be the features
of the afternoon. Mrs. Starr has spent
number of years doing missionary work
among the Indians and in the course of her
address exhibited number of articles,
consisting of rugs. blankets, aprons,
dresses and bric-a brac, the work of the
children attending school.
The exhibition of Mrs Campbell also at
tracted attention. 1t illustrated the handi-
work of the Alaskan women with the
needle. The collection included wearing
apparel of every kind, including a water
proof coat of walrus skin Mrs. Campbell
described the home life in that country, il
Illustrating her remarks with maps of the
field where she is engaged in her labors.
The business of the home missions was
transacted previous to adjournment. The
treasurer's report showed receipts amount
ing to $5,4SI.3O for foreign missions and
s61S1 for home work The thirty-tive
three Young Womans and Young Peoples
societies. guilds, leagues, bands, etc,
SS45.25; seventeen Sunday schools, S5J4. 76;
twenty-five Senior c. f. societies, $J24 80 /;
two intermediate societies, S14.@O and four
teen junior societies. s12.12. The disburse-
ments during the year were S6,IS1. The re-
ce!pts for the contingent fund amounted
to $1,000 for the foreign and Sl0915 for
the home missions. The disbursements
amounted to sl53.GO for foreign missions
and $l0S.S6 for home missions.
The officers for the years 19oI-s for the
Woman's Home Missionary Society are as
follows: President, Mrs. T S. Hamlin;
first vice president, Mrs. S. D. Luckett;
second vice president, Mrs. w. N. Paxton:
| fourth vice president. Mrs. Albert Evans;
recording secretary. Miss NJ. Z. Decide:
corresponding secretary Mrs. S. Ward
RICHTER: treasurer. Miss F. G. Childs: sec
secretary for freedmen. Mrs b. w. Guy;
secretary for young people. Mrs. D. E.
Wiber; treasurer of the c. E. Missionary
| Union. Mrs Edward Tarring.
The receipts for the Woman'S Foreign
Missionary Society from the various So
cieties. bands. guilds, etc, amounted TO
SJ.4SI.30 while the disbursements for for
| eign work amounted to $495O.:0.
The officers for the years 1901-S OF the
| Woman's Foreign Missionary Society are
, as follows: President. Mrs Wallace Rad
| cliffe: vice presidents, Mrs. j. p. E. Kum-
| Ter. Mrs. T X. Noble, Mrs. NJ. F. Thomp-
son. Mrs. l.. w. Maxson. Mrs. w. S. Stet-
| SON. Mrs. F. NJ. Barnes; treasurer. Mrs. j.
| A Travis; corresponding secretary, Miss
| May Z. Smith: recording secretary, Mrs.
! Frank c. Wilkins: secretary of literature,
| Mrs J. s. Chamberlain: secretary of Young
| Peoples work. Mrs. ID. E Wiber: secretary
! L. l.. b. Union. Mrs. Paul Fishbaugh
| treasurer OF c. Z. Missionary Union, Mrs.
| Edward Tarring.
| The Foreign Presbyterial Society will
| hold its next meeting Tuesday, June IS,
! and the Home Presbyterial, Thursday.
| June 10.
| The meeting closed with short prayer
| by Rev DR.. Thomas Culbertson CLARK,
| pastor of Takoma Presbyterian Church.