The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-05-17
or THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Pennington Presbyterian church, there
was begun the sevcnty.tifth anniver.
snry Of its organization. As had been
announced, the opening service was
one of prayer, the regular mid. week
prayer meeting, and there was no at
tempt at anything elaborate. Quite Il
large number attended this opening
service which was led by Rev. A W.
Wilson Of Dodd City, Texas.
The first anniversary service was
held on Thursday afternoon. 1t was
devoted to the work of the women in
the church. This embraced the work
ot three societies, The Woman's Mis-.
sicnary Sosieiy, of which Mrs, NJ. W.
Huff is president; The Ladies' Society,
Of which Miss Alice Ceyce is president,
and the Young Ladies' Society, of
which Mrs. G.. K. Fleming is the presi.
dent
Miss Elsie Cayce read paper giving
a short sketch OF the Young Ladies
Society, its organization, aims and ac.
complishment, and this was followed
by financial statement presented by
Miss Anna Butlerfeld. Mrs. c. r..
Fleming Uttered paper on the sub
ject Of GLOW Can We Increase Our
Usefulness?n
The historical sketch OF the Ladies'
Aid Society was read by Miss Alice
Cayce; the financial statement by Mrs
j. II Jones, aud a paper on the
"SpirituaI Side of Our Work, - pre-.
pared by Mrs. David Heidelberg, was
read by Mis-. X. c. Weber.
Miss Pearl Clnrdy read the histori.
cal sketch of the Women's Missionary
Society; Mrs. &. w. Harlan presented
the financial statement showing over
81, 600 given to its work, aud Miss
Kate Marks read paper on the
women's work in the church.
The music was furnished by a
ladies' quartctte, and altogether this
opening exercise was very interesting
and instructive The ladies of the
church manifested that they had done
n good work during the history OF the
organization of The several societies.
immediately following the services
in the church reception was rendered
to the members of the societies, church
and friends on the lawn of Elmwood
Seminary, by the younger societies,
The Covenanters, the Christian En-.
deaver Society and the Miriams. This
included refreshments served at the
three booths, in measure representing
the several peoples among which work
is being done by the church at large.
The Miriams representing the Japanese
served tea and waters, and also sung a
japanese song; the Christian Endeavor
Society, Mexico, served sandwiches and
coffee, and the Covenanters, Indians,
pop corn aud nuts.
On Thursday evening the Sunday
school exercises were held, participated
in by the children The address was
delivered by Rev. A. w. Kistler Of Cape
Girardcau, and the historical sketch
was read by Mr.. A. !, Leathers.
OTHER SERVICES TO BE HELD
To-day (Friday), beginning at two
O'Clock in the afternoon. there will be
held on the lawn of Elmwood Seminary,
exercises appropriate to the work of that
school. These will consist of a reunion
of alumnae, greetings, exercises by the
present pupils, special songs and music
and an alumnae chorus. After these
there will be a reception to the friends
of the faculty and board.
On Friday evening Rev. A. w. Wilson
will deliver an address on the subject OF
Christian education in the church.
There will be no day services on Sat.
urday. In the evening at the church
Rev. S. 7. Rufner will give a short
sketch of the former officers of the
church, there will be greetings from
former members, sister churches, min.
listers and friends. The music for the
evening will be by a male quartette.
On Sunday there will be the regular
Sunday school exercises, during which
addresses will be made by various
friends present. At the morning SER
vice Rev. 5. I. Ruffper will preach
In the afternoon at half past two there
will be presented by Rev. 6. w. Har-
Ian the historical sketch of the church,
and in the evening Rev. A. w. vii.
son will preach. There will be special
music for all of these services.